Berowin Doraisin

Berowin Doraisin
Biographical Information
Nationality	Cairhienin
Current status	Alive
Physical description
Gender	Female
Height	Short
Build	Stout
Chronological and political information
First appeared	ACOS 23
Last appeared	ACOS 23
Last mentioned	ACOS 31
Affiliation	The Kin
Occupation	Wise Woman

"We do not try to reach above our station, but skills are honed with time, and this was always nearly a Talent with me. I could hold one of the Forsaken."
   —Berowin on Shielding

For the similarly named Emond's Field resident, see Berowyn al'Vere

Berowin is a member of the Kin in Ebou Dar.

Appearance

She is short and stout with a tanned face and wears the red belt of an Ebou Dari Wise Woman.

Abilities

Berowin is not a strong channeller, but she is strong enough to hope to be tested for the shawl if she will return to the Tower.

Despite this weakness she seems to have a Talent for Shielding. Her shield does not break, but rather bends and stretches. So she is able to shield contemporaneously very strong channellers as Nynaeve and Elayne and also to maintain this two shields without efforts.

History

Berowin was originally from Cairhien. She is relatively weak in the One Power, weaker than nearly all Aes Sedai. She is contemptuous of Wilders.

Berowin is one of those among the Kin who believe they may return back to the White Tower one day.

Activities

She meets Elayne and Nynaeve al'Meara when Setalle Anan deposits them there after mistaking them for runaway novices.

Berowin almost gives the Kin away when she greets Garenia Rosoinde, who had been away from Ebou Dar for a long time.

Nynaeve begs Berowin and Garenia to give them information on the Bowl of the Winds - Berowin hesitates, but Garenia blurts out that she would have sent them out to The Farm for punishment. For this, Berowin castigates Garenia and forces her to apologize. This confuses Nynaeve because Garenia is very strong in the power, whereas Berowin is very weak.

Berowin notices that Elayne and Nynaeve know the trick of not letting the heat touch them. She believes that Nynaeve, at least, may actually be Aes Sedai.

She is present on the Kin's farm when Elayne and Nynaeve arrive with the rest of their group and the Bowl of the Winds. She brought word to Alise Tenjile of trouble in the city.