[woodsman]

Yep I'd go for Verin and Min, Faile a little as well.

I felt a lot of sympathy towards some of the characters early on: Egwene, Elayne etc, but as the books go on instead of maturing they just become worse and worse. i think this is more tied up with the role/portrayal of the Aes Sedai. Basically a bunch of objectional people who believe they have the greatest power and are best at absolutley everything.

I don't think that Jordan has made realistic female characters though and hating somone is not an indication that they are a well written/thought out character, But I do believe the whole portrayal of women in WoT would work well if it was in less detail and the series was shorter. This is because the role of women and the way they act does seem to have been key to several threads of the story.

My tuppence worth.