Nisain a'Cowel is an Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah.
Appearance[]
She is gangly with a strong chin, dark reddish hair and startlingly blue eyes. She has a lilting voice. [1][2].
Strength and Abilities[]
Nisain is is very weak for an Aes Sedai, with a strength in the One Power of 37(25). Along with Caren Endelle and Bennae Nalsad, she is the joint fourth weakest Aes Sedai about which we have information.
She has the Talent of reading weaves made of saidar; among the six rebel sisters sent to Shadar Logoth, she was the best.
History[]
Nisain was born in 873 NE in Murandy. The "a" in her name signifies that she was from a noble family.[2]
No information about her entry into the Tower is given, nor her training as Novice and Accepted. Women of similar strength have spent 15–25 years in training (see Therva Maresis and Cariandre Temalien), so she would have been raised to the shawl between 902 NE and 916 NE between the ages of 29 and 43.
She has some small repute in matters of laws and treaties. [1]
Activities[]
She has allied herself with the Rebel Aes Sedai.
She is relatively weak with the One Power, but she has the Talent of reading weaves made of saidar. Because of this, she is sent to where the Battle near Shadar Logoth occurred[1].
As the strongest saidar reader of the group, she gives the Rebel Hall of the Tower the report of what she could read there. [1] She said they could not tell what had been done, but that more saidin had been used than saidar.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Crossroads of Twilight, Chapter 19
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Wheel of Time Companion, Nisain a'Cowel