Definitely. She had no way of assuming the existence of ter'angreal wielding kamikaze Seanchan before the point when Gawyn interrupted one. When did do so, all he could provide was a description that matched exactly how Mesaana was seen disguised in TAR, and pointed most obviously to a channeler.

Lots of things are. For example, letting her pique with Siuan preventing her from fully debriefing Siuan on what happened when they came into the WT to rescue her. While Siuan herself should definitely have mentioned the Bloodknife, I hold Egwene equally responsible for not asking for all the facts.

It is also Egwene's fault that she ever let Gawyn hang around and distracted her from her task. The moment she saw that he was not ready to accept her as things stood, she should have asked him to take time off in Andor to consider things. By dithering and letting her feelings come in the way, she lost a precious opportunity to identify threats to her and other AS.

I could go on. Egwene is far from perfect.


What colleagues? There was only one Bloodknife that first time, and Egwene was nearby to apprehend him as soon as her wards went off.


This is supposed to be a magical, mind controlled pill that will enter his system even though he's bound hand and foot and hanging from the air, right? Okay...

Of course she could have broken him. Remember the Chair of Remorse? And Egwene actually is a master of TAR, so she would have been able to use it even better, playing up the Bloodknife's own fears.

Also, the capture of this guy would definitely have made Siuan speak up. If there can be two...


And here again we have your total disregard of the facts at hand. For a guy excoriating a character for supposed biases and lack of logic, you show an astounding lack of care with your own statements...




You clearly skip over parts where Egwene shows that she is capable, logical, and insightful. Without the context of these moments, you then construct a picture of the character that suits your biases, and stick to it, ignoring all evidence that exists in the very books to the contrary. Its ironic how the very flaws your wrongly accuse Egwene of possessing are so blatantly evident in your own thought process.

Substitute your name with Egwene's here and you'd have hit the mark quite closely.