History Characters / TheWheelOfTimeOthersFromTheTwoRivers

* DreamWithinADream: One of the mechanics of T'A'R is that you can visit other people's dreams. If that person has very strong feelings about you, they can yank you into their dream -- which is very dangerous in a world where YourMindMakesItReal. Fortunately for Egwene, this turns into a bizarre MeetCute that sets her up with her ''actual'' LoveInterest.

** [[spoiler:Then again Gawyn's death through overconfidence may have been the cause of her death, fulfilling both sides.]]

* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: With Rand. Eventually broken with no ill feelings on either side. She is still good friends with Rand, and serves as an HonestAdvisor to him at times. Which he often needs.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: In-universe, other characters tend to regard her as the most likeable and least annoying of the female PowerTrio of herself, Nynaeve, and Elayne. Which means that she can be [[UngratefulBastard just as bitchy as they are]] (and sometimes [[UpToEleven even worse]]) without [[MoralDissonance anyone in-universe noticing]] or [[WhatTheHellHero calling her out on it.]]

** Granted, she isn't perfect. She is noted as having difficulty with Healing, and doesn't have Elayne's proficiency with ''ter'angreal''.
** Towards the end, with Nynaeve frequently in Rand's shadow, Egwene emerges as the most prominent female channeler on the side of the Light.

* PromotedToOpeningTitles: not literally, but Egwene started the series looking like a supporting character and love interest, but by now is absolutely integral to the plot. By some measures she's ''more'' important than Perrin and Mat.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Invoked in her [[spoiler:posthumous contact with Rand. "Why should you be the only one to be TheHero and make sacrifices?"]]

A {{Tsundere}} of the highest caliber, Nynaeve was formerly the "Wisdom" (read: herb granny) of Emond's Field, despite being all of 24 when the books started. After Moiraine "kidnaps" Rand, Mat, Perrin and Egwene (Nynaeve's apprentice), Nynaeve rushes off to bring the kids back. Instead she gets roped into the adventure, especially after Moiraine notices that Nynaeve too can channel. Though she's the only Two Rivers character who hasn't become a main character in her own right, she's kept around [[TheBigGuy for her muscle]]: she is ''the'' strongest female channeler on the good-guy side.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Never commented on in-universe, but she spends more time with Elayne than with any other character in the series.

* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Fortunately, Robert Jordan had the sense to avert actual PowerLevels, but it's known that Egwene is stronger than every living Aes Sedai by a large margin... and that Nynaeve is stronger than ''her'' by a large margin. The only channelers in the whole franchise who equal or exceed Nynaeve's strength are 1) Rand, 2) Bad Guys, and 3) [[spoiler: Alivia.]]

* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Fortunately, Robert Jordan had the sense to avert actual PowerLevels, but it's known that Egwene is stronger than every living Aes Sedai by a large margin... and that Nynaeve is stronger than ''her'' by a large margin. The only channelers in the whole franchise who equal or exceed Nynaeve's strength are 1) Rand and 2) Bad Guys.

* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome: As of the GrandFinale in Book 14, Egwene went out ''spectacularly'' in a fight against Mazrim Taim, discovering the anti-Balefire in the process and turning herself into a gaint pillar of crystal to kill all the Sharan Channelers.]]

* DreamLand: ''Tel'aran'rhiod'', the World of Dreams. Egwene is a "dreamwalker" and can visit this place naturally, whereas most people just sort of flit in and out randomly. Eventually she goes to visit the local [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race]], the Aiel, who have people who specialize in dreamwalking.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Egwene also has this ability, including an EitherOrProphecy where one character will either kneel to her or kill her. [[spoiler:It was her LoveInterest Gawyn.]] [[spoiler:He knelt.]]

* [[spoiler:HeroOfAnotherStory: invoked in her posthumous contact with Rand. "Why should you be the only one to be TheHero and make sacrifices?"]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

* [[spoiler:TheyDo: Finally with Gawyn, as of Book 13. Possibly earlier, when she got drawn into his dream, depending on how "real" that counts as.]]

* BowAndSwordInAccord

* MasterSwordsman: Unlike some others, he earned his Blademaster status by being voted into the position, rather than by killing one.
** In Book 14, ''Lan'' praises him.

* {{Determinator}}: According to Moiraine, as stated above, she's very hard to tire.
** [[spoiler:That's because Rand was Healing her - it's the first time he channeled.]]
* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome: In Book 14 we really see what Bela is made of, despite being a small horse of poor breeding and no training, she still somehow manages to pour on the gas at purebreed racehorse level during the GrandFinale of Book 14, dodging and weaving through an enemy camp until a lucky Trolloc finally brings her down.]]
** FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: Made even more awesome when you realise that her actions saving Faile and Olver basically make her responsible for Mat's armies being able to beat Demandred's. ''Bela saved the world''.]]

* DistressedDamsel

A girl who grew up in Emond's Field with Rand, to whom she has a ChildhoodMarriagePromise. Being a PluckyGirl, she insists on going on the adventure with Rand, and eventually finds out that she can channel. She then spends exactly half a book at WizardingSchool before getting IdiotBall'd into various adventures and misadventures. As with many (seemingly) secondary characters, she has become a leading character in her own right as the books progress.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: In-universe, other characters tend to regard her as the most likeable and least annoying of the female PowerTrio of herself, Nyneave, and Elayne. Which means that she can be [[UngratefulBastard just as bitchy as they are]] (and sometimes [[UpToEleven even worse]]) without [[MoralDissonance anyone in-universe noticing]] or [[WhatTheHellHero calling her out on it.]]

* ReassignmentBackfire: Was elected Amyrlin of the rebel Aes Sedai essentially as a [[FallGuy Fall Girl]] to [[TakingTheHeat Take The Heat]], since the rebels originally intended to just make a little show of defiance before rejoining the tower. Boy did ''that'' not go according to plan.

-->"Men always seemed to think violence could solve anything. If she had had a stout stick, she would have thumped all three of them about the shoulders until they saw reason"

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In [=ToM=] [[spoiler: Nynaeve reveals she used to wish that Rand would 'grow up' until he actually did 'grow up' by becoming as hard as ''cuendillar''.]]

** And the other characters made it clear that, in their opinion, discretion was the better part of valor, and that Nynaeve going in more boldly would be equivalent to [[WithCatlikeTread jumping in the window screaming]]. The window of the house where NightmareFuel lives.
* DistressedDamsel: She still manages to get herself captured or compromised at least once per novel for Books 2 through 5.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Never commented on in-universe, but she spends more time with Elayne than wiht any other character in the series.

* CoolSword: His heron-marked blade, which Rand takes, and is with him until the end of the second book.

** FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: Made even more awesome when you realise that her actions saving Faile and Olver basically make her responsible for Mat's armies being able to beat Demandred's. Bela saved the world.]]

* TheScrappy: For a very long time she was almost universally hated among the fandom for being even more hypocritical and less called out than other female characters.
** She was RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap for many in Book 13, and [[spoiler: her DyingMomentOfAwesome]] in Book 14 finally fully redeemed her in much the fandom's eyes.

* TheArcher: One of the best the Two Rivers has to offer, and their archers are assumed to be some of the best around due to the quality of the bows.

* BadAss: In addition to being able to handle more of the Power than most male channelers, until Book 9 she was also one of only ''three'' good-guy characters to have faced the Forsaken head-on. The second is Rand. The third had to resort to either {{Back Stab}}s with {{Death Ray}}s or a TakingYouWithMe HeroicSacrifice.

** BeyondTheImpossible: A spell she discovers, which [[spoiler:heals [[FateWorseThanDeath severing]]]].
*** Another spell she discovers, which [[spoiler:heals taint-induced madness]].

--> "Child, blue with the cold. Should have been dead too... crying there. Crying in the snow. I couldn't just leave a child... no children of our own... always knew you wanted children. I knew you'd take it to your heart, Kari. Yes, lass. Rand is a good name. A good name."

* MasterSwordsman

-->"Neigh"

* FirstGirlWins: Nynaeve is this to Lan. (Narrative-wise, at least; Lan's like twice her age, so it's really doubtful she's the first 'girl' he ever met ''ever''.)
** The prequel confirms that this is only true of the main sequence novels.

* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Fortunately, Robert Jordan had the sense to avert actual PowerLevels, but it's known that Egwene is stronger than every living Aes Sedai by a large margin... and that Nynaeve is stronger than ''her'' by a large margin. The only channelers on this whole Characters page who equal or exceed her strength are 1) Rand and 2) Bad Guys.

* [[spoiler:TheyDo: Finally with Gawyn, as of Book 13.]]

Rand's horse at the beginning of the series, she gets passed around to different characters and has ended up seeing quite a bit of the world. Like Narg, below, she has become something of a literal EnsembleDarkhorse.