Talents Some Aes Sedai display particular Talents with the One Power,
though these Talents have nothing to do with a Sister’s strength in the Power. Some Talents are fairly common. The most common Talent by far is
Healing. This Talent is so common that an entire Ajah, the Yellow, has been dedicated to finding new methods of using the One Power to restore health. One of the rarest
Talents is that of Foretelling. Sisters with this ability are able to foretell future events in a general manner. When something is Foretold, it will definitely happen - it is only a question of when and how. The current Amyrlin Seat, Elaida a’Roihan,
has the Talent of Foretelling. There are several other major Talents which are still seen occasionally. Cloud Dancing is the control of the weather, and Earth Singing is the control of
movements in the earth. Several minor Talents are known but do not have a particular name. One is the ability to see ta’veren, another is the ability to recreate the chance-twisting ability of
ta’veren over a small region. Since the Breaking of the World
, numerous Talents have been lost, with only the name remaining. Such abilities include Aligning the Matrix, Spinning Earthfire, and Milking Tears.
Recently, several Talents thought lost have reemerged. One such Talent is Traveling, the
ability to move from one place to another without crossing the space between. Another Talent thought lost was Dreaming. But now Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, has shown that she is a Dreamer. |