Aes Sedai don't (or didn't) 'recruit' actively for a long time. They waited for the girls to show up at their door steps wanting/hoping to learn. Do you think this was a design of the Black Ajha? Specifically, if only girls wanting power were showing up for training, that motivation could be manipulated to increase BA numbers and thus reduce non-BA numbers.
White Tower/General Aes Sedai stupidity
in Wheel of Time Books
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Reading Luckers' post, it make me think...
Aes Sedai don't (or didn't) 'recruit' actively for a long time. They waited for the girls to show up at their door steps wanting/hoping to learn. Do you think this was a design of the Black Ajha? Specifically, if only girls wanting power were showing up for training, that motivation could be manipulated to increase BA numbers and thus reduce non-BA numbers.