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Paaran Disen. A city that thrived during the Age of Legends and was the seat of the central government, the location of the Hall of Servants. The Gates of Paaran Disen were the site of a victory of Lews Therin over Ishamael during the War of the Shadow.

Pact of the Griffin. An alliance formed after the Last Battle, seen in Aviendha’s visions of the future in Rhuidean. It was composed of Andor, the Two Rivers, Mayene, Ghealdan and Saldaea; its sign was a creature with the head of a lion, the body of a wolf and hawk wings, with three stars above and three fish below.

Pact, the. 1) A term used in a greeting by Agelmar in Fal Dara: “here is the watch kept, here is the Pact maintained.” 2) An agreement between the Ogier and Aiel. Among other things, it prohibited the Aiel from fighting inside a stedding and on the way to or from a stedding.

Padan Fain. A peddler who regularly visited the Two Rivers. A skinny little Lugarder with a big nose and wide ears, he was in fact a Darkfriend. In 995 NE a Fade took Fain to Shayol Ghul, where he met Ba’alzamon and was turned into a hound to find the Dragon Reborn. Fain, sent back out to hunt, stayed in the Two Rivers an entire week that year, which was unusual. He was then taken back to Shayol Ghul, where the information he had gathered was distilled. The next year when he visited the Two Rivers, he was able to determine that the one he was seeking was one of three young men. The following year, he was told to mark those that he had identified, and Trollocs were sent to Emond’s Field.

After the Trolloc attack, Fain followed Rand and the others to Shadar Logoth, where Mordeth tried to take him; he resisted, becoming a hybrid of the two. Fain then followed Rand as far as Fal Dara, where Fain was caught and put in a dungeon. When Moiraine interviewed him there, she realized how evil he had become. He escaped with the help of Ingtar and a Fade, and stole the dagger from Shadar Logoth and the Horn of Valere. After killing the Fade, he made his way to Toman Head and Falme, where Turak confiscated the Horn of Valere and the dagger.

He later joined with the Whitecloaks in Amador, calling himself Ordeith, Old Tongue for “Wormwood.” He led the Whitecloaks to the Two Rivers, having convinced them that it was full of Darkfriends; his real goal was to harrow the area and draw Rand to him. He killed Perrin’s family, but was thwarted in his main purpose. Next he made his way to Tar Valon, where he spoke with Elaida about Rand and stole the dagger again.

He next went to Cairhien, where he became closely associated with Toram Riatin as Riatin’s advisor, calling himself Jeral Mordeth. After Rand showed up there, Fain wounded him with the Shadar Logoth dagger in the fog that descended on the rebel camp outside Cairhien when the bubble of evil struck. He knew that Rand didn’t die, because he could still sense him. Rand put a price on the head of Padan Fain, and publicly linked the name to Jeral Mordeth. Meanwhile, Riatin thought the fog was Rand’s doing, and that Rand had scuppered his chances for the Sun Throne. Due to Fain’s influence, he had hated Rand before; later he wanted nothing more than Rand’s death, and was delighted that Fain could find and track Rand.

Fain followed Rand to Far Madding in company with Toram Riatin and went after him, incidentally killing a Darkfriend Asha’man who was hunting Rand, just because Fain felt that Rand was his to kill. Rand and Lan deliberately walked into a trap they thought had been set by Gedwyn and Torval only to find the Asha’man dead. The trap had been set by Fain and Toram Riatin instead. Lan killed Toram, but Fain managed to escape from Rand.

Fain’s newer abilities included inducing waking nightmares and setting traps like the one that nearly caught Rand on Blue Carp Street in Far Madding. He could recognize Darkfriends on sight, even someone who had only thought of swearing to the Shadow. To him, it was as if they had a sooty mark on their foreheads.

Fain had an influence over Myrddraal and Trollocs, enough that he could command them and do them harm, if he so desired. On the lead up to the Last Battle, Fain gathered an army of Trollocs in the Blight, and headed for Shayol Ghul.

During the Last Battle, Fain transformed into Shaisam, a consumer of souls. His Trollocs, whose souls he had taken, fought at Thakan’dar, a distraction from his real purpose, to find and kill Rand. The more souls he consumed, the more his being became entwined with a fog-like substance that surrounded him, making him harder and harder to find and kill. He still carried the dagger from Shadar Logoth. But Mat set a trap for him and, immune to the evil from Shadar Logoth, having once been exposed to it, he took the dagger from Fain and stabbed him with it, killing both him and the mist.

Padra. One of Rand and Aviendha’s quadruplets, she was seen in Aviendha’s viewings of the future in Rhuidean. A Maiden of the Spear, Padra and other Maidens encountered a scouting party and killed some of them before the rest escaped through a gateway. She then attended a meeting and agreed that the Aiel should go to war against the Seanchan.

Padros, Eagan. See Eagan Padros

Padry. A servant to Lord Culen and Lord Paers, Murandian Hunters of the Horn. A skinny man wearing a Murandian coat of dark wool, he told Mat that the lords were heroes. He said that Olver was a peasant and was molesting Lord Paers’ horse and seemed to think that that was enough reason for Olver’s neck to be broken. Mat did not agree, and, after thrashing Paers and Culen with the butt of his spear, told Padry to get them out of town before sunset.

Padwhin, Tuck. See Tuck Padwhin

Paedrig. A Hero of the Horn who was called the golden-tongued peacemaker. When Rand saw him, he became aware of all Paedrig’s names through the Ages, including those he didn’t recognize as names, such as Patrick.

Paendrag. See Artur Hawkwing, Berelain sur Paendrag, Luthair Paendrag Mondwin and Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag

Paerish Swar. A great forest on the Almoth Plain, and the site of an abandoned Ogier stedding.

Paeron, House. Berelain’s noble House in Mayene.

Paers, Lord. A Murandian nobleman who was a Hunter of the Horn. Paers spoke with a Mindean accent, and the Mindeans boasted that they had the worst tempers in Murandy. He was in Maerone with Lord Culen. Olver sat on Paers’ horse, and Paers intended to punish Olver by wringing his scrawny neck. Mat disabled Paers by bringing the butt of his spear up sharply between the man’s legs; when Culen attempted to draw his sword, Mat pummeled him with his spear butt and ordered their servant Padry to get the two men out of town by sunset.

Paet al’Caar. A Two Rivers man. His wife was Nela and his son Wil; he had another son and two daughters. Part of the mob that confronted Moiraine after the Trolloc attack on Winternight, he was ashamed when it was pointed out that she had Healed Wil’s leg. In one of Nynaeve’s Accepted test scenarios, Nela went crazy when she found her sons dead in their beds and went around saying that Paet was the Dark One and had killed her boys; in that scenario, Paet hanged himself. Paet helped Perrin in the defense of Emond’s Field.

Paetram. A fork-bearded Kandori master merchant whom Mat encountered drinking at an inn in Tear. He told of a rumor saying that the Whitecloaks had gone to the Two Rivers looking for the Dragon Reborn and a Darkfriend with yellow eyes.

Paetram Aybara. Perrin’s younger brother; at nine years old, he, along with the rest of his family except Perrin, was murdered by Padan Fain, although the killing was thought to have been done by Trollocs. See Aybara clan

Paitar Neramovni Nachiman. King of Arafel, Guardian of the Way and High Seat of House Nachiman. He was born in 937 NE. His younger sister, Kiruna, was Aes Sedai. About 6'2" to 6'3" tall, Paitar was straight-backed and broad-shouldered. He looked strong and could wield a sword with vigor and skill. Paitar had a surprisingly deep, rich voice—a voice to make women’s hearts beat faster. His wife Menuki knew he was hers to his bootsoles. His Aes Sedai advisor, Coladara, was uncommitted in the struggle between rebel and loyalist Aes Sedai. Paitar was in possession of a prophecy regarding Rand, made by an Aes Sedai among his ancestors and heard by another ancestor. Easar, Ethenielle, Paitar and Tenobia joined together and left the Borderlands seeking Rand, and met with Elayne in Braem Wood. When Rand met with the four rulers, Paitar backhanded Rand with a blow that sent him to his knees. In exchange for his Aes Sedai being taught Traveling so that he could take part in the Last Battle, he swore fealty to Rand. He fought alongside Lan at Tarwin’s Gap in the Last Battle.

Paitr Conel. A young man and Darkfriend from Market Sheran, Andor. He approached Rand and Mat when they were making their way to Caemlyn; when he grabbed Rand to try to stop him from leaving, Rand broke his nose, causing him to say things that revealed he was a Darkfriend, and an old man in the inn overheard him. Later he approached Morgase in Amador and told her that he and his uncle Torwyn had a plan for her to escape from the Whitecloaks. Trom caught Torwyn, Paitr and others reciting catechisms to the Dark One; they were hanged while Morgase watched.

Paitr do Fearna a’Conn. A Murandian lord who made common cause with the Andor intruders against the rebel Aes Sedai and afterward made a further accommodation with the Andorans. About 5'11" tall, with a medium build, he had dark hair, dark eyes and curled mustaches, which he sometimes yanked violently. At the meeting on the ice with the Andorans and the rebel Aes Sedai, Paitr stood too close to Halima and stared down her dress; she smiled at him warmly.

Palace of the Assemblage. The home of one of the ruling bodies of Illian. It was an Ogier-built structure.

Palan, Haesel. A Murandian rug merchant with whom young Moiraine shared a room at The Gates of Heaven in Canluum. She was plump, had cold feet and snored.

paltron-cloths. Part of an Imperial high general’s uniform.

Panarch. A ruler in Tanchico. Once in the past a king or queen had to be balanced by a panarch of the opposite sex; after approximately 500 NE there was a king and a female panarch. The equal of the King in authority, the Panarch was responsible for collecting taxes, customs and duties; he for spending them properly. She controlled the Civil Watch and the courts, except for the High Court, which was the King’s. The army was his, except for the Panarch’s Legion, which was hers.

Panarch Farede of Tarabon. The first Panarch of Tarabon after the War of the Hundred Years. 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.

Panarch’s Circle. An assembly arena in Tanchico that was surrounded by the Panarch’s Palace and other buildings. It was located on the Verana, the easternmost hilly peninsula on Tanchico Bay.

Panarch’s Legion. The Panarch’s armed guard in Tanchico. It consisted of about three thousand men on land and about a thousand to fifteen hundred on ships, when it existed. The latter’s primary function was keeping down pirates. Like the Life Guard, it was dispersed by the Seanchan, though many of the survivors were incorporated into levies raised by the Seanchan.

Panarch’s Palace. The residence of the Panarch in Tanchico. It was on the Verana, the westernmost hilly peninsula in Tanchico. It had a museum containing many relics of past Ages.

Pansai. The name Aravine assumed when posing as the head of a supply caravan transporting captives to a Trolloc camp at the Field of Merrilor in the Last Battle. She claimed that she was Lifa’s business partner and had stabbed Lifa and taken over the run.

Pappil. The name Bayrd used for his paternal grandfather, a stoneworker.

Paral. A major city in the Age of Legends.

paralis-net. Semirhage’s name for Cadsuane’s hair ornaments.

Parelean. A Tairen man who was a member of Cha Faile. He had a square jaw and wore fat-sleeved Tairen coats. Faile considered him the brightest of the lot, ahead of Selande, but she also thought that Camaille and Arrela were quicker of thought than either. He was not one of those sent into Bethal. Parelean was killed by the Shaido when Faile’s riding party was attacked.

Parenia Demalle. An Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 817 to 866 NE. Parenia was an Amyrlin of average strength. She was more interested in negotiations and treaties between nations than in the running of the Tower. She still kept fairly good control in order to gain backing for her treaties.

Parentakis, Jander. A member of the Academy of Cairhien. He was working on building a paddlewheel riverboat.

pasties. The name for meat pies in the Age of Legends.

Patrim. A stableboy at Harilin’s Leap in Jarra, Ghealdan. He had hay in his hair. When Moiraine, Lan, Loial and Perrin stayed at the inn, Nico and Patrim saw to their horses.

Patrinda. An Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah who guarded Egwene when she was imprisoned by Elaida and visited by Seaine.

Pattern, Great. See Great Pattern

Pattern of an Age. Pattern woven by the Wheel of Time from the threads of human lives, referring to the interconnectedness of events, which formed the substance of reality for that Age; also known as Age Lace.

Pattern, Will of the. Stated reason why each reigning monarch of Shara died like clockwork every seven years, suggesting a natural cause, which was far from the truth.

Pavil Geraneos. An Illianer buying gems in Saldaea. He was young, clean-shaven and dark-eyed. He and his partner Jeorg Damentanis were bargaining with Weilin Aldragoran just before Nynaeve arrived to drum up support for Lan. Pavil showed anger at Weilin’s offer, which horrified Jeorg.

Pavlara, Janine. See Janine Pavlara

Peace, the Dragon’s. See Dragon’s Peace, the

peacetalker. An Aiel trained to guide angry men to ground their spears.

peach. A fruit whose pit could be powdered and used as poison. It was widely, and erroneously, believed that the fruit itself was poison.

Pearman’s Lane. A street in Caemlyn, in the New City where a handful of fruit-sellers clung to shops handed down since the days of Ishara.

pecara. Pale wrinkled nuts found in the Waste.

Pedra. An Accepted who remained in the White Tower when the Tower split. About 5'1" to 5'2" tall, she was a wiry woman who looked a little older than Nynaeve. She led Egwene to her room when she first came to the White Tower. Pedra spoke curtly. Egwene didn’t like her, probably because of her officiousness. After Pedra told her what she had to do on her first day, Egwene stuck out her tongue at her back. When Pedra served Pevara and Tarna wine and cakes, Pevara thought that she would be raised soon, and Tarna thought that men made her nervous. When the classroom where she was to teach vanished, she was frightened and showed it by being cross with the novices, which was very unusual for her.

Pedron Niall. The Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light, he was considered one of the five great captains. Born in Murandy in 911 NE, he fought his first battle as a Whitecloak in 928 NE. The foremost general of the Children of the Light in the Troubles, known to others as the Whitecloak War, Lord Captain Niall set a trap at Soremaine that caught King Stepaneos and would have destroyed his entire army if it were not for the valor of the Companions. By the time of the Aiel War, Niall had become the Lord Captain Commander; he led the Whitecloaks during the war, and was in charge of all the armies of the Grand Alliance on the second day of the Battle of the Shining Walls. All sinew and bone with white hair, he was married in his youth, but his wife died before he rose to power.

Niall sent troops to Almoth Plain; he planned to capture it and raise the nation of Almoth as the seat of the Children of the Light. When he learned of Falme and the Dragon Reborn, he had to change his plans. Niall did not believe that the Last Battle would involve the Dark One breaking free; the Dark One was bound away. To him Rand was a false Dragon, and useful only as a means to drive the nations to unite—a feat beyond him, obviously—to fight an invasion of Trollocs and other Shadowspawn that would come out of the Blight. He firmly believed that Aes Sedai were evil, servants of the Shadow whether they knew it or not, and thought what happened at Falme was an Aes Sedai/Darkfriend scheme. He began spreading rumors of vile things that Rand and Aes Sedai had done so that the populace would come to him to save them. He had Carridin form bands of Dragonsworn to commit atrocities that could be laid at the Dragon Reborn’s door.

Padan Fain went to Niall, and convinced him that Rand, Mat and Perrin were Darkfriends—that indeed the Two Rivers was crawling with Darkfriends—and Niall sent Fain there with fifty Children and ordered Valda to send half a legion more. Niall negotiated with Altara and Murandy to cede land to Illian so that Illian would not invade either.

When Niall got Morgase into his grip, he tried to manipulate her; he wanted and needed the additional validation of support from rulers. He wanted Morgase to sign a treaty that would allow the Children to go into Andor with her as a figurehead; it was a key to his plan to bring entire nations behind him. Although Morgase finally signed, Niall postponed his plans because Varadin, the man he had sent to Tanchico, sent word of the troubles there. Abdel Omerna killed Niall on the same day as the Battle of Dumai’s Wells as part of a plot with Rhadam Asunawa and Eamon Valda. Valda then killed Omerna.

Pel. A gap-toothed wagon driver drinking at The Good Night’s Ride in Lugard, Murandy. He was present when Siuan went to see Mistress Tharne, an eyes-and-ears of the Blue Ajah.

Pel Aydaer. A bald cabinetmaker in Emond’s Field who smoked a pipe. When refugees started pouring into the Two Rivers, he had to hire five apprentices. Pel joined Perrin’s armies at Malden, and was sent with others on a scouting trip to Cairhien to gather information, since the armies had been out of touch with events farther east for so long.

Pelanna. A Sea Folk Wavemistress and one of the First Twelve. A pink scar ran down the right side of her face, and her tightly curled hair was gray. Pelanna was held by the Seanchan in Ebou Dar, and fled during the Escape. Her honor chain was heavy with medallions, including one for her part in the Escape; her wrist and ankles bore the marks of Seanchan chains. She was at the meeting of the First Twelve in Illian with Logain and there learned of the mass suicide of the Amayar. At the beginning of the meeting, she informed Harine that she had placed a cushion in her chair, and laughed uproariously, but was annoyed when her Windfinder Caire did not laugh as well; when Pelanna laughed, she expected those under her to laugh, too. See also Escape, the

Pelateos. The author of Ponderings, one of the books that Min read.

Pelden. See Naris and Sephanie Pelden

Pelivar Coelan. An Andoran man who was High Seat of House Coelan. The sign of his House was the Roses: two red roses, side by side, on a field of horizontal blue and white stripes. It was sometimes called “the Flowers” by housemen. He was 6'3" tall, and lean, with dark hair, which he was losing from the front. He had a surprisingly light voice, but it was strong and usually quite firm, unsurprising in the High Seat of a powerful House. He had daughters old enough to claim the throne. He supported Morgase when she gained the throne; she exiled him under the influence of Rahvin. Aemlyn, Pelivar, Arathelle and Culhan were among the nobles who confronted the rebel Aes Sedai on the ice near the Murandy-Andor border. Pelivar supported Dyelin for the throne, but after Elayne took Caemlyn and Luan and Abelle stood for Trakand, Pelivar did as well.

Pena, Birlen. See Birlen Pena

Pena, the falls of. A place where Mat fought Sana Ashraf, from one of his memories of the distant past.

penance. A practice imposed on Aes Sedai as needed. Penance was divided into four sorts: Labor, Deprivation, Mortification of the Flesh and Mortification of the Spirit. For sisters, the last was much more likely to come in a self-imposed penance than one imposed by another agency. Despite what much of the world saw as Aes Sedai arrogance, the belief among Aes Sedai, by and large, was that they had to maintain a proper and fitting balance between pride and humility. The purpose of penance, officially, at least, was not so much to punish as to remind the sister of the proper balance and help her to restore it.

Penances were most often imposed upon or taken on by sisters for a perceived personal failing or lack. That is, a sister who failed to carry out a task as it should have been might receive a penance; but officially, at least, it would have been not for the failure in the task, but for whatever personal lack or shortcoming was revealed by failure in the task. While penance supposedly was in no way a punishment, it could be imposed on a sister as one just the same, by the Amyrlin, by the Hall, or by one’s own Ajah. There were rare circumstances under which a penance could be imposed by another Ajah.

When a penance was imposed by another, the terms could be set by whoever imposed it or the sister could be required to set the terms herself, according to the circumstances.

A sister could take a penance on herself, because of some wrong she believed she had done, for example, or because of some perceived personal failing, perhaps some flaw that she had allowed to get the better of her, as she saw it. That was done to forestall the imposition of a penance from without, but also from a true remorse.

Although a penance and the punishment handed out to novices or Accepted were often identical on the surface, in the eyes of Aes Sedai they were very different. This apparent similarity between the punishments given novices and Accepted and the penances suffered by sisters had another likeness. As one of the Accepted was often punished more harshly than a novice for the same offense, so a sister’s penance was frequently harsher, taking into account the offense, than any punishment given to novice or Accepted. Though of course the penance was not a punishment, officially.

A typical penance was a period of rustication, laboring on a farm and often confinement to the farm’s boundaries. Physical and/or menial labor of various other sorts were also used frequently.

Although physical chastisement (Mortification of the Flesh) was allowed as penance for sisters—and indeed, in times past, was not unusual at all—it was also prescribed under Tower law for certain offenses even by sisters. In most cases it was chosen when the penance had to be over quickly for some reason—or if self-imposed, when the sister could not or would not give time to something longer—and it was seldom publicized, though sisters often learned of it, or might even be informed in some circumstances.

In most cases Mortification of the Flesh was a fairly secret affair. It often was carried out by the Mistress of Novices, though in some circumstances it could be done by a sister appointed to the task, or by the head of one’s Ajah. Most often in a self-imposed penance using Mortification of the Flesh, one asked the Mistress of Novices to provide the service; for one thing, she would most assuredly keep it secret—or at least she would not herself spread the information unless the requirement was there for her to do so—and for another, it was customary for Mortification of the Flesh to be a self-imposed penance. These penances could be served in the Mistress of Novices’ study, or more often, when self-imposed, in one’s own apartments.

The penance of being birched in the Grand Hall before the assembled sisters was something reserved for a crime on the level of rebellion or treason.

Penance served by Aes Sedai was almost always kept semi-secret—officially, anyway. Every effort was made to keep the fact that an Aes Sedai was serving one from notice, with the possible exception of other sisters. Even if circumstances were such that somebody might suspect, they usually did not know for certain. The dignity of the White Tower was to be preserved, and nothing could interfere with the dignity of Aes Sedai in the eyes of anyone not Aes Sedai.

Pendaloan. A lesser noble House in Tear. Its High Seat was Algarin. See Algarin and Emarin Pendaloan

Pendar, House. A noble House in Andor. Its High Seat was Lord Abelle, its sign the Stars: three six-pointed golden stars, one above and two below, on a field of seven vertical red and white stripes.

Penfell, Elza. See Elza Penfell

Pensenor, Aubrem. See Aubrem Pensenor

People of the Dragon. The secret name for the Aiel, hearkening back to the day when the Da’shain Aiel served the Aes Sedai and observed the Way of the Leaf; in prophecy, the Stone of Tear would fall when the People of the Dragon came. Later it was sometimes used to refer to those who followed the Dragon Reborn. See Da’shain Aiel

Peral Torval. A Taraboner Asha’man who was a crony of Taim, and a Darkfriend. About thirty when he went to the Black Tower, he was 6'1" tall, with dark eyes, a sharp nose and a sneering mouth. On one of Rand’s visits to the Black Tower, Torval challenged Rand and was knocked out by Taim. Torval was at Dumai’s Wells. After the attack on Rand in Cairhien failed, he was placed on the deserters list at the Black Tower. He was killed by Padan Fain in Far Madding.

Perfumed Quarter. The smelly port district of Illian.

Perival Mantear. A very young Andoran who was High Seat of House Mantear. The Anvil was the sigil of the House, a silver anvil on a field quartered blue and red. He was born circa 988 NE, but he was perceptive beyond his years. About 5'4" tall, and pretty, with golden hair, he wore a sword that looked too long for him, as it dragged on the floor. He was one of four young nobles Dyelin brought to help Elayne win the throne; the others were Branlet Gilyard, Catalyn Haevin and Conail Northan. The four together brought over three thousand armsmen, mainly crossbowmen and halberdmen. Perival’s guardian, his uncle Willim, was bedridden with age, but he told Dyelin to take Perival to Caemlyn, and he told Perival that he must be brave and uphold the honor of both Mantear and Andor, which Perival very much wanted to do. Elayne thought that Lord Willim had done good work with Perival. He wanted to help fight when Elayne was kidnapped. Dyelin took him to the Far Madding Gate during Arymilla’s attack on the city, but made sure that he was nowhere near the front.

Perival and Lir met with Elayne about the Trolloc invasion of Caemlyn.

Perrin Goldeneyes. The name that some called Perrin the warrior, inspired by his wolf-like eyes. See also Perrin t’Bashere Aybara

Perrin t’Bashere Aybara. A young ta’veren Emond’s Field man. He was born in 978 NE, the son of Con and Joslyn. He had a younger brother, Paetram, and two younger sisters, Deselle and Adora. When he was twelve years old, he was apprenticed to Master Luhhan, the blacksmith. His banner was a red wolf’s head on a red-bordered field of white. Approximately 6'1" tall and weighing about 235 pounds, he was heavy enough in the arms, chest and shoulders to make his waist look narrower than it was, and to make him appear shorter than he was. He had brown eyes and brown, curly hair, worn almost to his shoulders, and a short, curly beard that he wore because Faile liked it. Perrin had a thin, horizontal scar uncomfortably close to his left eye. A quiet man, he was very slow to anger, though his anger could be implacable once roused. He moved slowly and thought carefully by choice; as a boy he realized that he was larger and stronger than most of the other children and could hurt somebody by accident if he wasn’t careful, a feeling which stayed with him as an adult. Perrin liked calm and peace, and didn’t like to argue. He thought that he had no facility with words, and in truth, women in particular often tied him in knots with talk. Under any normal circumstances, the notion of violence toward women was abhorrent to him. He could argue with women, certainly, but like many big men who were subconsciously afraid of letting go of their anger, he found shouting at a woman to be extremely difficult; under most circumstances, he would rather just walk away. His first instinct with an angry woman, especially if she shouted, was to try soothing words.

In 998 NE, Perrin saw a stranger in a black cloak on a black horse; his friends Rand al’Thor and Mat Cauthon did as well. On the next night, Winternight, Trollocs attacked Emond’s Field. Moiraine Sedai and her Warder Lan were visiting, and they helped fight off the attack. Since the attack was focused on the homes of Perrin, Rand and Mat, Moiraine persuaded them that it was necessary for them to leave Emond’s Field. They attempted to leave secretly, but Egwene al’Vere realized that they were up to something and went along, and the gleeman who was in town for Bel Tine joined as well. Before Perrin left, Master Luhhan gave him an axe that someone had ordered but not paid for.

The group started for Tar Valon, with Draghkar, Myrddraal and Trollocs chasing them; Perrin, Rand and Mat began being troubled by dreams involving a man with eyes of fire who called himself Ba’alzamon. Moiraine and Lan were able to keep them just a step ahead of the Shadowspawn but eventually they were forced to shelter in Shadar Logoth; when against all expectations Trollocs entered the ruined city, the group gathered itself to flee. Mashadar, the deadly fog, appeared, and the group was separated. Perrin escaped the city by riding into the River Arinelle and swimming across; his horse ran away. The next day he found Egwene and Bela, her mare; they began making their way toward Caemlyn, but were not entirely certain of the way. They encountered Elyas, who offered to help them. He introduced them to his friends, who were wolves, and told Perrin that the wolves said that Perrin could talk to wolves as well. Perrin realized that it was true, but tried to fight it.

Elyas took Perrin and Egwene to a Tuatha’an caravan, with whom they traveled for some time. When Elyas decided that it was time to leave, they headed south; soon they encountered huge flocks of ravens that were looking for them. In the nick of time, they arrived at a deserted stedding, but soon afterward Whitecloaks appeared. Perrin and Egwene tried to hide, but they were seen. Wolves came to their aid, and the Whitecloaks killed Hopper, a wolf Perrin had talked with. Feeling Hopper’s death, Perrin became enraged and killed two Whitecloaks. Perrin and Egwene were captured; the leader of the Whitecloaks, Geofram Bornhald, told them he was taking them to Caemlyn for trial.

Moiraine, Lan and Nynaeve rescued them, and they set off for Caemlyn. Perrin’s eyes had become yellow by that point, and he gained other benefits from being a wolfbrother: keener-than-human senses of sight, hearing and smell, and the ability to visit the wolf dream, which was also known as Tel’aran’rhiod.

In Caemlyn the party was reunited with Rand and Mat, and gained a new member: Loial, an Ogier. The party went through the Ways to Fal Dara, and then on into the Blight, searching for the Green Man and the Eye of the World. They found both, but Aginor and Balthamel, two of the Forsaken, attacked. Perrin’s group prevailed and acquired the Horn of Valere, the Dragon banner and a broken seal for the Dark One’s prison. They returned to Fal Dara, but Trollocs and Fades attacked and stole the Horn. Perrin, Loial, Rand and Mat joined a group of Shienaran soldiers to pursue those who stole it; Rand, Loial and Hurin, the sniffer who could smell the trail, vanished, and Perrin used his wolfbrother talents to lead the rest in pursuit. Rand was able to take the Horn back, but it was stolen again by Padan Fain, who took it to Falme. Perrin, Rand and the rest followed using a Portal Stone, but something went wrong and they saw all the lives that they could have lived and lost four months in the process. They eventually made it to Falme, and took the Horn again. The Seanchan and the Whitecloaks were battling; Mat blew the Horn and they all managed to escape, with the exception of Ingtar, a Shienaran solder who was also a Darkfriend.

The group wintered in the Mountains of Mist; in the spring, Rand left secretly. Moiraine, Lan, Perrin and Loial set off after him. Along the way, Perrin freed an Aiel, Gaul, from a cage; the two of them killed a number of Whitecloaks. Perrin also met Zarine Bashere; she insisted on being called Faile and joining their party. They followed Rand to Tear. There, a trap intended to seize Moiraine in Tel’aran’rhiod instead caught Faile; Perrin went into the wolf dream and rescued her. Rand took the Stone of Tear, and Perrin and Faile stayed there for a while. Perrin attracted the unwanted attention of Berelain, the beautiful First of Mayene.

Perrin heard of Whitecloaks troubling the Two Rivers, and he and Faile went back there; Perrin learned that his entire family had been slaughtered by Trollocs, although in truth they were killed by Padan Fain. The Whitecloaks were holding the Luhhans and the Cauthons prisoner; Perrin gathered a group of men, sneaked into the Whitecloak camp and freed them. Perrin and his men hunted Trollocs; in the wolf dream Perrin encountered Slayer, who was killing wolves. Trollocs continued to pour into the Two Rivers, and Perrin led the effort to resist them. Thinking that the town was doomed, Perrin tricked Faile into riding for help; in return, she demanded that he marry her. She rode away, but returned with men from Watch Hill, and the people of the Two Rivers were triumphant. Perrin and Faile began building a manor in the area. He came to be known as Perrin Goldeneyes, Lord of the Two Rivers.

Perrin and Faile, with an army of men from the Two Rivers, later joined Rand in Caemlyn, and accompanied him to Cairhien. When Rand was kidnapped by Aes Sedai, Perrin led an army to rescue him. With the assistance of Asha’man, they were successful. Following a staged altercation with Rand, Perrin led a mission into Ghealdan to bring the Prophet Masema to Rand. In the group were Two Rivers men, Berelain and her Mayener Winged Guard, Aiel, including Wise Ones, two Asha’man and two Aes Sedai. Queen Alliandre gave her fealty to Perrin, which brought her troops, the Legion of the Wall, into his army. They met with Masema and rescued some Andorans from Dragonsworn. When Faile was captured by the Shaido, Perrin was willing to do anything to get her back. He cut off a captured Shaido’s hand to make him answer questions, but to rub in the salt, he got none of the answers he wanted—and this cut at him. He knew that he would do other things against his nature if necessary to regain Faile. Eventually he was able to ally with the Seanchan and brought the Shaido to battle at Malden; he and Faile were reunited.

Perrin had sent the noncombatants with him away before the battle; as he traveled to rejoin them he was beset with many challenges. To try to solve them, Perrin went into the wolf dream and asked Hopper, who still lived in the wolf dream, to help him learn what he could do there. When the Asha’man could no longer make gateways to Travel, Perrin found a strange purple dome in the wolf dream, and Slayer killed a wolf that was helping him. The noncombatants were captured by Whitecloaks; to regain them, Perrin had to stand trial for killing the Whitecloaks in the abandoned stedding. One of the Andorans he had rescued turned out to be Morgase, the former queen of Andor, and she presided at his trial. She found him guilty of illegal killing instead of murder; Galad delayed his punishment until after the Last Battle. In the wolf dream, Perrin battled Slayer for a dreamspike which was causing the purple dome and preventing his Asha’man from Traveling; Perrin won, and destroyed the dreamspike in a lake of lava. His group then Traveled to Whitebridge, and with the aid of the Asha’man and the Wise Ones, Perrin forged a hammer, Mah’alleinir; because it was a Power-forged weapon, it was very effective. He then led his army to the rescue of the Whitecloaks, who were being attacked by Shadowspawn. Galad swore allegiance to Perrin on behalf of the Whitecloaks. Perrin presided at the wedding of Tallanvor and Morgase. He then met with Elayne, who agreed to cede the Two Rivers to the Dragon Reborn, with Perrin acting as his steward.

Perrin made his way to the Field of Merrilor to meet with Rand. He turned over command of his armies to Tam, and had Rand make a gateway so that he could go into the wolf dream in the flesh to deal with Slayer; Gaul insisted on going with him. In the wolf dream they met Lanfear, who provided some assistance; she helped Perrin find and disable the dreamspike at the Black Tower, and alerted him that Graendal was up to something with the great captains. Perrin fought Slayer, trying to prevent him from attacking Rand at Shayol Ghul. Slayer managed to injure Perrin badly, but Perrin worked out a way to move in and out of the wolf dream in the flesh at will; Haral Luhhan found him in a field and took him to the Aes Sedai. After being Healed, Perrin went back into the wolf dream and chased Slayer; with Perrin’s newfound ability, Slayer was unable to escape, and Perrin finally killed him. Lanfear tried to compel Perrin to murder Moiraine in the Pit of Doom, but Perrin was able to resist and wrung Lanfear’s neck instead. He returned in the aftermath of the Last Battle only to find that Faile was missing. He took to the wolf dream again, and heard a falcon crying; shifting to the waking world, he found her underneath the carcass of a horse and took her to be Healed. With the deaths of Faile’s father and Queen Tenobia, Perrin and Faile were to become the monarchs of Saldaea.

Perwyn Belman. The son of Nan, in Caemlyn. He reported to Fain that a Gray Man had tried to kill Rand. Fain lost his temper and touched Perwyn, making him tremble and gibber. Fain thought that the boy would survive.

Petra Anhill. The strongman in Valan Luca’s circus. He was married to Clarine, the dog trainer. Petra was the biggest man Nynaeve had ever seen; he was about 5'10" tall and very wide. His arms were the size of tree trunks. After Mat left the circus, Petra returned to Ebou Dar and worked as a gate guard.

Pevara Tazanovni. A Kandori Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 14(2). Born in 839 NE, she went to the White Tower in 855 NE. After spending six years as a novice and five years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 866 NE. About 5'4" tall, and pleasingly plump, she had short black hair, large dark eyes and a merry face. Though she was as tough as an old post inside, she was never mean. Her voice was usually brisk. Pevara’s entire family died while she was a novice, killed during a quickly suppressed uprising of Darkfriends led by a fool who decided that the Dark One was about to break free. She and Seaine were friends as novices and Accepted (pillow friends, in fact); Seaine might have planned how to carry out most of their pranks as girls, but Pevara had been the one with the audacity to think of most, and she had provided most of the nerve to go through with them. Shortly after being raised Aes Sedai she said that she would not mind at all having a Warder or even more than one; the Red Ajah did not approve. Pevara gave Seaine the cut directly after attaining the shawl because of pressure from the Red Ajah. She was raised Sitter for the Red in 985 NE in the wake of the exile of the former Sitters because of the male channeler pogrom. Always a stickler for the law, Pevara was not one of the Red Sisters who took part in the pogrom. She knew about it, but it was Sealed to the Flame, and it troubled her. She believed in the Black Ajah afterward, and eventually became part of a group in the Tower rooting out Black sisters. She had stood to depose Siuan in the truncated Hall arranged by Elaida. The charges leveled, including most specifically that Siuan had been meddling in secret with a man who might be a false Dragon, or the true Dragon Reborn, were very serious in her eyes. Under orders from Tsutama, Pevara led a group to the Black Tower to bond Asha’man as Warders; there she bonded and was bonded by Androl Genhald. They were captured by Taim, but escaped and drove Taim out of the Black Tower. In the Last Battle, Pevara and Androl fought together very effectively, succeeding in reclaiming the seals and trapping a number of Dreadlords in a stedding.

Pevin. A Cairhienin refugee who became Rand’s bannerman. An expressionless man with thinning hair and a red scar running up the side of his face, he lost his entire family to famine and war. Although he didn’t say much, Rand thought that Pevin had three beliefs: The Dragon had been Reborn, the Last Battle was coming, and if he stayed close to Rand al’Thor, he would see his family avenged. He carried Rand’s banner into Cairhien after the battle against the Shaido; following the fight against Lanfear at the docks, he somehow heard that Rand was going Caemlyn, and carried the banner there in the campaign to deal with Rahvin. There he took a Trolloc spear through his chest and died; in death, he wore the first expression that Rand had seen on the man: surprise.

Phaedrine. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 35(23). About 5'3" tall, she was lean and small-boned, with brown eyes. Phaedrine was the sister to whom Elayne and Nynaeve reported on appearing in Salidar. She listened to only a little of the story Nynaeve and Elayne had agreed on, then left. Linked, Phaedrine and Shemari were just strong enough to make a barely usable gateway; they Traveled together to an unknown location. As Beonin was leaving the rebel camp to return to the Tower, Phaedrine and Ashmanaille stopped her to talk about the murders of Anaiya and Kairen; Phaedrine thought that the murderer was a male wilder working in the camp.

Piava. An Aes Sedai who served with Egwene at the Last Battle. Her Warder and Sleete guarded the area where Egwene, Silviana and Gawyn were fighting in one of the early battles.

Piesa. Leya’s shaggy brown and white mare, which she rode to her meeting with Moiraine in the Mountains of Mist. Leya asked Perrin to feed her.

pillow friend. Term used for young women at the White Tower who formed a romantic attachment to one another. Behaviors associated with this appellation generally ended when one or both parties were raised to the shawl.

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

Pips. Mat’s dark chestnut gelding with a blunt nose. It took a sharp eye to notice the deep chest and strong withers that promised speed and endurance. Pips was excluded from the forcible purchase by the Seanchan because he was in the Tarasin Palace stables.

Piqor Ramshalan. A Domani nobleman who was obsequious and something of a fop. Lanky, with a prominent nose, he wore a thin black mustache, earrings with his House markings, and a beauty mark. Rand found his nasal voice and willingness to betray others annoying. He recommended that Rand execute Milisair; Rand did not listen. Ramshalan boasted to Lords Vivian and Callswell that he could manipulate Rand however he wished. Rand sent Ramshalan to Graendal in Natrin’s Barrow; Graendal had Aran’gar and Delana place Compulsion on him, and sent him back to Rand. After Rand balefired the fortress, Nynaeve determined that the Compulsion was gone; Rand took that to mean Graendal was dead. Rand told Ramshalan that he would not execute him, and that there was a village he could reach in two days’ walk.

Piri. Also called Match, a dice game that was popular for a thousand years before Artur Hawkwing began his rise. It used a pair of dice, although some variations on the game used four; the rules were similar to the game of street craps.

Pit of Doom. A place deep within Shayol Ghul where the Dreadlords dedicated themselves to the Dark One and where it was possible to communicate with him. It was reached by traversing a tunnel that opened out suddenly onto a wide ledge overlooking a lake of molten stone, red mottled with black, where man-high flames danced, died and rose again. There was no roof, only a great hole rising through the mountain to a sky that was not the sky of Thakan’dar. It made that of Thakan’dar look normal, with its wildly striated clouds streaking by as though driven by the great winds. In the Pit of Doom, it was possible to sense the Bore; though it was physically no closer, a thinness in the Pattern here allowed that.

Plain Chant. See Bards, Forms of Recitation of

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

Plains of Maredo. Flatlands unclaimed by any country, located between Andor, Illian and Tear, below the Hills of Kintara. Far Madding was the only city in this territory.

Plowman, the. A constellation.

Plowman’s Blade, The. An inn found in Manala, Kandor; its innkeeper was Mistress Tomichi. Moiraine, Lan, Bukama and Ryne breakfasted there on their way from Canluum to Chachin.

Plum Gate. The southeastern entrance to the grounds of the Royal Palace in Caemlyn. Mat diced with the guardsmen there when he was trying to make his way into the palace.

Poel, Mervin. See Mervin Poel

pokeleaf. An herb having soap-like properties. It could be used to remove the hair dye produced by white henpepper, but it could leave a reddish tint in the hair. Pokeleaf was also used for sore gums and toothache.

Pol. Merilille’s servant in Ebou Dar, who traveled with Elayne’s party to Caemlyn. A slender, gray-haired woman, she usually possessed a dignity to rival that of her mistress. She would have fled with Merilille, had it been possible.

Polov Heights. A flat-topped hill at the Field of Merrilor, situated across the River Mora from Shienar in Arafel. Mat, as commander of the allied armies fighting against the Shadow south of the Blight, shifted his theater of operations there to take advantage of the topography. Because of his military brilliance and considerable luck, this area saw the decisive defeat of a massive Trolloc army, effectively ending the Last Battle south of the Blasted Lands.

Pomfrey, Salia. See Salia Pomfrey

Ponderings. A book by Pelateos, one of the books read by Min.

Portal Stones. Gateways to other locations or to alternative realities within the Pattern, activated by the One Power; that is, Portal Stones could lead to other Portal Stones in this world or in parallel worlds, those that would have existed had other choices been made. When used for traveling in this world, the time dimension could be inconsistent.

Portal Stones had been set in circular hollows, surrounded by concentric rings of seven stairs of varied colors, although many of these hollows had deteriorated considerably over time. The Stones themselves were about three spans high and a pace wide. Symbols on the top half of the Stones stood for equivalent Stones in other worlds; symbols at the bottom indicated other Stones in this world. Not every Portal Stone connected to every world, and it was believed that there were worlds no Stone could touch. The exotic creatures used by the Seanchan had been brought through Portal Stones from alternate realities.

Aes Sedai in the Age of Legends, who could Travel, routinely used Portal Stones to journey to other worlds. They studied the worlds of the Portal Stones, reflections of this world, as a basis for growing the Ways. Portal Stones came from an even earlier Age. Verin quoted a description of the Portal Stones: “The Lines that join the Worlds That Might Be, laid by those who knew the Numbers of Chaos.”

Posavina, Master. A Kandori trader with a pearl in his ear and a gray-streaked forked beard. Rand saw him in Far Madding while gathering intelligence at an inn called The Golden Wheel.

Poses of the Swan. Dance-like movements performed by da’covale for Seanchan entertainment; Amathera was taught them.

posting room. A location where clerks worked in the White Tower.

Power, One. See One Power

Power, True. See True Power

Powers, Five. See Five Powers, the

Power-wrought blade. A blade forged with the aid of use of the One Power; it was all but indestructible, held its edge and did not rust.

Powl. One of Asne’s four Warders. He was the only one who was a Darkfriend. When Asne was killed, it took two Guardsmen to restrain him even though he was bound by Air.

Powys, Cumere. One of the Counsels of Far Madding. Pretty and serious, she escorted Cadsuane and Harine to the palace.

prescripts, the. Strictures applied to Heroes of the Horn about what they were allowed to reveal to humans in Tel’aran’rhiod.

Priket. A goodman in the song “Goodman Priket’s Pipe.”

Prime Counselor. A high governmental official in the Age of Legends; Graendal thought that Cyndane looked like a Prime Counselor in the company of common laborers.

Prince of the Dawn, Prince of the Morning. See Dragon, the

Prince of the Ravens, the. Mat’s title after marrying Tuon.

Pritalle Nerbaijan. A Saldaean Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah and the loyalist contingent. She had green eyes and a nose that was small for a Saldaean. Her Warder was Harril. She avoided teaching novices or Accepted as much as possible and made no secret of her dislike for teaching.

Yukiri and Meidani saw her talking with Atuan of the Black Ajah.

Pritalle was part of the group that captured Egwene at Northharbor.

Priya Narrows. The site of a battle in Mat’s memories.

Proper Taming of Power, The. A work of history studied by Cadsuane.

Prophecies of the Dragon. Little known and seldom spoken of, the Prophecies, given in The Karaethon Cycle, foretold that the Dark One would be freed again to touch the world and that Lews Therin Telamon, the Dragon, Breaker of the World, would be reborn to fight Tarmon Gai’don, the Last Battle against the Shadow. He would, said the Prophecies, save the world—and Break it again.

Prophecies of the Dragon, The. Believed translated by N’Delia Basolaine, First Maid and Swordfast to Raidhen of Hol Cuchone. Another translation was done by Jain Charin, also known as Jain Farstrider. A much-disputed translation was done by the poet Kyera Termendal of Shiota between FY 700 and 800. Around 300 AB, another translation was done by Lord Mangore Kiramin, Sword-bard of Aramaelle and Warder to Caraighan Maconar. Ellaine Marise ’idin Allshin, Chief Librarian at the Court of Arafel, also did a translation of The Karaethon Cycle: The Prophecies of the Dragon in 231 NE.

Prophecies of the Dragon, Commentaries on the. Written by Jurith Dorine, Right Hand to the Queen of Almoren.

Prophecy, Jendai, the. See Jendai Prophecy, the

Prophecy of Rhuidean. Also known as the Aiel Prophecy, which spoke of the Car’a’carn, the chief of chiefs. It stated “The stone that never falls will fall to announce his coming. Born of the blood, but raised by those not of the blood. He shall spill out the blood of those who call themselves Aiel as water on sand, and he shall break them as dried twigs, yet the remnant of a remnant shall he save, and they shall live.” It also said that he would conquer under the ancient sign of Aes Sedai.

Prophet. Or, Prophet of the Lord Dragon. A man named Masema Dagar, a former Shienaran soldier who became an unauthorized, militant evangelist for the Dragon Reborn, and who had a large army to enforce his excesses. See Masema Dagar

Proska Flats. A rocky section of northern Saldaea.

Pujili. A region of Seanchan where Gamel Loune acquired his servant Mantual.

pump-wagons. Conveyances used to fight fires in Malden.

Pura. A woman whose real name was Ryma Galfrey. An Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah, she was captured by the Seanchan and made damane in High Lady Suroth’s service. She became a well-trained and obedient damane and spoke in the third person. See also Ryma Galfrey

Pylar. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah who was adept with weaves of Earth; she fought in the Last Battle with Egwene in Kandor.