nervouspearl

In Mierin's time, Siuan and Moiraine were fellow historians and partners. But Moiraine attracted Mierin's attention. Her research about the nature of the Wheel drew her in, but it was her disgusting content and security in her marriage to her equal in every way that sealed Moiraine's fate.

One day, Mierin "accidentally" stumbled on Moiraine at a conference. She started filling her head with more and more dangerous ideas, insinuating herself in every corner of Moiraine's reality. Siuan was powerless to intervene until she eventually left in a fit of despair and rage. Mierin swooped in, turning Moiraine when she was ripe for the taking. For Moiraine, unable to reach out to Siuan, consumed with questions and shame, it was the beginning of a brief but brutal downward spiral in the arms of Lanfear.

And she was good at mirroring Lanfear, encouraging her, pushing her. Although less powerful than Lanfear, her mind was equally dangerous. The Dark Lord couldn't help but notice how efficient they were together. They could change the course of history. He would make Moiraine ascend to the rank of Forsaken in his fight against life itself.

But another had been watching, waiting, and slowly understanding there was but one answer left to Moiraine's fall. Siuan sought Moiraine out. However changed, Moiraine could not resist the call of her former love. Siuan killed her in one stroke of knife, thus preventing the rise of the 14th Forsaken.