


Nynaeve's foster mother told her how she walked to Tar Valon from the Two Rivers when she knew she could listen to the wind at the age of thirteen, but was sent away. She was subsequently found and raised by Doral Barran, a Wisdom of the Two Rivers, and raised in Emond's Field, quickly learning to heal, to listen to the wind, and to forage for plants and track animals.

The last words her parents said to her were " Ayend'an Atha'an'shari'a marath allende'nesodhin an'ara'rhiod e'fel loviyagae zavilat'a'veren Ba'asa" (We shall go into the land so our children can always hold us and will never be alone.), the same last words that King Aemon said to Queen Eldrene. When she was very young, the village was attacked, and her parents hid her in the cellar. Nynaeve was born between 972 and 973 NE in a small homestead very near the Two Rivers proper.
