Myrelle Berengari

Myrelle Berengari is an Accepted of the White Tower in Tar Valon, one of the young women training toward the shawl, with a room of her own in the Accepted's quarters. She is a familiar presence in the practice sessions of Moiraine Damodred and Siuan Sanche, two Accepted preparing for their own testing, and she lends herself to their weaving exercises as a deliberate distraction, giving their concentration something to hold against.

She makes a useful sort of friend. When asked to push harder, she does. When the training leaves bruises behind, she works alongside Sheriam and Ellid Abareim with healing ointment, tending the same aches the practice sessions put there. There is no contradiction in it for her; helping a friend prepare means being hard on her when hardness is what serves.

For all the hours she spends at Moiraine and Siuan's side, Myrelle takes those sessions at face value. Whatever her two friends hold private, none of it reaches her, and she gives her time without asking what lies beneath the request. She offers what she has openly: her hands, her effort, and a willingness to be exactly as demanding of a friend as that friend needs her to be.