In the utopian society of the Age of Legends, Aes Sedai were frequently devoted to academic and scientific endeavors. However, the society of the time had advanced to the point that females and males each being able to draw strictly from a single half of the One Power had become an impediment to further progress. Then, a new source of energy that men and women could evidently both wield in equal measure was discovered outside of the Pattern. In order to gain access to this power, a team of Aes Sedai researchers led by the esteemed scientist Beidomon used the One Power to drill a hole through the Pattern and into the barrier that separated this energy source from the rest of reality. As it turned out, the source of the energy that the researchers had been attempting to access was the "True