The Wheel of Time Companion
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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 br
eak 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
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Caal, Mitsora. An Aes Sedai who lived at the time of the formation of the White Tower.
Caar al Thorin al Toren. King Aemon of Manetheren’s father, also known as Caar One-Hand. He went to win Aridhol back to the Second Covenant. Mordeth ordered the deaths of Caar and the embassy as Friends of the Dark. Caar escaped the dungeons of Aridhol and fled to the Borderlands with Mordeth’s unnatural assassins at his heels. He met Rhea there and married her. Rhea killed Caar, and then killed herself in front of his tomb. The armies of Manetheren came to avenge Caar but found the gates of Aridhol torn down and no living thing inside the walls.
Caban. A Seanchan soldier serving on Captain Egeanin’s vessel before the battle at Falme. He was the one who stayed on board the Spray while it went into harbor. He was in his middle years and dark-eyed, with an old scar above his eyes and another nicking his chin. He had nothing but contempt for anything on the east side of the Aryth Ocean. His voice had the same slur as Egeanin’s, but was leather rasping on rock. He wanted to talk about battles, drinking and women he had known. He put his sword to Domon’s throat when Domon asked about damane.
Cabriana Mecandes. A Tairen Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah with a strength level of 34(22). Born in 911 NE to a noble House, she went to the White Tower in 927 NE. After twelve years as a novice and seven years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 946 NE. She had blue eyes and long golden hair. Cabriana was born with the spark; when she began manifesting the ability to channel, she was shipped off to Tar Valon as the law required, though she went unwillingly. She was a quick learner who could have moved faster as a novice, had she not spent a good deal of time sulking over being sent to the Tower. She did not want to be Aes Sedai. She was taken by Semirhage and questioned and killed, along with her Warder. Halima went to Salidar, claiming to have been a traveling companion of Cabriana, and that Cabriana had died in a fall.
Caddar. An alias of Sammael when he met with Sevanna and the Shaido Wise Ones.
cadin’sor. The garb of Aiel warriors, consisting of coat and breeches in browns and grays that faded into rock or shadow, along with soft, laced knee-high boots. The word was Old Tongue for “working clothes,” though this was an imprecise translation.
Cadsuane Melaidhrin. An Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah, uncommitted to any contingent. Her strength level was 5(+8). She was born in 705 NE in the city-state of Far Madding. At the age of fifteen, she went to the White Tower. There she spent six years as a novice and five years as Accepted. She might have moved faster as novice and Accepted—in fact almost certainly should have—but she was noted for both her stubbornness and her pride (read “arrogance”). At age twenty-six, she was raised Aes Sedai and chose the Green Ajah.
She stood about 5'5" tall and was neither slender nor stout. She was not pretty, but she was strikingly handsome, with a fair complexion. She had dark eyes, which some people occasionally mistook for black, especially when she was focused on them in an unpleasant fashion. Her hair became iron-gray, and she wore it in a bun on top of her head; the bun was decorated with small dangling golden ornaments, stars and moons and birds and fish. These hair ornaments were considered something of a trademark because she had worn them for as long as anyone could remember. For many sisters, this was just one more indication of how set in her ways she was; they thought Cadsuane would never change, could never change. Of course, that was far from true; Cadsuane was remarkably adaptable, as befitted someone who had survived as long as she. In fact, of Cadsuane’s golden hair ornaments, one was an angreal, the other nine ter’angreal. She knew the uses of six of the nine ter’angreal. The ornaments were
1) A bird that looked a little like a shrike. It was an angreal, not very powerful, that stepped her up to the top male level of strength, thus considerably above any unaided woman.
2) Double crescent moons, facing one another and overlapping, were ter’angreal that functioned like Mat’s foxhead, causing flows directed at her to dissipate and also warning that someone close by had embraced the Power; it didn’t distinguish between saidin and saidar, though it worked on and warned of both.
3) A hummingbird. Ter’angreal which she called a Well; it was a “storage battery” with a small but significant amount of the Power. It needed periodic recharging after use, but it wouldn’t run down on its own no matter how long the lapse between uses.