Daigian Moseneillin

Daigian Moseneillin
Biographical Information
Nationality	Cairhienin
Date of birth	907 NE
Date of death	1000 NE
Current status	Dead
Physical description
Gender	Female
Height	Short
Build	Plump
Hair	Long, Black
Chronological and political information
First appeared	ACOS 19
Last appeared	TGS 22
Last mentioned	TGS 23
Affiliation	Unaligned sisters
Title	Lady
Rank	Aes Sedai
Ajah	White Ajah

Daigian Moseneillin was an Aes Sedai of the White Ajah.

Appearance and Personality

She had pale skin with long black hair and was plump and curvaceous. She wore the kesiera typical of many Cairhienin noblewomen. Hers is described as a moonstone dangling by a thin silver chain. She often wore clothes in the Cairhienin fashion. As the younger daughter of a minor Cairhienin house, she was entitled four stripes of color on her bosom. She added slashes of white to the skirts to represent her Ajah.

Daigian was loved and appreciated by the other sisters. Cadsuane Melaidhrin thinks that she had an excellent mind. She was considered a fine logician, and was extremely persistent and would never quit.

She logically assumed that, being the lowest-ranking Aes Sedai ever, she would have to act as servant when none were around and thus acted quiet and meek among all other sisters. Although she accepted her low rank as an Aes Sedai, she insisted on proper respect from non-Aes Sedai - both channelers and non-channelers. Asides from being stronger than those that would have been rejected by the Tower, other channelers still would be considered relatively untrained.

Strength and Abilities

Daigian is described as exceptionally weak for an Aes Sedai, with a strength level of 45(33), the "lowest level at which a woman traditionally was accepted for the Tower to become Aes Sedai". We know of no others as weak as her.

History

Born in 907 NE, she was the youngest daughter of a lesser Cairhienin House, she went to the Tower in 921 NE. After spending twenty-seven years as novice and twenty-one years as Accepted (spending a longer time as novice and Accepted than anyone in living memory), she was raised to the shawl on 969 NE becoming the weakest living Aes Sedai.

Activities

She was one of the Aes Sedai that accompanied Cadsuane into Cairhien. She acted as Cadsuane's messenger to Rand al'Thor when he requested a meeting with her, giving him Cadsuane's answer of no. She Traveled with Cadsuane to Far Madding to track down Rand. She bonded Eben Hopwil as her Warder. Linked to him, she participated in the Battle near Shadar Logoth with Nesune Bihara and Beldeine Nyram. During the battle they fought Aran'gar. Eben detected her holding saidin and threw himself at Aran'gar, ultimately sacrificing himself.

She accompanied Rand and Cadsuane to Algarin Pendaloan's house in Tear, where Rand recovered after cleansing saidin. She wept in private over the loss of Eben. While in Arad Doman, she helped teach Nynaeve the one hundred weaves required to become an Aes Sedai. She helped maintain Semirhage's shield while Semirhage was being interrogated by Cadsuane and Sarene Nemdahl. Nynaeve wanted to try to Heal her sorrow, convinced it had to do with the Warder bond being broken, and therefore with the Power. Daigian refused, preferring to cherish his memory with her grief. Nynaeve was frustrated with Daigian because despite acknowledging Nynaeve as an Aes Sedai, her actions showed she still viewed her as something less. Nynaeve was also frustrated with the Aes Sedai system of deference based on strength in the power, and told Daigian that this system was unfair to her, an experienced and knowledgeable Aes Sedai that would be expected to defer to even a newly-minted Aes Sedai with a greater strength.

She was killed during Semirhage's escape, most likely by Shaidar Haran, probably because she had no Warder who would feel what was happening through the bond. She was mourned particularly by Cadsuane and Nynaeve.