My favorite scenes involving Moiraine and Lan occur when Rand and friends first go to the Aiel waste in The Shadow Rising. Up to that point, Lan's prowess as a fighter was unquestioned, as was Moiraine's surprising knowledge and worldliness, but finding out that their reputations were known as far afield as the Waste was impressive. At that point, Lan became for me the ultimate warrior, the standard against which all others would be judged. Moiraine, however, became more human because the Wise Ones did not treat her with the dumbfounded awe most others did and because she had to face Rhuidean naked, taking away forever the image of her as the "queen" amongst the Two Rivers people.