Moiraine Damodred

Moiraine Damodred is a hero in The Wheel of Time. She is an Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah, and serves as the experienced guide and mentor to the younger characters in the novels.
==Biography==
Moiraine was born to royalty in the Sun Palace of Cairhien, as the niece of King Laman Damodred. She was born with the spark to channel the One Power, and in fact practiced channeling slightly before leaving to train in Tar Valon. She arrived at the White Tower on the same day as Siuan Sanche, who would become her best friend and lover as novices and Accepted.
She advanced quickly through her training, and was Accepted during the time of the Aiel War, after her uncle offended the clans by cutting down the sacred tree to build a throne. She was serving the Amyrlin Seat Tamra Ospenya on the same night that the Keeper of the Chronicles, Gitara Moroso, had a Foretelling of the Dragon's rebirth before passing away from shock. On the same night, three of Moiraine's uncles were killed, including the King of Cairhien. Moiraine was instructed never to speak of Gitara's death, and the Aes Sedai also schemed to make her the new Queen of Cairhien.
Moiraine and her friend Siuan were raised to Aes Sedai, both choosing the Blue Ajah, devoted to causes of justice. They worked through the records of births near Tar Valon to try to find the Dragon Reborn, but Moiraine left the Tower after the new Amyrlin, Sierin Vayu, tried to make her queen. She went to the Borderlands in her attempt to find the Dragon Reborn, and met and bonded her Warder, Lan Mandragoran, after discovering that her Mistress of Novices, Merean Redhill, was actually Black Ajah.
Moiraine and Lan searched for the Dragon for decades until they found Rand al'Thor and his friends in the Two Rivers. They tried to take them to Tar Valon for safety, but after learning that he had dreams of Ba'almazon, they went to the Eye of the World, where Rand demonstrated his channeling abilities as the Dragon Reborn. Moiraine met with Siuan and discussed their plans to aid the Dragon, staying by him through his conquests at Falme and Tear. She also went with him on his journey to the Aiel Waste to become chief of chiefs, and bartered him into becoming an official advisor to the Dragon Reborn. However, Moiraine's journey seemingly came to an end when she duelled Lanfear in Cairhien and was caught in a burning doorframe, that looked as if it killed both of them.
However, Moiraine had known of this event before it had happened due to a vision she received in Rhuidean, and asked Thom Merrilin to come save her via the Tower of Ghenjei. She was rescued by Thom, Mat, and Jain Farstrider, and married Thom Merrilin and took him as her new Warder. She had been drained of her abilities by the Finn, but was still a powerful channeler due to her possession of an angreal bracelet. She then participates in the Last Battle and helps to defeat the Dark One, while mourning a seemingly-dead Rand at his funeral.
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