The Wheel of Time Companion

by Robert Jordan

  Hai Caemlyn. An Ogier-built city in Coremanda, one of the Ten Nations after the Breaking; its core formed the inner city of Caemlyn.

  Hai Ecorimon. An Ogier-built city from the time of the Ten Nations.

  Haido. A sept of the Shaarad Aiel.

  Hailene. In the Old Tongue, “Those Who Come Before,” or “Forerunners.” The term was applied by the Seanchan to the massive expeditionary force sent across the Aryth Ocean to scout out the lands where Artur Hawkwing once ruled. Originally under the command of the High Lady Suroth, it was later subsumed into the Corenne.

  Haindar. A male Aes Sedai who went mad during the Breaking and headed for Paaran Disen to wreak havoc.

  Haindehl, Merise. See Merise Haindehl

  Hake, Saml. See Saml Hake

  Hal. A Two Rivers man who became one of Perrin and Faile’s servants at their manor house there.

  Hal Moir. A Youngling with Gawyn. He was two years older than Jisao. Like many who missed the fight in the White Tower, he regretted it. He led a half troop at Dumai’s Wells; Gawyn ordered them to tend to the wounded after. Hal went with Gawyn to Dorlan, where he guarded the mayor’s house.

  Halamak. An area of Seanchan that was the native land of Bakayar Mishima.

  Halan. Loial’s grandfather.

  Half Tail. A sour male wolf and pack leader. Perrin contacted him for information after he and others set out to find the kidnapped Rand; when Half Tail asked why, and Perrin answered that those he was looking for had caged Shadowkiller, Half Tail said that he and other packs were coming along to help. Half Tail also gave Perrin notice of the arrival of his men from the Two Rivers.

  Halfman. See Myrddraal

  Halidar. A city in the Age of Legends.

  Halima Saranov. The name used by Aran’gar when she became secretary to Delana Sedai. See Aran’gar and Balthamel

  Hall of the Counsels. Chamber of the ruling body in Far Madding, a palace set in the Counsels’ Plaza; it contained the Counsels’ Chamber.

  Hall of the Servants. The governing body of the Aes Sedai during the Age of Legends; its main hall was located in the capital city of Paaran Disen.

  Hall of the Tower. A deliberative body that helped govern the Aes Sedai and advised the Amyrlin. Traditionally it was composed of three representatives known as Sitters from each of the different Ajahs. The Hall had a variety of means at its disposal to thwart or otherwise disrupt the Amyrlin’s plans. Although the Amyrlin Seat was by law the absolute power in the White Tower, in fact her power always depended on how well she could lead, manage or intimidate the Hall.

  Halle, Barim. See Barim Halle

  Halvar of Mayene. The First of Mayene some three hundred years before the Last Battle. He made the mistake of giving the doorframe ter’angreal in Mayene’s possession to Tear; he had already used it and it was no good to him. The High Lords had him assassinated the next year.

  Halvate. Tuon’s brother. He enjoyed training wild grolm. She was fond of him, but he was assassinated.

  Halwin Norry. An Andoran man who served as the First Clerk of the Royal Palace in Caemlyn. He was 6'1" tall, and bony, lean and narrow-chested. Awkward physically, he spoke with a dry and dusty voice in a droning near monotone, usually, at least while reading reports aloud. Only a few wisps of gray hair remained to him, standing up behind his ears. Rand was uncertain that anything was real to him except the numbers in his ledgers, but he was grateful that Norry had not left the palace as so many did when he came. Norry had any number of clerks under him to actually wield pens, but, on one occasion, what appeared to be an ink stain marred one edge of his scarlet tabard with the White Lion, and he clutched his embossed leather folder of papers to his chest as if to hide other stains. Norry never looked at the papers in his folder; their contents were in his head, and the papers were there only in case someone wanted to see the actual report. In addition to administering the treasury and running the city for the Queen, the First Clerk’s duties included acting as an advisor in matters of state. He would have shuddered at the suggestion of spying, but he maintained a correspondence with people in many lands, which, while hardly a spy network such as the one Sebban Balwer ran, did keep Norry abreast of events in a fairly timely fashion.

  Hama N’dore. An Aiel warrior society; the name was Old Tongue for “Mountain Dancers.”

  Hamad. A lancer in Bashere’s army. He was taller than Bashere, with a dark beard and mustaches, tilted green eyes and a scar on his face. He brought in Sammael’s emissary and gaped when the emissary started oozing blood. Hamad also accompanied Rand to his meeting with the purported Daughter of the Nine Moons. Bashere had Hamad search Lady Deirdru’s manor, and he returned with a wooden box filled with male and female a’dam.

  Hamada. The mother of Moilin, the Ogier author of A Study of the War of the Shadow.

  Hamal. A Moshaine Shaido blacksmith. He was a very big man. After the Moshaine used Sammael’s nar’baha and were cut off from the rest of the Shaido, Maeric gave Hamal the nar’baha and told him to keep pressing it until the hole opened.

  Haman son of Dal son of Morel. An Ogier on the Council of Elders who taught Loial, and who had no high opinion of Loial’s scholarship and study habits. About 10'5" tall, he was white-haired, and had a broad build. Haman’s eyes were as large and round as teacups, his broad nose nearly covered his face, and his ears, tipped with white tufts, stood up through his hair. He wore long drooping white mustaches and a narrow beard beneath his chin, and his eyebrows hung down to his cheeks. He was married to Voniel, Loial’s mother’s sister. Haman and Loial’s father met the Green Man when they were younger. He traveled with Covril and Erith to find Loial, and married Erith and Loial. When Loial went to Stedding Shangtai for the Great Stump, Elder Haman assumed the task of making sure the Waygates were closed. Elder Haman fought in the Last Battle, at first with Elayne in Caemlyn and then at the Field of Merrilor.

  Hamarashle, Lord and Lady. Cairhienin nobles of middling power.

  Hamarea. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

  Hamdey, Escaralde. See Escaralde Hamdey

  Hammar. A Warder and blademaster who taught swordsmanship at the White Tower. He was blocky, with thick black eyebrows. When Galad and Gawyn were reluctant to take on Mat and his quarterstaff, Hammar offered to cover the bet. After Siuan was deposed and made prisoner, Hammar tried to free her; Gawyn killed him.

  Hammer. 1) A name the Seanchan called Luthair Paendrag. 2) Tervail’s warhorse, a tall bay gelding.

  Hammer of the Light. One of the old names for Artur Hawkwing. See Artur Hawkwing

  Hammer, seed of the. Descendants of Artur Hawkwing, i.e., the Seanchan. The phrase was used in a prophecy of the Shadow, written on the wall of the cell Padan Fain had occupied in Fal Dara.

  Hamora, Jisao. See Jisao Hamora

  Han. A man of the Shorara sept of the Tomanelle Aiel who was clan chief. He was about six feet tall and weighed 210 pounds. He had white hair and a face like wrinkled leather. He was irascible and touchy about his height, which was short for an Aiel, had a sour mouth and often sounded unhappy or disgruntled. Prickly and difficult to know, he was with Rand from the beginning, but was somewhat uncertain about whether that was the right position to take. Han was in Tear and participated in the invasion of Illian.

  Hand, Left. See Left Hand

  Hand of the Empress at Sea. The rank of Egeanin’s mother.

  Hand of the Light. An order within the Children of the Light, pejoratively known as the Questioners. Their avowed purposes were discovering the truth in disputations and uncovering Darkfriends. In the search for truth and the Light, as they saw it, they were even more zealous than the Children of the Light as a whole. Their standard method of inquiry was by torture; their normal attitude was that they knew the truth already and needed only to make their victim confess to it. At times they acted as if they were entirely separate from the Children and the Council of the Anointed, which commanded the Children. The head of the Hand of the Light was the High Inquisitor, who
sat on the Council of the Anointed. Their sign was a blood-red shepherd’s crook, which appeared behind the golden sunburst on their cloaks. The High Inquisitor only wore the red shepherd’s crook.

  Handar, Iagin. See Iagin Handar

  Handoin. One of Tuon’s rivals in Seanchan, whose symbol was a white boar.

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

  Hanlon, Daved. See Daved Hanlon

  Hansard, Afrim. A loyal Guardsman of the Royal Guards in Caemlyn. He escorted Samwil Hark to meet with Elayne.

  Hanselle Renshar. A young Andoran who was Lady Arathelle’s grandson. He was slender and blushed easily. Arathelle sent him to ask for safe conduct for her, Aemlyn, Abelle, Ellorien, Luan and Pelivar to enter Caemlyn.

  Happy Throng, The. An inn in Caemlyn. Master Denezel was its innkeeper. A portrait of Rand hung in the common room.

  Harad Dakar. The capital city of Hardan, a nation that rose during the War of the Hundred Years and later disappeared. The city was hauled away stone by stone, making it a quarry for almost a hundred years.

  Haral Luhhan. The blacksmith in Emond’s Field. Born in 950 NE, he was 6'5" tall and was very big; he seemed to be made out of tree trunks. He was married to Alsbet, and was a member of the Village Council. Perrin was his apprentice, and Master Luhhan gave him his axe. Haral fought against the Trollocs on Winternight. He and his wife were taken prisoner later by the Whitecloaks and freed by Perrin. He was involved in the defense of Emond’s Field, by forging and fighting. He went into business with one of the refugees, a cutler, who came to the Two Rivers. When Perrin managed to get out of the wolf dream in the Last Battle, Haral found him and took him to Mayene for Healing; he also gave Perrin advice about the need to fight to the limits of his strength in the battle against the Dark One.

  Haran, Shaidar. See Shaidar Haran

  Hardan. A nation that arose as a result of the War of the Hundred Years.

  Hardlin, Morly. See Morly Hardlin

  Harella, Faeldrin. See Faeldrin Harella

  Haren, Thad. See Thad Haren

  Haret, Jurah. See Jurah Haret

  Harfor, Reene. See Reene Harfor

  Hari. A follower of the Prophet. He had narrow eyes and a thrusting nose, and he collected ears as trophies. Perrin came upon him leading a group of Dragonsworn as they were attacking Morgase’s party, and ran them off. He told tales of Perrin to Masema, prior to Perrin’s visit, and helped torture a captured Shaido by putting hot coals on his belly. He was killed before the Last Battle by Cha Faile.

  Hari Coplin. An Emond’s Field farmer, and a troublemaker. His brother was Darl; Hari was smaller, but both had weasel-like faces and tight mouths. After the Winternight Trolloc attack, Hari was among those who confronted Moiraine. Hari later participated in the defense of Emond’s Field when the Trollocs attacked again. Although he fawned on the Whitecloaks at first, Hari accompanied Luc to tell them that they were not welcome in Emond’s Field. Hari was part of the group that tried to fight off a group of Trollocs that turned out to be Tinkers seeking shelter.

  Harilin. A woman of the Iron Mountain sept of the Taardad Aiel and Far Dareis Mai. About Rand’s age, she was lanky and redheaded. In Cairhien, she guarded Rand’s door in the Royal Palace. As one of the fifty Maidens acting as his guard of honor, she went with him to Lord Algarin’s manor in Tear, and there fought when the Trollocs attacked.

  Harilin’s Leap. A small village inn in Jarra, Ghealdan. Perrin, Moiraine, Lan and Loial stayed there when they were following Rand to Tear. Moiraine and Perrin saw Noam, who had become wolf-like, locked up in the stable of the inn, and Perrin had wolf dreams while staying there. Its innkeeper was Master Harod; Simion, Noam’s brother, was an attendant.

  Harine din Togara Two Winds. The Wavemistress of clan Shodein of the Sea Folk. Her Swordmaster was Moad din Nopara Red Hawk; her Windfinder was her sister Shalon din Togara. Harine was one of the First Twelve, the twelve senior-most Wavemistresses. As a Wavemistress she rated a two-tiered, fringed red parasol. Harine was about 5'5" tall, with a full mouth and straight black hair streaked with a little white. She wore five small fat earrings in each ear, and a fatter chain than her Sailmistress. She was twenty-two years younger than her sister Shalon, who was already married when she was born. Min saw a viewing that she would be punished for the bargain she made with Rand, but also that she would be Mistress of the Ships one day. Harine had fond memories of Berelain; when she visited, they bathed together, and drank honeyed wine.

  She was designated to keep close to Rand, along with her Windfinder and her Swordmaster. She had the authority to speak for the Mistress of the Ships with Rand; her word bound the Sea Folk as would that of the Mistress of the Ships herself. Rand’s ta’veren influence forced her into admissions she would not otherwise have made, but once he departed, leaving Merana and Rafela to complete the agreement, Harine was able to force a much closer bargain than he would have liked. As a result of the Bargain, Harine was made ambassador to Rand. She, Shalon and Moad went with Cadsuane to Far Madding. During the cleansing of the taint on saidin, Harine and Min stayed in a hollow, guarded by Moad, Tomas and Erian. Afterward, Harine went to Tear and then Illian to meet with the First Twelve to select a new Mistress of the Ships, hoping to be chosen for the position. Instead, Harine was stripped, hung from her ankles and beaten as punishment for her Bargain with Rand. She was allowed to keep her position as Clan Wavemistress and resumed her duties as ambassador to Rand.

  Rand later chastised her in Arad Doman for the slowness of grain delivery, but she replied that the Seanchan were making things difficult. She made another bargain with Rand as well; she told him what the Sea Folk did about men who could channel in return for a question that she could ask of him later.

  Hark, Samwil. See Samwil Hark

  Harke, Maryl. See Maryl Harke

  Harkin, Bera. See Bera Harkin

  Harlon Bridge. A moderate-size village in Andor, ten miles from Caemlyn. Elayne and her party stayed there at one of its three inns on the way to Caemlyn to claim the throne. Adeleas recognized one of the Kin there, Garenia, as a runaway novice from years past. Kirstian also confessed to being a runaway. They were to be put back in white, and returned to the Tower for punishment, which caused a near-rebellion among the Kin until it was put down by Reanne and Alise. Adeleas was murdered while they were in the village.

  Harnan. A Tairen Redarm file leader in the Band of the Red Hand. About forty years old, he was of medium build and 5'10" tall, with brown eyes, a crude tattoo of a hawk on his left cheek, and a lantern-jaw. His brown hair, worn shorter than Mat’s, was beginning to show a little gray. He was not large, but he was hard-muscled and stronger than he looked. Both temperamentally and physically he was a solid man. During the Last Battle, Harnan and Vanin believed that the chest holding the Horn of Valere contained tabac and tried to steal it, leading Faile to think that they were Darkfriends. They fled and allowed themselves to be captured by the enemy and taken to the Field of Merrilor. When Faile arrived there and was betrayed by Aravine, he and Vanin and other prisoners broke loose and created enough confusion that Faile was able to escape.

  Harnder, Milam. See Milam Harnder

  Harnesh, Alaabar. See Alaabar Harnesh

  Harod, Master. The innkeeper at Harilin’s Leap, in Jarra, Ghealdan. He did not like the Whitecloaks after two of them went mad and tried to burn down his inn. Simion was his servant. Moiraine, Lan, Loial and Perrin stayed at the inn.

  Harril. Pritalle Nerbaijan’s Warder, who was dark and stocky. Harril accompanied Pritalle and the other Aes Sedai when they captured Egwene at Northharbor.

  Hartha. Son of Bukava and an Ogier member of the Seanchan Deathwatch Guard. Hartha had long gray mustaches, and eyes that looked like black stones. He was even more weathered and grizzled than Musenge. He was also First Gardener, which meant that he commanded the Gardeners of Tuon’s bodyguard, a rank equivalent to captain, as opposed to the Master Gardener, who commanded the Empress’s Gardeners and
all of the other Gardeners besides. Hartha had been a Gardener since before Karede’s father was born and maybe since before Karede’s grandfather. He led twenty Gardeners as part of Karede’s group searching for Tuon. After they found Tuon and Mat and their party, Hartha stayed with Mat to fight those who were trying to kill Tuon; he found Elbar among the dead and took his head to Ebou Dar.

  Haruna, Yukiri. See Yukiri Haruna

  Harvell. A Redarm in the Band of the Red Hand who helped Mat set the trap for the gholam in Caemlyn.

  Harvole, Mailaine. An Aes Sedai who lived at the time of the formation of the White Tower.

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

  Hashala. A novice in the White Tower who led Siuan, Bryne and Gawyn to Egwene when they rescued her.

  Haslin, Henre. See Henre Haslin

  Haster Nalmat. A Saldaean officer who guarded Milisair’s manor in Bandar Eban.

  Hatch. The innkeeper of The Dusty Wheel in Caemlyn. He kept a special cudgel for thumping men who looked at his pretty wife too long.

  Hattori Gatano. An Illianer Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and the loyalist contingent. Her Warder was Sleete. To escape Tower politics, Hattori volunteered to be part of the embassy to Rand; she escaped from Dumai’s Wells and was sent to Dorlan with Covarla. She was looking for a second Warder, and considered Gawyn for the position, but he refused.

  Haviar Agora. A blocky Tairen member of Cha Faile. He kept his oiled and pointed beard despite adopting the style of wearing his hair tied back with a ribbon. He and Nerion were sent to spy on Masema by Balwer and saw Masuri, Rovair and Annoura visiting Masema. They reported it to Selande and were pulled out of Masema’s camp before the attack on Malden.

  Havien Nurelle. A Lord Lieutenant in the Mayener Winged Guards. Six feet tall and slender with pink cheeks, he was about the same age as Rand, Mat and Perrin. His helmet had a single slender red plume. He hero-worshipped Perrin. He led two hundred of the Winged Guards to Dumai’s Wells, where a good half were killed after they followed Kiruna and the other Aes Sedai into the mass of Shaido. Those who survived afterward wore a yellow cord tied high on the left arm.