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Da’concion. The term Suroth used to refer to the Forsaken.

da’covale. A Seanchan term meaning “person who is owned,” used to refer to their slaves. Being da’covale was hereditary; a child born to covale parents was itself da’covale, including the child of a mother who was da’covale and a father who was not da’covale—which was the reason most men did not lie with da’covale or used birth control if they did. If the father was da’covale and the mother not—a highly unusual circumstance—the child was free, since condition always followed that of the mother in Seanchan society. Da’covale could not own property of any sort, or have anything of their own, though owners would sometimes let them keep gifts or money. Anyone could own da’covale, not just the Blood. They could be bought and sold like horses. Manumission was possible, and in fact it was customary under some circumstances to manumit da’covale in one’s will if he or she had served long or in a close capacity, in much the manner someone might leave a few trinkets or a sum of money to a longtime servant. This was not always done, nor necessarily desired by the da’covale, because the complexities of Seanchan life could mean that being freed brought a reduction in social standing. By law, one was required to make provision for the future of any da’covale freed, either by establishing a trust, or by seeing that the former da’covale had a way to earn a living, and to support a family if he or she had one. It was possible to be reduced to da’covale as well, by judicial sentence. Both flogging—and various other corporal punishments—and being made da’covale were punishments short of execution for various crimes. Many preferred execution to being made da’covale. Prisoners of war and those captured in rebellion were usually made da’covale. To a large degree, da’covale shared somewhat in the standing of their master or mistress, modified by his or her position with the household. A lesser lord or lady might defer to a high-ranking da’covale within the household of a High Lord or Lady, at least to a so’jhin, and that High Lord or Lady would show at least a degree of respect, and possibly deference, to a high-ranking da’covale of the Imperial household.

Da’shain Aiel. Old Tongue for “those dedicated to peace” and the name given to a pacifistic people in the Age of Legends sworn to a covenant that bound them to serve the Aes Sedai and uphold the “Way of the Leaf,” a pacifistic code of honor. The Da’shain Aiel wore their hair short except for a tail in the back and usually dressed in a plain coat, breeches and soft, laced boots, usually in shades of brown or gray. During the War of Power and the Breaking, they did not betray their code by fighting. The Aes Sedai realized that the Da’shain would be slaughtered uselessly if they remained in the cities. They devised a great task worthy of the Da’shain: They were given precious angreal and ter’angreal and told to take them all to a place of safety, far away from Paaran Disen. With insane male Aes Sedai rampaging through the world, it was important to keep these powerful objects of the One Power out of their reach. The Da’shain Aiel set out, and after many tribulations and divisions among their ranks, founded Rhuidean in the Waste and evolved into what simply became known as the Aiel. See also Aiel, Jenn Aiel and Tuatha’an

da’tsang. Old Tongue for “despised one”; it was the name given to criminals among the Aiel. See also Aiel law

Dabei, Theodrin. See Theodrin Dabei

Dacan, Clan. An Atha’an Miere clan.

Dacan, Zerah. See Zerah Dacan

Dachen, Nisao. See Nisao Dachen

dactolk. A Seanchan game.

Dael al’Taron. A young Two Rivers man who joined Perrin’s band battling Trollocs in the Two Rivers. He was killed in a Trolloc ambush.

Daelvin, Mistress. The innkeeper at The Golden Stag in Maerone, Cairhien. She was small and round, with gray hair worn in a wispy bun. She kept a cudgel under her skirts to use on men who were behaving badly.

Daera, Sallie. A code expression for Salidar.

Daerid Ondin. A Cairhienin soldier who had fought Andorans and brigands, as well as in the civil war. He was pale and slender with hard eyes, an oft-broken nose and three white scars crisscrossing his face. He joined the Band of the Red Hand, commanded the foot and was promoted to lieutenant-general. In the Last Battle, he fought alongside Talmanes, using the dragons.

Daerilla Raened. An Andoran noblewoman who was High Seat of House Raened. Her sigil was the Five Silver Stars. Plump and giggly, she opposed Morgase in the Succession, but was given a pardon. Daerilla was one of Gaebril’s sycophants. Rand made use of her temporarily as a political tool. Daerilla fled after Rand reached an accommodation with Dyelin, and later supported Naean for the throne.

Daes Dae’mar. The Great Game, also known as the Game of Houses. It involved the use of misdirection and hidden meanings and motives, in word and deed, to gain power and status. Great value was given to subtlety, to aiming at one thing while seeming to aim at another, and to achieving ends with the least visible effort. It was developed by Cairhienin nobility, adapted from Aes Sedai intrigue, and spread throughout the southern nations.

Dafid Norley. A Cairhienin Asha’man Dedicated. He was short and thick-waisted with an open, inviting smile. He was part of Logain’s faction, and was with Logain when Logain took Toveine. He bonded an unnamed Red.

Dag Coplin. 1) A Two Rivers boy whom Mat Cauthon tried to trick into believing that ghost dogs had been seen in Emond’s Field. 2) An elderly man in Emond’s Field, possibly the grandfather of Dag Coplin 1. He did not wash his hair often and tried to pass off second-rate wool as first-rate. He accompanied Luc to tell the Whitecloaks that they were not welcome in Emond’s Field.

Daganred. A Cairhienin noble House.

Daganred, Lord. A Cairhienin nobleman. He was about 5'7" tall, a quiet man with an air of sadness. Stripes ran down his coat to the waist. He wore the front of his head shaved and powdered after the fashion of Cairhienin soldiers; he fought in the Illian campaign. His son Meresin joined the Band of the Red Hand.

Daganred, Meresin See Meresin Daganred

Dagar, Masema. See Masema Dagar

Dagdara Finchey. An Andoran Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah publicly but of the Black Ajah in truth. She was part of the rebel contingent and had a strength level of 19(7). Born in 848 NE, she went to the White Tower in 863 NE. After spending seven years as a novice and five years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 875 NE. She was about six feet tall, and very wide, with graying hair. It was said that Dagdara knew more of Healing than any two other Yellow sisters, but that was before Nynaeve developed the new Healing weaves. She was in the same range with Samitsu. Romanda wanted her as a Sitter in Salidar, but Magla insisted on Salita instead. Dagdara’s name was on Verin’s list of the Black Ajah.

Dagendra. An Aiel Maiden of the Spear who had a blocky build. She was guarding Rand when he went to Culain’s Hound and was bonded by Alanna.

Daghain. A bridge town outside Tar Valon, on the bank of the Osendrelle Erinin, on the road to Shol Arbela and Fal Moran.

Dahan. A feast celebrated on the ninth day of the month of Saven, supposedly celebrating the final victory in the Trolloc Wars and freedom from the Shadow. Most historians believed the date was arbitrarily chosen.

Dai Shan. A Malkieri title meaning “Diademed Battle Lord.” See Lan

daien. A type of dancer from the Age of Legends, characterized by a lush, sleek body. Osan’gar reflected on the fact that Aran’gar looked like a daien dancer when the latter received his new female body from the Dark One.

Daigan. A town outside and southwest of Far Madding across the Ikane Bridge.

Daigian Moseneillin. A Cairhienin Aes Sedai of the White Ajah, uncommitted to any contingent, with a strength level of 45(33), the lowest level at which a woman traditionally was accepted for the Tower to become Aes Sedai, though at even lower levels they were accepted long enough to be trained to the point of safety, some managing to rise to Accepted. Born in 907 NE, she went to the White Tower in 921 NE. After spending twenty-seven years as a novice and twenty-one years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 969 NE. She spent longer as novice and as Accepted than anyone else in living memory. She was 5'2" tall, slightly plump and round-cheeked with pale skin. She had long black hair and always wore a silver chain in her hair, supporting a moonstone kesiera. A younger daughter of a minor Cairhien House entitled to wear four thin stripes of color on her bosom, she often wore Cairhienin clothes, except that she added slashes of white to the skirts for her Ajah. She was considered a fine logician. Daigian was extremely persistent and did not know the meaning of “quit.” With a quiet, even meek, personality, at least around other Aes Sedai, she accepted the logic of her position utterly and knew that she would be the low woman in any meeting of Aes Sedai. She automatically assumed that if there were no servants about, she would perform those functions, making and serving tea and fetching things. Perhaps as a result, she insisted fully on the rights, prerogative and courtesies due Aes Sedai from others. She was one of the sisters who went to Cairhien after Rand was kidnapped, following Cadsuane Melaidhrin, and accompanied Cadsuane to Far Madding and Shadar Logoth. Daigian bonded Eben Hopwil soon after the attack on Rand in Cairhien and was devastated by Eben’s death at Shadar Logoth. She was killed by Shaidar Haran when he freed Semirhage.

Dailin. 1) A Maiden of the Spear of the Nine Valleys Taardad Aiel, and a second-sister of Aviendha. She died in the fighting with the Myrddraal who were kidnapping Nynaeve, Elayne and Egwene when they were on their way to Tear. 2) A Wise One of the Shaido Aiel who had the ability to channel and a strength level of 17(5). She was about 5'7" tall, stocky and muscular, with wide shoulders. Her arms looked as if they belonged on a blacksmith. She was one of Sevanna’s inner circle of plotters. She took part in (or at least was present at) the murder of Desaine, and accompanied Sevanna to the Aes Sedai camp the day she saw Rand beaten. Dailin went with Therava back to the Waste after the rout at Malden.

Dain Bornhald. A narrow-faced Taraboner Whitecloak officer who was the son of Geofram. He was in Baerlon when Moiraine and Rand and their party came there; Mat pulled a prank to splash him and his Whitecloak companions with mud. He and the other Whitecloaks tried to prevent the party from leaving Baerlon. He went with Valda to Tar Valon; there he learned from Byar of the death of his father. His primary goal became avenging his father, who Byar told him died because Perrin betrayed him. When Verin, Nynaeve, Elayne and Egwene neared Tar Valon, he tried to stop them from proceeding. He volunteered to take a half legion to the Two Rivers to meet Ordeith, though when he met him, he did not like or trust Ordeith. He took Mat’s mother and sisters and the Luhhans prisoners to try to draw Rand or Perrin to the Two Rivers; Tam and Abell escaped. Dain was aware that Ordeith had killed the Aybara family, but allowed the deaths to be blamed on Trollocs, which had appeared in the Two Rivers.

Perrin arrived in Emond’s Field and convinced the people to gather and fight the Trollocs on their own instead of relying on the Whitecloaks; he also rescued the prisoners. In the final Trolloc attack on Emond’s Field, the Whitecloaks did not fight; Perrin ordered them out of the Two Rivers.

Dain returned to Amador and developed a drinking problem. He was appalled at Valda’s rape of Morgase, and supported Galad when he challenged Valda; he became a trusted aide to the new Lord Captain Commander. When they encountered Perrin, Dain wanted him punished for killing his father, but Perrin was cleared of that charge at trial. He still believed Perrin was a Darkfriend until Perrin and his army saved the Whitecloaks from a Trolloc attack. He killed Byar when Byar tried to kill Perrin. He later told Perrin that Ordeith had killed his family.

Dairaine Saighan. A high-ranking Cairhienin noblewoman taken gai’shain by the Shaido. She was slender with black hair that spilled to her waist in waves and a voice like crystal chimes. She curried favor with Sevanna by telling tales on her fellow gai’shain and was never chosen out as one of those who had failed to please. She shared a tent with Faile, and walked in when Faile, Alliandre and Maigdhin were about to escape and realized that something was up. She tried to get away to tell Sevanna, but was bound and left with Bain and Chiad.

Daise Congar. A woman of Emond’s Field. Twice as wide and a head taller than her husband, Wit, she was domineering and forceful, usually sounding as if she expected an argument and did not mean to put up with it. Daise had a mean streak. She became Wisdom of Emond’s Field after Nynaeve’s departure. When the Tinkers were attacked by Trollocs and came to Emond’s Field, Daise at first did not want to let them in, but was shamed by Perrin into welcoming them. She participated in the defense of Emond’s Field, and, with the rest of the Women’s Circle, performed the marriage of Faile and Perrin.

Daishar. An Old Tongue word for “glory” and the name of Egwene’s tall roan gelding.

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

Dajenna, Sedore. See Sedore Dajenna

Dal Calain. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

Dal Eira Gate. The north gate in Ebou Dar.

Dal. An Ogier who was the son of Morel and the father of Haman.

Dalaine Ndaye. An Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 36 to 64 NE. Dalaine was a weak Amyrlin.

Dalar. An Ogier woman who spent ten years Outside the stedding with the Sea Folk. After her return to the stedding, she was an invalid.

Dalenshar. A region in Seanchan whose inhabitants were as black as coal. While Miraj was battling Rand’s army, Miraj thought about Dalenshar while considering the named, honored regiments from different parts of Seanchan that were represented among his troops, including Dalenshar.

Dalevien. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah and the loyalist contingent. Stocky with gray streaking her short dark hair, she was holding the shield on Leane the first time Egwene visited Leane in her cell in the White Tower, but appeared most interested in comparing the text of two books.

Dalfor, Benji. See Benji Dalfor

Dali. A damane belonging to Tuon who was part of Karede’s group that searched for Tuon when she was missing. She had yellow hair and blue eyes, and was slightly plump, a little less so than her sister, Dani. She and her sister were the most experienced among Tuon’s damane, hardly needing a sul’dam’s direction. She participated in the White Tower raid.

Dalisar, Ilyena Moerelle. Ilyena Sunhair’s maiden name. See Ilyena Therin Moerelle

Dalresin Damodred. Moiraine’s father and Laman’s brother. He was 5'11" tall, with a gentle face and hair that was more gray than not, worn in a club at the back of his neck. He was a scholar, which earned the contempt of his brothers Moressin and Aldecain. When he took a scholar as his second wife instead of marrying to improve House Damodred’s situation, their contempt increased. Dalresin died after Moiraine left for the White Tower.

Dalsande. An Ogier-built city in the nation of Essenia, one of the Ten Nations after the Breaking.

Dalthanes Annallin. A Cairhienin nobleman who supported Colavaere. He was summoned to the Seanchan campaign by Rand, and rode off north with Gregorin, Sunamon and lesser Cairhienin nobles in the final battle. His son Daricain was with the Band of the Red Hand.

Dalyn. 1) An alias used by Logain. 2) A Cairhienin armsman of Bertome Saighan, gap-toothed with seamed scars on both cheeks. Bertome was not sure if his name was Dalyn or Doile.

damane. Old Tongue for “the Leashed Ones,” channeling women enslaved and controlled by Seanchan sul’dam with the use of a’dam. Damane were used in battle as well as for purposes of industry, such as building. Young women in Seanchan were tested annually for their ability to channel, and those found able immediately became damane and lost their rights as private citizens. When the Seanchan crossed the Aryth Ocean, captured Aes Sedai and wilders were forced into service as damane. However, because of the Three Oaths, Aes Sedai collared as damane could not use the One Power as a weapon.

Damara. A noble family of Tear. See Astoril Damara and Medore Damara

Damelien. A village in Andor which had three mills on a river that had gone almost dry. Elayne and her companions stayed there on their way to Caemlyn to claim the throne.

Damelle. An Ogier author who was daughter of Ala daughter of Soferra. Damelle wrote about the Ways, including the tale of a Waygate in the Blight that was destroyed by thirteen Aes Sedai using a sa’angreal five hundred years after the Breaking.

Damentanis, Jeorg. See Jeorg Damentanis

Damer Flinn. An Andoran Asha’man. Born in 942 NE, he was about 5'10" tall and of medium build, but very strong for his size. Grizzled and leathery with brown eyes, he had a limp, and retained only a thin fringe of white hair. Flinn was a soldier until he took a lance in his thigh; he couldn’t grip a saddle properly after that, or even walk far. That was the fifteenth wound he had taken in near forty years in the Queen’s Guards; fifteen that counted, anyway; in his book, it didn’t count if he could walk or ride afterward. He had seen a lot of friends die in those forty years, and it was Healing that drew him to try the Black Tower. Flinn had been Healed by an Aes Sedai once, about 970 NE, and he found that the Asha’man Healing hurt compared to that. He was chosen out by Rand after Dumai’s Wells and kept in Cairhien, where he accompanied Rand to see the Sea Folk. When Rand was wounded by Padan Fain, Flinn Healed him enough that he didn’t die. He accompanied Rand to Illian and was raised to Asha’man after the invasion, in part because of his Healing skills, which were considerable. He fought in Rand’s campaign against the Seanchan, and returned with him to Cairhien. After the attack on Rand there, he was uncertain of the safety of returning to the Black Tower and remained in Cairhien where he was persuaded to be bonded a Warder by Corele Hovian, one of Cadsuane’s Aes Sedai. He was listed by Taim as a deserter. He Healed the three Aes Sedai—Irgain, Ronaille and Sashelle—who had been stilled at the battle of Dumai’s Wells. He accompanied Cadsuane to Far Madding and helped to free Rand there. While Rand cleansed the taint, he linked with Corele and Sarene; they fought Demandred. He went to Algarin’s estate, and then to Bandar Eban. Flinn aided in saving Maradon. In the Last Battle he fought near Shayol Ghul; his left arm was burned away by Graendal. He could Heal neither Rand nor Moridin when they came out of Shayol Ghul.

Damodred, House. A noble House of Cairhien. Its sign was the Tree and Crown. See also Aldecain, Anvaere, Barthanes, Caraline, Carewin, Dalresin, Galad (Galadedrid), Innloine, Laman, Moiraine and Taringail Damodred

Damona Mountains. A mountain range between Altara and Murandy that was formed in the Breaking of the World.

Danabar. A mountainous region in Andor where Elayne had estates that contained alum deposits, enabling her to raise money to defend against others claiming the throne.

Dance of the Hawk and the Hummingbird, The. A text by Teven Aerwin that purported to set forth the proper conduct of men toward women and women toward men.

Dancers, The. Three identical hills in Altara that had this name when Londaren Cor had been the capital city of Eharon.

Dancing Bear, The. An inn in Lugard, Murandy. Siuan passed by this establishment while on the way to another inn.

Dancing Cartman, The. A gaudily painted inn that had fallen on hard times in Four Kings, Andor. Saml Hake was its perfidious innkeeper. Mat and Rand stayed and performed there on their way to Caemlyn. The Darkfriend Howal Gode tried to entice Rand to go over to the side of the Dark One there, and he and Mat were saved when a lightning bolt opened up the wall of the storeroom in which they were trapped, allowing their escape and killing many of Gode’s men.

Dancing Goose, The. A raucous inn in Samara, Ghealdan. Nynaeve noted the inn while passing through Samara.

Daneen, Ludice. See Ludice Daneen

Danelle. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah with a strength level of 17(5). Born in 899 NE, she went to the White Tower in 914 NE. After spending nine years as a novice and seven years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 930 NE. Standing 5'5" tall, and slight of build, she had big blue eyes and often seemed distracted. Her instructors, as novice and as Accepted, said she could have learned faster except that she was always going off into a dream, so to speak. Her introspection meant that she never had close friends; she spent her time buried in books or thought or the task at hand. She could drift off in thought, into that dreaminess, in the middle of a conversation. She set off from the Tower immediately after gaining the shawl and had little contact with other sisters. Even as novice and Accepted she had been very much a loner, and never acquired a Warder. She spent long periods away, often out of contact completely for several years at a stretch, and was seldom in the Tower for more than a few months a time at widely spaced intervals. When Danelle returned to the Tower after years of absence early in 999 NE, she was actually Mesaana. The real Danelle had been squeezed for what was needed to impersonate her, and then killed. She did bear a close enough physical resemblance to Mesaana that, given Danelle’s long absence and lack of friends, there was no need for much in the way of Illusion. See also Mesaana

Dani. A damane belonging to Tuon. She had yellow hair and blue eyes, and was slightly plump, a little more so than her sister, Dali. She and her sister were the most experienced among Tuon’s damane, hardly needing a sul’dam’s direction. She was part of Karede’s group that searched for Tuon when she was missing.

Danil. An infant boy born in the Murandian camp outside Tar Valon near the end of the Aiel War. His mother tried to con Moiraine out of coin to pay a Wise Woman, but Moiraine offered to Heal him, saying Aes Sedai Healing could be dangerous for an infant, and the mother acknowledged that she could pay.

Danine Candraed. An Andoran woman who was High Seat of an important House. She was known to be indecisive; when Morgase was trying to win the Lion Throne, she did not declare for anyone. She behaved the same way when Elayne was vying for the throne.

Dannil Lewin. A man of Two Rivers. He was Tell’s brother, Ban al’Seen’s cousin and Flann’s nephew, and was a leader of the Two Rivers men under Perrin. He wore thick mustaches in the Taraboner style; otherwise, he looked much like his brother, a skinny beanpole with a pickaxe of a nose. He was older than Perrin, but not by much. Dannil was part of the original band that hunted Trollocs with Perrin. He followed Perrin to Caemlyn, Dumai’s Wells, Cairhien, Ghealdan, Amadicia, Altara and Malden, trying to acquire polish along the way. In the Caemlyn portion of the Last Battle, he was second-in-command to Tam.

Danshu. A feast celebrated on the last day of the month of Nesan.

Dantora. A Sea Folk port in the Aile Jafar. Sailmistress Coine told Nynaeve that this was one of her destinations.

Danu. The last month of the year.

daori. The hair cut by one’s carneira and woven into a cord. A Malkieri boy’s hair was allowed to grow to the waist, but it was not cut at the shoulder when he was given the right to tie it back with the hadori. The older woman who took him as a lover, his first lover, would cut it at his shoulders, whether she took him before or after he attained the hadori. He would then weave it into a cord which he presented to her as a token of his obligations and ties to her. Thereafter, no Malkieri man would cut his hair shorter than his shoulders or let it grow much longer.

Dapple. A wolf who was the leader of a pack. She was close to black, with a lighter gray patch on her face, and was more willing to help humans than some of her pack. She was traveling with Elyas when Perrin and Egwene first met him, and traveled with the three until their encounter with the Whitecloaks. After Perrin was captured, Dapple let him know that help was coming and that Elyas was alive, though wounded.

Dar. A gate guard in Baerlon who was involved in letting Moiraine and her party out of Baerlon at night. When they started to leave, a Watchman who agreed to let them out called Arin and Dar to get out there and help him open the gate.

Dara. A cook’s helper in the Stone of Tear whom Mat found just plump enough.

dara lily. A night-blooming lily from the Age of Legends.

darath. An animal from the Age of Legends. The darath was a dangerous creature in molt.

Darbinda. A name given to Min by Tuon; it was Old Tongue for “girl of pictures.”

Darea Candwin. One of the girls from the Two Rivers with the spark who were being taken to Tar Valon by Verin and Alanna, whom Rand saw (and terrified) at Culain’s Hound in Caemlyn. Darea was about fifteen, and the granddaughter of Eward, the cooper. She later joined the rebels in Salidar.

Darein. A village on the west bank of the Alindrelle Erinin, lying at the foot of the west bridge out of Tar Valon. A small, historic village, with small, red and brown brick houses and shops and stone-paved streets, Darein was burned during the Trolloc Wars, sacked by Artur Hawkwing, looted during the Hundred Years War and burned again during the Aiel War. Each time it was rebuilt. Verin, Egwene, Elayne, Nynaeve, Hurin and Mat were stopped there briefly by soldiers at a checkpoint on their way into Tar Valon. Later, negotiations between rebel and Tower Aes Sedai were held there at a table under a pavilion at the foot of the bridge.

Darelos den Turamon, Argirin. An Illianer nobleman who was a member of the Council of Nine.

Darengil. A Cairhienin noble family. See Selande and Arimon Darengil

Darenhold, Innina. See Innina Darenhold

Daria Gahand. The author of Essays on Reason, a book studied by Min.

Daricain Annallin. Nobleman of House Annallin, of Cairhien. His con was covered in small red and black squares. He was pale and slender with a long nose, a narrow face and the front of his head shaved. He escaped Cairhien, went to Rand in Eianrod and rode back to Cairhien with a message. He later joined the Band of the Red Hand, and he commanded the Sixth Banner of Horse, his title becoming Lieutenant Lord. His father Dalthanes, the head of his small House, was one of those who met with Colavaere.

Darin. A man of the Moshaine sept of the Shaido Aiel and the Shae’en M’taal society. He was the son of Maeric, the chief of the sept. Darin was left behind in Kinslayer’s Dagger with the other Stone Dogs who were forming the rear guard when the sept used Sammael’s nar’baha to create gateways.

Darith. A king in a story about a fallen House.

Dark, Heart of the. Another name for the Dark One.

Dark Hunt. Another name for the Wild Hunt.

Dark Lord of the Grave. A historical Aiel name for Dark One.

Dark One. The force of evil, imprisoned by his antithesis, the Creator, outside of time and creation, but whose influence reached the world when researchers drilled the Bore, and whose subsequent followers attempted to release him from his prison. He was also known as Bringer of Gales, Caisen Hob, Dark Lord of the Grave, Father of Lies, Father of Storm(s), Grassburner, Great Lord of the Dark, Heart of the Dark, Heartsbane, Heartfang, Leafblighter, Lighteater, Lord of the Grave, Lord of the Twilight, Old Grim, Old Hob, Shadow, Shai’tan, Shepherd of the Night, Sightblinder, Sightburner, Soulblinder, Soulsbane and Stormbringer.

Dark One’s Eyes, the. A throw of five aces in a dice game.

Darkfriends. Nonchanneling humans who pledged themselves to the Dark One. Darkfriends could be found anywhere, and most were organized in cells. There were a few independents who were not connected with one of the cells, or perhaps were not accepted because of indiscretions or other concerns. There was no one overall command structure, though with the reappearance of the Forsaken certain Darkfriends were raised up. By and large, though, Darkfriends existed in self-contained organizations which might have numbered several hundred or several thousand, each with its own internal structure and hierarchy. There was a fiction that they were all one, but it was a fiction. These groups long contended against one another in various ways, with one group sometimes gaining ascendancy over another then losing it in yet another struggle, perhaps with a third group.

Most groups were not really known to one another, save through identification signs and symbols by which Darkfriends from various groups could recognize one another and display their rank. If someone displayed signals showing themselves to be of a higher rank than you, supposedly you were required to obey them even if they were of another organization. In truth, the cell-organization of each group made it possible to know that a stranger really was from your group; unless he or she was a member of your own cell, allegiance was a mystery. A king had to obey a beggar and a queen a groom, if the proper signals were displayed. Even an Aes Sedai was included in this, though in truth, any Darkfriend would be more comfortable giving his recognition signs to a king or queen than an Aes Sedai. Supposedly only other Darkfriends knew the signs, but it was widely believed among Darkfriends that some Aes Sedai who were not Black had learned some of them.

The heads of the various groups were considered of equal rank, as were any officers or officials within each, a matter which grated on the Black sisters, and especially on the Supreme Council. There were rarely meetings of these top-ranking Darkfriends, but when there was one, any joint decisions were reached by voting, with each casting between one and five votes depending on the supposed size and strength—not necessarily the same thing—of his or her group. Of course, these meetings were held with nearly everyone masked, hooded or disguised.

After the Breaking of the World, Black sisters (or the various groups that existed then, since there was no Black Ajah per se) certainly took the lead among Darkfriends, and if there was no real command structure, they provided the nearest equivalent. In fact, over the centuries they made numerous efforts to make their actual command an acknowledged reality. Some of these attempts came close, but all failed; the other groups fought back fiercely, and they were even more hidden than the Black Ajah—an Aes Sedai’s face marked her as potentially one of the Black, but nothing marked out other Darkfriends. A good many sisters died from poison or a knife in the back. The last such attempt, several centuries before the Last Battle, ended badly, and in humiliating fashion, for the Black Ajah. For all of their command of the One Power, they found themselves forced into a position where they had to sue for peace and accept what they considered degrading terms. At a meeting of the top-ranking Darkfriends, the Black representatives (members of the then Supreme Council; they would not have trusted anyone else, though afterward, they may have wished they had) were forced to acknowledge that the Black Ajah was only equal to the other groups, to forswear any further attempts to seize control, and to renounce more than a single vote at any further meetings. This last reduced the Black to an equal status with the smallest and the weakest of the major organized groups. The Black Ajah did not, of course, in truth give over their belief in their own supremacy by right, but they were unable to effect any real claim to it.

It was considered an honor for a Darkfriend to be contacted by a Fade. A higher honor was to be summoned to Shayol Ghul, even if this did not involve being taken to the Pit of Doom, to the very presence of the Dark One, as it were. The highest honor for a Darkfriend, short of being granted immortality, was to be allowed to speak to, or more properly to be spoken to, by the Dark One himself. With the reemergence of the Chosen, an ancient honor came again, that of being contacted by one of the Chosen in person. This was accounted only a step below speaking to the Dark One, and equal to or perhaps above a visit to Shayol Ghul.

The Darkfriend Creed: “The Great Lord of the Dark is my Master, and most heartily do I serve him to the last shred of my very soul. Lo, my Master is death’s Master. Asking nothing do I serve against the Day of his coming, yet do I serve in the sure and certain hope of life everlasting. Surely the faithful shall be exalted in the land, exalted above the unbelievers; exalted above thrones, yet do I serve humbly against the Day of his Return. Swift come the Day of Return. Swift come the Great Lord of the Dark to guide us and rule the world forever and ever.”

Darkhounds. Shadowspawn created from lupine stock corrupted by the Dark One. While they resembled hounds in their basic shape, they were blacker than night and the size of ponies, weighing several hundred pounds each. They usually ran in packs of ten or twelve, although the tracks of a larger pack were once sighted. They made no mark on soft ground, but left prints in stone, and were frequently accompanied by the smell of burned sulfur. They would not usually venture out into the rain, but once they were on the trail rain failed to stop them. Once they were on the trail, they had to be confronted and defeated or the victim’s death was inevitable. The only exception to this was when the victim could reach the other side of a river or stream, since Darkhounds would not cross flowing water, or so it was believed. Their blood and saliva were poison, and if either touched the skin, the victim would die slowly and in great pain. Darkhounds were known to wolves as Shadowbrothers. A hundred wolves could die trying to kill one Shadowbrother; if they failed, the Darkhound could eat the souls of those that were not quite dead and create more Darkhounds.

Darksbane, Raolin. See Raolin Darksbane

Darkwood. See Paerish Swar

Darl Coplin. An Emond’s Field farmer, and a troublemaker. His brother was Hari; Darl was larger, but both had weasel-like faces and tight mouths. After the Winternight Trolloc attack, Darl was among those who confronted Moiraine. Bran thought that Darl had scrawled a Dragonfang on his door. Darl accompanied Luc to tell the Whitecloaks that they were not welcome in Emond’s Field and was part of the group that tried to fight off a group of Trollocs that turned out to be Tinkers seeking shelter. Darl participated in the defense of Emond’s Field and later joined Perrin’s army.

Darlin Sisnera. A High Lord of Tear. He was about six feet tall, with short-cropped dark hair, blue eyes and an overlarge nose. He had a certain feeling toward the Lady Caraline Damodred, and Min saw that he would marry her, but not until after she led him a merry chase. He tried to rouse opposition to Rand in the countryside after the fall of the Stone and began an outright rebellion, gathering strength in Haddon Mirk. He went to Cairhien to meet with the rebel forces there. When Rand was visiting the rebel camp, a fog appeared and started killing people; Darlin and Caraline tried to escape it with Rand, Cadsuane, Min and others. Darlin carried Rand on his shoulders after Rand was wounded by Fain. In the wagon on the way back to the city, he and Caraline overheard Min tell Cadsuane what Galina had done to Rand. On reaching the city, he and Caraline went into hiding, neither entirely willingly, under the protection of Cadsuane at Lady Arilyn’s palace. Dobraine freed the pair. Rand named Darlin Steward in Tear for the Dragon Reborn; Min saw that he would be the King of Tear, and when the rebels demanded it, he became king. Min also saw that he would die in bed and Caraline would survive him; as usual, she was correct. During the Last Battle, Darlin took over command of the battlefield at Thakan’dar when Ituralde, under Compulsion, was “relieved of duty.” He held formation, keeping the Trollocs from entering the valley, until his tent was destroyed. He was found under the tent half dead, but recovered soon enough to attend the Dragon Reborn’s funeral.

Darluna. A city in southern Arad Doman with twenty-foot walls. Rodel Ituralde ambushed a large Seanchan force there.

Darmovan. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

Darnella Shoran. The innkeeper at The Silver Swans of Heaven in Ebou Dar. She was skinny with gray hair worn rolled on the nape of her neck and a long jaw. She did not like for women and men to meet in her inn, and chided Bethamin when the Seeker sought her there.

Daronos, Magla. See Magla Daronos

Dart. Rodel Ituralde’s white gelding.

darter. The smallest class of Sea Folk ship. Darters could be one- or two-masted and were under one hundred feet in length, sometimes as short as fifty feet. The mast or masts often seemed over-tall for the vessel’s length, and sometimes were raked. Hull proportions, like those of the soarer, varied. They were very fast and agile; a lean darter could match the raker’s 400 miles in twenty-four hours, but most could do no more than 300 to 350 miles in that time. Any vessel smaller than a darter was considered by the Sea Folk to be a boat.

Darter. The wide rivership owned by Captain Canin. Elayne, Egwene and Nynaeve traveled aboard it from above Jurene to Tear.

Daruo. A member of the Deathwatch Guards able to catch an arrow in flight with his bare hand, as he proved when saving Tuon’s life.

Darvale, Mother. Wisdom of Runnien Crossing in Altara. She was lean and leathery with white hair. Luca had to make concessions to her and the Mayor before he was allowed to set up his show there. Mother Darvale married Leilwin and Domon.

Darvan. One of the two men seeking Elmindreda’s hand in the story that Siuan and Min made up to account for Min’s presence in the Tower; the other was Goemal.

Darvin. The clan chief of the Reyn Aiel after the Last Battle, seen in Aviendha’s view of the future in Rhuidean.

Daryne Aiel. An Aiel clan; its chief was Mandelain.

Dashar Knob. A rocky outcrop with cliff walls on the Shienaran side of the River Mora, southeast of Polov Heights.

Dashiva, Corlan. See Corlan Dashiva

Daughter of the Night. The translation of Old Tongue name “Lanfear.”

Daughter of the Nine Moons. The title for the member of the Seanchan royal family selected to be the next Empress; at the time of the Return, the title was held by Tuon.

Daughter-Heir. The title of the daughter who was the heir to the Queen of Andor.

Daughters of Silence. A secret group started in 794 NE by two Accepted who had been put out of the White Tower, and who over four years gathered and trained twenty-three other women who were able to learn to channel. Unfortunately, they hardly lived up to their name. They began quietly enough, but that didn’t last. They were found out and punished by the White Tower. It was believed that all of the members were captured; certainly the two former Accepted were. The captives were displayed at every town and village on the way to Tar Valon, and at every village one of the prisoners was selected for public punishment, to drive home that that sort of activity was not permitted. The captives were birched in the White Tower before not only the assembled sisters, but all novices and Accepted; the followers were each birched once, the ringleaders both before the others and again after. The ringleaders were kept in the Tower for almost a year, worked hard at the dirtiest tasks until it was certain that the lesson had been taught sufficiently, and then put out again. The six followers who were eighteen years of age or younger were kept in the Tower as novices; Saerin Asnobar was the only one who managed to reach the shawl. The followers over eighteen were put to work alongside the ringleaders, and each was sent away when it was felt that she had learned better.

Dautry, Oren. A Westwood farmer who was Rand and Tam’s nearest neighbor. He was lean and tall and a shameless borrower. He joined Perrin’s army at Malden.

Dav al’Thone. An Emond’s Field man who guarded Tam’s tent at Merrilor.

Dav Ayellin. A friend of Mat’s from Emond’s Field. He and Mat competed to see who could get in the most trouble, except when they teamed up to cause trouble. The two caught a badger and planned to release it on the Green during the Bel Tine festivities. Dav helped Perrin defend Emond’s Field. Later, with Ewin Finngar and Elam Dowtry, he ran off to see the world.

Daved Hanlon. An unsavory Andoran man. He was about 5'10" to 5'11" tall, and on the thin side of a medium build, with ropes of muscles, a hatchet face and elaborate manners. He could be rash and impetuous. Hanlon was born in 954 NE, although not under that name, in a village in western Andor not far from Baerlon. As a youth, he was forced to flee his village when he killed another youth in 970 NE. He hired on with a merchant’s wagon train and became a guard about a year later. During his time as a guard, he killed three men in brawls, fought bandits and killed several suspected or supposed thieves. It was also during this time that he became a Darkfriend. By 973 NE, he had tired of being a merchant’s guard and, seeking glory and gold, signed on with a mercenary company before his nineteenth nameday. His first work as a mercenary came when his company was taken in service by Naean Arawn during her opposition to Morgase in the Third War of Andoran Succession. When the Aiel War began in the late spring of 976 NE, Hanlon had been a mercenary for about three years. His company arrived in Cairhien after the Aiel had moved on, and he took part in the looting, rape and murder, as did many mercenaries. The same happened in several smaller cities that the Aiel had overrun during the war. Hanlon was present at the Blood Snow and gave good service there.

After the Aiel War, Hanlon continued as a mercenary, fighting in various wars and struggles between nobles in Cairhien, Murandy and Altara. In Cairhien he fought in the Reconciliation which put Galldrian Riatin on the Sun Throne. That was Hanlon’s preferred kind of strife, skirmishes and minor battles, but never open civil war. His company switched sides several times. He also fought in wars between Illian and Tear and between Cairhien and Tear, on various sides, several times switching allegiance. He gained command of his own company of mercenaries in 989 NE.

Hanlon had an eye to the safety of his own hide—he would not stick around to fight to the last in a lost cause, certainly; in fact, he would be willing to sell out as soon as he decided his side would be the loser—but he was not a physical coward. He fought bravely in a number of battles, and had something of a reputation among mercenaries as a soldier, though he was certainly not a great captain by any stretch of the imagination. He was a leader in the rogue White Lions, raised by Lord Gaebril/Rahvin. After Gaebril’s death, Hanlon led the White Lions, as mercenaries, into the employ of the Cairhienin rebels under Lord Toram Riatin. Many, perhaps most, of the White Lions died when a deadly fog descended on the rebel camp outside Cairhien while Rand was visiting, but Hanlon escaped and was ordered to report to the Lady Shiaine in Caemlyn. There he saw the murder of Jaichim Carridin, and also saw the mistreatment of Falion Bhoda, who was then given to him to use as he wished, a matter of punishment for her failure in Ebou Dar. Hanlon did not want an Aes Sedai angry with him and worked out a deal with her to fake relations and to share information. Shiaine asked how he would like to put his hands on a queen; he was eager. He signed with the Queen’s Guards as a lieutenant using the name Doilin Mellar, claiming to have been a merchant’s guard, mercenary and then a Hunter of the Horn. He claimed to have been a great admirer of Morgase and to have returned to Andor hoping to join the Guards, but said when he arrived he found that she was dead and the Guards a disheveled remnant filled with lackeys put there by Gaebril, the man who killed her. He arranged an assassination attempt on Elayne and then foiled it, thus gaining promotion to captain of her personal bodyguard. As captain of Elayne’s bodyguard, he was entitled to three gold knots, to be worn on one shoulder, but he wore three on each shoulder, including three knots of actual gold soldered to each shoulder of his breastplate, so he might appear to the uninformed to outrank Birgitte. He led several sorties against the besieging opponents of Elayne, and thought those should have gained him favor with her. He was furious that they did not, just as he was furious at being called down by her in public. He pinched the bottoms of pretty Guardswomen and disparaged their abilities in taverns. After Hark was able to follow Hanlon visiting the house on Full Moon Street repeatedly, Elayne ordered his arrest and he was imprisoned. When Elayne impersonated a horrific Forsaken to question other prisoners to gather intelligence, Hanlon was freed by Jaq Lounalt and then stabbed Elayne, making away with the foxhead medallion during his escape. In the Last Battle, he killed Birgitte and was about to cut Elayne’s twins out of her womb, when Birgitte returned as a Hero of the Horn and killed Hanlon.

Davian. A false Dragon who could channel. His last name was never discovered. Before his rise, Davian was a moderately common name for men; after, it was believed to have been almost five hundred years before anyone again gave that name to a child. The most reliable sources say that he declared himself on the second day of the Feast of Lights, the first day of the year of FY 351, and was allegedly killed on the first day of the Feast of Lights, the last day of FY 351. Some considered this suspicious symmetry even more suspect than that reported around Yurian Stonebow. Other sources, less often quoted and widely disputed for reasons that have nothing to do with Davian, placed his date of declaration in FY 350, as early as the spring, and the date of his demise as late as 352, well into fall or even early winter. No two of these disputed sources agreed on the dates, however. Although his cause swept through the nations like wildfire almost overnight, with riots in every major city, several of which were seized in his name, the rebellion lasted less than a year before he was assassinated by one of his advisors, who wanted to take his place. With Davian’s death, the rebellion died out, yet in its short span it managed to seize control of two countries and involve most nations in riots as well as in sending troops against him.

Daviena. An Aiel Wise One with the ability to channel and a strength level of 30(18). She had green eyes and reddish-yellow hair. Following Dumai’s Wells, she had to link with Losaine to shield Turanna, one of the sisters who had kidnapped Rand, after Verin finished questioning her.

Davies, Lord. An Andoran nobleman who sided with Jarid Sarand. Faced with Jarid’s growing insanity, Lord Davies and Jarid’s other men rebelled against Jarid, tied him to a tree and went off to fight in the Last Battle.

Davindra. A noblewoman in Ebou Dar. Beslan killed her husband, Nevin, in a duel and, per custom, had to pay a condolence call to Davindra. Tylin advised him to keep it short so that he wouldn’t end up comforting her and having to marry her or kill her brothers.

Davram t’Ghaline Bashere. Lord of Bashere, Tyr and Sidona, Guardian of the Blightborder, Defender of the Heartland, Marshal-General to Queen Tenobia of Saldaea, and her uncle and heir. He was considered one of the five great captains. The sign of House Bashere was three kingspennies on a field of blue. Davram was married to Deira; their children were Faile, Maedin and at least two other sons, who died. When Faile married, he became father-in-law to Perrin. Bashere was about 5'7" tall, and slender, with a hooked beak of a nose on a dark face and nearly black tilted eyes. Gray streaked his black hair and thick mustaches like down-curved horns wrapped around his wide mouth. His sword was ring-quilloned with a curved serpentine blade. He brought nine thousand Saldaean light cavalry to Caemlyn for Rand’s use. Bashere’s continued absence from Saldaea after being sent to find Taim put him at odds with his queen, Tenobia. He trained the Legion of the Dragon, many of whom came from Black Tower recruiting parties, and with Mat’s help developed them into a sizable infantry force, fielding fifteen thousand of them in the Illianer campaign in addition to his crack Saldaean cavalry. Bashere was one of the leaders in Rand’s campaign against the Seanchan, and was forced to tackle Rand when Rand lost control of Callandor and began killing their own troops. He continued to be of great help to Rand, negotiating with the Seanchan and addressing problems in Arad Doman. His army was part of the rescue of Ituralde’s army at the battle of Maradon. In the Last Battle, Bashere commanded Elayne’s troops as they faced the Shadowspawn in Andor and Cairhien. Graendal laid Compulsion on him so that he would be strategically ineffectual, which would have destroyed their army at the city of Cairhien. Tam and Talmanes knew that Bashere had been compromised, and he was removed from command. After Tenobia died in battle, Bashere became king of Saldaea, but he refused the crown, shaken by having his mind tampered with. He and his wife were later killed in battle at the Field of Merrilor.

Dawlin Armaghn. An Andoran man who was High Seat of a minor House that supported Naean. His sign was the Oak and Axe.

Dawlish. A family in Caemlyn. See Jaem and Melfane Dawlish

Dawn, Cliffs of. See Cliffs of Dawn

Dawn Runners. An Aiel warrior society, also known as Rahien Sorei.

Dawn Wind. Elenia Sarand’s long-legged bay horse.

Dawn’s Gate, Generals of. A group of seventeen generals who swore fealty to Lews Therin in the Age of Legends.

Dawnweave. Ituralde’s white gelding, a warhorse that was a gift from one of his men. He died in the fighting at Maradon.

Dawtry, Jaim. See Jaim Dawtry

Day of Reflection. See High Chasaline

Day of Repentance. A feast observed in Cairhien on the day of the first half moon after High Chasaline. It was a day of especial somberness during which no food or drink was taken between sunrise and sunset. The first meal of the day was always bitter bread and water tinged with herbs to make it bitter as well. It was believed to be in some way a reaction to the excesses of the Feast of Lights in Cairhien, though any connection was certainly never mentioned.

Day of Return. A day awaited by the Forsaken when the Dark One would be released from the Bore to rule the world.

Daylight. Faile’s horse.

Dead Man’s Breath, The. A tavern in Caemlyn, owned by Bernherd. Mat diced there and learned of the gholam’s activities in Caemlyn.

Dead Sea, the. A body of water off the west coast of the Blight, north of the Aryth Ocean and the peninsula formed by the Mountains of Dhoom.

Deain. The Aes Sedai inventor of the a’dam in Seanchan. She created it to curry favor with Luthair but was herself leashed; her screams were said to shake the Towers of Midnight.

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

Dealings with the Territory of Mayene, 500 to 750 of the New Era. A tattered leather volume that Egwene moved from a chair while visiting with Rand in Tear. Rand studied it and learned of the red doorframe ter’angreal in the Stone of Tear.

Deane Aryman. An Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah. Born circa FY 920 in Salidar, Eharon, she went to the White Tower in FY 934. After spending five years as a novice and four years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in FY 943. She was raised to the Amyrlin Seat circa FY 992. At the time of her selection, she was the youngest woman who had ever been raised Amyrlin. She saved the White Tower from the damage done by Bonwhin in attempting to control Artur Hawkwing and was credited with convincing Souran Maravaile to raise the siege of Tar Valon (which had begun in FY 975) at Hawkwing’s death. Deane restored the Tower’s prestige, and it is believed that at the time of her death in FY 1084, in a fall from a horse, she was on the point of convincing the nobles warring over the remains of Hawkwing’s empire to accept the leadership of the White Tower as means of restoring unity to the land.

Dearn. A family in the Two Rivers. See Athan Dearn and Laila Dearn Lewin

Death of Ten Thousand Tears. A particularly horrible method of execution for those who displeased the Empress of Seanchan.

Deathgates. The weave for a gateway, Spirit touched with Fire, with added touches of Earth, causing them to open and shut continuously, slicing anything in their path. Deathgates were useful in fighting Trollocs; if the gateway didn’t slice the Trolloc, passing through the gateway would kill it.

deathshead mushroom. A poisonous mushroom.

deathswarm. Insects in the Blight that swarmed and killed.

Deathwatch Guard. The personal guard of the Seanchan Imperial Family, composed of both humans and Ogier. Each human member of the Deathwatch Guard was da’covale, marked with the ravens on his shoulders as property of the Crystal Throne. They took pride in that marking and flaunted their ravens. Ogier members were called Gardeners. Deathwatch armor was painted red-and-green, and they carried what appeared to be black tasseled spears and black-lacquered shields. The black was actually a very dark green, and the Guard themselves thought of it as green. They served as protectors of the Empress, the Empress’s family and those appointed personal representatives of the Empress. The Deathwatch Guard were considered the elite troops, the best shock soldiers, in fact the best soldiers overall, in the Ever Victorious Army. They would kill or die with equal fervor, whichever was necessary.

Deborsha, Falin. An Ebou Dari merchant, possibly fictional, with whom Basel Gill claimed to be dealing when he was questioned by Galad.

Decume, Latra Posae. See Latra Posae Decume

Dedicated. The second rank of the Asha’man, above soldier and below full Asha’man. A Dedicated wore a silver sword on the collar of his black coat.

Dedric. A man of the Jaern Rift Codarra Aiel and the Aethan Dor society. He was about 6'4" tall and had yellow hair. He and Jalani acted as Rand’s guards on a trip to visit Herid Fel. He had eyes for Jalani, and she for him.

Deepe Bhadar. An Andoran Asha’man with Ituralde in Maradon. When the city wall was destroyed by channelers, Deepe lost a leg but was Healed by Antail. He later fought alongside Lan at Tarwin’s Gap in the Last Battle. He was killed by Taim.

Deeps, the. An area composed of hollows near the north wall of Canluum, Kandor. It was a seedy part of the city.

Defane, Kara. See Kara Defane

Defender of the Dragonwall, The. An inn in Cairhien where Rand, Loial and Hurin stayed when they arrived with the Horn of Valere. The inn’s sign bore a crowned man with his foot on a red-haired man’s chest and his sword at the man’s throat. It was an upper-class inn, situated in a tall stone building. The innkeeper was Master Cuale. The inn was set afire when the Horn was stolen.

Defenders of the Light. Loial’s name for the armies fighting the Shadow in the Last Battle.

Defenders of the Stone. See Tear

Deindre. An Aes Sedai at the time of the Breaking of the World. Deindre had the Talent of Foretelling; one of her Foretellings led to the creation of the Eye of the World. She and other Aes Sedai met with Someshta in the Hall of the Tower to give him a final task.

Deira ni Ghaline t’Bashere. Faile’s mother and the wife of Davram. She was about 5'10" tall, three inches taller than her husband, and large to boot—not fat, but definitely a full-figured woman. She had long black hair with wings of white at the temples. She was attacked by two men in her tent near Caemlyn; she injured both, but was also injured herself. Deira rode with Davram in the Last Battle; both were killed.

Deirdru, Lady. Owner of the manor house in Altara, near King’s Crossing, where Rand was to meet the Daughter of the Nine Moons.

Delana Mosalaine. A Shienaran Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah publicly and of the Black Ajah in truth. Of the rebel contingent, she had a strength level of 18(6). Born in 950 NE, she went to the White Tower in 968 NE. After spending five years as a novice and five years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 978 NE. Delana was 5'6" tall, and somewhat stout, with an ample bosom. Her voice was deep for a woman, though not masculine. Her hair was so light-colored that it was almost white, and her eyes pale and watery blue. She had a disconcerting habit of concentrating on her subject as if nothing else existed; her stare could make a person start thinking of all the things she had done wrong. Delana was held to be a good negotiator; it was said that people signed treaties just to make her stop staring at them.

Delana was friends with Siuan as novice and Accepted, in which time they overlapped but did not proceed in step. Siuan was the stronger in the Power then, and protected Delana; Delana really wanted to be Siuan’s best friend, and was jealous of Moiraine. After she was raised, she was not well liked by novices or Accepted, which she did not understand, not realizing that she was impatient of their faults and let the women see it. She did not snap, or not often, but she did sigh. Delana was raised Sitter for the Gray in Salidar in 999 NE. Although she took on Halima/Aran’gar as a supposed secretary/companion, Delana was actually taking orders from her. Those orders had her using her position as a Sitter to be inconsistent in which faction she supported. The goal was to bring the rebels and the White Tower into open conflict, and battle if at all possible. The first to stand for Egwene as Amyrlin, her support for Egwene was unpredictable; she favored her on one thing and opposed on another. She seemed to flit from one faction to another. When she did support Egwene, she was sometimes overenthusiastic to a point where Egwene wished Delana wasn’t supporting her. Her strongly voiced opinion was that Elaida was Black Ajah. Delana fled with Halima and her serving woman Miesa after Halima reported that Narishma was spilling the beans about a woman channeling saidin. Delana was killed when Rand balefired Natrin’s Barrow.

Delarme, Cetalia. See Cetalia Delarme

Delarn. A Redarm in the Band of the Red Hand. Delarn accompanied Mat into Hinderstap; in the fighting he was pulled from his horse and wounded. Mat retrieved him and had Edesina Heal him. During the Last Battle, Delarn volunteered to return to Hinderstap and be trapped in its curse; he led the people of Hinderstap to fight.

Delora. A Wise One of the Shiande Aiel with the ability to channel and a strength level of 17(5). She was 5'7" tall, with reddish-gold hair and blue eyes. Her face was narrow and pinched, though, and no one would call her pretty. She looked to be no more than a year older than Rand, Perrin and Mat, but was in fact more than twenty-five years older. Her manner was very cold. Delora was one of the Wise Ones sent with Perrin to Ghealdan to keep an eye on Seonid and Masuri. She went to battle against the Shaido at Malden. She assisted in the forging of Mah’alleinir, and went with Perrin’s forces into the Last Battle.

Delovinde. A noble House of Cairhien. See Talmanes Delovinde

delving. A diagnostic procedure for checking health with the One Power, one of the Talents.

Delving. The Talent of finding ores.

Demain. A Kandori family. See Ines and Rahien Demain

Demalle, Parenia. See Parenia Demalle

Demandred. A Forsaken whose name in life was Barid Bel Medar. He used the name Bao the Wyld, when he was integrating into Sharan society and during the Last Battle. His strength level was ++2, rated against the saidin/saidar scale. Hawk-nosed and passably handsome, he was not someone to make women’s hearts beat faster. He stood about 6'4" to 6'5" tall, just a little shorter than Rand. Barid Bel Medar was without doubt the second most acclaimed man of his lifetime during the Age of Legends, second only to Lews Therin Telamon. Like Lews Therin, he held many high public offices and wrote books on a wide array of subjects that were both critical and popular successes. It was his misfortune that Lews Therin consistently had greater successes in higher offices, and that Lews Therin’s books achieved more success. Barid Bel Medar wanted to be the best, the greatest, the most powerful, and fully believed he had every right to be. Except for this blind spot about his “right,” which he felt stolen by Lews Therin, he was very intelligent, though he did have a tendency to believe what he wanted to believe. He was not an easy man to frighten or to manipulate, as many discovered over the years to their very deep regret. He liked women and sex but didn’t let lust rule him. He had two reasons for going over to the Shadow: one was his hatred of Lews Therin and his belief that Lews Therin had robbed him of the glory and acclaim that was rightfully his, while the other was a cold calculation that the Shadow was the more likely victor.

When they awoke in the Third Age, Demandred, Semirhage and Mesaana became a sort of team, though they moved against one another given a chance.

Demandred rescued Taim from the Aes Sedai and offered him a chance to go over to the Shadow. With the knowledge that refusal meant death, Taim didn’t hesitate.

Demandred, in Tel’aran’rhiod, saw Elayne pledge on the Lion Throne to bond Rand, but misunderstood and thought it was a pledge of revenge against Rand for her mother’s death and perhaps his conquest of Andor.

As Bao he exploited Sharan prophecy and became their leader in the Last Battle against Mat’s troops, convinced that no one but Lews Therin could be such a worthy opponent. After killing Gawyn, defeating Logain, and severely wounding Galad in single combat, he died at the hands of Lan Mandragoran.

Demasiellin, Nelavaire. See Nelavaire Demasiellin

Demetre Marcolin. The First Captain of the Companions of Illian. He was a commoner who rose through the ranks. Lantern-jawed and clean-shaven, he had dark, deep-set eyes and an impassive face and stood about 5'10" to 5'11" tall. At the behest of the Council of Nine he brought the Companions to Rand as King of Illian. Marcolin had served under Tam al’Thor when Tam was Second Captain of the Companions, but what he thought of Rand al’Thor as King of Illian, he did not let on. He was surprised to find himself in agreement with Rosana, a Tairen, about the fact that Rand could be killed by one arrow and was taking a foolish risk in battle. He was unhappy about going into battle against the Seanchan with only six thousand men; he did not understand what the Asha’man could do. In the Last Battle, attached to Egwene’s army on the Kandori plains, Marcolin was killed when the Sharans came through gateways and slaughtered many of Egwene’s troops.

Demira Eriff. A Domani Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 18(6). Born in 930 NE, she went to the White Tower in 947 NE. After spending nine years as a novice and eight years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 964 NE. Her Warder was Stevan Gedarien. Standing 5'10" tall, she had coppery skin, and was gracefully beautiful. She wore Domani dresses and was constantly surprised and somewhat irritated to find men looking at her—because their gazes attracted unwanted attention; not because of any dislike of men—and she constantly said she must stop wearing the clinging, barely opaque Domani dresses, but she had had the same copied for years because it was easy. Her real attention was elsewhere.

Demira was a member of the rebel embassy to Rand in Caemlyn; she approved of his starting a school. While in Caemlyn, Demira planned to meet with her eyes-and-ears, Milam Harnder, the Second Librarian of the Royal Library of Caemlyn. He did not show, and Demira was attacked and nearly killed by a group of men dressed as Aiel; they were actually Whitecloaks corrupted by Padan Fain. Demira and the other members of the embassy then went to Rand to demand that he lift his restrictions prohibiting Aes Sedai from entering the Inner City without permission, limiting the number who could visit him to three, and forbidding them from channeling when with him, but he rebuffed them. Kiruna then delegated Demira, along with Kairen Stang, Valinde Nathenos and Berenicia Morsad to escort the Two Rivers girls to Salidar.

den Balgar, Mattin Stepaneos. See Mattin Stepaneos den Balgar

den Lushenos, Gregorin Panar. See Gregorin Panar den Lushenos

Dena. A young Cairhienin woman who wanted to be the first female gleeman. She was pretty, with fair skin and dark hair. Thom was her lover; after he spent time with Rand and appeared to be playing the Game of Houses, Dena was murdered by Galldrian’s men. In retribution, Thom killed Galldrian.

Denal, Master. An Ebou Dari man whom Derys wanted to marry. The Kinswoman was forced to act as a maid, for penance.

Denezel. The innkeeper of The Happy Throng in Caemlyn. Tall, with a lean face and a shaved head, he commissioned a picture of Rand to hang in the common room of his inn.

Denharad. A Cairhienin who served as Lady Ailil’s lance-captain. A pale little man, he took part in the attack against the Seanchan. After Anaiyella’s horse master was killed, Denharad took over command of her men as well as Ailil’s.

Denhold. A cavalry captain fighting under Bryne in the Last Battle.

Denhuir. A village east of the Black Hills on the Maradon Road, above the headwaters of the Antaeo and the Luan. It was the location where Mazrim Taim was freed from the Aes Sedai, supposedly with help from his followers, but really by Demandred.

Deni Colford. A woman who was a member of Elayne’s Queen’s Guards; she was the only Andoran among the first eight of Elayne’s guard. About 5'6" tall, she had a placid face, wide shoulders, strong arms, dark hair liberally streaked with gray and calm blue eyes. Deni was a former bouncer in a tavern for wagon drivers in Low Caemlyn, a very unusual job for a woman. At first she did not know how to use her sword, but she was quite adept with a pace-long, brass-studded cudgel; she had lessons and did improve with the sword. Deni had no concept of fighting fair. She was interested in a man in the Queen’s Guard. After Mellar’s capture, Deni was one of those who beat him severely.

Dennel. A dragon captain in the Band of the Red Hand. He helped Talmanes retrieve the dragons in Caemlyn, and helped later with their repair.

Denton. A Cairhienin nobleman taken gai’shain by the Shaido. After he was freed, he refused to resume his normal station and acted as Perrin’s serving man in the absence of Lamgwin.

Deoan. A man who served under Tam al’Thor in the Last Battle. He was from Deven Ride and had served in the Andoran army. Tam had Deoan lead half of the Two Rivers men against Trollocs.

Deosin. A Murandian family. See Eadwin and Saera Deosin

der’morat. A phrase used by the Seanchan, placed before the name of an animal; it meant “trainer” and/or “handler” of the animal. For instance, a der’morat’raken was a trainer of raken, and a der’sul’dam was a trainer of sul’dam, a sul’dam in charge of other sul’dam and their damane.

Derah din Selaan Rising Wave. The Sailmistress of the soarer White Spray, where Rand met with the Sea Folk delegations Derah brought up the Erinin to Andor and Cairhien. She wore four small rings in each ear and one in the left side of her nose, with a fine gold chain supporting a row of tiny medallions. She was younger than Harine, her clan Wavemistress. Derah departed Cairhien after Rand left, heading downriver toward the gathering of Sea Folk ships at Tear and carrying word of the agreement made by Harine din Togara.

Deranbar. The capital city of Jaramide, one of the Ten Nations after the Breaking. It lay on the site of Maradon.

Dermid Ajala. A Tairen blacksmith who gave Perrin a hammer as repayment for work done in his smithy. He had graying hair, blue eyes and thick arms and shoulders.

Dermon. An ancient male Jenn Aiel. He was gaunt, white-haired and blue-eyed. At the sept chief meeting at Rhuidean, he spoke for the Jenn.

Derne. The square-faced captain of the Swift. Mat and Thom traveled on his ship from Aringill to Tear when they were chasing Comar.

Derowin. A Cairhienin boy who was a childhood friend of Toram Riatin. He rode one of Toram’s horses without permission; Toram pushed him down the stairs and broke his back.

Derry. A soldier with the Band of the Red Hand who was a victim of the gholam. It was suspected that the gholam questioned him before killing him.

Deryl. An Ebou Dari guard at the ring seller’s stand Mat visited. He was one-eyed and very tall, with a long cudgel studded with nail-heads propped between his massive knees. The ring seller called for Deryl to get the greasepot, and Deryl looked as if he did not know what a greasepot was.

Derys Nermala. A Kin in Ebou Dar who was serving as a maid in penance for wanting to marry Master Denal. Her strength level was 41(29); she could have tested for Aes Sedai, but she was not strong enough to make a gateway of any size whatsoever. Born in 911 NE, she went to the White Tower in 926 NE, where she was ten years a novice. Being a discipline problem, she was not allowed to test for Accepted. Her offenses had to do with men; the third time she was caught with a man, she was put out. Kirin Melway was the Amyrlin Seat while she was there. Derys was slender and pretty, except for a sullen expression. She went to Caemlyn with Elayne and her group; there Derys found Mirane’s favorite doll, which led to Vandene’s realization that the Kin were being murdered.

Desaine. A Wise One of the Shaido Aiel. She went with Sevanna and Therava to visit the loyalist Aes Sedai under Galina and Coiren before they kidnapped Rand. Desaine spoke against Sevanna being made a Wise One since she had not been to Rhuidean; she also thought that as the widow of two clan chiefs, Sevanna might be bad luck. Desaine felt that the best way to deal with Rand al’Thor was to slip a knife between his ribs. Sevanna had her killed in a way that had to have been done with the Power in order to rouse the Shaido against the Aes Sedai holding Rand.

Desala Nevanche. A Cairhienin Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah and the loyalist contingent. She was beautiful, with large dark eyes and a voice like chimes. She had an unfortunate temper; the surest way to make her give it free rein was to harm or threaten a child. Desala despised wilders and purely hated women who falsely claimed to be Aes Sedai. She liked dancing and was known to dance any number of men off their feet in a night. Desala and Melare questioned Leane the night she was captured; Desala beat her. Desala was one of the five Reds who accompanied Pevara to the Black Tower with the intention of bonding Asha’man. She was Turned to the Shadow by Taim and his group.

Desandre Alraed. A Ghealdanin Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 15(3). Before being raised Aes Sedai, she spent six years as a novice and seven as Accepted. About 5'5" tall, she was willowy, with brown hair and large brown eyes. Part of the expedition to the White Tower, she was captured and bonded by an Asha’man. As one of the two strongest sisters captured by the Asha’man, she commanded the Aes Sedai group as much as the Asha’man allowed.

Desartin. A lord in Murandy who was deservedly overthrown by a group of farmers.

Desautel. An Asha’man Dedicated who was big as a blacksmith. At Logain’s behest, he looked for and located Sakarnen, Demandred’s sa’angreal.

Deselle Aybara. One of Perrin’s younger sisters. She was plump; at twelve years of age, she was killed by Fain.

Desora. A Maiden of the Musara sept of the Reyn Aiel. Golden-haired and blue-eyed, she always hid her smiles behind her hand. Desora accompanied Rand and Taim to the farm and was later killed in an apparent Whitecloak ambush in Caemlyn. Rand added her name to the list of women who had died for him.

Devaille. A major city in the Age of Legends.

Deven Ride. The first village south of Emond’s Field in the Two Rivers on the Old Road. Rows of thatch-roofed houses surrounded a green and a pond fed by a spring that was walled around with stone. The inn at the head of the green, The Goose and Pipe, was roofed with thatch, too. Deven Ride was the same size as Emond’s Field. The Village Council of Emond’s Field sent men here to watch for trouble. An apprentice Wisdom here died of channeling sickness. Wil al’Seen, cousin of the al’Seen clan, was from Deven Ride, and in a wolf dream, Perrin visited the village to check for Trollocs. Men from Deven Ride helped to defend Emond’s Field from Trollocs.

Devore, Cathal. See Cathal Devore

Devore Zarbayan. A Saldaean Bannerwoman of Elayne’s Guardswomen in Caemlyn. She was slim and cool-eyed, her eyes dark and tilted.

Deyeniye, dyu ninte concion ca’lyet ye. A phrase in the Old Tongue meaning “Majesty, by your summons do I come.”

Dha’vol. One of the Trolloc bands; its symbol was a horned skull.

Dhael. An Aiel Maiden of the Spear. Dhael helped rescue Nynaeve, Elayne and Egwene from brigands and Myrddraal.

Dhagon, River. A river flowing west from the northern reaches of the Mountains of Mist to meet the River Akuum east of Bandar Eban.

Dhai’mon. A Trolloc tribe; its symbol was an iron fist.

Dhallin Forest. A location in Ghealdan where major battles were fought against Logain, when he was a false Dragon.

Dhana. A to’raken that Mat desperately flew on to Shayol Ghul. Her rider was injured and her wing struck by an arrow; they crashed.

Dhearic. A man of the Two Spires sept of the Reyn Aiel and the Duadhe Mahdi’in who was clan chief of the Reyn. He was 6'5" tall, weighed about 250 pounds and had blue eyes, a prominent nose and lighter streaks in his golden hair. He was sent to Tear, and took part in the invasion of Illian. He was contemptuous of the Tairens and Cairhienin, who he said refused to listen and heard only the wind.

Dhjin’nen. A Trolloc tribe; its symbol was a skull cloven by a scythe-curved sword.

Dhoom, Mountains of. A mountain range running east-west, north of the Borderlands.

Dhoran, Kumira. See Kumira Dhoran

Dhowlan. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

Dhulaine, Lady Arilyn. See Arilyn Dhulaine

Dhurran. A breed of large draft horses from a region or town in Ghealdan.

Diadem of the First. A crown bearing a golden eagle in flight; it was worn by the First of Mayene.

Diademed Battle Lord of the Malkieri. See Lan

Dianatkhah, Nikiol. A former king of Saldaea who had a drinking problem.

Dilham, Master. Innkeeper of Culain’s Hound in Caemlyn. He was bulky, with three chins. After Rand came in, was bonded by Alanna and scared the girls from the Two Rivers, Dilham fell to his knees, but soon recovered enough to ask Verin if he could tell people that the Dragon Reborn patronized his inn.

Dill, Mistress. A round innkeeper in Harlon Bridge, Andor. Elayne and her party stayed with her on the way to Caemlyn from the Kin farm outside Ebou Dar, after using the Bowl of the Winds, evading the Seanchan army. Mistress Dill was extremely pleased to have a full inn in bad weather, so pleased that she curtsied at everyone.

Dimana Corrand. A Kin and a member of the Knitting Circle in Ebou Dar. She had bright blue eyes and red hair with streaks of white. Although her true age was 323, she appeared to be well into or just past her middle years, on the edge of being called old. Her strength level was 46(34); she would not have been allowed to test for Aes Sedai, nor was she strong enough to make a gateway of any size whatsoever. Born in 677 NE, she grew up in a village in the Black Hills, which she sometimes joked was as isolated as the storied Seleisin. She went to the White Tower in 694 NE, where she was three years a novice before being put out because she could not become Aes Sedai. Cemaile Sorenthaine was the Amyrlin at the time. When the Seanchan invaded Ebou Dar, she was a prosperous seamstress with a number of other seamstresses working for her, catering to the wealthier merchants and mid-rank nobles. Dimana traveled to Caemlyn with Elayne. She led the damane Marille through the palace gardens and encountered Gawyn with a Bloodknife.

Dimir Faral. A soldier in the Children of the Light. He was in Fain’s group of Whitecloaks in the Two Rivers. Faral was the one renegade Whitecloak ambushing Rand in Cairhien that Rand did not hang, instead sending him to Niall with a message that Rand would hang Niall for what had happened.

Diryk. The second-eldest son of Queen Ethenielle and Brys of Kandor. He was born in 971 NE and died in 979 NE, along with his father, supposedly in an accidental fall which also claimed Iselle Arrel. He was actually a victim of the male channeler pogrom, though that was not widely known.

Djevik K’Shar. Trolloc for “The Dying Ground,” it was the Trolloc name for the Aiel Waste.

do Avriny a’Roihan, Elaida. See Elaida do Avriny a’Roihan

Do Miere A’vron. An Old Tongue phrase meaning “The Watchers over the Waves.” It was the name of a group believing that the armies Artur Hawkwing sent across the Aryth Ocean would one day return, and so they kept watch from the town of Falme on Toman Head. This event took place with the arrival of the Seanchan; the Seanchan, however, felt that they had watched for the wrong thing, and had forgotten when they should have been remembering. As punishment, they put the First Watcher in a cage hanging from one of the Towers of the Watchers; when he died, they picked another watcher for the cage, and repeated the process until they themselves were driven from Falme.

Do’in Toldara te, Songs of the Last Age, Quarto Nine: The Legend of the Dragon. Composed by Boanne, Songmistress at Taralan.

Dobraine Taborwin. A Cairhienin nobleman who was High Seat of his House. His con was two white diamonds on blue. He was 5'9" tall, with deep-set dark eyes and leathery skin, and was one of the first of the older men to shave the front of his long, mostly gray hair. The blue and white stripes on his dark coat ran well below his waist. Dobraine was both shrewd and intelligent, and he kept his word. He would maneuver for personal advantage where he could, but he was loyal to Rand in his fashion, not only because he saw Rand as too strong to oppose, but also because he believed in the Prophecies. In addition, he believed that Rand would not claim the Sun Throne and that it would go to a Cairhienin. He was willing to accept Elayne Trakand as queen of Andor; his only qualm was that she should have been Elayne Damodred and that Taringail should not have let Morgase give the children to her House. Like all the other Cairhienin nobles—and most commoners—he considered the notion of noble marrying commoner to be bizarre if not obscene. Dobraine took five hundred of his personal liegemen with Perrin to rescue Rand from the Tower Aes Sedai at Dumai’s Wells. Rand named him Steward of Cairhien for the Dragon Reborn. He was attacked in his chamber by robbers and was thought dead; Samitsu pulled him through. Rand sent him to Bandar Eban to secure order there; he presented Rand with a secure city and was then sent back to Tear.

Dobser. An Asha’man who was fond of wine and not very bright. Taim Turned him to the Shadow; he kept his love of wine and his intelligence did not increase, making it easy for Emarin to elicit information from him.

Doesine Alwain. A Cairhienin Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 16(4). Born in 867 NE to a family of cutlers especially well known for their scissors, she went to the White Tower in 882 NE. After spending six years as a novice and eight years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 896 NE. Standing 5'5" tall, she was boyishly slim; her face was like that of a pretty, mischievous boy. Her very large dark eyes seemed even darker because of her paleness. A light of naughtiness shone in her eyes sometimes. She dressed elegantly, but when irritated often spiked her talk with casual curses.

Doesine was born with the spark and found by an Aes Sedai very shortly after she first, unconsciously, touched saidar on her own. The sister knew Doesine could channel as soon as she met her, but Doesine didn’t know what she had done, didn’t believe the sister, and didn’t want to go to the White Tower. She went, of course—bound hand and foot most of the way and gagged for the last part of it. Doesine was known to tell this story on herself to novices, to show them their circumstances were not so bad as hers. She held a record of sorts, though not one publicized: Doesine actually tried to run away three times, twice making it out of the Tower grounds, once reaching one of the bridges. Needless to say, given that the Tower wanted novices to believe that the punishment for running away was so severe that a runaway would never think of trying again—and indeed, that was the case for nearly all of them, and those who thought about it almost never worked up the nerve to actually try a second time—given that, it was hardly surprising that Doesine’s record was kept quiet. In truth, on her third and last try, the one where she reached the bridges, she saw two Aes Sedai, was overcome with panic that they were hunting for her and ran back to the Tower, where she turned herself in. The two sisters knew nothing about her, and in fact her absence from the Tower hadn’t yet been noted. The mitigation of her returning on her own meant her punishment was lessened, though the fact of a third offense meant that was from a rather fierce base. Still, she was so grateful for the lessening that she actually thanked the Mistress of Novices afterward, to that woman’s great astonishment.

In 981 NE Doesine was raised to Sitter in the Hall. It was rare for a sister to be chosen as a Sitter at such a young age; her choice was an indication of her political astuteness as well as the Ajah’s regard for her intelligence and capabilities. She stood to depose Siuan in the truncated Hall arranged by Elaida. Doesine was one of the half dozen Sitters to whom Elaida doled out penances of Labor. In her case, it was working in the laundry. For that alone, if no other reason, she wanted to see Elaida replaced. When Doesine strayed too near the Red Ajah quarters, she was roughed up. Doesine, Saerin, Talene and Yukiri confronted Seaine and Pevara about their secret meetings; after Saerin worked out that they were seeking the Black Ajah, all reswore their oaths and declared that they were not Black Ajah, with the exception of Talene, who was Black Ajah. As the only one with the ability to work the Chair of Remorse, Doesine used it to torture Talene and get more information. The five sisters continued to work together until Verin’s notebook revealed all of the Black Ajah. Doesine went on to fight in the Last Battle, where she was killed.

dogfennel. A long weed with a feathery brown tip.

dogweed. A plant that was given as a tea, despite tasting terrible. It was considered a cure for moping.

dogwort. A medicinal herb for knitting flesh.

Doilaine Barmellin. A Cairhienin nobleman. He was about 5'8" tall and slender, languid and quite foppish in his manners, for a Cairhienin, anyway. He was not a fool, though, and wore almost as many stripes as Semaradrid, to below the waist. He wore the front of his head shaved and powdered after the fashion of Cairhienin soldiers. He fought in the Illian campaign.

Doilan. A man of the Shaido Aiel who was taken gai’shain when the Shaido were defeated at Cairhien. He served breakfast in Amys’ tent.

Doile. An armsman of Bertome Saighan, gap-toothed with seamed scars on both cheeks. Bertome was not sure if his name was Dalyn or Doile.

Doilin Mellar. See Daved Hanlon

Doinal, Cera. See Cera Doinal

Doirellin. A Cairhienin Child of the Light. He was nearly as wide as he was tall, there was barely an ounce of fat on him, and he could put walnuts between all of his fingers and crack them by clenching his fists. He had a high voice. After Galad’s duel with Valda, Doirellin agreed that it was permitted to ally with Aes Sedai in order to fight the Dark One.

Doirellin, Lirene. See Lirene Doirellin

Doirlon Hills. Forested hills located in northeast Illian, just off the rolling Plains of Maredo. Lord Brend (Sammael) established hillforts there against Rand’s invasion force.

Doirmanes. A slender Cairhienin nobleman taken gai’shain by the Shaido. He was young and pretty, but very skittish, having a habit of biting his lip nervously. Faile was convinced that if he learned of people swearing fealty to her, he would tell Sevanna immediately, so he would need to be killed.

Dolera Mantear. A queen of Andor who ascended to the Lion Throne on the death of her mother at 78 in 944 NE. She was Mordrellen’s mother.

Domai. A sept of the Shaido Aiel.

Domanche, Rasoria. See Rasoria Domanche

Domani. Of or from Arad Doman.

Domani Wench’s Kiss, The. An inn in Lugard. Its sign bore a coppery-skinned woman, bare to the waist, with her lips puckered. Siuan passed this place while on her way to another inn.

Dome of Truth. The center of Whitecloak power and bureaucracy in the Fortress of Light in Amador, Amadicia, before they were driven out by the Seanchan. The exterior was pure white; on the inside gold leaf cast down the light of a thousand hanging lamps. Glistening thick white columns ringed the chamber. The dome itself stretched a hundred paces across unsupported and rose fifty paces at its peak. It contained a simple white marble dais on the white marble floor; the Lord Captain Commander stood on the dais to address the assembled Children.

Domeille. An Aiel Maiden of the Spear who helped bathe Rand before he went to meet the Sea Folk in Cairhien. She was lean with gray hair and a thrusting chin. Domeille felt that Rand was not pretty enough to do without a scar to set off what beauty he had.

Domination Band. Semirhage’s name for the male a’dam.

Dominion, Nine Rods of. See Nine Rods of Dominion

Domon, Bayle. See Bayle Domon

Donalo Sandomere. A Tairen Dedicated Asha’man. He had a creased, leathery face and an oiled beard cut to a point in imitation of a Tairen noble. Sometimes he attempted the languid pose he thought a noble would use. His receding hairline gave him a very high forehead above his dark eyes, and what black hair he had, like his beard, was heavily streaked with gray. He wore a garnet in his left ear. Donalo was present when Rand went to bestow the sword and Dragon pins. When the Aes Sedai tried to take the Black Tower, he bonded Ayako Norsoni, a White. Toveine saw him waiting outside Logain’s house at the Black Tower. He used farmer’s phrasings in his speech and had the Talent of reading residues. Donalo was raised to full Asha’man and accompanied Rand to the meeting with the fake Daughter of the Nine Moons. His arm was injured there, and Nynaeve Healed him. Taim turned Sandomere to the Shadow; he was captured in Stedding Sholoon by Androl and his allies, including some elderly Ogier.

Donavelle, Mashera. See Mashera Donavelle

Donel do Morny a’Lordeine. A Murandian lord who was one of the nobles from Murandy and Andor to confront the rebel Aes Sedai on the ice in Murandy, near the Andoran border. He was about 5'10" tall, with a medium build, black hair, narrow brown eyes and curled mustaches, which he sometimes twisted. He wore more lace than most women.

Dongal. A soldier in the Band of the Red Hand. He served under Mandevwin in one of the attacks against the Seanchan; he and Madwin went up the south slope of a hill.

Doni. An urchin in Tear who, along with his friend Com, 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.

Doniella Alievin. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 306 to 332 NE. Doniella was a quiet Amyrlin, not particularly strong, but not in the control of the Hall, either; her benign neglect did leave the Hall pretty much in control of the Tower. Doniella quite voluntarily resigned as the Amyrlin Seat in order to spend more time on her studies; she was a Dreamer who made much-discussed notes on the Prophecies of the Dragon. She spent the next thirty-one years studying happily, but she was not allowed to return to the White Tower, and she was strongly discouraged from letting anyone know that she had been the Amyrlin Seat. She died in 363 NE.

Donjel. A scout with Ituralde’s army. His voice was hoarse, as someone had tried to hang him when he was young. He was stout with iron-gray short-cropped hair and a dark leather patch over his missing right eye. Before battles, Ituralde often gave Donjel a packet to carry to Ituralde’s wife if he died.

Doomseer. A title that Tuon gave Min.

Dorailla. A Wise One of the Shaido Aiel with the ability to channel and a strength level of 15(3). She was 5'7½" tall. She fought at Dumai’s Wells alongside Sevanna, where she was knocked down and dazed by the near miss of a lightning strike.

Doraille, Javindhra. See Javindhra Doraille

Doraise Mesianos. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah and the loyalist contingent. She had a plump chin. Doraise was one of those named by Elaida as adhering to the law when she announced the discovery of illegally possessed angreal, implying that Doraise was one of those—along with Kiyoshi and Farellien—who turned in Josaine and Adelorna, the pair who were birched. Like the other two, Doraise received a horse as a reward. Elaida acted at Alviarin’s urging; Alviarin was trying to cause dissent in the Tower. Doraise’s Warder was a heavyset Shienaran with a round face and a dark topknot.

Doraisin, Berowin. See Berowin Doraisin

Doral Barran. The Wisdom in Emond’s Field prior to Nynaeve al’Meara. She was white-haired and frail, but still clear-eyed and straight-backed. She apprenticed Nynaeve after her then-apprentice died of some sickness even Mistress Barran could not cure. Nynaeve was newly orphaned, and many people thought Doral should have sent her to her relatives in the country after her mother died, and taken on someone years older. Doral switched Mat when he opened a firework.

Doreille Torghin. A queen of Aridhol who signed the Compact of the Ten Nations. She was also a poet.

Dorele. A young Sea Folk woman on Wavedancer. She was slender with only one ring in each ear. When she brought tea to Elayne, Nynaeve, Jorin and Coine she was topless, and as punishment was set to clean the bilges because they weren’t out of sight of land.

Dorelle Caromon. An Ogier-built city in Eharon, one of the Ten Nations after the Breaking. Illian later occupied the same site.

Dorelmin, Silene. The best seamstress in Chachin, Kandor. She was slim with a haughty air and a cool voice. Moiraine had Silene make dresses for her.

Doressin Chuliandred. A Cairhienin lord, High Seat of a moderate House, who supported Colavaere for the Cairhienin throne, and later was made to join Rand’s army fighting against the Seanchan. He was about 5'9" tall, and bony, and kept the front of his head shaved and powdered. Because he had supported Colavaere, he thought that Rand meant for him to die. Bertome, Doressin’s childhood friend, thought that Doressin had become unhinged. Doressin was the husband of Alaine and brother of Meneril.

Dorile din Eiran Long Feather. The Windfinder on Windrunner, thus Windfinder to Malin din Toral Breaking Wave, Wavemistress of Clan Somarin, who doubled as Sailmistress on the Windrunner. Dorile’s strength level was 19(7). She was a slender, handsome woman who wore only four earrings in each ear, and fewer medallions on her chain than did Malin din Toral. She went to Caemlyn with Elayne’s group and left Caemlyn with Zaida. She rode poorly; in Ebou Dar, two people had to help boost her into the saddle while a third held the horse’s head.

Dorindha. 1) An Aiel woman of the Jindo sept of the Taardad Aiel and Far Dareis Mai who won the first forfeit when Mat played Maiden’s Kiss. She also was one of the scouts who reported the arrival of the peddlers in the Waste. She was red-haired and about Egwene’s age. 2) An Aiel woman married to Bael, clan chief of the Goshien. She was the roofmistress of Smoke Springs Hold and first-sister to Melaine. Dorindha was a solid, motherly woman, much nearer handsome than pretty, with creases at the corners of her blue eyes and much white in her pale red hair. Her manner was quietly commanding—usually, at least; she could make gestures upon occasion that seemed quite flamboyant, though she usually made even those in a casual, quiet manner.

As a roofmistress, Dorindha held a position of considerable power and respect—in some ways above and in some below a Wise One—but a good part of her command was her personality, not her position. Melaine’s deference might have been because Dorindha was the senior sister-wife and the roofmistress, but not wholly. Deira Bashere’s obvious respect, and a deference which surprised Deira herself, came from Dorindha’s intelligence, perspicacity and personality.

Her relationship with Melaine grew very close after Melaine married Bael; it was a combination of close sisters and best friends. Dorindha gave Bael sons, but no daughters; she and Melaine knew he would very much like to have daughters, and they were very pleased with Min’s viewing regarding Melaine’s pregnancy.

Dorine, Jurith. Right Hand to the Queen of Almoren, and the author of Commentaries on the Prophecies of the Dragon in 742 AB, the Third Age.

Dorje, Anath. Tuon’s Truthspeaker, or Soe’feia; she was actually Semirhage in disguise. See Semirhage

Dorlain. A family that lived on one of Morgase’s estates in Andor.

Dorlain, Maighdin. Morgase’s alias while on the lam.

Dorlan. A small hamlet east of the bridge towns outside Tar Valon. There were fifteen slate-roofed houses there, each with a cow barn behind it. The village supplied cheese to Tar Valon. Its mayor was Garon Burlow. After the debacle at Dumai’s Wells, Elaida sent Covarla Baldene and the sisters who returned with her to Dorlan; the Younglings, having been denied entry to Tar Valon, went there as well. Since there was no inn in the village, the sisters stayed with residents, and the Younglings in the cow barns. Narenwin Barda, Tarna Feir and Katerine Alruddin also stayed there for a time.

Dormaile, Ilain. See Ilain Dormaile

Dormin. A stocky Cairhienin bootmaker who was gai’shain to the Shaido at Malden. He swore fealty to Faile.

Dorn, Lamgwin. See Lamgwin Dorn

dornat. A hunting animal from the Age of Legends, recalled by Graendal.

Dosera. A Wise One of the Shaido Aiel. She fought at Dumai’s Wells for Sevanna and was killed by a wolf.

dosun. A term used in Bandar Eban for the head housekeeper of an establishment.

Dovarna, Norine. See Norine Dovarna

Dovie’andi se tovya sagain. Old Tongue for “It’s time to roll the dice”; it was the motto of the Band of the Red Hand.

Dovienya. Old Tongue for “luck.”

Doweel, Jara. See Jara Doweel

Dowtry clan. A family from Emond’s Field. See Bar, Buel, Elam and Jonneth Dowtry

Dragand, Suana. See Suana Dragand

Draghkar. A creature of the Dark One, made originally by twisting human stock. A Draghkar appeared to be a large man with bat-like wings, too-pale skin and too-large eyes. The Draghkar’s song, a crooning, could draw its prey to it, suppressing the victim’s will. There was a saying: “The kiss of the Draghkar is death.” It did not bite, but its kiss consumed first the soul of its victim, and then his life. The wind of its wings felt slimy, and one flying close overhead could make horses scream and rear.

Dragon banner. The banner of Lews Therin Telamon, flown during the War of the Shadow. It was found at the site of the Eye of the World, and Moiraine gave it to Rand. It was long and white, neither woven nor painted nor dyed. On it was a figure like a serpent scaled in scarlet and gold, golden-maned with eyes like the sun and five golden-clawed toes on each foot. A stirring of the banner in the wind made the figure seem to move and live, the scales glittering like precious gems and metals. The Dragon banner, as well as the Banner of Light or al’Thor’s Banner, became associated with the Dragon Reborn. See also al’Thor’s Banner

Dragon, false. A man who falsely claimed to be the Dragon Reborn. There had been many throughout history. Some began wars that involved many nations. Most were unable to channel, but some could. All, however, disappeared, were captured, or were killed without fulfilling any of the Prophecies of the Dragon.

Six false Dragons were generally considered the most powerful and the most nearly successful. Historically, stretching back some two thousand years prior to Rand’s ascension, these men were Raolin Darksbane, Yurian Stonebow, Davian (last name unknown), Guaire Amalasan, Logain Ablar and Mazrim Taim. In fact, in the three thousand years following the Breaking there were other men who matched their successes, but their histories could only be found in the secret records of the White Tower. As they were forgotten by history, the White Tower, not wanting to publicize false Dragons, let them fade into obscurity.

Dragon, Legion of the. See Legion of the Dragon

Dragon, People of the. See People of the Dragon

Dragon, Prophecies of the. See Prophecies of the Dragon

Dragon Reborn. According to prophecy and legend the Dragon would be born again at mankind’s greatest hour of need to battle the Dark One and save the world. This was not something people looked forward to, both because the prophecies said the Dragon Reborn would bring a new Breaking to the world, and because Lews Therin Kinslayer, the Dragon, was a name to make men shudder, even more than three thousand years after his death.

Dragon Reborn, The. A book by Loial son of Arent son of Halan of Stedding Shangtai.

Dragon Scepter. A term used by the Maidens for the two-foot length of a Seanchan spear that Rand carried. Semirhage destroyed the spear when she burned off Rand’s hand, which was holding the spear.

Dragon, the. 1) The name by which Lews Therin Telamon was known during the War of the Shadow. In the madness which overtook all male Aes Sedai, Lews Therin killed every living person who carried any of his blood, as well as everyone he loved, thus earning the name Kinslayer. The sayings “taken by the Dragon” or “possessed of the Dragon” indicated that someone was endangering those around him or threatening them, especially if without cause. 2) The Aiel name for the constellation known by wetlanders as the Snake.

Dragon’s Fang. A stylized mark, usually black, in the shape of a teardrop balanced on its point. Scrawled on a door or a house, it was an accusation of evil against the residents.

Dragon’s Peace, the. A treaty created by Rand to stop the nations from warring with each other after the Last Battle.

Dragonmount. A gigantic mountain near the River Erinin. After slaying all whom he loved, Lews Therin Telamon was given a moment of sanity. In his grief, he Traveled to a deserted area and destroyed himself with a great blast of the One Power, raising a huge volcanic mountain many miles high. It also created a large island in a nearby river. The mountain came to be known as Dragonmount and the island became the city of Tar Valon. Prophecy said that the Dragon Reborn would be born on Dragonmount.

dragons. The name Aludra gave to her powerful new weapons capable of firing explosive shells over long distances, causing extensive damage to the enemy. The dragons were used to great effect in the Last Battle.

dragons’ eggs. The name given to the round explosive shells fired by dragons.

Dragonsworn. A term used for those sworn to the Dragon Reborn. These groups began appearing after the battle at Falme. They were at first disparate groups, even small armies, that formed in many countries, sometimes confronting local military forces. Many of these groups were sincere, and joined in fighting enemies of the Dragon Reborn; others were made up of brigands, who terrorized local populations. Their reputation was further soiled by Whitecloak intervention—Carridin created bands of Dragonsworn composed of a few incognito Whitecloaks at the core, with ruffians filling their ranks, which committed many atrocities. The Dragonsworn became associated with the Prophet Masema, who at the height of his movement had gathered ten to twelve thousand in Ghealdan, virtually taking over that country. After Masema agreed to help Perrin, most of these Dragonsworn were killed during Perrin’s campaign against the Shaido at Malden.

Dragonwall. A north-south-oriented mountain range separating the Aiel Waste from the populated lands to the west.

Drapaneos, Kiril. See Kiril Drapaneos

Dreadbane. A Borderlander title for one who slayed a Myrddraal.

Dreadlords. Those men and women who, able to channel the One Power, went over to the Shadow during the Trolloc Wars, acting as generals over armies of Trollocs, Myrddraal and Darkfriends. They were occasionally confused with the Forsaken by the less well-educated.

Dreamer. A person with the Talent to foretell events by having and interpreting true dreams; some were able to enter Tel’aran’rhiod. According to the Wise Ones, dream interpretation was not straightforward; dreams told only one possible future, usually the most likely future. Dreams were often conveyed in images, allegories, or puns; consequently, the Dreamer needed training in interpreting the Dream. See also Talents

dreamshard. A world created by a powerful Dreamer or dreamwalker, distinct from Tel’aran’rhiod.

dreamspike. A ter’angreal that prevented Traveling.

dreamwalker. The Aiel term for one able to enter Tel’aran’rhiod; a verb, to dreamwalk, was also used. Aes Sedai sometimes used the term to refer to Dreamers, but rarely. Channeling was not necessary to dreamwalk. Aiel Wise Ones were especially good at dreamwalking, even though it was rare among them, because their survival had depended on it—when they needed to find water or find a new hold in the Waste, they used need, a technique to find what was vital or required while in Tel’aran’rhiod for that purpose. Before Egwene, there had not been a dreamwalker in the White Tower in a thousand years, according to Moiraine, or five hundred years, according to Bair. In dreamwalking, the dreamwalker entered Tel’aran’rhiod fully; whatever happened there to the dreamwalker was sustained in the waking world as well, including death.

Dromand, Nuhel. See Nuhel Dromand

Drowned Lands. A huge, treacherous saltwater swamp between the Dragonwall and Mayene. This miasmal landscape, choked with foliage and grasses, supported a multitude of fauna, including many dangerous creatures such as the dreaded hooded vipers.

Duadhe Mahdi’in. An Aiel warrior society; the name was Old Tongue for “Water Seekers.”

Dubaris, Meashan. A member of the Domani Council of Merchants. She was killed by a mob.

duckberry. A plant whose fruit was bitter or sour when ripe.

Duhara Basaheen. A Domani Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah publicly and of the Black Ajah in truth. Of the loyalist contingent, she had a strength level of 23(11). Born in 764 NE, she went to the White Tower in 779 NE. After spending twelve years as a novice and nine years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 800 NE and raised Sitter in 929 NE, serving until 953 NE. Duhara was Keeper of the Chronicles for Sierin Vayu from 979 to 984 NE, and was raised Sitter again in 999 NE to replace Teslyn Baradon.

She was 5'7½" tall, and slim, with coppery skin, large dark eyes and a long slender neck. She moved gracefully, but stood almost rigidly straight. She looked at everyone as if she were wondering what wrongdoing they had been up to. Basically she was meaner than a snake, though only her mouth gave any outward hint. During the execution portion of the male channeler pogrom, she participated eagerly. Her involvement was discovered, and she received a stiff penance. There was speculation that she might have been involved in Sierin Vayu’s death, but she was unlikely to have been involved, despite being Red, as the Black had been called off the pogrom in 983 NE when Ishamael came into the world again. She stood to depose Siuan, one of only eleven needed to give the greater consensus under the circumstances. Elaida thought Duhara was firmly in her pocket, but Duhara chafed. Elaida sent her to Caemlyn in 1000 NE to act as an advisor to Elayne while she was seeking the throne; Elayne did not cooperate. Duhara was coopted by Graendal and killed by Aviendha in the Last Battle.

Dulain, Lord. A young Murandian nobleman who the Tower thought could truly unify Murandy, which caused the Amyrlin Siuan to make Gareth Bryne back down over border raids. He was killed by an Andoran sheepfarmer who put an arrow through him on a sheep raid.

Dumai’s Wells. A watering hole more than halfway from Cairhien to Tar Valon, four days from Alianelle Spring. The oasis consisted of three stone wells in a small copse. It was the site of a battle after Aes Sedai had kidnapped Rand. A large contingent of Shaido Aiel attacked the Aes Sedai in an attempt to acquire Rand themselves, but Perrin’s rescue forces joined by Asha’man arrived on the scene and won the day; however, there was great loss of life.

Dumera Alman. An Aes Sedai who lived at the time of the formation of the White Tower.

Dunsinin. The legendary female lover of Rogosh Eagle-eye.

dur Ahmid, Toma. The man who developed the Toman Calendar after the Breaking.

Dura, Tervail. See Tervail Dura

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

Duranda Tharne. The innkeeper at The Good Night’s Ride in Lugard, and an agent of the Blue Ajah. She was a tall, heavyset woman with dark eyes, a thrusting chin and a hard mouth; she wore tight silk dresses, and had a brassy personality. Her curls were a shade of red that nature never made. She had already been a Blue agent when Siuan took over the network, and had married daughters she thought were older than Siuan, whom she did not recognize. Duranda referred to Siuan as an old buzzard. When Siuan approached her, she embarrassed Siuan but gave her the code name “Sallie Daera.” She told Siuan to tell Aeldene that she was still loyal.

Durnham. A member of the King’s Guard in Bandar Eban who became a beggar. Under the influence of the Dragon Reborn, he pulled himself together and was named commander of the city under its steward, Lord Iralin.

Durhem. A cavalry leader in Ituralde’s forces in Saldaea.

Durrent. An officer in the Younglings who became a Warder after the reunion of the Tower.

Duster. Tylee Khirgan’s horse.

Dusty Wheel, The. An inn in Caemlyn where the windows were always dirty. Hatch was its innkeeper. It was also known as the Rumor Wheel because it was the best place in Caemlyn to listen to gossip. Most of the rumors were untrue, but its patrons enjoyed discussing them.

Dyelin Taravin. High Seat of House Taravin in Andor; her House symbol was the Owl and Oak. She was about 5'6" tall, with golden hair going gray and blue eyes. Dyelin was Morgase’s cousin and her nearest female relative aside from Elayne; had Morgase and Elayne both died without issue, Dyelin would have been next in line for the Lion Throne. Some people thought that she should take the throne after Morgase was presumed dead, because they worried about Elayne being Aes Sedai or because they disliked Morgase. Dyelin refused to accept prodding that she should take the throne. She and three other nobles—Pendar, Ellorien and Luan—met with Rand, when Rand told them he wanted Elayne on the Andoran throne. After Elayne returned to Caemlyn, Dyelin was a staunch supporter of Elayne’s claim to the throne, going so far as to meet with many of the noble Houses of Andor to gain their support for Elayne, and publishing her support for her cousin. Dyelin was severely wounded protecting Elayne when Elayne was fed forkroot tea and attacked in the Royal Palace, requiring Healing from Nynaeve. Dyelin and Birgitte did not get on well, but they were still able to work together on Elayne’s behalf. Dyelin personally led a force of troops against Arymilla’s forces who were attacking Caemlyn. She was part of Elayne’s army in the Last Battle.

Dyfelle, Alind. See Alind Dyfelle

Dyrele. The wife of Maeric, sept chief of the Moshaine Shaido. Her eyes were green. After the Moshaine used Sammael’s nar’baha and found enemy clans coming at them, Maeric told her to prepare to put on the white. She was taken gai’shain by one of the septs that crossed the Plains of Maredo to Illian.