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Kabal Deep. A hundred leagues of open water between Arran Head on the eastern shore of Altara and the city of Illian on the western shore of Illian. It was so deep that ships could find no bottom with their longest sounding lines just a mile or so from shore. The waves there could overturn ships as they rolled north to pound the coast with breakers fifteen paces high or more.

Kadar. One of the kings in the gleeman tale “Mara and the Three Foolish Kings.”

Kadere. A Saldaean family. See Hadnan and Teodora Kadere

Kaensada Hills. An area of Seanchan that was populated by less-than-civilized hill tribes. These tribes fought a great deal among themselves, as did individual families within the tribes. Each tribe had its own customs and taboos, the latter of which often made no sense to anyone outside that tribe. Most of the tribesmen avoided the more civilized residents of Seanchan. Ajimbura hailed from this region.

kaf. A bitter-tasting hot beverage from Seanchan.

Kaila Bent. A member of the Queen’s Guard who brought word to Birgitte that an intruder had been picked up entering the city at the Plum Gate; the intruder turned out to be Mat. Kaila was lanky and fire-haired.

Kainea. A Maiden with dark hair, unusual for an Aiel. She was in Tear when Rand returned from telling Egwene that he intended to break the seals; Rand sent her to gather messengers.

Kairen Stang. An Andoran Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 18(6). Born in 937 NE, she went to the White Tower in 952 NE. After spending eight years as a novice and eight years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 968 NE. About 5'4" tall, she had cool blue eyes and an oval face. Her Warder was Llyw. Kairen was a member of the embassy that the rebels sent to Rand in Caemlyn; she was sent on as leader of the group that escorted the Two Rivers girls to Salidar. She tended to favor Lelaine’s positions. Kairen was killed by Aran’gar, her head wrenched around almost full circle, snapping her neck. Her Warder survived and was bonded by Myrelle.

Kaisea. A Seanchan sul’dam of the low Blood. Tall, with long black hair worn in a braid, she was captured in Rand’s campaign against the Seanchan and sent to the Royal Palace of Caemlyn. Kaisea insisted that she should be collared; Dimana, a Kin, believed that Kaisea was trying to learn weaves in order to cause a mishap that would prove her right. Gawyn encountered Marille, a former damane, in the gardens; she recognized the Bloodknife he was holding but couldn’t tell him much about it. Dimana took Kaisea to him, and Kaisea gave him more information about Bloodknives. In return, Gawyn promised to ask Elayne to collar her.

Kaisel Noramaga. Ethenielle’s grandson, a prince of Kandor. He joined Lan and served with him at Tarwin’s Gap and in the rest of the Last Battle. Kaisel wanted to forbid Saldaean women from fighting in the battle; Lan promised him a decent burial after he was allowed to take Kaisel’s head off the pole if he tried to forbid them.

Kaisin Pass. A place of battle where the Soldier Amyrlin, Rashima Kerenmosa, was victorious.

Kajima, Welyn. See Welyn Kajima

Kajin, Lord. A Shienaran nobleman encountered by Rand in Fal Dara. He was about 6'4" to 6'5" tall, and lean and lanky, with a sallow complexion. His topknot was as black as pitch. After Fain was freed, Lord Kajin checked the keep to see if anything was missing. He also tried to explain Shienaran women’s customs to Rand when Rand tried to visit Egwene.

Kalede, Nyein. See Nyein Kalede

Kalia. Furyk Karede’s wife. They had three sons together; two followed Karede into the Deathwatch Guards; Kalia and the other son died in the Great Fire of Sohima.

Kalyan Ramsin. One of Saldaean Queen Tenobia’s many uncles. He was scarred and grizzled, with the face of a leathery eagle and thick mustaches—black streaked with white, or perhaps white streaked with black—that curved down around his mouth. Tenobia set up matchmaking between Ethenielle and Kalyan at the meeting of the four rulers before they headed south. The two did eventually marry.

Kamarile Maradim Nindar. Graendal’s name in the Age of Legends.

Kamile Noallin. A banker in Chachin, Kandor, whom Moiraine visited to cash in a letter-of-rights. In her middle years, she was lovely and slim with graying hair worn in four long braids and stern, questioning eyes. She used an enlarging glass to study Ilain Dormaile’s seal on the letter.

Kamsa, Vayelle. See Vayelle Kamsa

Kanara. A Maiden of the Spear who guarded Rand in the city of Tear.

Kandel, Tad. See Tad Kandel

Kandelmar. A location in Arad Doman where Ituralde had had a military victory.

Kandor. A Borderlands nation lying between Arafel and Saldaea. Its sigil was a rearing red horse: the Red Horse. Its banner was the Red Horse on a field of pale green.

Saldaea, Kandor, Arafel, Shienar and Malkier all were provinces of Hawkwing’s empire, with the borders between them very much as they were at the time of the Last Battle, though not stretching so far south in most cases. With the Blight to contend with, the governors of those provinces (Lord Rylen t’Boriden Rashad for Saldaea, Lord Jarel Soukovni for Kandor, Lady Mahira Svetanya for Arafel, Lady Merean Tihomar for Shienar and Lord Shevar Jamelle for Malkier) met soon after Hawkwing’s death in FY 994 to reaffirm measures for cooperation against the Blight and to make agreements for mutual defense against attack from the south. Before the end of FY 995, when it became clear that the rest of the empire was splintering, each of the governors took the title of King or Queen of his or her former province, now a nation. None of these nations took part in any of the wider fighting of the War of the Hundred Years, as nations, except for defending themselves against attacks and punishing same, though individuals and groups did sometimes become involved, either for political reasons or because of family connections or friendships.

Kandor could have either a king or a queen, but the advisory council known as the Crown Council or the Council of Twelve was always an even number and traditionally, though not legally, always balanced between men and women. By law, half the council had to be commoners. Commoners were usually representatives of various guilds which struggled mightily to have representation. The council truly was advisory; the ruler was under no obligation to do what it wanted, though wise rulers at least paid attention to what it said. The council could make considerable trouble for a ruler who tried to go too far astray, even managing to balk the ruler’s wishes entirely, or at least slow them intolerably.

The spouse of a Kandori ruler was a consort—called the Prince or Princess Consort—not a co-equal ruler, though with considerable if specifically limited and set authority. The wife of the king was expected to reign as regent while he was on campaign, the husband of the queen to lead the army on campaign. The husband of a queen was expected to act as her champion in trials by combat, but a king was required by law to use a champion and not to take part in duels or trials by combat personally.

The Sword of Kirukan, reportedly a Power-wrought blade, was a symbol of the rulers of Kandor; it was carried ceremonially by the Swordbearer in an ornately jeweled sheath, the two-handed hilt always toward the ruler, so that it could be drawn at need.

In Kandor, women asked men to marry, not vice versa. Like all Borderlanders, a Kandori man considered the day he was given his sword to be his nameday. While law in the Borderlands prohibited hiding one’s face inside any city, town or village, it was considered rude not to show one’s face when meeting strangers, whatever the weather.

Kandori were considered the touchiest of the Borderlanders, which was saying something considering the reputation of Arafellin. Duels in Kandor could have distinctly odd terms and conditions. As in Altara, Kandori women were known to fight duels, though not so commonly as men, seldom with the weapons men used and rarely to the death, as men often fought. Public defeat and humiliation of one’s enemy was commonly preferred among women. Whip duels were a common form among women of the commoners, at least in the country. Kandori women made no pretense that they did not fight duels.

Mass duels were not unknown, involving five or even ten men to a side; the winning side was the one that had the last man on his feet.

There was a link between the Borderland and Aiel views of shame: by and large, shame was worse than guilt—the worst thing there was—though this view of shame ameliorated as one moved west. Arafellin saw shame as less important than did Shienarans, Kandori less than Arafellin, Saldaeans less than Kandori. In all of the Borderlands, though, shame was given a much heavier weight than in lands to the south.

Kandor had a considerable mining industry in gemstones other than diamonds, including most notably sapphires, emeralds and rubies. The city of Canluum, very near to the Blight, was a rich source of those gems, and also home to some of the best clockmakers found anywhere. Timber and furs were major exports, as were finished wooden products.

Kandori. Of or from Kandor.

Kappre. A member of Ituralde’s forces in Saldaea. Ituralde sent him to Alin with a message to have his cavalry unit attack the Shadowspawn, just before being allowed into Maradon.

Kara Defane. A Wise Woman in a fishing village near Toman Head. She was taken by the Seanchan and made damane. In her late forties, she looked to be in her twenties, and was of moderate strength. She was used by the Seanchan against Rand’s forces and captured, then handed over to Elayne by Taim. She parroted the party line at first, but later allowed that she really would like the collar off. On the other hand, she didn’t want to harm the sul’dam, or at least some. For the rest, she was suffering from a residue of Stockholm syndrome; she still felt a very strong affection, almost love, for the sul’dam who trained her and those who held her leash. Elayne and the others did not fully trust her; they were afraid that she would obey a sul’dam who ordered her to help an escape.

Karaethon Cycle, Commentaries on the. A book by Sereine dar Shamelle Motara, Counsel-Sister to Comaelle, High Queen of Jaramide, circa 325 AB, the Third Age.

Karaethon Cycle, The. See Prophecies of the Dragon

Karaethon Cycle, The: The Prophecies of the Dragon. A book from 231 NE, the Third Age, translated by Ellaine Marise’idin Alshinn, Chief Librarian at the Court of Arafel.

Karale Sanghir. A Domani Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah publicly and of the Black Ajah in truth. Of the loyalist contingent, she had a Warder, also a Darkfriend, who took poison after Atuan revealed the names of members of her heart, Karale and Marris, to Pevara and the other Black Ajah hunters.

Karam. A young lord of a minor Andoran House, loyal to Sarand. He and Jarid Sarand were friends from childhood, but faced with Jarid’s growing insanity, Karam left his camp and went off to fight in the Last Battle.

Kardia, the Fallen Army of. An army from Mat’s memories.

kardon. A leafless, spiny plant having sweet, bulbous fruit with a tough, greenish skin.

Karede, Furyk. See Furyk Karede

Kareil, Lady. A young Kandori noblewoman who sent soldiers to the Aiel War. She was a patron to Josef Najima and his wife and provided for the Najima family after Josef died in a fire when the livery stable she had given him after his return from serving against the Aiel burned.

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

Karentanis, Moria. See Moria Karentanis

Kari al’Thor. The daughter of an Andoran merchant from Caemlyn who ran a trading house in Illian. She met Tam al’Thor in 962 NE. Her parents disapproved of her meeting him, opposed her marrying a soldier, and would have stopped it but were prevented by Tam’s position in the Companions. They did disown her, however, when she married him in 965 NE. Kari accompanied Tam on the long campaigns during the Aiel War. They had two children, a girl who died of a fever in infancy and a boy who was stillborn, after which Kari could no longer have children. In late 978 NE, Tam found an infant on the slopes of Dragonmount and took him to Kari. Shortly after that, Tam resigned his commission and took Kari and baby Rand to the Two Rivers. Kari died of fever in 984 NE.

Kari Thane. An Emond’s Field girl. When Moiraine mentioned that another woman in Emond’s Field could channel, Egwene thought that it might be Kari or Lara Ayellin.

Karil. A woman in the story “How Goodwife Karil Cured Her Husband of Snoring.” Thom said he would tell the story at Bel Tine in Emond’s Field.

Karile. One of Kerene’s Warders. He was massive, with golden hair and a golden beard that gave him the aspect of a lion. Moiraine saw him reading a book when she took a message to Kerene as Accepted.

Karind Anshar. An Andoran noblewoman, High Seat of House Anshar. Her sigil was a running red fox on a field of gold or yellow. Stolid and about 5'4" tall, with a blunt voice, she had gray streaks in her dark hair, framing a severe face. Her flat-eyed stare was like a hammer, and some said that it had put three husbands underground. If she had had brains to match her toughness, she would have been dangerous. She opposed Morgase during the Succession and became one of Gaebril’s sycophants. She was used by Rand and fled after he reached an accommodation with Dyelin. She supported Arymilla for the throne of Andor, but was captured. After Sylvase declared for Elayne, she followed suit and offered to publish her support.

Karistovan, Sumeko. See Sumeko Karistovan

Karldin Manfor. An Andoran Asha’man. Born in 981 NE, he was one of the early Asha’man, a pale-haired youth with blue-gray eyes, present on Rand’s second visit to the farm. After Dumai’s Wells, he was chosen to accompany Rand. Karldin and Loial visited many of the stedding to ensure that guards were posted at the Waygates; after he returned to Cairhien, he used the name Underhill. When he Traveled with Logain and Bashere to Algarin’s manor, Rand raised him to full Asha’man. Karldin and Bashere met with the High Lady Suroth to try to arrange a meeting between Rand and the Daughter of the Nine Moons. Beldeine Nyram bonded him, and they accompanied Rand to the meeting with the false Tuon. Karldin and Beldeine were killed in the Last Battle; he collapsed from exhaustion and Sharans stabbed him.

Karm. Tylee Khirgan’s longtime quartermaster. He was a solid man who made very few mistakes.

Kash. An Asha’man in Taim’s faction. He joined shortly before the Last Battle, quickly became very strong and was promoted to full Asha’man. He fought for the Shadow in the Last Battle; he was trapped in a stedding by Androl near the end of it.

Kashgar. A Saldaean under-lieutenant of the Children of the Light. He appeared almost boyish despite a great hooked nose and thick mustaches like inverted horns. He reluctantly held Valda’s helmet and sword belt before Valda’s duel with Galad. After the duel, he cleaned Valda’s sword and presented it to Galad.

Kasi. A woman who was a kitchen helper in the Sun Palace in Cairhien. She was present when Loial and Karldin arrived there after visiting many stedding.

Katar. A city-state just across the southern border of Arad Doman. It traditionally gave fealty to the rulers of Arad Doman. Ituralde, thinking of his past military victories, thought about the fact that he had taught the Lords of Katar not to sell products of their mines and forges to the enemies of Arad Doman. Katar was proposed by Rand as a meeting place with the Seanchan; they refused.

Kateri Nepvue. An Aes Sedai of the White Ajah. A prodigious reader, she refused to heed the Amyrlin’s advice to stay alert and not go about alone; she was killed by a Bloodknife in a small reading room of the White Tower.

Katerin. A golden-haired Maiden of the Spear who guarded Rand’s tent the night before the meeting at the Field of Merrilor.

Katerine Alruddin. An Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah publicly and of the Black Ajah in truth. Of the loyalist contingent, her strength level was 15(3). Born in 950 NE, she went to the White Tower in 967 NE. After spending eight years as a novice and seven as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 982 NE and joined the Black Ajah in 987 NE. About 5'6" tall, she was sharp-faced, with wavy black hair that hung below her waist. Katerine was part of the expedition to kidnap Rand and bring him to Tar Valon; she was captured at Dumai’s Wells. She escaped with the aid of Darkfriends among the Aiel before she could be questioned by Verin, and made her way back to the Tower. She got to the White Tower after the arrival of the rebel army, bringing news of Dumai’s Wells and events in Cairhien, but not of the oaths made by the other captives to Rand, as she escaped before any were given. A short time later, she was named Mistress of Novices. She left the Tower with the Black Ajah, and was killed by Egwene in Tel’aran’rhiod while disguised as Mesaana.

Kathana. The innkeeper of The Yearly Brawl in Ebou Dar. She was married to Jame, a Seanchan. She was short with dark hair, fair skin and a motherly air. Mat thought she would lecture a tree for growing in the wrong spot.

Kati. A serving girl at The Dusty Wheel in Caemlyn. Beautiful, with raven hair and a wide smile, she flirted with Mat even though he had told her he was married.

Katrine do Catalan a’Coralle. The first queen of Murandy. Meri do Ahlan a’Conlin, a woman Moiraine met when collecting the names of babies born near Dragonmount, claimed to be Katrine’s direct descendant.

Kavarthen Wars. Wars that occurred while Balladare Arandaille was Amyrlin, following the reign of Artur Hawkwing.

Kayacun. A town in Saldaea where Aldragoran, a gem merchant originally from Malkier, was selling gems when Nynaeve arrived to spread the news that Lan was riding to Tarwin’s Gap.

Kayama, Nacelle. See Nacelle Kayama

Kayen Yokata. The Lord of Fal Eisen, Shienar. A sharp-faced man with a harsh voice, he directed Elayne, Aviendha and Birgitte to the place in camp where they were meeting with the Borderlanders in Braem Wood.

Kayenzi, Shivena. A Saldaean philosopher who was influenced by Willim of Manaches. Meilyn tested Moiraine on her knowledge of the two when she was Accepted.

Kaylin. A maid with the Salidar Aes Sedai. Chesa thought that she and Nildra were terrible gossips and would say mean things when someone’s back was turned.

Kazadi, Tenobia si Bashere. See Tenobia si Bashere Kazadi

Kazin. A Saldaean stableman at the Gates of Heaven in Canluum. Skinny with a hooked nose and tilted eyes, he fetched Arrow for Moiraine, and she tipped him a silver penny, even though she heard him say that only a fool noble would ride out at such an early hour.

Keatlin. An Altaran novice with the rebels in Salidar, where she was recruited, with a potential strength level of 25(13). Born in 973 NE, she was older than Nynaeve, and did not like being ordered about by a mere girl like Elayne.

Keemlin Rai. The son of Malenarin Rai, the commander of Heeth Tower on the Blightborder. He was a few days short of his fourteenth nameday when Trollocs attacked Heeth Tower; Keemlin was at the top of the list of those to be sent as messengers to the capital. Because Tian’s mother had already lost four sons, Keemlin let Tian go in his place. His father raised him to a man on the spot, and they fought the Trollocs and died.

Keene, Mistress. The innkeeper at The Counsel’s Head in Far Madding. She wore her white hair in a tight bun and had a pointed chin. She was suspicious and disapproving of men and did not try to hide it; each room was furnished with a strap so that women could keep their husbands in line. Still, the accommodations were comfortable and the food good. Mistress Keene delivered to Min a letter that was addressed to Rand, and warned Min that she should watch her friends since her husband was so pretty.

Keeper of the Chronicles. A slightly less formal usage was “the Keeper.” Once simply the Amyrlin’s secretary and the official historian of the White Tower, since more than five hundred years before the Trolloc Wars the Keeper had been second-in-command to the Amyrlin. Like the Amyrlin, the Keeper left her old Ajah, though she wore a narrow stole of the color of that Ajah. The Keeper bowed to the Amyrlin Seat rather than curtsying.

While the Keeper traditionally was chosen by the Amyrlin (although this was not a matter of law, only very strong custom), she was confirmed by the Hall, much as in the election of an Amyrlin, and she could be removed only by the Hall. As with removing the Amyrlin Seat, removing the Keeper required the greater consensus, and the Ajah from which she had been raised would have been excluded from a vote on removing her.

She was also traditionally raised from the same Ajah as the Amyrlin, but this was not required by Tower law. All history was deeply buried in Tower records, but Keepers from Ajahs that differed from their Amyrlins’ were almost invariably imposed on the Amyrlin by the Hall. This was done for various reasons: as a political quid pro quo, giving that office to one Ajah and the Amyrlin Seat to another, or to keep an eye on an Amyrlin who despite her raising was thought unreliable in some way.

The Keeper was a part of ceremony in the Hall, in that she announced the Amyrlin’s imminent arrival and made the call for consensus among other things, but she took no part in discussion in the Hall and could not enter the Hall without the Amyrlin Seat.

Keeping. A weave that preserved things. It could be laid on food, flowers or just about anything. It adhered closely to the surface of whatever it was laid on, preserving it as if time did not pass inside the weave. Whether time stopped within the weave or simply slowed down was a matter of some argument. Laying a Keeping on anything that breathed would kill it, though; the Keeping would preserve the subject perfectly, but dead. It was one of Egwene’s “discoveries,” courtesy of Moghedien.

Keilar. A young gate guard in Maderin, Altara, who was about Mat’s age. He was obviously a farmer although he was wearing coin armor. When Thom asked why there were so many guards at Maderin, he told Thom that the Seanchan had said that there weren’t enough and Lord Nathin listened to the Seanchan; his companion guard clouted him for that and threatened to have him back behind a plow.

Keilin. A bold man in a song sung at The White Ring in Maderin.

Keille Shaogi. A persona Lanfear used when she traveled with Hadnan Kadere. In this guise she was a foot shorter than Kadere and immensely fat, with dark eyes buried in rolls of fat and a hatchet nose that dwarfed Kadere’s. She wore a white lace shawl held above her head on elaborate ivory combs thrust into long, coarse black hair. Her voice was extremely beautiful and melodious. She moved with incongruous lightness, almost like one of the Maidens. See also Lanfear

Kelwin Janevor. An Andoran man who was High Seat of his House. A vinegary old man, he was loyal to Elayne and brought ten armsmen to her service.

Kely Huldin. An Andoran weaver who was one of the first to be tested for Asha’man at the farm. Lumpy and dark-haired, he did not have the ability to learn to channel. He was hangdog about it, but his wife was happy.

Kema. A Kinswoman who was part of Elayne’s contingent at her Cairhienin coronation. She was dark-skinned and wore her black hair in three long braids.

Kemali. A city in the Age of Legends.

Kendral. A prince of Arafel who was the grandson of King Paitar. He and his armies joined Lan as he rode for Tarwin’s Gap, and he invited Kaisel to come along.

Kenley Ahan. A young Two Rivers man who joined Perrin’s band and was killed in an ambush by Trollocs.

Kenly Maerin. A young Two Rivers man who followed Perrin to Dumai’s Wells. Short and stocky, he was barely old enough to marry or leave home; he tried to grow a beard like Perrin’s. He had fought Trollocs in Emond’s Field and did well on the battlefield. Praise from Perrin made him grin broadly. After Perrin supposedly slept with Berelain, he shaved off his beard, but had begun growing it back by the time he went into Malden through the aqueduct in the battle against the Shaido. He continued as part of Perrin’s army, and fought in the Last Battle.

Kennar Miraj. A Seanchan Captain-General of the Ever Victorious Army, and of the Blood. He was a scout lieutenant and a morat’raken before being raised to the Blood for riding fifty miles in a night to warn the Empress of an approaching rebel army; he was too low to shave the sides of his head and was only allowed to lacquer the nails of his little fingers. Suroth ordered him to wipe the Asha’man off the face of the earth. He was killed in the battle against Rand when Rand went wild with Callandor.

Kennit. Eldrith’s Warder. He was not a Darkfriend, and intended to kill her when he found her despite the cost to himself. Eldrith failed to keep her bond masked, and he tracked her down in Ghealdan and tried to kill her there; she didn’t want him killed, given the potential effect on her, so she and her companions fled.

Kera Haellin. A Tairen of noble birth, an Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and the loyalist contingent. She had the blue eyes and fair hair that occasionally showed up among Tairens. Kera had all the arrogance common to Greens. She curtsied to Alviarin, though it was not required to the Keeper; it made her grind her teeth. As much as she hated it, she tried to curry a little favor with Alviarin; Elaida seemed to strike without warning, where least expected, and Kera thought Alviarin might offer some protection.

Keraille Surtovni. A Kinswoman who appeared to be Saldaean. Her strength level was 49(37), not strong enough for her to test for Aes Sedai, and not strong enough for her to make a gateway of any size whatsoever. Short and slim, with tilted green eyes and fiery red curls, she left Ebou Dar the day after the Feast of the Half Moon with Derys, and went to the Kin’s farm. She was among the women who went to Caemlyn with Elayne; there she worked some with the captured damane. Birgitte sent Keraille and Julanya to keep an eye on the six strong Houses; they reported when Ellorien, Luan and Abelle broke camp, and returned to those camps posing as laundresses.

Kerb. A Domani youth who worked as a chandler’s apprentice. Under Graendal’s Compulsion, he killed the messenger she sent to Bandar Eban with a pretense of being from Alsalam, after Milisair Chadmar had him sent to a dungeon to be put to the question. Nynaeve found him out, and at Rand’s request removed the Compulsion; he died, but only after revealing that Graendal was at Natrin’s Barrow.

Kerene Nagashi. An Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah with a strength level of 11(+2). She was born in 793 NE. Her short dark hair was lightly touched with white and her eyes were nearly black. She was reputed to adhere to the strictest letter of the law no matter what her own feelings were, whether pity or contempt. Her Warders were Stepin and Karile. It was generally considered that she would be the next Amyrlin Seat after Sierin Vayu, though such talk made Kerene nervous and infuriated Sierin. Kerene was one of those called in by Tamra Ospenya and sent out in secret to search for the boychild Dragon Reborn. She reportedly fell off a ship in the River Alguenya during a storm and drowned; in truth, she was killed by the Black Ajah.

Kerenmosa, Rashima. See Rashima Kerenmosa

Kerevon, Reiko. See Reiko Kerevon

Kert Wagoner. A man from the Two Rivers who fought in the Last Battle. At the Field of Merrilor, he spoke to Rand about how bad things looked; Rand reassured him.

kesiera. A small jewel on a fine chain like a necklace, worn with the chain fastened in a woman’s hair so that the chain made a V on her forehead supporting the jewel centered above her eyebrows. It was a Cairhienin ornament, slightly old-fashioned and not much worn by the time of the Last Battle, though a few did.

Kev Barstere. A Two Rivers man who went with Tam and joined Perrin’s army at Malden. Perrin noted that he must have gotten out from under his mother’s thumb since he was there.

Kevlyn Torr. A Two Rivers man with Perrin. He told Perrin of the stand of trees that had mysteriously died and dried in one night. Perrin told him to harvest them for firewood.

Kevrim al’Azar. An elderly Two Rivers man. Even though he was so old that his grandsons had grown sons, he participated in the defense of Emond’s Field.

Kharendor. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

Khirgan, Tylee. See Tylee Khirgan

Khodomar. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

Khoweal. A city or region in Seanchan whose denizens’ complexions were coal black. Miraj thought of it as among the named, honored regiments from different parts of Seanchan that were represented among his troops.

ki’sain. A small mark, a dot, which an adult Malkieri woman painted on her forehead each morning in pledge that she would swear or had sworn her sons to fight the Shadow. This pledge was not necessarily that they would be warriors, but that they would oppose the Shadow every day in every way that they could. Like the hadori, the ki’sain was considered a symbol of connection to Malkier, and of the bonds that united a woman with other Malkieri. Also like the hadori, the ki’sain was a sign of adulthood. The ki’sain gave information about the woman who wore it: A blue mark was worn by a woman who had not married, a red mark by a married woman, and a white mark by a widow. In death, she would be marked with all three, one of each color, whether she had ever married or not. See also hadori

Kiam Lopiang. An Aes Sedai who lived at the time of the formation of the White Tower.

Kidron, The Victory of. The three-masted greatship with ribbed sails that brought Tuon from Seanchan to Ebou Dar. Its captain was a woman named Tehan.

Kiem Lewin. A girl in the Two Rivers whom Mat in his youth had tried to save from drowning, although she really hadn’t been drowning.

Kigali. An alternate name for the nation of Shara.

Kigarin, Alliandre Maritha. See Alliandre Maritha Kigarin

Killers of the Black Veil, The. A flawed book about the Aiel by Soran Milo that Rand read before going to the Waste.

Kimry Lewin. A young woman from Emond’s Field. Nynaeve caught her with Bar Dowtry in his father’s hayloft; both were punished severely, and a month later were married. It was said that neither could sit for a week after the wedding.

Kimtin. The man who taught Tam to summon the flame and the void.

Kin. A secret organization that harbored women put out of the White Tower and runaways from it. Its ruling body was called the Knitting Circle, and a member of the Kin was called a Kinswoman. There were a total of 1,783 women on the books of the Kin when they were first encountered by Elayne and Nynaeve.

The Kin began by chance during the chaos of the Trolloc Wars. A group of women who had been put out of the White Tower (for the Tower maintained its standards even then) remained together for safety, going to the city which would one day become Ebou Dar. What began as a temporary measure very soon turned into a permanent organization.

Rank among the Kin had nothing to do with strength in the Power; it was based solely on age. The Kin adopted what they believed was an Aes Sedai system of rules and justice (aside from those rules dealing with keeping themselves secret), but since they had knowledge of Aes Sedai ways only from the vantage points of novices or, less often, Accepted, their rules and punishments were much more in accord with those set for novices and Accepted. They were very strict as to behavior in almost every circumstance, few if any excuses were accepted and punishments were the sort that novices and Accepted might have expected—which is to say very high in labor and physical chastisement.

The prime rules were: 1) All Kinswomen were subject to the Rule, even the Eldest. 2) All Kinswomen would obey any order of the Eldest, and those of the Knitting Circle. 3) The existence of the Kin had to be kept secret from anyone who was not a Kinswoman. 4) It was forbidden to claim to be Aes Sedai, or to do anything whatsoever, under any circumstances, that might lead anyone to believe that one was Aes Sedai. 5) It was forbidden to attempt to learn more of the use of the One Power or to try to increase one’s skills, abilities or Talents beyond where those things stood when one left the White Tower. 6) It was forbidden to use the One Power except in certain carefully specified instances, or at great need. Anyone using the Power in an instance other than those specified was brought before a court and could receive severe punishment. 7) It was forbidden for anyone save the Knitting Circle or those named by the Knitting Circle to attempt to recruit any woman, or for anyone at all to attempt to recruit any woman who could channel except those who had been put out of the White Tower or had run away.

The Kin had other rules which involved less punishment for violation. They were forbidden to marry, and while in training forbidden to have any relationship with a man. Impatience and hotheadedness were punishable offenses. It was forbidden to speak of returning to the White Tower, or to speak of recruiting girls who could be taught to channel. Many of the rules were intended to prevent Aes Sedai from learning of the Kin’s existence; until the fact was revealed to the Kin by Elayne, they were unaware that the Aes Sedai knew of them, although Aes Sedai did not know of their numbers or ages.

There were several kinds of women among the Kin: 1) Former novices who were judged knowledgeable enough of channeling not to harm themselves accidentally, but not able to go further. 2) Women who either failed their test for Accepted, though they survived it, or who refused to continue once it had begun, or who refused for the third time. 3) Women who were unable to advance far enough as Accepted to be selected to take the test for Aes Sedai. 4) Women who failed the test for Aes Sedai three times. 5) A few women who were put out of the Tower for other reasons, usually temperament. The Kin tried to avoid women who were too disruptive, or who were put out for some crimes such as habitual theft. 6) A relative handful of runaways.

The Kin had a few women in Tar Valon who cautiously checked out women expelled from the Tower. These women, called guides, kept an extremely low profile and were changed at regular intervals. The guides made special effort to find runaways, sometimes turning them in if they seemed to need more training, sometimes helping them to escape. Most of those who made it off the island after the Trolloc Wars had Kin help. Of the other women and girls, they approached many, with care, but did not try to recruit them unless they were sure of acceptance. They knew this meant they might pass over some who would accept, yet they were fearful of discovery by the Tower. They checked out any woman who was put out of the Tower, and were quite willing to accept those who fell below the minimum level at which a woman might become Aes Sedai. These constituted a fairly large percentage, perhaps a majority, of their membership.

The Kin made no attempt to find girls who could be taught to channel and train them. Even if they found one, they feared that taking her in would bring adverse attention from the Tower. Some of the women wanted to change this, but under the rules, even if one of them happened to find a girl with the inborn ability, the most she would do was try to draw an Aes Sedai’s attention to the girl while claiming to be a wilder herself.

The Kin did not work to perfect their individual abilities with the One Power—at least, they weren’t supposed to, by their rules—because they feared acquiring the ageless look and being found out, and for the same reason used the Power sparingly. Some who harbored hopes of returning to the Tower secretly worked to improve their abilities so they could be accepted back, but whenever this was discovered, it was harshly punished; most required no more than one, or at most two, punishments to start following the rules. They did not try to learn anything new, though they did teach or pass on Healing to anyone who could manage it at all. Few realized that many actually honed their abilities in varying degrees over the years.

There was no increase in strength beyond their original potential, of course, but there was an increase in skill. Some who had failed the tests or refused them might be able to pass later because of that increased skill, and also increased maturity. Some of the Kin who were put out of the Tower as Accepted knew how to link, but because of their rules, they never taught it to anyone else or used it, and their skill grew rusty.

A maximum of roughly one hundred, usually many less, of the Kin were in Ebou Dar proper at any one time wearing the red belt. Another fifty to one hundred might be there in various other guises, aside from the Knitting Circle. They often had visitors, including women whose travels as merchants brought them to the city. They did not like to allow their total number in the city to climb too near two hundred at any one time, although they did not count the numbers at the Kin farm in this. A Kinswoman would spend ten years maximum at one time in the city and vicinity; this was called a “turn.” Then she would go away from the city, in and out of the farm, traveling, acting as a merchant or trader, maybe spending a few years living here or there. Once a Kinswoman left the city, she did not go back even for a visit for at least twenty years. That was long enough that nobody would associate the returned woman with somebody who looked the same and was apparently the same age, who had left so long before.

A great many of the Kin did have an extensive knowledge of the available herbs and medicines throughout the nations between the Aryth Ocean and the Spine of the World. They traveled widely—Wisdom-equivalent was one of the jobs that they took in various places—and they lived a very long time. The combination gave them a large repository of medicinal knowledge. A great many of the miraculous cures offered by Wise Women in Ebou Dar were indeed done with medicines alone. Because of their rules restricting channeling, they did not leap for the One Power immediately, or at all if they could use their medicinal knowledge.

Egwene as Amyrlin had developed a plan for sisters from the White Tower to be able to retire into the Kin, revoking the Three Oaths, and thereby allowing an extended life well into old age. The Kin would also have been allowed to rejoin the White Tower if they had the strength and desire to do so.

Kin. A juggler with Valan Luca’s show. He performed with his brother Bari. Among other things, they worked with ribbon-twined hoops.

Kin Tovere. A Cairhienin lensmaker who made looking glasses for Rand to use in the battle for Cairhien. He joined the School of Cairhien; when he showed Rand plans for a huge looking glass, Rand rewarded him with a prize of a hundred gold crowns. Tovere built it, and through it one could see the moon as plain as one’s hand, and what he claimed were other worlds; he intended to build a larger one. Mat won a small looking glass from him at dice; Rand gave Bashere one of Tovere’s looking glasses as a gift.

Kinch, Hyam. See Hyam Kinch

Kinderode, Temaile. See Temaile Kinderode

Kindlin. A captain in Elayne’s Queen’s Guard in Aringill. He gave Guybon permission to find Guardsmen who had been discharged by Gaebril and take them to Caemlyn.

King’s Circle, the. An assembly arena in Tanchico that was surrounded by Lords’ palaces and other impressive buildings. It was located on the Maseta, the middle of three hilly peninsulas on Tanchico Bay.

King’s Crossing. A village in Altara, where a wooden bridge spanned a narrow river called the Renshalle. A few miles from King’s Crossing, at Lady Deirdru’s manor, Semirhage tried to ambush Rand, posing as the Daughter of the Nine Moons.

King’s Gift. A bounty given out by the King of Cairhien on various occasions, usually to influence the public, although it originally was meant to be a helpful gift. It could be given in times of shortage, when prices were pushed very high, to buy food, or for other reasons. King Galldrian gave silver to performers to entertain the people in the Foregate, and he sponsored daily horse races by the river, to discourage rebellion.

King’s Lancer, The. An inn in Sienda, Amadicia. One of Valan Luca’s boar-horses knocked a huge hole in it.

King’s Life Guard. The personal guard of the King of Tarabon. Located in Tanchico, it numbered about three thousand men, when it existed. It was dispersed by the Seanchan, though many of the surviving men were incorporated into the Seanchan forces.

kingspenny. A plant with red flowers that did not die back in winter; its flower was the first to appear after a forest fire. House Bashere’s sign was the kingspenny and its banner had three kingspennies on a field of blue.

Kinhuin. An Aiel Mera’din who joined the Jumai Shaido. He had green eyes and full lips. He went to Sevanna and the Wise Ones to ask that the Brotherless receive the same share of loot taken as the Jumai Shaido. A friend of Rolan’s, he helped protect Faile and her people; he was especially interested in Alliandre. He helped rescue them from Galina’s trap. Faile stabbed him in the back when he threatened Perrin with a spear.

Kinslayer. See Lews Therin Telamon

Kinslayer’s Dagger. A massif that jutted out from the Spine of the World, aligned east-west between Cairhien and Shienar, near Tar Valon.

Kintara. A nation that arose from the War of the Hundred Years.

Kintara, Hills of. A range just north of and bordering Far Madding.

Kiramin, Lord Mangore. The Sword-bard of Aramaelle, Warder to Caraighan Maconar and translator of The Prophecies of the Dragon.

Kiranaille. A wine served at The White Ring in Maderin, Altara.

Kirendad. Seanchan’s second-largest city.

Kireyin. A young commander of Ghealdanin lancers under Arganda. He was so tall that he had to bend to listen to Arganda, and Arganda was 5'8" tall. His haughty gaze led Perrin to believe that he was a noble. He led the Ghealdanin soldiers who accompanied Perrin to So Habor. Cold-eyed with a nasal, bored voice, Kireyin openly displayed scorn toward everyone, but broke down when he saw a ghost, though he recovered and resumed his snobbish airs.

Kiril Drapaneos den Alangar. An Illianer nobleman who was a member of the Council of Nine. He was a stork of a man whose square-cut beard looked odd on his narrow face. In Rand’s final battle with the Seanchan in Altara, Kiril followed Weiramon into battle.

Kirin. A Jenn Aiel girl from a time right after the Breaking. Morin’s daughter, Kirin was kidnapped by people the Jenn Aiel traded with. Morin went to the other Aiel for help in rescuing her, and became the first Maiden of the Spear.

Kirin Melway. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 922 to 950 NE. Kirin was a weak Amyrlin, though not so lacking in influence and strength as Aleis. In truth, many of the things she did helped pave the way for a stronger Amyrlin to come after her.

Kirklin, Rovair. See Rovair Kirklin

Kirkun. One of Bashere’s Saldaean soldiers who died in the Trolloc raid on Lord Algarin’s manor in Tear. Bashere said that he had never guarded his left the way he should.

Kirstian Chalwin. A Kin Elder with the Knitting Circle in Ebou Dar. Her strength level was 14(2); she was strong enough to learn to Travel. Kirstian Chalwin was her real name; she resumed it since she had fled the White Tower so long before that she thought it safe. She was originally from Cairhien, but she went to Ebou Dar from a village near Far Madding. Born in 680 NE, she went to the White Tower in 698 NE. She arrived in the spring and ran away before winter the same year, because of impatience with her progress and impatience with the discipline. She began regretting her departure almost immediately and always wanted to go back, but she was terrified by the stories of the punishments dealt out to runaways. Kirstian was the youngest of the Knitting Circle. About 5'5" tall, with black eyes and pale skin, she was one of the few among the Knitting Circle with neither gray hair nor lines in her face and appeared to be about thirty. When Adeleas recognized Garenia as Zarya, Adeleas wasn’t clear about which Kin she had recognized as a runaway from the Tower. Kirstian, who had been sweating ever since she was brought into contact with Aes Sedai, panicked, immediately babbled a confession and began begging for mercy. The result was that she was placed in white and back under novice rules at the same time as Garenia. Most, if not all, of the Kinswomen accepted this—all of the Knitting Circle did, but Alise was one of those who did not.

At the time Elayne and Nynaeve met the Kin, Kirstian was a weaver; she owned and ran a small shop, not tiny but not so large that anyone might question how she could come by it when apparently so young. She employed several other weavers. She accompanied Elayne to Caemlyn and worked under Vandene there.

Kirukan. A soldier queen who was the Queen of Aramaelle. See also Sword of Kirukan

Kiruna Nachiman. An Arafellin Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 14(2). Born in 939 NE, she went to the White Tower in 953 NE. After spending four years as a novice and four years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 961 NE. She had four Warders. Elegant and statuesque, she was 5'7" tall, with a full bosom, large dark eyes and a full mouth. She was the younger sister of King Paitar of Arafel. Kiruna attempted to go the White Tower when she was twelve years old, and tried twice when she was thirteen; on the second attempt, she reached the Tower but was sent home. Her attempts were well known in the Tower. She was finally accepted at fourteen because of her determination. She and Bera Harkin were pillow friends; although both went on to men exclusively later, they remained the closest of friends.

The rebel Aes Sedai sent Bera and Kiruna and their seven Warders to the Aiel Waste to find Rand; when they were halfway there, they heard he was in Caemlyn and went there. After Rand told the rebel embassy that he was leaving Caemlyn, Bera and Kiruna took over the embassy and decided to follow after him. They and all the members of the embassy were forced to swear fealty to Rand after Dumai’s Wells.

These sisters were treated like apprentices by the Wise Ones, and considered apprentices, especially Kiruna, of whom Sorilea made a project. Kiruna at first believed that her being named an apprentice was only a polite fiction to place them in the hierarchy, and she was not pleased by it. She was eventually convinced, if not that she truly was apprenticed to the Wise Ones, at least that there was absolutely no difference between her and an apprentice in the Wise Ones’ eyes. “Displeased” did not begin to convey her feelings, but her oath to Rand held her, and the discipline imposed by the Wise Ones was a sharp reminder of the role she had to play. Kiruna, who was the most obviously prideful and most obviously scornful of her so-called place as apprentice, was forced into the most menial chores, plus had her bottom spanked, strapped and/or switched by Sorilea and others at regular intervals for the most trivial fault after arriving in Cairhien; Sorilea intended to teach her the difference between pride and arrogance. She may not have taught Kiruna that, but Sorilea certainly taught her that she had to behave as if she really was an apprentice no matter what she believed. She was killed by Graendal/Hessalam in the Last Battle.

Kiserai ti Wansho! Old Tongue for “Glory to the Builders!”

Kishar, Gerra. See Gerra Kishar

Kisman, Raefar. See Raefar Kisman

Kiss the Daisies. A kissing game played in the Two Rivers.

Kitan. A maid in Berelain’s palace in Mayene who fetched Berelain to see Annoura and Galad, after Annoura rescued Galad in the Last Battle.

Kiyosa Natomo. An Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 171 to 197 NE. Kiyosa was a strong Amyrlin, managing Tower affairs through the strength of her will and the force of her personality.

Kiyoshi. An Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah and the loyalist contingent. A stickler for both punctuality and neatness, she was tall and slender. Kiyoshi was one of those named as adhering to Tower law when Elaida announced the discovery of illegally possessed angreal. It was thus implied that she was one of those—along with Doraise and Farellien—who turned in Josaine and Adelorna, the pair who were birched. Like the other two, she received a horse as a reward. Elaida did this at Alviarin’s urging; Alviarin was trying to cause dissent in the Tower. Kiyoshi also taught Egwene lessons after Egwene’s capture by the White Tower; she sent Egwene to Silviana.

Kline. A Warder who lost his Aes Sedai in the Last Battle and joined Galad to fight on and avenge her.

Knife Hands. An Aiel warrior society also known as Sovin Nai.

Knitting Circle. The ruling council of the Kin in Ebou Dar, composed of the thirteen oldest of the Kin in the city of Ebou Dar. They were known as the Elders, with the leader being the Eldest, and also known as the Circle. Everyone had to rotate out of Ebou Dar according to a strict schedule to help them remain unnoticed, but the Elders made sure that sufficient women of a suitable age were in the city at all times. There was never a time when the Knitting Circle was made up of, say, women who were all under two hundred, or even under three hundred. Women younger than three hundred, in fact, were rare in the Knitting Circle. While the rotation in and out of Ebou Dar was maintained strictly, if a woman came to the city who was older than one on the Knitting Circle, she assumed a place on that body for the duration of her visit. Even the Eldest was subject to being displaced if an older woman visited. What kept the oldest members from ignoring the rules and placing themselves in Ebou Dar permanently, or changing the rules to allow themselves to stay in command, were two facts: 1) the members of the Knitting Circle were subject to the Rule, even the Eldest herself, and 2) the Rule could not be changed.

The Eldest was, in many ways, an absolute ruler, yet she, too, could be called down for an offense, judged and given a penance. This happened fairly rarely, but it did happen.

When Reanne and the rest of the Knitting Circle fled Ebou Dar, technically they no longer were the Knitting Circle, since they were no longer in Ebou Dar as specified by the rules. They were still the oldest women in the group, however, and that gave them the authority to keep running things since age was the sole basis of authority among the Kin. If they encountered any Kinswomen who were older, those women would step into the quasi Knitting Circle, displacing younger women and assuming places by strict ranking of age.

Kno’mon. A Trolloc tribe; its symbol was a red bloodstained fist.

Knoks Rebellion. An uprising in Murandy where a group of farmers overthrew Lord Desartin, who deserved it. Androl had participated in the rebellion.

knot. As a point of terminology, in the Age of Legends, channelers did not “tie off” flows, rather they “knotted” flows. Regardless of this semantic difference, a channeler made a knot to tie off a weave so that the flows would hold without further intervention from the channeler. Over time the weave would unravel on its own, or it could be untied by the channeler, although a complex knot could be very difficult to untie. This process was different from unweaving, in which individual threads were loosened and picked out of the weave, like picking stitches out of a piece of embroidery; unweaving could result in disaster if a mistake was made. See weave the flows

Knotai. Old Tongue for “devastation” or “ruin”; it was the name given to Mat by Tuon because he was to bring destruction to the Empire’s enemies, or maybe because he left a path of destruction wherever he went.

knotting a web. Expression from the Age of Legends that meant tying off a weave.

Ko’bal. A Trolloc tribe; its symbol was a blood-red trident.

ko’di. See flame and the void; Oneness; void, the

Kodam. A male Aes Sedai from the time of the Breaking. He was young and barely touched by the taint and helped to create the Eye of the World.

Kodome calichniye ga ni Aes Sedai hei. Old Tongue for “Here is always welcome for Aes Sedai.”

Koimal. An Ogier who was the father of Shandin father of Ledar, the last being the author of A Study of Men, Women and the One Power Among Humans.

Kolesar. The site of a battle in Mat’s memories; there Classen Bayor lost his cavalry in the marshes.

Kolom. Son of Radlin, father of Serden, the last being an Ogier author who theorized about the Ways.

Kolomon, Stedding. A stedding located in the Spine of the World.

Kore Springs. A village in Andor where Gareth Bryne had estates. It was a small, single-street village that was neat and orderly; the two-story inn was the largest building in town. Siuan, Leane, Min and Logain were there and burned down a barn; Logain escaped and Bryne presided over the women’s trial. Morgase went there after fleeing Gaebril, but Bryne had already left.

kori. A huge spotted cat from the Sen T’jore in Seanchan.

Koronko’s Spit. A gambling game from Shienar that was played with five dice.

Kosaan, Venr. See Venr Kosaan

Kostelle, Master. An Altaran merchant who played a version of Piri with Mat at The White Ring in Maderin, Altara.

Kragil. A soldier in Lan’s army who died fighting a Myrddraal; he did something crazy in that fight, according to Andere.

Kralle. A soldier at Heeth Tower whom Malenarin Rai sent to fetch the sword for the ceremony raising his son to manhood.

Kremer Road, the. A road crossing the Proska Flats in Saldaea.

Krisa. A Seanchan woman who brought in three assassins to kill Tuon. Selucia had caught two of them by the time Mat returned to Ebou Dar.

Kuan Murasaka. An acrobat with Valan Luca’s show. Dark-haired and dark-skinned, she was one of six purported sisters that Luca hired away from Sillia Cerano.

Kuehn. One of the group of Shienaran soldiers who joined Lan in eastern Kandor as he traveled toward Tarwin’s Gap. Andere told the protesting Lan that he had run into Kuehn and the other soldiers before meeting Lan, and had told them to wait along the southern roadway for Lan and his men to come along.

Kumiko. A stout graying Kinswoman who traveled with Elayne to Caemlyn. During one of Arymilla’s attacks on Caemlyn, Kumiko was one of the four Kinswomen who made the gateway to take Elayne to see it; when Aviendha mentioned Elayne’s reaction to pregnancy, Kumiko laughed really hard.

Kumira Dhoran. A Shienaran Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah who was uncommitted to any contingent and had a strength level of 24(12). Born in 886 NE, she went to the White Tower in 902 NE. After spending seven years as a novice and nine years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 918 NE. She was 5'5" tall, and handsome rather than pretty, with sharp blue eyes, graceful hands and short hair that was a dark rich brown. In Cadsuane’s opinion, Kumira was hardheaded and practical, a keen observer, and never let herself get so deeply lost in thought that she failed to see the world around her. She was interested in everything, and did not want to waste time.

Kumira came from a well-to-do farm family, though her father was a soldier retired because of his wounds; there were many soldiers in her family on both sides. She used the word “peace” as an oath. She was a strong-willed woman, though not as strong-willed as Cadsuane, of course. Sometimes she wore the ink stains common to her Ajah, but they did not escape her notice and she seldom let them stay long. Usually she had a care for others’ feelings, especially those who were below her in some way; for instance, she made sure Daigian was not offended by her comment about Daigian’s logic. Much more likely to wear good woolens than silk, she did wear a silk scarf now and then. She had no Warder. Kumira was one of the uncommitted Aes Sedai Rand found in Cairhien after Dumai’s Wells. She accompanied Cadsuane to the Sun Palace on the day Cadsuane made her agreement with Sorilea; Kumira would try to find some clue to how to work the sworn sisters despite their oaths to Rand. Kumira accompanied Cadsuane to Far Madding and then to Shadar Logoth, where she was killed fighting the Forsaken Graendal.

Kunwar. An area of Saldaea; Tenobia was styled as Lady of Shahayni, Asnelle, Kunwar and Ganai.

Kurenin, Nazar. See Nazar Kurenin

Kurin din Calis Red Sails. A Sea Folk Windfinder, formerly on a medium-sized raker, with a strength level of 18(6). She was Windfinder to a Sailmistress who was one of the First Twelve in Ebou Dar before the Seanchan arrived. Her face was like smooth black stone, her full lips seemed thin and her eyes were like black pebbles. She was contemptuous of and impatient with the shorebound. Kurin was one of the twenty Windfinders who accompanied Nynaeve and Lan to the Tarasin Palace; Renaile agreed that those twenty would go wherever needed to use the Bowl of the Winds. When the group was Traveling to the Kin’s farm, she didn’t pass on Aviendha’s message concerning a suspicious figure she saw (Moridin). She observed the use of the Bowl of the Winds, and then fled to Caemlyn with Elayne and her companions. Nynaeve taught Kurin and other Windfinders in the use of the One Power. When Zaida left Caemlyn to elect a new Mistress of the Ships, she left Kurin behind. Kurin and the other Windfinders still in Caemlyn linked and made a gateway so that Birgitte could rescue Elayne from the Black Ajah; they also called down lightning to defeat the Black sisters, and made another gateway so that Elayne’s forces could attack Arymilla.

Kurin, Mezar. See Mezar Kurin

Kwamesa Taramasu. An Arafellin Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 16(4). Born in 950 NE, she went to the White Tower in 965 NE. After spending five years as a novice and four years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 974 NE. Standing 5'3½" tall, she was dark and slender, with a sharp nose and a cold manner. She peered down her nose at everyone, and put great store in ceremony. Some Aes Sedai wanted to hold her longer both as novice and as Accepted because of her youth; she was considered overly precocious by many. Kwamesa was raised a Sitter for the Gray in Salidar in 999 NE; she was the youngest by a matter of months. She voted yes in the war vote and for the alliance with the Black Tower. In the Last Battle, Kwamesa was balefired by Demandred while she was helping to protect the dragons.

Kyera Termendal. A poet of Shiota, and a translator of The Prophecies of the Dragon between FY 700 and 800.

Kymer. A Wise One of the Tomanelle Aiel. Han was her sister-father. She had deep red hair and a long, tanned face. When Aviendha returned from her second visit to Rhuidean, she discussed her visions of the future with Kymer, Melaine, Sorilea, Bair and Amys.

Kyril Shianri. A nobleman and counselor to King Paitar of Arafel. He was 6'3" tall, lean and elegant-looking. He wore silver bells on his boot tops and gloves as well as fastened to his braids. His face bore a permanent expression of dissatisfaction and he peered coolly down his prominent nose at anyone but Paitar. He was a fool in many ways, but Arafellin kings seldom listened to their counselors, relying instead on their queens. Kyril accompanied Paitar to his meeting with the other Borderland rulers in the Black Hills.