Something I'd like to point out is that the Aes Sedai didn't seem to really care that Egwene died.  Ya they were planning a huge memorial for her and what not but like the day after the last battle they're already trying to twist Cadsuane's arm to get her to do it.  Like yo the last battle just ended.  And we won.  Lets take a couple days off from politicking and shit and lets just relax a little. 

My 2 cents;  

Egwene happens to be my favorite character in the book behind Mat.  When I read that she died i was hoping super bad for her to become a hero of the horn (I dont know how one becomes linked to the horn but i felt like she should).  And then i wanted her ending story line to be somewhat like that of Birgitte's, where she gets to mingle a little after Rand reseals the DO.  I wanted to see all of the characters who left the two rivers, together one last time at the end, since they haven't all been together since the first book.  Then they could all say goodbye to Egwene and each other as they all knowingly try to get away from each other for the complications they have all been in.  

Idk i felt like that was the ending i wanted to see ever since they got split up in the first book.  Everyone back together one last time, realizing they did what they set out to do years ago, against impossible odds, and then all going their separate ways.