[@Ezmeralda][@Lucky Knight] When there's a war going on and your family is a noble family, thus assigned the duty of protecting their nation, having a daughter become an Aes Sedai with the rare ability to aid the entire continent is [u]an incredible honor[/u]. It's not like every daughter of a noble family could channel- it was exceedingly rare, in that less than 3% of the population could learn to channel to any extent at the time of the Trolloc Wars, and less than 1% of the population would actually have the strength to become Aes Sedai. So, less than 1% of the daughters of noble families could become Aes Sedai- that is EXCEEDINGLY rare. So it is ABSOLUTELY inconceivable that a family would be angered at their daughter for doing something that amazing. Source: http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=4 I know what I'm talking about. Don't assume I'm pulling info out my ass, lol.