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Fade. See Myrddraal

Faeldrin Harella. A Taraboner Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 16(4). Born in 937 NE, she went to the White Tower in 952 NE. After spending five years as a novice and five years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 962 NE. Standing 5'4" tall, she had dark hair in braids with colored beads to her shoulders. She had three Warders. Faeldrin was a member of the rebel embassy to Rand in Caemlyn and followed after Rand when he fled them in Caemlyn. Forced to swear fealty to him after Dumai’s Wells, she was considered and treated like an apprentice by the Wise Ones. She intended to keep her oaths of fealty to the best of her ability, however reluctantly, but she could not stand up to Cadsuane, at least not openly. In one of Min’s visions, she saw that Faeldrin was in the palm of Rand’s hand and could be trusted. She accompanied Rand on his visit to the Sea Folk. Later, Rand sent her, with others, to negotiate with the rebels in Haddon Mirk. Faeldrin was killed by Hessalam (aka Graendal) in the Last Battle.

Faeral din Rao. A Sea Folk Windfinder with a strength level of 19(7). She accompanied Renaile to the Tarasin Palace, then to the Kin’s farm, where she observed the use of the Bowl of the Winds. She fled to Caemlyn with Elayne and her companions when the Seanchan attacked.

Fager Neald. A Murandian man who was born very nearly on the border with Andor; he went to the Black Tower. He was a fop and a dandy, his pitiful mustache waxed to a semblance of points. When he did something with the Power, he posed and postured as if expecting applause. He was three or four years younger than Perrin, and maybe ten years younger than Grady. He was especially strong in Earth, and he could make a gateway for Traveling. After Dumai’s Wells, Neald was chosen to accompany Rand, and then traveled to Ghealdan with Perrin. Neald showed the beginnings of a Talent with “reading” weaves, though at first it was just that seeing the weave in the sky made by the Bowl of the Winds made him think of wind. He and Gaul captured Galina at Malden, and took her to Perrin. During the pursuit of the Shaido, Neald exhausted himself making gateways; he was also bitten by a black snake in a bubble of evil. Neald worked with the Wise Ones to figure out how to link; he linked with them when Perrin was creating his hammer and produced a Power-wrought weapon. In the Last Battle, Neald worked with Talmanes to use the dragons through gateways, preventing them from being easily taken.

Faile. Old Tongue for “falcon.”

Faile ni Bashere t’Aybara. A young Saldaean woman whose birth-name was Zarine, she was the daughter of Davram Bashere, Marshal-General to and uncle of Queen Tenobia of Saldaea. Born in 981 NE, she was six years younger than Tenobia. She had high cheekbones, a mouth that some might have called too wide, dark, tilted eyes and a slightly hooked nose that some might have called too prominent. She was beautiful, but in an exotic way; it took Perrin a little while to decide whether she was or not. She stood about 5'7" and had several small scars, none that showed with her clothes on.

When Perrin met her, she was seeking adventure as a Hunter of the Horn. She joined his group, which included Moiraine, Lan and Loial. In Tear, she set off a hedgehog trap that had been meant for Moiraine, and became stuck in Tel’aran’rhiod, until saved by Perrin. Faile was enamored of Perrin, but she was jealous of Berelain’s flirting with him. Faile and Perrin traveled to Emond’s Field to defend it against the Trollocs; while there, they married. Perrin was later tasked with going to Ghealdan to deal with Masema; Faile accompanied him. Queen Alliandre pledged herself to Perrin there, and Faile and Perrin took on Morgase and her entourage, traveling incognito, as servants.

A group of more than two dozen men and women from Tear and Cairhien had also attached themselves to Faile and were called Cha Faile; she used them as spies.

While Perrin was meeting with Masema, Faile and her companions went hawking. Cha Faile arrived and alerted Faile that Masema was meeting with the Seanchan. Faile’s party was attacked by Shaido; Faile’s horse was hit by an arrow and broke her leg. Rolan, a Mera’din with Sevanna’s Jumai, captured Faile and carried her to Sevanna’s camp, where she was made gai’shain. Captured along with her were Alliandre, Maighdin (Morgase), Bain, Chiad, Lacile and Arrela; Berelain escaped and carried word to Perrin of the kidnapping and of Masema.

During their captivity, Galina, who had been held captive by the Shaido since the battle at Dumai’s Wells, induced Faile to procure a binder in Therava’s passion, a ter’angreal that had come from Sammael through Sevanna. A number of Sevanna’s gai’shain swore fealty to Faile, and one, a young man named Theril, was able to steal it. Faile and her companions, except for Bain and Chiad, met with Galina in a building marked with a red handkerchief to hand over the binder; Galina trapped them in the basement of the building. Maigdhin used her small ability with the One Power to cause the scarf to wave; Theril saw it and went for help. Rolan, Jhoradin, and Kinhuin rescued Faile and her companions; Perrin arrived then and killed Rolan. Lacile and Faile stabbed Jhoradin and Kinhuin in the back.

Shortly afterward, Faile and Cha Faile killed Masema. Faile accompanied Perrin and his troops through Andor; they eventually reached the Field of Merrilor, just at the start of the Last Battle. Faile was chosen to secretly get the Horn of Valere from the White Tower and take it to Mat; soldiers of the Band of the Red Hand, Aravine (a former gai’shain who had sworn to her) and Olver went with her. As they were leaving the Traveling grounds in Tar Valon, a bubble of evil struck, and the gateway they rushed through led them to the Blight. Posing as a supply caravan to the Shadowspawn, they Traveled back to Merrilor. Aravine betrayed them to the Shadow’s forces, and they were captured. They managed to break free, and the Shadowspawn chased after Faile and the Horn. She doubled back and gave the Horn to Olver and led the Shadowspawn away. After the battle at Merrilor, Perrin found her near death on the battlefield, and took her to Nynaeve, who Healed her. With the deaths of Faile’s father and Queen Terobia, she and Perrin were to become the monarchs of Saldaea.

Fain, Padan. See Padan Fain

Fairheart, Cowin. See Cowin Gemallan

Faisar, Asidim. See Asidim Faisar

Faiselle Darone. A Domani Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 20(8). Born in 829 NE, she went to the White Tower in 845 NE. After spending ten years as a novice and ten years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 865 NE. Copper-skinned, Faiselle was stocky with a square face. She was raised Sitter for the Green in 981 NE. Faiselle had two Warders.

In 999 NE, Adelorna Bastine ordered her to join the rebellion to control and defuse events. Faiselle did not make any great effort to go against Lelaine since following her countered Romanda and helped assure stalemate in the rebel Hall. Faiselle believed the reports concerning Logain and Red sisters, possibly including Elaida, and by implication thus had suspicions regarding the Reds and other false Dragons. That put considerable strain on her purpose. But she felt that the problem of the Seanchan took precedence over all else. She was against any alliance with the Black Tower and worked to delay an embassy to it; she also opposed bonding Asha’man. She was part of the group, with Magla, Saroiya, Takima and Varilin, who negotiated with the White Tower to try to end the split. In the Last Battle, when it was discovered that Bryne was under Compulsion, Faiselle suggested that the Aes Sedai take over battle leadership.

Fal Dara. A heavily fortified city in Shienar near the Blightborder. The sign of the city was the Black Hawk; it was the seat of Lord Agelmar Jagad. The city of Mafal Dadaranell was built by Ogier, destroyed in the Trolloc Wars, and rebuilt by men; the name changed over the centuries. The city was built on hills higher than the surrounding land and was surrounded by a fifty-foot austere gray stone wall, with high towers topped by wooden hoardings and bedecked with pennants. The East Gate, the King’s Gate to the south and Malkier Gate to the north gave access. The streets were stone-paved. The architecture was plain and simple in contrast to Ogier work which had been destroyed: wood-shingled rooftops, tall stone chimneys and taller towers. A fortress was centrally located on the highest hill, surrounded by a deep and wide drymoat, the bottom of which was forested by man-high steel spikes. Inside the second defensive wall was a large square courtyard paved with huge stone blocks and surrounded by crenellated towers and battlements.

Around the city the land was clear-cut a mile out from the wall in all directions. A Waygate was located a few miles southwest of the city. Farms outside the city had wood-shingled, steep-pitched roofs that came near the ground. The city was burned by Lan’s troops in the Last Battle to slow down the advance of the Shadowspawn army.

Fal Eisen. A city in Shienar, the seat of Lord Kayen Yokata. The Asha’man set fire to the city during the Last Battle, and Yokata and his cavalry unit were killed by Trollocs nearby during a battle that went wrong for them.

Fal Moran. The capital of Shienar and seat of the Shienar monarch, King Easar of House Togita. Fal Moran was considered to be the heart and soul of Shienar. It was not as close to the Blightborder as Fal Dara. Fal Moran was razed during the Last Battle to impede the progress of the invading Trolloc armies.

Fal Sion. A fortress was located in this Shienaran town. Agelmar was to join other armies from Shienar, including Fal Sion, on the way to meeting the Trollocs at Tarwin’s Gap, at the same time Rand went to meet the Green Man.

Falendre. A sul’dam accompanying Anath/Semirhage when she met with Rand. She was honey-skinned, with dark tilted eyes and gray-streaked hair. After capturing Semirhage, Rand sent Falendre back to Ebou Dar to tell the Daughter of the Nine Moons that he would still like to meet with her. He also tasked her with telling Tuon that Anath was one of the Forsaken; she eventually did.

Falin Deborsha. An Ebou Dari merchant, possibly fictional, with whom Basel Gill claimed to be dealing, when the Whitecloaks detained his group on the Jehannah Road.

Falion Bhoda. A Kandori Aes Sedai of the White Ajah publicly and the Black Ajah in truth, with a strength level of 17(5). Born in 873 NE, she went to the White Tower in 889 NE. After spending seven years as a novice, she ran away to Ebou Dar before being caught and returned to Tar Valon. Her brief stay in Ebou Dar was not pleasant. After six years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 902 NE. She was about 5'5" tall and had a long, cold face and dark hair. Despite her outward coolness, inside she was a furnace of angers and slights. She had little or no patience with anyone’s faults or quirks but her own, and was contemptuous of others while never seeing her own faults or peculiarities. Other Whites were the only people she considered good company, and even then, they did have their faults, particularly in certain questions of logic. Falion was quite willing to use the Power to torture someone, even torture them to death, and was quite dispassionate about it. Her only vexation came if they didn’t give her the answers she wanted. She was one of the first thirteen members of the Black Ajah identified.

Under Moghedien’s orders she and Ispan Shefar traveled to Ebou Dar in search of objects of the One Power. They both came to believe that the cache did not exist. She and Ispan attacked Nynaeve and her party when they went to fetch the Bowl of the Winds.

Falion escaped, but as punishment by Moridin for past failures, she was used as a servant by Shiaine, and also made available for Daved Hanlon. She and Hanlon worked out an accommodation and information exchange because he did not want to be on the bad side of an Aes Sedai. Shiaine just wanted sisters to use, but saw to Falion’s punishment because otherwise she herself would be punished. Falion was shielded in such a way that the shield would dissolve over time, but was commanded to obey Shiaine.

When the shield dissolved, nothing changed, though Falion thought it would and should. She believed that the Chosen, while very far above everyone else, behaved illogically at times. When Elayne tried to capture the Black Ajah members at Lady Shiaine’s house, Falion was present. She was captured when Elayne was rescued, but freed when Daved Hanlon attacked Elayne in the prison. She then joined Graendal, and was later killed by Aviendha in the Last Battle.

Fall of Pipkin, the. A battle from Mat’s memories.

Falling Shale. A history book that Min studied.

Falme, Fifth Treaty of. See Fifth Treaty of Falme

Falme. The largest town on Toman Head, though not as big as a major city; its population was around twenty-five thousand. It stood on a spit of land at the very tip of Toman Head, on the Aryth Ocean. High cliffs ran to the harbor mouth on both sides, and atop one of those, where every ship running into the harbor had to pass under them, stood the towers of the Watchers Over the Waves, where the Watchers kept a lookout for the return of Artur Hawkwing’s armies. Falme rose from stone docks up the slopes of the hollow that made the harbor. The houses were dark stone with slate roofs, larger and taller as the cobblestone streets climbed up from the docks. At the top of the incline, the town gave way to hills. There was no town wall.

The Seanchan Return landed at Falme, and High Lord Turak had a house there; Fain went to him there, and Egeanin took Domon. Egwene, Nynaeve, Elayne and Min were tricked by Liandrin into going to Falme, and Egwene was collared by the Seanchan and kept in the town. Rand, Mat, Perrin, Ingtar and Hurin tracked Padan Fain there to retrieve the Horn of Valere and the dagger from Shadar Logoth. Rand retrieved the Horn by killing Lord Turak, a Seanchan blademaster. The captured damane were housed in Falme, including Egwene.

Rand battled Ba’alzamon over the battlefield at Falme, while Mat, caught between the fighting Whitecloak and Seanchan armies, blew the Horn of Valere, calling out the Heroes of the Horn.

Some time later, Rand met the Daughter of the Nine Moons there in a failed attempt to arrive at a truce.

Faloun, Blasic. See Blasic Faloun

Falton. A Cairhienin farrier in Perrin’s camp in Ghealdan. Only a fringe of white hair remained on his head; he had broad shoulders and thick arms, and seemed nearly as wide as he was tall, though as a Cairhienin, he was not very tall. Like the other farriers, he grew nervous when Perrin tried to tend to his own horse.

Famelle Juarde. A Taraboner Kin and member of the Knitting Circle in Ebou Dar. Her strength level was 38(26); she was strong enough to have been allowed to test for Aes Sedai, but not strong enough to make a gateway of any size whatsoever. Born in 658 NE, she went to the White Tower in 672 NE, where she spent eleven years as a novice. She began her test for Accepted the first time it was offered, but could not make herself enter the ter’angreal the third time. Slender and pretty, with large brown eyes and pale honey hair worn loose, she was one of the few among the Knitting Circle with no gray in her hair. When Elayne and Nynaeve first learned of the Kin, Famelle was working as a goldsmith in Ebou Dar. Famelle survived the gholam’s attack in the Rahad and was present at the meeting with the Windfinders in the Tarasin Palace. On orders from Elayne and Nynaeve, she took part in manipulating them.

fancloth. A synthetic fabric that duplicated its surroundings for a total camouflage effect. Warders’ cloaks were made from this material, which was produced by a ter’angreal in the White Tower. In the Age of Legends, fancloth was a fashionable fabric, and soldiers wore it during the War of Power.

Fang, Dragon’s. See Dragon’s Fang

fangfish. A dangerous fish of editorial nature.

fans, the language of. In Saldaea, women used fans to communicate subtly. Some gestures were:

caution in speech, admonishment to: fan touches ear.

disbelief: very fast snap shut and open.

innocence: a gentle fluttering in front of the face, looking over the fan.

kiss me; you may kiss me: end of closed fan brushes across her lips.

love; a shared kiss: touch her cheek then his with closed fan.

relief: a fluttering hitch.

thought, I am giving your suggestion serious: tap wrist with closed fan.

Fanshir. An Asha’man soldier who was a scholar before going to the Black Tower; he was the possessor of interesting books.

Fanwar. A Borderland family. See Auaine and Renald Fanwar

Fanway, Karella. An Aes Sedai who lived at the time of the formation of the White Tower.

Faolain Orande. An Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 17(5). Born in 970 NE, she went to the White Tower in 986 NE. After spending eight years as a novice and five years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 999 NE by Egwene’s decree. Faolain had curly hair and a dark round face. She never seemed to like anyone or anything; on the other hand, she did not resist being taken away from the Tower by fleeing Aes Sedai because she did not approve of the manner in which Siuan was deposed. Nevertheless she thought Siuan very likely should have been deposed and was responsible for the Tower being broken. She was one of those who harassed Siuan in Salidar and was punished for it.

Faolain swore fealty to Egwene, along with Theodrin. She did not like Egwene, and made that clear, but Egwene was the Amyrlin, and she felt it wasn’t right that the others treated her as if she were not, as if she were not even Aes Sedai sometimes. She admitted right out that her gratitude for being raised by Egwene’s decree was exceedingly mixed, given how that was received by the other sisters. She was assigned by Egwene to accept Lelaine’s offer of protection and guidance, and to become Egwene’s spy on Lelaine. She wasn’t wholeheartedly pleased at the prospect—she knew very well that being taken under Lelaine’s wing would mean being treated not like an Aes Sedai but like an Accepted who had to be watched closely—yet, quite aside from her oath, she was pleased to be doing something real, and to be getting back at the sisters who treated her as if she were still Accepted. Lelaine worked out that Faolain was a spy, and ordered her into hiding.

Faolain went to the Black Tower to bond an Asha’man. There Lyrelle ordered her to bond only one.

Far Aldazar Din. An Aiel warrior society; its name meant “Brothers of the Eagle.”

Far Dareis Mai. A warrior society of the Aiel which admitted only women; its name meant “Maidens of the Spear.” See Maidens of the Spear

Far Madding. An independent city-state on the Plains of Maredo; it lay on an island in a lake approximately one mile south of the Hills of Kintara. Its sigil was a woman’s golden hand which was open, fingers up: the Golden Hand. Its banner was a blue field divided vertically in the center by an elongated red oval of even dimensions; on the side nearest the flagstaff was the Golden Hand and on the outer end of the flag there was a golden sword, a simple straight blade and cross quillons, point upward.

In the Age of Legends, a city called Aren Deshar occupied the spot later known as Far Madding. The city was called Aren Mador when it was the capital city of Essenia, one of the nations of the Compact of the Ten Nations. Part of it was Ogier-built, but nothing of that remained. After the Trolloc Wars, it was known as Fel Moreina, in Moreina. The nation of Maredo was founded in FY 999 by nobles in the city of Far Madding, led by Lady Danella Mathendrin. The city of Far Madding, with its special advantages, held against all attackers, and Maredo eventually laid claim to all of the Plains of Maredo and parts of what is now eastern Murandy as well. However, Maredo as a nation vanished by 500 NE, leaving behind only the city-state of Far Madding.

The ruling body of Far Madding was the Counsels; there were thirteen of them, with the highest-ranking named the First Counsel. They were all women. In Far Madding, men did not hold positions of authority except over other men, and they were never allowed positions of high authority or responsibility. Even when they held a position which would carry considerable authority and/or responsibility elsewhere, they were always overseen by a woman in a higher position. The Counsels ruled from the Hall of the Counsels on the Counsels’ Plaza.

Far Madding was the most openly matriarchal city in the known world. This was in large part because two major false Dragons had been born in the city, but the traditions of the city dated back to its founding. A man was expected to obey his mother or eldest female relative until he married and to obey his wife thereafter. In any case, she had authority over him corresponding to the authority of a medieval man over his wife. In Far Madding, a wealthy man was one whose wife gave him a large allowance.

Far Madding was the birthplace of the first two false Dragons to reach historical prominence, Raolin Darksbane (early 335 to late 336 AB) and Yurian Stonebow (circa 1300 to 1308 AB, possibly as late as 1312 AB).

Because of this, the city somehow acquired a ter’angreal, known as the guardians, which could detect a man channeling; it also detected women channeling, though not at as great a range—within the city limits, as opposed to well beyond the lake, for men—and it produced a field which surrounded the city for a fair distance, inside which a man’s ability to channel was shielded so he could not channel at all. Women were also cut off, but not until they were actually at the city. As inside an Ogier stedding, neither men nor women could even sense the True Source inside the active area. Also as with a stedding, anything channeled against the city simply melted away at the edge of the active area; even balefire directed at Far Madding dispersed on hitting that border. The affected area was circular in both cases. This device was almost certainly created at some time during the Breaking of the World, since it was plainly directed at men who could channel. It should be noted that the built-in defense meant that it was very unlikely that anyone would ever be able to study or reproduce it in any form.

The ter’angreal consisted of three parts, each with an arrow which turned red on detecting the channeling of saidin or blue on detecting saidar and turned to point toward the source of that channeling. By triangulation, the exact spot could be located. The ter’angreal was inside a large chamber with a map of the city and the surrounding countryside worked into the floor.

Not many people knew about the device. So much time passed after it was procured that it, in effect, faded into legend and myth. The city kept the knowledge of its existence to a select few. It was effective, though; over a period of roughly two thousand years no fewer than thirty-one false Dragons came to grief of one sort or another near Far Madding.

The Wall Guard was the military force of Far Madding, who manned the fortresses at the bridges and the city walls. They were the only men allowed to carry swords, spears or bows that were not peace-bound inside the city walls, but even they were only allowed to do so while on duty. The top command levels of the Wall Guard were all women; there were some women in the lower levels of the Wall Guard, but not many. The Street Guard was the police force of Far Madding. Its composition was roughly the same as the Wall Guard. The Street Guard relied mainly on long cudgels, sword-breakers, quarterstaffs and catchpoles. They carried no blade longer than a belt knife. When the Street Guard arrested someone, the detainee was bound wrists-to-ankles and put into a sack, which was then slung from a pole carried on the shoulders of two men.

The city of Far Madding was a center for overland trade between Illian and Caemlyn or Tar Valon, and also between Tear and Caemlyn or Tar Valon, thus avoiding the lands of Cairhien. It shared the overland trade between Illian and Caemlyn with Lugard, as well as the overland trade between Illian and Tar Valon, but the route to both Caemlyn and Tar Valon was shorter through Far Madding. Far Madding had three markets, called Strangers’ Markets, in which foreigners were allowed to trade: the Avharin Market, the Amhara Market and the Nethvin Market.

Faral, Dimir. See Dimir Faral

Farashelle. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

Farede. The first Panarch of Tarabon. He adopted and promoted a new calendar, the Farede Calendar, as part of his attempt to make Tarabon the intellectual center of the known world.

Farede Calendar. A calendar adopted after the widespread destruction and disruption of the War of the Hundred Years. It was proposed by Urin din Jubai Soaring Gull, a scholar of the Sea Folk, and promoted by the Panarch Farede of Tarabon. It recorded each year as of the New Era (NE) and was still in use at the time of the Last Battle. The calendar set 10 days to the week, 28 days to the month and 13 months to the year. The months were: Taisham (December 22–January 17), Jumara (January 18–February 14), Saban (February 15–March 14), Aine (March 15–April 11), Adar (April 12–May 9), Saven (May 10–June 6), Amadaine (June 7–July 5), Tammaz (July 6–August 2), Maigdhal (August 3–August 30), Choren (August 31–September 27), Shaldine (September 28–October 26), Nesan (October 27–November 23) and Danu (November 24–December 21).

Farellien. An Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah and the loyalist contingent. Elaida praised her, Kiyoshi and Doraise for adhering to the law and gave each a fine horse as a reward. Many if not most sisters thought the three turned in Adelorna and Josaine for illegally possessing angreal. Alviarin forced Elaida to these actions to cause discord between the Ajahs.

Farmay Tower. A tower on the Blightborder in Kandor.

Farnah. An Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah who was raised Sitter for the Green Ajah to replace Talene Minly.

Farran. A Whitecloak soldier of the rank Hundredman who went to the Two Rivers with Dain Bornhald. He was a boulder of a man and wore a beard. Along with Byar, Farran wanted to put the Luhhans and the Cauthons to the question; Dain Bornhald didn’t want to let Farran anywhere near Bode and Eldrin Cauthon.

Farren, Ackley. See Ackley Farren

Farrier’s Green. A place in Caemlyn where the gholam found a victim.

Farrier’s Hammer, The. An inn or tavern in Lugard, Murandy. Siuan passed it on the way to another inn.

Farseen, Saroiya. See Saroiya Farseen

Farshaw, Min. See Min Farshaw

Farstrider, Jain. See Jain Farstrider

Fatamed, Irgain. See Irgain Fatamed

Fateful Concord, the. An agreement that no woman would link with a man to help seal the Dark One’s prison, rising in opposition to Lews Therin’s plan to use a circle of seven women and six men to place seven focus points around the thinness of the Pattern at Shayol Ghul. It was spearheaded by Latra Posae, an Aes Sedai during the War of the Shadow, who wanted to prevail by construction of two huge sa’angreal, one of saidar and one of saidin, that were to be used to contain the Dark One. Once they were constructed, access keys were needed to use the sa’angreal; these access keys were hidden in an area taken over by the forces of the Shadow. Latra Posae and the women held to their concord, hoping that the access keys could be rescued; Lews Therin went ahead with his plan without the ability to link. The Bore was sealed, but saidin tainted.

Father of Lies. Another name for the Dark One.

Father of Storms (or Storm). A Sea Folk term for the Dark One.

father-sisters. See Aiel kinship

Faverde Nothish. A wiry member of the Seanchan Blood. He attended Tuon’s first audience in Ebou Dar after she returned from traveling with Mat.

Favidan. One of Renald Fanwar’s farmhands.

Favlend Mountain. A mountain in Murandy.

Fearil. Elza Penfell’s Darkfriend Warder. He was lean and pretty, with pale hair, a hard mouth and a harsh voice. Elza spent twenty years convincing everyone that she was married to Fearil so that they would think nothing of her excessive privacy with him. Sometimes that privacy was needed so that she might punish him and no one would hear his screams.

Fearil liked to kill. When Elza went with Cadsuane to find Rand, she left Fearil in Cairhien; later, he and other Warders gave directions for Bashere and Logain to find Rand. Elza ordered Fearil to kill anyone who threatened the Dragon Reborn. Fearil and Elza accompanied Rand to the meeting with the supposed Daughter of the Nine Moons.

Fearless. The Seanchan ship captained by Egeanin Tamarath. The ship was tall and square-looking, with odd-ribbed sails, bluff-bowed and towered. There were longboats on board for ferrying troops through shallow waters. It was the vessel that captured Bayle Domon and Spray near Falme. Caban was a crew member.

Fearnim, Toke. A stable owner in Jurador from whom Mat bought the Domani razor for Tuon. He was wiry with a fringe of gray hair.

Feast of Abram. A feast celebrated everywhere but the Borderlands on the ninth day of Jumara. Prizes were baked into honeycakes, and a kiss of peace was offered.

Feast of All Souls’ Salvation. A feast celebrated every ten years at the autumnal equinox. Also known as All Souls Day, the day on which it was observed was not part of any month.

Feast of Embers. A feast celebrated in Taisham in Ebou Dar.

Feast of Freia. A feast celebrated on the twenty-first day of the month of Adar in Illian, Arad Doman, Ghealdan, Tarabon and parts of Altara and Murandy.

Feast of Fools. See Foolday

Feast of Lights. The Feast of Lights was a two-day celebration of the winter solstice, starting on the last and shortest day of the year and lasting through the first day of the new year. Every window in the White Tower was lit, creating a glorious image. In Cairhien, the Feast of Lights was a party of wild abandon and expatriate Cairhienin everywhere held lavish parties. In many localities the second day of the Feast of Lights was called First Day and was considered a time for charitable giving.

Feast of Maia. A feast celebrated on the ninth day of the month of Amadaine in Andor, Ghealdan, Altara, Murandy and Illian.

Feast of Neman. A feast celebrated on the ninth day of the month of Adar in Andor, Cairhien, Tear and the Borderlands.

Feast of Sefan. A festival celebrated in Illian in the month of Adar. Competitions were held for the best telling of The Great Hunt of the Horn.

Feast of Thanksgiving. A feast celebrated every four years at the vernal equinox. The day on which it was observed was not part of any month.

Feast of the Half Moon. A feast celebrated in Ebou Dar in Taisham on the day after Maddin’s Day.

Feaster’s Run. A major city square in Tear.

Feather. A young wolf who was Leafhunter’s mate. Perrin spoke with Leafhunter’s pack after encountering a scent in the wolf dream that made his hackles rise. When he asked the pack about it, they all stopped talking with him.

feather-dancers. Used by Birgitte in an analogy, an expression from past lives: “as easy as finding feather-dancers in Shiota.”

Feathers Aloft. A Cairhienin dice game. There was one dicer, with a crowd of onlookers betting against or for his tosses. In other lands it was called Third Gem and Cat’s Paw.

feathertop. A weed that Perrin saw on the burned al’Thor farm.

Fedwin Morr. A young Andoran man who became an Asha’man. He was born in 984 NE. He was about 5'10" tall, with brown eyes and straight brown hair. When he went to the Black Tower, he was huskier than Eben Hopwil, with a good deal fewer blotches on his cheeks; by the time he was sent south, he had almost no blotches. Morr had a sort of block; he could not make himself believe he could channel at any distance, so his ability began to fall off at about fifty paces, and at one hundred, it was gone. Weaves would not work for him unless he caught his tongue between his teeth while he wove the weaves. He could make a gateway easily enough; it was the line-of-sight work that tripped him.

After Dumai’s Wells, Morr was chosen to accompany Rand. He went to Illian with Rand for the attack on Sammael, after which he was raised to full Asha’man. When Rand heard reports of the Seanchan from Lord Gregorin via Illianer merchants, he sent Morr to scout around Ebou Dar. Morr went mad, though it wasn’t noticed until the attack on Rand in Cairhien, when Morr was guarding Min. Rand gave him herbs he had learned about from Nynaeve—a little gave sleep, and too much a sleep you never woke from. It was a quick, painless death.

Feindu, Stedding. A stedding located in the Black Hills.

Feir, Tarna. See Tarna Feir

Fel, Herid. See Herid Fel

Fel Moreina. A name for Far Madding after the Trolloc Wars.

Felaana Bevaine. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 17(5). She was slim, with a raspy voice and yellow hair that gleamed as if she brushed it several times a day. In Canluum, she mistook the young Moiraine for a wilder and was made nervous by Cadsuane. Much later, she was one of the guards on Leane after her capture by Elaida, and with Negaine found a disguised Beonin wandering the White Tower, requesting an audience with Elaida.

Felmley, Tham. An Andoran brickmason sentenced to death by Morgase for murdering his brother; she later discovered that he was innocent.

Fen Mizar. Joline’s Saldaean Warder. Both Fen and fellow Warder Blaeric had broad shoulders and narrow waists; Fen was a little heavier in the chest and shoulders. The pair of them talked alike, thought alike and moved alike. Standing about 5'11" tall, Fen had dark, tilted eyes, high cheekbones, a wide mouth and straight black hair to his shoulders. His complexion was coppery. Fen seemed not to like anyone much except for Joline. After Teslyn dosed Joline with forkroot and the Seanchan arrived, Fen and Blaeric were able to get Joline out of the palace, but not out of Ebou Dar. They joined Mat and left Ebou Dar with Luca’s show. They traveled with the Band of the Red Hand until returning to the White Tower with Joline.

Fendry, Millis. See Millis Fendry

fennel. See gray fennel, red fennel and whitefennel

Fennel. A farrier with Perrin’s army who was sent ahead with Basel Gill before the battle at Malden. When Gill and his party had to change direction to avoid impassable roads, Fennel stayed behind to let Perrin know where they had gone.

Fera Sormen. An Aes Sedai of the White Ajah publicly and of the Black Ajah in truth. A member of the loyalist contingent, she had a strength level of 33(21). Born in 864 NE, she went to the White Tower in 882 NE. After spending thirteen years as a novice and nine years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 904 NE. Fera helped to kidnap Rand from Cairhien, and was captured at Dumai’s Wells. She was treated as da’tsang by the Aiel until, under Verin’s Compulsion, she found reason to swear oath to Rand, which she did before Cadsuane departed Cairhien for Far Madding. In Fera’s case, unlike Elza’s, her oath-swearing was entirely a ruse, a lie allowed by her Black Ajah affiliation.

Feragaine Saralman. An Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 732 to 754 NE. Feragaine was in large part a puppet of the Hall. Like Marasale, she was chosen because the Hall thought they could control her; in large part they managed to. She made efforts to restore the power and authority of the Amyrlin Seat but was almost always outmaneuvered by the Hall, who seemed to know what she was going to do before she made a move. Her interests, like those of many Blues, had always lain outside the White Tower and its politics, and she floundered badly in the treacherous currents of the Hall.

Feraighin. A “youngish” Aiel Wise One who came to meet Rand and Perrin’s party as they neared Cairhien after Dumai’s Wells. She had red hair and brilliant blue eyes and spoke hurriedly. She could channel but was not strong in use of the Power.

Feran. A man of the Chareen Aiel and the Seia Doon society. His greatfather was Sorilea’s sister-son. He tried to attract Enaila’s attention with no success for over a year. He was tall and handsome, with red hair; unfortunately, he laughed like a braying mule and picked at his ears.

Ferane Neheran. A Domani Aes Sedai of the White Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 21(9). Born in 727 NE, she went to the White Tower in 742 NE. After spending nine years as a novice and six years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 957 NE. She had a Warder. About 5'2" tall, Ferane was decidedly plump—even dumpy—with coppery skin, a round face, dark eyes and long black hair that often needed a brush. Often as vague as a Brown and always as untidy, she frequently bore ink stains on her plump fingers. Despite her appearance, she could still use the skills she had learned as a Domani girl; many considered it remarkable that she could captivate a man’s attention very quickly when she wished to. Ferane was raised Sitter in 981 NE and served until 992 NE. She was made First Reasoner of the White Ajah, and when the Tower split in 999 NE, she sent White Sitter Saroiya Farseen to the rebels and took her chair.

Fergansea. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

Fergin. An Andoran Redarm in the Band of the Red Hand. About 5'10" tall, he was skinny, with brown hair and pale brown eyes. Fergin was about thirty-five years old when he joined the Band of the Red Hand. He liked to gamble almost as much as he liked women. A good soldier—not the best, but good—sadly he wasn’t very bright about other things. He survived recovering the Bowl of the Winds in the Rahad, along with Harnan, Gorderan and Metwyn, but was later killed by the gholam in Mat’s camp outside Caemlyn.

ferris. A green herb that was sprinkled on soup.

Festival of Birds. A feast celebrated in Ebou Dar in the month of Taisham.

Festival of Fools. The Kandor name of the Feast of Fools.

Festival of Lanterns. A festival celebrated on the first day of the month of Choren in Arad Doman, Tarabon, Amadicia, Ghealdan, Altara, Murandy and Illian.

Festival of Unreason. The Saldaean name for the Feast of Fools.

Fetches. See Myrddraal

feverbane. A plant used medicinally to treat fever.

Field of Bekkar. Site of the last victory of King Aemon against the Shadowspawn; he marched from Bekkar back to his doom in Manetheren. It was also known as the Field of Blood.

Field of Merrilor. A place in the southwestern corner of Shienar, at the confluence of the Rivers Mora and Erinin. Leaders of all the nations met here at Rand’s request. At first, the countries were divided according to whether they supported Rand’s intention to break the seals on the Dark One’s prison before resealing the Bore, and those opposing such a move, including Egwene and Elayne. With Moiraine’s help, Rand convinced the nations of the need to conduct the Last Battle as he saw fit. He also provided for a duration of peace following the Last Battle by having everyone sign a treaty called the Dragon’s Peace. A great portion of the Last Battle was fought at the Field of Merrilor, largely driven by Mat’s decision to make a last stand there; he assessed that the natural topography of Merrilor would give the armies of Light the greatest advantage against the Shadowspawn. Natural features of Merrilor included broad grasslands; a dense forest to the east that included Stedding Sholoon; Dashar Knob, a steep rocky outcrop on the Shienaran side of the River Mora; the plateaued Polov Heights; and an expanse of bogs on the Arafellin side, separated by a road extending from Hawal Ford across the Mora, a main transit point between the two countries.

Fields of Peace. A location in Seanchan, possibly in Seandar or thereabouts, that was aflame after the fall of the Empress.

Fifth Treaty of Falme. A treaty negotiated by Merana intended to stop the squabbling between Arad Doman and Tarabon over Almoth Plain. In the end, she felt as if she had been rolled downhill in a barrel, and the treaty turned out to be worth less than the wax in its seals. Merana reflected that she had not been in love since well before this treaty.

Filger. A scout in the Band of the Red Hand. A lean man with thinning hair, he was in Caemlyn when the Trollocs attacked, and reported to Talmanes that the Trollocs had taken the walls and only one gate was holding.

Finchey, Dagdara. See Dagdara Finchey

Fingers of the Dragon. The delta region of Tear, where the River Erinin met the Sea of Storms. It was a winding maze of waterways broad and narrow, some choked with knifegrass. Vast plains of reeds separated clusters of low islands forested with spider-rooted trees seen nowhere else. Channel dredgers were used to keep the waterways open. By law, no ship was allowed to pass through the Fingers without a Tairen pilot aboard.

Finndal, Lord. An Andoran man with whose wife Thom Merrilin once flirted.

Finngar, Ewin. See Ewin Finngar

Finsas, Captain. An officer in Ituralde’s army who was injured by trebuchet-thrown Trolloc corpses at Maradon.

Fionnda Annariz. A High Lady of Tear. Beautiful, with a stern face and hard eyes, she tried to meet Rand at the Royal Palace of Cairhien, but he Traveled to Caemlyn. She was also seen talking with Alaine Chuliandred. Fionnda took to wearing outlandish clothes.

Firchon Pass. A narrow canyon-like feature on the border between Arafel and Kandor. The Silverwall Keeps was found there.

fire. A drink that was a corrupt version of oosquai.

Fire. One of the Five Powers. See Five Powers

fire wands. Implements used by Thom Merrilin in his fire-eating act.

Fireheart. A tall black gelding ridden by Elayne.

firesticks. An invention of Aludra’s. They were small sticks with blue-gray heads that produced a flame when rubbed against an unsmooth surface. They had to be packed carefully because their heads were rough, and if they rubbed against each other they could ignite. She also called them “strikers.”

Firewisp. A horse taken by Edesina, with permission, from the Band of the Red Hand, for the trip back to the White Tower.

First Among Servants. The title of the head Aes Sedai in the Age of Legends.

First Councilor. An advisor to the Queen of Kandor. Ethenielle’s First Councilor was Serailla.

First Counsel. The highest-ranking of the Counsels in Far Madding.

First Covenant. A promise of the early Aiel, the Da’shain, to serve the Aes Sedai and to follow the Way of the Leaf, a pacific way of life. It was also known as simply “the Covenant.”

First Day. The second day of the Feast of Lights, when charity was encouraged. It was also called Firstday.

First Legion. The Seanchan legion led by Tylee Kirgan in the Last Battle.

First Moment. The time when all life was created.

First of Mayene. The title of the ruler of Mayene; her banner was a golden hawk on a blue field.

First Prince of the Sword. The title normally held by the eldest brother of the Queen of Andor, who was trained from childhood to command the Queen’s armies in time of war and to be her advisor in time of peace. If the Queen had no surviving brother, she would appoint someone to that title.

First Reasoner. The title of the head of the White Ajah.

First Rise. An early morning hour.

First Selector. The title of the head of the Blue Ajah.

First Twelve. A decision-making body found in each Sea Folk clan and the Atha’an Miere as a whole; among other things, they chose new Wavemistresses.

First Watcher. One of the Watchers Over the Waves placed in a cage suspended from the Tower over Falme harbor by the Seanchan; when he died, the Seanchan picked another to replace him.

First Weaver. The title of the head of the Yellow Ajah.

first-brothers. See Aiel kinship

first-sisters. See Aiel kinship

Firstday. The second day of the Feast of Lights, when charity was encouraged. It was also called First Day.

fist. A unit of one hundred to two hundred Trollocs.

Fists of Heaven. Lightly armed and lightly armored Seanchan infantry carried into battle on the backs of the flying creatures called to’raken. All were small men or women largely because of limits as to how much weight a to’raken could carry for any distance. Considered to be among the toughest soldiers, they were used primarily for raids, surprise assaults on positions at an enemy’s rear, and where speed in getting into place was of the essence. Fists’ uniforms were brown, boiled-leather armor with a clenched fist embossed on the breastplate and a steel helmet painted to look like a giant insect’s head. They sometimes wore a sort of coverall made of fur-lined waxed linen over wool. Fists were equipped with gauntlets and goggles made of crystal, and were held in their saddles by safety straps. They carried shortswords which they called “cat-gutters” and used light crossbows which could be disassembled and carried in a bag.

Fitch, Master. The innkeeper of The Stag and Lion in Baerlon. He was as big around as Master al’Vere and was a chatter with a pleasant grin, plump hands and wisps of hair sticking out in all directions. His inn was burned down after Moiraine, Rand and their party stayed there, but gold was sent from Tar Valon to rebuild it.

five-finger. A root used in ointment to heal bruises.

Five Powers, the. There were threads to the One Power, and each person who could channel the One Power could usually grasp some threads better than others. These threads were named according to the sorts of things that could be done using them—Earth, Air (sometimes called Wind), Fire, Water and Spirit—and were called the Five Powers. Any wielder of the One Power would have a greater degree of strength with one, or possibly two, of these, and lesser strength in the others. Some few may have had great strength with three, but after the Age of Legends no one had great strength with all five. Even in the Age of Legends it was extremely rare. The degrees of strength could vary greatly between individuals, so that some who could channel were much stronger than others.

Performing certain acts with the One Power required the ability in one or more of the Five Powers. For example, starting or controlling a fire required Fire, and affecting the weather required Air and Water, while Healing required Water and Spirit. While Spirit was found equally in men and in women, great ability with Earth and/or Fire occurred much more often among men, with Water and/or Air among women. There were exceptions, but Earth and Fire came to be regarded as male Powers, Air and Water as female. Generally, no ability was considered stronger than any other, though there was a saying among Aes Sedai: “There is no rock so strong that water and wind cannot wear it away, no fire so fierce that water cannot quench it or wind snuff it out.” It should be noted this saying came into use long after the last male Aes Sedai was dead. Any equivalent saying among male Aes Sedai was lost.

Five Sisters, the. A constellation.

flame and the void, the. A concentration or meditation technique, where the mind was cleared of thoughts, sometimes aided by the use of a candle or other external focusing device. Skilled users of swords and bows employed the technique, for example, to become one with their weapon and one with their target or opponent, removing obstacles of rational thought and emotion from their endeavor and giving them an advantage in combat. A similar technique was used to help male channelers harness their skills in the use of saidin. See also Oneness and void, the

Flame of Tar Valon, the. A stylized representation of a flame; a white teardrop with the point upward. It was the symbol of the Aes Sedai and one of the titles of the Amyrlin Seat.

Flame, the Blade and the Heart, The. An anthology of tales of adventure and romance featuring historical characters.

Flann Barstere. A young Two Rivers man from Watch Hill. Perrin had hunted with him, and once helped him dig one of his father’s cows out of a boghole in the Waterwood. A lanky fellow with a dent in his chin, he joined Perrin’s army and acted as a banner carrier on the trip to So Habor.

Flann Lewin. A Two Rivers farmer. He was a gnarled, gray-headed beanpole. Adine was his wife, and Tell and Dannil his nephews. Flann’s farm was attacked by Trollocs; Whitecloaks were able to drive them off, but Flann decided to take his family to Jac al’Seen’s farm. There he met Perrin, and was convinced to move his family into Emond’s Field for safety. Flann took part in the defense of Emond’s Field.

flatwort. A medicinal herb used in tea for fatigue, to clear the head, and to treat sore muscles.

Flern. A Lightmaker who killed Malidra, a scavenging Aiel, seen in Aviendha’s view of the future in Rhuidean.

Flinn, Damer. See Damer Flinn

flip. An Aiel game involving throwing a knife into the dirt.

flipskirt. A woman of easy virtue.

Floran Gelb. A crewman on Bayle Domon’s Spray, although not a good one. He was a scrawny man, often none too clean, with a weaselly smile and often an ingratiating manner. He was none too bright but always ready with excuses. He was sleeping on guard the night Rand, Mat and Thom came aboard near Shadar Logoth, and that wasn’t his first bad misstep. Bayle Domon threw him off the ship in Whitebridge, where he started talk that set Rand and company running. He turned up again in Tanchico, selling information, recovered a’dam and other items to Egeanin. He was supposed to be helping, unknowingly, in the recovery of damane and sul’dam who had been left behind or deserted at Falme, but he had kidnapped at least one woman who had no connection to the Seanchan, which left Egeanin no choice but to kill her or send her off to be sold. He and his thugs attempted to kidnap Elayne and Nynaeve, but the latter fought back, assisted by Egeanin, and drove them off.

Florry, Jeral. See Jeral Florry

flows. Streams of one or more of the Five Powers applied or woven by channelers across space to accomplish a specific purpose. Early on, Egwene channeled two flows for the first time; that is, she wove flows to do two different things simultaneously. That was something most Aes Sedai could not do to any large degree. It had nothing to do with strength, or even knowledge, but rather a type of dexterity developed through learning-by-doing. It became more difficult to learn the longer one waited to learn. Working two flows was more than twice as hard as working one; working three much more than twice again working two. Rand could work a huge number of flows.

focusing. See leading

Fogh the Tireless. A historical military commander, credited with the saying, “If you do not learn from your losses, you will be ruled by them.”

Folded Light. A weave made of Fire and Air that rendered a channeler invisible.

Foolday. A festival celebrated in the fall where people wore masks and played pranks, and everyone exchanged sweets and small pastries. Everyone’s role was changed about, so that servants gave orders and those whom the servants worked for had to serve. The silliest and most foolish man and woman were crowned as King Fool and Queen Fool, and for that day everyone had to do as they said. It was also known as the Feast of Fools.

Forae, Andaya. See Andaya Forae

Foregate. A secondary city outside the gates of Cairhien. It once surrounded the city from riverbank to riverbank, a maze and warren of dirt streets crisscrossing at all angles. The clothing of the people was often shabby, but a colorful mix from every land. Here hawkers, peddlers, shopkeepers and barbers all called their wares and services. Most buildings were of wood, some seven stories high. The Foregate had theaters and a constant carnival atmosphere. It was burned when the Shaido invaded Cairhien.

Forel Market. A half-deserted village in Andor in which Elayne and her companions stayed on her way to Caemlyn to claim the throne. A carpenter told Elayne, traveling incognito, that Elayne was alive, but that the Dragon Reborn, one of the “black-eyed Aielmen,” was going to put her on the throne, which he thought she should claim on her own if allowed to by Dyelin. Elayne’s party spent some time here because of rain and then snow, and Aviendha bought warm clothes for everyone with gems she had in a bag.

Forerunners. See Hailene

Forest of Shadows. Also called the Great Blackwood, it lay east of the Mountains of Mist and just south of Two Rivers, stretching south for a hundred miles or more toward Ghealdan, without a road or a village, but with plenty of wolves and bears.

Foretelling. The rare ability to foretell the future with absolute certainty, although, paradoxically, Foretelling was rarely clear, and often was so difficult to understand that events outran it before it was understood. Then again, the certainty was not always as pure as might be expected: Elaida’s Foretelling about the “true Amyrlin” for example, she applied to herself because she believed that she was the true Amyrlin, when in fact it referred to Egwene. Foretelling was conceptually related to Dreaming, but a woman who could Foretell simply knew; a Dreamer had to interpret, and the Dream usually said things in images, allegories or puns.

forkroot. An herb used to prepare a tea with the main purpose of preventing channeling by those with the ability to do so. It had a cool, minty aftertaste. Forkroot tea took only a few minutes, and perhaps two swallows, to bring the onset of symptoms, including lethargy, yawning, heavy-headedness, swollen tongue, wobbly knees and finally unconsciousness. Forkroot affected people who could channel more than people who could not channel. The basic tea that put Elayne and Nynaeve under would have made Ronde Macura extremely drowsy and fumble-witted, but it might not have induced unconsciousness in her. Residual headaches and stomach cramps were normal, especially after long dosing.

After getting the basic information from Ronde Macura, the Seanchan worked out a very low-level dosage of a concentrate that cut the ability to channel to useless levels while not causing any side effects. In a slightly stronger dosage, it cut the ability and also made the channeler unsteady. It was used to make captures when there were no sul’dam and damane around, and in training new-caught damane, who believed that their ability had been taken from them in some way, with restoration of their ability as a reward. This dosage of forkroot was also developed, in somewhat the same form, by the sisters in the White Tower. When captured by the White Tower, Egwene could dreamwalk, but if given enough forkroot to make her sleep through the night, or repeated doses, she would not have been able to dreamwalk. Sufficient doses to make her sleep through the night would have left her doubled over with belly cramps the whole next day.

Forney, Eazil. See Eazil Forney

Forrell, Nalaene. See Nalaene Forrell

Forsaken. The name given to thirteen of the most powerful Aes Sedai ever known, who went over to the Dark One during the War of the Shadow in return for the promise of immortality. According to both legend and fragmentary records, they were imprisoned along with the Dark One when his prison was resealed. They were given special powers and abilities. The Forsaken were not the only Aes Sedai to go over to the Shadow before and during the War of the Shadow; others, some as powerful, also made that choice. The Dark One always believed in the starkest social Darwinism, though. His Aes Sedai would winnow themselves. The thirteen called the Forsaken were the top ranking at the time of the Shayol Ghul strike—Ishamael always was—but others had risen and fallen. They all plotted against one another as hard as they did against Lews Therin and the forces of the Light; after all, they felt that it was obvious they would win, so equally important was seeing where you would stand when it was all done. Each wanted to be Nae’blis, second only to the Dark One himself. Relatively few of the higher-ranking died from enemy action; assassinations and executions were much more common. The Chosen—what the top thirteen called themselves—always had to look out, for each other and for those below. Other Chosen would undercut one or worse, of course, but those lower in rank would also look for an opportunity to pull one down; a vacancy at the top always meant a reshuffling and a chance to move up.

Death was common, but not the only way to be brought down. Demotions were possible, but some considered that worse than death; demotion was a great sign of weakness, and once on that slippery slope, one could be forced all the way to the bottom. Also, the Dark One could seem capricious to human minds; what mortal brain could comprehend the Great Lord of the Dark completely, or truly know his goals or reasons? Failures could be ignored by the Dark One, although they were always exploited by others of the Chosen, or even those of lesser rank looking to move up, or they could be punished severely. Weakness was worse than failure, though; failure might be explained, but weakness never could be, and the Dark One wanted servitors without weakness. One could rise again by showing that one was strong, but it was an uphill climb at best and more often a climb up a sheer cliff; sometimes the cliff was glass. No one ever rose as high after a fall as their former prominence, and very few even came close to it. In fact, once one was down, it was like blood in the water attracting sharks; it might be all one could do not to be eaten by those one had looked down on from the safety of the boat, and forget about hopes of climbing back into the boat.

In the Third Age, the thirteen awoke and troubled the world again. Their names were Aginor, Asmodean, Balthamel, Be’lal, Demandred, Graendal, Ishamael, Lanfear, Mesaana, Moghedien, Rahvin, Sammael and Semirhage.

Fortress of the Light. The great fortress that served as the headquarters of the Whitecloaks, in Amador, Amadicia.

Fortuona Athaem Devi Paendrag. The name that Tuon took upon becoming Empress. See Tuon

Fote, Julanya. See Julanya Fote

Four Holes. A sept of the Taardad Aiel.

Four Kings. A scruffy merchant village, bigger than most, on the Caemlyn Road in Andor. Another heavily traveled highway came in from the south, used by Lugarders having business with mines in the west. Four Kings got its name from a battle during Maragaine’s reign, when four kings brought armies against her; the town was named for the battle that took place on the site. The surrounding country held few farms, barely enough to feed themselves and the town, and everything in the village centered on the merchants and their wagons, the men who drove them and the laborers who loaded the goods. Plots of bare earth, ground to dust, lay scattered through Four Kings, filled with wagons and abandoned except for a few bored guards. Stables and horse lots lined the streets, all of which were deeply rutted and wide enough to allow wagons to pass. There was no village green. Drab wooden houses, run down, stood close together, with only narrow alleys between. Heavy shutters on the houses had not been opened in so long that the hinges were solid lumps of rust. Rand and Mat stayed at The Dancing Cartman there on their way to Caemlyn. A Darkfriend, Howal Gode, tried to trap them in a storeroom, but lightning created an exit from the sealed room for their escape. Siuan, Leane and Min also went through the village after escaping from Kore Springs, hoping to contact a Blue eyes-and-ears, but she had disappeared.

Four Stones. A sept of the Taardad Aiel.

Fourth Circle of Elevation. A Seanchan institution in which the Imperial Record House of Seandar was found.

Fourth War of Cairhienin Succession. See Reconciliation

Fox and Goose, The. An inn in Maerone, Cairhien. It was a stone building, frequented by common soldiers. Mat and Edorion went there while making rounds of drinking halls to check on men of the Band; there they saw a gleeman juggling flaming batons.

foxhead medallion. A ter’angreal given to Mat by the Eelfinn to help him be free of Aes Sedai, one of Mat’s wishes to them. It was a silver foxhead with only one eye showing, shaded in such a way that it looked like the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai. The medallion blocked both saidin and saidar from affecting him directly, but not from indirect effects. Power-wrought lightning zapped him and a clump of horse dung flung at him with the Power hit him. A side effect of the device was that it protected the wearer’s dreams. A channeler could still channel if wearing the medallion. Elayne made imperfect copies of the medallion; those did not allow one to channel while touching the medallion.

foxtail. A tea that aided sleep without grogginess.

Fransi, Careane. See Careane Fransi

Frask Taglien. The husband of Lind, innkeeper of The Great Gathering at the Black Tower.

freeday. A day of rest for novices in the White Tower.

Freidhen, Alviarin. See Alviarin Freidhen

Frende, Janya. See Janya Frende

Frenn, Grayor. A Two Rivers man who watched the forging of Mah’alleinir.

Fridwyn Ros. A former soldier who managed Lord Aedmun Matherin’s estate in Andor. He had heavy shoulders and only one leg. When Elayne visited, he gave her soldiers to take back to Caemlyn with her and wished that he could have gone himself.

Frielle Anan. The middle daughter of Setalle Anan. She was eighteen years old. She volunteered to look after Olver, saying that she wanted six sons of her own. After a short time of tending Olver, Mat suspected she was beginning to hope for daughters. She married while Mat was in Ebou Dar.

Friends of the Dark. An old name for Darkfriends.

Furen Alharra. One of Seonid’s Warders. Furen was a Tairen, with a complexion nearly as dark as good soil, dark eyes and gray streaking his curly black hair. He was six feet tall, hard and lean. At the time of Dumai’s Wells, Furen was close to fifty years old. He and Seonid and Teryl, her other Warder, took part in the battle at Dumai’s Wells, and later joined Perrin’s party.

Furlan, Gainor. See Gainor Furlan

Furyk Karede. A Seanchan member of the Deathwatch Guards. He was about 6'1" tall, and moderately stocky, with a bluff face and gray at his temples. He had a pleasant, almost fatherly appearance. He was born circa 958 NE to a family of weavers owned by Jalid Magonine. Family lore told of an ancestor who had been a nobleman and accompanied Luthair Paendrag to Seanchan at Artur Hawkwing’s command; a subsequent ancestor ran afoul of authorities by trying to create his own kingdom and was sold on the block.

At age fifteen, Karede was chosen for the Deathwatch Guard. After seven years, during which he was cited twice for heroism and mentioned in dispatches three times, he was named to the bodyguard of Tuon upon her birth. The same year, he survived the first attempt on her life. He was then trained to be an officer, and served during the Muyami Uprising and the Jianmin Incident. At his request, he returned to Tuon’s bodyguard shortly before her true-name day. The following year, Furyk was wounded while saving Tuon’s life again; she gave him her doll, which he kept for ten years until it was lost in the Great Fire of Sohima. Two of his sons followed him into the Deathwatch Guards, and the third was among the honored dead. Karede’s wife, Kalia, did not live to see any of that.

He was proud of his raven tattoos.

Karede served as a captain in the bodyguard of the Empress until named to accompany the High Lord Turak and the Hailene. He was promoted to Banner-General, with three thin black plumes, after he had some success against the Asha’man in battle. He was approached by Almurat Mor, a Seeker, about a plot to kill Tuon. He went in search of Tuon with Musenge, Deathwatch Guards, Gardeners, sul’dam and damane. After four weeks, he found Mat and his party with Tuon, and returned Tuon to Ebou Dar. Assassins reached Tuon’s presence twice, and Karede and other Deathwatch Guards were sent to the front lines of the Last Battle by Tuon as a death sentence. Karede helped Mat in combat, and did not die.

Fyall. A town east of Samaha, Willar and the River Boern, probably in Altara. Moiraine, Lan, Perrin and Loial passed through the town while on Rand’s trail, and the unusual events that had occurred were evidence that Rand had been there: the crops had failed, but the mayor had found sacks of Manetheren gold coins while digging a privy, which saved the town from poverty.