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“We must not look at goblin men, we must not buy their fruits:
Who knows upon what soil they fed their hungry thirsty roots?”
The Goblin Market / Christina RossettiA year after the Last Battle, Moiraine and Siuan have settled in Andor, tasked by the Amyrlin Seat with tracking down those outside the White Tower’s control who would use the One Power for dangerous or illicit purposes. They are also learning how to live together again for the first time in twenty years. Building a life together while coping with their own traumas has not been easy, though after a difficult first few months, things are starting to settle down.
But when Moiraine begins to exhibit strange and frightening behaviors, the fragile peace of their new life is shattered. Is it old nightmares come back to haunt her, or something worse?
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Before the darkness, the light by LighthouseNora
Fandoms: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time (TV)
26 Jun 2025
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“He had only a moment to gather himself before they changed again, and he found himself dancing with Moiraine. If he had thought he was stumble-footed with the Wisdom, it was nothing to how he felt with the Aes Sedai. She glided across the floor smoothly, her gown swirling about her; he almost fell twice.”—EOTW, ch. 17
A closer look at this brief mention of Moiraine dancing, in the final hours before everything starts to fall apart.
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The Wrong Perspective by LighthouseNora for reisendrelle, Taren_Ferry
Fandoms: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
21 Mar 2025
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**SPOILERS through the prologue of A Crown of Swords**
In this alternative version to the opening of CoS, Elaida responds to the haters.
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Find me in the dark by LighthouseNora
Fandoms: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time (TV)
02 Feb 2025
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"Moiraine’s anxiety was contagious and it made Siuan short and snappish, and before long they were both shouting, frayed nerves pushed to the limit. The weight of their secret felt heavier than ever, and with only the two of them to carry it, there was nowhere else for it all to go. Nowhere to aim but at each other."
The strain of their mission pushes Moiraine and Siuan to the edge.
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- Part 2 of Home Scar
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Sin Eater by LighthouseNora
Fandoms: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time (TV)
07 Dec 2024
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Moiraine regretted the ferryman’s death; of course she did. She was not unfeeling, no matter what façade she presented. But time and the desperate stakes of her mission had changed her. Each year stole a little bit more of her humanness, carving it away in slivers that she could not afford to mourn, shaping her into a tool with a single purpose. She no longer had the luxury of weighing the necessity of her actions against the morality of their outcome.
Moiraine is the one to carry the burden of making the hard call
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Me, I Wander by LighthouseNora
Fandoms: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time (TV)
16 Nov 2024
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It's been six years since Moiraine began her search for the Dragon Reborn, and nearly a year since she was last at the White Tower. As she and Lan make camp for the night on the Altaran coast, a particular natural phenomenon catches her eye and makes her long for Siuan.
Set during the early years between New Spring and The Eye of the World
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- Part 1 of Home Scar
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"Siuan paused with her hand on the doorknob. She loved her wife, but learning how to be together again after decades apart was proving to be so much harder than either of them had anticipated."
After the Last Battle, Siuan and Moiraine are trying to build a life together while struggling to cope with their respective traumas.
WoTober 2024 prompt: Fire
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Set during ch. 57 of Towers of Midnight, "A Rabbit for Supper"
Mat is disturbed that a clearly-damaged Moiraine does not seem to take what happened personally.
WoTober 2024 prompt: Game
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The world outside by LighthouseNora
Fandoms: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time (TV)
14 Oct 2024
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"What a lovely hiding place that you have made to delay our parting. What a world outside to keep each other safe from."
Triassic Love Song / Paris PalomaSiuan spends a lot of time in her hut alone, missing Moiraine.
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Not if it's you by LighthouseNora for reisendrelle
Fandoms: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time (TV)
07 Oct 2024
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“Pylades: I'll take care of you.
Orestes: It's rotten work.
Pylades: Not to me. Not if it's you.”
Anne Carson / An OresteiaIn the months following the Last Battle, a traumatized Moiraine feels like a burden and tries to leave. She doesn't get very far.
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Silver snow by LighthouseNora
Fandoms: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time (TV)
02 Oct 2024
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WoTober 2024 prompt 1: Snow
"Her return gift had been the silver necklace the other woman wore, which Master Kadere claimed was a Kandori pattern called snowflakes. She had had to ask Moiraine for enough money, but it had seemed appropriate for a woman who would never see snow." (FoH, ch. 7)
After giving Egwene money so she can buy Aviendha a present, Moiraine despairs of ever having a normal life with Siuan
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Vanish into the sea by LighthouseNora
Fandoms: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time (TV)
10 May 2024
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Contains spoilers through Fires of Heaven
In the Aiel Waste not far from the Dragonwall, Moiraine receives devastating news.
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To mask the stillness by LighthouseNora
Fandoms: The Wheel of Time (TV), Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
21 Mar 2024
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"Four days she has lasted this time. Four days since her last attempt to channel, the longest she has held out so far."
Moiraine tries to channel twice in 2x01: once intentionally in her depression bath, and once instinctively during the Fade attack. What was that like for her?
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One foot in front of the other, one step and then the next. It is how she has remained standing. As long as she is moving, as long as she is doing something useful, she can keep the darkness at bay.
She is exiled from the Tower and the woman she loves. Her power is gone, and she has finally forced Lan away from her for good. Her sister hates her. Moiraine’s secrets are all she has left to call her own now, her mission the only thing keeping her afloat. And it's time to get on with it.
In which we follow Moiraine on her first day back in Cairhien, before she catches up to Rand.
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“Moiraine,” he said gently, “you can let go of it.”
Pausing, she turned to look at him, her face a careful mask of no expression. “Let go of what?” she asked.
“The Power, Moiraine. You’ve been holding it since the beach this afternoon. It’s all right to let it go now.”
Moiraine has her power back, but after the trauma of losing it, she is afraid to release her hold on it.
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“It’s been decades, Moiraine!”
The pain in her little sister’s voice is echoed by the lines on her face, lines that hadn’t been there the last time they’d seen each other. When had Anvaere grown old? Guilt floods Moiraine, curdling in her stomach like rotten milk. Light, it had been a mistake to come here. She can't deal with this, not now. Not on top of everything else."
This is a narrative exploration of the Moiraine/Anvaere scenes in season 2 from Moiraine's POV, with backstory between each one. It hurts.
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Fractures by LighthouseNora
Fandoms: The Wheel of Time (TV), Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
10 Jan 2024
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They had both known that it might come to this someday - that their clandestine meetings and assignations would have to stop, and they would be forced to fully inhabit their public personas with each other until the Dragon either defeated the Dark One, or broke the world again.
And it seemed that time had come.
No more soft words, no more stolen kisses. They must play their roles to the hilt now, neither holding anything back, and trust that their love was strong and deep enough to be pulled from the wreckage when all was done.This takes place the evening following the battle at Falme. Reunited with Lan and struggling with overwhelm, Moiraine begins to process the events of the previous 24 hours. She and Siuan had a plan - how did it end so badly?
The first chapter is Lan POV, the second switches between Moiraine and Siuan. Did I cry while I was writing it? Yes, obviously. -
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"Anger had been Nynaeve’s refuge, but she could no longer vent her spleen at Moiraine whenever she felt the fear creeping in to build a nest in the pit of her stomach. For while the fortress city of Fal Dara had not fallen, Moiraine had. And the Moiraine who came back from the Eye of the World was not someone that Nynaeve could fight. This Moiraine was powerless, lost and broken in a way that made Nynaeve uneasy."
Back in Fal Dara after the events at the Eye of the World, Nynaeve has no idea how to interact with a damaged Moiraine. But a late-night encounter in the kitchens helps her begin to build a bridge between them, and she realizes something about herself as well.
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EDIT: Felt like this has been missing something for a while now, so I added a lil sexual awakening for Moiraine in chapter 2. Nothing super spicy, just her struggling with the fact that she enjoys alone time. It's towards the beginning.
"Alanna watched the realization hit her friend like a ball of air channeled at full force, panicked tears filling Moiraine's eyes.
Oh Moiraine, she thought sadly, her heart constricting in her chest. You truly didn’t know."Moiraine and Siuan have been Novices for over a year now, and Moiraine cherishes their close friendship. But an offhand comment from Alanna makes her rethink everything she thought she knew about herself and her feelings, and she has a realization that causes her to spiral. Also Alanna has a little snack.
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"Rand could almost see her make the decision, knew what she would say before she even opened her mouth. He needed a weapon, and here she was. She hadn’t come to control him. She’d come to offer herself."
A short conversation between Moiraine and Rand before Tarmon Gai'don