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==General==
Compulsion is a weave that forces the victim to feel love and admiration for the person who is using it and to be filled with an overwhelming desire to do as they instruct ({{tsr|46}}).  It is a complex weave of Spirit streaked by Water and Air ({{tsr|54}}), it can be sliced by spirit ({{tsr|54}}). During the [[War of the Shadow]], it was a potent weapon. People were forced to serve [[the Shadow]] against their will. Others were converted to undercover agents, to betray [[the Light]] at the most damaging times ({{guide|4}}).

There are limits ({{tsr|46}}), though these depend on how much of a [[talent]] the person has.  Compulsion can be unravelled and its effects undone ({{loc|6}}). Some people's strength of will and sense of self is so strong that compulsion is never complete and must be reapplied constantly ({{prol5}}). [[Rahvin]] must do this with [[Morgase]] ({{prol5}}). When [[Nynaeve]] sees Moghedien in ''[[Tel'aran'rhiod]]'', she remembers compulsion being used on her ({{tsr|52}}).

There are many possible uses and variants. [[Graendal]] uses compulsion like a hammer, with no subtly leaving little more than fawning servants, incapable of independent action ({{prol5}}).  She is however capable of using it subtly, so that no trace can be detected ({{loc|6}}).

Compulsion in ''Tel'aran'rhiod'' is stronger than in the real world ({{tfoh|34}}). It has many limits, but a command to-do what someone wants to do in their inmost depths will hold for a lifetime. ({{tfoh|34}}). If used unwisely, a victim could lose a day or more, or be slower of wits ({{acos|30}}).  It can be used to give a person false memories ({{tpod|12}}).  

==The White Tower and Compulsion==
Compulsion is prohibited by [[the Tower]], even weaves that are similar are not allowed ({{prol8}}). Forms of compulsion are a common [[wilder]] trick, but it is so strongly discouraged that by the time training has gone long, few can remember much about it ({{prol8}}). [[Theodrin]] had this ({{loc|8}}) and [[Liandrin]] knows a simple version, that makes a person more easily persuaded ({{tfoh|34}}).  She uses her weak form on [[Amalisa]] to force her to help search for [[Rand]] ({{tgh|5}}). [[Verin]] pieces together a rough form of compulsion from weaves [[novices]] half remembered ({{prol8}}). It makes a person more susceptible and she uses it to persuade the Aes Sedai captives to swear to Rand.  Emotional vulnerability helps and trust is essential. The [[Blue Ajah]] has a weave that is in some ways similar to compulsion, but is limited to planting a suggestion in a person's mind ({{ns|23}}). 

[[Egwene]] believed that Rand might have used compulsion on the captures sisters, to [[Pevara]], that was forbidden so the possibility didn't occur ([http://www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan/?p=31 Robert Jordan’s Blog; Friday, January 20, 2006]). She turns down the suggestion of altering the warder bond to bond [[Asha'man]] as it is too like compulsion ({{cot|30}}).

[[Delana]] somehow knew a very advanced form of compulsion and was able to plant false memories in [[Ramshalan]] ({{prol12}}).

It is one of the weaves that Elayne and Nynaeve learn form Moghedien but do not pass on ({{prol6}}).
==Uses==
Moghedien uses it on on her sedan bearers. Until she releases them, they would die of hunger before letting anyone in ({{acos|30}}). She doesn't have much of a talent for compulsion ({{acos|30}})

Rahvin uses compulsion on [[Alteima]] to get the truth about why she left [[Tear (Nation)|Tear]]. Her main concern is that it might put him off her ({{tfoh|1}}).

Graendal uses compulsion on Moghedien and Cyndane ({{tpod|12}}). She refuses to teach the [[Shaido]] [[Wise Ones]] compulsion ({{acos|20}}).


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