I don't quite recall what Moiraine sacrificed, exactly. I didn't like New Spring and have never reread it, so...
Basically, Moiraine was a generic full-of-dreams Accepted. Then she and Siuan heard Gitara's Foretelling. She and Siuan played a little Accepted game where they got a list of everyone who had had a child in the three weeks there had been snow on Dragonmount.
Then they found out the Amyrlin was assasinated, as was every single Aes Sedai she had summoned to find the Dragon. So, they were two (even more inexperienced than Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve) Accepted who took on the task of finding the Dragon Reborn, knowing full well that they were up against the entire Black Ajah, and couldn't risk asking for help lest they be slaughtered.
As I said before, Verin comes close, but she didn't have the terror of actively dodging the Black Ajah for 20 years.
I amuse myself.
Who is the bravest WOT character -- a soldier willing to sacrifice the most for their own cause?
- 23/01/2010 08:47:47 AM
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I'd say there are only two serious candidates, and one clear winner
- 23/01/2010 09:12:01 AM
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Re: I'd say there are only two serious candidates, and one clear winner
- 23/01/2010 09:23:18 AM
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Bornhold, leading the suicide charge against the Seanchan in TGH.
- 23/01/2010 11:15:14 AM
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I also approve of both your suggestions. *NM*
- 23/01/2010 05:11:26 PM
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Yes, but you're incompetent
- 25/01/2010 04:39:49 PM
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Occasionally. At least I didn't dedicate my life to achieving mediocrity, Hidious.
- 25/01/2010 05:42:21 PM
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Re: Bornhold, leading the suicide charge against the Seanchan in TGH.
- 23/01/2010 10:15:27 PM
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Can totally get behind Tuon for that scene. Bornhold's a boring fanatic, though. *NM*
- 24/01/2010 09:28:11 AM
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Not even really a contest.
- 23/01/2010 06:25:26 PM
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Incidentally...
- 23/01/2010 10:00:02 PM
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Short answer: her life (and lifetime)
- 24/01/2010 09:32:32 AM
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Meh.
- 24/01/2010 09:43:50 AM
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Psh, who joins the Aes Sedai with a cause?
- 24/01/2010 09:55:29 AM
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The thing is, most of the people I try to think of didn't really have a 'cause' ...
- 23/01/2010 11:34:42 PM
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That's just it. That's really the Dragon Reborn myth in a nutshell, really.
- 24/01/2010 09:38:12 AM
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Egwene
- 25/01/2010 03:24:39 PM
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I'll have to disagree with this
- 25/01/2010 04:37:43 PM
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And she is just plain lucky too. And people tend to save her a$$.
- 26/01/2010 10:10:33 PM
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I changed my mind - Tigraine Mantear is the bravest character I can think of.
- 27/01/2010 06:01:32 PM
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Lews Therin and the hundred Companions
- 25/01/2010 04:31:03 PM
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I can't really credit Lews Therin with anything.
- 27/01/2010 06:01:09 PM
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Why's he too powerful?
- 28/01/2010 04:31:56 PM
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Dragon Reborn, plus mightiest channeler, plus t'a'veren of great magnitude, plus leader of the World
- 28/01/2010 05:56:13 PM
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Tamra. Her speech after Gitara Moroso's death in NS was heartbreaking.
- 26/01/2010 08:28:37 AM
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