When we meet Egwene al’Vere in “Leavetaking,” the first episode of The Wheel of Time, she is attending a ceremony that marks her passage into womanhood. As she stands at the edge of a cliff, newly welcomed by the women of her village, her mentor, Nynaeve, grasps her by the shoulders and murmurs, “Be strong, Egwene.
Trust the river.” Then she shoves her off the edge. Egwene screams before she hits the river below, struggles to swim against the raging current, coughs as the water slides over her
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