<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/22/AmyrlinSeat.jpg)</div><strong>Character name:</strong>Amyrlin Raine Alvare (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=234819.msg11557590#msg11557590)<br/><strong>Position:</strong>Amyrlin Seat<br/><strong>Tag:</strong>Serain, Open<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Evening, Saven 5th, 990NE<br/><strong>Place:</strong>Amyrlin's Office<br/><strong>Warning:</strong>n/a<br/><hr/><br/>The sound of a body entering the office echoed lightly across the stone floors. Raine noted that the footfalls however were light and agile, Serain was Saldean she remembered. The Saldean were a proud people, as well they should be. Great warriors, the largest kingdom in the north, and defenders against the Blight since the time of The Hundred Years War. She left the girl hanging there for a moment, the Amyrlin's back still turned towards her. She crossed her hands in front of herself and stepped to the side making room on the small balcony.<br/><br/>"Join me, Serain," Raine spoke into the wind but let her words carry on a light weave of air to the ears of the Novice. "Approach, I've summoned you because the Mistress of Novices is not here. You are new, young, proud and willful. I would not have you stew all your evening in a pot of your own making. Better to get at the heart of it so when you face the Mistress in the morning then you'll know your purpose more clearly." Raine didn't move, she held her place as the breeze ruffled her skirt.<br/><br/>Waiting for the Novice to join, she began to talk slowly. "I was informed that an incident occurred. It doesn't matter what it was or the why. You can have your fun answering those questions to the Mistress of Novices tomorrow. What I want to talk about is the why you are here? There are many types of Novices with varying reasons for being here. Primarily, we have those that want to be Aes Sedai and then we have those that just need to learn enough to control their little spark of the true source so they can go home and not end up killing themselves or hurting others. You would fall into one of the two categories. I don't think you traveled so far just to return home. No, I believe you came here because you are filled with a sense of honor and duty. You want to not only serve the Light but also be the Light against the Dark. As your father's people have done for generations." She purposely referred to the Saldeans as her father's people and not Serain's. "However an Aes Sedai must always remain calm. Serenity is built right into the Test for the Shawl. If you cannot remain composed then failure is assured." Raine sighed and turned to face Serrain. Raine's eyes dark pools that locked on to the Novices.<br/><br/>"We need Aes Sedai that are strong in the power, as you are. But if you let your emotions carry you away you will risk burning yourself out, you will lose your focus, and you will definitely not be allowed to take the test. It just wouldn't be safe for you. It's that simple. Letting emotions rule your decisions and small things distract you from the goals that you will undertake, it will cloud your judgement. So, tell me this. What do you want from your time in the Tower? And when you look out on this world before us.. Out beyond that great shadow in the night they call, Dragonmount. How do you see yourself in the role of Aes Sedai... a servant to all? Tell me about how you are going to go about becoming an Aes Sedai?"<br/><br/>It was a weighty set of question. The Amyrlin was essentially asking the young Novice to pick an Ajah.. or at least the description of one, to come up with a purpose for her life, and a plan to execute it all. That or the not so subtly implied trip home. Raine folded her hands in front of her, the multi-colored shawl of her position draped widely across both forearms and she waited patiently for Serain to reflect.