She pauses long enough to allow him the chance to ask questions, then continues.
"They were the first of many. Every man with the ability to channel went insane, one after the other, but Lews Therin and his allies were the most powerful, and it was they who wreaked the worst devastation in the shortest time. It is why that time is called the Breaking of the World. There was no place of safety, nowhere to run or to hide; no true reign of any leader, nothing but destruction and the bitter struggle to survive."
Moiraine shakes her head, just a little.
"When it was over, all the great cities and all the works of the Age of Legends lay in ruins. Civilization had to begin again. It is during this time that Tar Valon was built, that the White Tower was built, and that the Aes Sedai reformed themselves into a sisterhood only, and the ajahs were established."
"It was also during this time that nations began to emerge from the wreckage..."
Moiraine hesitates there, considering.
"Do you wish to know of all the nations between then and now, or of those that currently exist?"
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Date: 2013-08-09 03:52 am (UTC)"They were the first of many. Every man with the ability to channel went insane, one after the other, but Lews Therin and his allies were the most powerful, and it was they who wreaked the worst devastation in the shortest time. It is why that time is called the Breaking of the World. There was no place of safety, nowhere to run or to hide; no true reign of any leader, nothing but destruction and the bitter struggle to survive."
Moiraine shakes her head, just a little.
"When it was over, all the great cities and all the works of the Age of Legends lay in ruins. Civilization had to begin again. It is during this time that Tar Valon was built, that the White Tower was built, and that the Aes Sedai reformed themselves into a sisterhood only, and the ajahs were established."
"It was also during this time that nations began to emerge from the wreckage..."
Moiraine hesitates there, considering.
"Do you wish to know of all the nations between then and now, or of those that currently exist?"