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Ba’alzamon. An ancient name meaning “Heart of the Dark.” See Ishamael and Moridin

Bael. A man of the Jhirad sept of the Goshien Aiel and the Sovin Nai society, and the clan chief of the Goshien. He was married to Dorindha, with whom he had three children, and to Melaine, with whom he was expecting twins. He was about 6'10" tall and approximately 275 pounds, with a long face, gray-streaked red hair and blue-gray eyes. Bael had a habit of fingering his earlobe when he thought. He went to Caemlyn with Rand. There he was in charge, along with Davram Bashere, until after Elayne arrived; his Aiel and Bashere’s Saldaeans policed the city and surrounding countryside. Rand sent him and the Goshien to Bandar Eban to try to restore order. In the Last Battle, Bael was with Elayne and her army.

Baelome, Lady. A Ghealdanin noblewoman ordered flogged by the Prophet for speaking of “this Rand al’Thor.” She was the most powerful member of the Crown High Council in Ghealdan.

Baerin. An Aiel woman whose daughter was a Wise One’s apprentice. Baerin took part in a discussion in the Wise Ones’ tent involving how to deal with the Car’a’carn. She was a Maiden of the Spear before she married and had children.

Baelder. An Aiel Red Shield who fought with Rhuarc in the Last Battle.

Baerlon. A town in Andor with a wooden palisade, north of the Two Rivers. It was on the road from the mines in the Mountains of Mist to Whitebridge and thence to Caemlyn. Merchants stopped at Baerlon on their way into the Two Rivers to buy tabac and wool. It had a Town Watch and a Whitebridge Gate. Proximity to the mines in the Mountain of Mist was an economic boon to the town, as its iron smelting plants processed the ore.

Bagand, Sereille. See Sereille Bagand

Baijan’m’hael. Old Tongue for “Attack Leader.” It was a rank assigned to Manel Rochaid by Taim; it indicated that he was second to Gedwyn, the Tsorovan’m’hael.

Bailene. A feast celebrated on the ninth day of Amadaine in Arad Doman, Tarabon, Amadicia and Tear.

Baily, Martna. A fictional pie maker in Hinderstap.

Bain. A Maiden of the Spear of the Black Rock sept of the Shaarad Aiel, born in 981 NE. She was 5'8½" tall, with flame-colored hair and dark blue eyes. Although they were from clans with a blood feud, she adopted Chiad as her first-sister; neither would let a man come to her without the other. Bain went to the Stone of Tear. She and Chiad became friends with Faile, and accompanied Faile to the Two Rivers. Bain went to Caemlyn, Cairhien and Ghealdan with Perrin. She was taken gai’shain by Sevanna and the Jumai Shaido when Faile’s riding party was captured. After Sevanna was taken by the Seanchan, Bain became gai’shain to Gaul, who was in love with Chiad but did not like Bain. During the Last Battle, Bain and Chiad helped in the Healing facility set up at Berelain’s palace in Mayene, and began collecting the wounded from the battlefields.

Bain, Old. A farmer in Andor from whom Alpert Mull bought hay.

Bair. A Wise One of the Haido sept of the Shaarad Aiel. She was a dreamwalker but she could not channel. She was the eldest Wise One of the Shaarad, in her late nineties or more; she had a creased grandmotherly face, white hair and pale blue eyes. Bair spoke with a reedy but strong voice. She was a bony woman, with angular shoulders. Bair outlived three husbands. While Amys and Melaine were the best at interpreting the dream, Bair was better at manipulating Tel’aran’rhiod. After Aviendha reported her visions of the future in Rhuidean, Bair went to the city and entered the ter’angreal a second time and saw similar visions. Bair survived the Last Battle to attend Rand’s funeral.

Bajad drovja. A curse in the Old Tongue uttered by Sammael.

Bakayar Mishima. A Seanchan captain under Banner-General Tylee Khirgan. He had yellow hair and several scars on his square face, and one scar met the corner of his mouth, distorting his smile. Mishima was a hard-bitten man who to Perrin smelled strangely of amusement. He led the Seanchan who dumped forkroot into the aqueduct at Malden, and fought in the battle against the Shaido there. On the way back to Ebou Dar, they were attacked by Trollocs, and he was killed by an arrow in the throat.

Bakh. A soldier in Lan’s army at Tarwin’s Gap. He always had a crossbow tied to the back of his horse, despite Lan’s warning that it might go off accidentally. His sword got caught in a Trolloc’s armor, but before he died, he killed one Trolloc with a crossbow shot to the eye and killed another with his boot knife.

Bakuun, Assid. See Assid Bakuun

Bakuvun, Hafeen. See Hafeen Bakuvun

Balasun. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

Balat. A Domani sword-swallower and fire-eater with Luca’s show. His brother was Abar.

Baldene, Covarla. See Covarla Baldene

Baldhere, Lord. The Swordbearer to the Throne of the Clouds for Queen Ethenielle of Kandor. He carried what was said to be the Sword of Kirukan cradled in one arm, the hilt always toward the ruler, while conducting official business. In addition, he wore a sword at his hip, a longer, two-handed sword in a saddle-scabbard behind his saddle, and carried a mace held on his saddle by a cord. He was slender with white streaks at his temples. Baldhere was gay. He was known for a sharp tongue and a biting wit, and often spoke or behaved in a fussy manner. Regardless, he could bellow when needed, as when shouting orders to troops. He affected to be more concerned with music and clothes than anything else. Baldhere commanded the armies of Kandor in the field for Ethenielle after the death of her husband in 979 NE. Most Kandori soldiers would have followed him to Shayol Ghul. Baldhere was a very good general, but not one of the great captains. He was troubled by Agelmar’s decisions during the Last Battle, and took those concerns to Lan, leading to Agelmar being relieved of command.

balefire. An extreme weapon of channelers. It burned anything it touched into nonexistence and also burned threads from the Pattern, an effect which could destroy past realities. People who were balefired could not be brought back by the Dark One; however, their souls were not destroyed, and they could be spun out by the Wheel at a later time.

Wiping a person out of the Pattern did not remove memories of the person, but the Pattern readjusted itself so far as the physical world was concerned; nothing done by that person during that blanked time actually occurred. People remembered these things as before, but they had not happened—now. And along with that, all the ripples from the person’s actions were remembered as having happened, but they never did. People could remember doing things that they did not do. The dead didn’t come back to life, but people found that their memories of that time were completely false, that they remembered doing things themselves that apparently had never happened. The strain on the fabric of the Pattern from major uses was so great that even those supporting the Shadow were reluctant to use balefire for fear they might destroy everything, although the Dark One encouraged the use of balefire as events approached the Last Battle.

balescream. Another effect of the use of balefire on the Pattern. It was a warping, rippling of the air as if the Pattern itself was howling in pain.

balfone. A musical instrument of the Age of Legends.

Balgar, Mattin Stepaneos den. See Mattin Stepaneos den Balgar

Balinor. Verin’s first Warder. It took ten years for her to get over his death and bond Tomas.

Ball and Hoop, The. An inn in Caemlyn where the Sea Folk Wavemistress of Clan Catelar stayed while trying vainly to get an audience with Rand.

Balladare Arandaille. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 115 to 142 NE. Balladare was a weak Amyrlin. The Kavarthen Wars occurred during her reign.

Ballair. An Aes Sedai who was an advisor to Ishara, the first Andoran queen.

Ballin Elamri den Rendalle. An Illianer nobleman who was a member of the Council of Nine.

Balmaen, Jenare. See Jenare Balmaen

Balthamel. A Forsaken whose original name was Eval Ramman. During the Age of Legends, he was a historian studying vanished cultures, if not a distinguished one. He also enjoyed frequenting what would be called taverns of the lowest sort. A lover of the ways of the flesh even more than Aginor, he was an avid pursuer of the opposite sex, and delighted in various perversions and excesses. Unlike Graendal, he had no desire to collect pets, but he wanted to sleep with every beautiful woman he saw. He had a wildfire temper that he often could not control, and he often did not try to. Supposedly, more than once he came very close to being punitively bound with the Power against doing violence. Despite his position at an institute of higher learning in M’Jinn (the name of the institution is not known) he enjoyed consorting with the rougher elements of society, even criminals, to a degree which brought considerable censure. Others thought that his strength in the One Power was one of the main reasons that he was not dismissed from his post.

Apparently, immortality was the sole reason he went over to the Shadow. To live forever and never age: his motive was as simple as that. He made his journey to Shayol Ghul to pledge his soul somewhere in the middle years of the Collapse. Although he stood high in the councils of the Shadow during the war, his exact role was impossible to ascertain. It was reported that he might have headed an intelligence network which competed with that run by Moghedien. Without doubt he never held a field command, though it is possible that he did serve as a governor. Whatever his position, it is known that he participated in a number of large-scale atrocities, including setting up the camps which were meant to breed humans as food for Trollocs.

Balthamel was trapped near the surface of the Bore when it was sealed by Lews Therin, and he aged. He wore a leather mask with the face of a smiling youth when he appeared at the Eye of the World. He was killed by the Green Man. The Dark One put his soul in a new body and he became Aran’gar, also known as Halima Sarinov. See also Aran’gar

Balwen Mayel. The Last king of Aridhol; he was also called Balwen Ironhand. During the Trolloc Wars, he turned to Mordeth for advice; Mordeth convinced him to use the Shadow’s tactics against the Shadow. Following that advice led to the corruption and downfall of Aridhol.

Balwer, Sebban. See Sebban Balwer

Ban. See Bandry Crawe

Ban al’Seen. A Two Rivers man who joined Perrin’s army. He had dark hair and a prominent nose. He was just a little older than Perrin. Ban was a cousin of Wil, son of Jac, and one of the first two leaders of Perrin’s fighters. He was part of the original band that hunted Trollocs with Perrin and got ambushed; he led half of the approximately seventy fighters. He continued to fight alongside the Two Rivers men at Dumai’s Wells, Malden and the Last Battle.

Banas. A widower in Jarra, Ghealdan. He was dragged through the wedding arches by Widow Jorath.

Band of the Red Hand. 1) A legendary group of heroes who had many exploits, finally dying in the defense of Manetheren when that land was destroyed during the Trolloc Wars. Their Old Tongue name was Shen an Calhar. 2) A military formation put together almost by accident by Mat Cauthon and organized along the lines of military forces during what was considered the height of the military arts, the days of Artur Hawkwing and the centuries immediately preceding. The Band was composed of several squadrons of cavalry and several banners of infantry, the latter divided among pikemen and crossbowmen/archers. Several banners composed a legion and several legions composed a great legion, divisions that were devised once the Band became large enough. Banners were commanded by Banner-Generals, legions by Lieutenant-Generals, and great legions by Captain-Generals. The formal title for the commander of the Band was Marshal-General, which was also one of the titles given Mat when he assumed command of all the Seanchan forces in the Last Battle.

Other groups were attached to the Band; for example, each banner had musicians, and after a battle, these musicians became stretcher-bearers for the wounded. The Band also had a supply banner, which was responsible for logistics, and a miners’ banner, which served as an engineers’ corps, capable of everything from building bridges to tunneling under an enemy’s fortifications. The miners’ banner was split up, with men being assigned to various legions for specific duties. The same was true of the signal banner, which used signal flags, semaphore towers and heliographs to transmit messages.

Bandar Eban. The capital of Arad Doman, and the prime port city of the northwest. Massive gates penetrated the city walls and opened up to streets of packed earth, with wooden boardwalks at the sides. Arandi Square, the main city square, was set with copper fountains in the shape of horses leaping from a frothy wave. The buildings were tall and square, shaped like boxes stacked atop one another. Rows of square wooden houses filled the city, rolling down a gentle incline to the massive port, the widest part of the city. Banners flew above, or hung from every building, some used as business signs, family names, or location names. The wealthy part of the city was located on the heights in the east. One of the grandest mansions was the seat of House Chadmar. There was a king’s palace, but it was inferior to the homes of the Council of Merchants. Bandar Eban’s Terhana Library was considered to be among the best in the world.

banded adder. A poisonous snake with glittering scales.

Bandevin, Jala. See Jala Bandevin

Bandry Crawe. A young man from Emond’s Field. He was ten months older than Rand, Mat and Perrin, and he saw the Myrddraal in Emond’s Field. Ban joined Perrin’s army at Malden. He knew how to make stools that were used by Perrin’s army.

Banikhan Mountains. A mountain range in Saldaea, along the Aryth Ocean at the World’s End. It was also known as the Sea Wall. Ice peppers grew well in its foothills, and gems were found there as well.

Banner, al’Thor’s. See al’Thor’s Banner

Banner-General. In the Band of the Red Hand and Seanchan forces, a general commanding a banner. A Seanchan Banner-General wore three thin plumes.

Banner of Light. See al’Thor’s Banner

bannerman. A soldier who carried his commander’s banner.

Bao the Wyld. The name taken by Demandred in Shara.

Bar Dowtry. A square-faced Emond’s Field man. Nynaeve caught him with Kimry Lewin in his father’s hayloft; both were punished severely, and a month later Bar and Kimry were married. It was said that neither could sit for a week after the wedding. Bar later started making a name for himself with cabinetmaking. He joined Perrin’s army at Malden.

Barada, Vilnar. See Vilnar Barada

Baradon, Teslyn. See Teslyn Baradon

Baran. A young Tairen lord who was foppish and fastidious and always seemed to be looking down his sharp nose. He thought the Aiel were savages who lived in caves. Baran was not as boastful as Reimon, but he was as opinionated and overbearing. He played cards with Mat and was terrified when the cards came to life. He was killed by the Shaido as he attempted to leave Cairhien in search of aid.

Barashelle. A woman who was raised Aes Sedai during the Trolloc Wars. Anselan was her Warder. Their story passed down through the ages as a romance, but Birgitte revealed the true story: Barashelle bonded a Warder while she was still Accepted; when she was found out, she was forced to pass the bond to another and remain Accepted three extra years, and then bonded Anselan, a stubborn older man chosen for Barashelle by the Amyrlin.

Barashta. An Ogier-built city in Eharon, one of the Ten Nations after the Breaking; it later became Ebou Dar. Its residents were called Barashandan.

Barasine. A lanky, long-legged Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah and the loyalist contingent. Logain Ablar said that she was one of those who forced him to declare himself Dragon Reborn. She assisted in capturing Egwene at Northharbor, and thought Egwene might be stilled and beheaded that same night; she showed no eagerness when she said it; she was just stating facts. Barasine was made a Sitter to replace Duhara Basaheen. She was a participant in Nynaeve’s test for Aes Sedai; she voted that Nynaeve had not passed.

bard-harp. A musical instrument played by Asmodean as Natael.

Barda, Narenwin. See Narenwin Barda

Bards, Forms of Recitation of. There were three forms of recitation used by bards in storytelling: Common, Plain Chant and High Chant. Common was ordinary speech, telling a story as one man in the street might tell another. Plain Chant added a rhythmic half-singing to poetic imagery; nothing was ever described plainly and conveying emotion was as important as conveying description. High Chant was sung. The rhythms were more precise, and emotional content was more important than mere description. High Chant could be all but unintelligible to those who were not used to it; it was a form used only by court-bards and the like.

Barel Layden. An Andoran nobleman and High Seat of his minor House who was loyal to Elayne and brought armsmen to support her. He did not hesitate to lead his men against the Black Ajah when they held Elayne.

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

Bargain, the. The agreement made with the Sea Folk on Rand’s behalf for Sea Folk ships to be at his disposal, but which also saddled Rand with obligations, such as not changing any law of the Atha’an Miere; their being allowed to build a compound in each major port that came to Rand, acceded to by the local rulers so the agreement would survive Rand; and his keeping an embassy of Sea Folk with him and agreeing to attend the Mistress of the Ships when summoned, but not more than twice in any three consecutive years.

Bari. A juggler with Valan Luca’s show; he worked with his brother Kin. Among other things, they worked with ribbon-twined hoops.

Bari. A palace retainer of more than twenty years’ service in the Royal Palace in Caemlyn. He was a panting and round-faced man who came to tell Rand that Ogier had come. He was very excited about the Ogier. He remained in the palace serving Elayne.

Barid Bel Medar. Demandred’s name before he turned to the Shadow.

Barim Halle. An Andoran man from Kore Springs who followed Gareth Bryne when he chased after Siuan, Leane and Min. He had served under Bryne in the Queen’s Guards. He was hard and wiry, with a leathery egg-shaped head and white eyebrows that seemed to be trying to make up for the lack of other hair. When he didn’t know whether to tell something, or didn’t want to, he put his tongue in his cheek, although he didn’t realize it.

Barin Madwen. The deceased husband of Maglin. He and his wife were the innkeepers of The Nine Rings in Tremonsien, Cairhien. When he died, Maglin planned to go back to her native Lugard, but Barin left her the inn and his brother the money, the opposite of what Maglin expected.

Baris. A lean man in Ebou Dar. He mortally wounded Masic in a duel in the Rahad as Nynaeve and Elayne looked on.

Barit Chavana. An acrobat in Luca’s circus, one of four men said to be brothers, although the four looked very different. Barit was darker than Juilin and had Sea Folk tattoos on his hands, though he wore no earrings. He was short and compact.

barkers. A pejorative Ebou Dari term for young women of a certain type.

Barklan Tower. A watchtower in Kandor south of Heeth Tower.

Barlden, Mayor. The mayor of Hinderstap. He was sturdy, with dark hair and a beard. He tried to get Mat to leave before sunset, but greed won out and he allowed one gamble too many. The following day he explained Hinderstap’s situation.

Barlett. The leader of the Whitecloak scouts with Galad after Galad became Lord Captain Commander. He was lean with a scar on his face. He was really loyal to Asunawa, and led Galad and his group of Children into a trap.

Barmanes Nolaisen. A Cairhienin member of Cha Faile. Camaille was his sister. He accompanied Perrin to Almizar. When the clerk there died from coughing up beetles, Barmanes smelled of panic. After someone tried to kill Perrin, Barmanes removed the arrow from Perrin’s arm.

Barmellin. A man near Tremonsien, Cairhien. He was on his way to deliver brandy to The Nine Rings when he saw the Choedan Kal start to glow. He was terrified and drove his horse Nisa back to his farm as fast as he could.

Barmellin, Doilaine. See Doilaine Barmellin

Baroc. The Master of Blades of Atha’an Miere when Nesta din Reas was Mistress of the Ships. He was spindly with deep-set eyes and a bit of white hair. He wore a full dozen earrings and a number of thick gold chains around his neck. He and Nesta were executed by the Seanchan for rebellion.

Barran clan. A family in the Two Rivers. See Doral, Hilde, Hu, Jondyn and Tad Barran

Barriga. A Borderlander merchant who brought a caravan to Heeth Tower, where it was attacked by Trollocs. He should have listened to Rebek to stay away.

Barrin. A member of the Deathwatch Guard. He once stopped a man from breathing on Tuon because he suspected the man’s mouth was filled with poisons. He was right.

Barsabba. A Seanchan city or region. It was associated with Suroth, being mentioned in her title.

Barsalla, Aleis. See Aleis Barsalla

Barshaw, Torwyn. See Torwyn Barshaw

Barsine. An Ogier-built city in Jaramide, one of the Ten Nations after the Breaking; it was known as Barsine of the golden spires. It was ravaged and burned at the beginning of the Trolloc Wars.

Barsine lace. A type of lace on the ruff of Mat’s coat in his memory of a former persona who had danced with a beautiful Sea Folk emissary.

Barstere clan. A family from Watch Hill in Two Rivers. See Flann, Kev and Jerinvar Barstere

Barthanes Damodred. A Cairhienin nobleman and a Darkfriend. He became High Seat of his House upon the death of Laman. The sign of House Damodred was the Crown and Tree; the Charging Boar was his personal seal. Barthanes, who was Laman’s cousin, was slim and tall for a Cairhienin and had dark eyes and long graying hair. Barthanes had built a mansion on the site of the Cairhienin Ogier grove. He hosted an elaborate party and invited Rand; there he passed Fain’s message to Rand. The following day, he was found torn to pieces in his bedchamber, with his head stuck on a spike.

Bartim. The innkeeper at The Wayfarer’s Rest in Whitebridge, Andor. He was fat and balding.

Bartol. Warder to Erian. He was left in Cairhien when Erian went with Cadsuane to find Rand; later he used his bond to help Logain and Bashere find them.

Bartu. A Shienaran soldier who came to follow and believe in Masema. He stood about 5'9" tall. Bartu was one of those following Ingtar when he and Perrin pursued the Horn of Valere to Falme. He wintered in the Mountains of Mist with Perrin and Rand; after Rand left and the Shienarans were abandoned to make their own way, he stuck with Masema in Ghealdan. He was killed before the Last Battle by Cha Faile.

Baryn, House. A major noble House in Andor; its High Seat was Lir, the brother of Aedelle; its sign the Winged Hammer.

Basaheen, Duhara. See Duhara Basaheen

Basan. Merana’s Warder. He died before the Aiel War, and she never bonded another.

Basar, Latian. See Latian Basar

Basel Gill. The innkeeper of The Queen’s Blessing in Caemlyn. A soldier during the Aiel War, he was fifty to fifty-five years of age when Rand met him. Gill was stout and pink-faced with graying hair that he tried to comb over a bald spot. A friend of Thom Merrilin’s, he was willing to help Rand and Mat in Caemlyn because Thom sent them to him. He knew that Moiraine considered them important somehow, but he thought Mat was a wastrel and a gambler, and wondered why Thom was friendly with him. He was very loyal to Morgase and followed her when she went on the lam; he questioned her judgment, but in his eyes she was his queen, and he would follow her through anything and everything. After escaping from the Seanchan in Amadicia, he and his party were rescued from Dragonsworn by Perrin. Gill became Perrin’s shambayan, in charge of obtaining supplies and also running the household. Lini intimidated him. He went on to fight in the Last Battle.

Basene, the Lady. An alias of Graendal.

Basharande. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

Bashere, House. A noble House of Saldaea, including the Lord of Bashere, Davram; his wife, Deira; his son, Maedin; and his daughter, Faile. The sigil of House Bashere was a simple scarlet flower, the kingspenny, on a field of blue. This flower did not die back even in Saldaean winters, and was the first to reappear after a forest fire; in short, it was a blossom nothing could kill. See also Deira, Davram and Maedin Bashere and Faile ni Bashere t’Aybara

Basolaine, N’Delia. Putative translator of The Prophecies of the Dragon, First Maid and Swordfast to Raidhen of Hol Cuchone.

Basram. A Domani soldier with Lan at the end of the Aiel War. He fell asleep on guard duty, and Lan woke him up.

Bassane Maliandred. One of Merise’s Warders. He was Cairhienin, 5'8" tall, with dark hair and eyes and a sun-dark face. Bassane was quite stocky, and appeared slow and placid. He was just short of his middle years.

Bastine, Adelorna. See Adelorna Bastine

Battle Ajah. The Green Ajah, so named because their primary purpose was to hold themselves ready for Tarmon Gai’don.

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

Battle of Kolesar, the. A battle from Mat’s memories in which Classen Bayor lost his cavalry in the marsh.

Battle of Maighande. A key defeat of the Trollocs that led to the cessation of the Trolloc Wars. Rashima Kerenmosa died in the battle; when it was over she was found surrounded by her five Warders and a vast wall of Trollocs and Myrddraal which contained the corpses of no fewer than nine Dreadlords.

Battle of the Priya Narrows. A battle from Mat’s memories. In it, Mat led forces against the Hamarean army; the Hamareans dammed the river that Mat was planning to use to trap them.

Battle of the Shining Walls, the. The battle outside Tar Valon between the Aiel and the Grand Alliance in 978 NE that ended the Aiel War. It began on the morning of the day before Danshu. The Alliance’s force numbered approximately 170,000 men; the Aiel fielded seventy to eighty thousand, although some sources claimed that it was much larger. For three days the armies fought furiously on both sides of the River Erinin, both armies hampered by snow. Late on the third day, the Aiel succeeded in their goal of killing King Laman of Cairhien. The Aiel then began to gather their forces east of the Erinin, and by sunrise on the fourth day, they were heading back to the Waste. Alliance forces gave pursuit, and engaged the Aiel rear guard in skirmishes, some large. When the Aiel entered Kinslayer’s Dagger, the Alliance gave up the chase. The battle was also called the Blood Snow, the Battle of the Nations, the Battle of the Red Snows, the Battle of Tar Valon and the Battle of the Blood Snow.

Bavin Rockshaw. Perrin’s Cairhienin quartermaster. He had blond hairs speckled through his graying brown and a pale face. He was spindly but had a round paunch, had been a quartermaster since the Aiel War and was an expert at all facets of the job, including taking bribes.

Bay of Remara. A body of water between Tear and Mayene. Godan was a Tairen town on the bay.

Bay Road. A road in Ebou Dar running west along the side of the bay from the city to Westpoint Lighttower.

Bayanar, Sheriam. See Sheriam Bayanar

Bayle Domon. The captain and owner of the Spray. He was about 5'10" tall and 230 to 240 pounds, with a round face and thick hands and arms. Some might have thought him fat, but he was all muscle. He was about forty-five years old at the time of the Last Battle. He had a dark brown beard that left his upper lip bare, and brown hair. He was also a smuggler, and a rough customer when he had to be. He was fascinated by old objects and odd sights; in Maradon he bought one of the seals of the Dark One’s prison, not knowing what it really was. Shortly thereafter, Domon noticed that he was being pursued. Rand, Thom and Mat boarded his ship when escaping Shadar Logoth and disembarked at Whitebridge.

In Illian, Domon was offered a mission to Mayene; the pay was good, but he learned that completing it would have resulted in his death. To escape, he sailed to Falme, where his ship was captured by Egeanin of the Seanchan. She took his seal and gave it to High Lord Turak. Buying his entire cargo, Turak kept Domon as a storyteller. Min, Elayne and Nynaeve met with him in Falme, and he agreed to arrange passage for their escape, but he was forced to flee when the battle began. Elayne and Nynaeve met him again in Tanchico, where he had amassed a fleet of more than a dozen smuggling ships and underwrote a soup kitchen for the poor. Domon assisted them in their search for the Black Ajah and in entering the Panarch’s Palace. While doing so, he met Egeanin again, and revealed that she was Seanchan.

After Nynaeve acquired the male a’dam, he and Egeanin sailed away to dispose of it; they were hailed and boarded by a Seanchan ship. Egeanin turned over the a’dam, but Domon tried to resist. He was put up for sale. Egeanin bought him and made him so’jhin. They returned to Ebou Dar, where they met with Mat and escaped with him and Valan Luca’s circus. Domon and Egeanin married in Runnien Crossing; when Mat left Luca’s show, they accompanied him and remained with him until they reached Caemlyn.

From Caemlyn, Teslyn, Joline and Edesina traveled to the White Tower, and Domon and Egeanin accompanied them. Domon bribed someone in the Tower so that he and Egeanin could Travel to Merrilor. During the Last Battle, when the Sharans appeared, Domon accompanied Egeanin on a successful mission to rescue Egwene.

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

Bayrd. An Andoran soldier in Jarid Sarand’s service as one of his personal guardsmen. His family had been stoneworkers, but his father became a butcher, and Bayrd followed in his footsteps before becoming a soldier. Bayrd’s grandfather taught him stoneworking. When a bubble of evil made all the metal in their camp melt, Bayrd made a spearhead of stone. Faced with Jarid’s growing insanity, Bayrd and other soldiers rebelled and tied him to a tree. Bayrd went off to fight in the Last Battle as a mercenary soldier in Tam’s unit. He was killed in the Last Battle and eaten by a Trolloc.

Be’lal. A Forsaken known as the Envious and the Netweaver. His name in the Age of Legends was Duram Laddel Cham. His strength level was ++4. He was tall, with close-cropped silver hair. Not much was known of his life in the Age of Legends. He represented people in courts of law, and did it well enough to earn a third name. Before he turned to the Shadow, he was a leader in the fight against the Shadow. When he awoke in the Third Age, he placed himself in Tear as the High Lord Samon. He used the Black Ajah to capture Elayne, Egwene and Nynaeve as bait for a trap to lure Rand to Callandor. He also sent them with the hedgehog ter’angreal to take Moiraine out of the picture. Faile was trapped instead, and Moiraine went to the Stone and used balefire to kill him.

Beaks. The name given by Ituralde’s troops to Trollocs with the features of hawks.

Behar, Velina. See Velina Behar

Beidomon. A male Aes Sedai and scientific genius from the Age of Legends. He was involved with Lanfear on the project that led to the drilling of the Bore, conceived of as a way to provide sustainable energy to all people. Their activities caused great damage, and the research team was blamed. Beidomon sought privacy from the opprobrium, and committed suicide when he was unable to achieve it.

Beira. An Aiel woman held gai’shain by Bair who refused to put off the white at the end of her term of service, even after Bair beat her.

Bekkar, Battle of. The battle where King Aemon won a victory over the Shadowspawn; it was also known as the Field of Blood.

Bel Arvina. A feast held in the month of Choren to celebrate the first day of autumn.

Bel Tine. A spring festival celebrating the end of winter, the first sprouting of crops and the birth of the first lambs.

Bela. A shaggy brown mare that originally belonged to Tam and Rand al’Thor. She was stout and stout of heart. Bela had many adventures and traveled widely, visiting Falme, the Waste, Tar Valon, Salidar and the Blight. She fell in battle against a horde of Trollocs, while helping keep the Horn of Valere away from the Shadow. She was thought to be dead, but unaccountably survived. In the first years of the Fourth Age she gave birth to a strong colt and a splendid filly and retired to green pastures in the Two Rivers.

Belairah. A former queen of Saldaea who married and put her husband away four times. Faile used her as an example to Perrin when she was arguing that no leader was perfect.

Belcelona, Carlon. See Carlon Belcelona

Beldair, Mistress. The head cook at the Sun Palace in Cairhien. She was on duty when Loial and Karldin arrived there. Almost 5'6" tall, she was plump and graying.

Beldeine Nyram. A Saldaean Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 16(4). Born in 966 NE, she went to the White Tower in 982 NE. After seven years as a novice and eight years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 997 NE. Beldeine was 5'5" tall, with a medium build, pretty with high cheekbones, slightly tilted brown eyes and dark hair falling down to her shoulder blades. She knew that men liked looking at her, and she enjoyed that, too, though it was certainly in no way a consuming passion with her. Beldeine’s parents were prosperous weavers, living only a day’s ride from the Blight. She saw her first Trolloc when she was six. She was a dedicated Green, in many ways—almost a prototypical Green in outlook. Early on she showed some ability in administration and management, and the Green Ajah marked her out as possibly someone who would do well in their hierarchy. She herself did not much like that idea; she wanted to be off adventuring, like every other Green.

Part of the expedition to kidnap Rand, she was captured at Dumai’s Wells and treated as da’tsang by the Aiel. Under Verin’s Compulsion, she found reason to swear to Rand, and was one of the first five sisters to do so. She accompanied Cadsuane to Far Madding and then to Shadar Logoth. During the cleansing, she linked with Nesune, Daigian and Eben; they fought off Aran’gar, although Beldeine was injured, and Eben killed. Beldeine bonded Karldin Manfor; they were both killed in the Last Battle.

Beldemaine. An Arafellin Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 25(13). She was plump and wore silver bells in her hair; she grilled Nynaeve extensively after Nynaeve Healed Logain.

Belevaere Osiellin. A Cairhienin noblewoman, ten years older than Rand. Her clothing’s stripes reached below her breasts. She was forward with Rand at Barthanes’ party. Her husband’s name was Amondrid; they had estates in the south. Her House was one of the smaller Houses that met with Colavaere to support her designs on the throne.

Belinde. A Wise One of the Shaido Aiel with the ability to channel and a strength level of 18(6). She was about 5'8" tall, and skinny, with bony fingers, pale blue eyes, and hair and eyebrows bleached nearly white by the sun. Belinde was once Far Dareis Mai, and she claimed to have softened even Stone Dogs with her cooking. 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 was one of those who accompanied Sevanna to the Aes Sedai camp the day she saw Rand beaten. She was with Sevanna at Dumai’s Wells and at the meeting with “Caddar” and “Maisia.” Belinde was the Wise One slapped by Galina; she was guarding Galina when the Aes Sedai was forced to swear on the binder and was not present at the questioning of the captured Seanchan. She sided with Therava when Therava acted to take some power away from Sevanna. She, Therava and Modarra led a large number of Shaido back toward the Three-fold Land after the rout at Malden.

bellfruit. A tree and the fruit it produced.

Bellon. A village in Amadicia that lay about twenty miles east of Amador on the River Gaean. It was visited by Nynaeve, Elayne, Thom and Juilin. Nynaeve, posing as Elayne’s maid there, was forced to serve Elayne and be the model servant, which caused much friction between the two in private.

Bellon Ford Inn. An inn in Bellon, Amadicia, where Elayne and Nynaeve stayed posing as Lady Morelin and her servant Nana while on the way to Tar Valon. Its innkeeper was Mistress Alfara.

Belman. A family in Caemlyn. See Nan and Perwyn Belman

Belmondes, Meralda. See Meralda Belmondes

Belvyn. A Redarm in the Band of the Red Hand. He was killed when Moghedien balefired the boat in which he, Lawtin and Nynaeve were traveling.

Bendhuin. A scarred Shaido Aiel who was the leader of Far Aldazar Din and the chief of the Green Salts sept. At Dumai’s Wells he wanted to maintain screens of scouts and a reserve. At Malden he hoped to be sent to Rhuidean, to become the next clan chief of the Shaido, and he received permission from the Wise Ones to head for Rhuidean with twenty algai’d’siswai. Sevanna was furious when she learned that he had left without her knowing.

Benish. A soldier in Lan’s army in the Last Battle. He wore a Taraboner veil with a hadori above it.

Benji Dalfor. A Youngling killed by Shaido; he was the first to die at Dumai’s Wells. He managed to return from a scouting mission with a warning of the Shaido ambush before succumbing to his wounds.

Benly Coplin. A disturbed Two Rivers man who starved himself to death because he thought someone was trying to poison him.

Bennae Nalsad. A Shienaran Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 37(25). She went to the White Tower at age sixteen, and spent thirteen years as a novice and eleven years as Accepted before being raised to the shawl. She had dark hair liberally streaked with gray which she wore in a silver net, and sharp blue eyes. Bennae had a cluttered sitting room and taught history in the White Tower, although when she tried to teach Egwene, she ended up learning about the Thirteenth Depository. She invited Egwene to join the Brown Ajah.

Bent, Kaila. A lanky, fire-haired member of the Queen’s Guard who brought word to Birgitte that there was a disturbance at the Plum Gate.

Bent Peak sept. A sept of the Daryne Aiel.

Bent Valley. A geographical feature, as well as a hold in the Aiel Waste.

Beonin Marinye. A Taraboner Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah and apparently of the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 16(4). Born in 936 NE, she went to the White Tower in 952 NE. After five years as a novice and five years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 962 NE. She was a pretty woman with dark honey hair and blue-gray eyes so big they made her appear slightly startled. She had a heavy Taraboner accent. Always quiet, she was sharp and watched everything carefully. Like Morvrin, she required a lot of proof for everything. Her Warder was Tervail Dura. Beonin’s maternal grandmother, Collaris, was an advocate in Tanchico and imbued her with a love for the intricacies of the law. Beonin’s mother, Aeldrine, became a merchant despite Collaris’ disapproval and amassed a tidy fortune buying and selling dyes. Beonin left the Tower and joined the rebels, becoming a member of Sheriam’s council on behalf of Elaida. She was willing to become Elaida’s mole because of personal ambition plus a strong belief that the White Tower must remain whole; that breaking it in any way was treason of the worst sort. She had no access to the secret records in the Tower and so did not know how far previous divisions within the Tower had gone or even that they had existed.

Along with other members of Sheriam’s group in Salidar, Beonin was forced to swear personal fealty to Egwene; Egwene used as leverage her knowledge of the ferrets who had been sent to the White Tower without the knowledge of the Hall because of fear that some of the rebel Hall might be Black Ajah. Beonin had opposed sending them, but she couldn’t stop it. Shortly after Egwene was captured at Northharbor by Elaida’s loyalists, Beonin returned to the Tower and shared with Elaida knowledge of the ferrets and much else that she had learned, including Traveling. She kept some things back because of Elaida not treating her properly, as she saw it. Egwene made her promise to tell the moles that Elaida knew about them.

Bera Harkin. An Andoran Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 14(2). Born in 938 NE, she went to the White Tower in 953 NE. After four years as a novice and four years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 961 NE. She was a stocky woman, 5'6" tall, with brown hair cut short around her square face, looking like a proud farmwife, if it hadn’t been for her agelessness. She had three Warders. She and Kiruna had been pillow friends; though both enjoyed men exclusively later, they remained the very closest of friends. Bera and Kiruna and their seven Warders were sent to the Aiel Waste to find Rand; when they were halfway there, they heard that he was in Caemlyn and went there. After Rand told the rebel embassy that he was leaving Caemlyn, Bera and Kiruna took over the embassy and decided to follow after him. All were forced to swear fealty to Rand after Dumai’s Wells. These sisters were treated like apprentices by the Wise Ones. They were also coopted by Cadsuane. All intended to keep their oaths of fealty to the best of their ability, however reluctantly, but none of them could stand up to Cadsuane, at least not openly. Bera adapted to the situation with the Wise Ones, and with Rand, much better than her friend Kiruna. Min saw an aura indicating that Bera was in his hand and could be trusted. Bera accompanied Rand when he visited the Sea Folk. He then sent her to negotiate with the rebels in Haddon Mirk. She reported success to Rand in the Stone of Tear. Bera fought in the Last Battle with the forces at Shayol Ghul.

Berab Golever. A lanky, bearded Lord Captain of the Children of the Light. He was largely fair-minded, but he was convinced that Ogier were Darkfriends or Shadowspawn. After hearing Galad’s argument with Asunawa, Golever and other Lords Captain executed Asunawa and proclaimed Galad Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light. He fought in the Last Battle, and enjoyed killing the Ayyad.

Beralna. A Maiden of the Spear who stood guard for Rand in Caemlyn and led him through Milisair’s palace in Bandar Eban. She was a bony redhead with blue eyes and a feral grin. In private she would stare at Rand as if considering whether to do him the favor of doing as he asked.

Berana Shemon. A Shienaran Aes Sedai of the White Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 28(16). Born in 930 NE, she went to the White Tower in 947 NE. After ten years as a novice and eight years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 965 NE, and raised a Sitter for the White in Salidar in 999 NE. She was 5'4½" tall, with cold brown eyes and dark brown hair. Very haughty and a fast learner, Berana voted yes in the war vote and for the alliance with the Black Tower. After the Tower was reunited, she stepped down as a Sitter. She had no Warder.

Berden. A Tairen Youngling officer who stood guard for the Aes Sedai in Dorlan.

Berelain sur Paendrag Paeron. The First of Mayene, Blessed of the Light, Defender of the Waves, High Seat of House Paeron. The banner of Mayene was a golden hawk on a field of blue; the crown was a coronet with a golden hawk in flight. Berelain was beautiful and young, with black hair falling in waves to her shoulders; her eyes were large and dark. She was gorgeous, sensuous, sexy, and she knew it and made use of it. She was about 5'7" tall, with a regal air. Berelain was willful, and often behaved in a spoiled or petulant manner, but she was a pragmatist, as any ruler of Mayene had to be to survive. She believed in learning as much as possible about the people she had to deal with.

She was born in 974 NE; her mother died when she was nine. She loved her father desperately, in part because her mother had been a cold woman, and in part because he returned her affection. She became High Seat of House Paeron and First of Mayene in 984 NE and had a regent/guardian until her sixteenth nameday in 990 NE. Her younger brothers and sister were all Second Lords and Ladies, though none was a High Seat, of course. She banished her regent/guardian on attaining her majority at sixteen; he was a dour, strict man, not at all compatible with a high-spirited and flirtatious young woman like Berelain. She brought this man back when she departed Mayene, to watch over the Second whom she left to rule while she was gone. Dour and strict as he was, she also knew that he was painfully honest, that he would do his duty no matter what the cost to himself—he had known for a fact that she would exile him upon reaching her majority—and, just as important, that he supported her firmly and would not allow anyone to usurp her position or authority. Annoura was her Aes Sedai advisor and Gallenne the commander of the Mayener Winged Guards.

After Rand took the Stone, Lanfear sent Berelain with a message to Moiraine; Berelain announced that she would dine with the Dragon Reborn that night. When she went to his rooms to try to seduce him, a bubble of evil struck, causing Rand’s reflections to come out of mirrors and attack him; Berelain was scared silly and avoided Rand after that. She flirted with Perrin in front of Faile; angered, Faile tried to pick a fight with Berelain. Rhuarc broke it up, but not until after Berelain swore that she would have Perrin. When Rand went to Cairhien after leaving the Waste, Berelain set out to join him. Rand put her in charge of Cairhien. When Perrin joined Rand in Cairhien, Berelain made a concerted effort to seduce Perrin, without success. After Rand vanished, she searched his room and found his sword and belt; rightly believing that he had been kidnapped, she sent Nurelle and the Winged Guards to help rescue him. Her thief-catchers found evidence that Colavaere had murdered Meilan and Maringil. She stayed for a while on a Sea Folk ship; when she was returning to the palace, a man with a knife attacked her, but the Winged Guards protected her. Rand ordered her back to Mayene for her safety, but she refused; instead, he sent her with Perrin on the expedition to Ghealdan. Rand chose her because she knew how to deal with royalty and because she very much wanted something to do rather than return to Mayene. When Perrin collapsed after Faile was taken by the Shaido, Berelain had him brought to her tent; her maids spread the word and many believed that they had been intimate. All Berelain’s amorous designs on Perrin were put aside once she laid eyes on Galad; the two fell deeply in love. During the Last Battle, Berelain set up a large Healing station based at her palace in Mayene. She was reunited there with the wounded Galad.

Berengari, Myrelle. See Myrelle Berengari

Berenicia Morsad. A Shienaran Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 19(7). Born in 838 NE in the Border Marches, she went to the White Tower in 854 NE. After eight years as a novice and six years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 868 NE. A plump woman with a grave expression, she had, at times, an acid tongue. When she had to defer to another Aes Sedai, she bristled before bowing her head. Berenicia was a member of the rebel embassy to Rand in Caemlyn. She was later sent as part of a group to escort the Two Rivers girls back to Salidar while Kiruna and the others pursued Rand. Berenicia leaned toward Romanda’s faction. She had a Warder.

Berewin, Lady. A lesser Cairhienin noblewoman whom Aviendha intercepted trying to enter Rand’s bedchamber. Aviendha tore half her clothes off and dragged her down the hall by her hair.

Berg. The ugly bouncer at The Seven-Striped Lass in Caemlyn. He did not like Mat talking to Melli, the innkeeper.

Bergevin. A quartermaster of the Band of the Red Hand from whom Olver stole a knife.

Berin. A character featured in the song “Berin’s Retreat.”

Berin Thane. One of the miller’s brothers from Emond’s Field. His house was burned by the Trollocs on Winternight. He participated in the defense of Emond’s Field, joined Perrin’s army at Malden and stayed with him in the aftermath of the battle against the Shaido. He fell asleep on guard duty near Jehannah Road.

Berisha Terakuni. An Arafellin Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah and the loyalist contingent. She was lean and hard-eyed, with a narrow face and a voice full of the accents of her homeland. She had a reputation for the strictest, and often harshest, interpretation of the law—always to the letter, of course, but never with any sense of mercy. She curtsied to Alviarin; it was not required for the Keeper, but she was trying to hedge her bets. Like many others, she thought that currying favor with Alviarin might stand her in good stead if she fell under Elaida’s evil eye, no matter how much currying favor grated on her. She was one of the sisters, along with Katerine Alruddin, Baratine, Felaana and Pritalle, who rode back to the White Tower in the coach with Egwene a prisoner. During the Last Battle, when Faile and her party were leaving from the Traveling grounds at the White Tower with the Horn of Valere secreted away, Berisha made a gateway just as a bubble of evil struck and crystal spikes emerged from the ground, impaling her foot; she also had a wound in her stomach that Faile believed to have been made by a knife. The gateway took Faile and her group into the Blight. There was some question afterward whether Berisha meant to send them to the Blight all along.

Bernaile Gelbarn. A Taraboner Aes Sedai of the White Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 16(4). Born in 919 NE, she went to the White Tower in 936 NE. After seven years as a novice and nine years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 952 NE. She was 5'5" tall, and stocky, with hazel eyes and pale brown hair worn in beaded braids hanging well below her shoulders. Her manner was usually cool, aloof and withdrawn, though she could let her hair down with close friends, telling jokes and laughing, but that face was reserved for friends. She had no Warder. Bernaile was part of the rebel fifth column sent by Sheriam’s council in Salidar to infiltrate the White Tower (aka ferrets). Like all of the sisters chosen for the fifth column, Bernaile was out of the White Tower when Siuan was deposed and the Tower broken, so there was no flight to arouse any suspicions toward her. Apparently, she had simply returned in answer to Elaida’s summons. She was the second of the ferrets coopted by Seaine and Pevara to help search for the Black Ajah.

Berndt Crossroads. A location in the Borderlands, near the Saldaea-Kandor border.

Bernherd. The proprietor of The Dead Man’s Breath in Caemlyn. He was a greasy-haired Tairen.

Beron Goraed. A wealthy Ghealdan merchant dragged from his bed to marry Queen Teresia and so disqualify her for the throne. That incident occurred before Alliandre became queen, and indicated how politics were conducted in Ghealdan.

Berowin Doraisin. A Cairhienin Kinswoman who became a Wise Woman in Ebou Dar. Her strength level was 42(30), strong enough for her to have tested for Aes Sedai, but not strong enough for her to make a gateway of any size whatsoever. Born in 758 NE, she went to the White Tower in 775 NE. After twelve years as a novice and eleven years as Accepted, she failed her test for Aes Sedai. She was 5'1" tall, stout and tanned, and appeared to be about forty years old, though she was much older. Despite her very low strength, shielding was always a Talent for her. When Nynaeve and Elayne went to the Kin house in Ebou Dar, Berowin shielded the pair with no trouble, her shield bending and ballooning, which it should not have done, without breaking. She was one of those who dreamed of somehow returning to the White Tower one day, somehow becoming Aes Sedai. She actually felt more ashamed that she had disappointed Sereille, the Mistress of Novices, than about anything else. Berowin was part of the group that went to Caemlyn with Elayne after fleeing the Kin farm outside Ebou Dar.

Berowyn al’Vere. Egwene’s eldest sister. She was born in 965 NE. Berowyn was considered to be the prettiest of Marin al’Vere’s daughters. She married a young man of the Lewin family in 989 NE, and had one daughter. Her husband and infant child died of fever in 990 NE, after less than two years of marriage. She couldn’t remain on the farm any longer, trying to work it alone, so she sold the farm to her in-laws and moved home; she never got on with her husband’s mother. She later married an outlander, one of the refugees who entered the Two Rivers. It was possible she could have learned to channel.

Bertain Gallenne. The Lord Captain of the Mayener Winged Guards. He had gray hair, worn shoulder-length. He was about 5'10" tall and sported a red eyepatch, worn with style and panache, as other men might wear a plume. His helmet was worked with wings on the sides and had several thin red plumes. Gallenne had an old soldier for a servant, a lean and balding man, whom he called his dogrobber, and his favorite horse was a heavy-chested black gelding. Gallenne fiddled with his reins when deep in thought. He always saw the worst possibility first. He was all-soldier, always ready, always preparing for any contingency. Elyas told Perrin that Gallenne could be trouble, because he only knew attack and didn’t stop to think; but that he wouldn’t go against Perrin or behind his back. Gallenne respected Perrin in a comradely way. He acted gruff and macho with everyone except Perrin and Berelain. Gallenne was killed in the Last Battle.

Bertome Saighan. A Cairhienin nobleman who was Colavaere’s cousin. He wore stripes down his coat to below his waist. He was 5'7" tall, and stocky, but it was muscle, not fat. Ruggedly handsome with a square face and the front of his head shaved, he looked as if he should be stolid and methodical, but he had a quick brain and a quick wit. He became High Seat of House Saighan on Colavaere’s death, and was said not to mourn her; in truth she had been his favorite cousin, but he felt she had been ambitious beyond reason. In Cairhien, he had a smile that had neither mirth nor pleasure in it. Rand had him brought to his army against the Seanchan. Elayne met with Bertome and other Cairhienin nobles; she stripped Elenia, Arymilla and Naean of their titles and properties and offered one to Bertome as part of her plan to take the Sun Throne.

Beryl Marle. An Aes Sedai of the White Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 520 to 533 NE. Beryl was a weak Amyrlin, a compromise candidate chosen after the Hall had deadlocked on others; she turned out to have little interest in the world at all. The Tower’s influence waned considerably during her reign; she was not so much under the control of the Hall as she was willing to let them do whatever they wanted.

Berylla Naron. An Illianer Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah in public and of the Black Ajah in truth. Her strength level was 27(15). Born in 933 NE, she went to the White Tower in 948 NE. After seven years as a novice and five years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 960 NE. She was 5'4" tall, and almost scrawny, with black hair and dark brown eyes. She was among the thirteen members of the Black Ajah who fled the Tower. When given orders by Moghedien, she showed little expression.

Beslan Mitsobar. The son of Queen Tylin of Altara. He was 5'10" tall, and slender, with large liquid dark eyes. He and Mat became friends. Beslan swore the oaths when the Seanchan arrived, but he believed an oath taken under duress did not bind, and he created what trouble he could. He was aided in this by his friends, and by Noal Charin. He postponed his rebellion a month and then started it to help cover Mat’s escape. After his mother’s death, Beslan was crowned king. He continued to plot against the Seanchan until Tuon confronted him and convinced him to swear loyalty to her. She then raised him to the High Blood. During the Last Battle, Beslan stayed in Ebou Dar to maintain order there; he was not happy about it, but he acquiesced to Tuon’s wishes.

Bethal. A good-sized town in the south of Ghealdan, close enough to the Amadician border that Whitecloak raids sometimes reached its vicinity. Bethal was walled, with slate roofs and many tall stone buildings owned by merchants or noblemen; the people were apathetic and did not go out much. Perrin, Faile, Berelain, Aiel and their forces camped outside Bethel to see Queen Alliandre of Ghealdan, who had sent Rand a message offering possible support. He sent Berelain and two others to see the Queen and persuade her to pledge support openly. Here also, Perrin saved Morgase, posing as Maighdin, and her party from an attack by the Prophet’s men. Morgase and her group were taken into service by Perrin and Faile. Berelain’s group returned from town with the Queen, who pledged her loyalty. Faile convinced Alliandre to accompany them south, to ensure her loyalty.

Bethamin Zeami. A Seanchan sul’dam. She was about 5'7" tall, with dark, wavy hair worn shoulder-length, and a very dark complexion, as dark as the Sea Folk’s. She also had dark, pleading eyes and filled out the low neckline of an Ebou Dari dress nicely, although she considered those dresses indecent. Bethamin deserted at the Battle of Falme. She was captured and then released by Egeanin, who had been under orders to capture or kill the deserters. A Seeker involved her in a plot to spy on Egeanin, prompting her to escape Ebou Dar with Mat’s group, which included Egeanin and Domon. She continued to travel with Mat and the Band of the Red Hand. At first she behaved as if the Aes Sedai were damane somehow off the leash. She attempted to discipline Joline, Joline channeled to stop her, and Bethamin, fearing for her life, channeled in turn. Thereafter, she was taught about the Power by Joline and, more reluctantly, by Edesina. Teslyn refused to take any part, being quite willing to let Bethamin die. She left the Band of the Red Hand and went to the White Tower with the group that included Teslyn, Joline and Edesina.

Betrayer of Hope. The meaning of “Ishamael.”

Betse Silvin. A serving girl at the Golden Stag, in Maerone, Cairhien. She was short, pretty and slim, with dark curls nestled on her shoulders, and dark eyes. She had a precise, musical Cairhienin accent that made her voice into chimes and gave off a faint smell of lavender-scented soap. Mat flirted with her, and she started asking questions. He persuaded her to dance with him, and taught her a dance from his memories.

Bevaine, Felaana. See Felaana Bevaine

Bhadar, Deepe. See Deepe Bhadar

Bhagad, Sulamein so. Author of The Wheel of Time and Chief Historian at the Court of the Sun in the Fourth Age.

Bhan’sheen. A Trolloc tribe. Its symbol was a dagger-pierced skull.

Bharatine. An Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 33(21). Born in 921 NE, she went to the White Tower in 936 NE. After nine years as a novice and seven years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 952 NE. She made rail-thin look gracefully slender and a long nose look elegant. She was a member of Anaiya’s circle fighting the bubble of evil in Salidar. She was also one of the Aes Sedai who crowded into the room after Nynaeve Healed Logain.

Bharatiya, Ivonell. A woman, possibly apocryphal, who supposedly wrote about Darkhounds before the Trolloc Wars. She was cited by Masuri.

Bhoda, Falion. See Falion Bhoda

Bhuran, Narasim. See Narasim Bhuran

Bihara, Nesune. See Nesune Bihara

Bilal, Jesse. See Jesse Bilal

Bili Adarra. A young Two Rivers man. He was a distant cousin of Perrin, and was almost as wide as Perrin but a hand shorter. He was one of the Two Rivers men who went through the aqueduct to enter Malden.

Bili al’Dai. A Two Rivers man, the son of Hu. He joined Perrin’s band and was killed by Trollocs.

Bili Congar. An Emond’s Field man who liked his drink. He once named the Dark One, and soon afterward his fields were infested with cutworm and his household infected with yelloweye fever. He participated in the defense of his town against the Trollocs.

Bili Mandair. A boy born near Dragonmount on the day Gitara had her Foretelling that the Dragon was reborn.

Bili Sidoro. The bouncer at Easing the Badger in Illian. The nephew of the owner, Nieda Sidoro, he was big enough to carry a man out with either hand, and indeed he did when he carried dead Gray Men out two at a time. Nieda said that she did not think he was too bright because he said he had the same dreams she did.

Bili Under the Hill. A children’s tale about a boy who went searching for a purse that was full of gold and received three answers. The next day, he found that ten years had passed.

Binde. An Asha’man with Ituralde in the Last Battle. His madness made him think an enemy was trying to take his hands.

binder. A device mentioned by the Forsaken that could control channelers. The one that Caddar (Sammael) gave to Sevanna felt and looked exactly like the Oath Rod, except that the flowing marks on one end were the numerals used in the Age of Legends for “one hundred and eleven,” not the “three” on the Oath Rod. He claimed it would only work on women who could channel, and that it could also be used to release someone from any oaths. Caddar claimed there was a thing called a binding chair which could be used on people who could not channel—if any had survived the Breaking, that is. He told the truth on this.

binding. Use of the Power to assume control over another, such as binding (bonding) a Warder or making another channeler obey. The Forsaken used the term as well to mean controlling the form of another, such as Moghedien saying that she would use a binding that would turn Nynaeve into a horse whenever she entered Tel’aran’rhiod. See also bonding

Biranca Hasad. An Aes Sedai who lived at the time of the formation of the White Tower.

bird-of-delight. A brilliantly plumaged bird found in Seanchan. Suroth had a robe worked with images of them.

birdcall signals. A series of signals used by Two Rivers combatants that had a variety of meanings:

Bluetit’s trill: A large body of men were coming, not necessarily peaceful.

Crookbill’s trill: Men were coming who were friends.

Larksong: A signal that the Seanchan were leaving the woods.

Mocker’s cry of alarm: Men were coming who were clearly unfriendly.

Redwing’s call: There was danger coming from the south.

Winterfinch’s call: There were Shadowspawn in the pass.

Birgitte Silverbow. A Hero of the Horn. Over many lives she wore many names, among them Teadra, Maerion, Joana and Jethari Moondancer. About 5'6" tall, she wore heeled boots that made her three inches taller. Her golden hair hung in a thick braid to her waist, almost the way women wore it in the Two Rivers, but more intricately woven. Between lives, Birgitte resided in Tel’aran’rhiod; she violated the precepts and spoke with Elayne, Nynaeve and Perrin in efforts to help them. She saved Nynaeve during an altercation with Moghedien, and Moghedien forced her out into the waking world. To save her life, Elayne bonded her as her Warder. She had some memories of previous lives; in addition to a life during the founding of the White Tower (the earliest she could recall clearly), Birgitte remembered a time during the forming of the Compact of the Ten Nations, two between that founding and the Trolloc Wars, two during the Trolloc Wars, two between the Trolloc Wars and the rise of Artur Hawkwing, one during the Rise of Artur Hawkwing, two during the War of the Hundred Years, and one about five hundred years before Moghedien cast her out of Tel’aran’rhiod. She recalled occasional fragments from the Breaking of the World and the War of the Shadow, along with earlier lives, but only occasional fragments. As time progressed, her memories of the distant past faded.

Her lover through many lives was Gaidal Cain, another Hero of the Horn; she was terrified that she would forget him.

While traveling with Luca’s show, Birgitte performed as an archer, shooting arrows that just missed Nynaeve. She went to Salidar with Elayne and Nynaeve, and on to Ebou Dar. While there, Mat recognized Birgitte as the Hero of the Horn, and the two became friends.

After the Seanchan attacked the Kin’s farm, Birgitte accompanied Elayne to Caemlyn; when they arrived, Elayne named her Lady Birgitte Trahelion and Captain-General of the Queen’s Guards. She and Dyelin did not get on well together. Birgitte rode a rangy gray gelding called Arrow. Birgitte coordinated troops and Sea Folk Windfinders to save Elayne after she had been kidnapped by the Black Ajah. During the Last Battle, she was killed by Doilin Mellar, whom she killed in turn once she appeared as a Hero of the Horn, saving Elayne’s life.

Birlen Pena. An Aes Sedai revealed as Black Ajah in Verin’s notebook. She escaped from the White Tower before she was discovered.

biteme. A small, almost invisible biting insect. Its bite was very sharp, like the stab of a needle. A warm-weather pest, it flew around the face.

bittern. A musical instrument that could have six, nine or twelve strings, and was held flat on the knees and played by plucking or strumming.

Black Ajah. A covert organization within the White Tower composed of sisters who gave their allegiance to the Dark One. The Black Ajah was about the same size as the Red Ajah, i.e., over two hundred members. They renounced the oaths sworn on the Oath Rod, and replaced them with three others (see Black Oaths). The Black Ajah had a cell organization of threes, called hearts; most members typically knew only two other members plus one outside their heart.

The Black Ajah’s ruling body was called the Supreme Council, composed of thirteen sisters not all known to one another. The top woman knew all the other twelve, but the others did not know her name, except those who were of her own heart. The Council wore hoods when they met. They seldom met, though it was they personally who carried out the punishments of other Black sisters, and of others of the Council if necessary, to preserve anonymity. They also handled induction into the Black, and frequently handled the questioning of a sister or important personage. Every member of the Supreme Council knew the names of some of the sisters below her, with enough overlap that no one death, or even several, could knock out knowledge of those who belonged. Only the head of the Black Ajah knew the names of all of the sisters in the Ajah; part of her being raised was for each member of the Council to give her the names of all those that she knew.

The head of the Ajah traditionally was the most senior sister among the Supreme Council. Alviarin was the first to break this custom, because she was personally chosen by Ishamael in the aftermath of the male channeler pogrom, when the then head of the Ajah and maybe several other high-ranking members were killed and a number of others punished severely. Alviarin was pulled from a lower rank and placed right at the top in one leap.

Communication was by letter-drop and the like, with certain methods of ensuring that the message was genuine. Orders were passed one way and any necessary reports the other by the same method, usually. There were various signs and signals by which a Black sister could identify herself to others if needed, but such would normally only be used on order, or perhaps in the most extreme emergency. Orders could be passed to sisters who were not known in the event of some disaster, such as the deaths of a large number of the Supreme Council, including the head. The slowest, and safest, way was to pass orders down the line; the interlinkage was such that three Black sisters who knew one another would each be known to a different member of the Council, and each had ways of passing messages through the unknown hands of sisters known to still other members of the Council. There were faster methods, but they were also riskier. For example: Every sister knew that certain signs placed in public areas of the Tower were a signal from the Supreme Council to leave the Tower immediately. Each sister knew a place to go in such circumstances, and knew that she would meet other Black sisters there, though probably sisters she didn’t know. No Black sister would think of telling even another Black where this place was; she would be severely punished if she did.

Sometimes a sister could be summoned to a meeting with one or more hooded sisters to receive orders or to make a report. She never saw their faces, or heard their voices where she could recognize them. In truth, she could never know when summoned (or in many cases simply snatched and brought) to such a meeting whether she was there to be given orders or to be punished for an infraction.

Discipline in the Black Ajah was harsh and unforgiving. A Black sister knew she would be punished severely for the smallest transgression, slip or failure, with no excuses or reasons accepted, and that the severity increased as the transgression did. The top penalty, death, was not unknown. She would probably be found dead in her bed or from some sort of accident, but the fact was that she would have been given plenty of time to scream before she died.

The Black Ajah had some contact with the organized cells of Darkfriends in various nations, though they themselves were not part of the rather loose Darkfriend organization. It was a matter of some irritation to the sisters of the Black Ajah, especially those on the Supreme Council, that they had no control over these other Darkfriend groups and indeed ranked only equally with the men and women in those groups. At various times over the centuries, Black sisters attempted to seize control of all Darkfriends, and at various points they actually came close. But the other groups fought back fiercely, a good many Black sisters died of poison or a knife in the back and the attempts all failed. The last, some hundreds of years ago, was particularly humiliating for the Black sisters, as their representatives, including at least some of the Supreme Council, were forced to publicly (within the meeting) renounce any claims to command, to acknowledge that they were only the equals of the others, and to accept a reduction in their votes from five to one.

Ishamael claimed to have founded/created the Black Ajah during the Trolloc Wars, at the very beginning of the conflict when he was spun out and began the wars. The Black Ajah claimed to have existed since the Age of Legends, and so they told its new sisters. Ishamael told the truth, however. There were certainly sisters who would have been Black had the Ajah existed during the period between the Breaking and the Trolloc Wars, and some of them did serve and worship the Dark One. Sisters who had gone over to the Shadow during the War of the Shadow survived into the Breaking, and like other sisters during the Breaking, they recruited women. A number of organizations formed, at odds with one another as much as with anyone else, and some of these small organizations survived the Breaking. By the end of the Breaking, most of these small groups did not know of the others. Like the other Aes Sedai after the Breaking, these small groups were either swept up into the reorganization of the Aes Sedai or else wiped out. They remained unorganized, and as they learned of the existence of other groups, they opposed them. This sometimes included betrayal, although they frequently claimed to work together and sometimes even did. They were greatly facilitated by the fact that the oath against lying did not exist in the beginning. The adoption of the remaining oaths (i.e., against lying and against using the One Power as a weapon) greatly complicated matters for them. The fact that no one among the Aes Sedai believed that any such group or groups existed was all that allowed them to continue, in truth. Shortly before the Trolloc Wars, Ishamael appeared, though perhaps using another name. He was able to find those strongly pledged to the Dark One and forced them to combine into the Black Ajah. The name itself was a joke, to him. It was he who first used the Oath Rod to remove the Three Oaths, replacing them with three oaths of his own devising, both to bind the Black sisters and to ensure that they would not reveal themselves by living too long.

Girls were watched for suitability from the day they entered the White Tower, although sometimes, though not very often, there was one who was known to be a Darkfriend before coming to the Tower. A novice or Accepted found to be acceptable was not recruited immediately, but watched further. The watching for recruits continued among Aes Sedai as well. When sufficient signs of suitability were seen, a testing period preceded any actual contact. If it was learned that a sister was trying to find the Black Ajah, the watch on her was increased. If she found nothing, the usual tests were arranged.

If she located a trace, however, she was kidnapped and brought before the Supreme Council, who were hooded, as at all their meetings. She was shielded, stripped naked to increase her feelings of vulnerability, bound, and woke with a knife to each side of her throat and a mirror placed so that she could watch her life’s blood drain into a bowl should the cuts be made. She was then asked one question: Did she wish to join the Black Ajah? An answer of no, and the cuts were not made. Instead, she was put to the question with the use of the Power, drained of whatever she had learned about the Ajah and who she might have passed it to, then killed, either with the Power, so she could seem to have died naturally, or through an apparent accident. If the answer was yes, the Oath Rod was placed into her hands, and she was made to abjure the Three Oaths, a particularly painful process. Immediately following, the Black Ajah’s own three oaths were administered. All candidates were brought in the same way, even those who were known Darkfriends.

Once the oaths were taken, a sister was a member of the Ajah, but she was still probationary, in a sense. She had sworn to obey orders, but she was told that she would be tested, and failure would be punished, perhaps with death, perhaps with worse. The tests consisted of orders—delivered anonymously, of course—which commanded her to do things which might have exposed her to danger, or to ridicule, or to an imposed penance. How she carried out these orders was observed closely. None of the tasks were vital, of course; they were assigned simply for testing purposes. Many of a Black sister’s chances at advancement were determined in that first year of testing.

Verin, a member of the Black Ajah, gave Egwene a list of all the Black Ajah members just before she died.

Black Cliffs. A sept of the Nakai Aiel.

Black Eyes. One of the twelve warrior societies of the Aiel. They were also known as Seia Doon.

Black Fever. A deadly epidemic that swept the land in the days of Artur Hawkwing, killing ten percent of the population.

Black Hawk. The symbol of Shienar, a swooping black hawk on a field of yellow gold.

Black Hills, the. A northwest-southeast range extending from the Caralain Grass to the Borderlands.

Black Oaths. The three oaths sworn by members of the Black Ajah: 1) I shall obey all commands given by those placed above me in service to the Great Lord; 2) I shall prepare for the day of the Great Lord’s return; and 3) I shall hold close the secrets of the Black Ajah, unto the hour of my death.

Black Rock. A sept of the Shaarad Aiel.

Black Tower. A location two leagues south of Caemlyn where Asha’man were trained and lived. It began as a deserted farm, but under Mazrim Taim’s leadership it was being developed into a complex to rival the White Tower. The Power was being used to build a planned wall fifty feet high, thirty feet thick and eight miles in total length, enclosing an area of two miles by two miles. The top of the wall was to be wide enough behind the crenellations to act as a roadway. This wall was to be black and polished till it shone in the sun on both sides. There was to be a round one-hundred-foot-high tower at each of the four corners, and two flanking the main gate centered in each of the four sides. Between these tallest towers, spaced every one hundred paces, was to be a seventy-foot-high tower. Halfway between each of the lesser towers, a semicircular bastion was to bulge out from the wall. Construction was facilitated by the fact that some of the recruits had been masons in civilian life. It had not been completed at the time of the Last Battle.

Inside the beginnings of the great wall were several settlements. There was a sort of large village or small town of stone and wooden structures with thatched roofs that varied considerably in size. Large, warehouse-like buildings quartered unmarried soldiers in dormitory chambers that slept twenty men each, one hundred men to a building, with room for more in the buildings already there and still more under construction. Smaller structures housed unmarried Dedicated in groups of ten, each with a private room. Houses of various sizes were available for both soldiers and Dedicated who were married and had their families with them, and there was a dormitory which housed the fifty-one bonded Aes Sedai who were part of the Black Tower expedition; this was a hastily built wooden structure, like a warehouse, with canvas partitions inside to make a small room for each sister, lining a long central corridor. This village had several central fountains for gathering water, supplied by windmills outside the village. Henre Haslin and the other armsmasters lived in this village, as did the unarmed combat and riding instructors. Some of those had families. Logain was the only full Asha’man to live there, in a well-built stone house like a small, single-story farmhouse. The Traitor’s Tree stood on the path from this village to the training grounds, far enough from the village that family members did not have to see it, but where every man headed for the training grounds did.

A second village of wooden, thatched-roofed buildings held the workers and craftsfolk, most with their families, who did almost all of the actual construction inside the great wall. The stablefolk who took care of the horses also lived there, and the carters and wagon drivers who were sent out to buy food, charcoal, coal and all the others things that needed buying. There were also tailors to make uniforms for the Asha’man from cloth brought in from outside, and a goldsmith who made the Sword and Dragon pins. This village also had its own fountains, powered by windmills outside the village, and it had a tavern. It was well away from the village of Asha’man, about a mile. The stables for cart and wagon horses and the wagon yards were located there.

Closer to the Asha’man village (half a mile or less) than to the other, and with the training grounds between it and the Asha’man village, was Taim’s small complex. Taim’s own dwelling was a combination of a small palace with a fortress, with thick granite walls and polished marble facings. It was about one hundred feet square, all of it faced with polished white marble, and two stories tall. The first story had neither windows nor doors. The second was surrounded by a colonnaded walk with a waist-high wall, and a taller, crenellated wall rose around the roof. Broad marble stairs stretched down from the colonnaded walk in front, and in front of the stairs was the black stone, called the Stone, where Taim stood to address the men; it had been moved from the old farm. In front of the Stone was a large open area, usually grassy, where the men gathered to hear Taim. A little distance to one side of the Stone was a sort of bulletin board; this was wood, inside a shallow stone facing, about two feet deep, to give it a little shelter from the weather; this was where, among other things, deserters’ names were posted, as well as the names of men who went mad or were killed or burned out, and those killed elsewhere. All of the full Asha’man who were Taim’s cronies—that is, all but Logain—lived in this place with him.

The training grounds were fairly extensive. Though in fact training could and did take place in many areas, training in armed and unarmed combat always took place on the training grounds, and much of riding training, too. The stables which held horses for the Asha’man were there, and also the archery butts. Morning Directives were usually given there, and the Creed recited. Windmills nearby pumped water for the stables.

The Tower grounds also contained a prison camp, well hidden in the forest, where the survivors of the two hundred Tower Guards who accompanied the White Tower expedition to the Black Tower were held under close guard, like the Warders brought by those of the fifty Aes Sedai who were not Red and had one. Anyone who did not have business there was kept away. Secret dungeons were also located in the foundations of a building being built; there Taim used Myrddraal and channelers to Turn prisoners.

Black Water. A sept of the Nakai Aiel.

Black Wind, the. See Machin Shin

Black Years, the. See Years of Silent Rage

blackbile fever. A contagious disease.

blacklance. A poisonous snake with black scales that could strike very quickly.

Blacksmith, the. A constellation.

blackthorn. A bush with beautiful white flowers amid long black thorns.

blacktongue. A disease that killed sheep.

blackwasp nettles. A plant that severely irritated the skin when touched. Nynaeve used the plant to brush against Moghedien as punishment in Tel’aran’rhiod after she had captured the Forsaken.

Blackwing, Zaida din Parede. See Zaida din Parede Blackwing

Blackwood, the Great. See Forest of Shadows

blademaster. A master swordsman. There were two ways to become a blademaster: to receive a unanimous decision by a panel of five blademasters judging one’s skills, or to kill another blademaster in fair combat. A blademaster was entitled to carry a heron-marked sword.

Blaeric Negina. One of Joline’s Warders. Blaeric was Shienaran, with a fair complexion, blue eyes and dark brown hair. He was about 6' tall, less than an inch taller than his fellow Warder Fen. Both Warders had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, although Blaeric was a little lighter in the chest and shoulders. The pair of them talked alike, thought alike and moved alike. After Teslyn dosed Joline with forkroot and the Seanchan arrived, Fen and Blaeric were able to get Joline out of the palace, but not out of Ebou Dar. They joined Mat and left Ebou Dar with Luca’s show. Blaeric’s topknot caused problems with the Seanchan, and he was not too pleased about shaving it off. He and Fen joined up with the Band of the Red Hand and traveled with them, until returning to the White Tower with Joline.

Blaes of Matuchin. A Hero of the Horn. She was golden-haired, strong, lithe and beautiful.

Blasic Faloun. Seanchan captain in Almizar in charge of raken. He was graying and lean-faced with a black leather patch hiding the spot where his right eye had been and a puckered white scar running down his forehead, behind the patch and onto his cheek. He agreed to give Tylee and Perrin four raken and twelve morat’raken for their assault on the Shaido stronghold at Malden.

Blasted Lands, the. A wasteland surrounding Shayol Ghul, beyond the Blight. The Blasted Lands could not support vegetation of any kind, an indication of the Dark One’s influence in the extreme; in the Blasted Lands, the land itself could kill.

bleakness, the. A state that overcame some Aiel after they crossed the Dragonwall. The victim often sat for a long time, staring at nothing, in a deep depression. Some thereafter threw away their spears and fled, though none of the Aiel knew where they went. Others fled to the Shaido, while the Shaido were in Kinslayer’s Dagger; these elicited contempt, even from many of the Shaido. Gai’shain overcome by the bleakness often refused to take off the white when their time was up. The sources of the bleakness were manifold. There was the fact that the Car’a’carn really was a wetlander; surely he was of their blood, but he knew only what he had been taught of Aiel customs. An important factor was the secret revealed to them by Rand at Alcair Dal of their origins in the Age of Legends, leading to an inability to accept those origins and the fear that perhaps their warlike ways were in themselves another betrayal of the Aes Sedai. The fear that Rand somehow had an Aes Sedai leash fastened to his neck added to the new view of Aes Sedai manifesting itself, created an additional source to feed the bleakness. During the period of Rand’s captivity by Galina, the numbers fleeing from around Cairhien reached a peak of a thousand a day or more.

Blight, the. See Great Blight

Blightborder. A Saldaean term indicating the border with the Blight.

Blightwatch. Those who guarded the Blightborder in the Borderlands.

Blind Pig, The. An inn located in Chachin, Kandor. Its innkeeper was a round-faced, squinting woman in a long apron that might have once been white. Moiraine stopped there to inquire whether anyone had seen a young Tairen woman, when she was searching for Siuan.

Blinder’s Peak. A small mountain in Murandy.

blisterleaf. A noxious weed that had medicinal properties. Melten used it on Talmanes’ wound from a Fade’s Thakan’dar sword to retard the spread of the taint.

block. A mental barrier to channeling erected by a wilder, usually unconsciously, as a survival mechanism.

Blood, the. The term used by the Seanchan to designate the nobility. One could be raised to the Blood as well as born to it, and this was frequently a reward for outstanding accomplishment or service to the Empire. There were four degrees of nobility, two of the High Blood and two of the low, or lesser, Blood. The High Blood let their fingernails grow to a length of one inch and shaved the sides of their heads, leaving a crest down the center, narrower for men than for women. The length of this crest varied according to fashion. The low Blood also grew their fingernails long, but they shaved the sides and back of the head leaving what appeared to be a bowl of hair, with a wide tail at the back allowed to grow longer, often to the shoulder for men or to the waist for women. Those of the highest level of the High Blood were called High Lady or High Lord and lacquered the first two fingernails on each hand. Those of the next level of the High Blood were called simply Lord or Lady and lacquered only the nails of the forefingers. Those of the low Blood also were called simply Lady or Lord, but those of the higher rank lacquered the nails of the last two fingers on each hand, while those on the lowest level lacquered only the nails of the little fingers. The Empress and immediate members of the Imperial family shaved their heads entirely and lacquered all of their fingernails.

Blood Snow, the. Another name for the Battle of the Shining Walls.

Blood Springs. A location in Shienar where the rocks beneath the water made the river appear to run red. Lan’s and Agelmar’s army engaged the Trollocs there during the Last Battle, combat that almost became disastrous for Lan’s forces and that exposed Agelmar as having been compromised.

Blood, Voice of the. A Seanchan servant of one of the High Blood, through whom the Blood communicated with those of lesser rank.

Bloodknives. The most elite unit of the Seanchan Fists of Heaven; they were assassins equipped with specialized ter’angreal that granted them stealth, strength and speed. Once one of the ter’angreal was activated, with a drop of the host’s blood, it leached life from the host.

Bloodlance. A tall bay horse owned by Harril, Pritalle’s Warder.

Bloodletter, Villiam. An ancient leader who fought the Banath people on Almoth Plain.

bloodsnake. A snake whose bite could turn blood into jelly within minutes of a bite. It grew to no more than four or five feet in length.

Bloodwash Falls. A place where someone in Mat’s memories fought Nashif.

bloodwrasp. A horrendous creature found in the Blight.

Bloody Water. A sept of the Taardad Aiel.

Blossoms of Fire. A weave of Earth, Air and Fire that created red shafts expanding into discs of fire thirty feet across.

Blue Ajah. The main thrust of the Blue Ajah was involvement in causes. Along with the Green Ajah, considered the most passionate of Aes Sedai in their beliefs, the Blue Ajah were most open to being swayed by emotion. No Blue sisters remained loyal to Elaida, though some Blues stayed away from the main body of the rebels because of the distances involved. They were adamant in their belief that Siuan was deposed illegally and stilled illegally, and for that alone Elaida deserved to be pulled down. The Blue Ajah was led by a single head, known as the First Selector, with an advisory council which had a variable number of members. The head of the Blue Ajah was more or less autocratic depending upon the woman holding the post. Beyond that, there was no constant organizational structure. At the time of the Last Battle the Blue Ajah had roughly one hundred members, making it sixth in size.

Blue Bull, the. A raucous inn in Samara, Ghealdan, that Nynaeve noticed while passing through Samara.

Blue Carp Street. A street in Far Madding. Torval and Gedwyn stayed there in a rented room, and were killed at the house by Padan Fain. Rand and Lan were lured into a trap at the house by Fain, who, with Toram Riatin, attacked them, unsuccessfully.

Blue Cat, The. An Ogier-built inn located in Tar Valon. It looked like a blue cat curled up to sleep.

Blue Crane. The rivership belonging to Chin Ellisor. Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne traveled aboard it down the River Erinin until it became stuck in a mudflat near Jurene and they disembarked.

Blue Gull. The raker belonging to Zaida din Parede Blackwing.

Blue Rose, The. An inn located in Canluum, Kandor; its innkeeper was Racelle Arovni. Lan and Bukama stayed at The Blue Rose. There Lan met an old friend, Ryne Venamar, who told him about Lady Edeyn Arrel raising the Golden Crane across the Borderlands. Lan was attacked by six men outside the stables; he defeated them all.

Blue Star, Renaile din Calon. See Renaile din Calon Blue Star

blue-eye. A spring flower known as seiera in the Old Tongue.

bluefly. An insect that bit hard enough to draw blood.

bluespine. A plant that was used in a tea to cure sullenness.

Bluewing, the. The two-masted vessel skippered by Captain Carney. Moiraine took passage on this vessel when sneaking out of Tar Valon to begin her search for the Dragon Reborn.

bluewort. A plant that was used medicinally as a tea to relieve a queasy stomach. It also had qualities as a dye.

Boann, Nemene Damendar. Semirhage’s name in the Age of Legends.

Boannda. A large town located at the confluence of the Rivers Eldar and Boern in Ghealdan. Boannda had tall gray walls, towers and a palace-like structure inside. On the way to Salidar, Nynaeve, Elayne, Birgitte, Thom, Juilin, Uno and his Shienaran soldiers stopped in Boannda on the smuggling ship that Galad had hired to get them and various refugees out of Samara.

Boanne. A woman who was Songmistress at Taralan in the Fourth Age. She composed Do’in Toldara te, Songs of the Last Age, Quarto Nine: The Legend of the Dragon.

boar spears. Weapons used in the Two Rivers.

Bodewhin (Bode) Cauthon. Mat’s sister, and a novice with the rebel Aes Sedai, having been recruited by Verin and Alanna. She was born in 983 NE, and her potential strength was said to be close to that of Egwene. She wore her hair braided and was plumply pretty and big-eyed, with a mischievous something around the eyes that resembled Mat. She was one of three found in the Two Rivers that were born with the spark—Bode, Elle and Jancy—all three of whom would be quite strong, in Verin’s estimation. Bode also had the Talent of making cuendillar. She was intelligent, and was headed in the direction of the Green or Blue Ajah. She wanted to live adventure, not just read about it. After Kairen was murdered, Bode was supposed to take her place in creating a cuendillar chain across the River Erinin, but Egwene stepped in at the last moment and was captured in the process.

Boern, River. A river flowing east and south through Ghealdan, past Jehannah, and joining the River Eldar at the border of Amadicia.

boggles. The Illianer term for things that go bump in the night.

Bollin. One of the horse handlers in Luca’s show. He was big and squint-eyed and insisted that the Seanchan pay to enter the show.

bonding. An act, by an Aes Sedai or Asha’man using the One Power, of creating a physical and psychic link with another who thereby became her or his Warder. Aes Sedai in the Age of Legends did not bond Warders.

boneknit. A medicinal herb used for mending broken bones.

Bonwhin Meraighdin. An Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah. She was born in FY 738 and was raised Amyrlin circa FY 939. Bonwhin nearly caused the destruction of the White Tower by trying to make Hawkwing her puppet. She was deposed and stilled in FY 992 because of her failed manipulations of Artur Hawkwing, which led to Hawkwing turning violently against the Aes Sedai and placing the White Tower under siege. After being deposed, she was kept among the scullions—as a scullion, in truth—and exhibited to the sisters periodically as a dire example. She died in FY 996.

Book of Translation, the. An Ogier artifact and a central part of Ogier lore. When the Book of Translation was opened, the Ogier race would return to the alternate world from which they originally came, not to return to this world until the Wheel turned. The Ogier had been discussing the situation for some time, and had pretty much decided to open the Book. After all, if they were to come from the alternate world in the next Age, they had to go back to the alternate world before they could return from it. The final decision was to be made at the Great Stump, and it was only Loial’s oratory that prevented this departure from happening.

bookers. Members of the Illustrious and Honored Guild of Bookers in Ebou Dar. They were bookies and insurance men or women all in one.

Borderforts. Defending structures of the civilized world, found in the Borderlands near the border with the Blight.

Borderlands. The northern nations that bordered the Blight. They included Saldaea, Shienar, Kandor and Arafel. Malkier was one of the Borderlands before its fall.

Bore. The hole drilled in the Pattern by researchers at Collam Daan in an attempt to access an undivided source of the One Power, unwittingly releasing the Dark One’s influence on the world, causing destruction and chaos. The hole that was finally sealed by Lews Therin and the Hundred Companions was larger than the original Bore, for the longer it remained open the larger it got, though it was diminished somewhat in the sealing; the Dark One’s counterstroke tainted saidin, causing all male channelers to go mad. Nevertheless, it was sealed again in the Last Battle, and closed up again completely, thereby setting the stage for the Bore to be drilled anew.

Boreane Carivin. A Cairhienin head servant with Rand’s army preparing to attack the Seanchan. A stout, pale little woman, her face showed pity for Rand when he was in the tent talking with Torval. She was left behind when Rand moved his army north of Illian, before the fighting began.

Borndat, Elandria. An ancient scholar and the author of Seeing Through the Breaking.

Bornhald, Dain. See Dain Bornhald

Bornhald, Geofram. See Geofram Bornhald

Boroleos, Erian. See Erian Boroleos

Bors. An alias used by Carridin. See Jaichim Carridin

Botteger, Aeric. A man of the Two Rivers who appeared in Nynaeve’s test for the shawl.

Bounce. A game played in Andor in which a colorful ball was bounced on a paddle.

Boundless. A wolf Perrin encountered in the wolf dream. He was young, with brown fur and a lean build. Boundless was Noam’s wolf persona; he found the wolf dream to be superior to human life.

Bowl, Golden. See Alcair Dal

Bowl of the Winds. A ter’angreal in the shape of a bowl that could be used to control the weather, and which generated both saidin and saidar, although only women triggered it. It was a shallow bowl of thick crystal, more than two feet across and carved deeply inside with what appeared to be swirling clouds. When Elayne channeled into it, the bowl turned a pale watery blue and the clouds shifted as if moved by wind; when she stopped, it became clear again, but the clouds were in different positions. After it was used, the clouds were different than they were before, so that the bowl appeared to be, like the weather itself, ever changing. Elayne and Nynaeve discovered the device in Tel’aran’rhiod, and Egwene sent them to Ebou Dar to find it in the waking world. They did so, with the help of the Kin, and they made a bargain with the Sea Folk to help them implement its powers with a circle of channelers, which was needed to operate it efficiently. A circle of thirteen could do enough to alter the weather changes in the world caused by the Dark One, but not enough to buffer the results. This ter’angreal was designed to work over a small region. The advanced knowledge of the Windfinders meant they could spread its effects over a larger area, which resulted in it affecting the One Power and physical conditions on the ground, radiating out from near Ebou Dar where it was used to at least as far as the Altara-Illian border where Rand’s armies were fighting the Seanchan.

Braem. An Ogier-built city in Coremanda, one of the Ten Nations after the Breaking. New Braem was an old border town in east Andor between Caemlyn and Tar Valon, near the site of the original city.

Braem Wood. A forest fifty leagues north of Caemlyn, on the edge of the Caralain Grass. At Caemlyn, Dyelin told Elayne that thousands of Borderlander soldiers had been spotted in Braem Wood. Later, Norry, while reporting to Elayne, mentioned that the army in Braem Wood had not moved yet, though he admitted that his intelligence was several days old. Merilille, who had Traveled to the Borderland rulers’ encampments in Braem Wood, confirmed what was known about them, and said that the rulers had sent messengers to Caemlyn when they had arrived in New Braem, but that they would not reach the palace for another week. After Merilille met with the Borderland rulers, Elayne’s party Traveled to Braem Wood to meet the Borderlanders, who were looking for Rand and who were allegedly accompanied by up to two hundred sisters. In the Last Battle, after the Trollocs had overrun Caemlyn, Elayne and her army set up an ambush for the Trollocs in Braem Wood, after drawing the Shadowspawn out of the city with harrying forces.

Bran. See Brandelwyn al’Vere

Brandel Vordarian. A Lord Captain of the Children of the Light. He came from a minor noble family in Andor, and was a hulking man with silver in his yellow hair. After hearing Galad’s argument with Asunawa, Vordarian and other Lords Captain executed Asunawa and proclaimed Galad Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light. Vordarian was the eldest of the Lords Captain under Galad.

Brandelwyn al’Vere. The Mayor of Emond’s Field and the innkeeper at The Winespring Inn. He was a round man, wider than anyone else in the Two Rivers, but very light on his feet, and bald except for a fringe of gray hair. He was born in 937 NE, married Marin in 964 NE, and was elected Mayor in 978 NE. He and his wife had five daughters: Berowyn, Alene, Elisa, Loise and Egwene. They lived in rooms at the back of the whitewashed second floor of The Winespring Inn. Bran coordinated with Perrin, Tam, Abell and others in the defense of Emond’s Field against the Trollocs.

Branlet Gilyard. A young Andoran who was High Seat of House Gilyard and loyal to Elayne. The sign of his House was the Three Red Leopards. Born circa 987 NE, he had curly black hair and blue eyes. He was one of four young nobles Dyelin brought to help Elayne win the throne. (The others were Perival Mantear, Catalyn Haevin and Conail Northan.) Branlet’s guardian, his aunt Mayv, died about two months prior to his going to Caemlyn, after her horse stepped into a gopher hole. The horse and rider each broke a leg, and by the time anyone found them, it was too late. Branlet’s relatives squabbled over who was to be his new guardian, all of them wanting the job and none of them wanting another to have it. He was eager to help when Elayne was kidnapped; Dyelin took him to the Far Madding Gate, where he was kept far from the fighting.

Brannin Martan. A gray-haired Andoran High Seat of House Martan. His wife was Elvaine. Relatively poor, they lived in a manor that was much like a large farmhouse, with additions made over generations. They were loyal to Elayne and brought armsmen to help her win the throne. A third of their armsmen were their sons and grandsons, nephews and great-nephews.

Branstrom, Arilinde. An Andoran noblewoman and High Seat of her House. She was loyal to Elayne and brought fifty armsmen to support her.

Brawley, Gabrelle. See Gabrelle Brawley

breakbone fever. A fever that caused sweats, distress and even broken bones.

Breaking of the World, the. The destruction of many parts of the world, caused by male Aes Sedai who all went mad after the Dark One’s counterstroke tainted saidin. In their madness these men, who could wield the One Power very strongly, changed the face of the earth. They caused great earthquakes, leveled mountain ranges, raised new mountains, lifted dry land where seas had been, made the ocean rush in where dry land had been. Many parts of the world were completely depopulated, and the survivors scattered like dust on the wind.

Breaking of the World, The. Aleth nin Taerin alta Camora, a work of the Fourth Age; its author was unknown.

Breaking Wave, Malin din Toral. See Malin din Toral Breaking Wave

Breane Taborwin. A Cairhienin noblewoman. She was the widow of Dobraine’s brother. Born in 956 NE, she was 5'4" tall, and pretty, with pale skin and dark eyes. Rand met her at Barthanes’ manor; she was one of three pursuing him amorously, but she was of higher rank than the other two, Alaine and Belevaere. According to Thom, Breane could give an education every man should have at least once in his life, if he lived through it. She became a refugee during the Cairhienin civil war; she met Lamgwin Dorn and fell in love with him. She could have returned to Cairhien and reclaimed her estates—she had taken no action against Rand—but doing so would have meant giving up Lamgwin. She acted as a lady’s maid for Morgase when Morgase was on the lam, but she only served Morgase because Lamgwin did so. She had a certain contempt for Morgase, who she thought was essentially weak.

Breane made a poor job at best of playing the servant; it wasn’t that she didn’t know what to do or didn’t do it, but rather that she too often spoke to Morgase as to an equal, was perfectly willing to tell Morgase she was a fool for not tripping Tallanvor behind the barn and ripping his clothes off, and frequently made no secret of her general contempt. On the other hand, she offered silent comfort after Morgase was forced by Valda. But then, she was irate at Morgase for wilting; she felt that Morgase was hardly the first woman to be taken against her will and Morgase ought to pick up her life and get on with it rather than moping. After Perrin rescued Morgase’s party from the Dragonsworn, she became a lady’s maid to Faile.

Breen’s Spring. A place in the western part of Andor, west of Carysford on the Caemlyn Road. Master Kinch told Mat and Rand that Morgase’s Queen’s Guard no longer went beyond Breen’s Spring.

Brehon, Silviana. See Silviana Brehon

Brelan. A lord in a song sung at The White Ring in Maderin; he had an evening with a randy young woman when the night was cold.

Bren. A stout servant in the Tarasin Palace. Mat was handed over to him when he visited the Tarasin Palace by the front door. He was the fifth of seven servants that Mat encountered in that visit. Each one was a little older and more senior than the one before.

Brend, Lord. Sammael’s moniker in Illian. Some asked questions about him when he came to power—no one could recall hearing of him before—but those who asked too many questions had a habit of vanishing, and the others on the Council seemed to accept him as if they had known him a long time, so people who had questions kept those questions to themselves if they had any brains. There were also a great many problems facing the country, facing the world it seemed, and the others on the Council seemed to value Lord Brend’s wisdom and follow his advice. People did not know where he went or how, but it was generally assumed that Rand killed him.

Brendas. An Aes Sedai of the White Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 16(4). Born in 946 NE, she went to the White Tower in 963 NE. After twelve years as a novice and ten years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 985 NE. She had cool dark eyes and her voice was like emotionless chimes. She was part of the circle that Healed Mat of his connection to the Shadar Logoth dagger, and was one of the few in Salidar who never quizzed Nynaeve about Rand. Brendas was part of the battle in Tel’aran’rhiod against some of the Black Ajah at the White Tower until Amys took her out of the dream and had her wake others to get them away from danger. She had no Warder.

Breyan ti Malcain Mandragoran. The wife of Lan’s uncle Lain Mandragoran and the mother of Isam Mandragoran. Breyan dared Lain to take his armies to the Blasted Lands or even to Shayol Ghul. Lain died there with most of those who followed him. Breyan blamed Lan’s father, and plotted with Cowin Fairheart to seize the throne for Isam. They moved soldiers back from the Blight, and Trollocs poured into Malkier. She attempted to flee with Isam and vanished; they were supposedly overtaken by Trollocs. She was in her mid-twenties at the time she reportedly died.

Briain. A young Maiden of the Spear who traveled with Perrin to Ghealdan. She was round-faced. Briain was killed while taking out the Shaido sentries to the northwest of Malden so the supply carts could get through.

Bridge of Flowers. A bridge in the city of Illian leading to the Perfumed Quarter.

Bridge of Sunrise. A bridge leading into Chachin, Kandor.

Bringer of Gales. A Sea Folk name for the Dark One.

bristlebough. A flowering tree with thin, finger-like leaves that grew in the Tower’s Spring Garden.

Brokel. A member of the Children of the Light. In the Last Battle, Golever chose him as one of the dozen best men to accompany Galad when Mat sent him to Hawal Ford.

Broken Crown. The crown of the ruler of Saldaea.

Bromas. The innkeeper at The Two Apples in Caemlyn. She was stately and dark-haired.

broomweed. A plant with tiny yellow flowers.

Brotherless. See Mera’din

Brothers of the Eagle. One of the twelve Aiel warrior societies. It was also known as Far Aldazar Din.

Brown Ajah. The main thrust of the Brown Ajah was gathering knowledge; they were librarians, historians and natural historians, doing nothing in the physical sciences or toward invention. The Brown Ajah had a ruling council. Its number of members varied from five to thirteen, though always an odd number. The head of the council was foremost among the Brown sisters without actually being considered the head of the Ajah, but in fact she had about as much real authority as any of the other Ajah heads. The head of the council was sometimes referred to as the First Chair; most often, she was simply called “the head of the council,” reflecting the supposed egalitarian nature and the rather loose structure of the Brown, where sisters often lost themselves in one sort of research or another. At the time of the Last Battle there were approximately 130 sisters in the Brown Ajah, making it the fourth largest.

Bruan. A man of the Salt Flat sept of the Nakai Aiel; the clan chief. His hold was Shiagi Hold, and his Wise One was Alsera. He was 6'6" tall and weighed over three hundred pounds—a massive man, big and strong enough for two blacksmiths. He had sad gray eyes and a placid nature for an Aiel, with a deceptively mild voice that sounded almost lazy. Bruan was very taken with He Who Comes With the Dawn and commanded the five Aiel clans—nearly 200,000 spears—gathered in the Plains of Maredo prior to the Illian campaign. None of the others objected. Bruan’s oddly placid manner belied his battle skills; he was a hard fighter and a devious tactician, but he could also be a peacemaker. He took part in the invasion of Illian. In Aviendha’s vision of the future in Rhuidean, he agreed to go to battle against the Seanchan.

Brugh Chavana. An acrobat in Luca’s circus, one of four men said to be brothers, although the four looked very different. He was short and compact. Brugh received a swollen lip when he tried to break up a fight between Latelle and Nynaeve.

Brune, Mother. A healer in a village between Market Sheran and Carysford in Andor. When they were traveling to Caemlyn, and Rand fell sick with fever, Mat wanted to take Rand to her, but she was off birthing a baby.

Bryne, Gareth. See Gareth Bryne

Brynt. A member of the Band of the Red Hand who fought in Caemlyn when the Trollocs invaded. Talmanes ordered him to set a stable afire.

Brys. A Lord in Tarabon whose servant drank too much and gave information to Florin Gelb.

Brys Noramaga. The husband of Queen Ethenielle of Kandor. He was born in 940 NE and married Ethenielle in 963 NE. He took her House name on marriage, since she was of the greater House, not to mention that she was already heir to the throne of Kandor; he was styled “Prince Brys” and served as Ethenielle’s Swordbearer. Theirs was a love-match in large part, though there was a political consideration, of course. Over the sixteen years of their marriage, they had eight children, seven of whom survived until adulthood. Brys died in 979 NE, along with his son Diryk, supposedly in an accidental fall which also claimed Iselle Arrel. Diryk was a victim of the male channeler pogrom, though that was not widely known, and Brys was killed because he was with Diryk and tried to protect him.

Brytan. A tiny village in Altara that had consisted of only a dozen families, where the buildings were infested with vermin once the Shaido devastated the village. Perrin’s troops traveled through this village after the Shaido had done their damage, and they camped in the fields there. Darkhounds passed near the camp. The group continued to make this their camp while Perrin and the Seanchan implemented their plans against the Shaido in Malden.

Buad of Albhain. A Hero of the Horn who looked as regal as any queen.

bubbles of evil. A figurative description of the evil that arose from the Dark One as the seals weakened. According to Rand, they drifted along the Pattern until they struck other threads and burst, causing a wide range of terrible phenomena to occur. Although most easily attracted to ta’veren, the bubbles would also affect others, resulting in effects such as inanimate objects becoming animate; deadly, improbable invasions of insects; and spontaneous combustion.

Buchaner rebellion. A rebellion led in an earlier life by Birgitte, known then as Jethari Moondancer. In its culminating battle at Lahpoint Hills, Gaidal was wounded, and Birgitte took him to the Tower of Ghenjei in search of a way to heal him. They both died in the tower.

Buel Dowtry. A fletcher in Emond’s Field. His hair was white and his nose almost as sharp as a broadhead point.

buffer. Term from the Age of Legends and used by the Forsaken to indicate a shield on someone to stop them from channeling the Power.

bugbear. A term used in Illian for a horrible creature of superstition.

Buie, Cenn. See Cenn Buie

Buiryn. A king of Manetheren before the Trolloc Wars, whose forces were defeated by Aedomon of Safer at Midean’s Ford. Legend had it that Aedomon let Buiryn and his remaining men go instead of killing them all; Mat’s memories revealed that he did let them go, and as soon as they were strung out, killed them.

Bukama Marenellin. A Malkieri man who was the Hero of Salmarna. Bukama was of the five men out of twenty who survived carrying the infant Lan out of a dying Malkier. He was the last of the five to die, murdered in the Aesdaishar Palace in Chachin by Ryne Venamar, a young Malkieri who had become Arafellin to his toenails and also a Darkfriend.

Bukava. Father of Hartha, an Ogier and a Seanchan Gardener.

Bulen. A man in Aesdaishar Palace who served Lan. Lan thought that his other servants had been coopted by Edeyn, but that Bulen was still his. Bulen’s father was Malkieri. Bringing a packhorse, Bulen joined Lan on the Proska Flats in Saldaea as Lan rode for Tarwin’s Gap and the Last Battle. He was hit by an arrow and hid that fact until he died.

Bunch of Grapes, The. A three-story inn located in the Foregate of Cairhien where Thom and Dena stayed following Thom’s incident with the Fade in Whitebridge. Its innkeeper was Zera. Rand met Thom here to try to get him to accompany him to return the Horn of Valere to Fal Dara. Dena was murdered at the inn.

Bunt. An Andoran family. See Adrinne and Almen Bunt

Burdin, Master. A wagonmaster with the Band of the Red Hand. He took care of Olver after Olver was ignored by the woman hired to tend him. Burdin gave him plenty to eat for his help tending the horses. He would not let Olver ride the horses, though.

Burin Shaeren. Lelaine’s Domani Warder. He was copper-skinned and looked like an uprooted stump. He had been with her over twenty years at the time of the White Tower split.

Burlow, Garon. See Garon Burlow

Burn. A male wolf with an old Trolloc scar on his shoulder. He was impatient, angry and big. He wanted nothing to do with humans; he just wanted to hunt and kill Trollocs.

burning out. The accidental process of a person being severed from the True Source, so severe that the person no longer had a sense of saidar or saidin. Burning out could not be Healed.

burningleaf. A noxious weed.

Buryhill. A village in Andor, surrounded by parched fields, that Elayne and her party passed through while going to Caemlyn from Ebou Dar.

Byar, Jaret. See Jaret Byar

Byir, Joiya. See Joiya Byir