Pronunciation: NIGH-neev al-MEER-ah

The Wisdom of the Two Rivers.

Chronology (Possible Spoilers)#

  • Nynaeve leads the Women's Circle initiation ceremony for Egwene. (Episode 101)
  • Nynaeve is at the Winespring Inn when Egwene enters to applause for being initiated into the Women's Circle. (Episode 101)
  • When Lan enters the Winespring Inn, Nynaeve stands up, puts her hand on her dagger, and challenges him with "Name yourself, stranger." (Episode 101)
  • Nynaeve remarks that they'd all be happier and safer when Moiraine's at her destination and then asks where Laila is and encourages Perrin to go to her at the forge. (Episode 101)
  • Moiraine visits Nynaeve at the sacred pool. (Episode 101)
  • Egwene and Nynaeve are on a bridge and they talk about the wind sounding bad. Nynaeve does not know why. (Episode 101)
  • During the Trolloc attack, Nynaeve grabs Egwene and pulls her to safety. (Episode 101)
  • Nynaeve and Egwene pull an injured villager to safety, but he dies soon. (Episode 101)
  • A Trolloc spies Nynaeve and Egwene and heads towards them. Nynaeve pulls out her knife. The Trolloc yells at them and Nynaeve yells back at it. (Episode 101)
  • A Trolloc grabs Nynaeve by the braid and drags her away. (Episode 101)
  • Nynaeve escapes from the Trolloc and hides in the sacred pool. The Trolloc enters the pool and Nynaeve kills it. (Episode 103)
  • Lan puts Moiraine on the ground and is tending to her when Nynaeve comes up from behind him, puts a (cleaned up) Trolloc blade against his throat and demands that he leads them to the others. (Episode 102)
  • Lan subdues Nynaeve after she tries to kill him. (Episode 103)
  • Nynaeve wakes up bound and gagged to a tree. She eventually convinces Lan to release her so that she can help Moiraine. Nynaeve creates a poultice and applies it to Moiraine's wound. (Episode 103)
  • Nynaeve watches over Moiraine as Lan leaves to find help. (Episode 103)
  • Lan, Moiraine and Nynaeve meet up with the Logain caravan as it moves east towards Tar Valon. (Episode 103)
  • Nynaeve is still on a ridge overlooking the Aes Sedai camp, eating her lunch. Liandrin comes over, mispronounces her name, and says it's because she can't identify her accent, but that's because she's never heard Nynaeve speak. Nynaeve guesses that Liandrin is there to ask her questions, so she says that first she'll ask Liandrin questions and then maybe answer Liandrin's questions. Her first question is "How long have you known Moiraine." Liandrin smiles. (Episode 104)
  • Liandrin is telling Nynaeve about Moiraine choosing the Blue Ajah and the purpose of the Red Ajah. Lan comes up and asks if he can join, to which Liandrin replies that she's just leaving. She invites Nynaeve to the Red Ajah tent, which is open to all women. After she leaves, Nynaeve tells Lan that Liandrin is a snake. She asks Lan if the White Tower is full of women like that, to which Lan replies that she'll have a chance to find out. He reminds her that Moiraine and he promised to help find their friends when they got to the White Tower. Lan leaves, but as he's walking away, he invites her to the Warder's fire, as long as she doesn't shove anyone into it. (Episode 104)
  • Lan, Stepin, Ihvon, Maksim and Nynaeve are sitting around a campfire. Stepin asks Nynaeve how she got stuck with Lan, and she says that she tracked him.[4] She says that the warders are more fun than they seem, but they still serve the Aes Sedai. Maksim says that they do not. Stepin explains that the bond between warder and Aes Sedai is stronger than any other bond. He explains that in the Old Tongue, "Aes Sedai" means "Servants of All", which means they serve the world. Nynaeve then asks what does that make the warders. Lan replies "Proud." (Episode 104)
  • At the Aes Sedai camp, Nynaeve sees Lan wandering away from camp and decides to follow him. (Episode 104)
  • Lan explains to Nynaeve that he just finished a Malkieri ritual: seven times for the seven towers of Malkier. Nynaeve kneels down, kisses her hand and then touches her hand to the ground and says a prayer in the Old Tongue. Lan translates it for her. (Episode 104)
  • During the battle with Logain's army, Stepin, Lan and Nynaeve head towards the cave. (Episode 104)
  • Logain turns Stepin's axes into shrapnel and hurls them back at everyone. Everyone except Nynaeve is hurt or dying. Lan is bleeding badly from a neck injury. Nynaeve runs over and kneels by him. She yells "No!" and Heals everyone who was injured. The healing generates a blazing ball of light visible to everyone. (Episode 104)
  • Moiraine, Lan and Nynaeve enter the Warders' quarters in the White Tower. (Episode 105)
  • There's a knock on Nynaeve's door. It's Stepin, with a half bottle of wine, asking if she has anymore of the sleeping tea. He tells her that the pain is the only thing he has left of Kerene, so he's not ready to let go of it yet. Nynaeve promises him that the pain will never go away, gives him the tea packet, and he leaves. (Episode 105)
  • Nynaeve ventures outside her room and ends up in the Warders' Hall. Liandrin finds her there and they talk. Liandrin then points out the direction to the library and the gardens beyond that. (Episode 105)
  • Nynaeve comes barging into Rand's room as Loial is explaining how he found her. She tries to help Mat, but he yells at her not to touch him. (Episode 105)
  • Nynaeve tells the story of Egwene having breakbone fever as a child. (Episode 105)
  • Nynaeve is at Stepin funeral and looks uncomfortable and at the point of tears. (Episode 105)

References (Possible Spoilers)#

  1. In Season 1
    1. Episode 101 - Rand and Egwene talk about Nynaeve offering her a Wisdom apprenticeship, but she hasn't accepted.
    2. Episode 102 - Mat, Egwene, Rand and Perrin talk about Nynaeve.
    3. Episode 104 - Looking over at Nynaeve, Stepin questions Lan's choice in traveling companions. Lan corrects him, saying that she's barely company.
    4. Episode 105 - Moiraine wonders if Nynaeve is ready for the White Tower. Lan tells her that Nynaeve is worried about Stepin.
    5. Episode 105 - Moiraine is walking down a hall in the White Tower. Liandrin catches up to her and they talk about Nynaeve becoming a novice and which Ajah she will eventually pick.
    6. Episode 105 - Stepin and Lan talk about Nynaeve.

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