Defining Moiraine

[Kaitlin 22]

What quote (or part of the books with someone's pov) do you think best describes how others perceive Moiraine's personality? What quote would you say exemplifies how Moiraine sees herself? If you don't have the books try to be as detailed in explaining the part in the book as you can.

 

Something that comes to mind as being how she saw herself is Moiraine just before stabbing Merean in the back.

 

Moiraine struggled to her knees. She could not channel. She had no courage left, no strength. Only determination. -snip-... This had to end. Iselle lifted into the air, writhing frantically, throat working in a effort to scream past her gag. It had to end now! Stumbling, Moiraine drove her beltknife into Merean's back, blood spurting over her hands.

 

They fell to the paving stones together, the glow around Merean vanishing as she died, the shield on Moiraine vanishing. Iselle screamed, swaying where Merean's bonds had let her drop, atop the stone railing. Pushing herself to move, Moiraine scrambled across Merean's corpse, seized one of Iselle's flailing hands in hers just as the girl's slippers slid off into open air.

[Marie 73]

Lots of snipping! And it's still long. XD

 

"I do not like seeing you like this," Lan said.

 

"Like what?"

 

"Worried," he said bluntly, no readable expression on that stone-carved face now. "Afraid. I've never seen you afraid, not when we had Trollocs and Myrddraal swarming over us, not even when you learned the Forsaken were loose and Sammael was sitting almost on top of us. Is the end coming?"

 

She gave a start, and immediately wished she had not. He was looking straight ahead over his stallion's ears, but the man never missed anything. Sometimes she thought he could see a leaf fall behind his back.

 

"You have become

[Kaitlin 22]

RJ actually writes quite poetically as Moiraine. His writing of her reminds me of Harriet's poems in a way.

[Cerendrallion 32]

I shall have to see. I do not know how well I could compete against a gleeman.

 

Shows Moiraine's little quirky humour methinks. And the irony of the statement!

[jan 14]

On his knees he made any king on a throne look meek. She [Moiraine] would have to teach him some humility for his own sake.

 

I always thought this very Moiraine! The way she takes control of Lan and immediately decides what's best for him.

[Vertex 23]

"Her name is Moiraine," Ewin said into the momentary silence. "I heard him say it. Moiraine, he called her. The Lady Moiraine. His name is Lan. The Wisdom may not like her, but I do. "

 

"What makes you think Nynaeve dislikes her?" Rand said.

 

"She asked the Wisdom for directions this morning," Ewin said, "and called her 'child."' Rand and Mat both whistled softly through their teeth, and Ewin tripped over his tongue in his haste to explain. "The Lady Moiraine didn't know she was the Wisdom. She apologized when she found out. She did. And asked some questions about herbs, and about who is who around Emond's Field, just as respectfully as any woman in the village—more so than some. She's always asking questions, about how old people are, and how long they've lived where they live, and . . . oh, I don't know what all. Anyway, Nynaeve answered like she'd bitten a green sweetberry. Then, when the Lady Moiraine walked away, Nynaeve stared after her like, like . . . well, it wasn't friendly, I can tell you that."

 

First impressions are never too wrong... q-:

[Marie 73]

I don't have NS But that scene from Siuan's pov. She only got one so it should be easy to find

[Kaitlin 22]

All of these are good indications of her. It's interesting to see what people pick!

 

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If you had to describe her to someone who didn't know about the series what would you say? Would you sort of quote one of these quotes in any way... as in: "People in the books think she's a pretty doll"?

 

I've described her as a magic character, or the gandalf but pretty type. It doesn't really get across what she's about, or how quirky or cute she can be, but also tough.

[Vertex 23]

Gandalf is good with a good personality.

 

Moiraine is good but I'm not too sure about her personality. I think she has a mean streak... she seems to take pleasure in making people know how small they are compared to her.

 

Her mean streak doesn't seem to interfer with her general goodness though.. it just annoys people who wants to be treated as an equal.

[Kaitlin 22]

Gandalf is good with a good personality.

 

Moiraine is good but I'm not too sure about her personality. I think she has a mean streak... she seems to take pleasure in making people know how small they are compared to her.

 

Her mean streak doesn't seem to interfer with her general goodness though.. it just annoys people who wants to be treated as an equal.

 

Yes, she does have a mean streak. If she was all the way good she'd be Galad, though, so I am happy about her badness.

[Marie 73]

I don't think it's so much mean as she's very very arrogant and doesn't care.

 

And thanks to daddy and Lan she is used to getting her way.

[Kaitlin 22]

*poke* Say it with quotes!

[pacing 0]

this one's from rand in eotw... moiraine vs. elaida

He had sometimes thought of Moiraine as steel covered with velvet; with Elaida the velvet was only an illusion.