The Wheel of Time Companion

Q

Qaim. A small Sea Folk island southwest of Ebou Dar in the Sea of Storms.

Qal. During the Age of Legends’ fall into the Shadow, a place where sha’je dueling was popular. Fought using osan’gar and aran’gar daggers tipped with poison, the duels typically resulted in both parties dying. Semirhage mentioned sha’je duels being fought there.

Qi. 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 Qi 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.

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

Qirat. The fifth-largest city in Seanchan.

Qual. See Qal

Quarry Road. A rock-strewn track in the Two Rivers. No one in the Two Rivers knew why it was called Quarry Road.

Queen’s Blessing, The. An inn located in Caemlyn. Its innkeeper was Basel Gill, and Lamgwin Dorn was the bouncer. Rand and Mat stayed there when they first went to Caemlyn, and it was where they met Loial; Mat and Thom were there when Mat tried to deliver a message from Elayne to Morgase. The inn closed after Basel left Caemlyn with Morgase.

Queen’s Bounty. Charitable distribution of food at the Royal Palace in Caemlyn. On High Days, the Queen gave it out with her own hands, and no one was ever turned away for any reason. No one needed to beg in Caemlyn. Even a person with a warrant against him or her could not be arrested while receiving the Queen’s Bounty.

Queen’s Crown mushroom. A flavorful type of mushroom.

Queen’s Glory in Radiance, The. An inn found in Ebou Dar. It was the grimiest inn that Mat had seen in the city, and it smelled of very old fish.

Queen’s Guards. See Andor

Queen’s Highway. A name sometimes used for the Caemlyn Road.

Queen’s Lance, The. An inn located in Kayacun, Saldaea. Nynaeve went there to drum up support for Lan as he rode for the Last Battle.

Queen’s Man, The. An inn found in a village two days from Four Kings. Mat and Rand stopped there planning to entertain for keep on the way to Caemlyn; Rand became feverish, and they bunked in the stable. Mili Skane attacked them there, and they were forced to flee, having learned that a Fade was coming.

Queen’s March. A horn call used to alert Andorans of danger.

Queen’s Walk. A street paved with stones in Caemlyn; it was kept well lit by Elayne.

Queen’s Writ. A code of laws that was supposed to apply to all of Andor. As Thom told Rand and Mat, on board the Spray, on their flight to Whitebridge: “If they mutiny, boy, they won’t leave passengers behind to tell the tale. The Queen’s Writ might not have much force this far from Caemlyn, but even a village mayor will do something about that.”

Questioners. A pejorative term for members of the Hand of the Light.

Quick. Bashere’s horse, a bay.

Quillin Tasil. The Andoran innkeeper of The Wind’s Favor in Bandar Eban. Tall and slender with an oval face, he wore a full gray beard. His dark hair was thinning. His Domani wife was one of the most accomplished silk merchants in the city; his daughter Namine was an Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah. Quillin had kept the accounts for his wife for twenty years and retired, very wealthy; he opened an inn which he kept immaculately clean, and he never hired gleemen or musicians. His wines were of very fine vintage. Cadsuane, who Quillin knew as Mistress Shore, went to him for information in Bandar Eban; he knew many things, and although she didn’t entirely trust him, she was fond of him.

Quintara, Tylin. See Tylin Quintara Mitsobar