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  61.                   <div class="submitted">Posted on July 28th, 2010 by Jennifer Liang</div>
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  65.         <h3>Why would we think that Thom is Elayne or Gawyn's father?</h3>
  66. <p>Elayne denies that Galad is her brother. Thom was around at the right time.  Thom clearly had something to do with Taringail's disappearance. Thom was  Morgase's lover. In [TFOH: 19, Memories, 252], Morgase thinks about  Taringail, and how the only good to come of the marriage were "two  beautiful children." This could be Elayne and Gawyn, or she could mean  Galad (adopted) and Gawyn.</p>
  67. <h3>Why is this idea wrong?</h3>
  68. <p>Evidence from the Glossary: "A Royal Prince of Cairhien, he married Tigraine and <em>fathered</em> Galadedrid. When Tigraine disappeared and was declared dead, he married Morgase and <em>fathered</em> Elayne and Gawyn." [TEOTW: Glossary, entry "Damodred, Prince Taringail", 661]</p>
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  70. <p>In [TSR: 17, Deceptions, 194], Moiraine says Thom was "Morgase's lover for  a time, <i>after Taringail died</i>" (emphasis mine). Here, Moiraine is  trying to impress Thom with how much she knows. She wouldn't include a  detail she had any doubt about. To be wrong about something in such a  situation would indicate faulty research, and Moiraine would not risk  showing any gap in her knowledge. If she had any doubt at all, she wouldn't  have mentioned the timing of events. Plus, Thom didn't say or think  anything to contradict Moiraine's statement.</p>
  71. <p>If Morgase had been having an affair with Thom while still married to  Taringail, it is very unlikely that she would have been able to keep it  entirely under wraps; surely some rumor would have been around, especially  in Cairhien. However, we see no evidence of such a rumor existing.  Specifically, in [LOC: 50, Thorns, 628] when Rand mentions to some  Cairhienin that he means to have Elayne rule Cairhien, the Cairhienin think  she'd be a good choice, due to her descent from her father Taringail  Damodred. If Morgase was unfaithful, surely there would have been some  doubt as to Elayne's right to the throne of Cairhien.</p>
  72. <p>At a post-ACOS signing [Dunwoody, GA, 9 October, 1996], RJ strongly denied  that Thom was Elayne or Gawyn's father. "Thom is exactly who he says he  is."</p>
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