I'm going to take a punt on Birgitte as being a character that most people can get behind.

...the Westlands will have both Aes Sedai as well as Asha'man. The Seanchan will only have damane.

There's an interesting point here. Even if the Seanchan - voluntarily or otherwise - up sticks and go home, what are they going to do about male channelers? Do the Seanchan even know that saidin is clean now? (Who would have told them?) If they realise they don't have to kill male channelers, what will they do with them? I presume the a'dam only works on women?

Of course, if the Seanchan learn to stop worrying and love the channeling, which is one possibility, then it's less of an issue.

1) Does anyone else think that Alliandre's point of view in ToM was a little strange? During my first read through it almost made me suspicious as to whether or not she could be a darkfriend...

I thought exactly the same thing, I was sure she was going to turn out to be a darkfriend at the start of that POV. However, by the end, I concluded she was just a flawed but still fundamentally alright person surviving a day at a time in a crazy world. I really liked it.

Berelain's really creepy understanding of her relationship with Perrin, for instance...

I did, though, think Berelain was completely off in ToM - one of the only characters I've felt suffered under BS's writing. Berelain has always been tough, but here she was cold to the point of nearly being a psychopath, and I just don't believe that her stalking of Perrin was primarily politically motivated, rather than out of a mix of genuine attraction and game-playing.

For me, 'The Last That Could Be Done' in TGS. When the collar clicked around Rand's neck, I sat up and went 'whoah'. A couple of minutes later, when Rand accessed the TP, I exclaimed out loud 'Oh My God!!'. I don't think any other book has had quite that effect on me.

Not really in any particular order:

1. Nynaeve al'Meara: "Men always seemed to think violence could solve anything. If she had had a stout stick, she would have thumped all three of them about the shoulders until they saw reason."
2. Mat Cauthon: But that lay ahead, and he banished those memories in the pleasure of this one. Tonight he danced the pattern dance with . . .
3. Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag: Ta’veren. Ridiculous. These people and their endless superstitions! A small brown bird, surely a finch, flew out of a tall oak and circled widdershins three times above Toy’s head before flying on. She had found her omen. Stay close to Toy. Not that she had any intention of doing otherwise. She had given her word, playing the game as it had to be played, and she had never broken her word in her life.
4. Elayne sur Trakand Rie: Elayne stalked across the floor and slapped Egwene’s face. Egwene was so shocked she could only stare. “You go too far,” the golden-haired woman said sharply.
5. Moghedien: Moghedien had spent the night hiding under her bed, untouched and, because she was well hidden, without picking up one single stick of rubbish. She had even gotten a good night’s sleep once the first commotion died down.
6. Alviarin Freidhen: Alviarin seized Elaida’s shoulder, shook her. “Wake up, you fool woman!” she growled. Elaida’s eyes popped open to the dim light of a single lamp held by Alviarin, bending over her bed with a hand on her shoulder. Still only half-awake, she mumbled, “What did you say?” “I said, ‘Please wake up, Mother,’ ” Alviarin replied coolly.
7. Logain Ablar: Before Nynaeve could ask somebody to shield him again, Nisao planted herself in front of her. Short as Nisao was, she managed to loom. “Now what is all this nonsense about you Healing him?” “Is that what she says she did?” Logain actually managed to sound surprised.
8. Ishamael: “There is no path to victory,” Moridin said. “The only path is to follow the Great Lord and rule for a time before all things end. The others are fools. They look for grand rewards in the eternities, but there will be no eternities. Only the now, the last days.” He laughed again, and this time there was joy in it. True pleasure.
9. Lanfear: “Lews Therin? I love you, Lews Therin. I have always loved you, and I always will. You know that. You must!”
10. Asmodean: “I once saw a man hanging from a cliff,” he said slowly. “The brink was crumbling under his fingers, and the only thing near enough to grasp was a tuft of grass, a few long blades with roots barely clinging to the rock. The only chance he had of climbing back up on the cliff. So he grabbed it.” His abrupt chuckle held no mirth. “He had to know it would pull free.” “Did you save him?” Rand asked, but Asmodean did not answer. As Rand started for the doorway, the sounds of “The March of Death” began again behind him.

Now that's what I call a great post - let the words speak for themselves! Some great moments there that I'd forgotten from Nynaeve, Alviarin and Moghedien.