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L’Heye, Sea of. A body of water in Seanchan.

Laandon. A member of the Band of the Red Hand who accompanied Faile on supply runs in the Last Battle. When they were near the Blasted Lands and their band was attacked by beasts that looked like bears with too many arms, Mandevwin told Laandon and Verdin that they needed more spears to impale the beasts.

Lace of Ages. See Great Pattern

Lacel. An Ogier who was the son of Laud and the father of Juin, the last being the Ogier who stopped the incipient fight between Maidens and Shienarans in Stedding Tsofu, and took Verin, Rand and the rest of their party to the Elders.

Lacile Aldorwin. A Cairhienin member of Cha Faile. About 5'3" tall, and slim, with a pale complexion, dark eyes and short dark hair, she was one of the feistiest of the bunch, very prickly about her honor and Faile’s. Despite wearing a man’s coat and breeches, she kept a few feminine touches, which some others did not, including a graceful walk. She was captured by the Shaido along with Faile; taken by Jhoradin, one of the Brotherless, she took up with him for protection. After Lacile and Arrela attempted escape and were recaptured, they were tied naked on a cart as punishment. Lacile was trapped in the collapsing building by Galina; after they were rescued, she and Arrela killed Jhoradin to stop him from attacking Perrin. She later became interested in Niagen, another Brotherless.

Lacine. A Sea Folk Wavemistress who was one of the First Twelve. She was so slender that her bosom seemed enormous. At the meeting with the others of the First Twelve in Illian, Lacine glared at Harine when her Bargain with Rand was mentioned.

Ladalin. A Wise One of the Taardad Aiel after the Last Battle, seen in Aviendha’s viewing of the future in Rhuidean. She was a descendant of Aviendha’s who wished that she were able to channel. In the vision, Ladalin met with Mora, Tamaav, Takei and Jorshem and decided that the Aiel must retreat to the Three-fold Land.

Ladoman. King of Coremanda who signed the Compact of the Ten Nations.

Ladwin. A soldier in Mat’s Band of the Red Hand. Short, stocky and seemingly mild, Ladwin was embarrassed to have been captured by Warders when approaching Salidar. When Trollocs attacked Caemlyn at the start of the Last Battle, Ladwin fought alongside Talmanes to save the dragons.

Lady of Pain. Another name for Semirhage.

Lady of the Shadows. A Seanchan euphemism for death.

Laefar. An Ogier man from Stedding Shangtai. Loial encountered him in Tear; he informed Loial that he had been declared a runaway and that his mother intended to marry him off.

Laerad. A man of the Moshaine sept of the Shaido Aiel and of the Duadhe Mahdi’in society. Grizzled and never one to waste words, he accompanied Maeric through one of Sammael’s gateways produced by nar’baha on the Plains of Maredo; he reported to Maeric that there were spears to the south.

Laerid Traehand. An Andoran nobleman and High Seat of his House. Stocky and taciturn and normally as stolid as stone, he was loyal to Elayne; he rode to her support with as many men as he could gather, and did not turn back on learning the odds. Laerid did not hesitate to lead his men against the Black Ajah when they held Elayne.

Laero lendhae an indemela. An Old Tongue saying of the Fallen Army of Kardia meaning “The enemy’s flag has fallen.” Mat recalled it from his old memories.

Lahpoint Hills. Where Birgitte in a past life as Jethari Moondancer led the Buchaner rebellion.

Laigin Arnault. A Taraboner Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah and the loyalist contingent. She was part of the group that kidnapped Rand and died at Dumai’s Wells. Even though she had been part of his imprisonment, Rand thought of her as having died for him.

Laila Dearn Lewin. A young woman of the Two Rivers. Before she married Natley Lewin, she was slim and could dance three boys into the ground. At one time, Perrin wanted to marry her, and she him. When Perrin saw her at Jac al’Seen’s farm after her marriage, she had grown stout and had an infant.

Lain. A man in Bandar Eban for whom Votabek and Redborn were working. They figured that Lain was not going to pay them, so they agreed to join the army that Durnham started under Rand’s direction.

Lain Mandragoran. A Malkieri man who was the brother of al’Akir and Lan’s uncle. He and al’Akir were very close, and the people of Malkier loved him; he was one of the great heroes of the Borderlands. Out of envy, his wife Breyan dared him to lead his lances through the Blight to the Blasted Lands, perhaps to Shayol Ghul itself; Lain and most of the men with him were killed.

Lairain. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah who was toadlike in appearance. She gave Egwene instructions on the ceremony to be raised Amyrlin after the Tower was reunited.

Laird. A member of the Children of the Light who believed that a dead channeler’s head should be cut off and buried separately from the body to prevent him or her returning to life.

Laiwynde. A daughter of Artur Hawkwing. She and her son died a tragic death; word of that arrived less than an hour after Hawkwing’s death.

Lake Somal. A location in Arad Doman that Ituralde thought of when reflecting on his past military victories.

Laman Damodred. A king of Cairhien who took the throne in 965 NE. Laman was the uncle of Moiraine Damodred, the older brother of her father Dalresin. Laman cut down Avendoraldera to make a throne, which started the Aiel War. He became known as Laman Treekiller. After three years of battle, the Aiel killed him and returned to the Aiel Waste.

Laman had two other younger brothers, Moressin and Aldecain. Unlike Moiraine’s father, the pair had dark reputations; Moressin and Aldecain were as bad as or worse than Laman. Their behaviors were marked by increasingly ugly deeds, until their deaths in the Aiel War.

Laman’s Pride or Laman’s Sin. A reference to King Laman of Cairhien’s cutting down Avendoraldera.

Laman’s sword. An ornate sword belonging to King Laman of Cairhien. The scabbard was so encrusted with rubies and moondrops that it was hard to see the gold except where a rising sun of many rays had been inset. The ivory hilt, long enough for two hands, had another inlaid rising sun in gold; the pommel was thick with rubies and moondrops, and still more made a solid mass along the quillons. The sword was taken as a trophy by some Aiel after Laman was killed during the fighting around Tar Valon, during the Aiel War. The fact that it was a sword meant that no Aiel really wanted to keep it, despite the gems, so when Aviendha thought to pay off her toh to Rand in “cash,” so to speak, she was able to acquire the whole thing to give him, scabbard and all. She carried it wrapped in a blanket because the Wise Ones told her that way she was not actually carrying it as a sword, so it didn’t break the prohibition. Rand refused to accept the jeweled scabbard, leaving it to Aviendha, and tried to give her the jeweled hilt as well, which angered her since he had tested the sword using that hilt and had thus already accepted it, in her eyes. Rand gave away the hilt, also, but where or to whom was unknown.

Lamelle. A woman of the Smoke Water sept of the Miagoma Aiel and Far Dareis Mai. She was lean with dark red hair and a strong jaw. She was one of the three worst at mothering Rand; she made him soup, but was a terrible cook, so it tasted bad. Her throat was ripped out in the battle for Caemlyn against Rahvin, and Rand added her name to the list of women who had died for him.

Lamgwin Dorn. A bouncer at The Queen’s Blessing, Caemlyn. Born in 951 NE, he was a hulking fellow with scars on his face and his hands, and a voice that sounded like gravel in a pan. He was 6'2" to 6'3" tall, lazy-eyed and heavy-lidded, a thug, with broad shoulders and sunken knuckles. Lamgwin was more accustomed to using his fists or a cudgel than any other weapon. He was devoted to Queen Morgase and later also to Breane Taborwin, when they met and fell in love. All he knew for sure of Rand was his belief that he would be a good man in a fight, plus rumors that he was some kind of prince or lord. Lamgwin remembered Mat largely from his first visit, when sickly; at a second visit he knew that Mat got into some kind of trouble with Gaebril’s men at the palace, which was well with him. When Faile took Maighdin’s group into her service, Lamgwin became Perrin’s bodyservant.

Lamma Sor. A day of prayers for those who had fallen defending against the Blight, and for those who would fall in future. It was observed on the day after the first quarter moon (called a “knife moon”) in the month of Saban in the Borderlands. Nothing was eaten but bread and water, salt and oil. It was also called the Day of Remembrance.

Lamplighters. A group that patrolled the streets of Canluum all night to ensure that lamps remained lit, essential in a Borderland city.

Lan Mandragoran. A man who was by right the King of Malkier, Lord of the Seven Towers, Lord of the Lakes, True Blade of Malkier. He was called “the Uncrowned” in the Borderlands, and Dai Shan, meaning a Diademed Battle Lord. The Aiel called him Aan’allein, meaning in Old Tongue “One Man,” or “the Man Who Is an Entire Nation.” He served as Warder to Moiraine Damodred, then to Myrelle Berengari, and finally to his wife, Nynaeve al’Meara.

Lan was born in 953 NE. He was 6'5½" tall, and heavy in the shoulders, though he had a narrow waist. He weighed about 245 pounds and had sharp blue eyes and dark hair streaked with gray that was long enough to touch his shoulders, but held back by a braided leather band. His face seemed to be made of planes and angles, carved from stone, and his hands were large and square. Women had considered him beautiful when he was a boy, but he lost that as he aged, so that Edeyn Arrel could tell him he was no longer beautiful in early 979 NE.

As Malkier was falling, Lan was named Dai Shan in his cradle and consecrated as the next King of Malkier. Twenty men were given charge of the infant Lan, to take him safely out of Malkier. Only five of those survived to reach Shienar; Bukama was the last one of them to die. Lan received his sword at age ten, which was very young, and he had begun training with it years earlier. The early training was not uncommon, especially in the Borderlands, but his was particularly intense.

Lan’s carneira was the Lady Edeyn ti Gemallen Arrel, a widow of thirty-five to his fifteen with one surviving child, a daughter then seven, Iselle, whom Edeyn later wanted Lan to marry. He was given the hadori at sixteen and promptly began his war against the Shadow.

Although he always refused to lead men in the Blight, he did lead men in the Aiel War, in which he fought for two years. At the Blood Snow, he led almost five hundred men—Kandori, Saldaeans, some Domani—on the morning of the first day of the battle, and by the end of the third day, half of them were dead or wounded. He had an estate of moderate size in Shienar, granted him when he reached manhood. Lan could read Trolloc runes with fair accuracy and could read and speak the Old Tongue fluently. He was an excellent tracker—he could follow a moonbeam’s path over stone two days later, it was said—and was also expert at hiding his trail.

Lan was one of the best swordsmen of his Age; he had the right to wear a heron-marked blade, but he would not give up the simple, unmarked blade he wore, though, of course, it was Power-wrought, made during the War of the Shadow. The single-edged, slightly curved blade, it was believed, was an ordinary soldier’s weapon in the War of Power, and became the sword of Malkieri kings.

Lan also had a number of Warder-bond-given skills: he could go longer without food, water or rest than other men, even hardened fighting men; he healed more quickly; he could sense Myrddraal and Trollocs to some extent—a Warder’s range was as good as or better than that of the Aes Sedai—and he could smell the presence of a Myrddraal a day or two after it was gone. He could sense a Darkfriend who was very far gone in the Shadow, but few were so far gone even among the worst.

He met Moiraine in Kandor in 979 NE, soon after she was raised Aes Sedai. She attempted to take his sword; he threw her in a pond. She bonded him a short time later, and for more than twenty years they worked side by side. Their relationship was never sexual, though there were occasional tensions of that nature. Many women threw their hearts at Lan’s feet or climbed into Lan’s bed, and Moiraine never felt jealousy until she had a flash at Tifan’s Wells, while thinking that Nynaeve was capturing Lan’s heart and soul and loyalties despite all he could do, a fight she knew he did not want to win even while he was trying to. Lan loved Nynaeve very deeply, and felt that he was the last man in the world she should love. He had his personal war with the Shadow that he could not give up, and all he could give her was a widow’s clothes. He would have liked to stay away from her, to cut the lines between them cleanly; it hurt to be near her and be sure he could never marry her. On the other hand, there was nothing he wanted more than her safety, unless it was her happiness.

Moiraine arranged for the bond to be passed to Myrelle if anything should happen to her. When she disappeared through the redstone doorway ter’angreal fighting Lanfear, the bond passed and he went to Myrelle. He wanted to die, but Egwene sent him to protect Nynaeve in Ebou Dar, and he saved her life as soon as he arrived. He married Nynaeve in a ceremony performed by the Mistress of the Ships to the Sea Folk in the harbor of Ebou Dar. The ceremony included a pledge that one of them would command in public, that it might be either at different times, but that whoever commanded in public must obey in private.

Nynaeve knew that Lan had made love with Myrelle, which he did in an attempt to break himself from Nynaeve. Myrelle had other motives—to focus Lan on life again—but so long as the topic was avoided, Nynaeve could ignore it; he was very much aware of the situation.

He persuaded Nynaeve to take him to the Borderlands so that he could continue his fight against the Shadow; she arranged for people to learn that he was riding for Tarwin’s Gap, and an army joined him. After Nynaeve completed her Aes Sedai test, Myrelle passed the bond to her. Lan fought valiantly in the Last Battle and killed Demandred.

Lanasiet, Tornay. See Tornay Lanasiet

Lances, Ingathering of the. A term used by Agelmar to describe the Shienarans coming together to defend their border.

Lances, Plain of. Flatlands situated in the northern portions of Saldaea and Kandor in the Borderlands.

Land of the Madmen. A third continent, well south of the Sea of Storms, discovered by the Sea Folk; little was known of it. The landmass experienced continual seismic activity and devastating storms, and icebergs filled the surrounding oceans. The people of this continent lived a primitive and violent life. They never recovered from the Breaking; channelers, male and female, abounded; the men were mad and the women all but, never having organized to resist the destruction wrought by their male counterparts. The remainder of the population lived in small communities that formed mobs to kill strangers who wandered into their territory. The continued existence of the Land of the Madmen could be attributed in part to the fact that many of the male channelers had developed blocks which limited or prevented them from using the One Power.

Land, Three-fold. The Aiel term for the Aiel Waste. They believed that the Waste was a shaping stone to make them, a testing ground to prove their worth and a punishment for their sin. See also Waste, the

Landalin. A lieutenant at Heeth Tower. He was roused to take command of the top of the tower after a single flash was received from Rena Tower’s signal light.

Lanelle. See Ianelle

Lanfear. One of the Forsaken. She was born Mierin Eronaile and was romantically involved with Lews Therin Telamon for a time. Her strength level was 1(+12). She was also known as Daughter of the Night, and the wolves called her Moonhunter. In the Age of Legends, she was a research scientist, if neither the most accomplished nor the most distinguished, studying new methods of using the One Power. Her search for an alternative led to the Bore. She considered Tel’aran’rhiod her personal property and liked to claim that no one was more skilled there than she—a claim which made it into the history books as truth—but others did exceed her ability. About 5'11" tall, she had large dark eyes and waves of raven-black hair. Slender and very beautiful, she had skin that was creamy pale and smooth. She loved Lews Therin with a possessiveness and jealousy near to madness. She had always hated Ilyena and believed that Ilyena stole Lews Therin from her.

When she awakened in the Third Age, she transferred that passion to Rand. She posed as Selene, a Cairhienin noblewoman, traveled with him, and attempted to seduce him. When Rand was in the Waste, she posed as Keille Shaogi, a peddler. Posing as Silvie, she attempted to bamboozle Egwene in the World of Dreams. For a time she actually aided Rand, so long as she could do it without danger to herself, at first with the notion that she would bring him to the Shadow, later with the thought that, using the great statue sa’angreal, the two of them could challenge the Dark One, even the Creator. She helped Rand against the other Forsaken insofar as she could without exposing herself; she was playing both sides against the middle. She wanted Rand to win, but if he went down, she had no intention of falling with him. She had no intention of going over to the Light; she wanted power, much more than she could possibly have had on the side of the Light, and she wanted immortality. Her ultimate goal was to defeat the Dark One, leaving her and Rand immortal and ruling the world.

Once she learned that Rand had bedded Aviendha, she went over the edge; she was ready to torture him, to take him away and make him her devoted slave, or to kill him if she could not break him. Only Moiraine’s intervention saved him. In the fight between the two women, both were transported to the realm of the Eelfinn and Aelfinn. Moridin found Lanfear there; he killed her and her soul was placed in a new body. She was given the name of Cyndane, which was Old Tongue for “Last Chance.” See also Cyndane

Lanita. A novice or Accepted with a potential strength level of 26(14). Born in 977 NE, she went to the White Tower in 994 NE. After Siuan was deposed, she was taken by the rebels to Salidar. There, she was part of a circle led by Anaiya fighting a bubble of evil.

Lannis. An ancient scholar from the Blue Ajah who wrote of the Forsaken.

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

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

Larapelle. The site of one of the many victories of Rashima Kerenmosa, the Soldier Amyrlin.

Laras. The chief cook in the White Tower. Siuan gave her the formal title of Mistress of the Kitchens in the White Tower when Siuan toured the kitchens, while Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne were working there as punishment for their trip to Falme. Laras was a beauty in her youth; at the time of the Aiel War she was plump, but later became more than merely stout, with layers of chins, and a spotless white apron that could have made three novice dresses. She thought of herself as once having been a foolish girl, doing foolish things, and near to getting herself hanged sometimes.

When Min was posing in the Tower as a foolish young woman under her full name, Elmindreda, Laras took Min under her wing and gave her advice on makeup, flirting and proper behavior. She helped Min free Siuan and Leane, but decided not to go too far, as she had to live there; she said that she would give them an hour, then send food and wine to the guards. She liked Min, but one Amyrlin was the same as another to her; Aes Sedai folderol was too far above her for her to concern herself.

Laras was protective of Egwene after her capture by Elaida, keeping the kitchen help from playing pranks on her, but otherwise showed her no open favoritism. She did object to all the beatings Egwene was receiving, and tried to persuade Egwene to leave the Tower, offering her help in doing so.

When Verin returned to the Tower, Laras brewed a sweet tea for Verin to put her poison in.

In the Last Battle, Laras gave the Horn of Valere to Faile, although it was said to be Two Rivers tabac in the chest.

Larcheen. A place in the Age of Legends that inspired the saying “as black as midnight in Larcheen.”

Larelle Tarsi. A Domani Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah, with a strength level of 14(2). Born in 732 NE, she was beautiful, with copper skin. The girls she lectured were torn between being intimidated by her and wanting to be her. They all thought her the perfect Aes Sedai. She was one of Tamra’s searchers for the infant Dragon Reborn, though neither Moiraine nor Siuan knew this until too late to save her. She was killed in Kandor in 979 NE by Merean Redhill, shortly after Moiraine and Siuan left Canluum.

Laren. A senior maid at the Tarasin Palace in Ebou Dar, the final servant Mat encountered when he visited the Tarasin Palace for the first time and therefore the oldest. She was a round woman who had a touch of gray at her temples and a stately carriage. She wore a marriage knife with five white stones in the hilt, two set in red, and four red stones, one surrounded by black, meaning that three of her nine children were dead, two sons in duels. She had dark eyebrows and nearly black eyes. Laren knew about Mat and Tylin from the start, rescuing Mat from the Aes Sedai tug-of-war with a summons from the Queen and bringing Mat the basket with oysters before the trip to the Rahad.

Larie. The damane name of Lemore, a noblewoman from Tanchico. See Lemore

Larine Ayellin. A Two Rivers girl with channeling ability. She became a novice with the rebel Aes Sedai, having been recruited by Verin and Alanna. She was Dav’s sister and about eighteen years old. Larine was pretty and willowy and wore her hair in a braid. She had a high opinion of herself.

Larinen, Mirane. See Mirane Larinen

Larisen, Annoura. See Annoura Larisen

Larisett, Atuan. See Atuan Larisett

Larissa Lyndel. An Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah in public and the Black Ajah in truth. She was part of the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 28(16). A bony woman whose plainness almost overcame her Aes Sedai agelessness, Larissa was one of those who cornered Nynaeve after she Healed Siuan and Leane. Larissa had not been present when Nynaeve Healed Siuan and Leane, and she definitely wanted her chance at Nynaeve’s knowledge, and her chance at being the one to break Nynaeve’s block.

Larissa’s name was found on Verin’s list of the Black Ajah.

Laritha. A woman whom Thom once tried to rescue. She was a rose in bud, and married to a brutish bootmaker in a village Thom visited; her husband shouted at her if his meal wasn’t ready, and switched her if she spoke more than two words to another man. She moaned to Thom that she wished someone would rescue her, but when he offered to take her away, she kicked him in the knee and hit him with a bench. Outraged that Thom thought that she would ever leave her beloved husband, Laritha ran to her husband to tell him of Thom’s offer; Thom had to leave the village quickly, leaving most of his possessions behind. He later learned that Laritha held the purse strings tight and cracked her husband in the head with whatever was at hand when he stopped by the inn for some ale.

larksbrush. A bush with tiny, faintly blue leaves and gnarled branches.

Last Battle, the. A wide-ranging war wherein prophecies indicated that the Dragon Reborn would fight the Dark One to save the World. It was also known as Tarmon Gai’don. The battle was fought on two fronts: 1) Thakan’dar and Shayol Ghul, and 2) the lands south of the Great Blight. The Last Battle began when a Trolloc army emerged from a Waygate in Caemlyn, followed quickly by two separate enemy invasions from the Blight through Kandor and Tarwin’s Gap. The Shadowspawn army fought their way north from Caemlyn as the other two invading armies, including Sharans led by Demandred, went generally south, with the purpose of enveloping and crushing the forces of Light. At Thakan’dar, the Shadowspawn armies poured through the mountain passes and fought against defenders from the south and the Aiel Waste, as Rand engaged the Dark One in the Pit of Doom at Shayol Ghul. The forces of Light prevailed on both fronts and the Dark One was contained once again, which marked the beginning of the Fourth Age.

Last Days. The end of a cycle of the Wheel of Time, when the Dark One came out of captivity and the Last Battle was fought.

Last Hunt, the. The wolves’ term for the Last Battle.

Lastriders. A group that left Maradon during the Trolloc attack. They watched the battle from afar and were supposed to get word to other forces in Saldaea for help if the city fell. The group was led by Yoeli’s sister Sigril.

Latar, Serenia. See Serenia Latar