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Who is the Daughter of the Nine Moons?

(Survey Says)

Mat's fate: "To marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons!"

An outside runner is Berelain, who is descended from Hawkwing and thus "of the Blood," literally. Part of that theory is that "half the light of the world" refers to Mayene being a great supplier of lamp oil.

(LoC: 52, Weaves of the Power, 641):
In Ebou Dar, Mat runs into a Seanchan guy who recognizes the name "Daughter of the Nine Moons." This makes it pretty clear that the Daughter of the Nine Moons refers to somebody Seanchan.

The episode offers further clarification (LoC: Epilogue, The Answer, 697):
"Perhaps the Return would come soon, and the Daughter of the Nine Moons with it." The Daughter is maybe a leader of the Return. It has been suggested that the Seanchan themselves don't know who the DotNM is, and that the Return will reveal her identity to them.

(I gather this theory is that the DotNM is some sort of messiah figure for the Seanchan, or something like that.)

Chances are that Mat is going to meet her RSN, since he's trapped in a town that has just been invaded by the Seanchan.

Survey Says

Who is the Daughter of the Nine Moons?

• a daughter of the Empress of Seanchan: 60% (134)
• the Empress of Seanchan: 10% (22)
• Seanchan Messiah Figure: 8% (18)
• Cerandin from Valan Luca's show 7% (15)
• Berelain 4% (8)
• Egeanin 1% (2)