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Why do we think Thom will marry Moiraine?

(Survey Says)

(TSR: 6, 126, Doorways, 90-1):
Moiraine says she knows the face of the man she will marry better than El/Eg/Ny know their future husbands.

This could mean that she will never marry, but it could mean that she really does know who she will end up marrying. Support for the latter case is because, according to Elayne, Moiraine had some passion in her voice when she mentioned husband, despite her attempts to then brush it off. After going through the Tear twisted doorway, she immediately tells Thom that he will live through the next set of adventures. This is not the only case of such a thing; after the incident in Whitebridge in The Eye of the World, Moiraine implies that Min saw something about Thom which makes her think that Thom was not killed by the Fade. She certainly seems to have some sort of knowledge of Thom's future. Thom keeps referring to Moiraine as a good looking woman with more and more sincerity as time progresses and discovers he no longer loves Morgase.

Possible scenario: How would she know who it was? Being Aes Sedai she'd likely have a lot of chances, but here's a guess. When Min describes how her viewings work her standard example is this: I see two people who have never met and know they will marry -- and of course we had both Thom and Moiraine in front of her in Baerlon. So, this would also be the reason why:

• Moiraine was so sure Thom hadn't been killed by a Fade, despite Rand's and Mat's protestations
• why she tells Thom "I will see you again. You will survive Tarabon." (TSR: 17, 278, Deceptions, 195)

At this point, she is absolutely certain that she will see Thom again. This is before she goes to Rhuidean and goes through the rings that show possible futures. When she did do that, she saw nothing beyond the point where she tackled Lanfear through the Twisted Doorway. She thus decided that Min (or whatever oracle led her to think she would see Thom again) had been wrong. (Sean Hillyard)

Survey Says

Will Thom marry Moiraine, if she is alive?

• Yes: 67% (151)
• No: 25% (55)
• Undecided: 8% (17)