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Caal, Mitsora. An Aes Sedai who lived at the time of the formation of the White Tower.

Caar al Thorin al Toren. King Aemon of Manetheren’s father, also known as Caar One-Hand. He went to win Aridhol back to the Second Covenant. Mordeth ordered the deaths of Caar and the embassy as Friends of the Dark. Caar escaped the dungeons of Aridhol and fled to the Borderlands with Mordeth’s unnatural assassins at his heels. He met Rhea there and married her. Rhea killed Caar, and then killed herself in front of his tomb. The armies of Manetheren came to avenge Caar but found the gates of Aridhol torn down and no living thing inside the walls.

Caban. A Seanchan soldier serving on Captain Egeanin’s vessel before the battle at Falme. He was the one who stayed on board the Spray while it went into harbor. He was in his middle years and dark-eyed, with an old scar above his eyes and another nicking his chin. He had nothing but contempt for anything on the east side of the Aryth Ocean. His voice had the same slur as Egeanin’s, but was leather rasping on rock. He wanted to talk about battles, drinking and women he had known. He put his sword to Domon’s throat when Domon asked about damane.

Cabriana Mecandes. A Tairen Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah with a strength level of 34(22). Born in 911 NE to a noble House, she went to the White Tower in 927 NE. After twelve years as a novice and seven years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 946 NE. She had blue eyes and long golden hair. Cabriana was born with the spark; when she began manifesting the ability to channel, she was shipped off to Tar Valon as the law required, though she went unwillingly. She was a quick learner who could have moved faster as a novice, had she not spent a good deal of time sulking over being sent to the Tower. She did not want to be Aes Sedai. She was taken by Semirhage and questioned and killed, along with her Warder. Halima went to Salidar, claiming to have been a traveling companion of Cabriana, and that Cabriana had died in a fall.

Caddar. An alias of Sammael when he met with Sevanna and the Shaido Wise Ones.

cadin’sor. The garb of Aiel warriors, consisting of coat and breeches in browns and grays that faded into rock or shadow, along with soft, laced knee-high boots. The word was Old Tongue for “working clothes,” though this was an imprecise translation.

Cadsuane Melaidhrin. An Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah, uncommitted to any contingent. Her strength level was 5(+8). She was born in 705 NE in the city-state of Far Madding. At the age of fifteen, she went to the White Tower. There she spent six years as a novice and five years as Accepted. She might have moved faster as novice and Accepted—in fact almost certainly should have—but she was noted for both her stubbornness and her pride (read “arrogance”). At age twenty-six, she was raised Aes Sedai and chose the Green Ajah.

Cadsuane was very strong in the One Power; for many years she served as the gauge by which every incoming novice was judged. Prior to Nynaeve’s appearance, in the last thousand years, no one had matched her and few had come close. Certainly no one in that time had exceeded her. Not even with her full strength yet, she was, on the very day she attained the shawl, at the pinnacle of the Aes Sedai social hierarchy.

She stood about 5'5" tall and was neither slender nor stout. She was not pretty, but she was strikingly handsome, with a fair complexion. She had dark eyes, which some people occasionally mistook for black, especially when she was focused on them in an unpleasant fashion. Her hair became iron-gray, and she wore it in a bun on top of her head; the bun was decorated with small dangling golden ornaments, stars and moons and birds and fish. These hair ornaments were considered something of a trademark because she had worn them for as long as anyone could remember. For many sisters, this was just one more indication of how set in her ways she was; they thought Cadsuane would never change, could never change. Of course, that was far from true; Cadsuane was remarkably adaptable, as befitted someone who had survived as long as she. In fact, of Cadsuane’s golden hair ornaments, one was an angreal, the other nine ter’angreal. She knew the uses of six of the nine ter’angreal. The ornaments were

1) A bird that looked a little like a shrike. It was an angreal, not very powerful, that stepped her up to the top male level of strength, thus considerably above any unaided woman.

2) Double crescent moons, facing one another and overlapping, were ter’angreal that functioned like Mat’s foxhead, causing flows directed at her to dissipate and also warning that someone close by had embraced the Power; it didn’t distinguish between saidin and saidar, though it worked on and warned of both.

3) A hummingbird. Ter’angreal which she called a Well; it was a “storage battery” with a small but significant amount of the Power. It needed periodic recharging after use, but it wouldn’t run down on its own no matter how long the lapse between uses.

4) An eight-pointed star with four long and four short wavy rays that detected the ability of a man to channel even if he wasn’t channeling, within a distance of thirty or forty paces. Of course, it didn’t identify which man inside that range could channel, only that there was one.

5) A bird that appeared to be a swallow. This detected the use of even very small amounts of saidin or saidar within as much as three miles, and if held by its chain, it would turn to point its beak in the direction of the use. (At Shadar Logoth this was not confused by the massive amounts of saidin and saidar being used close at hand because they canceled each other by virtue of their being combined; the ter’angreal spotted only pure saidin or pure saidar; it was made at a time when no one was combining the powers any longer and thus was deliberately made to detect only pure use, not combined use.)

6) A six-pointed star. When triggered, this ter’angreal laid a thin “armor” against the skin of the wearer. The “armor” was invisible except to whoever was wearing it. It would not only protect against the blow of a sword or knife, or a mace, it dissipated the force of the blow over the entire body, thus reducing it.

7) A sleek fish with sharp fins. This ter’angreal enabled the wearer to pull someone into an involuntary circle with her in “guiding the flows,” but it could only work if the other person had already embraced saidar or seized saidin.

8) A shadowed moon. A full disc, but with working on part to indicate a shadow leaving a brightly burnished crescent, its use was unknown.

9) A leaping fish that looked like a fat trout. Use unknown.

10) A carp. Use unknown.

Cadsuane was considered by many to be a second Caraighan, although unlike Caraighan, she always refused offices. She preferred the field, so to speak; adventures were her bag. She had been full of herself and her strength after receiving the shawl, but she had learned a lesson at the hands of a near-toothless wilder at a farm in the Black Hills, who taught her that there would always be others who were stronger, and that what must be endured, could be endured.

Cadsuane first refused to be raised a Sitter in 846 NE; she reportedly did so a second time as well, though even one refusal was unheard of, and she refused to be raised head of the Green Ajah in 862 NE, another thing that was unheard of. She was said to have vanished from the Tower for ten years (from roughly 890 to 900 NE) when she learned that the Hall intended to raise her Amyrlin after Sereille Bagand. About twenty-five years before the Aiel War, she retired to northern Ghealdan, but came out of retirement, with her two surviving Warders, for that conflict. Soon after the Aiel War ended, she returned to her rustication, and claimed to have been raising roses when Logain appeared. His appearance drew her out of retirement again, but she was not interested in escorting him to Tar Valon and decided to wander a bit. Then Mazrim Taim rose up, and she headed for Saldaea as fast as she could ride.

When Siuan Sanche and Moiraine Damodred had reason to research Cadsuane because of their encounter with her shortly after reaching the shawl, they found many stories regarding her. All of the ones that they were able to trace down turned out to be true, and in some cases the truth was more than the story. They were not able to follow or confirm all of the stories, of course. One of the most prevalent Cadsuane stories was that she had once physically assaulted an Amyrlin Seat. Since physically assaulting any sister was a serious offense—and an Amyrlin even more so—the fact that Cadsuane apparently escaped any punishment at all, and that the tale was vague about which Amyrlin it was supposed to be, made most everyone think this story was false. It wasn’t; it was the method Cadsuane used to turn Myriam Copan from a weak Amyrlin to a strong one in 758 NE. Myriam was thought to have gone on a two-month retreat by herself, but she had, in fact, been all but kidnapped by Cadsuane. Turning Myriam around involved, among other things, turning her upside down at least once. Although Myriam certainly had reason to keep the events of those two months secret (and was able to make a statement which seemed to deny that Cadsuane had assaulted her), it is the basis of the tale that Cadsuane once physically assaulted an Amyrlin.

Another story said that long ago she had removed a sitting king from his palace and taken him to Tar Valon to be gentled. In truth, Cadsuane had a nose for men who could channel. She faced more of them than any other sister living; she herself said more than any two Reds, maybe more than any ten. That seems to indicate at least twenty of them by that time, maybe more. She brought more of them to Tar Valon than any other sister. Of these, she never had to kill one. The men ranged over the years from farmboys to nobles to the King of Tarabon, but one and all, they made much better adjustments to their fate than was considered normal. They eventually died short of a normal span, but they lived considerably longer than usual. And that King of Tarabon? He had to be winkled out of his palace, avoiding his army, which sought to rescue him. She carried him all the way to Tar Valon for gentling by herself, though pursued by his soldiers who refused to believe that he was what he was.

It was also said that she kidnapped a king of Arad Doman and a queen of Saldaea. After she released them, a war that had seemed inevitable simply faded away. She did actually spank or switch three reigning kings and four queens, though the facts of these events are hidden in rumor.

Cadsuane is alleged to have once single-handedly stopped a coup in the White Tower. This did happen, though no one seemed to know or agree on when. The true story: Cadsuane and Sereille Bagand did not get on with each other. In fact, they could not stand one another. Each was the sort of woman who dominated a room—or for that matter, a city!—by simply entering, and they struck sparks at every meeting. Despite her dislike for Sereille, though, Cadsuane uncovered a plot to overthrow Sereille and crushed it. The plotters thought she would be eager to join them, but she dragged the weeping ringleaders to Sereille and made them throw themselves on Sereille’s rather small mercies. Sereille was not particularly pleased to have been saved—the plot was well laid out and ready to leap off—by one she so disliked.

Cadsuane had a reputation for standing White Tower custom on its head, twisting it as she chose, and even violating it outright, as in her frank speech about age, her direct questions and refusals to accept oblique answers, and her interference in the actions of other sisters. The same could be said of her regarding Tower law, for that matter. She had a reputation for taking direct action, even to the point of violence, slapping faces, boxing ears and more (especially when faced with what she considered stupidity), with those of high status as often as with low, or rather, more often. She also had a reputation for not caring whether she dented somebody’s pride, if she thought it necessary.

There were the usual tales expected of a Green, only more of them. Riots suppressed and wars stopped single-handedly; rulers steadied on their thrones, or pulled from them, sometimes toppled openly and sometimes more subtly (toppling rulers was something Aes Sedai had not really done much of in the last thousand years, but Cadsuane seemed in many ways a throwback); rescue of people carried into the Blight or kidnapped by dangerous bands of Darkfriends; the breaking up of murderous rings of Darkfriends plaguing villages; and the exposing of powerful Darkfriends who tried to kill her to protect themselves. There were dozens, even hundreds, of improbable and sometimes seemingly impossible tales.

Some of these were not so much tales about her as an impression, a belief: Cadsuane would do what she intended to do, and no one could stop her, not a king or a queen, not an Amyrlin—not even the Dark One himself, some claimed. And when Rand al’Thor rose to power as the Dragon Reborn, Cadsuane once again chose to take part in directing the events of the world.

Cadsuane had had many Warders over the years—it was said that she had had more Warders than most sisters had shoes—but during the time of the Dragon Reborn, she had none, saying it would be unfair to the Warders, given her age.

Cadsuane had a number of special skills and Talents, including being able to read residues. One of her great abilities was seeing what others missed. For example, she was suspicious of Rand “exiling” Perrin after their alleged argument; she was aware of Rand sending others on errands, but was unable to find out for what purpose. And of course she was the one who cottoned to the Rand-Moridin switch at the end of the Last Battle, and watched Rand ride away in Moridin’s body, not saying a thing to anyone.

Cadsuane confronted Rand on numerous occasions, sometimes humiliating him, with the purpose of humanizing him before the Last Battle began. She thought that if he reached Tarmon Gai’don as he was—or worse, farther down the road he was traveling—even his victory might have been as bad as the Dark One winning: “It is a mistake many men make, equating strength with hardness. All too often, hardness becomes brutality; they forget how to laugh except where anyone else would cry. They ignore pains of the heart as readily as pains of the flesh, and rip out even the memory of tears.” Part of her plan was to intrigue Rand, to fascinate him, by not being or doing what he expected. She wanted to keep him slightly off-balance. Of course, she could do this in large part just by being herself. Still, she pushed him just as hard as she thought necessary. Her secondary motivations were to stop Rand from destroying more than could be avoided before the Last Battle, and to keep Elaida and the rebels from destroying the White Tower.

Caembarin. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

Caemlyn. The capital of Andor. Built on rising hills, it had both an Inner City (the old city) and a New City (the part of Caemlyn less than two thousand years old). Known gates were the Whitebridge Gate leading west, the Far Madding Gate leading south, the Sunrise Gate leading east, and the Origan and Mondel Gates opening into the Inner City. The Royal Palace, the seat of the Andoran monarchy, was located on a hill in the middle of the Inner City. The pure white palace would not have been out of place among Tar Valon’s wonders, with its slender towers and its domes covered in gold leaf shining in the sun, its high balconies and intricate stonework. Low Caemlyn was a collection of markets and businesses outside the fifty-foot-high city walls. The city walls stretched more than 24 miles, and the area of the city was 53.82 miles. Caemlyn’s population before its destruction was approximately 300,000 people.

Caemlyn Gate. The northern gate of Far Madding.

Caemlyn Plain. An area located outside Caemlyn in Andor.

Caemlyn Road. A well-traveled road passing east-west through Andor and its capital.

Caeren, House. A major noble House of Andor. Its High Seat was Lord Nasin until his death shortly before Elayne became queen; he was replaced by his granddaughter Sylvase. Its sign was the Star and Sword. See also Nasin, Sylvase and Miedelle Caeren

cafar. A pestilent creature created by Aginor; finding a nest of cafar was very dangerous.

Caide, Jeaine. See Jeaine Caide

Caiden. A plumply pretty Domani Kinswoman who helped make a gateway for Elayne in Caemlyn.

Cail. One of Kin Tovere’s apprentice lensmakers in Cairhien. He helped set up large looking glasses on a tower before the battle for Cairhien.

Cain, Gaidal. See Gaidal Cain

Caira. A serving girl who worked in The Wandering Woman in Ebou Dar. She was slim, with smoky eyes and full lips, twisted her skirt from side to side, and wriggled like a stroked cat, giggled and had a certain smokiness in her voice. She offered Mat food in a way that suggested she was offering herself. When Birgitte came to see Mat, Caira was not pleased that he had “a gilded woman” waiting in his rooms. She was smacked by the cook, and blamed Mat for it.

Cairdin. An Aiel of the Moshaine sept of the Shaido Aiel and the Brothers of the Eagle warrior society. He went with Maeric and other clan members through the gateway formed by Sammael’s nar’baha and reported that they were near hostile forces.

Caire din Gelyn Running Wave. A Sea Folk Windfinder to Wavemistress Pelanna of Clan Kisagi with a strength level of 17(5). Caire was the mother of Talaan. Caire and Tebreille were sisters; they disliked one another intensely and had a more than simply a strong rivalry. At 5'6", Caire was slightly taller than her sister Tebreille; Tebreille’s face was somewhat sterner. They had the same big, almost black eyes, the same straight nose, the same strong chin. It was obvious looking at them that they were sisters. Caire was arrogant, overbearing, rigid and very demanding of those under her. There was no “if you please” about her; it was jump to it and right now, and put yourself on report for not jumping fast or far enough. She was also very good at what she did. Caire led the circle that used the Bowl of the Winds, given command over her sister Tebreille, which pleased her no end. She was given the command because she was the most learned among them concerning the ancient lore regarding the Bowl of the Winds. She went to Caemlyn with Elayne’s group and left Caemlyn with Zaida.

Cairen. A noblewoman who owned a fortress at the north end of Malden prior to the Shaido invasion. Cairen was a handsome dignified widow in her middle years who had ruled Malden and everything for twenty miles around. She was made gai’shain by the Shaido, and stayed behind in Malden to rebuild after they had been routed by Perrin’s armies.

Cairhien. A nation east of Andor, and its capital city. Its sigil was a many-rayed golden rising sun: the Rising Sun, or the Sun. Its banner was a many-rayed golden rising sun on a field of blue.

Cairhien was the name of both one of Hawkwing’s provinces and its capital city. In approximately FY 997, an alliance of nobles seized the city of Cairhien with the supposed intention of restoring the nation of Tova; however, there were factions among the allies with other agendas. A grand ball was held in the city to celebrate the supposed restoration of Tova, but at a given signal, every surviving descendant of the last rulers of Tova—the Tovan Counselors—and their supporters were set upon and slain. The following months saw a number of candidates for the throne assassinated, while others were discredited by means of Daes Dae’mar, already being played as, indeed, it had been played famously in Tova. Moves against Cairhien by other forces concentrated the minds of those holding the city, however, and before the end of the year they crowned Martaine Colmcille as the first King of Cairhien. The Aiel had granted Cairhien the right to travel the Silk Path, making them a highly successful trading nation. Good relations with the Aiel ended when Cairhien’s King Laman cut down Avendoraldera, which had been a gift from the Aiel, to make a throne that would enhance his prestige. The ensuing Aiel War destroyed much of Cairhien. A recovery came, but the assassination of King Galldrian in 998 NE led to rioting and civil war. Rand al’Thor made an effort to improve the situation, sending grain and nobles from Tear, but the Shaido Aiel crossed the Dragonwall and took Cairhien. They were eventually defeated. After Rand was kidnapped by Aes Sedai, Colavaere took the throne, but Rand returned and deposed her. Rand appointed Dobraine his steward in Cairhien, and he worked to restore order. Those who sought to rebel were unable to gain any traction and Elayne Trakand took the throne.

Commoners seldom rose to ranks of any significance in the Cairhienin military, except among the foot, which was largely despised compared to the favored and more numerous cavalry. Most officers came from the nobility.

The army of Cairhien in fact consisted of the personal levies of various lords and ladies. While an occasional Cairhienin lady would command and lead her own troops, the use of a Master of the Lances was more common among noblewomen in Cairhien than it was in Tear. Noblemen were expected to lead and command, whether or not they were fit to do so. Perhaps because of the way the Game of Houses was played in Cairhien, there was never a formation there resembling the Queen’s Guards in Andor or the Winged Guards in Mayene, since even a king or queen wanted the power to remain centered in their own House rather than the throne.

A bounty, called the King’s Gift, was given out by the King of Cairhien on various occasions, usually to influence public opinion, although it originally was meant for a helpful distribution. It could be given in times of shortage, when prices had been pushed very high, or at other times for other reasons. Galldrian gave the King’s Gift to keep the people quiet. Of course, if a queen ruled, the bounty was known as the Queen’s Gift.

Cairhienin played the Game of Houses in their sleep; they were considered players of great subtlety—at least, they considered themselves so, and most people who dealt with them agreed. They spoke volumes in every sentence.

Noble and common alike believed in like marrying like. That is to say, nobles married nobles and commoners married commoners. Anything else was considered bizarre if not obscene. Andorans were considered peculiar in the extreme because of their loose marriage customs.

There was a rigid division between noble and commoner in Cairhien, and among commoners, rigid divisions between wealthy merchants and bankers (for an upper middle class, so to speak), craftsfolk, shopkeepers and farmers (middle class), and laborers, wagon drivers, dockworkers and the like (the lower classes). Even a poor farmer would considers himself or herself to be “middle class” and thus above a common laborer, and considered a wagon driver or dockworker to be only a hair better than a beggar.

The city of Cairhien, known to its residents simply as “the City,” lay across hills against the Alguenya. It was laid out in a precise grid behind high gray walls in a square, one wall against the river. Towers as much as twenty times the height of the wall, in just as precise a pattern, rose inside the walls, though some were not completely rebuilt after the Aiel War. The city gates were tall, square archways; just inside were squat stone buildings with iron-bound doors and arrowslits where strangers were required to register. Paved streets wide enough to make the people in them seem small crossed at right angles. Hills were carved and terraced with stone. Inside the city, the buildings were all stone with ornamentation all of straight lines and sharp angles. Even shops seemed subdued, with small signs. The Royal Palace of Cairhien occupied the highest hill of the city, exactly in the center.

The Foregate once surrounded the city from riverbank to riverbank. A maze and warren of streets crisscrossing at all angles, it was full of hawkers, peddlers, shopkeepers, barbers, all calling their wares and services. The streets were dirt, and peoples’ clothes were often shabby, but colorful and a mix of clothes from every land. Most buildings here were made of wood; some were seven stories high and swayed slightly. There were many theaters and a constant carnival atmosphere. The Foregate was burned during the siege by the Shaido.

An Illuminator’s chapter house lay not far outside the walls, to the north, until it was destroyed.

Until King Laman cut down Avendoraldera, Cairhien had a land-trade monopoly on silk, brought from Shara along the Silk Path across the Aiel Waste. Cairhien was also known for cheese, producing over one hundred kinds. The nation produced clocks that were among the finest in the world. It was also well known for mirrors and looking glasses, blown glass, rugs, books, wine, linens and lace. Cairhien grew olives and produced olive oil for cooking and lamps.

The Academy of Cairhien was a center of learning and invention established in Lord Barthanes’ palace in the city of Cairhien. Its headmistress was Idrien Tarsin.

Cairhienin. Of Cairhien, both singular and plural.

Cairlyn Nesolle. An Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 22(10). She was born in 936 NE and went to the White Tower in 952 NE. She spent ten years as a novice and ten years as Accepted, and was raised to the shawl in 972 NE. Assigned to the party sent to kidnap Rand, she was captured at Dumai’s Wells and treated as da’tsang by the Aiel. Under Verin’s Compulsion, she found reason to swear oath to Rand and had done so before Cadsuane departed Cairhien for Far Madding.

Caisen Hob. The name for Old Hob, or the Dark One, in Shandalle, the place of Artur Hawkwing’s birth.

Cal. A footman in Aesdaishar Palace, Chachin, Kandor. Siuan, as Suki the maid, met with him and tried to canoodle information out of him about Lady Ines Demain. She told him that she had been fired by Moiraine, and he offered to help her get a job with Lady Ines.

Caldazar. The Old Tongue for “Red Eagle.” When Rand was about to meet the Amyrlin for the first time, Lan pinned the red eagle on him, which Rand thought of as Caldazar, the Red Eagle of Manetheren. He wore the pin again later, in an effort to hang on to a part of himself.

Calder, Mistress. A woman in Emond’s Field. Her house survived the Trolloc attack on Winternight, and she housed other people who lost their homes.

Caldevwin, Aldrin. See Aldrin Caldevwin

Caldin. A Goshien Aiel and a member of the Hama N’dore (Mountain Dancer) warrior society. Caldin was graying and leathery; he led the group of Hama N’dore who accompanied Rand as an escort to see the Saldaean horse display outside Caemlyn. On the way back to the city, they were attacked by Whitecloaks.

Calian the Chooser. A Hero of the Horn who wore a red mask. She was the sister of Shivan the Hunter. Having been born again shortly before the Last Battle, she and her brother did not participate as Heroes of the Horn.

Calindin. A Taraboner Accepted among the rebel contingent, with a potential strength level of 31(19). Born in 960 NE, she went to the White Tower in 977 NE. After twelve years as a novice, she was raised Accepted in 989 NE. In Salidar she shared a house with Nynaeve and Elayne. She had to struggle for everything she learned, but she easily entered the circle led by Anaiya the night the bubble of evil struck.

Calison. A member of the Queen’s Guard. He brought word to Kaila of the Queen’s Guard of an intruder at the Plum Gate of the Royal Palace in Caemlyn.

Callandor. A male sa’angreal that was also known as The Sword That Is Not a Sword, the Sword That Cannot Be Touched. According to the Prophecies of the Dragon, one of the major signs of the Dragon’s Rebirth and the approach of Tarmon Gai’don would be the Dragon Reborn taking Callandor. Constructed during the War of Power, toward the end of the technological age, it was considered one of the most powerful devices ever made in the Age of Legends. A manufacturing flaw was discovered when it was used during the War of Power; it lacked a buffer, which made it possible to draw too much of the One Power while using the item. It was housed in the Stone of Tear until Rand removed it; he later replaced it. Narishma fetched it for Rand, and Rand used it against the Seanchan, in the process killing some of his own men. At the cleansing of the taint, Jahar Narishma, in a circle with Merise and Elza, used Callandor in defense against the Forsaken. Cadsuane took it to retired sisters she trusted for more study. Rand retrieved it, and used it to great effect in the Last Battle, subduing the Dark One and resealing him by forging a shield on the Bore from the True and One Powers, channeled through Callandor.

callbox. A small gray cube that Sammael, posing as Caddar, gave to Sevanna to summon him.

Calle Coplin. A roundheels from Emond’s Field. As many merchant guards knew her birthmark as knew her face. Faile chased her away with a stick when she flirted with Perrin.

Callie. A Wise Woman in Ebou Dar. She was put out of the Tower in 995 NE and tried to take a ter’angreal with her. She also tried to find out other novices’ secrets. She was captured by Ispan and Falion, questioned about a stash of objects of the One Power and murdered.

Callswell, Lord. A Domani lord to whom Ramshalan boasted he could manipulate Rand.

calma. A ruffled, tall shrub having big red or white blossoms.

Calpene Peninsula. A peninsula on the west side of Tanchico in Tarabon, one of the three peninsulas on Tanchico Bay.

Calwyn Sutoma. An Ebou Dari bellfounder. Cadaverous, with long black hair, he had a commission from Suroth.

Camaelaine, Marithelle. See Marithelle Camaelaine

Camaille Nolaisen. A young Cairhienin member of Cha Faile and Barmanes’ sister. She was about 5'2" tall, with dark eyes, dark hair worn in a long, mannish cut and tied back at the nape of the neck with a dark ribbon. She was one of those who kept some feminine touches even in men’s clothing. Faile considered that Camaille and Arrela had the quickest minds in the bunch, though Parelean and Selande were brighter. She was not one of those sent into Bethal.

Camar. A man of the Bent Peak sept of the Daryne Aiel, and a leader of Seia Doon. Rangy, gray-haired and half a head taller than Rand, he led a contingent of two hundred Seia Doon on Rand’s visit to the Sea Folk.

Cambral, Naorisa. An Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah. She was chosen to replace Delana in the rebel Hall of the Tower.

Caminelle, Sheraine. See Sheraine Caminelle

camp fever. A fever that hawkers claimed could be cured with an ointment they were selling.

Camrin, Master. An Altaran lacquerware merchant who played a long-popular dice game called Match, a version of Piri, in The White Ring, an inn in Maderin, Altara.

Camron Caan. A fortress in Shienar. Camron Caan was one of the armies that was going to join Agelmar at the battle at Tarwin’s Gap while Rand went to see the Green Man.

Can Breat, the. A place name used in an expression to indicate an impossible alternative: “or I’ll be buried in ___.”

Canaire’somelle. An Ogier-built city in Jaramide, one of the Ten Nations after the Breaking.

Candeiar. A member of the Children of the Light who acted as a healer. He tended to Galad’s injuries.

Candraed, Danine. See Danine Candraed

Candwin clan. A family from Two Rivers. See Ailys, Darea and Eward Candwin

Canford, Adine. See Adine Canford

Caniedrin. A Kandori soldier who was in Lan’s company at the end of the Aiel War. Though young, he was an efficient and experienced soldier, an archer of rare skill, a cheerful killer who often laughed while he fought. He was paid ten Cairhien gold crowns to kill Moiraine and Lan. He was told to kill her first, but he shot Lan, allowing Moiraine to block further arrows and tie him up in Air. Ryne and Bukama each hit him with an arrow, and he died.

Canin. The captain of the Darter on the River Erinin. Egwene, Nynaeve and Elayne boarded his ship in Jurene and traveled on it to Tear.

Canler, Taril. See Taril Canler

Canluum. A city of hills in Kandor. High gray walls surrounded the town. A drymoat surrounded Canluum’s wall, fifty paces wide and ten deep, spanned by five broad stone bridges with towers at either end as tall as those that lined the wall itself. The Red Stag of Lord Marcasiev waved above every tower. Canluum was made of stone and brick, its paved streets twisting around tall hills. Marcasiev’s palace sat on the highest hill in the city, Stag’s Stand. Gemstones mined in the surrounding hills made Canluum wealthy. And, strangely enough, Canluum had some of the finest clockmakers anywhere. The streets teemed with activity. No palaces rose in the hollows toward the north wall, only shops and taverns, inns and stables and wagon yards. Bustle surrounded the factors’ long warehouses, but no carriages came to the Deeps, and most streets were barely wide enough for carts. They were just as jammed with people as the wide ways, though, and every bit as noisy. Here, the inns were slate-roofed cubes of gray stone with bright signs out front. Bukama and Lan, having been in the south fighting the Aiel, were on their way north again to the Blight, and stopped over in Canluum. Lan was attacked by six men here, whom he killed. Still looking for the mother of the Dragon Reborn, Moiraine went to Canluum to interview Jurine Najima. At her inn, Moiraine ran across Merean, Larelle and Cadsuane. The latter ordered the other two to accompany Moiraine to Chachin, and Moiraine slipped away. While still in Canluum, Moiraine made contact with Siuan, and learned from her that all the sisters who had been hunting for the Dragon Reborn were dead.

Cantoine, Stedding. A stedding located just north of the River Iralell.

Cantorin. One of the Aile Somera, a chain of Sea Folk islands west of Toman Head. It was also the name of the main harbor on the island. Suroth consolidated the Seanchan forces there after their defeat at Falme. Sailmistress Coine told Nynaeve that it was one of her destinations.

Canvele. A Lord Captain of the Children of the Light. After Niall’s death, he sided with Asunawa, believing that Morgase should be given to the Questioners because the law must be obeyed. But Valda wanted Morgase kept alive until she turned Andor over to the Whitecloaks. In a show of strength, Valda brought half a legion into the Fortress of the Light, and Canvele switched his allegiance to Valda.

capar. An animal resembling a large, hairy boar with a pointed snout and toes with claws. It came from the Aiel Waste.

Captain-General. 1) The name for the head of the Green Ajah in the White Tower. At the time of the Tower split, Adelorna Bastine held this position in the White Tower and Myrelle Berengari held it among the rebels. 2) The head of the Queen’s Guards in Caemlyn. This position was held for many years by Gareth Bryne; Rahvin took his place, and Birgitte Trahelion followed him. 3) A Seanchan officer rank, highest in the Ever Victorious Army except for the Marshal-General, the leader in wartime. A Captain-General commanded a Great Legion, made of a variable number of legions, and wore five thin plumes. It was the rank held by Kennar Miraj. 4) A rank in the Band of the Red Hand.

Captain of the Air. Also known as Air-Captain, the rank of the commanding general of an army’s or a Great Legion’s fliers. It was a temporary rank given to a Lieutenant-General or Banner-General of the Air.

Captain of the Gold. The rank of a Seanchan who commanded a fleet of ships. A Captain of the Gold wore three golden plumes and ranked with a Captain-General.

Captain of the Green. The rank of a Seanchan who commanded a greatship or a small squadron of ships. A Captain of the Green wore three green plumes and ranked with a Banner-General.

Captain of the Lance. Also known as Lance-Captain, it was the Seanchan rank of the commanding general of an army’s or Great Legion’s cavalry. It was a temporary rank given to a Lieutenant-General or Banner-General.

Captain of the Seas. A Seanchan temporary rank given to a Captain of the Gold. The Captain of the Seas was in command of combined fleets and ranked with a Marshal-General.

Captain of the Silver. The rank of a Seanchan who commanded a large squadron. A Captain of the Silver wore three white plumes and ranked with a Lieutenant-General.

Captain of the Spear. Also known as Spear-Captain, it was the Seanchan rank of the commanding general of an army’s or Great Legion’s infantry. It was a temporary rank given to a Lieutenant-General or Banner-General.

Car’a’carn. An Aiel title meaning “chief of chiefs.” According to the Prophecy of Rhuidean, the Car’a’carn would be born of a Maiden and come with the dawn from Rhuidean to unite the Aiel and destroy them, all but a remnant of a remnant. The Car’a’carn would be marked with red and gold dragons on both arms. He was not the equivalent of a king, but was more of a first among equals.

Cara. An Andoran maid serving Tairen Lady Alteima while Alteima was in Caemlyn.

Carahuin. An Aiel Maiden of the Spear with flaxen hair, sapphire blue eyes and a rough sense of humor. After Dumai’s Wells, she sent a naked Shaido woman, a gai’shain, ostensibly to ask whether Perrin wanted water, but actually to see if he would react to the gai’shain’s nudity.

Carai an Caldazar! Al Caldazar! Ancient battle cries of Manetheren meaning “For the honor of the Red Eagle! For the Red Eagle!”

Carai an Ellisande! An ancient battle cry of Manetheren meaning “For the honor of the Rose of the Sun!”

Caraighan Maconar. An Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah with a strength level of 3(+10), born circa 212 AB. She was legendary, the heroine of a hundred adventures and exploits that even some Aes Sedai considered improbable despite their inclusion in the records of the White Tower. She supposedly single-handedly put down a rebellion in Mosadorin and quelled the Comaidin Riots at a time when she had no Warders. She once brought a man who could channel nearly two thousand miles to the Tower by herself; that man intended to proclaim himself the Dragon Reborn and was very strong. She had to sneak up on him when he was already wary (he had killed her two Warders), shield him while he was asleep and struggle to keep him shielded the whole way to Tar Valon. She was considered by the Green Ajah to be the archetype of a Green sister.

Caralain. One of the twenty-four nations wrung from Artur Hawkwing’s empire during the War of the Hundred Years. It weakened thereafter, and the last traces vanished around 500 NE.

Caralain Grass. The grassy plain north of Andor and south of the Black Hills.

Caralin. Lord Bryne’s estate manager. She was slim, about the same age as Bryne, and had sharp dark eyes. When he returned home after having been dismissed by Morgase, Caralin introduced a succession of pretty farmgirls into the manor to make the Lord’s bed, all eager to comfort him in any other way he might desire as well. She wanted Leane brought back for that very purpose, thinking there would be nothing like a young Domani woman to pull him out of his funk.

Caraline Damodred. A Cairhienin noblewoman, High Seat of her House and cousin to Moiraine, to whom she bore a remarkable physical resemblance. Her voice was distinctly different, though—low, husky and sultry. She was about 5'3" tall, and slender, with large dark eyes and dark hair in waves to her shoulders. She was Barthanes’ heir and one of the leaders of the rebellion against Rand. Rand and Min met her as they approached the rebel camp; Min viewed her as fated to marry Lord Darlin. She and Darlin escaped the bubble of evil with Rand and Cadsuane; Cadsuane held them as “guests,” but Dobraine freed them. They went to Tear, where they reached an accommodation with Rand. She was willing to accept Elayne as queen of Cairhien.

Carand. A powerful noble House in Andor; Lady Aemlyn, wife of Culhan, was its High Seat. Its sign was the Arrows. See also Aemlyn and Culhan Carand

cards. There were five suits in the deck: Cups, Rods, Coins, Winds and Flames. The ruler was high, the fool low, in each suit. Who was depicted as what in each suit depended on the country. In the Tairen deck, a High Lord was the Ruler of Cups, the highest suit, while the King of Illian was the Fool of Flames, the lowest. Allied or friendly rulers of countries were generally Rulers of the various other suits. In a Tairen deck, the First of Mayene was sometimes the Ruler of Flames, sometimes the Fool of Cups, and sometimes her face was on both. In every country except Amadicia, the Amyrlin Seat was one of the rulers; there she was the Fool of Flames. There were ten numbered cards—the numbers usually represented only by the number of symbols on them—in each suit, making a total of twelve cards to a suit and sixty cards in the deck. The cards were made of stiff paper, sometimes varnished.

Careane Fransi. A Domani Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah publicly and of the Black Ajah in truth. She was part of the rebel contingent; her strength level was 27(15). Born in 910 NE, she went to the White Tower in 926 NE. After twelve years as a novice and eleven years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 949 NE. Her Warders were Venr Kosaan, Tavan Shandare and Cieryl Arjuna; only Venr was a Darkfriend. She was 5'5½" tall, and bulky, though she was muscular rather than stout. She had coppery skin, dark hair and dark eyes. Careane was sent to Ebou Dar as part of the rebel embassy to Tylin; there, she served as the Seat of Pardon at Elayne’s trial for approaching the Kin. She went from Ebou Dar to the Kin’s farm with Elayne, and then traveled with her to Caemlyn. Careane accompanied Elayne to Full Moon Street in the search for members of the Black Ajah, and when Elayne’s group was captured, Marillin identified Careane as Black Ajah. Vandene then stabbed and killed Careane before being killed by Chesmal.

Caredwain, Mother. A healer in Tremonsien, Cairhien.

Careen. An Aiel Maiden of the Spear. She was one of the Maidens guarding Rand in the Stone of Tear. After his fight with his mirror images, Careen went to bring Moiraine to him.

Carel, Anaiya. See Anaiya Carel

Carelle. A Wise One of the Daryne Aiel with the ability to channel and a strength level of 18(6). She had fiery red hair, a freckled face and piercing blue eyes, and was about 5'9" tall. She appeared to be about the same age as Perrin, but was in fact fifteen years or more older. She looked as if she ought to have had a temper, but seemed to be very mild-mannered—for a Wise One, anyway. Carelle and other Wise Ones were sent with Perrin to Ghealdan, to keep an eye on Seonid and Masuri; she watched Seonid in particular. She went to battle against the Shaido at Malden. Carelle assisted in the forging of Perrin’s Power-wrought hammer, Mah’alleinir.

Careme Mowly. The Murandian mother of the girl Ellya, who was identified in a census of newborns being conducted by Accepted under Tamra’s orders in the search for the Dragon Reborn.

Caren Endelle. An Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 37(25). She was part of the expedition to kidnap Rand; she escaped with Covarla.

Carenna. An Aes Sedai of the rebel contingent. She went to the White Tower at age seventeen, spent thirteen years as a novice and eleven years as Accepted, and was raised to the shawl at forty-one. Upon learning of the eavesdropping weave that Nynaeve had from Moghedien, Carenna said it made her think of how to adapt it for another supposedly new weave, which turned out to be a way to talk to someone two or more miles away. With inverted weaves, that weave was very secure. Elayne was suspicious of how quickly she came up with this.

Caressing the Child. A weave used by Aiel Wise Ones to determine the health of a pregnant woman and her fetus. While being used, the weave also had the ability to cure minor problems.

Carewin Damodred. Moiraine’s great-grandmother and a queen of Cairhien. She ruled for more than fifty years; in her reign, Cairhien grew rich and fought few wars. She was not a nice woman, though; many years later her name was still used to frighten children.

Cargomaster. An individual who worked with the Sailmistress aboard an Atha’an Miere ship, managing trade and defense. He wore three earrings in each ear. The Cargomaster was sometimes married to the Sailmistress.

Cariandre Temalien. A Ghealdanin Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 35(23). She was born in 932 NE, the daughter of a shoemaker, and went to the White Tower in 947 NE. After thirteen years as a novice and twelve years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 972 NE. Plump, full-bosomed and 5'5" tall, she was good-looking, though not a beauty. She had dark eyes and dark hair which she wore cut rather short, exposing most of her ears. Her complexion was quite pale. She cultivated a cool, reserved air—the sort of attitude she imagined a noblewoman would have—but she possessed a temper which sometimes got her into trouble. She snapped at people she shouldn’t have, such as sisters who stood above her, and when angry said things better left unsaid. Cariandre was raised Aes Sedai after Moiraine and Siuan were entered as novices, and she had some jealousy of their potential, and later of their swift rise. Cariandre took part in the male channeler pogrom, sometimes called “the great work” by very hardcore Reds, but her enthusiasm waned quickly. It had seemed a great idea at first, but then she found herself killing men, and even boys, on suspicion. Increasingly, she hung back and did nothing she could avoid. She did as she was told, however. She was one of Mattin Stepaneos’ frequent escorts in the Tower, and also stood watch on Egwene.

Carilo. A Warder attached to one of the Aes Sedai who kidnapped Rand. He guarded the tent where Min was held captive.

Carin, Mistress. A dark and grim-faced serving woman in the Tarasin Palace in Ebou Dar, short of her middle years. She wore a marriage knife. Mat was handed over to her when he visited the Tarasin Palace by the front door. She was the third of seven servants that Mat encountered in that visit, each one a little older and more senior than the one before.

Carivin, Boreane. See Boreane Carivin

Carleon. A High Lord of Tear. He had graying hair, a pointed beard and a thick body. Self-effacing around Rand, he was part of the group that Rand chastised for not obeying his orders to lower taxes, deal with Mayene and ship grain to Illian. He thought that there were too many farmers, because the granaries held more grain than needed—Cairhien was no longer buying grain from them, being temporarily engaged in civil war. Rand was frustrated with Carleon’s and others’ ignorance of how farming and agricultural commerce were conducted. Carleon was Alteima’s lover, and Thom forged a compromising note to be found by her husband Tedosian. Carleon was killed by Tedosian, in what was said to be a hunting accident.

Carlin. Perrin’s uncle, the husband of Neain, who died before Perrin left Emond’s Field with Moiraine.

Carlinya Sorevin. A Kandori Aes Sedai of the White Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 15(3). Born in 954 NE, she went to the White Tower in 969 NE. After five years as a novice and five years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 979 NE. Carlinya had no Warder. She was 5'5" tall, with pale skin, dark hair and brown eyes. She was of moderate build, neither slender nor stout. After her hair was burned in a nightmare in Tel’aran’rhiod, she wore it cut short.

Carlinya had a cold manner. As a novice and Accepted, she committed a minor offense once a month in an effort to convince her fellows that she was not a prig. She was very strong in logic, but weak in common sense.

Carlinya was a member of Sheriam’s council in Salidar, which ran everything until the selection of a rebel Hall of the Tower and the ascension of Lelaine and Romanda removed the council’s power, if not entirely its influence. Egwene used her knowledge of the ferrets who had been sent to the White Tower by the council without the knowledge of the Hall (because of fear that some of the rebel Hall might be Black Ajah) as leverage to make Carlinya swear personal fealty to her.

Carlinya was killed in Tel’aran’rhiod at the White Tower by the forces of the Shadow.

Carlomin. A young Tairen nobleman, tall and slender, with a dark, luxuriant pointed beard. He had a sardonic humor, smoked a pipe and with others played cards with Mat in the Stone, becoming frightened when Mat’s cards came to life and attacked him. He later joined Mat’s Band of the Red Hand and became an officer leading the Fourth Squadron, which was known as Carlomin’s Leopards.

Carlomin’s Leopards. The informal name of the Fourth Squadron of Mat’s Band of the Red Hand.

Carlon Belcelona. A Tairen member of Cha Faile. He had a long nose and a narrow chin. Perrin thought he probably regretted shaving his beard, which the Tairens in the group did to emulate the Aiel.

Carlya. Elaida’s maid.

Carlys Ankerin. An Andoran noblewoman and High Seat of her lesser House. She had curly gray hair, an open face and a devious mind. Carlys opposed Morgase and was pardoned for it afterward. She was one of Gaebril’s sycophants and loyal to Elenia Sarand when Elenia declared for the Lion Throne. Her sign was paired white leopards.

Carmera. A place where Carridin’s sister Vanora lived; she liked to ride in a forest nearby.

Carn. One of Bayle Domon’s crewmen on the Spray. Yarin, whose room had been broken into, reported Carn dead, having been worked over with knives in Illian. This was about the time Domon had accepted money and a sealed parchment from Cairhienin men in Illian; the sealed parchment was a signed death warrant from King Galldrian.

carneira. The term for a Malkieri’s first lover.

Carnel, Aravine. See Aravine Carnel

Carniele Emares. A Tairen Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 22(10). She was 5'6½" tall, with a medium build. She had a fair complexion for a Tairen, blue eyes and black hair. Carniele was part of the Black Tower expedition under Toveine Gazal and was captured and bonded by an Asha’man. After Toveine was roughed up by the other sisters, who blamed her for their capture, Logain had Carniele Heal Toveine’s welts and bruises.

Carney. The captain of the Bluewing, the ship young Moiraine took passage on when sneaking out of Tar Valon.

Carpan girls. Females from an earlier Age who were apparently noted for their impulsivity and lack of common sense. Birgitte referred to them in an expression directed at Nynaeve, who had run ahead impulsively when they left Valan Luca’s show: “women who rushed off like Carpan girls leaping from a river cliff.”

Carridin, Dealda. Jaichim Carridin’s youngest sister. She was taken from her bridal feast by a Myrddraal to punish Jaichim for his failures.

Carridin, Jaichim. See Jaichim Carridin

Carridin, Vanora. See Vanora Carridin

Cary, River. A river flowing south between Four Kings and Caemlyn, through Carysford and into the River Manetherendrelle.

Caryla, Mistress. An alias used by Elayne while traveling between Cairhien and Tear, aboard the Darter.

Carysford. A village in Andor on the River Cary, halfway between Market Sheran and Caemlyn on the Caemlyn Road, two days from Caemlyn. Carysford had neat, vine-covered brick houses and narrow lanes, except for the Caemlyn Road itself, and was quiet and outwardly peaceful. The River Cary was a bare thirty paces wide there. The ford had long ago been bridged over, and its stone abutments were well worn, as were the wooden planks of the bridge. Rand and Mat passed through the village on their way to Caemlyn.

Casalain, Endara. Artur Hawkwing’s governor in the province of Andor. Her daughter Ishara was the first queen of Andor.

Casban, Galina. See Galina Casban

Caseille Raskovni. An Arafellin woman who was a merchant’s guard for nearly twenty years, which made her a rarity of rarities. She was about 5'6" tall, with dark eyes, a narrow face and dark hair cut off above the shoulder and tied back with a black ribbon. She had rather mannish mannerisms, and a brisk way of talking; she seemed tightly coiled. She was not young, but was as lean and hard as any Maiden. Caseille’s accents were not those of a cultured or educated woman, but they were brisk and no-nonsense.

She became an under-lieutenant in the Queen’s Guards and part of Elayne’s female bodyguard. She was reticent about her past; Birgitte thought she was a natural bannerman, though Elayne wanted her to command, saying a bannerman could handle twenty or so, the number she hoped to hold the bodyguard to. When Doilin Mellar (aka Daved Hanlon) was named captain, Caseille was appointed his second. She later became a lieutenant, with two knots of rank.

Casolan, Salindi. An Aes Sedai Sitter who lived at the time of the formation of the White Tower.

Cassin. A Goshien Aiel of the Aethan Dor warrior society with yellow hair who stood an inch taller than Rand. He guarded Rand in Caemlyn and was with him when Rand went to meet Elder Haman, Covril and Erith.

Cassin, Romanda. See Romanda Cassin

Cat Dancer. Lan’s horse at the time he met Moiraine.

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

Catala Lucanvalle. An Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 197 to 223 NE. Catala was strong, though not as strong as her predecessor; she was, however, even more arrogant. Catala did not die while Amyrlin, though this was put about; she resigned, supposedly of her own free will, and went into retirement. This was the result of one of those rebellions buried in the Tower’s secret histories. Approximately half the Hall was forced to follow Catala into retirement, though not all of them were kept under guard. Catala was guarded until she died in 250 NE.

Catalyn Haevin. A young Andoran who was High Seat of House Haevin. Her House sign was the Blue Bear. She was born circa 985 NE. She had dark eyes, plump cheeks and a cool face, and was one of four young nobles Dyelin brought to help Elayne win the throne. The others were Perival Mantear, Branlet Gilyard and Conail Northan. Her contingent, twelve hundred men, was the largest by far among the four, which totaled over three thousand men, mainly crossbowmen and halberdmen. Though she had a good mind, Catalyn’s abrasive manners dissuaded most people from wanting to spend much time with her. Dyelin took her under her wing; Catalyn started showing respect but a certain amount of wariness toward Dyelin after she began sharing a bed with her and Sergase. She was fascinated by Aviendha and wanted to be taught to use a spear.

Catelar, Clan. One of the Atha’an Miere clans.

catfern. An acrid herbal concoction that was administered to those who lied. It was powdered for use in tea with powdered mavinsleaf. When the powder was boiled in water, it produced a sickly, green liquid.

Cathal Devore. A Ghealdanin Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 17(5). Born in 942 NE, she went to the White Tower in 957 NE. After nine years as a novice and eight years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 974 NE. She had a Cairhienin Warder, a man in his forties who was only 5'8" tall, though muscular and wide in the shoulders for his height. He looked after her when she was absentminded with an amused sort of affection, like a brother. On the surface Cathal seemed rather shy and retiring, as dreamy as any Brown—somewhat diffident, at least for an Aes Sedai. She often seemed easily startled, as if pulled from a waking dream.

Cathal was tall for a woman at about 5'9" to 5'10", and she was lanky and bony in build. She was awkward, physically, often dropping things. She had dark brown hair that she wore drawn back with combs, and hazel eyes. She blinked a great deal, as if she could not understand. In fact, she was a keen observer with an analytical mind—at least, when she had a reason to be interested in what was going on—and not nearly so retiring and half-asleep as she seemed. She could recall every word she heard, word for word, even after a considerable time, a gift useful mainly when she could not take notes right away. She was a historian, with possibly as wide a knowledge of false Dragons as anyone living at the time, perhaps wider than anyone else.

Cathal was raised Accepted the year before Elaida came to the Tower, and she watched Elaida rise through novice and Accepted to become Aes Sedai a year ahead of her. She had no jealousy of Elaida’s advancement, or not a great deal, but she disliked her personally; on the other hand, she was somewhat in awe of Elaida and, in a way, afraid of her. Cathal was Accepted over Moiraine and Siuan from their arrival late in 972 NE until she was raised Aes Sedai in 974 NE. She took pride in their quick advancement, because she did part of their training. She was uncertain about Siuan being raised Amyrlin so young, but she supposed the Hall must know what it was doing. Her uncertainty was well known, however. Unlike many Browns, though, she paid close attention to political matters, and felt that the deposing of Siuan clearly amounted to a coup. She was part of the rebel fifth column (aka ferrets) sent by Sheriam’s council in Salidar to infiltrate the White Tower. Like all of the sisters chosen for the ferrets, Cathal was out of the White Tower when Siuan was deposed and the Tower broken, so there was no flight to arouse any suspicions toward her. Apparently, she had simply returned in answer to Elaida’s summons. Cathal was coopted by Seaine and Pevara to aid in their search for the Black Ajah.

Catlynde Artein. An Aes Sedai Sitter who lived at the time of the formation of the White Tower.

Catrelle Mosenain. An ironmonger’s daughter from Maerone whom Daved Hanlon murdered and threw down a well after she disclosed that he had impregnated her.

Catrine. A serving girl at The Nine Rings in Tremonsien. She dropped a lamp when Captain Caldevwin asked Selene her name, afterward speaking of a sudden twinge in her arm.

Catrona. A Seanchan sul’dam with Tuon, black-skinned and pretty, though her face was normally stern. She held Mylen’s leash. She could smile for a damane that pleased her, though, and she wasn’t cruel or harsh in behavior. As part of Karede’s group she searched for Tuon when she was missing. When Min went to the Seanchan camp during the Last Battle, Catrona led her to Tuon.

Causeway, Altara. A wide, packed dirt road leading from Illian to roads reaching Altara and Murandy. It lay on the other side of the River Manetherendrelle and was reached by ferry.

Causeway, Maredo. A wide, packed-dirt road that led two miles north out of Illian through the marshes that surrounded the city. The road continued in an easterly direction toward Tear.

Causeway of the Northern Star. A wide, packed-dirt road, broken by flat stone bridges, that led directly north from Illian through the marshes that surrounded the city.

Cauthon clan. A family in Emond’s Field. See Abell, Bodewhin, Eldrin, Matrim and Natti Cauthon

Cavan Lopar. The rotund innkeeper of The White Crescent in Tear. He suggested that Mat take Thom to Mother Guenna for his cough.

Cavandra. An Aes Sedai of the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 31(19). She was advisor to Queen Tylin in Ebou Dar, and had been so to Tylin’s father when he was king. She had limited influence, since she had been advisor to a minor throne for so long. She returned to the White Tower upon receiving Elaida’s summons following the schism there.

Ceandevin, Merilille. See Merilille Ceandevin

Cedora. Reanne Corly’s serving woman at the Kin house in Ebou Dar. She had graying hair, a square jaw, shoulders like a blacksmith and a steely eye.

Ceiline Noreman. The wife of a trader killed in Canluum, Kandor. The trader had been guarded by Ryne Venamar.

Cein. The wife of Thom Merrilin’s nephew, Owyn.

Celebrain. A Guardswoman in Elayne’s bodyguard who accepted a suicide mission to protect Elayne when Demandred announced his intent to hunt Elayne on the Field of Merrilor in the Last Battle. Birgitte rode off with Elayne in one direction; Celebrain, carrying Elayne’s banner, rode off in another.

Celark. A Youngling who wished to join the Tower Guard. He assisted Gawyn in fighting the Bloodknives, and was killed.

Celestin Eguilera. A Tairen Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 19(7). Born in 960 NE, she went to the White Tower in 976 NE. After five years as a novice and four as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 986 NE. Celestin was about 5'6" tall, with a somewhat supercilious manner. Her hair was black and straight, worn above the shoulder at a length that suggested she couldn’t decide whether to wear it long or short. Her eyes were gray, though they seemed almost pale blue at times. Her nose was perhaps a little too prominent; it made her seem to be looking down on people; then again, perhaps she was. She was part of the rebel fifth column (aka ferrets) sent by Sheriam’s council in Salidar to infiltrate the White Tower. Like all of the sisters chosen for the ferrets, Celestin was out of the White Tower when Siuan was deposed and the Tower broken, so there was no flight to arouse any suspicions toward her. Apparently, she had simply returned in answer to Elaida’s summons. Celestin was coopted by Seaine and Pevara to aid in their search for the Black Ajah.

Cellaech, Yasicca. An ancient scholar and Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah who was the source of the quote “Incomplete knowledge is better than complete ignorance.”

Cemaile Sorenthaine. An Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 681 to 705 NE. Cemaile was an Amyrlin of moderate strength in the beginning, but she was reduced to a weak Amyrlin, certainly one of the weakest ever if not the weakest. She had grand plans to restore the White Tower to its former greatness, but those went badly awry. While it was recorded only in the secret chronicles of the Tower, from 686 NE to her death in 705 NE she was no more than a puppet of the Hall, and her Keeper was in actual fact her guardian, set to watch over her by the Hall, from whom she was forced to take orders, albeit orders which originated in the Hall. It was recorded that “the largest decision she was allowed to make in that time was what dress to don in the morning, and even that was subject to change by her Keeper.”

The appointing of a guardian was done through one of the secret laws of the Tower, those that prohibited even revealing the existence of the law. As a step short of removing an Amyrlin, the greater consensus of the Hall, convened in secret, could in effect remove everything but the title and place someone of their choosing and under their authority in what amounted to in loco parentis of the Amyrlin. This law was created after an Amyrlin became incapacitated during the Trolloc Wars, and the Tower did not want to reveal their troubles to the outside world. Despite—or perhaps because of—the specific reasons the law was created, its wording was broad enough to allow this to be done to not only an Amyrlin who had become mentally or physically incapacitated. but to one who, in the opinion of the Hall (the greater consensus), was no longer capable of carrying out her duties properly. According to the secret records of the White Tower, it was mainly because of the recent troublesome plots surrounding Shein Chunla that Cemaile was not removed and exiled, though there were certain indications that the Hall more and more grew to like the power given to them by having a true puppet on the Amyrlin Seat.

cemaros. Great winter tempests coming off the Sea of Storms.

Cemeille din Selaan Long Eyes. Sea Folk Sailmistress of the darter Wind Racer. Cemeille visited some of the Sea Folk Islands and discovered that the Amayar were committing mass suicide; she took that news to the First Twelve Wavemistresses meeting in Illian.

Cenn Buie. A grumpy old thatcher in Emond’s Field and a member of the Village Council. Cenn was born in the summer of 932 NE. He was as gnarled and dark as an old root with a scratchy voice, beady eyes and thinning hair. He sometimes used a gnarled walking staff.

Cera Doinal. A serving woman at the Sun Palace in Cairhien. She told Sashalle and Samitsu that people were saying that Dobraine had been attacked and murdered; she also said that she had seen Maringil’s ghost.

Ceran Tol. The creator of “Tempo of Infinity,” an art piece from the Age of Legends.

Cerandin. A pale-haired Seanchan morat’s’redit. After the battle at Falme, she was left behind but managed to hang on to three s’redit, one a calf, and later joined Valan Luca’s show. She called the animals boar-horses, at Luca’s suggestion, and said they came from Shara. Luca’s show was in Ebou Dar when the city fell to the Seanchan. For keeping her animals through such difficulties and showing great honor and perseverance, Cerandin was rewarded, possibly (though not probably) by being raised to the lowest levels of the Blood and most certainly by being named der’morat’s’redit. She managed to obtain written permission for Luca to keep his horses, despite the Seanchan buying up any and all left and right, and also to travel where he wished without interference.

Cerano, Sillia. See Sillia Cerano

Ceri. A pregnant servant in Lady Arilyn’s Cairhienin palace. The Aes Sedai embassy that Elaida had sent to Cairhien to escort Rand back to the White Tower were staying with Lady Arilyn. Egwene went to the palace and, detecting channeling inside, used Air and Fire to replicate Moiraine’s eavesdropping trick on the inside, and learned of Ceri’s pregnancy in the process.

Cerilla Marodred. An Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah who served as Amyrlin between 454 and 476 NE. Cerilla was a moderately strong Amyrlin. She negotiated the Tower’s way out of the situations in which Ishara had enmeshed it. Her strength came in large part from her ability to do that. In most other ways, the Hall ran the White Tower and the Aes Sedai. Cerilla’s interest and passion lay in the outside world. In truth, though, overt Tower influence in the world, which had grown one way and another from Suilin Escanda to Ishara Nawan, began to decline once more during her reign.

Cerindra. One of Amathera’s tirewomen in Tanchico. Amathera dismissed her for theft, leaving her willing to spread lies about her former employer.

Cetalia Delarme. A Taraboner Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah with a strength level of 14(2). She was a tall, square-faced woman with steel-gray hair in a multitude of blue-beaded braids that hung to her waist. At the time of the Aiel War she was the head of the Blue Ajah’s eyes-and-ears; she coopted Siuan Sanche almost as soon as Siuan gained the shawl after learning of Siuan’s skill with puzzles, and she managed to intimidate the young Siuan Sanche quite thoroughly. When Siuan returned from her unauthorized expedition to the Borderlands, Cetalia made sure that Siuan regretted very much taking French leave. Cetalia was murdered by the Black Ajah.

Cha Faile. An Old Tongue phrase meaning Falcon’s Talon or Claw. It was the name of Faile’s group of followers. They understood that they were to keep the name to themselves. They all dressed in men’s clothing and wore a sword at the hip. Men and women alike wore their hair to their shoulders, but gathered in the back with a ribbon in imitation of the Aiel “tail.” They were arrogant in everything, even how they walked, the women more so than the men. The Aiel decided to give some of this lot a taste of being gai’shain for real after a fight in the streets of Cairhien; they were stripped down and made to wait just like captives after a fight between Aiel. The result was not what the Aiel had hoped. Those so treated took it as a point of honor, something to be proud of; they told others they couldn’t really know ji’e’toh until they had been captured by the Aiel. On departing for Ghealdan, Faile told Perrin she had taken these people into her service because they would have gotten into trouble in Cairhien; he was to think of them as charity and she would keep them from getting under his feet. Once in Ghealdan, he saw that they numbered more than two dozen young men and women. They served as spies for Faile, and after Faile was taken by the Shaido, Perrin coopted them to some extent, using them as spies through Sebban Balwer. At that point there were twenty-five with Perrin. Some members of Cha Faile accompanied Faile on her mission to retrieve the Horn of Valere.

Chachin. The capital city of Kandor, as large as Tear or Far Madding. It was also called “the Three Mountains” because it was built around three large mountains, each close to a mile high even with its top flattened. The city was ringed by a triple wall with towers, and that by a drymoat a hundred paces wide crossed by a dozen stone bridges, each with a fortress at its mouth. The mountains of the city were all terraced. Every level of the terraces contained trees, and some were given over almost entirely to orchards or parks, with orchards predominating. Garden plots were also plentiful.

Many springs rose on each of the mountains, and their streams were dammed, producing several large reservoirs. Chachin never ran short of water in even the severest drought.

Chachin was also called “the City of the Clouds,” though none of the mountains were high enough to have clouds around their tops. The highest of the three was occupied by the Aesdaishar Palace, which covered an area of 50 hides—more than 100 acres. The second highest held the fortress, on an area of about 75 hides—approximately 150 acres. The lowest, which held the palaces of the highest nobles crowded together, had a leveled area on top of approximately 100 hides—about 200 acres.

Chadmar, Milisair. See Milisair Chadmar

Chaelin. A Wise One of the Smoke Water sept of the Miagoma Aiel who had the ability to channel and a strength level of 19(7). She had red hair with faint touches of gray and was over two hundred years old, almost as old as Sorilea, although she appeared to be in her thirties. She went to Dumai’s Wells from Cairhien and afterward taught the Aes Sedai pledged to Rand in Cairhien as apprentices to the Wise Ones.

Chaena. A Shienaran soldier following Ingtar when he and Perrin pursued the Horn of Valere to Falme. He wintered in the Mountains of Mist with Perrin and Rand; then, after Rand left and the Shienarans were abandoned to make their own way, he was with Masema in Samara.

Chaendaer. A mountain above Rhuidean in the Aiel Waste. It was the site of the Portal Stone that Rand used to get to the Waste, and the location where he met the Aiel Wise Ones.

Chai Rugan. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah publicly and of the Black Ajah in truth. She was a member of the loyalist contingent. Her name was found on Verin’s list of the Black Ajah, but she fled the Tower before she could be captured.

Chain Ridge Stand. A water hole in the Aiel Waste. At Alcair Dal, Jheran wanted to discuss the water at Chain Ridge Stand while waiting on Rand to arrive.

chainleaf. A plant used as a medicinal tea to relieve a queasy stomach.

Chair of Remorse, The. A ter’angreal in the White Tower, used for punishment and confession. It was noted that thieves caught in Tar Valon, and other criminals as well, were taken to the White Tower, and that when they were released, they inevitably left the city as fast as they could. A fair number actually gave up lives of crime. The reason for this behavior was the Chair of Remorse.

The Chair appeared to be made of stone in a soothing shade of white, but it felt softer than stone to the touch. In appearance, it seemed to be more of an inclined bench made for reclining upon than a chair, with solid arms on which the person using it could rest his or her arms. When someone reclined on the Chair of Remorse, it took the first action on its own, without any other intervention, after an interval of perhaps twenty or thirty seconds. First the chair molded itself to the person’s body; this stopped and reversed if the person sat up, but it didn’t matter if someone was bound and held down. The person reclining on the Chair fell into a sort of trance. Without an Aes Sedai, nothing more happened. It was learned long ago, though, that by channeling in a certain way, to certain spots on the Chair, a sort of link was established. The Aes Sedai then thought of a scenario; the person in the Chair then experienced this scenario fully fleshed out and starring themselves, in part like a movie (i.e., with jumps and cuts, with “understandings” of what had happened between), but also as if actually living the experience. At the end of the scenario, the person came out of the trance with memories of the experience as if they had actually lived it, and with some physical reminders, too, on the order of slight tiredness if great labor was done, or slight soreness if they had been wounded or struck. For someone with no idea of what the Chair was except that it was used by Aes Sedai, it was impossible to be sure that the events were not real, despite the lack of real physical effects. Given that the people placed on the Chair were there for punishment, with scenarios chosen for that purpose, usually entailing dire consequences of the actions that brought them there, the overall effect on wrongdoers was not at all surprising, especially when one considered that each person was generally sent through a number of such scenarios.

The use of the chair on any initiate of the Tower was absolutely forbidden by law. It could, however, be used on a servant caught stealing, for example.

The Chair of Remorse was in fact an entertainment device from the Age of Legends, employing a sort of virtual reality tied straight into the brain. While Aes Sedai could see that the device drew on saidar as soon as someone sat on it, they did not know that it also drew on saidin, which was what gave the scenarios a particularly grim, dark and foreboding feel under any circumstances. There was a way to place “cartridges,” like video discs which carried various story lines, into the device, and it actually contained a very large library of stories—the previous owner’s library—which the Aes Sedai had never accessed and were not aware of. The manner the Aes Sedai had found to make use of the device—implanting a scenario manually, as it were—was not a designed feature of the ter’angreal in the Age of Legends. Whether the ability to do this resulted from some deterioration of the device through age or through some modification that was made on it during the Age of Legends was not known.

The Black Ajah hunters in the White Tower, including Pevara, Seaine and Saerin, put the Black sister Talene Minly in the chair, forcing her through horrific experiences generated by the ter’angreal to retake the Three Oaths plus an oath of obedience to them.

Chalinda. An alias Siuan suggested Min use when they were escaping from Bryne at Kore Springs; it was Old Tongue for “sweet girl.”

Challenge. Gawyn’s horse, a gelding.

Chalm. The warehouse district in Tear, adjoining the Maule.

Chalwin, Kirstian. See Kirstian Chalwin

Cham, Duram Laddel. Be’lal’s name during the Age of Legends.

Chandar, Stedding. A stedding that was swallowed by the Blight in 31 NE.

Chandin, Athan. A Two Rivers man with Perrin. He was a good shot with the bow, but he had a truckling manner which annoyed Perrin.

Chandin, Ren. A Two Rivers man who joined Perrin’s band in the Two Rivers. He was killed in a Trolloc ambush.

Chanelle din Seran White Shark. A fairly high-ranking Sea Folk Windfinder with a strength level of 19(7). Her honor-chain carried nearly as many golden medallions as Zaida’s. She was lean, dark-skinned and big-eyed. Windfinder to a Sailmistress who was one of the First Twelve, she was left in charge of the Windfinders remaining in Caemlyn. She did not want to provide a gateway for Birgitte to rescue Elayne from the Black Ajah, but Birgitte pointed out that if Elayne was lost, the Sea Folk bargain with her was lost. Birgitte then managed to persuade Chanelle and her circle to take out the members of the Black Ajah when they were using balefire. After being rescued, Elayne persuaded Chanelle to provide a gateway so that she could attack Arymilla’s back as Arymilla advanced against Caemlyn.

Changu. A Darkfriend Shienaran soldier. He was one of the guards of Fain’s dungeon prison in Fal Dara and vanished when Fain escaped. Those pursuing the Horn of Valere found his body skinned and hanging from a tree.

channeling. The act of controlling and using flows of the One Power that stem from the True Source. Among the advantages to being able to channel was a heightened resistance to disease. The stronger one was in the One Power, the more the resistance one had. There was a resistance to bodily deterioration also, as from the effects of aging. For someone who could channel, old age was youthful and vigorous, lacking the aches and pains normal to those who could not.

Chansein. A feast celebrated on the third day of Jumara in the Borderlands and Arad Doman. A day of wild indulgence in food, its object seemed to be to get other people to eat as much as they could hold and more. People carried hot pastries filled with meat or dried fruit, sometimes stuffing their pockets or actually carrying bags, and handed them out to everyone they saw. It was considered extremely ill-mannered to fail to eat every crumb.

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

Chaos, Numbers of. A body of knowledge required to build the Portal Stones; part of this process consisted of laying the Lines that joined the Worlds That Might Be.

Charal Drianaan te Calamon, The Cycle of the Dragon. A text written by an anonymous author in the Fourth Age.

Chareen. An Aiel clan. Erim was its clan chief.

Charel. A good-looking young groom in the White Tower stables. He was used by Sheriam in 981 NE to help break Theodrin’s block which prevented her from channeling unless there was a man present for whom she had strong feelings. Charel had a gorgeous smile and made eyes at Theodrin. He was allowed to sit in on her lessons so that she could channel, but after a few times his twin sister Marel was substituted and thus broke Theodrin’s block.

Charendin. An Aiel sept chief during the building of Rhuidean. He and Mandein had nearly killed each other three times; Charendin bore a long scar on his face from one of those encounters. Rand saw him as part of his visions through the glass columns in Rhuidean.

Charin, Jain. See Jain Farstrider

Charin, Noal. See Noal Charin

Charl Gedwyn. An Asha’man and Darkfriend of Taim’s faction. He was a hard-faced young man with a grimly challenging look, about 5'11" tall, with dark brown hair and brown eyes, a few years older than Rand. He held the rank Tsorovan’m’hael, Old Tongue for “Storm Leader,” which indicated that he was second to Taim. After the attack on Rand in Cairhien failed, he was placed on the deserters list at the Black Tower. Gedwyn went to Far Madding to kill Rand, but was murdered by Padan Fain instead.

Charlin. A young Jenn Aiel from the time after the Breaking. He was killed while saving two girls from bandits; his Jenn Aiel companions used weapons, and were cast out by their families. Rand saw him as part of his visions through the glass columns in Rhuidean.

Charlz Guybon. An officer in Elayne’s Queen’s Guard. Extremely good-looking, he was tall, broad-shouldered and well short of his middle years with greenish hazel eyes. A lieutenant when he left Aringill, he traveled toward Caemlyn, recruiting all the way. He arrived with 4,762 of the Guards and sufficient nobles with their armsmen to bring Elayne’s troop total up to near ten thousand. Elayne immediately promoted him to captain, and Birgitte named him her second. When they were trying to rescue Elayne from the Black Ajah, he charged bravely even though the Black Ajah was using the balefire ter’angreal and wiping out large numbers of his troops. He distinguished himself in the fight against Arymilla’s troops outside Caemlyn. When the Trollocs invaded Caemlyn, he defended the palace until Talmanes convinced him to help save the dragons. In the Last Battle, his horse was balefired, but he survived.

Charn. 1) A pikeman in Juilin Sandar’s squad in the Last Battle. He was killed by a Sharan with a mace to the head. 2) Coumin’s father’s greatfather, and Rand’s distant Aiel ancestor from the War of Power. He served Mierin in the Age of Legends, and was planning to accept Nalla’s offer of marriage on the day the Bore was drilled. He was hanged many years later because he told people that he once served Lanfear when she was Mierin. Rand saw him as part of his visions through the glass columns in Rhuidean.

Charral. A Seanchan damane who belonged to Tuon and was taken to Ebou Dar with her. She had gray hair and gray eyes, and was the most agile of Tuon’s damane in her spinning. She was part of Karede’s group that searched for Tuon when she was missing.

Chaser. A gambler Mat encountered at The Dead Man’s Breath in Caemlyn. He was tall and lean with a pinched face. Chaser told Mat of a man being found with his throat torn out and drained of blood.

Chavana brothers. Four acrobats in Valan Luca’s circus who claimed to be brothers, but though they were all short, compact men, they ranged in coloring from green-eyed Taeric—his high cheekbones and hooked nose proclaiming his Saldaean blood—to Barit, who was darker than Juilin and had Sea Folk tattoos on his hands. Another brother was Brugh; the fourth was unnamed. See Barit, Brugh and Taeric Chavana

Cheade, Muad. See Muad Cheade

Chel Vanin. A Redarm in Mat’s Band, from Maerone, Andor. Despite not looking the part, he was a masterful thief, and Mat made him the chief of his scouts. He was very fat and sat his saddle like a sagging sack of suet, but he could ride anything with hair. Vanin was balding, with a gap-toothed grin—he spat through the gap in his teeth—and a round face that could assume a look of utter innocence. About 5'10" tall and weighing more than 250 pounds, he could, according to others, steal a horse out from under a nobleman and the nobleman wouldn’t know it for three days; he could steal the eggs from under a hen pheasant without disturbing her, though it was unlikely he wouldn’t stuff her in his sack as well. He claimed to be an itinerant stableman and sometime farrier, when he could find the work. Though an Andoran, he had lived in Maerone and ranged wide on both sides of the Erinin. The Band’s other scouts got triple pay; he got quadruple. Vanin didn’t like nobles, but Elayne had him knuckling his forehead to her after a very short time. He was with her in the Rahad when the gholam attacked, but he survived.

Vanin was chosen to accompany Faile while she delivered the Horn of Valere to Mat. Vanin and Harnan believed that the chest holding the Horn contained tabac and tried to steal it, leading Faile to think that they were Darkfriends. They fled and allowed themselves to be captured by a Darkfriend caravan and taken to the battle. When Faile arrived there and was betrayed by Aravine, he and Harnan and other prisoners broke loose and created enough confusion that Faile was able to escape.

Chelsaine Palace. A small palace in Ebou Dar that Jaichim Carridin rented near the Three Towers Gate. Mat followed Lady Shiaine there, and an old man (Noal) told him who occupied the palace.

Cheltan. In a previous Age, the Cheltans had the dubious distinction of being heavily taxed by their rulers. Birgitte used the phrase: “avoiding him like a Cheltan flinching from the tax-collector.”

Chenda. The roofmistress of Mainde Cut. She belonged to the Jenda sept of the Tomanelle Aiel. Chenda demanded to be made gai’shain when Bair was a girl and was featured in a funny (to Aiel) story told to Egwene concerning two raiding septs. She was presumed dead at the time the story was told.

Chesa. Egwene’s dark-haired maid, chosen by Sheriam in Salidar. She was barely twice Egwene’s age when they first met. She was 5'3" to 5'4" tall, and plump, just short of stout, with a twinkle in her eye and a merry smile. Chesa gave advice to Egwene circumspectly, making her examples seem stories that applied to herself or others. She oversaw the other maids, Selame and Meri, who helped dress and undress her, and attended her during the day. Meri and Selame were murdered by Halima, because they might have seen or overheard something that would have endangered Halima’s own position and safety. Chesa survived simply because she wasn’t a spy for anyone, just a maid.

Chesmal Emry. A Ghealdanin Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah publicly and of the Black Ajah in truth. Her strength level was 18(6). Born in 863 NE, she went to the White Tower in 878 NE. After seven years as a novice and six years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 891 NE. She was a handsome woman standing 5'7" tall, with dark hair and eyes, and she was stern and arrogant. She had no Warder. Chesmal was almost sent away from the White Tower twice as a novice and once as Accepted because of serious discipline infractions involving attacks on others. She was one of the most talented Healers anyone had seen in years, and she could kill with the Power by stopping all electrical activity in the body. In this Talent, she ranked with Samitsu Tamagowa and Suana Dragand. She might have rediscovered a part of Healing using other flows than the standard, although this was never confirmed.

Chesmal claimed to have participated in putting Tamra Ospenya to the question and to inducing the Red Ajah to murder Sierin Vayu before Sierin could order her arrest. She was one of the first thirteen members of the Black Ajah identified. When Moghedien coopted Liandrin’s group, she ordered Chesmal to hunt for Nynaeve. When Birgitte shot Moghedien with an arrow in Tel’aran’rhiod, Chesmal Healed her. Moghedien then ordered Chesmal to follow her to Ghealdan. Chesmal and other Black Ajah members waited there until Kennit, Eldrith’s Warder, who was not a Darkfriend and intended to kill Eldrith, found them. She and the others then fled to Caemlyn, where they went to Lady Shiaine’s house. Elayne, Careane, Sareitha and Vandene surprised them there. Chesmal killed Vandene and Sareitha, and helped capture Elayne. Chesmal and the others were then captured in turn by Birgitte and Elayne’s forces. Wearing a Forsaken disguise, Elayne later tried to question Chesmal; in the fight that ensued, Chesmal was killed by a burst of flame from Elayne, but only after Healing Elayne of a wound inflicted by Doilin Mellar.

Chet. An old man whom Mat met in a Low Caemlyn tavern. Long-faced, with dappled silver stubble unable to cover the thick, angry-looking scar on his cheek, Chet wore tattered clothing that appeared vaguely military. He told Mat, who was there incognito because of gholam and Darkfriends trying to kill him, rumors about Matrim Cauthon, the leader of “that Band.”

Chiad. A Maiden of the Spear of the Stones River sept of the Goshien Aiel. Chiad had dark reddish hair and gray eyes; she was 5'7½" tall. She was about the same age as Egwene and Elayne, as well as Bain. Although they were from clans with a blood feud, she adopted Bain as her first-sister; neither would let a man come to her without the other. Chiad went to the Stone of Tear; she and Bain became friends with Faile, and accompanied her and Perrin to Caemlyn, Cairhien and Ghealdan. She also went to Dumai’s Wells at Faile’s request for her to look after Perrin, and also to put herself in front of Gaul. Chiad was taken gai’shain by Sevanna when Faile’s riding party was captured by the Jumai Shaido. After Sevanna was taken by the Seanchan, Chiad became gai’shain to Gaul, who was in love with her and wanted to marry her, but was not interested in Bain. During the Last Battle, Chiad and Bain helped in the Healing facility set up at Berelain’s palace in Mayene, and began collecting the wounded from the battlefields.

Chianmai. A Seanchan Banner-General in the Ever Victorious Army. He had a honey-brown face. He was killed by the damane Zakai, who lost control of her channeling in a battle against Rand and the Asha’man and struck her own people with lightning.

Chiantal, Stedding. A stedding located in Kandor.

Chiape. The Sh’boan, or empress, of Shara. She was beautiful, with very dark skin. Graendal took her for one of her pets.

Chiarid. An Aiel Maiden of the Spear. She was a merry-eyed blonde old enough to be Rand’s mother and was part of Rand’s guard in Caemlyn. She usually liked to make jokes at his expense when they were alone; he understood some of them. Chiarid saw Rand as a younger brother who needed to be kept from getting too big for his hat.

Chiendelna. A minor House in Murandy that Lord Luc, while making mischief in the Two Rivers, claimed as his own.

Chilares Arman. A Murandian Kin and member of the Knitting Circle who worked as a rug seller in Ebou Dar. Born in 657 NE, she went to the White Tower in 672 NE. After twelve years as a novice, she refused to complete her test for Accepted. Her strength level was 37(25), not strong enough for her to make a gateway of any size whatsoever. Slender and willowy, with large, deep brown eyes, she had touches of gray in her hair, understandable given that she was over 343 years old, and she appeared to be well into her middle years. Traces of Murandy clung to her accent. She traveled with Elayne to the Royal Palace in Caemlyn.

Child. A generic term used to describe any member of the Children of the Light; however, it was also used as a title for younger members of the order.

Child of the Dragon. An appellation used by Someshta, a Nym called the Green Man, when speaking to Rand.

Children of the Light. A society of men who followed strict ascetic beliefs, owing allegiance to no nation and dedicated to the defeat of the Dark One and the destruction of all Darkfriends. Founded by Lothair Mantelar in FY 1021 during the War of the Hundred Years to proselytize against an increase in Darkfriends, they evolved during the war into a completely military society. They were extremely rigid in their beliefs, and certain that only they knew the truth and the right. They considered Aes Sedai and any who supported them to be Darkfriends. Known disparagingly as Whitecloaks, a name they themselves despised, they were headquartered at the Fortress of Light in Amador, Amadicia, but were forced out when the Seanchan conquered the city. Their sign was a golden sunburst on a field of white, and the sunburst was displayed on their cloaks and tabards. An exception was the garb worn by the Hand of the Light (also referred to pejoratively as Questioners), a relatively independent investigative branch within the Children’s organization; their cloaks were adorned with a red shepherd’s crook behind the sunburst. Questioners reported to the High Inquisitor, who only wore the red shepherd’s crook, suggestive of his independent authority. The Children were a cavalry force, and their largest unit was a legion, which was roughly two thousand troops. Officers wore golden knots to indicate rank. The last known leader of the Children was Galad Damodred. They fought alongside the armies of the Light in the Last Battle.

Chimal. One of Tuon’s sisters who was quiet in her ambition to gain the throne, and who might have plotted against Tuon.

Chin Akima. The owner of a traveling circus who was beheaded by Masema in Samara for disobeying him.

Chin Ellisor. The captain of the Blue Crane, which took Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne down the River Erinin until the ship ran aground on a mudflat near Jurene and they disembarked. He was born and bred in Tar Valon, and not one to question Aes Sedai.

Chinden, Stedding. A stedding located in the Mountains of Mist.

chinje wheel. A gambling device from the Age of Legends.

Chion. An Aiel Maiden of the Spear taken gai’shain by the Taardad Aiel. She showed Rand to his room in Cold Rocks Hold after he gave the bracelet to Aviendha and talked to the Wise Ones. Chion was pretty, with a thin scar slanting just above one pale blue eye into hair so light as to look almost silver; she was killed by a Draghkar at Cold Rocks Hold. Rand added her name to his list of women who died for him.

Chisaine Nurbaya. A Domani Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah and the loyalist contingent. Part of the expedition to kidnap Rand, she was captured at Dumai’s Wells and treated as da’tsang by the Aiel; as part of Chisaine’s punishment, Verin saw her dragging rocks behind her on a cowhide. Under Verin’s Compulsion, she found reason to swear to Rand, which she did before Cadsuane departed Cairhien for Far Madding. Chisaine and the other Reds among the captives were the very last to swear.

Chisen, General. A Seanchan officer with a large force who unsuccessfully tried to find Mat’s Band of the Red Hand in the Molvaine Gap, northeast Altara.

Chishen Mountains. A range found in southern Andor near the River Erinin and the border with Murandy.

Choedan Kal. The two great sa’angreal statues that were originally constructed to seal the Dark One in Shayol Ghul during the War of Power, and later used by Rand to cleanse the taint from saidin. The male statue, attuned to saidin, was located near Tremonsien; the female statue, attuned to saidar, was located on the island of Tremalking. Because of the statues’ power, special ter’angreal access keys were required to activate them. During the cleansing of the taint, the female statue melted and its corresponding access key was destroyed.

chokevine. A weedy vine with pale, narrow leaves.

Chooser, the. 1) Another name for Calian, a Hero of the Horn who wore a red mask and who rode beside her brother, Shivan the Hunter. 2) In Seanchan, Choosers were individuals who picked out young male da’covale for the Deathwatch Guard.

chop. A card game. Five rulers was the best hand.

chora tree. A tree once prevalent before the Breaking. It was a construct made with the One Power and had large green trefoil leaves which emitted an aura of peace and well-being. All but extinct, one existed in the Third Age, in Rhuidean, and was known by the Aiel as Avendesora. A sapling of that tree, known as Avendoraldera, was given by the Aiel to Cairhien; Laman chopped it down to make a throne, precipitating the Aiel War.

Chora Fields, the. A forest of chora trees surrounding Rhuidean in a scenario created during the fight between Rand and the Dark One in the Last Battle.

Choren. The tenth month of the year.

Chosen, the. The Forsaken’s name for themselves; short for “Those Chosen to Rule the World Forever.”

Chosium, Stedding. A stedding located in Saldaea.

choss-hauler. A pejorative epithet applied by Sammael to Rand, having to do with Rand’s farmboy background, probably referring to animal excrement.

Chowin Tsao. An Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah who served as advisor to Artur Hawkwing before he initiated the siege of the White Tower.

Chronicles, Keeper of. 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. In the early days, the Keeper was traditionally raised from the same Ajah as the Amyrlin, but this was not required by Tower law. As time progressed, though, a Keeper of an Ajah other than the Amyrlin’s was 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.

Chuain, Ishar Morrad. Aginor’s name during the Age of Legends.

Chubain, Jimar. See Jimar Chubain

Chulein. A Seanchan morat’raken who was flying over the Kin’s farm when Elayne and her party were leaving. Her raken’s name was Segani. She was thinking of buying a damane who could create Sky Lights, using part of the taking price for helping to capture marath’damane. Eliya, the other woman on Segani, fell off and was killed in the explosion from Elayne’s unweaving. Chulein thought that she would have to make the report about the farm being destroyed because she was the only one left.

Chuliandred. A small Cairhienin noble House. Among its members were Alaine, Doressin and Meneril.

Chulin, Alesune. See Alesune Chulin

Chumai. A sept of the Taardad Aiel.

Chunla, Shein. See Shein Chunla

Chuonde. A Maiden of the Spear of the Spine Ridge sept of the Miagoma Aiel. She died at the Battle of Dumai’s Wells. Rand added her name to the list of women who had died for him.

Cian. A fat Tairen woman from Siuan’s past who disciplined her as a young girl for fighting.

Cian do Mehon a’Macansa. A Murandian noblewoman, one of the Murandians and Andorans to meet with Egwene and her party as they were passing through Murandy on the way to the siege against the White Tower. Cian was stocky and graying; she snorted loudly, and had a cool, collected demeanor. She made common cause with the intruding Andorans against the rebel Aes Sedai and later came to further agreements with the Andorans.

Ciar. A stocky, dark sul’dam who accompanied Semirhage when she posed as the Daughter of the Nine Moons and attempted to capture Rand. Ciar vomited on herself in the aftermath, having learned that they had accompanied a Forsaken, not the Daughter of the Nine Moons, and that Rand was the Dragon Reborn.

Ciel. A serving girl at The Stag and Lion in Baerlon, Andor.

Cieryl Arjuna. One of Careane Fransi’s Warders. He was Tairen, stood six feet tall, and seemed gangly and all bones, though his shoulders were wide. He was in his late twenties. He was not a Darkfriend. Cieryl was killed while trying to rescue Careane from Lady Shiaine’s house on Full Moon Street.

Cilia Cole. An Emond’s Field girl. She was born in the fall of 979 NE. Cilia was pink-cheeked, big-eyed and pleasingly plump. She was the first girl that Perrin ever kissed. She insisted that Verin and Alanna test her, and she passed, but they wouldn’t take her because she was too old. She eventually became a novice after learning that the novice book had been opened to all.

Cinchonine, Mistress. Innkeeper at The Crown of Roses in Caemlyn. The embassy from the rebel Aes Sedai wishing to meet with Rand stayed at the inn and met with Alanna and Verin there.

Cinda. A serving girl at The Stag and Lion in Baerlon, Andor.

Cindaking. A Sea Folk island south of Mayene off the Tairen/Mayener peninsulas in the Sea of Storms.

Cindal, Rafela. See Rafela Cindal

Cinny Wade. A woman featured in a haunting song performed by Thom, “The Marriage of Cinny Wade.” Mat learned it as “Always Choose the Right Horse,” though that version had a faster tempo than Thom’s.

Circle, the Great. A huge gathering place in Tanchico that could hold thousands to watch horse races or displays of fireworks. It was located on the Calpene, the westernmost hilly peninsula on Tanchico Bay.

Circle, the King’s. 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.

Circle, the Panarch’s. 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.

Circle, the. See Knitting Circle

Circle, Women’s. The deliberating body of women elected by women in a village, responsible for matters considered women’s affairs.

Circuit of Heaven. A racecourse on the Great North Road just outside of Ebou Dar, beyond the Dal Eira Gate.

Cirri. A cat at The Stag and Lion in Baerlon.

Civil Guard. The group charged with keeping order in Ebou Dar. It was inefficient, seldom seen in the streets, and susceptible to bribes unless someone powerful was watching. Even then, they could be bought with enough gold, since they were cheaper than bribing a magistrate. At least, this was so before the Seanchan came and disbanded them.

Civil Watch. The group charged with keeping order in Tanchico; they answered to the Panarch.

Clara. A novice in the White Tower who assisted Egwene during the Seanchan attack.

Clare. A golden-haired woman Mat gambled with in The Dead Man’s Breath, an inn in Caemlyn.

Clarine Anhill. A dog trainer in Luca’s circus. She was the plump and brown-cheeked wife of Petra, the strongman. Clarine’s dogs drew the smallest crowd in the Samara show; they did backsprings and flips over each other’s backs.

Classen Bayor. A military leader from Mat’s memories; he lost his cavalry in the marsh at the Battle of Kolesar.

cleansing, the. The removal of the taint from saidin, performed by Rand at Shadar Logoth with the assistance of Nynaeve and the Choedan Kal sa’angreal. The taint on saidin was like oil on a pond—it did not permeate the pond, it was on the surface—but to enter it, one needed to go through the oil. For the cleansing, Rand used repulsion and attraction of opposites, saidin and the evil of Shadar Logoth. There could be no mixing of the two. Saidin was forced through the evil, as the opposites attracted each other, and they went around in circular fashion, negating one another—“Opposites cancel, but opposites far enough apart become alike, and like attracts like.” More simply, Rand formed a conduit between the taint on saidin and the evil at Shadar Logoth—being opposite polarities of evil, they were attracted to one another, like opposite poles of a magnet, but destroyed each other because of those differences.

Cliffs of Dawn. A great land shift dating from the Breaking, extending 250 leagues south from the Mountains of Dhoom along the border of the Aiel Waste and Shara. The cliffs ranged from one hundred to five hundred feet high. The Cliffs helped the Sharans limit foreign access to their country, and outside trade was limited, in part, to six specially designated trading towns scattered along the Cliffs of Dawn.

Clintock. A Redarm in the Band of the Red Hand. After the gholam attack in Caemlyn, he checked on Mat every half hour.

Cloud Dancing. The Talent of controlling the weather; not a common Talent among Aes Sedai. Sea Folk Windfinders developed this Talent to a greater extent; they called it the Weaving of Winds.

Cloud. The tall gray mare with a black mane that Rand rode when he left Two Rivers in Moiraine’s company.

cloudberry bush. A shrub with edible berries and leaves that were used in a tea.

Co’dansin. An alternate name for Shara.

Coalition, the. An alliance of nations formed during the Aiel War to fight the Aiel at the Battle of the Shining Walls. It was also known as the Grand Coalition, the Grand Alliance or the Third Compact.

Cobb, Jennet. See Jennet Cobb

Codarra Aiel. One of the Aiel clans. Its chief was Indirian, and its hold was Red Springs Hold.

Coedelin. An Aiel Wise One who disciplined Amys when she was learning to be a Wise One.

Coelan, House. A major noble House in Andor. Its High Seat was Lord Pelivar; its sign the Roses, sometimes called the Flowers. See also Pelivar Coelan

Coerid Nosar. A king of Almoren, one of the Ten Nations, and one of the signers of the Compact of the Ten Nations.

Coiam. The grandfather of Jalanda, an Ogier historian whom Loial quoted with information about Be’lal.

Coidevwin, Nirelle. See Nirelle Coidevwin

coin pepper. An edible pepper found in the Borderlands.

Coine din Jubai Wild Winds. The Atha’an Miere Sailmistress of the raker Wavedancer. She was sister of the blood to Jorin din Jubai White Wing, her Windfinder, and the wife of Toram din Alta Wild Winds, her Cargomaster. She had four small gold rings in each ear and one in the left side of her nose; the chain connecting them had a row of tiny medallions. She had black hair with some gray and large brown eyes. She received Elayne and Nynaeve aboard her ship in Tear and took them to Tanchico. From there she planned to go to Dantora, the Aile Jafar, and then on to Cantorin and the Aile Somera, spreading news of the Coramoor.

Coiren Saeldain. An Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 18(6). Born in 861 NE, she went to the White Tower in 877 NE. After nine years as a novice and six years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 892 NE. She was 5'5½" tall, plump and pompous. She was a good negotiator, but she liked to have everything done just so, every foot placed exactly where it had been planned to go. She was the leader of the Tower embassy to Rand in Cairhien at first, though not the strongest in the Power among them, but when it became necessary to kidnap him, Galina Casban took over as Elaida ordered. Coiren was captured by Rand at Dumai’s Wells. Like all of the other captive sisters, Coiren, prompted by Verin’s Compulsion, found reason to swear oath to the Dragon Reborn before Cadsuane departed Cairhien for Far Madding.

Coke. A Darkfriend thug with an Illianer accent who kidnapped Egwene, Nynaeve and Elayne for Fades. He was lanky and missing an ear and two fingers. Coke was killed by Aiel who came to Elayne and the others’ rescue.

Col. A Tairen horse handler with Valan Luca’s show.

Coladara. A Tairen Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah who was uncommitted to any contingent. She served as advisor to King Paitar of Arafel, and accompanied him to the meeting with the other Borderland rulers in the Black Hills. Seven Aes Sedai who were visiting her went as well. She was the only advisor to a Borderland ruler who stayed on when trouble started in the Tower.

Colar Najima. A Kandori girl whose mother was interviewed by Moiraine while she was searching for the infant Dragon Reborn. A young teen, Colar had long black hair and blue eyes that were level with Moiraine’s. Her father and brothers had been killed by the Black Ajah.

Colavaere Saighan. A Cairhienin noblewoman who was Head of House Saighan. She had dark eyes and dark hair with a touch of gray. She tried to tie strings to Rand by sending young women to him; he retaliated by asking her to dinner, and then forgot to meet her because of the report he received that Morgase was dead. Aviendha found Colavaere in Rand’s rooms and beat her. She briefly took the throne of Cairhien after swearing fealty to Rand. She had Meilan and Maringil assassinated; she was confronted by Rand and accused of treason and murder. He stripped her of her titles and all her properties except one small farm. He exiled her to that farm, and she hanged herself rather than face the shame of it.

Colchaine estates. Property belonging to Bertome Saighan in Cairhien.

Cold Peak. A sept of the Miagoma Aiel.

Cold Rocks Hold. The hold of the Taardad clan in the Aiel Waste. It was Rhuarc’s hold; Amys was its Wise One and Lian its roofmistress.

Cold Water. The leader of a wolfpack that Perrin asked for information when he was searching for his kidnapped wife.

Cole. A Two Rivers family. See Aedwin, Cilia and Lusonia Cole and Cole, Master

Cole, Master. A very old Emond’s Field man who napped during the shearing.

Cole Pass. The site of one of Mat’s battle memories where there was a rout and Artur Hawkwing doggedly pursued the army commanded by the object of Mat’s memories.

Colford, Deni. See Deni Colford

Colinda. A Wise One of the Imran sept of the Shaarad Aiel and Hot Springs Hold with the ability to channel and a strength level of 13(1), almost as strong a presence as Sorilea. She was about 5'8" tall, and slender, with penetrating gray eyes. Colinda looked short of her middle years, but was around ninety years old. She told Gaul that he thought too much for a Stone Dog. She threatened to send to him to Rhuidean when Jheran died, whether he wanted to go or not. With Aeron and Edarra, she was sent to the Royal Library in Cairhien because Nesune Bihara was poking around, looking for information on the seals, which the Wise Ones wanted as well. She also went to Dumai’s Wells.

Coline. The cook at The Queen’s Blessing in Caemlyn. She was frequently called Cook and was a woman of some influence at the inn. Many people assumed her to be Basel Gill’s wife because she got away with so much and pushed him around so.

Collam Daan. A great research college in V’saine during the Age of Legends, noted for its blue and silver domes. It was the foremost center for research and development. A research facility, a great white sphere named the Sharom, floated above the college. Mierin Eronaile was a researcher there when her team bored a hole in the Dark One’s prison.

Collapse, the. The hundred-year period that followed the drilling of the Bore, when the Dark One’s influence began to unravel the fabric of society during the Age of Legends, leading to the War of the Shadow.

Collaris. Beonin Sedai’s grandmother, who was a distinguished advocate in Tanchico.

Colline. A young Jenn Aiel from the period right after the Breaking. Her liberators from bandits who had kidnapped her were ostracized from the Jenn Aiel for using violence.

Colly Garren. A young Two Rivers man who joined Perrin to fight the Trollocs. Colly was killed in a Trolloc ambush.

Colona, Mayam. See Mayam Colona

colors. A phenomenon experienced by Rand, Mat and Perrin when each of them thought of one of the other two ta’veren. For the colors to appear in the mind of Mat or Perrin when thinking of Rand, they had to think of Rand the person, not “the Dragon Reborn.”

Colrada Hold. One of the holds in the Aiel Waste; the dreamwalker Mora was once its Wise One.

Colvine, Serancha. See Serancha Colvine

Com. A young urchin in Tear who, along with his friend Doni, talked to Rand about the steamwagon. Rand gave each of them a gold coin. Min looked after them with a miserable expression indicating that she had seen something sad in their future.

Comadrin, Madoc. See Madoc Comadrin

Comaelle. The High Queen of Jaramide, one of the Ten Nations during the period following the Breaking.

Comaidin riots. Unrest quelled single-handedly in the period following the Breaking by the legendary Green Aes Sedai Caraighan Maconar.

Comanli, Shahal. See Shahal Comanli

Comar. An Andoran nobleman and Darkfriend. He was tall, with wide shoulders, a deep chest, dark blue eyes and a close-cut black beard with a white streak over his chin. Gaebril sent him to Tear to kill Elayne; Mat overheard those orders and followed him. Mat found him cheating at dice at The Golden Cup; Mat gambled with him, won, and warned him to go back to Caemlyn. Comar started to draw his sword, and Mat killed him.

Comarda Hold. A Shaido hold in the Aiel Waste. Sevanna was roofmistress while married to the clan chief Suladric.

Comarra Zepava. An Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 244 to 276 NE. Comarra was a moderately strong Amyrlin, at least compared to Elise Stang. While not so firmly in control as Kiyosa or Catala, she still managed very well.

Comelle. A great coastal city that was the third largest in the Age of Legends.

Comeris, Akarrin. See Akarrin Comeris

Comfrey. A small village north of Baerlon in Andor. When Mat delivered a message from Elayne to Morgase in Caemlyn, he used a pseudonym, being wary of Gaebril, and mentioned Comfrey as his home, although he had never been there.

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

Commentaries on the Prophecies of the Dragon. Written by Jurith Dorine, Right Hand to the Queen of Almoren, 742 AB, the Third Age.

Commentary on the Dragon. A work by Sajius that contained the line “He shall hold a blade of light in his hands, and the three shall be one.”

Common Chant. See Bards, Forms of Recitation of

Comolads. An exquisite wine from the Age of Legends recalled longingly by Graendal.

Compact of the Ten Nations. Also known as the Second Compact. The first league of nations, created approximately two hundred years after the Breaking, as a defense against the forces of the Dark One. It lasted eight hundred years, until the Trolloc Wars began. The Compact was largely the work of the legendary Queen Mabriam en Shereed of Aramaelle, who was also an Aes Sedai.

Compact, the Second. See Compact of the Ten Nations

Compact, the Third. See Coalition, the

Companions, the. See Illian

Companions, the Hundred. See Hundred Companions, the

Comprehensive Discussion of Pre-Breaking Relics, A. A history text of which little was known.

Compulsion. A weave of the One Power that compelled the subject to do one’s will. It was not an ethical use of the One Power. Graendal, Moghedien and others used this weave to attain nefarious ends. Compulsion, though called a Talent by some, was not one; it could be learned by any channeler, taking into account the limits of strength and skill. Compulsion could be detected, because of the behavior of the person and effects on the person, according to Moghedien. But she was not the real expert; what she could do certainly could be detected. Graendal was the most subtle user of Compulsion and its variations, with the implication at least that when she chose she could use it either undetectably or at a level where it would take a great deal of effort to detect. While Compulsion per se was supposed to be one of the lost Talents, recorded only in the histories, and was the sort of thing that Aes Sedai were supposed to abjure (as they were supposed to eschew all of the “tainted” or “corrupted” uses to which the Power was put), the simple fact was that the two most common tricks by girls having their first experience with the Power were some form of eavesdropping and some form of making people do one thing or another that they wanted (i.e., some form of Compulsion).

Comran. A Jenn Aiel ancestor of Rand who lived during the period of the Breaking. He had found Ogier stedding in the Dragonwall and had begun trade with them.

con. Small Cairhienin banners on short staffs, usually strapped to the backs of officers or lords’ personal retainers, so that they could be picked out in battle.

Con Aybara. Perrin’s father, who was killed by Padan Fain when he laughed in Fain’s face for naming Perrin a Darkfriend.

Conail Northan. High Seat of House Northan in Andor. His sigil was three black eagles. He was about six feet tall, and lean. He had an engaging smile, merry brown eyes and a nose like an eagle’s beak. Born circa 984 NE, he was one of four young nobles Dyelin brought to help Elayne win the throne. The others were Branlet Gilyard, Catalyn Haevin and Perival Mantear. The four together brought over three thousand armsmen, mainly crossbowmen and halberdmen. Conail seemed very easygoing, laughing and grinning a great deal; he thought Aviendha being introduced as Aiel was a joke, and thought nearly getting her knife in his brisket for it was a joke, too. He said they couldn’t let a ninny like Arymilla take the throne. He wanted to fight a duel with Arymilla’s champion, as he believed Artur Hawkwing would have done. Birgitte considered him the most childish of the four, in many ways. He was eager to fight when Elayne was kidnapped; Dyelin took him to the action at the Far Madding Gate, but made sure that he was nowhere near the front.

Condaris. An Ogier-built city in Aelgar, one of the Ten Nations after the Breaking.

Conel, Paitr. See Paitr Conel

Congar clan. An Emond’s Field family. See Bili, Daise, Eward, Jori, Len and Wit Congar

conje. A type of needle from the Age of Legends that had to be carefully placed. Sammael thought to himself that Graendal prattled like a fool, but she was no fool; she planted ideas in her babbling as carefully as conje needles had to be planted, designed to influence the listener for reasons that could somehow benefit her.

Conly, Althyn. See Althyn Conly

Connel. A member of Ituralde’s personal guard in Saldaea. He and Barettal were the only two of Ituralde’s guards still alive when they were allowed to retreat into Maradon, being pursued by the Shadowspawn army.

Connl. One of the Band of the Red Hand under Mandevwin’s command. He participated in the attack on the Seanchan.

Connoral. Sisters in the White Tower. See Viria and Raechin Connoral

Conquest, the. Luthair’s conquest of Seanchan natives, which took several hundred years to complete. It was also known as the Consolidation.

consensus, greater. See greater consensus

consensus, lesser. See lesser consensus

Consolidation, the. See Conquest, the

Consolidation, Wars of Consolidation. See Wars of Consolidation

constellations. Plowman, Haywain, Archer, Five Sisters, Three Geese (pointing the way north), Snake (Aiel called it the Dragon), Shield (or Hawkwing’s Shield), Stag, Ram, Cup, Traveler, Blacksmith.

Conwy, Nethan. One of Merise’s Warders, an Andoran. Nethan was 6'1" tall, with a lean, muscular build and piercing blue eyes. His dark hair had wings of white at the temples.

Copan, Myriam. See Myriam Copan

Coplin clan. A farming family of the Two Rivers. There were many troublemakers among them. See Benly, Calle, Dag, Darl, Ewal, Hari and Jac Coplin

Cor Darei. Old Tongue for “Night Spears,” an Aiel warrior society.

Coram. Hulking and wide-shouldered, he was one of the Aiel who helped Aviendha and Rhuarc rescue Nynaeve, Elayne and Egwene from brigands and Myrddraal. He was one of the two guards for Verin on the day she questioned the Aes Sedai prisoners after Dumai’s Wells about the Tower’s plans for Rand. Verin thought that in rising, he “uncoiled like a serpent despite his size.” He and Mendan played cat’s cradle.

Coramen. A tiny walled town of tile-roofed stone buildings and half a dozen stone docks, on the east bank of the River Eldar in Altara. It was an important crossing point, and a ferry ran between it and Alkindar, on the other side of the Eldar. Luca’s show took the ferry across the river from Alkindar to Coramen, and set up camp outside the town.

Coramoor, the. The Sea Folk name for the Chosen One, whom they had sought as a herald of a new Age and found in the person of Rand al’Thor.

Corana. An Aiel Maiden of the Spear who accompanied Rand to Caemlyn when he took Fedwin Morr there. She also accompanied Bashere and Flinn to a meeting with the Seanchan and reported that the Seanchan were flaunting captured Shaido Wise Ones. She had graying hair and was nearly as leather-faced as Sulin. She treated Rand like an older first-brother.

Corartheren. An Ogier-built city in Manetheren, one of the Ten Nations formed after the Breaking.

Corbesan, Jorlen. An Aes Sedai from before the Breaking who made wondrous ter’angreal; he was killed when the Sharom was destroyed.

Corbet. A Youngling. He was one of the youngest among them and was always looking for something to do to prove himself.

Cordamora Palace. The royal palace of Saldaea, in Maradon.

Cordese Hills. A landform west of Ebou Dar.

Cords, Sergeant. A watch sergeant with Bryne’s army. He was overweight, with red stubble on his chin. He refused to fetch Bryne when Gawyn arrived, treating him as a potential recruit and refusing to listen to him. Gawyn persisted, Cords reached for his sword, and Gawyn quickly disarmed him.

Cordwyn, Evard. See Evard Cordwyn

corea. A musical instrument that Asmodean played during the Age of Legends.

coreer. A venomous snake in the Age of Legends.

Corehuin. One of two Aiel wives of Mandelain, the Daryne clan chief. Her sister-wife was Jair. Corehuin traveled with Mandelain to the wetlands; Jair stayed in the Waste, and they both wanted to see her again before they woke from the dream.

Corele Hovian. A Murandian Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah who was uncommitted to any contingent. She had a strength level of 18(6). Born in 876 NE, she went to the White Tower in 894 NE. After seven years as a novice and five years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 906 NE. She was 5'5½" tall, with a very slender, boyish build. Her thick black eyebrows and a mass of raven hair gave her something or a wild appearance no matter how neatly she dressed. Her eyes were blue, and the tip of her nose turned up. She always seemed amused and often had a joking way of speaking; she had a lilting voice. Along with Samitsu Tamagowa, she was considered one of the best at Healing, although Samitsu was better. Corele was one of the uncommitted Aes Sedai Rand found in Cairhien after Dumai’s Wells; she was following Cadsuane Melaidhrin.

Corele, along with Samitsu and Damer Flinn, helped to Heal Rand after he was stabbed with the Shadar Logoth dagger. She bonded Damer Flinn as her Warder shortly after the attack on Rand when he returned to Cairhien. When Alanna collapsed for unknown reasons, Corele tried to Heal her but was unsuccessful. She accompanied Cadsuane to Far Madding and to Shadar Logoth. While Rand was cleansing the taint, Corele linked with Damer and Sarene and fought Demandred; they were successful in driving him away. Corele accompanied Rand to the Pendaloan estate in Tear and to Tellaen’s estate in Arad Doman. She was one of the sisters holding the shield on Semirhage when Shaidar Haran came to free Semirhage; he put Corele in a trance to incapacitate her, but she recovered and went with Rand to Bandar Eban, Falme and the Stone of Tear. During the Last Battle, Corele Healed the injured at Berelain’s palace.

Corelna. An Aiel Wise One who could not channel. She was a green-eyed hawk of a woman with gray heavy in her flaxen hair. She didn’t believe that Arilyn was an Aes Sedai spy.

Coremanda. One of the Ten Nations after the Breaking. Its capital was Shaemal, and its king at the signing of the Compact was Ladoman. One of its cities, Hai Caemlyn, was the predecessor of Caemlyn.

Corenne. Old Tongue word meaning “The Return.” It was the name given by the Seanchan both to the fleet of thousands of ships and to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers, craftsmen and others carried by those ships, who came behind the Forerunners to reclaim the lands stolen from Artur Hawkwing’s descendants. The Corenne was led by Captain-General Lunal Galgan.

corenroot. A medicinal herb that helped make blood.

Corevin. A Cairhienin Redarm in the Band of the Red Hand. He was thickly muscled with a big nose and small eyes, a tattoo of a leopard and a boar on one arm, and a lion and a naked woman on the other. He was one of the few men Mat knew who could drink Ebou Dari ale in the heat—or at all, for that matter. Injured in a fight with a fish-seller in Ebou Dar, he died in the Rahad fighting Black Ajah and Darkfriends on the mission to retrieve the Bowl of the Winds.

Corgaide Marendevin. The head of the servants, known as the Holder of the Keys, at the Sun Palace in Cairhien. She was 5'2" tall, grave-faced and gray-haired, and wore no ornament except for the heavy ring of keys at her waist. The first real crack in Samitsu’s authority in Caemlyn was when Corgaide began recognizing Sashalle as above Samitsu.

Corianin Nedeal. An Aes Sedai from almost five hundred years before the Last Battle. She was a Dreamer who left notes on Tel’aran’rhiod and on various ter’angreal that she had studied. She died in 526 NE.

Coride. A pale-haired novice in the White Tower who looked up to Egwene after Egwene had been captured by the Tower Aes Sedai. She was a year younger than Egwene, but was still immature after a year and a half in the Tower. Egwene comforted her after she saw a ghost.

Corin Ayellin. A slim Two Rivers woman with a thick gray braid that hung below her waist. She was one of the best cooks in Emond’s Field, second only to Marin al’Vere, and Marin said that Corin’s sweets were better than hers. She could not abide thieves. Nynaeve stole a pie from her at age sixteen, her hair already in a braid, on a dare from Nela Thane. Nynaeve walked out the door straight into Mistress Ayellin, who strapped her so soundly Nynaeve remembered it as a grown woman.

Corl, Ander. A bootmaker who lived in the town of Taien in the Jangai Pass. He, his wife, Aril, and his brother-in-law, Tal Nethin, survived the Shaido attack on their town.

Corlan Dashiva. The Forsaken Aginor/Osan’gar’s Asha’man persona. He was supposedly from an isolated farming village in the Black Hills. His attitude toward Taim was not always what it should have been, to keep up appearances; his actions were rarely overt and could be put down to the same degree of madness that had him frequently talking to himself, staring at nothing and laughing to himself at nothing. He was a plain man in his middle years. He wasn’t skinny, but he moved in a hesitant, creeping way, hands folded at his waist, that made him seem so. He guided Damer Flinn toward learning some of the ancient ways of Healing. Rand chose him out after Dumai’s Wells—the last one chosen, seemingly at random—when Taim insisted on Rand having some full Asha’man. It was an example of ta’veren currents working. He stayed with Rand in Cairhien and accompanied Rand to see the Sea Folk in Cairhien. He went to battle the Seanchan in Illian with Rand. After their return to Cairhien, Rand was attacked by saidin there, and Dashiva was discovered with the attackers and forced to flee. Rand ordered Taim to list him among the deserters, with the others whom Taim had already named, Rochaid, Gedwyn, Torval and Kisman. Elza Penfell killed Dashiva at Shadar Logoth when he tried to kill Rand during the cleansing of the taint; she had no idea he was one of the Forsaken. See also Osan’gar

corlm. A Seanchan exotic species imported from a parallel world. At first glance, it appeared to be a flightless bird with a long neck, thick legs and a sort of double crest on its head. It often stood some six or more feet tall counting the crest. It was covered with long hair, mottled/striped in grays, blacks and or browns, like a common sort of cat. The tail, which it flattened out to stabilize itself when running, was also covered in hair; the double crest was really a pair of upstanding ears which were quite mobile. It had four-toed feet with smallish claws and tiny forearms on which the paws had four long “fingers” with longer claws than the hind feet. The arms were usually held close to its body and seldom used except in nest-building and feeding, though its beak was used more often. This beak was large and appeared oversized for its head, which was long and oblong, and was hooked like the beak of a bird of prey; the corlm used the beak for killing. Its two eyes were set on the sides of its head. The corlm laid one egg at time, which often did not hatch. It was a carnivore and an extremely efficient predator, following prey by both scent and sound. Corlm were used for tracking, though never accompanying units mounted on torm; the two animals were mutually antagonistic to a high degree. The corlm was faster than a man in short sprints, and could equal men over longer distances. It was about equal in intelligence to a dog. Corlm appeared to be solitary animals in their natural environment, and were always used singly, as they did not tolerate each other well except at mating. The weight of an adult could be over three hundred pounds. The corlm was controlled both by spoken commands and by using whistles pitched above human hearing.

Corly, Reanne. See Reanne Corly

Cormaed. A town in Altara where there was a ferry across the River Eldar into Amadicia. When traveling west after fleeing Caemlyn, Morgase and her group were told that they could get a ferry in Cormaed which would take them to the Amadician side.

Cormalinde Masoon. A famous sculptor from the Age of Legends whose works, immense stylized humans and animals, were found in the Ansaline Gardens resort.

Corman. An Aiel of the Mosaada Goshien clan, and a member of Far Aldazar Din (Brothers of the Eagle) warrior society. He had gray eyes, and a white scar slanted across his nose. He gambled at knife-throwing with Mat in Rhuidean. Later he was one of the guards at the Sun Palace in Cairhien.

Cormanes. A pretty young man Moiraine kissed the night before she left for the Tower.

Cormer, Marek. A Two Rivers man with Perrin in Ghealdan. Faile noted that he no longer seemed to believe the rumors about Perrin and Berelain.

Cornwell, Mirlene. See Mirlene Cornwell

Coron Ford. A place in Arad Doman. Rodel Ituralde told his aide to send a packet to his wife if he didn’t reach Coron Ford in two days, after meeting a group of enemies under the White Ribbon at Lady Osana’s hunting lodge.

Coronation Festival. A week-long feast held in Cairhien when a new ruler took the throne. The new monarch distributed gifts of coin, food and finery in the city every day. Free access to the city was available to everyone; not even someone under order of arrest could be denied or detained.

corpse moss. A moss that grew in caves.

Corrand, Dimana. See Dimana Corrand

Corvila. A lean Altaran weaver who was gai’shain to the Shaido at Malden. She swore fealty to Faile.

cosa. An animal that scampered up trees, referred to by Graendal in describing how Sammael would react if Rand chased him out of Illian.

Cosaida. A sept of the Chareen Aiel.

Cosain. A lean, yellow-haired Wise One of the Spine Ridge sept of the Miagoma Aiel with the ability to channel and a strength level of 14(2). She went to Dumai’s Wells. When Rand and his party were returning to Cairhien from Dumai’s Wells, Sorilea sent Sotarin and Cosain to meet Feraighin, who came from Cairhien.

Cosamelle. A town in Ghealdan. Logain said that was where the Red Ajah sisters threatened him and made him become a false Dragon.

Coteren. A heavyset Asha’man with a blunt face, pudgy cheeks, and long, black, oily hair. One of Taim’s cronies, he liked to bully Androl and called him “pageboy.” He told Androl that Taim had demoted him. During the attempted rescue of Logain, Jonneth killed Coteren with an arrow through the chest.

Couladin. An Aiel warrior of the Domai sept of the Shaido Aiel and the Seia Doon (Black Eyes) warrior society. He was tall, broad-shouldered, flame-haired and short of his middle years. He had a hawk’s eyes and a sun-dark face and was married to Sevanna. His brother Muradin entered Rhuidean to become clan chief of the Shaido; he did not emerge, and Couladin accused Rand of killing him. Asmodean gave Couladin gold-and-red Dragons on his arms; he tried to claim the title of Car’a’carn. He led the Shaido to the wetlands and took Cairhien. Rand and the other Aiel followed and brought him to battle, where Mat killed Couladin.

Coulin. He was Master of Arms of the Tower Guard under Hammar at the White Tower. He was killed by Gawyn when Siuan was deposed.

Coumin. A Da’shain Aiel ancestor of Rand. At age sixteen, he was participating in the seed singing when news arrived that the War of Power had ended. He was running home to tell his grandfather Charn when a townsman named Toma punched him in the mouth because his family had served Lanfear while she was still known as Mierin. When he got home, he found that Charn had been hanged for the same reason. Later in life, Coumin gave up the Way of the Leaf and encouraged other Da’shain Aiel to do so as well.

Council, Crown High. See Crown High Council

Council of Elders. The Ogier ruling body of each stedding.

Council of Lords. An advisory council to the Queen of Saldaea.

Council of Merchants. A group of the heads of merchant guilds in Arad Doman who were responsible for electing the King. The members were almost always women.

Council of Nine. The advisory council of lords that jointly ruled with the King in Illian.

Council of the Anointed, the. The ruling body of the Children of the Light. It was composed of approximately twelve of the highest-ranking and most favored Lords Captain, and presided over by the Lord Captain Commander.

Council, Supreme. The ruling body of the Black Ajah, composed of thirteen sisters. It was also known as the Great Council of Thirteen.

Council, Village. Men elected by townsmen and headed by a mayor, responsible for decisions affecting the whole village and interacting with councils of other villages.

Counsel’s Head, The. The second inn that Rand and his group (Min, Lan, Nynaeve and Alivia) stayed at when they were in Far Madding. Mistress Keane was the innkeeper of this inn suitable for wealthy merchants. They stayed there when Rand was trying to put an end to the Asha’man who had tried to kill him in Cairhien; they were also visited there by Cadsuane and Alanna.

Counselor, Prime. A high office mentioned by Graendal. It was probably from the Age of Legends.

Counsels, the. The ruling body of Far Madding. There were thirteen Counsels, with the highest-ranking named the First Counsel. Counsels were always women.

cour’souvra. An Old Tongue term meaning “mindtrap.” It was a device, cage-like in appearance, applied in the Pit of Doom to one out of favor with the Dark One, and in this world enslaved one totally to whoever held the mindtrap.

Coura. The mother of Amar who was the mother of Elora, the last being an Ogier author from the time of Artur Hawkwing.

Court of Takedo. From Mat’s memories, the royal court in Farashelle, one of the nations that had arisen following the Trolloc Wars, which Artur Hawkwing had crushed more than a thousand years in the past.

Court of the Nine Moons. The seat of the Seanchan Empress.

Court of the Sun. A Fourth Age court, where Sulamein so Bhagad, who wrote a book called The Wheel of Time, was Chief Historian.

Court-bard. An entertainer established at a royal palace, vested with a much higher status than a gleeman.

Courtani. A Banner-General in the Seanchan army; Mat found her unappealing. Tuon chastised her for being slow to help Mat reach the battlefield on the Kandor-Arafel border in the Last Battle.

Covanen’s First Rule of Medians. A method used by some sisters of the White Ajah to explain logic and empirical truths arithmetically. It was an unproven method, according to other Whites.

Covarla Baldene. An Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah and of the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 21(9). Born in 919 NE, she went to the White Tower in 936 NE. After nine years as a novice and five as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 950 NE. She had pale hair and a normally implacable face. Covarla was part of the group sent to kidnap Rand al’Thor, and was one of the few to escape from Dumai’s Wells. Elaida put her in charge of the sisters in Dorlan who were sent there to conceal facts about the battle from sisters in the Tower. She was unaware of Elaida’s plan for getting rid of the Younglings.

Covenant of the Ten Nations. Also known as the Second Covenant. The first league of nations, created approximately two hundred years after the Breaking, as a defense against the forces of the Dark One. It lasted eight hundred years, until the Trolloc Wars began. The Compact was largely the work of the legendary Queen Mabriam en Shereed of Aramaelle, who was also an Aes Sedai.

Covenant, the. A promise of the early Aiel, the Da’shain, to serve the Aes Sedai and to follow the Way of the Leaf, a pacific way of life.

Covenry, Sahra. See Sahra Covenry

Covril daughter of Ella daughter of Soong. Loial’s mother, and a respected speaker. Her sister Voniel was Elder Haman’s wife. A head shorter than Elder Haman, who was 10'5" tall, she had more delicate features than he, and her eyebrows were not as long or thick. Covril, Elder Haman and Erith set out to find Loial so that he and Erith could be married. They went to Caemlyn, where they marked stedding on maps for Rand, and accompanied him to Shadar Logoth to close the Waygate. Rand took them to the Two Rivers, but Loial had already left. They finally caught up with Loial at Algarin’s manor, and Covril witnessed the wedding. When she objected to Loial speaking at the Stump, Erith claimed wife’s prerogative and overruled her. Covril later made sure that Loial was allowed to speak; she spoke against him but claimed that she agreed with him and was only speaking as devil’s advocate.

Cowin Gemallan. A Malkieri nobleman also known as Cowin Fairheart. He was a hero almost as well loved as the King, but when the Great Lords had cast the rods for king, only two separated him from Akir, and he never forgot that two men laying a different color on the Crowning Stone would have set him on the throne instead. Jealousy was only part of the problem; Cowin was also a Darkfriend. He plotted with Breyan to move soldiers back from the Blight to seize the Seven Towers, stripping the Borderforts to bare garrisons. Trollocs poured in, and Malkier fell. Cowin was captured and brought to justice by Jain Farstrider, and killed in trial-by-combat by Lan’s father, the King.

Cowinde. A blue-eyed Maiden of the Spear who was taken gai’shain. Cowinde served Melaine, though she did not accompany her to Caemlyn. She frequently served Egwene when she was with the Aiel, and she came to Egwene’s tent in Rhuidean. She was one who refused to put off the white; Melaine sent her to search a pile of sand for a particular red grain in an attempt to make her shed the gai’shain white robes and resume being a Maiden.

Cowlin, Lord. The Lord of So Habor, Altara. He fled the village before Perrin’s party arrived. He was haunted by his wife’s ghost; there was some question as to how she died.

Coy. A bandit leader in Kandor. He had grizzled, greasy hair, a narrow, unshaven face and a gap-toothed grin. He and his band made the mistake of trying to rob Moiraine and her traveling companions, Lan, Bukama and Ryne. Moiraine drove him and his band off using the One Power.

Craeb, Melli. See Melli Craeb

Craft Town. Part of the Black Tower, located outside of Caemlyn. Craft Town was a large area where all the craftsfolk plied their trade, making everything needed by the Black Tower.

Crawe, Bandry (Ban). See Bandry Crawe

Crawe, Samel. See Samel Crawe

Creator, the. The being who made the world and put in place the Wheel of Time.

Creed of the Asha’man. A statement of beliefs recited every morning at the Black Tower before Morning Directives.

Creedin. A captain in Ituralde’s army involved in defensive actions at Maradon. Ituralde sent him word to watch for a Trolloc assault on the ford.

Crimson, Master. An alias used by Mat while seeking information in taverns in Caemlyn.

crimsonthorn. A plant whose white root shavings were sweet and used in a tea. Used in small amounts, it acted as a painkiller; in larger amounts, it paralyzed and killed. The plant was found far from the sea.

Cristol, First Lord. A ruler of Essenia, one of the Ten Nations, and one of the signers of the Compact of the Ten Nations.

Croi Makin. One of Myrelle Berengari’s Warders, an Andoran. He was a yellow-haired young splinter of stone with a fine profile. He was the only of Myrelle’s Warders who had not been bonded to another Aes Sedai. Rumor said that Myrelle was married to her first three Warders: Croi Makin, Nuhel Dromand and Avar Hachami.

Crossin, Mycal. See Mycal Crossin

Crown and Lion, The. An inn in Caemlyn on the other side of the New City from The Queen’s Blessing. Rand told Elaida that he was staying there so that Master Gill at The Queen’s Blessing would not be put in danger.

Crown and Staff of the Tree. The insignia of the Panarch in Tanchico.

Crown High Council. A governmental body in the monarchy of Ghealdan. It was composed of nobles. This council was of varying size, depending on what party or group had control, and of varying power in the land. The Council had a strong say in who would ascend to the throne, though ascent was usually hereditary. By law, no one could sit on the Crown High Council if they were in the line of succession, and stepping from the Council to the throne was also against the law. Attempts to do so in the past had caused outbreaks of violence—a civil war in at least one case—and never succeeded. However, upon occasion, the Council deposed a sitting monarch, changed the succession or had someone other than the “rightful” successor crowned. In other periods they were under the ruler’s thumb to one degree or another. Alliandre was somewhat under the Crown High Council’s collective thumb, for they had removed her predecessors in one way or another, correctly as they saw it, and put her on the throne. They stood aside for a time because she handled the Prophet well, or at least kept his depredations to a minimum.

Crown of Maredo, The. A modest inn in Far Madding where Rand and his group (Min, Lan, Nynaeve and Alivia) stayed upon arrival in the city. Mistress Nalhera was the innkeeper. They roomed there while Rand attempted to track down the Asha’man who had tried to kill him in Cairhien.

Crown of Roses, The. Caemlyn’s best inn, three stories high and built of white stone. Mistress Cinchonine was the innkeeper. The embassy led by Merana from the rebel Aes Sedai wishing to meet with Rand stayed at this inn and met with Alanna and Verin there.

Crown of Swords. See Laurel Crown of Illian

Crowning Stone, the. A stone used in the election of a Malkieri king; the Great Lords would place colored rods on it to indicate their choice.

Crystal Throne. The seat of the Empress at the Court of the Nine Moons in Seanchan. It was a great ter’angreal that caused anyone who approached it to feel immense awe and wonder. Of course, only the reigning monarch was ever allowed to use it. Its disposition was unknown after the chaos in Seanchan. The term could also be used for any throne on which the Empress sat.

Cuaindaigh Fords. The site of a battle in the Trolloc Wars, from Mat’s enhanced memory.

Cuale. The innkeeper at The Defender of the Dragonwall in Cairhien, where Rand, Loial and Hurin stayed. He was plump and unctuous, and at first thought that Rand was an Aiel. He was very excited about all the invitations that Rand received, especially the last two.

Cuallin Dhen, Battle of. A famous battle in which Queen Modrellein of Andor established her bravery against the Tairens, seven hundred years before the Last Battle.

cuande, tight bands of. Moghedien’s description of what she felt around her chest while she was in the vacuole.

Cuebiyarsande. An Ogier-built city in Aramaelle, one of the Ten Nations after the Breaking.

Cuellar. A man who sharpened knives at the Black Tower.

cuendillar (heartstone). A supposedly indestructible substance created during the Age of Legends. Any known force used in an attempt to break it, including the One Power, was absorbed, making cuendillar stronger. The method for making of cuendillar was lost for centuries, but was rediscovered shortly before the Last Battle.

cueran. A building material from the Age of Legends that made for spotless white, gleaming, sleek and sterile environments.

Cuhan, Culan. See Culan Cuhan

Culain. An Aldeshar general defeated by Artur Hawkwing. Mat remembered Hawkwing standing over him as Culain, saying that he fought well, and asking Culain to live with him in peace. Culain laughed in Hawkwing’s face and died.

Culain’s Hound. An average inn in the New City in Caemlyn where Verin, Alanna and the young women from the Two Rivers with channeling potential stayed. It was three-storied stone with a red tile roof, and Master Dilham was the innkeeper. Rand visited the two Aes Sedai there, and was bonded involuntarily by Alanna; his explosive response frightened the Two Rivers girls.

Culan Cuhan. A person or place that wept when Sammael unleashed the Shadow and earned his title as “Destroyer of Hope.”

Culen, Lord. A Murandian nobleman who was a Hunter of the Horn. Culen spoke with a Mindean accent, and the Mindeans boasted that they had the worst tempers in Murandy. He was in Maerone with Lord Paers. Olver sat on Paers’ horse, and Paers intended to punish Olver, which Culen found amusing. Mat disabled Paers with a shot to the groin with the butt of his spear, and when Culen attempted to draw his sword, Mat knocked Culen out and ordered their servant Padry to get them out of town.

Culhan Carand. An Andoran nobleman and husband of the High Seat, Lady Aemlyn. He was about 5'10" tall, and square-faced. Arathelle, Pelivar, Aemlyn and Culhan were among the nobles who confronted the rebel Aes Sedai on the ice near the Andor-Murandy border.

Cullen’s Crossing. A place in Andor ten miles outside of Caemlyn. Adeleas had taken Ispan to a hut in Cullen’s Crossing for questioning, and they were both murdered there.

Cully, Old. The feared leader of a circle of Darkfriends who worked for Jaichim Carridin. He was a gnarled beggar with one eye, no teeth and a habit of bathing only once in the year, whether he needed it or not.

Cumbar Hills. Hills somewhat south of Lugard. Egwene’s rebel Aes Sedai passed this area on the way from Salidar to Tar Valon.

Cumere Powys. One of the Counsels of Far Madding. Pretty and serious, she stood 5'5½" tall. Along with Narvais, she escorted Cadsuane, Shalon and Harine to the palace while the others remained with Aleis to question Verin.

Cup, the. A constellation.

currency. After many centuries of trade, the standard terms for coins were the same in every land: crowns (the largest coin in size), marks and pennies. Crowns and marks could be minted of gold or silver, while pennies could be silver or copper, the last penny often called simply a copper. In different lands, however, these coins were of different sizes and weights. Even in one nation, coins of different sizes and weights were minted by different rulers. Because of trade, the coins of many nations could be found almost anywhere, and for that reason, bankers, moneylenders and merchants all used scales to determine the value of any given coin or coins.

The heaviest coins came from Andor and Tar Valon, and in those two places the relative values were: 10 copper pennies = 1 silver penny; 100 silver pennies = 1 silver mark; 10 silver marks = 1 silver crown; 10 silver crowns = 1 gold mark; 10 gold marks = 1 gold crown. By contrast, in Altara, where the larger coins contain less gold or silver, the relative values were: 10 copper pennies = 1 silver penny; 21 silver pennies = 1 silver mark; 20 silver marks = 1 silver crown; 20 silver crowns = 1 gold mark; 20 gold marks = 1 gold crown.

The only paper currency was “letters-of-rights,” issued by bankers and guaranteeing to present a certain amount of gold or silver when the letter-of-rights was presented. Because of the long distances between cities, the length of time needed to travel from one to another, and the difficulties of transactions at long distance, a letter-of-rights might have been accepted at full value in a city near to the bank which issued it, but it might only have been accepted at a lower value in a city farther away. Generally, someone intending to be traveling for a long time would have carried one or more letters-of-rights to exchange for coin when needed. Letters-of-rights were usually accepted only by bankers or merchants, and would never have been used in shops.

Cutaris. A member of Ituralde’s forces in Saldaea. He was a sturdy, long-limbed Domani who acted as a messenger between Ituralde and Durhem.

Cutren, Alamindra. See Alamindra Cutren

Cutter of the Shadow. In the Old Tongue, Shadar Nor; it was the name given to Latra Posae, the Aes Sedai who was the founder of the Fateful Concord that prevented any women from helping Lews Therin place the seals on the Dark One’s prison.

cutworm. A pest found in the Two Rivers that attacked crops in the field.

Cycle of the Dragon, The. Charal Drianaan te Calamon, author unknown, from the Fourth Age.

Cynd. A slender Tairen woman who fought in the Last Battle. Mat, giving a demonstration of how to shape stakes for the palisade they were constructing on the Field of Merrilor, handed his axe to Cynd and told her to keep the stakes in line.

Cyndane. The Old Tongue word for “Last Chance.” Cyndane had been Lanfear, but Moridin rescued her from the land of the Aelfinn and Eelfinn by killing her so the Dark One could transfer her to a new body, the name showing his displeasure and giving a reminder that it really was her last chance—a chance she might not have received had there been stronger women among the Black Ajah. Cyndane’s physical appearance was very much at odds with Lanfear’s, as if deliberately changed. Where she had been tall and slim, she became short and a bit on the voluptuous side. She had large eyes of deep sky blue, and waves of blond hair that was almost silver. She was still beautiful, but her face was quite different, with high cheekbones and chiseled features; she had the look of an ice-goddess, except that there was more than a hint of banked fires in her eyes. Her voice had become husky, throaty and sultry, in stark contrast to her ice-maiden appearance. Her body truly was young—mid-twenties at the oldest—not needing the Mask of Mirrors Lanfear had used to hide her matured ripeness. She was reduced in strength to 2/+11 by her experiences during captivity on the other side of the doorframe ter’angreal before being retrieved by Moridin; this reduction was sufficient to put anyone who thought she was Lanfear off the scent. She still loved Rand, but since he had failed her, she was more than willing to break him or kill him. Unfortunately for her, Moridin held her mindtrap, and she was on a tight leash. She did attempt to engage Rand’s sympathies, but was unsuccessful. She then set her sights on Perrin, and helped him remove the dreamspike at the Black Tower. She later Compelled him to murder Moiraine, but Perrin was able to resist and instead killed Cyndane. See also Lanfear

Cyprien Melchor. One of the Counsels of Far Madding who met with Cadsuane’s party when they arrived. She had protruding teeth.

Cyrendemar’naille. An Ogier-built city in Aridhol, one of the Ten Nations after the Breaking.

Cyril Wynn. The son of Murandians Susa and Jac Wynn. He was one of the children Moiraine investigated while looking for the infant Dragon Reborn.