I was born in Cairhien, west of the Spine of the World.

[ The answer doesn't give much away, partly by design, and partly because Moiraine's never really had to answer this question before. Not for someone from a different world. That in itself is novelty. ]

It is a place not unlike many, with its own joys and travails, and the scheming of noble houses trying to outdo one another.

[ That last she's personally familiar with, in more ways than one, but she doesn't much like to discuss her past, and she's quick to move on from it. ]

Does that answer your question?