a'Roihan, Elaida do Avriny,
p. 13 (1)—Aes Sedai formerly of the Red Ajah,
now raised to the Amyrlin Seat. She was born the
youngest daughter of a minor House in the north of Murandy. She served
as advisor to Queen Morgase of Andor for her
entire reign, and led the coup that deposed
Siuan Sanche
and placed her on the Amyrlin Seat in Siuan's place. She
distrusts anyone not of her Ajah (as most Reds do), and doesn't believe
she will ever trust any member of the Blue Ajah again, even in the
slightest. Her Keeper of the Chronicles is
Alviarin Freidhen of the White Ajah—she was
all but forced to choose Alviarin due to her role in the
deposition of Siuan. If she chose a Keeper from her Ajah, she most
likely would not have won the support of the White Ajah, and then
she would have been stilled and banished from the Tower instead
of Siuan. She sometimes has the Foretelling, but not all that often or
that strongly. One of her Foretellings was that the Royal Family of
Andor would play a crucial role in the Last Battle—this Foretelling
occurred around the time the Succession was going on, so she immediately
attached herself to Morgase as soon as it became clear that she would be
the one to take the Lion Throne. Another was to predict that
Rand al'Thor would shake the world on its very
foundations—she constantly kicks herself for not doing something
about him when he was in front of her, little more than a farmboy at the
time. Her most recent Foretelling was that “the White Tower would
be whole again, except for remnants cast out and scorned, whole and
stronger than ever. Rand al'Thor will face the
Amyrlin Seat and know her anger. The Black Tower will be rent in blood
and fire, and sisters will walk its grounds.” The Foretelling
about Rand is obviously deadly accurate. However, the one about the
Royal Family occurred at an inopportune time; at the time of Elaida's
Foretelling, the Royal Family was not certain. It may have meant
Morgase, Gawyn, Galad, and
Elayne (they have all had a large role to play in
the recent past), but it is also possible it could have meant the old
Royal Family, that of Tigraine, Taringail, Galad, and later Elayne and
Gawyn as well. After all, Morgase is just Morgase, but Tigraine is the
mother of the Dragon Reborn. Her most recent
Foretelling will of course be fulfilled, but not necessarily how she
wants it to be; she does not realize that the Amyrlin Seat in the
Foretelling might not be her, that the remnants cast out might be those
loyal to her, and that the destruction of the Black Tower might have
nothing to do with her. Elaida is quite strong in the
One Power; only Siuan, Moiraine,
Egwene, Elayne,
Nynaeve, and a few others can match her strength.
Elaida has always sought positions of power; she chose to follow Morgase
to have a better chance at guiding the forces in the Last Battle, and
tried to capture Rand al'Thor in an effort to gain similar control. The
only sisters that support her are those that are actually Black Ajah and
those that would follow any Amyrlin legally raised, as Elaida was
(although just barely; all laws used to raise her were stretched almost
to their breaking point, and some believe they actually did shatter).
Elaida is currently building a palace for herself atop the Warders' old
practice yard. The building will be about as tall as the White
Tower.
See alsoal'Vere, Egwene;
Amyrlin Seat;
Freidhen, Alviarin;
Sanche, Siuan;
Trakand, Morgase.
Ablar, Lord Logain,
p. 18 (8)—False Dragon who created war in Ghealdan
and surrounding nations before being captured and gentled by the Red
Ajah. He got loose during the chaos surrounding the deposing of
Siuan Sanche, and eventually was escorted out of
Tar Valon by Siuan and her traveling companions. Before he was gentled
he was of considerable strength, and attracted quite a following of
loyal soldiers. Min still has viewings of him with a halo
over his head, which she thinks indicates that he will become a figure of
great power sometime in the future. Recently, Logain has come forward
with information that indicates the Red Ajah actually put him up to
declaring himself the Dragon Reborn, most likely
with the pretext that bringing down a false Dragon would bring more
glory than gentling a simple man who could channel. Logain was
recently Healed by Nynaeve, and was let free by
Egwene to do as he pleased; it is assumed that he
is on his way to the Black Tower.
See alsoal'Thor, Rand;
Dragon, The;
Dragon Reborn.
Adley, Jonan,
p. 141 (169)—A soldier in the Black Tower. He is from Altara despite his
name, and is about four years older than Rand.
Aelfdene Casmir Lounault, Amathera,
p. 433 (555)—Former Panarch of Tarabon. She vanished, allegedly at
Aes Sedai hands, according to White Tower spies. In reality, Amathera
was being held prisoner by sisters of the Black Ajah under
Liandrin, and was rescued by
Elayne and Nynaeve. They
had her keep a low profile for several days so as not to be hurt by the
mob outside the Panarch's Palace (since it is not all that far from
“The Panarch is dead!” to “Death to the
Panarch!”), then she returned to her position. When the Seanchan
invaded Tanchico, she refused to willingly give her country to the new
conquerors; they captured her, and forced her to live as a servant.
She now serves as a dancer for High Lady Suroth,
the leader of the Seanchan pre-invasionary forces.
See alsoThera.
Aginor,
p. 166 (201)—One of the Forsaken. During the Age of Legends, he was one of
the foremost biologists of his time, specializing in genetics. He went
over to the Shadow because only there could he do all of the experiments
he wanted to. He was the one who created the Trollocs, Dragkhar,
gholam, Darkhounds, and other Shadowspawn. Some of the other
Forsaken think he was insane, for only someone insane would create some
of the creatures he did. He was the second one to be released from
the sealing on the Bore, after Balthamel.
He was trapped close to the surface of the Bore, so he was not shielded
from the passing of time very effectively; he emerged as a very old man,
so old that his face was wrinkled so that one could barely make out his
features anymore. He was killed by Rand at the Eye
of the World. Unbeknownst to almost everyone (including the Forsaken),
Aginor has been reincarnated in the body of a Borderlander man. He is
now called Osan'gar.
Agirin,
p. 73 (81)—Maiden of the Spear of the Shelan sept of the Daryne Aiel.
dur Ahmid, Toma,
p. 667 (857)—Person
who devised the Toman Calendar, which was adopted approximately two
hundred years after the death of the last male Aes Sedai and continued
until the Trolloc Wars. The Calendar recorded years After the Breaking,
or AB.
Ailron,
p. 49 (49)—King of Amadicia. He is not as strong as most kings due to the
control of the Children of the Light—in fact, he has almost no real
power at all.
See alsoNiall, Pedron;
Valda, Eamon.
Akashi, Lelaine,
p. 25 (17)—Slender Sitter for the Blue Ajah in Salidar. She carries a
dignified air about her. She was a Sitter in the White Tower for forty
years before Siuan was deposed.
al'Caar, Tod,
p. 62 (67)—Young man from the Two Rivers. He is about a year younger than
Perrin, and now serves as one of his soldiers.
al'Dai, Rad,
p. 91 (104)—Young man from the Two Rivers. He carries
Perrin's wolfhead banner.
al'Meara, Nynaeve,
p. 18 (8)—A young woman from Emond's Field, now an Aes Sedai of the Yellow
Ajah. She was the Wisdom of her village, the youngest such ever chosen
in Emond's Field. She left when four of her villagers were taken away
from the Two Rivers by Moiraine and
Lan. While the group traveled away from her home and
toward her new life, Nynaeve made several discoveries: she could channel
the One Power, and had already done so without really knowing what she
was doing; she developed feelings for al'Lan Mandragoran, Moiraine's
Warder and the uncrowned king of the now dead nation Malkier; and she has
a major role to play, as all of her younger friends in the group do, in
the years to come. She is very strong in the One Power; only a select
few who were alive during the Age of Legends could match her. When she
arrived in Tar Valon, she was raised Accepted without any tenure as a
novice, despite not being able to even sense the True Source
unless angry, a result of her having to learn some minimal control of her
ability without teaching. She was sent on a false mission by
Liandrin on which she was almost leashed by the
Seanchan as Egwene was. After she returned to the
Tower, Siuan Sanche sent her on a mission to hunt
down Liandrin and her fellow Black Sisters; while hunting them in
Tanchico, she encountered Moghedien and managed
to better her in a duel of the Power. Moghedien escaped, but two
encounters later Nynaeve once again managed to get the better of her,
leashing her with an a'dam in Tel'aran'rhiod. Nynaeve
took Moghedien with her to seek out Rand and
Rahvin while they were fighting each other, and at the last
moment before Rahvin might have won, she nearly burned Rahvin to ash
with a giant weave of fire that was most of what Moghedien could draw
to produce it; the distraction was enough for Rand to regain control of
himself and destroy Rahvin with balefire. Nynaeve then kept Moghedien
under control with a modified a'dam in Salidar. Nynaeve wished
to become Aes Sedai for the sole purpose of Healing; she thinks the
Tower meddles in the affairs of nations far too much, and wants no part
of it. She is determined to Heal anything short of death,
and has already managed to Heal gentling.
Nynaeve felt bad when Moiraine died, because her first thought was not
of her, but that now Lan was free from their bond.
She was not told that Lan's bond had been passed to
Myrelle the moment of Moiraine's death.
Editor's note: in chapter 22, we find out that Nynaeve
looks to be about 21 years old, but we know that she is closer
to 28 or so in reality.See alsoMandragoran, Lan;
Marigan;
Moghedien.
al'Seen, Bandry (Ban),
p. 85 (99)—Dannil Lewin's cousin. He looks just
like him except for a pickaxe nose and long thin mustaches in the Domani
style.
al'Thor, Rand,
p. 16 (5)—A young man from Emond's Field in the Two Rivers, now proclaimed
to be the Dragon Reborn. He is very tall, with
curly red-blond hair. He was raised by Tam al'Thor
and his wife Kari (until her death around the time
Rand was five) in Emond's Field. His real parents, however, were
Janduin, the chief of the Taardad Aiel who
brought the four clans across the Dragonwall to punish Laman's Sin, and
a Maiden of the Spear named Shaiel, who was actually
Tigraine Damodred, the runaway Daughter-Heir of Andor. Tigraine gave
birth to Rand on the slopes of Dragonmount, in accordance with prophecy;
“born of a Maiden, of the ancient blood but raised by the
Old.”
Rand has a heron branded into each of his palms, which he received from
the sword Tam gave him while fighting Ishamael.
He also has two dragons on his forearms, which he recieved in Rhuidean
to designate him
as the Car'a'carn, the Chief of Chiefs of
the Aiel. He is not only the Dragon Reborn, but also
He Who Comes With the Dawn,
the man prophesied to reunite the Aiel, and
the Coramoor, the one prophesied to bring the Sea
Folk out of the Sea. He can channel strongly, more so than any person
who ever lived (except the previous user of his soul,
Lews Therin Telamon, who was obviously of equal
strength), and is also ta'veren, the most strongly so since Lews
Therin as well. Lews Therin's voice has somehow found a new place inside
of Rand's head; he talks to him in a mad voice when Rand least expects
it, sometimes offering sound advice or knowledge, sometimes babbling,
sometimes even trying to wrest control of saidin from him.
Unlike Lews Therin, Rand is accompanied by two other ta'veren
during this turing of the Wheel, two men born within days
(hours, even) of him named Matrim Cauthon and
Perrin Aybara, who both grew up in Emond's Field as
well. Rand is destined to fall in love with three women (and has):
Min Farshaw, Elayne Trakand, and
Aviendha. Rand has had success in fighting many
of the Forsaken; all to confront him have died or been trapped. He
killed Aginor at the Eye of
the World after the Green Man
killed Balthamel; he
allowed Moiraine to kill
Be'lal in the Stone of Tear, and killed
Ishamael in the Stone shortly afterward; in the
wagons near the Spine of the World, Lanfear
confronted him and was pushed into the land of the Eelfinn by Moiraine;
he killed Rahvin in Tel'aran'rhiod when he
came to the Royal Palace in Caemlyn; and
Asmodean, his teacher, was killed shorlty after
Rahvin met his fate. His prophecies fulfilled grow: he has already been
born on the slopes of Dragonmount of a Maiden, of the ancient blood but
raised by the old, taken the Stone of Tear and drawn Callandor,
and began conquering “under the forgotten symbol,” that of
the Aes Sedai of the Age of Legends. He is working on having the
“spotless tower” break and bend knee to him (several Aes
Sedai have sworn fealty to him and only him).
He is the salvation of the entire world, and as the prophecy states,
he will save the world—and Break it again.
See alsoa'Roihan, Elaida do Avriny;
al'Thor, Tamlin;
Aviendha;
Aybara, Perrin t'Bashere;
Car'a'carn;
Cauthon, Matrim;
Coramoor;
Damodred, Galadedrid;
Damodred, Moiraine;
Dragon, The;
Dragon Reborn;
Farshaw, Elmindreda;
Ospenya, Tamra;
Sanche, Siuan;
Telamon, Lews Therin;
Trakand, Elayne;
Trakand, Gawyn.
al'Thor, Tamlin (Tam),
p. 63 (67)—Rand's father. He taught Rand about the
Flame and the Void, a trick he uses to concentrate and to win archery
competitions; Rand found that it is the way he can gain access to
saidin. Tam is not actually Rand's biological father; he found
Rand as a newborn on the slopes of Dragonmount and took him home with
him since Rand's mother was dead. He was at Dragonmount as part of the
Aiel War, which he left home to participate in when he was young. He
became an officer in the Illianer army, and even achieved Blademaster
status, acquiring a heron-mark sword. He married a woman from Caemlyn,
Kari, who he met while stationed there. When the
Aiel War started, he fought Aiel all the way to Tar Valon and the Battle
of the Shining Walls, where he found Rand on the mountain. Tam and Kari
raised Rand as their own son. Tam always won the archery competitions
(or came in second to Abell Cauthon), and passed
his archery skills on to Rand. He also taught Aram
how to use his sword. Tam had no idea that the child
he was raising was the Dragon Reborn.
See alsoal'Thor, Rand.
al'Vere, Egwene,
p. 23 (15)—A young woman from Emond's Field, now raised to the
Amyrlin Seat among the Aes Sedai opposing
Elaida. She has considerable strength with the One Power,
and will most likely be one of the strongest Aes Sedai in over
a thousand years. She is also the first Dreamer in the Tower in almost
500 years; she trained with the Wise Ones to learn more of this Talent.
Egwene is good friends with Elayne Trakand, the
Daughter-Heir of Andor, and is also a childhood friend
of Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn. In fact, Rand
and Egwene were all but Promised in their youth, but both of them feels
an almost sibling-like love for each other now; they know that they
cannot get married, and don't really want to. Egwene is the love object
of both of Elayne's brothers, Galad and
Gawyn—she is flattered by Galad's attentions, but
she does not return them; she does find Gawyn to her liking, and had a
dream of bonding him as her Warder; she knows it will occur. Egwene was
most likely chosen Amyrlin because the Aes Sedai thought she could be
guided by them without too much trouble; if this was their intent, they
made a grave mistake, for Egwene promises to be one of the strongest
Amyrlins in history.
See alsoal'Meara, Nynaeve;
al'Vere, Marin;
Amyrlin Seat;
Trakand, Elayne;
Trakand, Gawyn.
al'Vere, Marin,
p. 190 (234)—Egwene's mother. She is an important
figure in the Women's Circle in Emond's Field; she is used to getting
her way with other people.
See alsoal'Vere, Egwene.
Alarys,
p. 36 (31)—Wise One of the Shaido Aiel. She has black hair, which is quite
rare among the Aiel.
Aldiaya, Nalesean,
p. 270 (339)—One of Mat's subcommanders in the Band of
the Red Hand. He is a blocky man, taller than
Talmanes.
He leads the other half of the Band of the Red Hand's cavalry.
He keeps a pointed black beard.
Alkaese, Zarya,
p. 395 (504)—Garenia's great aunt, allegedly. She looks a lot
like her. She forgot her family when she went off to train in the White
Tower.
See alsoRosoinde, Garenia.
Almandaragal,
p. 430 (550)—Suroth's lopar. He was given to
her as a pup.
Alric,
p. 234 (291)—Siuan's Warder for about twenty years. He
was killed when Siuan was deposed; the shock of what
Elaida intended to do masked the usual emotions
that accompany the death of a Warder for her at first, and when she was
stilled she lost all contact with the destroyed bond. However, when she
was Healed, all the emotions came rushing back to her.
See alsoSanche, Siuan.
Alruddin, Katerine,
p. 62 (66)—Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah. Though she keeps it secret, she is
actually of the Black Ajah, and has been for twelve years. She was
captured by Rand during the battle at Dumai's Wells.
If something happened to Galina, the leader of the
Aes Sedai after Rand was kidnapped, Katerine was to take over for her as
the next strongest Red sister.
Alwhin,
p. 432 (554)—Assistant to the High Lady Suroth of
Seanchan; she is (among other things) in charge of giving dance orders
to Thera. She was the sul'dam originally
intended to hold Nynaeve's leash when
Liandrin attempted to “give” her to
the Seanchan as a damane.
Amalasan, Guaire,
p. 220 (273)—False Dragon of centuries past,
from Free Years 939–943. He
started the War of the Second Dragon and conquered much of the world
between the Aiel Waste and the Aryth Ocean before a young king named
Artur Paendrag Tanreall rose to overwhelming
prominence and power. Six Aes Sedai once attempted to capture him by
themselves—he killed one of them and stilled two more.
It took a full
circle of thirteen to finally capture him, and during his trial his
followers beseiged Tar Valon and tried to free him, getting as far as
the White Tower itself before being turned back.
See alsoDragon Reborn;
Hawkwing, Artur;
Paendrag Tanreall, Artur.
Amaresu,
p. 362 (460)—Hero of
Legend called back by the Horn of Valere. She carries the Sword of the
Sun.
Ambrey, Merana,
p. 175 (214)—Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah who grew up in Caemlyn. Leader of
Salidar's embassy to Rand in Caemlyn.
Amyrlin Seat,
p. 13 (2)—Leader of the Aes Sedai, their equivalent of a King or Queen.
She in theory holds supreme power amongst the sisters, and leads the Hall
of the Tower at its meetings. Kings and queens of nations strong and
weak will come if summoned by the Amyrlin, even if they spend their
entire trip figuring out how they will put a knife in her back while
there. The Seat is traditionally held by a woman strong both in the
Power and in her character. The vote to choose an Amyrlin must be
unanimous, as must the vote to depose one. Once chosen the Amyrlin is
said to be “of all Ajahs and none”—all previous
affiliations with Ajah are ignored (at least in theory).
The Ajahs have gotten fairly equal
numbers of Amyrlins raised from their Ajah, with two exceptions: no
Amyrlin has been raised from the Red Ajah since
Bonwhin Meraighdin, who was
deposed and stilled for nearly breaking the Tower in
Artur Hawkwing's day, except for
Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan, the
current Amyrlin Seat in Tar Valon; the Blue Ajah has had more than the
average number of Amyrlins from its Ajah—four of the last the last
five Amyrlins (before Elaida) were raised from the Blue Ajah. These two
exceptions to the mean number of Amyrlins from one's Ajah have only
added to the friction between the Blue and Red Ajahs over the years.
The Amyrlin has a secretary of sorts, the
Keeper of the Chronicles,
who is traditionally chosen from the same Ajah that the
Amyrlin was raised from. The office was held by
Siuan Sanche, raised from the Blue Ajah,
until she was deposed for her involvement with events surrounding the
Dragon Reborn.
Her successor was the leader of the coup,
Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan, raised from the Red
Ajah. Siuan's deposition divided the Tower, and the faction opposing
Elaida raised a new Amyrlin who could not be accused of choosing sides
on the day Siuan was deposed: Egwene al'Vere, who
was outside the Tower and not even a full sister from the time Siuan was
deposed to the time she was Raised.
See alsoa'Roihan, Elaida do Avriny;
al'Vere, Egwene;
Anghara;
Bagand, Sereille;
Ospenya, Tamra;
Sanche, Siuan;
Sorenthaine, Cemaile;
Vayu, Sierin.
Anaiya,
p. 167 (203)—Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah. She has blunt, motherly facial
features. She was very good friends with
Moiraine both as a novice and as a full sister.
She, like all Blues, fled the Tower when Elaida was
raised to the Striped Stole, and now carries a position of considerable
influence in the “Little Tower” in Salidar.
Anan, Setalle,
p. 272 (341)—Stately innkeeper of The Wandering Woman, the inn at which
Mat and Olver stay at in Ebou
Dar. She has hazel eyes, marking her a non-native to Ebou Dar.
See alsoAnan, Jasfer;
Anan, Leral.
Andomeran, Rianna,
p. 316 (400)—Aes Sedai of the Black Ajah, formerly of the White. She was
always a coldly arrogant killer. She has a white streak in her black
hair above her left ear.
Anghara,
p. 299 (377)—Amyrlin Seat before the Trolloc Wars. She
was once humbled by a ruler, made to come to
Isebele instead of making Isebele come to her.
See alsoAmyrlin Seat;
Isebele.
Aram,
p. 57 (60)—Former
Tuatha'an who gave up the Way of the Leaf to learn the sword when the
Trollocs killed his mother. He learned from
Tam al'Thor,
Rand's father and a Blademaster, and
picked it up extremely fast. He now serves as
Perrin's personal bodyguard.
See alsoal'Thor, Tamlin;
Aybara, Perrin t'Bashere.
Aran'gar,
p. 412 (525)—Name given to the reincarnation of one of the Forsaken.
It was the right-hand dagger in a form of dueling popular right after
the creation of the Bore. The sport fell from common practice,
since almost invariably both duelists died from the slow poison on the
daggers. Aran'gar was most likely Balthamel
in her past life; the soul of Balthamel now occupies the body of a
beautiful young woman.
See alsoBalthamel;
Saranov, Halima.
Arawn, Lady Naean,
p. 151 (182)—A slim, palely beautiful Andoran noble with big, blue eyes and
waves of black hair. She sneers a lot. She opposed
Morgase during the Succession.
Dyelin exiled her from Caemlyn, as Morgase did long
ago, for attempting to take the Lion Throne.
Asmodean,
p. 166 (201)—One of the Forsaken. He was born Joar Addam
Nessosin in the then coastal city of Shorelle, a child prodigy in
music and art. He gave his life to the Shadow in exchange for the
immortality he received, so he could study and perfect his music.
After being released from the Bore, he was coerced by
Lanfear into coming with her, eventually to teach
Rand to channel without killing himself. Asmodean
was drawn to Rhuidean and the stash of angreal,
ter'angreal, and most especially the two white statue
ter'angreal that linked the holder to the great sa'angreal
buried near Cairhien and on Tremalking, which together could Break the
World beyond repair. He went there to obtain the male statue, but was
thwarted by Rand, who severed his bonds to the
Dark One.
He then became Rand's teacher, and went into hiding from the
rest of the Chosen, who would kill him on sight if they saw him.
He was killed by someone of yet unknown identity right after
Rahvin and Lanfear were killed/trapped.
Asunawa, Rhadam,
p. 44 (43)—High Inquisitor of the Hand of the Light. He wants every woman
affiliated in any way with the White Tower hanged as of yesterday, every
book that mentions Aes Sedai or the White Tower burned, and the very
words banned. He would have Morgase hanged for
her months in the Tower if Niall had let him.
Avendoraldera,
p. 668 (858)—A chora tree, cut from
Avendesora, the legendary Tree of Life,
which was given as a gift to the people of Cairhien from the Aiel. The
Cairhienin never knew exactly why the Aiel gave them such a gift, and
almost five hundred years later it was almost forgotten that it
was a gift from them. The tree, which grew in the center of the
city of Cairhien, was cut down by
King Laman Damodred twenty years ago,
which precipitated the Aiel War. Four
clans of the Aiel crossed the Dragonwall under the leadership of
Janduin, Rand's father and
chief of the Taardad Aiel, to punish Laman for his sin. The deep
respect the Aiel held for the Cairhienin, as well as the passage
through the Waste they were allowed, was terminated after Laman's
Sin—the Aiel now refer to all Cairhienin as
“treekillers,” and think nothing of killing or mistreating
them.
See alsoDamodred, Laman.
Aviendha,
p. 139 (173)—Aiel
of the Nine Valleys sept of the Taardad Aiel. Formerly a Maiden of the
Spear, she was forced to give up the spear to become a Wise One because
she had the ability to channel inborn. She has green eyes, and is of
age with Rand and Mat. She is
more than pretty with dark, reddish hair. Aviendha is one of the three
women in Min's viewing of Rand—she also saw
that she was to fall in love with him when she went through the three
rings in Rhuidean. She denied her feelings for him at first, but when
the wagons crossed the Dragonwall toward Cairhien, sweat tents became
unavailable and she tried bathing as “wetlanders” did; Rand
came in as she was standing before the bath in her skin, and she
panicked. She created a Traveling gateway to Seanchan (she does not
remember how), trying to get as far away from Rand as possible, into the
middle of winter. When Rand rescued her, she decided she could not hide
her feelings any longer, and the two ended up spending the night in
eachother's arms before coming back. Aviendha says a similar incident
will not occur, and punishes any Maiden who makes a crack about it (how
they found out about something that occurred on the far side of the
world on another continent is a different subject entirely). She felt
toh toward Elayne for violating her trust,
but upon hearing that Elayne would consent to being her sister-wife,
Aviendha felt empowered to show her feelings for Rand once again. She
is not certain what she thinks of a second sister-wife in Min,
but she is determined to meet her before passing any judgment. She is
currently in Ebou Dar assisting Birgitte,
Elayne, and Nynaeve.
See alsoal'Thor, Rand.
t'Aybara, Faile ni Bashere,
p. 57 (60)—Young woman from Saldaea with long
dark hair and dark eyes. She is the daughter of
Davram and Deira Bashere, and
their oldest surviving offspring. Her two older brothers were killed,
and when Davram sent her younger brother off to fight while keeping her
at home, she ran away and swore the oath of a Hunter of the Horn in
Illian. When she became a Hunter, she renounced her old name,
Zarine, at first considering adopting the name
“Mandarb”—she chose Faile
when she found Mandarb was the name of
Lan's horse. She fell in love with
Perrin Aybara while on her search for the Horn, who
told her that the Horn had been found. She was shocked, but even more
so to find out that Rand was the
Dragon Reborn and that both he and Perrin are
ta'veren. Faile stayed near Perrin, and finally accompanied him
to the Two Rivers where she helped fend off the Trolloc attacks; the two
were married shortly afterwards. They were then proclaimed Lord and
Lady of the Two Rivers. Perrin hated the idea, but Faile insisted they
have a modest estate, and even servants, which she trained herself. Her
name means “Falcon” in the Old Tongue; she is the falcon in
Min's viewings of Perrin. She is very protective of
her husband, and does whatever she can to make sure he not so much as
looks at another woman, even though he has no intention of doing
so. She is a very jealous wife, especially toward people like
Berelain who eye her husband all the time. She
even cornered Min when they first came to Caemlyn and
Perrin greeted her warmly to make sure Min had no intentions toward
him.
See alsoAybara, Perrin t'Bashere;
Bashere, Davram t'Ghaline;
t'Bashere, Deira ni Ghaline.
Aybara, Perrin t'Bashere,
p. 56 (58)—Young man from Emond's Field. He is ta'veren.
When he and Egwene got separated from the rest of
the group while fleeing the Trollocs on Winternight, Perrin met a man
named Elyas Machera. Elyas, a former Warder who
found he could talk to wolves, helped Perrin discover the same ability in
himself. Perrin's eyes are now yellow, just like the wolves' eyes, and
he can enter what he calls the Wolf Dream (known to most as
Tel'aran'rhiod, the World of Dreams) with them. Perrin is a
childhood friend of fellow ta'verenRand al'Thor and Mat Cauthon. On
the way to Tear, Perrin encountered a young woman by the name of
Zarine Bashere, a Hunter for the Horn who took the name of
Faile (which means “Falcon” in the
Old Tongue) as a more appropriate name for a Hunter for the Horn. The
two are now married. Perrin is a very large man—he was
always a big person, which caused him to be very cautious since he found
as a child that he could easily hurt other children if his temper got
out of hand. His size helps considerably when helping
Master Luhhan on his forge, but sometimes gives
others the impression that he is slow and stupid. He returned to the
Two Rivers for a time to repel the series of Trolloc attacks; he and his
wife are recognized as Lord and Lady there, the first noblility of the
Two Rivers since the Trolloc Wars. Perrin was instrumental in freeing
Rand from his entrapment at Dumai's Wells; the two had a fight
afterwards (they had planned it as a way for Perrin to leave, although
they most likely did not plan on it being as violent as it was),
and Perrin went to Ghealdan to see if he could tame
Masema.
See alsoal'Thor, Rand;
t'Aybara, Faile ni Bashere;
Cauthon, Matrim;
Sei'cair.
Bael,
p. 144 (174)—Clan
chief of the Goshien Aiel. He is the tallest man Rand
has ever met, over a head taller than Rand, who is not short. He has
deep, resonant voice. He has two wives:
Dorindha, and Melaine.
Melaine and Bael were recently wed, after Dorindha agreed to accept
Melaine as a sister-wife. He has three sons (by Dorindha), and is
expecting twin daughters (by Melaine).
See alsoDorindha;
Melaine.
Bain,
p. 98 (113)—A
Maiden of the Spear of the Black Rock sept of the Shaarad Aiel. She has
flame-colored hair. She is first-sister to Chiad,
of the Goshien Aiel; the two had to sneak through the camp of the other
to find the Wise Ones to become first sisters, since their clans were in
blood feud at the time. She is now one of the Maidens who accompanies
Faile, a similar honor guard to what
Rand has, although smaller and for different reasons.
See alsoChiad.
Bair,
p. 95 (110)—Wise
One of the Haido sept of the Shaarad Aiel. She is a Dreamwalker, and was
one of Egwene's teachers. She has been married
before, but her husbands are dead.
Baldene, Covarla,
p. 504 (646)—One of the Aes Sedai who attempted to capture
Rand. She is now kept as an apprentice to the Wise
Ones.
Balthamel,
p. 166 (201)—One of the Forsaken. He was the first of the Forsaken to be
released from the sealing. He was trapped very close to the surface of
the Bore, and thus not shielded very effectively from the passage of
time; he emerged so deformed by age that he had to hide his face behind
a cloth and unable to speak with his own tongue. He was killed by the
Green Man at the Eye of the
World. Unknown to almost everyone (including the Forsaken), Balthamel
has been reincarnated in the body of a young Borderlander woman. She
is now called Aran'gar.
See alsoAran'gar;
Saranov, Halima.
Balwer, Sebban,
p. 45 (44)—Pedron Niall's “dry little stick of a
secretary.” He is in reality the Master of Spies for the Children
of the Light; his identity is known only to Niall, since a decoy
spymaster exists in the form of Abdel Omerna.
See alsoOmerna, Abdel.
Baradon, Teslyn,
p. 18 (7)—Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah.
She was a Sitter for the Red for fifteen
years until Elaida was raised and asked her to step
down from the Hall. Elaida sent her to Ebou Dar to meet with
Queen Tylin of Altara.
Barran, Jondyn,
p. 63 (67)—Gnarled old man from the Two Rivers. He is a better bowshot
than anyone in the Two Rivers except
Tam al'Thor and
possibly Abell Cauthon, and he is the best hunter
bar none. He always says what he thinks, regardless of who hears.
Baryn, Lord Lir,
p. 154 (186)—Andoran
lord, a “whip of a man” who always wears a sword. He was
one of the nobles who opposed Morgase during the
Succession. Slender and strong. The only reason
Rand kept him around was to have everyone support
Dyelin; no one would leave Andor to the likes of
Lord Lir.
Bashere, Lord Davram t'Ghaline,
p. 22 (13)—Lord of Bashere, Tyr, and Sidonia;
Guardian of the Blightborder; Defender of the Heartland; Marshal-General
to Queen Tenobia of Saldaea. He is also her
uncle, and Faile's father. He has black eyes, a
beak-like nose, and a mustache. He is also slender, and shorter than
most men; his wife towers over him. He left Saldaea with an army to hunt
down Mazrim Taim after he escaped, and ended up in
Caemlyn when Rand defeated
Rahvin. He now commands Rand's troops in Caemlyn
(those that cannot channel and are not under the command of
Mat or one of the Aiel chiefs). He is feared by any
potential opponents in battle; he is one of the best generals alive.
See alsot'Aybara, Faile ni Bashere;
t'Bashere, Deira ni Ghaline;
Kazadi, Tenobia si Bashere.
Bastine, Adelorna,
p. 509 (652)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. She removed an angreal
from the Tower storeroom without permission from the
Amyrlin and kept it in her room.
Alviarin found out about it, and told
Elaida she needed to make an example of her while
Elaida was feeling weak.
Bayanar, Sheriam,
p. 25 (17)—Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah with fiery hair. She was
Mistress of Novices in the White Tower before she
fled to Salidar with the rest of her Ajah. She led the group of six
sisters that hold most of the influence in Salidar, despite not being
part of the Hall of the Tower. Her tilted, green eyes can be used to
intimidate novices and Aes Sedai alike. She is now the
Keeper of the Chronicles under
Egwene al'Vere.
See alsoKeeper of the Chronicles;
Mistress of Novices.
Be'lal,
p. 40 (37)—One
of the Forsaken. After being released from the Bore, he took up
residence in Tear as the High Lord Samon. He was killed by
Moiraine in the Stone of Tear, just before
Rand took Callandor. He had white hair at his
temples, and was a Blademaster. Since he was destroyed by balefire, he
is completely dead—not even the
Dark One himself can bring him back.
Bela,
p. 219 (271)—Short, shaggy mare that
Egwene rode out of Emond's Field when she first
left with Moiraine and Lan.
Bela actually belongs to Tam al'Thor, and
Rand suggested her as a way to take Egwene with them.
Belinde,
p. 36 (31)—Wise One of the Shaido Aiel. She is skinny.
Belvyn,
p. 580 (746)—One of the Redarms that accompanies
Nynaeve.
Bendhuin,
p. 28 (20)—Scar-faced Aiel of the Green Salts sept of the Shaido Aiel. He
is Fal Aldazar Din, a Brother to the Eagle.
Berengari, Myrelle,
p. 213 (264)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah with an elliptical face. She is
young (she has worn the shawl for about fifteen years), and has four
Warders named Nuhel, Croi,
Avar, and most recently Lan,
Moiraine's old Warder who she is trying to save.
She treats all of them as husbands in defiance of all law and custom,
inside the Tower and out. She fled the White Tower when
Siuan was deposed, along with most of her Ajah. She
is one of the six sisters who hold much of the power in Salidar despite
not being part of the Hall of the Tower. She received
Lan's bond after Moiraine's
death, bringing her Warder count to four, at least until
Nynaeve is ready to have him as a Warder. She
seems to be the resident expert on saving Warders; three of her four
(Nuhel, Avar, and Lan) were previously bonded to other sisters.
See alsoDromand, Nuhel;
Hachami, Avar;
Makin, Croi;
Mandragoran, Lan.
Berowin,
p. 395 (504)—One of the Kin. She has a habit of leaping before she looks.
She serves as a Wise One in Ebou Dar.
Bhoda, Falion,
p. 315 (399)—Aes Sedai of the White Ajah. She once fled to Ebou Dar as a
runaway novice. She is now openly a member of the
Black Ajah; she fled the Tower with Liandrin.
Bihara, Nesune,
p. 62 (66)—Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah.
She is one of the Aes Sedai now sworn
Rand. She always listens to all sides before drawing
any conclusions, and she remembers everything. She is slender,
and grew up in Kandor.
Birgitte,
p. 169 (206)—Hero of Legend, bound to the Horn of Valere until
Moghedien ripped her away. She has long blonde
hair that she keeps in a braid, and is one of the best with bow and
arrows. During Nynaeve's struggle with Moghedien,
Birgitte was ripped out of Tel'aran'rhiod and almost died. She
would have if she had not been saved by Elayne, who
bonded her has a Warder to give her the strength and quick healing she
needed to survive. She is always linked to
Gaidal Cain in the stories,
and misses him immensely since he was spun out
normally while she was ripped out. She is nothing like the stories say
she is supposed to be like.
See alsoCain, Gaidal;
Trakand, Elayne.
Boroleos, Erian,
p. 62 (66)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. She had four Warders until
Rand killed two of them. She was captured by Rand in
the battle at Dumai's Wells.
Bors,
p. 289 (364)—Name
used by Jaichim Carridin when he went to a
meeting of Darkfriends. While there, he received orders from
Ishamael to kill the three ta'veren from
Emond's Field.
SeeCarridin, Jaichim.
Bren,
p. 293 (370)—Stout man, one of Tylin's servants.
Brend,
p. 151 (182)—Name Sammael uses as a member of the
Council of Nine in Illian. He rules Illian in truth, if not in name.
He refuses to admit that the Forsaken are loose.
See alsoSammael;
Stepaneos den Balgar, Mattin.
Bryne, Lord Gareth,
p. 24 (15)—Former First Prince of the Sword and Captain of the Queen's
Guards under Queen Morgase in Andor.
He was appointed
to the position because Morgase had no living male relatives, but was
exiled from Caemlyn on a suggestion from Morgase's new advisor,
Lord Gaebril. He moved to his private estates
in rural Andor, where he presided over the trial of three young women
who unintentionally burned a barn: they turned out to be
Siuan Sanche, the former
Amyrlin Seat;
Leane Sharif, the former
Keeper of the Chronicles, and
Min Farshaw. When these three made an oath to serve
him and then apparently broke it, he followed them out of sheer
curiosity to Salidar. Once their, he discovered the true identity of the
three, as well as that the Tower was truly broken. The Aes Sedai in
Salidar persuaded him to command the army they would need to take the
Amyrlin Seat from Elaida, since he was the only
commander that the Warders thought would be willing and able to help
them. He is one of the six best military commanders west of the Aiel
Waste, in a league with Pedron Niall,
Rodel Ituralde,
Davram Bashere,
Agelmar Jagad, and
Matrim Cauthon. Although neither of them would admit
it, Bryne seems to be developing feelings for Siuan Sanche; he wishes to
avoid another mistake like his relationship as
Morgase's lover, and also never forgave Siuan for
when she publicly shamed him years ago. She seems to be developing
similar feelings for him, much to her dismay. He plans to be the first
ever general to take the city of Tar Valon; the closest anyone else ever
came was with Guaire Amalasan's armies, who got as
far as the White Tower itself, and
Artur Hawkwing,
who never managed to go beyond beseiging the city.
Actually, Amalasan's troops never beseiged the city, they simply managed
to breech the walls; Hawkwing never managed to stop the supply ships
coming up the river. Bryne believes he will be able to overcome this
problem.
See alsoSanche, Siuan.
Caddar,
p. 350 (444)—Tall man who gave Sevanna the call box for
her to summon him with. He is actually Sammael.
Cain, Gaidal,
p. 370 (470)—Hero of Legend bound to the Horn of Valere. He is a swordsman,
and is always linked to Birgitte in the stories.
Unlike his depiction in the stories (which say he is as handsome as
Birgitte is beautiful), Gaidal Cain is one of the ugliest men that
Nynaeve has ever seen. Just being around him
made Nynaeve uncomfortable.
See alsoBirgitte.
Caira,
p. 307 (388)—Slender, full-lipped serving girl in the Wanderin Woman. She has
smoky eyes.
Cairdin,
p. 634 (817)—Young Brother to the Eagle of the Shaido Aiel.
Calian,
p. 362 (460)—Hero of Legend called back by the Horn of Valere. Her coming is
said to herald the end of an Age. She is
Shivan's twin sister.
See alsoShivan the Hunter.
Callie,
p. 318 (402)—Wise Woman in Ebou Dar. She was cast out of the White Tower
about four years ago. She tried to steal a ter'angreal from the
Tower; the object merely makes images of flowers and the sound of a
waterfall, but it was an object of the Power nonetheless.
Camar,
p. 535 (679)—Rangy Aiel of the Bent Peak sept of the Daryne Aiel. He has
grayer hair than Nandera and is half a head
taller than Rand.
Canler,
p. 444 (569)—One of the Asha'man. He worked out how to do the weave that
became the “wife bond” for the Asha'man; about every third
man in the Black Tower is married, and most of them now use it to know
that their wives are safe. Taim was not happy when he
first heard about it (he warns all of them against experimentation), but
once the deed was done, it was done.
Canvele,
p. 49 (49)—A
Lord Captain of the Children of the Light.
Car'a'carn,
p. 28 (21)—According to the Prophecy of Rhuidean, the man destined to unite
the clans of the Aiel. The term means “Chief of Chiefs” in
the Old Tongue.
See alsoal'Thor, Rand.
Carahuin,
p. 59 (62)—Maiden of the Spear. She is fond of making fun of
Perrin about his shyness to the gai'shain
that as of yet have no clothes.
Carin,
p. 293 (370)—Grim-faced woman short of middle age, a servant of
Queen Tylin of Altara.
Carlinya,
p. 25 (17)—Aes Sedai of the White Ajah. She fled the White Tower when
Elaida was raised. She holds much influence among
the sisters.
Carridin, Jaichim,
p. 46 (45)—An Inquisitor for the Hand of the Light, better known as the
Questioners; he aspires to some day become High Inquisitor, perhaps even
Lord Captain Commander. Surprisingly enough for a Whitecloak, much less
a Questioner, Carridin is a Darkfriend. He was given orders (under the
name Bors) by Ishamael to
find and kill Rand al'Thor, and those orders were
strengthened by a Myrddraal who promised to kill another member of
Carridin's family every month until al'Thor was dead. So far, Carridin
has lost a cousin (found skinned alive in his bed) and his youngest
sister Dealda (carried from her bridal feast by a Fade).
His sister, Vanora, recently met with a similar
fate.
See alsoAvarhin, Shiaine;
Bors;
Carridin, Vanora.
Carridin, Vanora,
p. 288 (362)—Jaichim's favorite sister. She was good
with horses, and had a ready laugh. She was raped and killed by a Fade
and fed to Trollocs.
See alsoCarridin, Jaichim.
Casban, Galina,
p. 16 (5)—Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah.
She has actually been of the Black Ajah
for all but five of her almost ninety years wearing the shawl; she is of
high standing among the Black sisters. She has been the head of the Red
Ajah for almost twenty years now,
and led the expedition to bring Rand to Tar
Valon after he was shielded. She was captured by the Shaido after the
battle at Dumai's Wells. Galina has long black hair without a touch of
gray in it. She claims to have helped break two
Amyrlin's as a Black sister. One
(Siuan Sanche) was deposed and
stilled, and the other (presumably Tamra Ospenya)
was made to appear that she had died in her sleep. She led the circle
that stilled Siuan. She is one of only three who know that
Alviarin heads the Supreme Council of the Black Ajah.
See alsoFeir, Tarna;
Sevanna.
Cassin, Romanda,
p. 25 (17)—Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah with solid gray hair and a high
soprano voice. She is the eldest of the Sitters in the Hall of the
Little Tower. She came out of her retirement when news of
Siuan and Leane came to her.
Cauthon, Abell,
p. 271 (340)—Mat's father. He and his wife
Natti live in Emond's Field with their two unmarried
daughters Eldrin and Bodewhin.
They have two other daughters. Abell is excellent
with a bow and arrow, and is in general a really nice guy; Mat does not
know of anyone that dislikes him. His remaining children are about the
age where they start to leave home—twenty, seventeen, and sixteen
for Mat, Bode, and Eldrin respectively. He is one of the best judges of
horses around, and passed some of his knowledge on to his son.
See alsoCauthon, Matrim.
Cauthon, Matrim (Mat),
p. 62 (66)—A young man from Emond's Field. He is ta'veren. Along
with his good friends, Rand al'Thor and
Perrin Aybara, he left home to escape the Trolloc
attacks after Winternight. On the way to Tar Valon, he picked up a
dagger from Shadar Logoth tainted with the evil that destroyed Aridhol,
which he carried with him for a long time. He was separated from the
dagger by Aes Sedai Healing, but doing so caused large gaps in his
memory sequence. These gaps were filled and more when he passed through
the twisted door to the land of the Eelfinn, where he was granted his
three requests: a foxhead medallion that protects him from women's
channeling, a way out of the land of the Eelfinn, and the memories of
past lifetimes that were the gaps in his memory.
Mat's ta'veren qualities manifest themselves particularly well
with random events, such as dice games—he almost never loses a
toss of the dice, even if the dice are weighted.
He has found that battles are the ultimate form of gambling,
and along with his newfound memories he can win almost every battle he
fights quite decisively. He has four sisters, including
Eldrin and Bodewhin, who are 16 and 17, respectively. His father
Abell is one of the best archers in the Two Rivers,
possibly in the World. Mat has gotten in the habit of carrying
concealed knives under his clothes in case he is attacked—his
collection would surprise anyone. In the Waste, he met a woman named
Melindhra, a Maiden of the Spear from the Shaido Clan.
However, she is not the Daughter of the Nine Moons,
who Mat is destined to marry according to the Aelfinn;
besides, she tried to kill him on orders from her master among the
Darkfriends. Mat had to kill her to save his own skin, but regrets it
deeply. He has a scar along his neck from where the Eelfinn tried to
kill him—which was also in accordance with what the Aelfinn told
him, that he is “to die and live again.” He currently heads
an army called the Band of the Red Hand, after the army of
King Aemon of
old Manetheren, and serves in a way as Rand's personal
general—this works well, since Mat seems to be a better general
than even Davram Bashere, who has earned
his good reputation as one of the best commanders alive. Mat does not
trust any Aes Sedai, and because of this refuses to take his foxhead
medallion off even to take a bath. Mat is currently in Ebou Dar trying
to keep an eye on Elayne and
Nynaeve from getting themselves killed.
See alsoal'Thor, Rand;
Aybara, Perrin t'Bashere;
Cauthon, Abell;
Daughter of the Nine Moons;
Mitsobar, Tylin Quintara.
Ceandevin, Merilille,
p. 256 (374)—Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah. Slender and palely elegant,
she has glossy black hair and large liquid eyes. She grew up in
Cairhien. She was sent to Ebou Dar to convince the queen to support
Salidar.
See alsoPol.
Chesa,
p. 158 (191)—Egwene's plumply pretty maid as the
Amyrlin Seat. Egwene often lets her sit in on
meetings with Sheriam, her
Keeper of the Chronicles, because her unexpected
chatter often unsettles Sheriam just enough for Egwene to sidestep what
Sheriam was suggesting in a discrete way.
Chiad,
p. 98 (113)—Maiden of the Spear of the Stones River sept of the Goshien
Aiel. She is short for an Aiel woman, and has blonde hair.
Gaul wants her to marry him,
but she will not give up the spear. She is
willing to be his lover, but marriage is out of the question (or so she
says). She is first-sister to Bain, and the two
serve as a sort of guard for Faile.
See alsoBain;
Gaul.
Chubain, Jimar,
p. 24 (15)—High Captain of the Tower Guard. Alviarin
suggests that they order him to increase his recruitment efforts to
expand the guard; Elaida thinks it unnecessary, but
that's more of just being blind to what anyone else says.
Chuonde,
p. 73 (81)—Maiden of the Spear of the Spine Ridge sept of the Miagoma Aiel.
She died at Dumai's Wells.
Cindal, Rafela,
p. 335 (425)—Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah. She grew up in Tear.
She was part of Salidar's embassy to Rand.
Coelan, Lord Pelivar,
p. 154 (186)—Andoran noble, leader of a strong House that supported
Morgase during the Succession. Morgase exiled him
from Caemlyn as per Gaebril's suggestion, but
hopes he will still support her when she comes to claim the throne.
He is one of the lords in Andor who arrested Naean and
Elenia for claiming the Lion Throne; he supports
Dyelin as Regent until Elayne
returns.
Colvine, Serancha,
p. 516 (661)—Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah. Seaine
and Pevara put powdered itchoak in her shift when
they were Accepted.
Cook,
p. 361 (458)—The chef in The Wandering
Woman.
Coplin, Calle,
p. 491 (629)—Girl from Emond's Field. She is fond of the attentions of the
male gender; many merchants' guards know Calle's birthmark as well as
her face.
Coramoor,
p. 264 (331)—According to the Sea Folk's Jendai Prophecy, the man who is
destined to bring them out of their long wandering in the sea. He is
the same man who is the fulfillment of just about every other prophecy
known as well, Rand al'Thor.
See alsoal'Thor, Rand;
Car'a'carn;
Dragon Reborn.
Corana,
p. 141 (170)—Maiden of the Spear with graying hair. She is almost as
leathery-faced as Sulin, but despite this she treats
Rand as an older brother.
Corevin,
p. 305 (385)—Thickly-muscled man from Cairhien with a big nose. He is about
a third the size of Vanin.
Corly, Reanne,
p. 384 (491)—Eldest of the Knitting Circle, the ruling group among the women
known as the Kin. She has blue eyes, and is quite strong in the One
Power; she could match Sheriam,
Kwamesa, or Kiruna.
Cosain,
p. 95 (110)—Lean, yellow-haired Wise One of the Spine Ridge sept of the
Miagoma Aiel. She came to meet Feraighin.
Couladin,
p. 30 (24)—Self-appointed chief of the Shaido Aiel after the death of its
last true chief, Suladric. He never went to Rhuidean,
but declared himself the Car'a'carn after
Asmodean placed two dragons on his arms in a copy
of those on Rand's arms. When the rest of the Aiel
chiefs declared for Rand, Couladin took the Shaido west across the Spine
of the World to ravage Cairhien. Although almost every other clan
despises the Shaido, all agree that even they deserved a real
chief—they never got one. Couladin died outside Cairhien while
fighting Mat Cauthon—Mat killed him,
but later remarked that Couladin had to have been born with a spear in
his hands to be that good.
After his death, the remnants of his clan fled to Kinslayer's Dagger
under the command of his widow, Sevanna. His head
was placed on a pike while Mat's troops danced around it and the rest of
the Aiel spit on it.
See alsoMuradin;
Sevanna;
Suladric.
Creator, The,
p. 287 (361)—The maker of the Universe, people, places, things, the True
Source, everything in existence. An alternative name would be God.
After He created the world, the Creator made a prison for
Shai'tan, the Dark One, His complete opposite in
every way, to keep him from influencing the world. The Creator is bent
on non-interference—He will not directly influence events in the
world, instead using a “Chosen One” or simply tugging at
the Pattern of the Age in hopes that what He wants to occur will occur,
instead of just making it happen. The Forsaken and most Darkfriends
consider Him to be inferior to the Dark One, despite the fact that He
imprisoned him.
See alsoDark One;
Dragon, The.
Dabei, Theodrin,
p. 169 (206)—Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah, raised by
Egwene. She tried to dismantle
Nynaeve's block to channeling at will, without
success.
Dachen, Nisao,
p. 232 (288)—Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah. She agreed to assist
Myrelle with helping Lan
because of problems she foresaw with his mind. Her specialty as a
Yellow sister is psychiatric problems.
See alsoHoigan, Sarin.
Dagar, Masema,
p. 446 (572)—The Prophet. He was once one of
Uno's underlings, and the one who respected
Rand the least, but after he found out that Rand was
the Dragon Reborn, he went his own way, preaching
of Rand's glory as the “Lord Dragon Reborn.” For more
on what Masema has become, read page 433 (612) of
The Fires of Heaven.
See alsoProphet of the Dragon, The.
Dailin,
p. 30 (24)—Wise One of the Shaido Aiel, loyal to
Sevanna. She was among those who dismembered
Desaine.
Daishar,
p. 218 (271)—Egwene's horse. His name means
“Glory” in the Old Tongue.
Damodred, Galadedrid (Galad),
p. 44 (43)—Son of Morgase's late husband
Taringail Damodred and his first
wife Tigraine. He is half-brother to
Elayne and Gawyn. Stunningly
handsome, even Nynaeve has trouble blushing when
she speaks to him, and Aes Sedai will often forsake their work to watch
him practice (shirtless) in the sword yard. Galad has much skill with
the sword, and has achieved Blademaster status in practice if not in
name. He disappeared from Tar Valon during the violence that accompanied
Siuan's deposition and joined
Eamon Valda's band of the Children of the Light.
Because of his sword skill,
Galad was promoted to an official position very quickly, and now
controls his own small band of men. He says he became a Whitecloak
because it “felt right.” He is extremely virtuous,
and will do whatever he thinks is right regardless of who it hurts,
even himself. His sign is a winged silver sword, point down.
Galad has feelings for
Egwene al'Vere, and although she is flattered by
his attentions, she does not return his love.
See alsoal'Vere, Egwene;
Trakand, Elayne;
Trakand, Gawyn;
Trakand, Morgase.
Damodred, King Laman,
p. 668 (858)—King of Cairhien about twenty years ago. His cutting of
Avendoraldera to make a throne unlike
anything the world had ever seen precipitated the Aiel War. The war
continued for years until all nations united against the Aiel and even
Tar Valon was threatened; the war finally ended when the Aiel killed
Laman and took his sword. Because of Laman's Pride, and his Sin, House
Damodred lost the throne of Cairhien to House Riatin, and the city never
again reached any of its former glory—but it also allowed Prophecy
to be fulfilled; the Dragon Reborn was able to be
born on the slopes of Dragonmount, born of a Maiden of the Spear but
raised by the blood of the old nations.
See alsoAvendoraldera;
Damodred, Moiraine.
Damodred, Moiraine,
p. 166 (201)—Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah. Born of a noble House in Cairhien,
she is Taringail Damodred's youngest
half-sister, and King Laman's niece.
She is considered short among her people,
and the Cairhienin are already a short people. When it
was discovered that she had the ability to channel inborn, Moiraine went
to Tar Valon to become an Aes Sedai. Just before being raised to the
shawl, she and her friend Siuan Sanche witnessed
Gitara Moroso's Foretelling of the Rebirth of the
Dragon. Moiraine and Siuan walked away from each
other and did not speak to each other again (at least in public), but
both held secret communication with each other and dedicated their lives
to finding and guiding the Dragon Reborn. Moiraine
found the young man she sought on Winternight in Emond's Field, a young
man named Rand al'Thor, along with two more
ta'veren, Mat Cauthon and
Perrin Aybara and two women with the spark of the
Power inborn, Egwene al'Vere and
Nynaeve al'Meara. When Moiraine was shortly
raised to the shawl, she met al'Lan Mandragoran, the
uncrowned King of Malkier, who was fighting alone against the Shadow in
the Blight; she asked Lan to become her Warder, and he accepted. She is
very strong in the Power, stronger than almost all living Aes Sedai. In
the Stone of Tear, Moiraine confronted and killed the Forsaken
Be'lal with balefire, just before he would have
killed Rand. Later, after having an inkling of the future events from
the testing ter'angreal for the Wise Ones, Moiraine managed to
push the Forsaken Lanfear through the twisted
doorway ter'angreal into the land of the Eelfinn, trapping both
her and Lanfear there. It is unknown whether Moiraine lives on in the
land off the Finn, or whether she is dead, but her bond with Lan has
been severed, and other Aes Sedai consider her a legend, not only for
discovering the Dragon Reborn but for killing or
trapping two of the Forsaken as well.
See alsoMandragoran, Lan;
Merrilin, Thomdril;
Sanche, Siuan.
Danelle,
p. 38 (35)—Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah, the only Brown sister among
Elaida's group of followers and advisors that
deposed Siuan. She is young, but is nonetheless
the typical Brown, often slight and seemingly lost in her own
thoughts. She has no friends, even among the Browns.
Darengil, Selande,
p. 113 (135)—One of the people who uses swords instead of spears in
imitation of the Aiel. She is the head of her “society.”
Darin,
p. 634 (816)—Maeric's eldest son. He is a Stone Dog.
See alsoMaeric.
Dark One,
p. 13 (1)—Name, used in every land, for Shai'tan, the source of all evil,
complete opposite of the Creator in every way. At
the moment of Creation, the Dark One was imprisoned by the Creator at
Shayol Ghul. This prison kept the Dark One from touching the world
until it was bored into by humans during the Age of Legends. This hole,
called the Bore, allowed the Dark One to once again touch the world,
causing new outbreaks of war, treachery, violence, and crime. The
attempt to free the Dark One completely resulted in the War of the
Shadow (called the War of Power by some, especially those on the
Shadow's side), during which a number of important leaders forsook the
Light and gave their lives to the Dark One; these people are known today
as the Forsaken, and were 13 of the most powerful Aes Sedai of the Age
of Legends. The War of the Shadow did not end until
Lews Therin Telamon, the
Dragon, and his Hundred Companions Traveled to
Shayol Ghul and re-sealed the Dark One back into his prison, trapping
the Forsaken with him. At the moment of sealing, Shai'tan lashed out at
those sealing the prison, driving them insane and tainting saidin
itself, the male half of the True Source, dooming all male Aes Sedai to
madness as well and starting the Time of Madness. These seals are
weakening now, enough that the Forsaken have escaped and the Dark One is
once again able to exert influence on the world. These seals were
scattered throughout the world by Aes Sedai during the Breaking of the
World. In order of when they were found, they were placed: 1) At the
Eye of the World (broken when it was found); 2) in the hands of
Bayle Domon, later pilfered by
High Lord Turak of the
Seanchan (broken at the battle of Falme), 3) On Seanchan, part of High
Lord Turak's collection (broken at the battle at Falme); 4) In the Great
Hold at the Stone of Tear (still intact); 5) In the Panarch's Palace in
Tanchico (broken enroute to Salidar); 6) One in Rhuidean (still intact),
and 7) Found by Mazrim Taim on a small farm in
Saldaea (still intact). Despite being made of cuendillar, the
three that remain unbroken can be cut with a knife and would break by a
fall from a table. The Dark One is also referred to by many euphemisms,
including Sightblinder, Lord of the Grave, Father of Lies, Grassburner,
Leafblighter, Heartsbane, Soulsbane, Lord of the Twilight, Father of
Storms, Shepherd of the Night, and (among Darkfriends) the Great Lord of
the Dark.
See alsoCreator, The.
Dashiva, Corlan,
p. 84 (96)—One of the Asha'man. Rand chooses him as his
Asha'man companion. He is from a farm in the Black Hills. His head is
in the clouds often as not.
Daughter of the Nine Moons,
p. 583 (749)—Woman whom Mat is
destined to marry, according to the Aelfinn.
She is most likely Tuon,
the heir to the Seanchan throne, as their royal assembly is called
the Court of the Nine Moons. The Daughter of the Nine Moons will head
the Corenne, the Return of the Seanchan to reclaim the lands
their ancestors were born in.
See alsoCauthon, Matrim;
Empress (of Seanchan).
Daughter-Heir (of Andor),
p. 19 (9)—According to Andoran tradition, the first-born daughter of the
Queen is her heir to the throne. The Daughter-Heir is traditionally
sent to Tar Valon to receive training from the Aes Sedai, although until
the current Daughter-Heir, Elayne, most have been
too weak to get beyond novice training.
See alsoTrakand, Elayne.
Davindhra,
p. 302 (382)—Nevin's widow. Tylin is
convinced that she will be quite shaken by her husband's death, and that
Beslan should make his visit to her short or she
will force him to either marry her or kill her brothers.
Delovinde, Talmanes,
p. 223 (276)—A Cairhienin military commander, about three years older
than Mat and about a head shorter. His con is
three yellow stars on a blue field. His banner is a black fox. He
rarely smiles, and reminds Mat of a compressed spring. He commands
about half of Mat's cavalry in the Band of the Red Hand, and acts as
the leader of the entire Band in Mat's absence.
Demandred,
p. 43 (41)—One of the Forsaken. He has a hawk-like nose and dark hair.
Second-best seems to be the story of his life. He was born
Barid Bel Medar one day after
Lews Therin Telamon,
and from the first day proceeded to almost equal Lews Therin's
accomplishments, almost equal Lews Therin's strength, and almost
equal him but never surpass him in everything. He became one of the
Light's greatest generals, once again second in command under Lews
Therin. Demandred believed that he was Lews Therin's intellectual and
military superior, and was furious when Lews Therin was chosen to lead
the Light's forces over him during the War of the Shadow. He developed
a burning hatred of Lews Therin, and finally dedicated his life to the
Shadow so he could finally better Lews Therin—he believed the
Shadow would eventually win the war since Lews Therin was commanding the
Light's armies, and that if he, Barid Bel Medar, had been chosen to
command them, the Light would have prevailed. When Demandred was freed
from the Bore, he transferred his hatred of Lews Therin to the new
recipient of his soul, Rand al'Thor. Demandred was
recently told by the Dark One to lead his plan to
convert or destroy Rand, and promised him to be
Nae'blis if he succeeded.
Demandred's assumed identity and whereabouts are unknown.
Derowin,
p. 558 (716)—Boy who rode Toram's pony without asking
when they were children. They were friends, but Toram still pushed him
down the stairs and broke his back.
See alsoRiatin, Toram.
Deryl,
p. 280 (352)—Large man who carries a cudgel in the shop where
Mat gets his ring.
Desaine,
p. 29 (23)—Wise One of the Shaido Aiel who Sevanna had
dismembered by the other Wise Ones with the One Power. Desaine opposed
Sevanna's appointment to Wise One, and Sevanna killed her to prevent any
further opposition. Her death was blamed on Aes Sedai.
See alsoDailin;
Meira;
Norlea;
Rhiale;
Sevanna;
Therava;
Tion.
Dhulaine, Arilyn,
p. 100 (117)—One of Coiren's spies, or the Gray Ajah's.
She is around the middle of Cairhien's nobility. She provides housing
to the Aes Sedai in Cairhien, including those who refused shelter from
the Wise Ones.
Doirellin, Lirene,
p. 21 (12)—Aes
Sedai of the Red Ajah. She resigned as a Sitter fifteen years ago and
went into “voluntary” retreat. She is now nervous and
shifty.
Domeille,
p. 527 (676)—Maiden with grayer hair than Nandera and
leaner besides. She has a “thrusting” chin.
Donavelle, Mashera,
p. 131 (156)—Aes Sedai of the stories who bore seven children for a man she
loathed because of orders from the White Tower.
Dorindha,
p. 146 (176)—Wife of Bael, and sister-wife to
Melaine. She is roofmistress to Smoke Springs
Hold, and has three sons.
See alsoBael;
Melaine.
Dorn, Lamgwin,
p. 421 (539)—Breane's boyfriend, a hard, bulky man from
Caemlyn. He lived as a street thug, but was loyal to his queen.
He joined Morgase when she left the country.
See alsoTaborwin, Breane.
Dosera,
p. 34 (28)—Wise One of the Shaido Aiel. She was killed by a wolf during
the attack on the Aes Sedai encampment near Dumai's Wells.
Dovarna, Norine,
p. 38 (35)—Big-eyed, dreamy Aes Sedai of the White Ajah. She thinks that
if the Keeper of the Chronicles is of the White
Ajah, then she should be the Keeper of the Chronicles.
Dragon Reborn,
p. 9 (ix)—According to the Karaethon Cycle, the Prophecies of the
Dragon, the man who is the Rebirth of
Lews Therin Telamon,
the man known as the Dragon during the
War of the Shadow. Over the years, many men have claimed to be the
Dragon Reborn, even men who could not channel. The true Dragon has been
Reborn in a young man named Rand al'Thor, a shepherd
from Emond's Field.
See alsoAblar, Logain;
al'Thor, Rand;
Amalasan, Guaire;
Taim, Mazrim.
Dromand, Nuhel,
p. 232 (288)—One
of Myrelle's four Warders. He also serves as a
husband to her. He is dark-skinned and bulky with a curly beard with a
bare upper lip. He is one of the Warders Myrelle saved; his first
mistress died.
See alsoBerengari, Myrelle.
Dyfelle, Alind,
p. 339 (430)—Aes Sedai of unknown Ajah. She was a legend.
Edarra,
p. 64 (70)—Wise One of the Nader sept of the Shiande Aiel.
She has blue eyes, and is not much older than Perrin.
She can channel, and is of moderately high strength.
Efalin,
p. 27 (20)—Maiden of the Spear with short graying hair;
of the Shaido Aiel.
Eltring, Lini,
p. 380 (485)—Childhood nurse to Maighdin,
Morgase, and Elayne
Trakand. She has many wise sayings, which Elayne and Morgase are fond
of quoting to themselves and others (probably because they have been
ingrained into their minds so much). She went with Morgase when she
fled Andor to Amadicia.
See alsoTrakand, Elayne;
Trakand, Morgase.
Elynde,
p. 311 (393)—Woman who always
tells Setalle Anan that she is not firm enough with
her husband when she allows him to speak out of turn.
Empress (of Seanchan),
p. 432 (552)—Ruler of Seanchan. She is considered to be a
direct descendant of the first emperor of Seanchan,
Luthair Paendrag Mondwhin. She presides over the
Court of the Nine Moons on the Seanchan continent.
See alsoPaendrag Tanreall, Artur.
Enaila,
p. 141 (169)—Maiden of
the Spear with red, fiery hair. She is short for an Aiel, a point of
sensitivity for her.
Enid,
p. 386 (491)—One
of Mistress Anan's servants. She is a very round
woman.
Erith,
p. 103 (121)—Ogier from Stedding Tsofu, daughter of
Iva daughter of Alar.
She wants to marry Loial, and although he also
wants to marry her, he is avoiding her because he is convinced she will
not want to live a nomadic life such as he needs to lead for the next
few years in order to write his book.
See alsoLoial.
Estalaine,
p. 33 (28)—Angular-shouldered Wise One of the Shaido Aiel. She died during
the attack on the Aes Sedai encampment near Dumai's Wells.
Fain, Padan,
p. 554 (711)—Former peddler that frequently came to Emond's Field.
A Darkfriend, he was given orders to locate the
Dragon Reborn
and narrowed it to three boys in Emond's Field.
While persuing them, he encountered the spirit of
Mordeth in Aridhol, now called Shadar Logoth.
Mordeth attempted to consume Fain's soul, but instead the two souls
merged, producing something more evil than either of them alone. Fain
no longer takes his orders from the Shadow; he has his own evil agenda.
It is said, "The look of the Eyeless is fear," from observing
that a Myrddraal's look causes fear in the hearts of men. Fain's look
has that effect on Myrddraal—Fades feel the same fear of Fain as
men feel from a Fade. Fain is also called Ordeith, a
name he adopted to become a Whitecloak officer. He is perhaps the most
evil man alive. He now serves as advisor to
Toram Riatin,
one of the Cairhienin nobles in rebellion to
Rand. Rand has a bounty of 100,000 gold crowns on
his head—Fain killed Rand's friends because they were his friends,
he pillaged his homeland because it was his homeland, and Rand intends
to see him dead for it.
Faisar,
p. 46 (46)—One of Niall's spies in Tanchico.
Farede,
p. 667 (857)—Panarch of
Tarabon near the end of the War of the Hundred Years.
She was responsible for promulgating the calendar that now bears her
name, which measures years of the New Era (NE), the first of which
marked the (arbitrary) end of the War.
Farellien,
p. 509 (652)—Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah. Alviarin
commanded Elaida to uphold her as a model sister,
and present her with the gift of a new horse. This came right after
Elaida found angreal in the rooms of
Josaine and Adelorna; the
obvious intent was to imply that Farellien helped turn one of them in.
It is unknown whether Farellien is Black Ajah, or if she simply was
chosen by Alviarin as a convenient person.
Farshaw, Elmindreda (Min),
p. 50 (51)—A young woman from Baerlon. She has a special ability that few
besides herself know about: she sees images and auras around people,
especially around Aes Sedai and Warders, that foretell their futures.
Min does not always know what these viewings mean, but when she does, it
will happen; it is only a question of how and when. Min was
fascinated by the number of images she saw around
Rand, especially the one she saw that included herself:
he is destined to fall in love with three different women, one of which
is herself. She usually dresses in attire reserved for men; this habit
was picked up when growing up with her father, who was a miner.
However, once she started to develop feelings for Rand, she began to
wear more traditionally feminine attire. Min was in Tar Valon helping
Siuan with her viewings' information when Siuan was
deposed, and it was Min that freed Siuan and Leane
from the dungeon. She accompanied the two former leaders of the Aes
Sedai to Salidar; once there, she left for Caemlyn with Salidar's
embassy to Rand. Once in Caemlyn, she brought information to Rand about
the embassy there, and their intentions. She has only had one viewing
that ever failed, which concerned Moiraine; since
Moiraine is believed dead, she hopes that her viewings might be wrong at
least once in a while. Min is one of only two women that can rightfully
call herself a lover to the Dragon Reborn.
See alsoal'Thor, Rand;
Aviendha;
Jan;
Miren;
Rana;
Trakand, Elayne.
Farstrider, Jain,
p. 365 (463)—Hero of legend. There is a book about him, The Travels
of Jain Farstrider, that Mat intends to read but
never has. The book is quite popular with his friends, including
Elayne, Egwene,
Rand, and Nynaeve.
Feir, Tarna,
p. 18 (8)—Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah. Elaida sent her to
Salidar to communicate with the Aes Sedai there and report about their
camp and their numbers. She has pale yellow hair and blue eyes
that could freeze the Sun. She was a wilder, and had her block beaten
out of her by Galina Casban. Note: Tarna
says at one point that Galina “knew [her] Ajah long before [she]
did, and took a personal interest in [her].”
This is just speculation, but I think it was the Black (not Red) Ajah
that Galina knew she would choose. It certainly fits with the idea of
most Aes Sedai in the Tower being Black, and with Galina's personal
interest in Tarna. Again, it's just speculation....
Fel, Herid,
p. 344 (436)—Stout Andoran who ended up in the Royal Library in Cairhien.
He studies history and philosophy, and was one of Rand's
friends. His last communication was that he needed to tell Rand
something; the next anyone saw him, he was torn apart limb from limb by
a gholam, or possibly Slayer. It is unknown why Fel was killed
or what he had conjured up that would frighten the Shadow enough to send
a gholam or Slayer after him. Note: there is a debate going
on among fans of the series as to exactly what Fel had discovered that
was so important. Ideas range from how to cleanse saidin to how
to permanently seal the Dark One's prison to how to
destroy the Dark One completely to how to bring the Asha'man
under Rand's loyalty. Perhaps we will never know for sure.
Feraighin,
p. 95 (110)—Red-haired Wise One with brilliant blue eyes. She comes to bring
the news of the Aiel's return to the Bleakness due to
Rand's dissapearance.
Flinn, Damer,
p. 92 (106)—Crease-faced old man with a limp, now one of the Dedicated.
He is bald with a fringe of white hair around the edge of his head.
He was in the Queen's Guards until he took a Murandian lance in the
thigh, and ever since has desired to help people with injuries.
He came for the amnesty to see if he could learn to Heal;
he has since developed methods of Healing that have been forgotten
since the Age of Legends.
Fransi, Careane,
p. 476 (609)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. She has shoulders and arms as
big as most men. She grew up in Arad Doman.
Freidhen, Alviarin,
p. 17 (6)—Aes Sedai of the White Ajah, but secretly the head of the Black
Ajah. She was chosen to head the Black Ajah after the previous leader
was killed by Ishamael after she managed to kill
off the Amyrlin Seat without Ishamael's approval.
Typical of most Whites, she has a very cool, collected personality.
She serves as Keeper of the Chronicles
under Elaida, despite being of a
different Ajah than Elaida was raised from. Elaida was all but forced
to choose Alviarin in order to gain the support of the White Ajah when
bringing charges against Siuan; unknown to
Elaida, this also brought her the support of the Black Ajah. Without
Alviarin as Keeper, the White Ajah would most likely have been divided
over whether to depose Siuan, and only the Red would be behind Elaida,
which would most likely have led to the stilling of Elaida and possibly
even the dismantling of the Red Ajah. It still may, since Elaida is
rapidly losing her power to Alviarin—and if Alviarin's loyalties
are ever revealed, nothing will save either of them.
See alsoa'Roihan, Elaida do Avriny;
Keeper of the Chronicles.
Gaebril,
p. 293 (369)—Man who came to Caemlyn just as riots sprang up throughout the
city. He joined and led the faction that restored order in the city,
and upon Morgase's return, he gave her her
kingdom in one piece, as it was when she left. Allegedly, she was so
happy that he had done this that she made Gaebril her new advisor.
However, during Mat's trip through Caemlyn to deliver
Elayne's letter, Mat overheard Gaebril ordering
someone to kill Elayne and anyone else with her—he tried to find a
way to report this information to Morgase, but ended up telling Elayne.
Gaebril was discovered to be Rahvin, one
of the Forsaken, who has a preference to having pretty women around him.
His “pretty woman” is Morgase, and he planned to wrest
control of Andor from her.
Morgase realized he was controlling her and left the country
so quickly a rumor sprang up that she had been killed; when Caemlyn was
taken by Rand and Rahvin killed, the rumor changed to
say that Rand had killed Morgase, instead of Gaebril.
See alsoRahvin.
Gallenne, Bertain,
p. 326 (413)—Leader of the Winged Guards of Mayene. He acts somewhat as
Berelain's personal bodyguard.
Gaul,
p. 58 (61)—An
Aiel of the Imran sept of the Shaarad Aiel. He is Shae'en
M'taal, a Stone Dog. Perrin rescued him from his
entrapment in Remen, and Gaul now walks at Perrin's side during battle
and elsewhere. Gaul wants to marry Chiad, but
though she would agree to be his lover,
she will not give up the spear for him.
See alsoAybara, Perrin t'Bashere;
Bain;
Chiad.
Gazal, Toveine,
p. 21 (12)—Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah. She spent fifteen years away from
the Tower until Elaida summoned her back to active service.
She was formerly a Sitter for the Red. Elaida names her to lead the
team of fifty sisters that she sends to Caemlyn to attempt to capture
any men who can channel that they find; unfortunately, she vastly
underestimates their numbers, and the entire team will most likely be
killed or captured in minutes once the Asha'man realize what they intend
to do. It is too late to call her back, however.
Gedwyn, Charl,
p. 72 (80)—One of the Asha'man. He leads the men who came to rescue
Rand.
Gill, Basel,
p. 421 (539)—Pink-cheeked man with graying hair who follows
Morgase. He was the innkeeper of the Queen's
Blessing, an inn in Caemlyn which at one time housed
Rand and Mat while they were
waiting for Moiraine and the rest of the group
to catch up to them.
Grady, Jur,
p. 92 (106)—Stocky, dark-eyed man, about seven years older than
Rand, now one of the Dedicated. He accompanies Rand
after the episode at Dumai's Wells, and later leaves with
Perrin.
Grady, Sora,
p. 444 (569)—Jur's wife. She disapproved of her
husband's decision to come for the amnesty, but lives with it. She is
somehow connected to Jur by a bond that the Asha'man believe is similar
to the bond between Warder and Aes Sedai.
See alsoGrady, Jur.
Graendal,
p. 40 (37)—One of the Forsaken. A fleshy woman with curled red-gold hair.
Before the War of the Shadow, she became the leading authority on
diseases of the brain, and spent much of her life dealing with the
insane, schizophrenic, and others well beyond the touch of Healing. She
was the best at subtle manipulations of the human mind that ever lived.
After the Bore was drilled, she went through a change after she realized
the world could never live up to her standards. So she began dressing in
the very way she once mocked, with low cut dresses that clung to her and
left little to the imagination. After being released from the Bore,
Graendal took up residence in Arad Doman, capturing several members of
the Royal Family to use as servants. All of her servants are not only
physically well shaped and good-looking, but also had power in their
society before she captured them. She includes in her collection the
sister of the Domani king, two rulers from Shara, and other important
figures. She has been working with Sammael in the
recent past.
Great Lord of the Dark,
p. 40 (38)—Name that Forsaken and Friends of the Dark use for
Shai'tan, the Dark One, claiming that to use his true
name would be blasphemy.
SeeDark One.
Hachami, Avar,
p. 234 (291)—One of Myrelle's four Warders. He also
serves as a husband to her. He has a hawk-like nose and thick,
gray-streaked mustaches. Like Nuhel, he was originally
bonded to another sister and “saved” by Myrelle.
See alsoBerengari, Myrelle.
Haesel,
p. 293 (370)—Skinny young woman, a servant of Queen Tylin
of Altara.
Hamal,
p. 634 (817)—Blacksmith for the Shaido Aiel.
Hamora, Jisao,
p. 52 (53)—Youngest of Gawyn's Younglings. He wears a
silver Tower on his collar, the mark of a veteran fighter who saw the
riots in the White Tower along with Gawyn.
Hanlon, Daved,
p. 553 (710)—Man in Caraline's tent. He was hired
by Toram. He will commit many crimes, according to
a viewing Min had about him.
Haran, Shaidar,
p. 413 (526)—Myrddraal of special abilities who escorts the Chosen (i.e.,
Forsaken) to the Pit of Doom to converse with the
Dark One.
He is head and shoulders taller than all other Myrddraal, who
are the height of an average man and all the same height. His name
means “Hand of the Dark” in the Old Tongue; most Myrddraal
names come from the Trolloc tongue. He is given special consideration;
the ceiling of the entrance to the Pit of Doom does not brush his head
as it does everyone else's.
Harella, Faeldrin,
p. 336 (425)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. She grew up in Tarabon. She was
part of Salidar's embassy to Rand. She has dark hair
that she usually keeps in thin braids. She shares a room with
Merana, Masuri, and
Seonid in the palace.
Harkin, Bera,
p. 71 (79)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. She has three Warders. She was
sent, along with Kiruna, to establish diplomatic
relations with Rand in the Aiel Waste. She grew up
in Andor. After following Rand to Dumai's Wells, she was made to swear
fealty to him.
Harnan,
p. 305 (385)—Lantern-jawed Tairen Redarm, a file-leader in the Band of the
Red Hand. He has a long-suffering expression and a crude hawk tatoo on
his left cheek. He is currently in Ebou Dar with Mat.
Herimon, Seaine,
p. 161 (195)—Sitter for the White Ajah in Tar Valon. When the Hall was
arguing over who to raise as Amyrlin years back,
it was deadlocked over four candidates who had each worn the shawl about
fifty years; the Hall wanted an Amyrlin that was younger than the eighty
or more years than were common. Seaine suggested
Siuan Sanche,
then a young Blue sister that had worn the shawl for ten
years; she was eventually raised.
See alsoTazanovni, Pevara.
Hoigan, Sarin,
p. 232 (288)—Nisao's Warder. A bald-headed stump of a man
with a thick black beard, he still stands taller than his mistress.
See alsoDachen, Nisao.
Hopwil, Eben,
p. 141 (169)—One of the Dedicated. He is about sixteen years old, and
skinny. He has a big nose and ears to match.
Hornsounder,
p. 362 (460)—Name that Birgitte calls
Mat because he blew the Horn of Valere.
Hovian, Corele,
p. 339 (430)—Boyishly slim Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah. She has thick black
eyebrows and raven-black hair. She always dresses as if she is going to
a country dance.
Indirian,
p. 96 (111)—Green-eyed clan chief of the Codarra Aiel. Tall and massive
with a hard, sober face. He believes that if Rand went to
Tar Valon, it would not be willingly—he said that if the news was
true, he would take the Codarra north, and dance the spears with any Aes
Sedai he encountered.
Ines,
p. 550 (705)—Woman from Caraline's party who gives
up her horse so Min can ride it.
Isan,
p. 73 (81)—Maiden
of the Spear of the Jarra sept of the Chareen Aiel. She died at
Dumai's Wells.
Isebele,
p. 299 (377)—Queen of Dal Calain, a nation which vanished during the Trolloc
Wars. She is said to have made the Amyrlin Seat
of the day, Anghara, come to her instead of the
other way around.
Ishamael,
p. 40 (38)—One of the Forsaken. He was the most powerful of the Forsaken,
and during the Age of Legends he was a prominent philosopher and
theologian named Elan Morin Tedronai.
He was never really bound inside the Bore,
and led the hidden forces of the Shadow for the three thousand odd years
from the end of the War of the Shadow to the present. He took credit
for such things as convincing the then insane
Lews Therin Telamon to kill everyone he loved,
pursuading the dying
Artur Hawkwing not to accept the Aes Sedai
Healing that might have saved his life, sending the Trollocs out of the
Great Blight during the Trolloc Wars, and many other events in history
that turned out poorly. When the rest of the Forsaken were freed,
Ishamael kept them away from eachother's throats. He confronted
Rand at the Eye of the World where he was severed
from the Dark One's bonds; he confronted him again at
Falme where Rand put his sword through him and melted it, but not
after Ishamael gave Rand a wound that he has not been able to recover
from yet; and he confronted Rand in the Stone of Tear after he took
Callandor. Rand killed Ishamael after beating him sore by
plunging Callandor into his heart. His body rotted quickly, but
it was proof that Ba'alzamon, which he called himself
to the public, was a human being, and not the
Dark One.
However, death is not always final with the Dark One; with the
appearance of two other Foraken presumed dead, it is likely that
Ishamael has been resurrected as well.
Jalani,
p. 141 (170)—Maiden of the Spear, part of Rand's honor
guard. She is the youngest among them, only sixteen—despite this,
she treats Rand as she would a younger brother.
Janira,
p. 585 (753)—Saldaen Kinswoman with graying hair.
Janwin,
p. 96 (111)—Clan chief of the Shiande Aiel with a creased face and
blue-gray eyes. He is not sure how to take the news of
Rand's disappearance, and his holding his
counsel; he listens to both Timolan and
Indirian, though.
Jorhald, Tesien,
p. 515 (661)—Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah who got after
Pevara for befriending outside her Ajah years ago.
Josaine,
p. 509 (652)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. She found an angreal and
did not bring it to the Tower as Aes Sedai are supposed to, instead
keeping it in her room. Alviarin found out about it,
and told Elaida she needed to make an example of
her while Elaida was feeling weak.
Juarde, Famelle,
p. 577 (742)—Slender, big-brown-eyed Kinswoman with pale honey-colored
hair.
din Jubai Soaring Gull, Uren,
p. 667 (857)—Sea Folk scholar and deviser of the
Farede Calendar, which measured dates from the
arbitrarily set end of the War of the Hundred Years as years of the
New Era (NE). This calendar is currently in use.
Justin,
p. 364—Some weirdo who appeared in Nynaeve,
Elayne, and Aviendha's
apartment for a short time and then turned back into
Juilin. This typographical error only appears
in the hardcover edition of the book.
Kandel, Tad,
p. 589 (758)—Andoran Redarm, very dark for an Andorman.
Karistovan, Sumeko,
p. 405 (517)—One of the Kin. She is a very skilled Healer, and has
developed methods of Healing that not even
Nynaeve has been able to develop. She is possibly
the most skilled female Healer alive outside of the Forsaken.
Keeper of the Chronicles,
p. 17 (6)—Essentially the secretary to the
Amyrlin Seat. The Keeper is traditionally chosen
from the same Ajah the Amyrlin was raised from, and wears a stole of the
color of her Ajah instead of the striped stole of the Amyrlin. The post
was held by Leane Sharif of the Blue Ajah until a
coup deposed Siuan Sanche and stilled both Siuan and
Leane. Her successor was Alviarin Freidhen of
the White Ajah, despite the fact that Siuan's successor was from the Red.
The Keeper for the Aes Sedai who fled the Tower when
Elaida was raised Amyrlin now have a Keeper of the
Chronicles of their own, Sheriam Bayanar of the
Blue Ajah. In theory, the Keeper of the Chronicles serves the Amyrlin
and speaks for the Amyrlin; she is all but separate from her Ajah,
although less so than the Amyrlin Seat herself. However, both of the
current Keepers have tried to expand their powers over the Amyrlin they
serve, although for vastly different reasons—Alviarin is
essentially trying to weaken Elaida and have herself or another Black
sister raised in her place after Elaida is deposed; Sheriam tries to
overstep Egwene because she has a hard time thinking of
Egwene being anything more than the frightened novice that came to her
study not so long ago.
See alsoBayanar, Sheriam;
Freidhen, Alviarin;
Sharif, Leane.
Kera,
p. 38 (35)—Aes
Sedai of the Green Ajah. She has fair hair and blue eyes, uncommon
among Tairens.
Keraille,
p. 396 (506)—Person Derys will go with the day after the
Feast of the Half Moon.
Kigarin, Queen Alliandre Maritha,
p. 446 (572)—Blessed of the Light, Queen of
Ghealdan. She is the fourth person to sit on the throne of Ghealdan in
the past seven months. She wears jewelry to her meetings with
Masema for the sole purpose of giving it to him
such that he will not ask for anything more; she also sent a letter to
Rand offering him her friendship and asking for his
help.
Kiramin, Lord Mangore,
p. 665 (856)—Sword-bard of Aramelle and Warder to
Caraighan Maconar. He translated the
Prophecies of the Dragon into what was then called the “vulgar
tongue” about three hundred years After the Breaking.
See alsoMaconar, Caraighan.
Kiyoshi,
p. 509 (652)—Aes Sedai
of the Gray Ajah. Alviarin commanded
Elaida to uphold her as a model sister, and
present her with the gift of a new horse. This came right after Elaida
found angreal in the rooms of Josaine and
Adelorna; the obvious intent was to imply that
Kiyoshi helped turn one of them in. It is unknown whether Kiyoshi is
Black Ajah, or if she simply was chosen by Alviarin as a convenient
person.
Kwamesa,
p. 394 (494)—Sitter for the Gray Ajah, the youngest Sitter in the Hall in
Salidar. She is dark and slender, and has strength in the Power; she is
on the same level as Sheriam.
Laerad,
p. 634 (817)—Grizzled Water Seeker of the Shaido Aiel.
Lanfear,
p. 40 (37)—One of the
Forsaken. Unlike the rest of the Forsaken, she chose her name for
herself, which means “Daughter of the Night” in the Old
Tongue. She was born Mierin Eronaile,
and was strong in the One Power. She worked at the Collam Daan,
the primary facility for research into the One Power.
Her final discovery there was what she
thought was a new source for the One Power, one that could be harnessed
by men and women alike—this source turned out to be the emissions
through a thin spot in the Pattern from the
Dark One's prison.
She and another Aes Sedai named Beidomon bored into
the prison, creating what is now referred to as simply the Bore,
allowing the Dark One to touch the world again and leading to the War of
the Shadow. Around this time, Mierin formed a relationship with
Lews Therin Telamon, who headed the forces of the
Light against the Shadow and was the most powerful man she had found.
Lews Therin broke off the relationship when he found that she only
wanted him for his power and authority and the possibility of power for
herself through him. Mierin never let go of him, and when he later met
and married Ilyena Moerelle, she tried to disrupt
the wedding ceremony as well as split the two apart by any means.
Eventually she went to Shayol Ghul to dedicate her soul to the Shadow,
most likely to finally get back at Lews Therin for leaving her. She
declared as her territory the World of Dreams, Tel'aran'rhiod,
using it to ends now unknown. She transferred her obsessive love intact
to Lews Therin's soul's new body, Rand al'Thor,
after being freed from the Bore. She first appeared to him as a young
woman named Selene, but disguised her appearance as a slightly less
beautiful (but still stunning) woman. Almost a year later, Lanfear
found that Rand had been “unfaithful” to her, and she tried
to kill him. Before she could, she was pushed through the twisted stone
doorway ter'angreal leading to the lands of the Eelfinn by
Moiraine, becoming trapped. It is not known
whether Lanfear is still alive.
See alsoTelamon, Lews Therin.
Laren,
p. 293 (370)—Plump-breasted woman with gray streaks in the hair at her
temples. She is a servant to Queen Tylin. By her
marriage knife, she had nine children, three of which are dead (two sons
died in duels).
Larisen, Annoura,
p. 121 (144)—Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah with a broad face, wide mouth, and
beak of a nose. She keeps her long dark hair in braids; she grew up in
Tarabon. She serves as advisor to
Berelain sur Paendrag, the First of Mayene.
See alsosur Paendrag Paeron, Berelain.
Lawtin,
p. 580 (746)—One of the Redarms that accompanies
Nynaeve.
Lerman,
p. 14 (2)—Chief mason for Elaida's palace. He stared in
disbelief when Elaida told him her palace was to have a spire ten spans
higher than the Tower itself. However, being that it is Elaida he is
dealing with, he will have to find a way....
Lewin, Dannil,
p. 85 (97)—Young man from Emond's Field, now one of
Perrin's soldiers. A bean-pole of a man with a
thick mustache in the Taraboner style. He is Tell's
brother.
See alsoLewin, Tell.
Lewin, Tell,
p. 91 (104)—Young man from Emond's Field, now one of
Perrin's soldiers. A bean-pole of a man with a
thick mustache in the Taraboner style. He carries Perrin's Red Eagle
banner. He is Dannil's brother.
See alsoLewin, Dannil.
Leyn,
p. 335 (425)—Wise
One. She can channel, and is of moderately high strength.
Liah,
p. 655 (843)—Maiden of the Spear of the Cosaida Sept of the Chareen Aiel with
a scar across her face. When Rand came to Shadar
Logoth to set wards on the Waygate there, Liah got separated from the
group and was never found. Presuming she was dead, Rand took the group
back to Caemlyn. When Rand returned to Shadar Logoth weeks later to
fight Sammael, he discovered that Liah was still
alive, if not completely sane anymore. He killed her with balefire when
she was attacked by Mashadar.
Lian,
p. 669 (859)—Mother-sister
to Aviendha, sister-wife to
Amys, wife of Rhuarc.
She is the roofmistress of Cold Rocks Hold.
See alsoAmys;
Rhuarc.
Liandrin,
p. 317 (401)—Aes Sedai of the Black Ajah, formerly of the Red. She has light
hair and a face like a doll. She grew up in Tarabon. She led the group
of thirteen Aes Sedai who declared themselves Black Ajah and fled the
White Tower, murdering guards and even sisters in the process. Liandrin
was Red Ajah before turning to the Black, but her oath to the Black was
sworn before even being raised to the Accepted (perhaps before she came
to the Tower), so it can't really be said that she was ever Red Ajah at
all.
Loial,
p. 67 (73)—Son of Arent son of
Halan, an Ogier from Stedding Shangtai. He left the
stedding at around age 90 to see the world; by Ogier standards,
he is not yet old enough to leave the stedding without permission
from the Council of Elders. He is fond of books and history, and is an
excellent Treesinger. He is writing a book about his travels with the
three ta'veren he meets, Rand al'Thor,
Mat Cauthon, and Perrin Aybara.
Loial is constantly afraid that his mother will find him and try to
marry him off and settle him down; however, he does like his mother's
choice of wives for him, Erith. He, like most of the Ogier,
is sad that most humans don't remember the Ogier, and is horrified that
some even think he is a Trolloc on first seeing him.
See alsoErith;
Manfor, Karldin.
Luhhan, Haral,
p. 368 (468)—Blacksmith of Emond's Field. Perrin was his
apprentice before he left home. He is a very large man, which works
well for work at the forge. His wife, Alsbet, is almost
as large as he is, and nearly as strong. He approves of the new
arrivals in Emond's Field, and has even ventured into business
partnerships with some of the newcomers.
See alsoAybara, Perrin t'Bashere.
M'Hael,
p. 89 (102)—Title given to Mazrim Taim by his students.
It means “leader” in the Old Tongue.
See alsoTaim, Mazrim.
Mabriam en Shereed,
p. 339 (430)—Aes Sedai out of Legend.
She negotiated the Compact of the Ten Nations.
She was ta'veren.
Maconar, Caraighan,
p. 239 (297)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah, the heroine of hundreds of
adventures, credited with exploits that even Aes Sedai consider
improbable despite their inclusion in the Tower's records. These include
single-handedly putting down a rebellion in Mosadorin and quelling the
Comaidin Riots at a time when she had no Warders. She is considered to
be the archetype of a Green sister, and is a strong role model for the
eager novice Nicola Treehill.
See alsoKiramin, Mangore.
Macura, Ronde,
p. 20 (10)—Dark-haired seamstress from Mardecin. She was one of the
eyes-and-ears for the Yellow Ajah. Nynaeve
once spotted the Yellow Ajah's signal outside her shop, and when she and
Elayne went inside, Ronde drugged them with
forkroot tea. She was going to send them off to Tar Valon as per the
orders she was given until Thom and
Juilin rescued the two women. Her failure to
bring them back met with severe punishment; Elaida
uses her as a threat to people she has out searching for things.
Maddin,
p. 584 (751)—The founder of Altara. His holiday is two days after the Feast
of Embers.
Madic,
p. 293 (370)—Balding man, one of Tylin's servants.
Maerin, Kenly,
p. 66 (72)—A young man from the Two Rivers. He is barely old enough to
marry or leave home, much less grow the beard he is trying to grow in
imitation of Perrin.
Maire,
p. 123 (146)—One
of Colavaere's attendants. She disappeared
shortly after telling Faile of what Colavaere
revealed to her about her plans. She is presumed dead at Colavaere's
hands.
Maisia,
p. 354 (448)—Woman who
accompanies Caddar to meet with
Sevanna. She is actually
Graendal. The name seems to mean something
derogatory (at least to Graendal) in the Old Tongue.
Makin, Croi,
p. 232 (288)—One of Myrelle's four Warders; he serves as
one of her husbands, as well. He is young, skinny, and has blond
hair.
See alsoBerengari, Myrelle.
Mandelain,
p. 96 (111)—One-eyed clan chief of the Daryne Aiel. He is not sure how to
take the news of Rand's dissappearance, and his holding
his counsel; he listens to both Timolan and
Indirian, though.
Mandragoran, al'Lan,
p. 233 (289)—The uncrowned king of Malkier, and formerly Warder to
Moiraine. He is quite tall, and doesn't get very
emotional—in fact, he has emotional walls all around him that he
has been building for years. His country, Malkier, was overrun by
Trollocs shortly after he was born, and is now corrupted by the Great
Blight. Lan, the last of his people, then proceeded to fight a one-man
war against the Shadow by killing Shadowspawn in the Blight. He fought
Aiel during the Aiel War, and achieved Blademaster status. He was
eventually bonded by Moiraine, which ended his lonely fight (or at least
changed its style). When Lan and Moiraine brought Rand,
Mat, Perrin,
Egwene, and Nynaeve out of
their home in the Two Rivers, he found that there was something which
could throw his guard down, but he was the last to notice it: affection
for Nynaeve. As Moiraine put it, Nynaeve was able to plant vines in
Lan's emotional walls and break them down without him even knowing they
were there. He loves her very much, whether he admits it openly or not,
and Nynaeve, to her surprise, loves him in return. Upon Moiraine's
death, Lan's bond was immediately transferred to
Myrelle until Nynaeve is ready to have his bond
transferred to her. Myrelle tried to keep Lan's status secret, but she
was given away when she tried to buy one of Lan's favorite foods, coin
peppers, too far south (they are very popular in Shienar, and were in
Malkier before it fell to the Blight, but don't grow well in southern
climates). Upon learning of where Lan was,
Egwene sent him to Ebou Dar to serve as a Warder
for her.
See alsoal'Meara, Nynaeve;
Berengari, Myrelle;
Damodred, Moiraine.
Manfor, Karldin,
p. 440 (564)—One of the Asha'man. He and Loial are going to visit all of
the stedding, as well as all the ancient cities, to set wards on
all of the Waygates there.
Maravin, Lord Semaradrid,
p. 154 (187)—Highest-ranking Cairhienin lord that survived the battle.
He now commands a part of Rand's massive army that he
plans to send into Illian.
Marigan,
p. 160 (194)—Identity assumed by Moghedien in order to
slip in amongst Nynaeve's refugee women in
Salidar. None save Nynaeve, Birgitte,
Elayne, Leane, and
Siuan know that the necklace she wears is actually
an a'dam, a device used to control her so she cannot do the
things Forsaken usually do.
See alsoMoghedien.
Maringil,
p. 121 (143)—Cairhienin lord. He had white hair to his shoulders, was
blade thin, and icy cool. He was killed by
Colavaere because he was competition for the
Sun Throne.
Marinye, Beonin,
p. 163 (197)—Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah. She is pretty, has honey-colored
hair, and grew up in Tarabon. Her blue-gray eyes seem to constantly
look startled. Nothing seems to surprise her, though, and
Elayne thinks she would not believe the sun would
come up unless she saw it herself, and if one morning it did not, she
would just take it to confirm that she was correct to demand proof. She
is one of the six sisters in Salidar that have most of the authority,
despite not being part of the Hall of the Tower.
Marne, Lady Arymilla,
p. 154 (186)—Brown-eyed Andoran noble with a habit of fainting. She opposed
Morgase during the Succession. The only real
reason Rand kept her around in Caemlyn was to push
others into supporting Dyelin; no one wanted Andor
in the hands of Arymilla.
Mashadar,
p. 654 (842)—The evil
that consumed Aridhol, now called Shadar Logoth, during the Trolloc
Wars. It can kill simply by making contact with its victims.
Mathwin, Verin,
p. 71 (79)—Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah who accompanied
Egwene, Elayne, and
Nynaeve back from Falme to Tar Valon. Her Warder
is named Tomas. She is more interested in current
events than the average Brown; most of them could not care less what
happened now, only what happened years ago. She gave Egwene the twisted
stone ring ter'angreal to assist her in Dreaming, and also once
told Morgase that there was really no need to keep
her in the Tower until she learned to control her ability when she was a
novice, since she wouldn't ever be able to do much with it anyway. When
Verin went to the Two Rivers with Alanna, they
helped to fight the Trollocs that attacked, and when they left they
brought a half-dozen young women with them who could channel, including
Mat's sister Bode. When she and
Alanna reached Caemlyn, they found that the Tower had been broken, and
decided to side with the Salidar embassy when it reached town. Verin is
quite old—her hair is starting to turn gray, which to an Aes Sedai
means she is quite old indeed.
See alsoal'Vere, Egwene;
Mosvani, Alanna.
Maylin,
p. 618 (796)—Serving girl at The Old Sheep, an inn in Ebou Dar. Her job is
essentially to stand outside the shop and attract (male) customers.
She is quite pretty, but a little dense.
Maza, Joline,
p. 18 (7)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. She was a Sitter for the Green,
appointed after one of the Green's sitters left for Salidar.
Elaida asked her to resign her position after only
weeks and sent her to Ebou Dar to meet with
Queen Tylin of Altara.
Mecandes, Cabriana,
p. 248 (310)—Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah whom
Semirhage tortured (along with her Warder) in
order to extract information from her about the Aes Sedai and the White
Tower. Her identity was used to give Halima a
reason to know things about Aes Sedai, since she claimed to be her
servant.
Megana,
p. 95 (110)—Wise One who set watches with Bair for anyone
returning to Cairhien.
Meira,
p. 30 (24)—Wise
One of the Shaido Aiel, loyal to
Sevanna. She was among those who dismembered
Desaine.
Melaidhrin, Cadsuane,
p. 327 (415)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah with iron-gray hair. She
retired to a rose garden in northern Ghealdan, but has since left it due
to the difficulty of growing decent roses with the weather they way it
is. She refused two appointments to the Hall of the Tower, when
refusing even once is unheard of. She also refused to become head of
the Green Ajah. It is said that she has had more Warders than most
sisters have had shoes. She has more strength than anyone in a
thousand years except Egwene, Nynaeve, and
Elayne. Although a Green, she has confronted and captured
more men that can channel than any other woman; unknown to most,
the men she captures tend to live longer after being gentled than the
average.
Melaine,
p. 146 (176)—Wise One of the of the Jhirad sept of the Goshien Aiel. She is
a Dreamwalker, and was one of Egwene's teachers. She
can channel. She swore she would never love a man, but changed her mind
later and married Bael, her clan chief, thus becoming
sister-wife to Dorindha. She has sun-colored
hair and green eyes. She is currently expecting twin daughters.
See alsoBael;
Dorindha.
Meldarath, High Lady Suroth Sabelle,
p. 429 (549)—High Lady of Seanchan, leader of Those Who Come Before. She has
her head shaven on the sides and long, black hair in the middle. This
is the typical Seanchan style. Suroth is determined to redeem herself
after High Lord Turak's mishap at Falme—she
does not want to have to explain a failure that was not hers to the
Empress. She tried to gather all of the Seanchan
ships that fled Falme so they would not go back home; she plans to
attempt to retake the mainland again, destroying the man that threw them
back the first time (Rand).
Melore,
p. 578 (743)—Plump Domani woman in her middle years.
Mendiana, High Lord Meilan,
p. 121 (143)—High Lord of Tear, one of those with claims to the Sun Throne.
He had a pointed beard and an oily voice. He was killed by
Colavaere to lessen her competition for the Sun Throne.
Meri,
p. 160 (193)—One
of Egwene's new handmaids. She has a pinched nose,
dark eyes, and black hair. She was chosen by
Romanda.
Merrilin, Thomdril (Thom),
p. 152 (184)—Gleeman who came to Emond's Field on Winternight just
before the Trollocs came. He is quite the ladies' man. Thom is good
at juggling, sleight-of-hand, and all kinds of other tricks. He also
carries several concealed knives up his sleeves, in his boots, and in
various other locations on his body; this practice seems to have spread
from Thom to Mat, Min, and
Faile. Thom was originally a bard in
Queen Morgase's Royal Court, and for a time after
her husband Taringail Damodred died, he was the
Queen's lover. During his run from a Fade at Shadar Logoth, he was
injured, and now walks with a limp because of it. Thom is getting old,
such that he is starting to realize that he can't do the backflips and
other stunts he used to do. He accompanied Elayne
and Nynaeve on their travels as per
Moiraine's request, despite the fact that he has
never felt comfortable around Aes Sedai since his nephew,
Owyn, was gentled by the Red Ajah. Thom is an expert
in the Game of Houses; in fact, his girlfried Dena was
killed by Cairhienin soldiers because they thought he was trying to
play Daes Daemar against the Royal House.
See alsoDamodred, Moiraine;
Trakand, Morgase.
Mesaana,
p. 40 (37)—One of the
Forsaken. During the Age of Legends, Mesaana was told she was unfit to
do research at the Collam Daan, but was capable of teaching others. She
spent her years teaching until the Bore was opened and she dedicated her
life to the Dark One. During the War of Power, she
created “schools” for the children, at which she taught the
children to spy on their parents and other such things. After her
release from the Bore, Mesaana set herself up in the White Tower, where
she could control events without anyone suspecting she was behind them.
She has been cooperating with Semirhage to some
extent.
See alsoFreidhen, Alviarin.
Meseau, Sevlana,
p. 339 (430)—Aes Sedai of unknown Ajah. She was a legend.
Mesianos, Doraise,
p. 509 (652)—Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah. Alviarin
commanded Elaida to uphold her as a model sister,
and present her with the gift of a new horse. This came right after
Elaida found angreal in the rooms of
Josaine and Adelorna; the
obvious intent was to imply that Doraise helped turn one of them in. It
is unknown whether Doraise is Black Ajah, or if she simply was chosen by
Alviarin as a convenient person.
Micara,
p. 624 (804)—Wise One of the Shaido Aiel. She is young and pretty with a
delicate mouth and large blue eyes. Although she is the weakest of the
Shaido Wise Ones, she was put in charge of holding
Galina's shield; Galina believes it to be a way of
reminding her that even though she could try to escape, she still should
not.
Mitsobar, Beslan,
p. 302 (382)—Queen Tylin's son. He is
mild-mannered, has a soft voice sharp eyes, and black hair to his
shoulders.
Mitsobar, Queen Tylin Quintara,
p. 18 (8)—By the Grace of the Light, Queen of Altara, Mistress of the
Four Winds, Guardian of the Sea of Storms, High Seat of House Mitsobar.
Her kingdom is small, and she only rules a portion of it; the rest is
governed by nobles who are not necessarily loyal to her. She is the
second from her House to sit on the throne—this is the maximum
traditionally, and the only House to hold it for four generations fell
so fast from power that it could not recover. She is advised by
Merilille Ceandevin of the Gray Ajah. She is
a widow, and does not plan to marry again, although she is always on
the lookout for a lover....
See alsoCauthon, Matrim;
Mitsobar, Beslan.
Modarra,
p. 36 (31)—Wise One of the Shaido Aiel.
She is as tall as most (Aiel!) men.
Moghedien,
p. 161 (195)—One of the Forsaken. Her name means “Spider”
in the Old Tongue. She always works from safety, attacks from safety,
and will run unless she can do so. She developed a command of
Tel'aran'rhiod that surpassed even
Lanfear's mastery—in the real world,
Lanfear was more powerful, but even she could not top Moghedien in
the World of Dreams. After being released from the Bore, Moghedien
eventually found herself in Tanchico, in the Palace of the Panarch of
Tarabon. While there, she chanced upon
Nynaeve al'Meara, who was trying to save
the Panarch at the time and take the seal on the
Dark One's prison from its hold in the Palace.
She and Nynaeve fought in a duel to the last, and Nynaeve managed
to better Moghedien, much to the surprise of both of them.
She managed to escape Nynaeve's tied off shield, and on their
next encounter, this one in Tel'aran'rhiod, she ripped
Birgitte's soul out of the World of Dreams after
Birgitte almost killed her. On her third encounter with Nynaeve,
Nynaeve managed to trap Moghedien with an a'dam.
Moghedien remained bound by that a'dam in Salidar, disguised as
Marigan, but was recently set free by
Halima.
See alsoal'Meara, Nynaeve;
Marigan.
Moorwyn, Niande,
p. 561 (720)—Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah, former advisor (until his
assassination...) to King Galldrian of
Cairhien.
Mordeth, Jeraal,
p. 554 (711)—Name used by Padan Fain as a disguise to
be one of Toram Riatin's advisors. It is the name
of the man whose soul controls about half of Fain's mind. Mordeth
became a counsellor in Aridhol during the Trolloc
Wars. He advised that to defeat the Shadow, Aridhol must be harder than
the Shadow, less trusting, more cruel. Slowly it became so, until
finally the city was, if not darker than the Shadow, as dark. The city
finally turned on itself, consumed itself, tainting every grain of sand,
every rock, every sip of water with its hatred. Mordeth's soul remained
in the city, now called Shadar Logoth (“Where the Shadow
Waits”) for millenia—he could not leave the city unless he
accompanied a person to the city walls or had them carry something from
the city to the outside world. Strangely enough, both of these things
happened at the same time, when Mat Cauthon carried
the ruby-handled dagger from the city while
Padan Fain
accompanied Mordeth out of the city at about the same time.
Mordeth attempted to consume Fain's soul while the dagger tried to
consume Mat's. In Fain's case, the attempt to consume his soul was not
completely successful—instead, the two souls merged to create
something more evil than either Mordeth or Fain alone. Fain now feels
incomplete without the tainted dagger that was removed from the
city.
See alsoFain, Padan.
Morgeillin, Solain,
p. 473 (606)—One of the Kin. Reanne sent her to the
stash of objects of the Power in the Rahad after
Elayne asked after it. Following a hunch,
Mat followed her out of the blue; he suspected she
would lead him to the Bowl of the Winds, and she did.
Moridin,
p. 418 (534)—Name
given to the reincarnation of one of the Forsaken. His name means
“Death” in the Old Tongue; no one deserves the name more.
He is fond of using the True Power, the power drawn directly from
the Dark One; the saa have already appeared
in his eyes, yet he still controls his use of the True Power (most
thought it impossible to avoid drawing too much of it once the
saa appeared).
See alsoIshamael;
Nae'blis.
Morr, Fedwin,
p. 141 (169)—One of the Dedicated. He is a stocky man.
Morvrin,
p. 167 (203)—Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah. She is stout, and has graying
hair. She is one of the six sisters who controls much of the action
in Salidar, despite not being part of the Hall of the Tower.
Mosalaine, Delana,
p. 159 (193)—Sitter for the Gray Ajah. She is the only Sitter that
Egwene thinks she can count on. She is round, and
has a deep voice for a woman. She is from Shienar. Known to few, she
is actually of the Black Ajah; Egwene might be more than a little
worried that the only Sitter that does as she asks is Black Ajah.
See alsoSaranov, Halima.
Moseneillin, Daigian,
p. 336 (426)—Plump, pale Aes Sedai of the White Ajah with long, black
hair. She is the youngest daughter in a lesser House in Cairhien. She
is now sworn to Rand.
Mosvani, Alanna,
p. 71 (79)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. She is dark and slender with black
hair and dark eyes. She has one surviving Warder,
Ihvon; her other, Owein,
died in the Two Rivers while scouting the
Whitecloak camp. She thinks that Mat,
Perrin, and Rand should be
bonded as Warders to “keep an eye on them,” but says,
“I am not so lost to custom yet as to bond a man against his will.
Not quite yet.” This appears to have changed, however, since one
of the first things she did after seeing Rand was to bond him. She
later found that bonding Rand was a grievious error; not only is it
impossible to compel him in comparison to most Warders (she compared it
to attempting to uproot an oak tree with her bare hands), but she
constantly feels the pain he experiences from the wound in his side,
perhaps even more severely than he feels it.
See alsoal'Thor, Rand.
Muradin,
p. 37 (33)—Man who was to succeed Suladric as chief of
the Shaido Aiel. He went to Rhuidean at the same time
Rand did. Rand saw Muradin while inside the
ter'angreal; he had gouged his own eyes out, and was rapidly
dying inside the columns. He never emerged.
See alsoCouladin;
Sevanna;
Suladric.
Nachiman, Kiruna,
p. 71 (79)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. She is an elegant, statuesque
woman, and is a sister to King Paitar of Arafel.
She has four Warders. She was sent, along with
Bera, to establish diplomatic relations with
Rand in the Aiel Waste; upon returning, she followed
him to Dumai's Wells and was made to swear fealty to him.
See alsoHarkin, Bera;
Nachiman, Paitar.
Nae'blis,
p. 358 (454)—The one who would stand only a step below the
Dark One on the Day of Return,
commanding all Darkfriends in the Dark
One's name. The position has been promised to
Demandred if he does well in his duties, as well
as Sammael, but it is likely that all the
Chosen were offered the position if they did well.
See alsoDark One;
Demandred;
Moridin.
Naeise,
p. 634 (817)—Maiden of the Spear of the same sept as
Maeric.
Namelle, Adeleas,
p. 256 (373)—Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah, one of two Aes Sedai who went
into voluntary retreat many years ago to Tifan's Well, a village located
in the grassy plains of Arafel along with her sister
Vandene. Their goal was some day to write the
complete history of the World since the Breaking, and some even before
that. She is now in Ebou Dar with Elayne and
Nynaeve. Mat can't tell
Adeleas and Vandene apart.
See alsoNamelle, Vandene.
Namelle, Vandene,
p. 256 (373)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah, one of two Aes Sedai who went
into voluntary retreat many years ago to Tifan's Well, a village located
in the grassy plains of Arafel along with her sister
Adeleas. Their goal was some day to write the
complete history of the World since the Breaking, and some even before
that. Vandene and Adeleas have since come to Salidar to escape
Elaida's summons back to the Tower.
See alsoNamelle, Adeleas.
Nandera,
p. 71 (78)—A sinewy Maiden of the Spear with graying blonde hair.
She leads the Maidens of the Spear that came to rescue
Rand.
Nariene,
p. 617 (794)—Long-dead queen of Altara, immortalized by a statue in Mol Hara
square. She was noted for her honesty, but not enought to have been
depicted completely bare-chested in her statue.
Narishma, Jahar,
p. 94 (109)—One of the Dedicated. He is little more than a boy,
with dark eyes as big as any girl's.
Neald, Fager,
p. 443 (567)—Soldier in the Black Tower. He accompanies
Perrin when he leaves Andor.
Nedeal, Corianin,
p. 682 (877)—Last Dreamer in the White Tower; an Aes Sedai of the Brown
Ajah. She died almost 400 years ago. Almost all of the
ter'angreal the Black Ajah stole from the Tower were last studied
by her; they allow partial access to Tel'aran'rhiod, the World of
Dreams.
See alsoal'Vere, Egwene.
Nemdahl, Sarene,
p. 62 (66)—Aes
Sedai of the White Ajah. She has a temper, but she will admit she is
wrong if she is. She taught novice classes on “the nature of
reality.” Her Warder is Vitalien.
She has a secret love of writing poetry—she would die of shame
if Vitalien ever discovered that she compares him to a leopard and
other graceful, powerful animals in her poems.
She was captured and shielded after the battle at Dumai's Wells.
Nerilea,
p. 144 (173)—Square-faced Maiden of the Spear.
Nerim,
p. 309 (391)—Mat's manservant. He is short even for a
Cairhienin, and skinny.
Nermala, Derys,
p. 396 (506)—One of the Kin.
She is now doing penance as a servant for trying to get married.
See alsoDenal.
Nevin,
p. 302 (382)—Man Beslan fought in a duel. Beslan meant
to injure his sword-arm, but Nevin slipped and was run through the
heart.
Niall, Pedron,
p. 43 (41)—Former Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light,
highest office among the Children.
He is one of the great military commanders in the
world, in company with Davram Bashere,
Agelmar Jagad, Rodel Ituralde,
Gareth Bryne, Mat Cauthon, and
several Aiel chiefs. He was trying to get Altara and Murandy to cede
land to Illian so the Council of Nine wouldn't invade both countries.
He also tried to expand Amadicia's borders into parts of Ghealdan. His
headquarters is in Amadicia, and he ruled there even above
King Ailron, although this was not spoken of
openly. Niall recently offered a treaty with
Queen Morgase of Andor,
offering Whitecloak assistance to retake her throne in exchange
for Whitecloak presence in Caemlyn and elsewhere in Andor, a presence
that Morgase had not allowed even a fraction of during her reign. Niall
was killed by his alleged Spymaster, Abdel Omerna,
who claimed he had gone against everything the Children stood for by
allowing Morgase to avoid being put to the question. He was replaced by
Eamon Valda, who also killed Omerna.
See alsoBalwer, Sebban;
Valda, Eamon.
Nolaisen, Camaille,
p. 113 (135)—One of the people who uses swords instead of spears in
imitation of the Aiel.
Norlea,
p. 30 (24)—Wise One of the Shaido Aiel, loyal to
Sevanna. She was among those who dismembered
Desaine.
Norwelyn, Lord Luan,
p. 154 (186)—Andoran noble, leader of a strong House that supported
Morgase during the Succession. Morgase exiled him
from Caemlyn as per Gaebril's suggestion, but
hopes he will still support her when she comes to claim the throne.
Olver,
p. 271 (339)—Boy of nine who sat on the wrong horse and almost had his neck
broken for the trouble. He is adopted after a fashion by
Mat and his Band of the Red Hand. His parents were
killed when the Shaido ravaged Cairhien.
Omerna, Abdel,
p. 45 (44)—A Child of the Light. He is tall and commanding with a bold,
fearless face and a strong chin. There are waves of white hair at his
temples. He has dark eyes. He is the “spymaster” for the
Whitecloaks, although he is a decoy; even he does not know that the the
real Master of Spies is Balwer. Omerna killed his Lord
Capatain Commander with a dagger in the ribs because he though
Niall had committed treason by allowing
Morgase to walk freely in Amadicia. He was killed
shortly afterward by Eamon Valda.
See alsoBalwer, Sebban.
Orande, Faolain,
p. 169 (206)—Dark, curly-haired Accepted. She has an extreme dislike for
Wilders, and did not treat Siuan and
Leane very well when they were stilled, either. She
spent eight years as a novice, and five among the Accepted. She has
since been raised to Aes Sedai by Egwene, and has
been accepted into the Blue Ajah.
Ospenya, Tamra,
p. 42 (40)—Amyrlin Seat before
Sierin Vayu, raised from the Blue Ajah.
She was interrogated by
Jarna Malari, then the head of the Black Ajah, and
made to appear to have died in her sleep. Her
Keeper of the Chronicles was
Gitara Moroso;
she was one of only three people present at Gitara's Foretelling
of the Rebirth of the Dragon.
This may be the information that Jarna was trying to extract from her;
it may also be the reason Ishamael
killed Jarna for killing Tamra.
See alsoDamodred, Moiraine;
Malari, Jarna;
Sanche, Siuan.
Paedrig,
p. 362 (460)—Hero of Legend called back by the Horn of Valere. He is known
as the Golden-tongued Peacemaker.
sur Paendrag Paeron, Berelain,
p. 98 (114)—The First of Mayene, their equivalent
of a Queen. Rand put her in charge of Cairhien along
with Rhuarc. She is fond of wearing the latest
fashion in dresses, and those are usually quite revealing. She has her
eyes on many men, but Perrin foremost—she is
Min's hawk in her viewings of Perrin. She is a very
capable ruler, willing to do almost anything to preserve the welfare and
independence of her people.
See alsoAybara, Perrin t'Bashere;
Rhuarc.
Paendrag Tanreall, High King Artur,
p. 431 (552)—Hero of Legend who conquered much of the known world
about a thousand years ago. He was perhaps the most strongly
ta'veren individual in recorded history besides
Lews Therin Telamon and
Rand al'Thor.
His armies put down those of Guaire Amalasan,
a false Dragon. He was given the
name Hawkwing during this period, a designation based on his sigil.
He later sent troops across the Aryth Ocean under his son,
Luthair Paendrag Mondwhin, in hopes of conquering
new lands there. All contact with these armies ended with Hawkwing's
death, which set off the War of the Hundred Years. The descendants of
the armies under Luthair have now returned to reclaim the lands of
Hawkwing's empire in the Old World—they now call themselves the
Seanchan. His sign was a golden hawk in flight.
See alsoAmalasan, Guaire;
Ishamael.
Panar de Lushenos, Gregorin,
p. 662 (853)—Illianer noble who sits on the
Council of Nine. In Brend's absence, he speaks for
the Council.
Pavlara, Janine,
p. 62 (66)—Aes Sedai of unknown Ajah.
She was captured and shielded after the battle at Dumai's Wells.
Penfell, Elza,
p. 62 (66)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. She was captured and shielded
after the battle at Dumai's Wells.
Prophet of the Dragon, The,
p. 49 (48)—Title given Masema as the self-appointed
bringer of the news of the Rebirth of the Dragon.
He is not necessarily sane anymore, but has gained a very large
following.
Rand is getting to the point where he plans to do
something about him, and just sent Perrin to
Ghealdan with a few of the Asha'man and some of the sworn Aes Sedai to
bring him in line.
See alsoDagar, Masema.
Pura,
p. 430 (551)—Damane, in service to
High Lady Suroth.
Her real name is Ryma Galfrey;
she was an Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah before being captured.
Rahvin,
p. 166 (201)—One of the Forsaken. He was fond of using Compulsion, and was
known for being a ladies' man—he always had a woman on his arm.
After being released from the Bore, he took up residence in Caemlyn as
Lord Gaebril, and used Compulsion to have
Queen Morgase not only make him her advisor, but
her lover as well. He eventually planned to take over the country
directly as the first ever King of Andor—he did his best to weaken
support for Morgase, exiling her supporters and befriending those who
opposed her, finally chasing her from the country as well. Shortly
after news of Morgase's death or at least abdication reached Cairhien,
Rahvin was confronted and killed by Rand al'Thor in
Tel'aran'rhiod with a weave of balefire strong enough to burn
Rahvin's soul out of the pattern for days, possibly all the way back to
his release from the Bore.
See alsoGaebril.
Rana,
p. 87 (100)—One
of Min's aunts. She convinced Min to say that she
had just heard a couple talking when one of her first viewings got her
in big trouble; she had seen that a man and a woman were going to get
married, but he was already married. When he ran off with her, his wife
came to find her and threatened to hurt her.
Rath, Tsutama,
p. 21 (12)—Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah. She resigned as a Sitter fifteen
years ago and went into “voluntary” retreat.
She is now nervous and shifty.
Redhill, Jestian,
p. 131 (156)—Aes Sedai who once did something she loathed to do simply
because the White Tower told her to do it.
Rhiale,
p. 30 (24)—Wise One of the Shaido Aiel, loyal to
Sevanna. She was among those who dismembered
Desaine.
Rhiannon,
p. 407 (519)—Queen of Andor years ago who tried to make demands on the White
Tower. She did not exactly get what she wanted....
Rhuarc,
p. 79 (90)—Tall, broad-shouldered,
blue-eyed clan chief of the Taardad Aiel.
He has gray streaks in his red hair. He has two wives:
Amys, a Wise One, and
Lian, roofmistress of Cold
Rocks Hold. Rand put him in charge of Cairhien
along with Berelain.
See alsoAmys;
Lian;
sur Paendrag Paeron, Berelain.
Riallin,
p. 325 (411)—Maiden of the Spear with vivid yellow-red hair and a grin for
everything. She is plump for a Maiden.
su Riatin Rie, King Galldrian,
p. 97 (113)—Late King of Cairhien. He assumed the
throne after House Damodred lost the throne in the Aiel War because of
Laman's Sin. His assassination precipitated the
civil war in Cairhien; all of the nobles fought with each other over
Galldrian's kingdom, and ended up destroying it in the process.
Riselle,
p. 464 (594)—One of Queen Tylin's servants. She takes
Olver out to the festival so Tylin can have a
chance at Mat.
Riven, Marith,
p. 62 (66)—Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah.
She was captured and shielded after the battle at Dumai's Wells.
Egwene was once punished for throwing a cup at her;
Nynaeve relayed that punishment to Seta
through the a'dam when they captured her.
Rosoinde, Garenia,
p. 395 (503)—One of the Kin, born in Saldaea. She returned to Ebou Dar
fairly recently. She has considerable strength in the One Power; she
could match Lelaine or
Romanda.
See alsoAlkaese, Zarya.
Rovair,
p. 550 (705)—Man from Caraline's party who gives up
his horse so Rand can ride it.
Saeldain, Coiren,
p. 62 (66)—Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah. She is plump and pompous, and led
the embassy Elaida sent to Rand
in Cairhien. She was captured and shielded during the battle at Dumai's
Wells. She was designated to take over that group if something happened
to both Galina and
Katerine.
Saighan, Colavaere,
p. 97 (113)—New queen of Cairhien after Rand left
as a prisoner to the Aes Sedai. She took the throne herself, without
Rand's blessing, although she told everyone that he had given it to her.
She was told by the Aes Sedai that Rand would never return.
Sammael,
p. 142 (171)—One of
the Forsaken. During the War of the Shadow, he was one of the Shadow's
greatest military commanders. His name means “Destroyer of
Hope” in the Old Tongue. After being released from the Bore, he
took up residence on the Council of Nine in Illian as
Lord Brend, and effectively rules the country. He
bears a battle scar that he got while fighting
Lews Therin Telamon during the War of the Shadow.
He could have had it Healed, but kept it to remind himself of what Lews
Therin had done to him.
See alsoBrend.
Sanche, Siuan,
p. 18 (8)—Born in Tear to a fisherman,
she was sent to the White Tower on the
first boat to leave after she discovered she had the ability to channel
inborn, according to Tairen law. As a novice, she was good friends with
Moiraine Damodred, and was present at
Gitara Moroso's Foretelling of the Rebirth of the
Dragon. After being raised to the shawl, she
joined the Blue Ajah to dedicate her life to finding and guiding the
Dragon Reborn, and eventually came
to lead the Blues' network of eyes-and-ears (i.e., spies) before being
raised to the Amyrlin Seat. She was only thirty
years old when raised to the Amyrlin Seat, making her the youngest
Amyrlin to date. She was also one of the strongest Amyrlins in recent
history, and one of the most feared among the rulers of nations. Her
blue-eyed stare was feared by all. When her twenty-year connection to
the Dragon Reborn was discovered, she and her
Keeper of the Chronicles,
Leane Sharif,
were deposed and stilled by a group of sisters loyal to
Elaida a'Roihan. Siuan hoped to regain some of her
previous standing in the new Tower that separated from Elaida—her
knowledge of the Blue Ajah spy network is hard to match, and she knows
much that she thinks would be of use. In one of her viewings,
Min saw that Siuan would have to remain close by to
Gareth Bryne—if she did not, both of them
would die. Siuan did not initially know what she meant, but now
realizes that she is growing to love the gray-haired man who leads the
Salidar army. She had a Warder named Alric, but he died
when she was deposed. After coming to Salidar, Nynaeve
discovered how to restore Siuan's ability to channel, at least partially.
This resurrected a part of her bond with Alric, but did not bring back
her former strength, or her binding by the Oath Rod. She can now lie as
well as any child. She now serves as an “advisor” to the
new Amyrlin in Salidar, Egwene al'Vere, but though
she puts on a
façade of hating the work, she is actually one of Egwene's
foremost agents. The fact that she is Aes Sedai, not to mention one who
was stilled and Healed again, makes other sisters tend to be oblivious to
this fact.
See alsoa'Roihan, Elaida do Avriny;
al'Vere, Egwene;
Alric;
Amyrlin Seat;
Damodred, Moiraine;
Sharif, Leane.
Sandar, Juilin,
p. 182 (223)—Thief-taker from Tear, one of the best at his craft. He
accompanied Nynaeve and
Elayne on their travels because
Lan asked him to. He accepted partly out of respect
for Lan, and partly out of guilt; he betrayed Elayne,
Egwene, and Nynaeve to the Black Ajah when
Liandrin used Compulsion on him, and later
realized how wrong it was. He carries a notched sword-breaker and a
staff with which he is deadly. He is currently in Ebou Dar with Elayne
and Nynaeve.
Saniago, High Lord Weiramon,
p. 154 (187)—A High Lord of Tear. Rand placed him in
charge of his campaigns in Cairhien at first. He now controls part of
the massive army Rand plans to send against Illian. His sign is a
silver Crescent-and-stars. Rand's only description of him is
“a buffoon.”
Sarand, Lady Elenia,
p. 151 (182)—Shewish, honey-haired Andoran noble with an eye for
Rand. Her husband Jarid opposed
Morgase during the Succession.
Dyelin exiled her from Caemlyn, as Morgase did long
ago, for attempting to take the Lion Throne.
Sarinde,
p. 323 (409)—Wise One from Red Springs, clan hold of the Codarra. She came
to help Indirian.
Sei'cair,
p. 100 (117)—What
Feraighin calls Perrin.
I do not know what it means, though I suspect something along the
lines of “Eyes of Gold” (compare to
al'Cair'rahienallen,
“Hill of the Golden Dawn” and sei'mosiev, which
means “downcast eyes”).
SeeAybara, Perrin t'Bashere.
Seiera,
p. 531 (681)—Min's new horse. She is mouse-colored.
Selame,
p. 160 (193)—One of Egwene's new handmaids. She is
rail-thin. She was chosen for her by Lelaine,
after Romanda conscripted Meri
into service.
Semirhage,
p. 43 (41)—One of
the Forsaken. During the Age of Legends, she was one of the best
Healers ever known. She was called to all corners of the world Heal
people that others thought beyond help. However, she was sadistic; she
exacted a price in the form of pain from her subjects in return for her
Healing services. Most thought the pain or anguish she exacted from
them was a small price to pay for being alive, but eventually the Hall
of Servants found out about her practices and gave her the choice of
being severed or bound with the Power, never again to know her
“pleasures.” She chose instead to pledge for the
Dark One, and created one of the most oppressive and
pain-filled areas of Shadow control during the entire War of Power.
After being freed from the Bore, Semirhage went in service to the Dark
One by extracting information from captured Borderlanders and Aes Sedai.
She also sent the Trollocs to the Stone of Tear to battle those that
Sammael sent. She is as tall as most men, and
wears black most of the time—perhaps because
Lanfear always wore white.
Sevanna,
p. 27 (20)—Wise One of the Jumai sept of the Shaido Aiel.
She is the widow of the last two chiefs of the Shaido,
Suladric and Couladin.
She has green eyes. She knows that
the easiest way to power for herself is to attach herself to men who
already hold power; her newest plan is to marry
Rand al'Thor, the
Car'a'carn against his
will by using a binder that Caddar gave her.
See alsoCaddar;
Couladin;
Desaine;
Muradin;
Suladric;
Therava.
Shadowman,
p. 228 (284)—The equivalent to
the boogeyman among children in the World of the Wheel.
Shaene, Elver,
p. 533 (683)—Captain of the longboat that took Rand aboard
the Sea Folk ship.
Sharif, Leane,
p. 40 (37)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. She grew up in Arad Doman, and has
coppery skin. Just as her family members were training her in the
seductive ways of Domani women, Leane found that her life would take a
different direction: she could channel saidar, and would do so
with or without teaching. She became an Aes Sedai, a member of the Blue
Ajah, and was eventually raised to
Keeper of the Chronicles
under Siuan Sanche. During the coup
led by Elaida a'Roihan and
Alviarin Freidhen that deposed Siuan, Leane was
thrown in the dungeon and stilled. Leane tried turning to her seductive
side to try to replace what she lost in stilling; she was out of
practice, but did well enough. She eventually convinced the Aes Sedai
in Salidar to let her stay with them and maintain the network of
eyes-and-ears she kept in Tar Valon as Keeper. She was later Healed by
Nynaeve, and restored to some of her former
capacity for using the One Power. The Hall of the Tower in Salidar
decided that since she had been stilled, she was no longer Aes Sedai for
that time and thus all of her titles and choice of Ajah were null and
void. Instead of petitioning to re-enter the Blue Ajah, she asked the
Green Ajah if it would accept her; it did.
See alsoFreidhen, Alviarin;
Keeper of the Chronicles;
Sanche, Siuan.
Shefar, Ispan,
p. 315 (399)—Aes Sedai of the Black Ajah, formerly of the Blue. She grew up
in Tarabon, and has dark hair.
Shivan the Hunter,
p. 362 (460)—Hero of Legend called back by the Horn of Valere. His coming
is said to herald the end of an Age. He is
Calian's twin.
See alsoCalian.
Sibella,
p. 603 (776)—Scrawny, yellow-haired Kinswoman.
Sisnera, High Lord Darlin,
p. 41 (39)—A High Lord of Tear, one of those who went into hiding in Haddon
Mirk once the battle at Cairhien was over. Rand says
he almost admires him—he opposed Rand from the very start,
fleeing the Stone of Tear when it fell and trying to rouse resistance
among the rural nobles. He is considering Elaida's offer of
support if he declares himself king of Tear.
See alsoDamodred, Caraline.
Skane, Mili,
p. 284 (357)—Real name of Shiaine. A saddler's daughter
from a village near Whitebridge. She went to Tar Valon at age fifteen
to become a novice in the White Tower. When she was told she could not
channel a spark, she became a Darkfriend. She is now one of the best
assassins around.
Sokawa, Masuri,
p. 336 (425)—Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah. She grew up in Arafel. Part of
Salidar's embassy to Rand. She shares a room with
Merana, Seonid, and
Faeldrin in the palace.
Somara,
p. 141 (169)—Yellow-haired Maiden of the Spear. She is the tallest of those
that make up Rand's honor guard. She is good friends
with Enaila.
Somera,
p. 527 (676)—Flaxen-haired Maiden of the Spear.
Someryn,
p. 36 (31)—Shaido Wise One, fond of revealing dresses.
Sorenthaine, Cemaile,
p. 15 (3)—Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah, later raised to the
Amyrlin Seat. She was raised about three hundred
years ago. In memory of the days before the Trolloc Wars when no ruler
held a throne without the White Tower's approval, she had a gilded clock
commissioned. The clock was taken down and forgotten in storage after
she died, and it did not reappear until Elaida put
it back up when she was raised.
See alsoAmyrlin Seat.
Sorilea,
p. 34 (29)—Wise One of Shende Hold, of the Jarra sept of the Chareen Aiel.
She has thin, white hair; tight, leathery skin; and green eyes. She can
channel, but weakly. She is about a head taller than
Egwene. She is the strongest-willed of the Wise
Ones—even other Wise Ones scurry to do her bidding.
Sotarin,
p. 95 (110)—Wise One who comes to meet the newcomer,
Feraighin.
Spar,
p. 471 (603)—Beggar and Darkfriend who attacked Mat and
company in Ebou Dar.
Stayer,
p. 66 (72)—Perrin's second horse. He is well-shod with
white forefeet.
Stepaneos den Balgar, King Mattin,
p. 21 (11)—King of Illian. Since
Sammael sits on the Council of Nine, which holds
most of the power in Illian, he is essentially a figurehead position at
this point. He wears Illian's Laurel Crown, and rules in name if not in
truth.
See alsoBrend;
Sammael.
Stonebridge, Aeldene,
p. 211 (261)—Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah. She was born in an Andoran
mining village in the Mountains of Mist, and has a crooked nose that she
is rumored to have gotten from fighting with her fists as a girl. She
is now the head of the Blue Ajah's network of eyes-and-ears; she took
over when Siuan was raised
Amyrlin. She recently tried to weasel the
Amyrlin's eyes-and-ears out of Siuan for the Blue Ajah; Siuan refused to
budge even a millimeter.
Stormbringer,
p. 263 (330)—Person
Birgitte swears by that she is not Aes Sedai to
the Sea Folk. It may be one of their terms for the
Dark One.
SeeDark One.
Suladric,
p. 37 (33)—Last true chief of the Shaido Aiel, and
Sevanna's first husband. They were married when
Sevanna was only sixteen. After his death,
Muradin went to Rhuidean to become his successor
and failed; Couladin then declared himself to be
the chief of the Shaido despite being refused permission to enter
Rhuidean. Suladric's death set off what may some day be called the
Shaido War in Cairhien.
See alsoCouladin;
Muradin;
Sevanna.
Sulin,
p. 71 (78)—Wiry, white-haired Maiden of the Spear. She led the Maidens who
made up Rand's honor guard, but transferred control
of them to Nandera when she started meeting her
obligation to the gai'shain.
Suraile,
p. 634 (816)—Maeric's eldest daughter. She is a Maiden
of the Spear who is thinking of giving up the spear to marry a Stone
Dog.
See alsoMaeric.
Tai'daishar,
p. 531 (681)—Rand's big, fiery-eyed gelding. His name
means “Lord of Glory” in the Old Tongue.
Taim, Mazrim,
p. 22 (12)—False Dragon
who wreaked havoc in Saldaea before being captured
by Aes Sedai. He later escaped his captors, possibly with Black Ajah
assistance (although this is totally unconfirmed). Hearing of
Rand's amnesty, Taim came to Caemlyn and became the
head of Rand's school of male channelers. He is almost as strong in the
One Power as Rand is. Taim claims to have held off the madness that
normally accompanies the taint for almost 35 years—he has been
using the One Power for a very long time, and knows many tricks that
Rand had not thought of on his own or been taught by
Asmodean, such as how to test men for the ability.
He seems to resent being second to Rand.
Note: There is an ongoing debate on-line about whether
Demandred has comandeered Taim's identity and is trying
to bring Rand down by taking away support from men who can channel
and making them loyal to him alone.
Only time will tell....See alsoM'Hael.
Takima,
p. 214 (267)—Sitter for the Brown Ajah for almost nine years. She fled Tar
Valon when Siuan was deposed.
Talia,
p. 364 (463)—Woman out of a story that Nynaeve
remembers when thinking about Lan.
Tallanvor, Martyn,
p. 421 (540)—Tall young man from Andor. He served in the Queen's
Guards until Morgase fled Andor. When
Gaebril had the guards swear new oaths to the
laws and customs of Andor (instead of to the Queen), Tallanvor swore
them but immediately went back to his room and reswore the old oath in
the old style (cutting his arm with his sword, indicating that his blood
will be shed before the Queen's will). He loves his queen more than his
life, and now serves as her personal bodyguard.
See alsoTrakand, Morgase.
Tamagowa, Samitsu,
p. 561 (720)—Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah. She is one of the best Healers
alive, at least that do it in the traditional way.
See alsoRoshan.
Tamarla,
p. 577 (741)—One of the Kin. She is quite old.
Taravin, Lady Dyelin,
p. 20 (10)—Next-in-line to the Lion Throne after
Morgase and Elayne. She
refuses to take the throne without absolute confirmation of the deaths of
both of them, despite the feelings of some of Morgase's former
supporters. She is Morgase's cousin.
See alsoTrakand, Elayne;
Trakand, Morgase.
Tazanovni, Pevara,
p. 515 (660)—Sitter for the Red Ajah. She was friends with
Seaine as a novice; the two maintained the
friendship, although it was a bit restrained due to the constraints that
the Red Ajah puts on its members about making friends outside the Ajah.
She is short for a Kandori, and quite plump. She has dark eyes. She
was once punished for voicing her desire to have a Warder; later, as a
Sitter, when she was safer from the wrath of the Ajah, she openly
suggested that Warders would make the job of a Red sister much easier.
Seaine thinks she would have been happier as a Green. When she was
small, many members of her family were killed by Darkfriends; it is for
this reason that Seaine confides in her about searching for Darkfriends
in the White Tower.
See alsoHerimon, Seaine.
Telamon, Lews Therin,
p. 140 (167)—The Dragon, Breaker of the World. He
was perhaps the greatest man who ever lived, and the most powerful Aes
Sedai in recorded history. During the War of the Shadow, he led the
forces of the Light against the Forsaken, and led the final stroke which
re-sealed the Dark One back into his prison.
Unfortunately, during this stroke he was driven insane by the Dark One's
touch, eventually killing his wife Ilyena, his
children, and everyone he loved, as well as anyone who carried a drop of
his blood. For this act, people remember him with a new name:
Kinslayer. After he had done this,
Ishamael gave him his sanity back long enough for
him to realize what he had done; Lews Therin killed himself by drawing on
saidin too heavily, causing a mountain to form on the spot where
he stood. This mountain is called Dragonmount, and is near the
present-day city of Tar Valon. It is unfortunate that the name of one of
the greatest men to ever live is now synonymous with evil, for Lews
Therin killed his family due to the Dark One's influence, but without
Lews Therin there may not have been a world left in which to kill them.
Lews Therin's voice sometimes speaks inside Rand's
head, offering advice or sobbing over lost women, but is getting more and
more vocal. It even tries to seize control of saidin sometimes,
much to Rand's fear.
See alsoal'Thor, Rand;
Dragon, The;
Kinslayer.
Tenjile, Alise,
p. 396 (505)—One of the Kin. She operates the “farm,” the
Kin's hideaway for them to meet together and have some time alone.
Terakuni, Berisha,
p. 38 (35)—Lean, hard-eyed Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah. She was part of
Elaida's group of followers and advisors that
deposed Siuan.
Termendal, Kyera,
p. 9 (ix)—Poet and
author of a much-disputed translation of the Prophecies of the
Dragon. She is from Shiote, and wrote between Free
Years 700 and 800.
Therava,
p. 30 (24)—Wise One of the Shaido Aiel, loyal to
Sevanna. She was among those who dismembered
Desaine. She managed to capture
Galina Casban after the battle at Dumai's Wells.
Tiam of Gazar,
p. 667 (857)—Person who
proposed the Gazaran Calendar, which celebrated the alleged freedom from
the Trolloc threat by recording Free Years (FY). This calendar was
adopted due to the chaos that resulted during the Trolloc Wars and the
resulting confusion as to which year it actually was under the Toman
Calendar.
Timolan,
p. 96 (111)—Clan Chief of the Miagoma Aiel. When he was young as a chief,
he tried to unite the clans and failed. Other chiefs thought he might
be a little hesitant to follow a man who had succeeded in doing just
that. He vowed that if Rand abandoned the Aiel, the Miagoma
would go back to the Three Fold Land—after he sees Rand
al'Thor dead.
Tion,
p. 30 (24)—Round-faced Wise One of the Shaido Aiel, loyal to
Sevanna. She was among those who dismembered
Desaine.
Tobanyi, Isebaille,
p. 131 (156)—Aes Sedai who delivered brothers that she loved to their
enemies upon command from the White Tower.
din Togara Two Winds, Harine,
p. 327 (414)—Wavemistress of Clan Shodein; she
comes to meet Rand in Cairhien aboard the
White Spray. Berelain reports that she
has a temper.
Tol, Ander,
p. 568 (730)—Wagon driver from Cairhien. He has many wrong ideas about
Rand.
Tomares, Sareitha,
p. 296 (373)—Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah. She has worn the shawl only a
short time, only about two years. She is in Ebou Dar with
Merilille. She grew up in Tear, and has brown
hair.
Traighan, Seonid,
p. 336 (425)—Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. She grew up in Cairhien. She was
part of Salidar's embassy to Rand. She shares a
room with Merana, Faeldrin,
and Masuri in the palace.
Trakand, Elayne,
p. 18 (8)—The Daughter-Heir of Andor, now an Aes Sedai of the
Green Ajah. She is the daughter of Queen Morgase
and her late husband, Taringail, and sister to
Gawyn. She is also half-sister to
Galad, although she would rather not be reminded of
this fact; she thinks Galad virtuous to the point of fault, and doesn't
really like him. She has considerable potential in the One Power, and
is one of the strongest Aes Sedai in a thousand years or more,
possibly since the Age of Legends, with the exception of
Egwene, Nynaeve, and
Aviendha. She has
red-gold curly hair. During her stay in the Stone of Tear, Elayne
realized she loved Rand al'Thor, and told him how she
felt; he felt similarly. She had no idea at the time what
Min meant about "having to share him," but now knows
about Min's viewing of Rand with the three women's heads, indicating
that Rand will fall in love with Min, Elayne, and
Aviendha, and they with him. Later, when she and
Nynaeve had trouble with Moghedien, Elayne ended
up bonding Birgitte as her Warder (despite being
only Accepted) in order to save Birgitte's life. Elayne is currently
in Ebou Dar, looking for the Bowl of the Winds, a ter'angreal
that she believes will fix the weather.
See alsoal'Thor, Rand;
Birgitte;
Damodred, Galadedrid;
Trakand, Gawyn;
Trakand, Morgase.
Trakand, Gawyn,
p. 43 (42)—Son of Queen Morgase of Andor and brother
to Elayne. He will become First Prince of the Sword
when Elayne becomes Queen. He and his half-brother
Galad went to train with the Warders in the White Tower,
as all sons of Andoran queens have for centuries, and both now possess
considerable skill with the sword. During the chaos that erupted after
Siuan Sanche's deposition, Gawyn formed a band
of young men, everyone who had trained with the Warders except Galad,
who are called the Younglings. The Younglings fought back against their
teachers, who were trying to free Siuan and Leane
from their imprisonment. Gawyn himself killed Hammar and Coulin,
the men in charge of teaching the sword and for his personal training,
respectively, both of which were Blademasters—few Warders are as
good as they were, and Gawyn managed to kill both of them. With recent
developments, Gawyn does not know which party to support—he
believes that anyone who opposed Tower Law by trying to free Siuan and
Leane was wrong, but at the same time he does not know all the facts
surrounding the change in leadership.
In fact, his sister Elayne and her friends
Nynaeve al'Meara and
Egwene al'Vere
side with those who broke from the Tower, and Egwene, the woman he wants
to marry, is their new leader. He believes the rumor that
Rand killed his mother, and only refrains from
killing him because Egwene made him promise not to.
His sign is a white boar.
Trakand, Queen Morgase,
p. 19 (9)—By the Grace of the Light, Queen of Andor, Defender of the Realm,
High Seat of House Trakand. Mother of Elayne and
Gawyn. She married
Taringail Damodred, a prince of Cairhien,
to further solidify her claim to the
Throne of Andor and keep peace between the two nations; when
Tigraine disappeared, Morgase made the best
claim to succeed her, and married her widower to gain the support that
would be gained by such action. Taringail was Elayne's and Gawyn's
father; he died when they were young. Morgase
has since gone through several lovers, including
Thomdril Merrilin,
a former court-bard; Gareth Bryne, her
First Prince of the Sword and Captain of the Guards; and most recently
Lord Gaebril, a man who led the faction that
stilled the riots in Caemlyn that sprang up on Morgase's trip to Tar
Valon to inquire about Elayne's whereabouts. Thom was exiled from the
city of Caemlyn when he started telling her what he really thought of
some of her plans, her relationship with Bryne ebbed away until finally
Gaebril told her to exile him too, and Gaebril eventually chased Morgase
herself out of the city when she found he was usurping her power. The
Daughter-Heir of Andor is traditionally trained by Aes Sedai in the
White Tower, and Morgase underwent novice training to keep the tradition
alive. She was given the gift of a Great Serpent ring despite not being
Accepted, and still wears it on her left hand. She was previously
advised by Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan of the Red
Ajah, who is now the Amyrlin Seat in Tar Valon.
When Morgase discovered that Gaebril (who, unbeknownst to her, was
actually Rahvin) meant to usurp her throne, she left, and
when she learned that the Dragon Reborn had taken
over Caemlyn and none of her former supporters would give her aid, she
fled to Amadicia to get help from the only place she thought she could:
Pedron Niall and the Children of the Light. She is
not aware that Rand only wants to give her country
back to her, not to mention believes that she is dead. If she made her
presence known, she would no doubt have her country back in one piece
and all would be well, but as royalty she believes she must work on her
own and trust no one. The entire world believes Morgase dead except for
a select few, all of which are in Amadicia at the moment. Her sign is
three golden keys.
See alsoa'Roihan, Elaida do Avriny;
Bryne, Gareth;
Damodred, Galadedrid;
Gaebril;
Merrilin, Thomdril;
Taravin, Dyelin;
Trakand, Elayne;
Trakand, Gawyn.
Treehill, Nicola,
p. 180 (220)—Slender, black-haired, dark-eyed novice; she is about
Nynaeve's age. She was a refugee from Ghealdan.
She has already developed several Talents, including the ability to see
ta'veren and Foretelling, although what she Foretells is usually
in such language that only poets can understand it. Her potential
exceeds that of all Aes Sedai currently alive, with the exception of
Egwene, Elayne, and Nynaeve.
See alsoNermasiv, Areina.
Valda, Eamon,
p. 47 (47)—A Lord Captain of the Children of the Light. He commanded the
troops that were near Tar Valon, and gave Galad the
information on the Whitecloaks when he said he was curious. Once Galad
joined the Whitecloak army, Valda promoted him quickly because of his
swordsmanship skill, claiming that he deserved recognition for his skill
regardless of where he obtained it. Valda thinks that
Pedron Niall's time as Lord Captain Commander of the
Children of the Light is coming to an end—his skill as a military
commander earned him the right to have the position as long as he has,
but Valda thinks he is getting too old to be effective. It is unknown
whether he was involved in Omerna's killing of
Niall, but since he was there immediately afterwards, it is likely he
played some role in it. He has now taken Niall's place as Lord
Captain Commander.
See alsoNiall, Pedron;
Trakand, Morgase.
Vanin, Chel,
p. 305 (385)—Fat man who Mat uses as a scout. He is a good
rider, and Mat thinks he could steal a hen pheasant's eggs with her
sitting on them (although he would likely steal her, too)—he also
thinks Vanin could steal a horse out from under a nobleman and he
would not know it for two days. He has a large space between his front
teeth. He is now with Mat in Ebou Dar.
Varadin,
p. 46 (45)—Pedron Niall's main spy in Tarabon. He is
more than slightly nutty. His reports of the Seanchan invasion were not
believed until they were confirmed by Faisar.
Varilin,
p. 215 (267)—Red-haired Sitter for the Gray Ajah. She is inches taller than
most men.
Vayu, Sierin,
p. 42 (40)—Amrylin Seat years ago, two Amyrlins
before Siuan Sanche. She was raised from the Gray
Ajah, but according to Moiraine she had more than a
touch of Red in her. She only reigned for about two years, then died
abruptly; Alviarin wonders whether
Elaida had a hand in her death; the Black Ajah did
not.
See alsoAmyrlin Seat.
Vostovan, Sarainya,
p. 405 (517)—One of the Kin. She is from Arafel, and is strikingly
handsome.
Warrel, Elin,
p. 408 (520)—Oldest Accepted Nynaeve remembers. She is
almost certainly past forty, likely older than fifty or sixty, but she
looks Nynaeve's age.
Wat,
p. 456 (584)—Bald-headed, narrow-eyed Andoran who comes with
Harnan.
Wind,
p. 270 (339)—Olver's horse. He deserves the name; he is
quite quick, and wins most of the races he runs.