I'm happy that she came back a bit humbled, a bit more human, before this part I was unable to relate to Moiraine as a real person. Once I found out she had weaknesses, and loves, and would be a real normal person, it made her much easier to like. Not to mention her role in the last battle was...
No, I totally saw this coming!! I also knew as soon as they saw that the male aiel could channel, that they were the ones who had been sent up to fight.
I was so surprised about Rand and Galad being half brothers even though the mentioned Tigrane being his mother a way back I just didn't make...