Moiraine Sedai

Chapter 2 - Strangers

Moiraine — aliases: The Lady Moiraine

Moiraine arrives in Emond's Field wearing a blue velvet cloak and intricate gold jewelry, accompanied by her sword-wielding attendant Lan. She interacts with Rand and Mat in the Green, giving them silver coins and tasks while claiming to be a student of history interested in the region's past.

Chapter 4 - The Gleeman

Moiraine — aliases: Lady

Moiraine joins the crowd watching Thom Merrilin and engages in a polite but wary exchange with him regarding his stories. She accepts his bow with grace before walking away with Lan.

Chapter 7 - Out of the Woods

Moiraine / Moiraine Sedai — aliases: Aes Sedai

Moiraine sits with Lan, examining the bodies of dead Trollocs and counting their band badges. She speaks with Rand, acknowledging her role in the battle and agreeing to attempt to heal Tam, despite the limitations of her power and the turning of the Wheel.

Chapter 8 - A Place of Safety

Moiraine / Moiraine Sedai — aliases: the Aes Sedai

Moiraine kneels by Tam's bedside and uses an angreal to heal the taint from his wounds, explaining the nature of the One Power and the danger of the Myrddraal. She informs Rand that the Dark One seeks him, Mat, and Perrin, and orders Rand to travel to Tar Valon for safety, dismissing their protests and insisting they depart before full dark.

Chapter 9 - Tellings of the Wheel

Moiraine / Moiraine Sedai — aliases: her, the Aes Sedai

Moiraine stands before an angry mob of villagers, using a flaming staff to intimidate them and then reciting the history of Manetheren to shame them into dispersal, proving their connection to the lost kingdom's bloodline.

Chapter 10 - Leavetaking

Moiraine / Moiraine Sedai — aliases: Aes Sedai

Moiraine interrupts the group to confirm they have kept their departure secret. She permits Egwene and Thom to join their party, stating it is part of the Pattern, and leads them out of the village toward Taren Ferry.

Chapter 11 - The Road to Taren Ferry

Moiraine — aliases: the Aes Sedai

Moiraine magically removes the fatigue from the horses and later unleashes a thick, icy fog to hide the group from the Draghkar. She rides with Lan, explaining the limitations of killing the creature from horseback.

Chapter 12 - Across the Taren

Moiraine / Moiraine Sedai — aliases: the Aes Sedai

Moiraine speaks briefly with Lan before leading the group to the ferry, where she pays the ferryman for the journey and adds a silver mark for each helper. She magically generates a whirlpool to destroy the ferry, then explains to the group why this was necessary to mislead their pursuers. Later, she teaches Egwene about the True Source and guides Egwene through her first touching of the One Power using a blue stone.

Chapter 13 - Choices

Moiraine / Alys — aliases: Aes Sedai, Mistress Alys

Moiraine heals the group’s fatigue and rides at the head of the party with Lan. She silences Rand and Egwene’s argument with a stern warning about the Dark One’s pursuit. Later, she privately teaches Egwene about the One Power and the history of the Breaking before leading the group into Baerlon under the alias Alys, where she is welcomed by the innkeeper Fitch.

Chapter 14 - The Stag and Lion

Moiraine — aliases: Mistress Alys

Moiraine guides the group through Baerlon under the alias Mistress Alys, arranges for baths and a private meal, and proposes they rest in Baerlon for two nights. Lan informs the party that Logain has won a battle in Ghealdan. She later speaks briefly with a messenger girl and responds to Lan's general statement of suspicion about the innkeeper, insisting that Master Fitch is trustworthy despite the need for caution.

Chapter 16 - The Wisdom

Moiraine / Mistress Alys / Moiraine Sedai — aliases: Aes Sedai

Moiraine confronts Nynaeve in the inn room, arguing that the boys are safer with her due to her power to protect them from the Dark One and their minions, and privately questions the Wisdom about whether the boys were born outside the Two Rivers.

Chapter 17 - Watchers and Hunters

Moiraine — aliases: Aes Sedai, Mistress Alys

Moiraine dances with Rand, then confronts the Whitecloaks at the gate. She intimidates Bornhald and the Watchman by enlarging her appearance and bending a sword, allowing the group to escape while expressing regret that Master Fitch did not take her warnings seriously regarding the inn.

Chapter 18 - The Caemlyn Road

Moiraine — aliases: Aes Sedai, Moiraine Sedai

Moiraine leads the group, debates strategy with Lan, and uses an angreal to summon a massive earthquake and wall of fire to stop the pursuing Trollocs and Myrddraal. Exhausted, she later lays a false scent trail for the group's escape and reveals the name of the ruined city, Shadar Logoth.

Chapter 19 - Shadow’s Waiting

Moiraine — aliases: the Aes Sedai

Moiraine rests in the safehouse, heals her fatigue with Nynaeve's help, and explains to the group the true nature of Mordeth and Mashadar after the boys return, then directs the evacuation of the city as a horde of Trollocs is driven inside.

Chapter 21 - Listen to the Wind

Moiraine — aliases: Aes Sedai

Moiraine rests by a riverbank with Lan, analyzing the tracks left by the pursuing army. She reveals to Nynaeve that she can channel by detailing her past symptoms and the danger faced by women who cannot control the Power. She informs Nynaeve that one of the boys is alive across the river and orders Nynaeve to join them in heading south.

Chapter 28 - Footprints in Air

Moiraine / Moiraine Sedai — aliases: the Aes Sedai

Moiraine rides confidently ahead, sensing the location of the boys through their emotional traces and the scent of the Pattern. She soothes the panicked locals in Whitebridge to extract information, confirms to Lan that a Myrddraal was present, and explains her plan to track the boy with his token first before finding the others, deflecting Nynaeve's anger with icy composure.

Chapter 33 - The Dark Waits

Moiraine / Moiraine Sedai — aliases: Aes Sedai

Moiraine appears in Rand's fever dream with a bloodless face, insisting he must go to Tar Valon or be taken by the Dark One.

Chapter 37 - The Long Chase

Moiraine — aliases: Aes Sedai

Moiraine leads the group, losing and then regaining the scent of the boy they seek. She conceals herself in the shadows of the Whitecloak camp and eventually summons a massive lightning storm to distract the guards and scatter the horses, facilitating Nynaeve's escape.

Chapter 38 - Rescue

Moiraine — aliases: Aes Sedai

Moiraine waits for Nynaeve to return, confirms that Rand and Mat are likely in Caemlyn, and examines Perrin's eyes, noting that his changing irises are not an illness but a change in the Pattern.

Chapter 41 - Old Friends and New Threats

Moiraine / Moiraine Sedai

Moiraine arrives at the inn with the other companions, enters Mat's room, and recoils from the evil of the Shadar Logoth dagger. She isolates herself with Mat to attempt to cure him of the dagger's corrupting influence, warning that the evil spreads like a plague.

Chapter 42 - Remembrance of Dreams

Moiraine / Moiraine Sedai

Moiraine appears with the cured Mat and commands the group's attention with her dominant presence. She confirms that Mat still has the dagger but has been cleansed of its immediate taint. She reveals the threat to the Eye of the World and the necessity of reaching it before Trollocs, ordering Loial to guide them through the Ogier Waygate despite his warnings.

Chapter 43 - Decisions and Apparitions

Moiraine — aliases: Aes Sedai, the Aes Sedai

Moiraine listens to Loial’s explanation of the Ways and reveals the urgency of reaching the Eye of the World to stop the Dark One. She compels the group to choose between facing the threat or fleeing, and when they agree, she tasks Loial with guiding them. She heals Rand's wound after his dream, warning that time is short.

Chapter 44 - The Dark Along the Ways

Moiraine — aliases: Aes Sedai

Moiraine guides the group to the Waygate, lights her way with a ball of flame, and opens the ancient lock with her staff. She retrieves the leaf of Avendesora to activate the gate, leads Aldieb through first, and remains last to seal the gate from the other side, preventing pursuit.

Chapter 45 - What Follows in Shadow

Moiraine — aliases: Aes Sedai

Moiraine confirms that Trollocs have discovered the Ways and uses her staff to burn a path through the stone gate key, which is missing. She leads the escape, then watches the Waygate darken, explaining the nature of the corruption and the entity called Machin Shin.

Chapter 46 - Fal Dara

Moiraine / Moiraine Sedai

Moiraine leads the group to Fal Dara and meets with Lord Agelmar, confirming the severity of the Trolloc threat. She dismisses Agelmar's offers of military aid, insisting on their journey to the Eye of the World. She confronts Padan Fain, recognizing his corruption and demanding a private audience to speak with him.

Chapter 47 - More Tales of the Wheel

Moiraine / Moiraine Sedai — aliases: Aes Sedai

Moiraine returns from her private audience with Fain, washing her hands vigorously to rid herself of the contamination of his soul. She reveals the full extent of Fain's corruption and his three-year hunt, and firmly insists that the ta'veren must accompany them to the Eye of the World.

Chapter 48 - The Blight

Moiraine — aliases: Aes Sedai

Moiraine leads the group past the borderpost into the Blight. Upon reaching the camping hill, she dismounts and weaves an illusion barrier to hide the camp from the Dark One's eyes. She speaks with Egwene about her training and offers to find work for the group in Tar Valon.

Chapter 49 - The Dark One Stirs

Moiraine — aliases: the Aes Sedai, Moiraine Sedai

Moiraine stands in the hilltop camp, then removes the illusion she wove the previous night. She leads the group north, urging them to stay close as she protects them from the Blight's influence. She hurls fireballs at attacking creatures and heals Lan's wounds, declaring that she is lighting signal fires for the Halfmen as they press on to the high passes.

Chapter 50 - Meetings at the Eye

Moiraine / Moiraine Sedai — aliases: the Aes Sedai

Moiraine guides the group to the Eye of the World and explains its purpose as pure saidin. She confronts the Forsaken, attempting to trap Aginor in a massive pillar of fire using her power. She screams as Aginor walks through the flames unharmed and heads toward Egwene.

Chapter 52 - There Is Neither Beginning Nor End

Moiraine / Moiraine Sedai — aliases: Aes Sedai

Moiraine recovers from her injuries, revealing the nature of the artifacts found in the Eye, including the Horn of Valere and the Dragon banner. She commands Rand to tell his story, refuses his request to teach him, and insists on taking the artifacts to Illian, maintaining authority over the group despite the crisis.

Chapter 53 - The Wheel Turns

Moiraine — aliases: Moiraine Sedai, the Aes Sedai

Moiraine rests on a litter carried by the horses, setting wards with Nynaeve and Egwene. In Fal Dara, she commands Lord Agelmar to take the Horn of Valere to Illian for rallying forces against the Shadow, ignoring his dismay. She whispers that the Prophecies will be fulfilled and the Dragon is Reborn as the chapter ends.