There have always been those among the Accepted who did not survive the testing to be raised Aes Sedai - or who survived but wished they had not. The White Tower endeavored to limit this number to as few as possible, but there were always some who were either not skilled enough or who did not take matters seriously enough.
It seems as though the Fifth, as Harrow calls them, had been among the latter.
"And now the stakes are realized to be higher," she says. "And loss spreads among you."
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There have always been those among the Accepted who did not survive the testing to be raised Aes Sedai - or who survived but wished they had not. The White Tower endeavored to limit this number to as few as possible, but there were always some who were either not skilled enough or who did not take matters seriously enough.
It seems as though the Fifth, as Harrow calls them, had been among the latter.
"And now the stakes are realized to be higher," she says. "And loss spreads among you."