The Wheel of Time Companion

by Robert Jordan

  Horns. The name Ituralde’s troops called Trollocs resembling goats.

  Hornsounder. A term for one who blew the Horn of Valere.

  Hornval, Master. A Taraboner tile maker who settled in Emond’s Field as a refugee.

  Hornwell, Master and Mistress. The caretakers at one of Elayne’s estates in Andor. Master Hornwell was stout and gray-haired; Mistress Hornwell resembled her husband, except less round and less gray. Elayne and her party from Ebou Dar stayed at that estate on the way to Caemlyn.

  Hot Springs Hold. The home of Colinda, an Aiel Wise One, in the Waste.

  Houses, Game of. See Daes Dae’mar

  hoverfly. The equivalent of a helicopter in the Age of Legends.

  Hovian, Corele. See Corele Hovian

  Howal Gode. A Darkfriend merchant Rand and Mat encountered in Four Kings, Andor. Sleekly fleshy, he had soft-looking hands with a ring on every finger. He tried to talk Rand and Mat into coming with him; when Rand resisted he planned to kidnap them. He and his men were killed by lightning that Rand summoned. In a dream Rand had after, he saw Gode badly burned; Ba’alzamon turned him to dust.

  Hu. An irascible old farmer in a rooster joke.

  Hu al’Dai. A Two Rivers farmer who was the father of Bili. His farm lay between Emond’s Field and Watch Hill.

  Hu Barran. A stableman at The Winespring Inn, Emond’s Field, along with his brother Tad. He was lanky and taciturn, seldom saying more than three words strung together. Hu participated in the defense of Emond’s Field and later joined Perrin’s army at Malden against the Shaido.

  Hu Marwin. A young Two Rivers man whose farm lay between Emond’s Field and Watch Hill. He took part in the rescue of the Luhhans and Cauthons from the Whitecloaks and later accompanied Perrin to Caemlyn. Hu fought at Dumai’s Wells, and followed Perrin to Cairhien and Ghealdan. Because he was a good tracker, Hu was one of the two men Jondyn Barran took with him to search for the kidnapped Faile; the other was Get Ayliah. Jondyn, Get and Hu went after the fleeing inhabitants of Malden, but all they found was some information and a sketched map of the town.

  Huan. 1) A Seanchan so’jhin who served as High Lord Turak’s Voice. His family served the Seanchan House of Aladon for eleven generations. The left side of his head was shaved, and the hair on the right side was pale gold and worn in a braid to his shoulder. He struck Fain for not speaking properly to the High Lord; Fain later murdered him. 2) An uncle of Siuan Sanche who was a gambler and didn’t like to work; he died pulling children out of a burning building.

  Huan Mallia. The Tairen captain of the Gray Gull, which transported Mat and Thom from Tar Valon to Aringill. He was tall and blue-eyed with a dark pointed beard. He hated Aes Sedai and the Power, though he tried not to be too open about it.

  Huldin, Kely. See Kely Huldin

  hullworm. A worm that burrowed into the hull of ships.

  Hundred Companions, the. One hundred thirteen male Aes Sedai, among the most powerful of the Age of Legends, who, led by Lews Therin Telamon, launched the final stroke that ended the War of the Shadow by sealing the Dark One back into his prison. The Dark One’s counterstroke tainted saidin; the Hundred Companions went mad on the spot and began the Breaking of the World.

  hundred-heads. A creature covered in tendrils found on the bottom of ponds in Andor.

  hundred-legs. An insect with numerous legs.

  hundredarms. A tentacled creature found in the bottom of Waterwood ponds.

  Hundredman. A Whitecloak soldier whose rank was between an officer and a common soldier, and who theoretically commanded one hundred men.

  Hunt, the Last. The wolves’ term for the Last Battle.

  Hunt, Wild. See Wild Hunt

  Hunters of the Horn. Individuals who took part in the Great Hunt of the Horn, a hunt called to search for the Horn of Valere. Festivities for the hunt took place in Illian and coincided with the Feast of Teven. It was claimed that the tradition dated back to the Age of Legends.

  Hurd. A man who worked as a stablehand for Toke Fearnim in Jurador, a salt town in Altara.

  Hurin. A Shienaran sniffer and thief-taker whose obligation was to Lord Agelmar. He was about 5'10" tall, and lean, with a lined face and graying hair worn long. He had a longish nose that he rubbed. Hurin’s wife was Melia. He wore a short-bladed sword, and a notched sword-breaker hung at his belt, along with a cudgel. Hurin traveled to Cairhien and Maradon professionally. He could smell violence, not evil, and could track those who did the violence, though the track faded over time, greater violence taking a longer time to fade. He could not always tell a Darkfriend by smell. With Rand and others on the hunt for the Horn of Valere, he wound up at Falme, when Mat blew the Horn. Hurin returned to Shienar carrying word of Rand as the Dragon Reborn. The news sparked some skirmishes in Shienar and Arafel. Hurin reconnected with Rand before the Last Battle. He died helping to repel a Trolloc attack on Polov Heights during the Last Battle.

  Hurn, Rowan. See Rowan Hurn

  Hyam Kinch. An Andoran farmer who gave Mat and Rand a ride on their way to Caemlyn. An older man, quiet but friendly, he offered to let Rand and Mat stay at his house while Rand recovered. He knew that they were running from something, but didn’t believe that they were Darkfriends.

  Hyran. A man who was Nicola’s intended. He became a follower of the Prophet and was killed when someone split his head with an axe.

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  Iagin Handar. A Defender of the Stone in Tear. He was stocky, with a puckered scar that ran from his forehead across the bridge of his nose down to his jaw; he earned the scar when the Trollocs attacked the Stone. When Rand Traveled into the Heart of the Stone with Cadsuane, Handar was guarding it.

  Ianelle. One of Tuon’s sul’dam. She held Lidya’s leash, and was the one who caned her for her Foretelling. She did not like punishing Lidya, and smiled when Tuon told her she could put ointment on Lidya’s welts. She was part of Karede’s group that searched for Tuon when she was missing. She was present at Tuon’s audience when Beslan swore to Tuon, although her name was recorded there as “Lanelle.”

  Ianor. One of the group of Shienaran soldiers who joined Lan in eastern Kandor as he traveled toward Tarwin’s Gap. Andere told the protesting Lan that he had run into a group of soldiers, including Ianor, before meeting Lan, and had told them to wait along the southern roadway for Lan and his men to come along.

  Ibrella. A novice in Salidar with the rebels; her potential strength level was 14(2). She was born in 980 NE in a village a few days’ travel from Salidar. Ibrella was enrolled in the novice book in 999 NE by the rebels in Salidar after Elayne and Nynaeve reached the village. She wanted to see how big a flame she could make with the Power and nearly set fire to a novice class that Elayne was teaching.

  ice pepper. An edible pepper from Saldaea whose fruit was long, white and very hot. It was a valuable commodity cargo.

  Idrelle Menford. A lanky, hard-eyed Accepted with a long nose. She often wore a frown. She taught a novice class that Egwene disrupted by juggling balls of fire. Egwene embarrassed Idrelle in her first class teaching novices by outdoing anything Idrelle could possibly try.

  Idrien Tarsin. A Cairhienin woman who was the Headmistress of the Academy of Cairhien. She took the title of Headmistress because everyone else was calling themselves Master of This and Mistress of That. She was 5'5" tall, and stocky, and straight-backed enough to make her seem a head taller than she was. There was more gray than black in her hair, and her voice was surprisingly sweet and youthful, a startling contrast to her blunt face. It hardened, though, with students and teachers; Idrien held a tight rein on the school. She preferred practical things to flighty, and would rather have not had to deal with philosophers, historians and arithmetists. Before she became Headmistress, she designed a giant crossbow that the Cairhienin used against the Shaido who were besieging the city; it hurled a small spear a full mile hard enough to drive through a man. Idrien found Herid Fel torn limb from limb in his study.

  Ieine. A Kin and a member of the K
nitting Circle in Ebou Dar. She wore the red belt of a Wise Woman. Her strength level was 31(19); she was not strong enough to make a gateway of any size whatsoever. Born in 629 NE, she went to the White Tower in 646 NE. She was nine years a novice and was put out of the Tower after refusing to begin the test for Accepted the third time. Of medium build and about 5'8" tall, she was very dark and pretty, despite lines at the corners of her eyes. She had a little gray in her hair. Ieine was in on the capture of Ispan, and forced her ahead by twisting her arm up into her back and clutching the back of her neck with her fist—half terrified of manhandling an Aes Sedai, half determined. She was present at a meeting with the Windfinders in the Tarasin Palace, and part of manipulating them, on orders from Elayne and Nynaeve. Ieine traveled to Caemlyn with Elayne from Ebou Dar.

  Ifeyina. A Far Dareis Mai who went to Maradon with Rand.

  Igaine Luin. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 476 to 520 NE. Igaine was an Amyrlin of average strength, chosen in large part because she would lead the Tower away from the open involvement in the world that her four predecessors had espoused.

  Ihvon. One of Alanna’s two Warders. He had dark hair and dark eyes and was tall, slender and whipcord tough. When Perrin’s band was ambushed by Trollocs in the Two Rivers, Ihvon saved Perrin from a Myrddraal and led the band to the Tinkers’ camp. He and Tomas showed the Emond’s Fielders how to build catapults and participated in the defense of Emond’s Field. He also fought at Dumai’s Wells and accompanied Alanna and Cadsuane to Far Madding.

  Ijaz Mountains. A region in Seanchan famous for its high-quality kaf.

  Ikane Bridge. A bridge in Far Madding connecting the city via the Illian Gate to the mainland at a town called Daigan.

  Ila. A Tuatha’an woman who was Raen’s wife and Aram’s grandmother. Plump, with gray hair and smooth cheeks, she made Egwene, Perrin and Elyas welcome when they visited the Tinker camp, and helped Faile and Perrin when he was injured by Trollocs. She was devastated when Aram gave up the Way of the Leaf and refused to speak to him. In the Last Battle, she and Raen helped with the wounded.

  Ilain Dormaile. Moiraine’s banker in Tar Valon, a Cairhienin. She was slim, graying and a hand shorter than Moiraine. Her elder brother was Moiraine’s father’s banker in Cairhien, and handled Moiraine’s affairs there as well. A Cairhienin man visited Ilain, claiming to be a member of the Tower Guard and presenting a letter purported to be from the Amyrlin Seat, demanding to see Moiraine’s financial information. Ilain recognized that the signature was a forgery and imprisoned the man. He bribed one of her employees and escaped before the real Tower Guards arrived. Ilain had her employee strapped and hired him out as bilgeboy on a rivership; he was to be put ashore penniless unless he persuaded the captain to keep him on.

  Ileande. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

  Illeisien. An Aes Sedai uncommitted to any faction. She and four other sisters stumbled on Tenobia’s preparations to march to meet the other Borderland monarchs, somehow learned of her intentions and accompanied Tenobia south. In Tenobia’s view, they were even more intent on secrecy than she.

  Illian. Both a country and its capital city on the Sea of Storms. Its sigil was nine golden bees arranged in a diamond, from top to bottom 1-2-3-2-1: the Golden Bees. Its banner was the Golden Bees on a field of dark green and ringed in gold if flown where the sovereign was present.

  The nation of Illian took its name from the eponymous city. It was founded in roughly FY 1094 by Lord Nicoli Merseneos den Ballin, who captured the city of Illian in that year and quickly gained a following among the nobles and people of the region. He was considered a fair, just and intelligent, if not always wise, ruler, and people tired of nearly a hundred years of warfare flocked to support him. His House ruled Illian for nearly three hundred years, until it died out in all but the most distant lines.

  Supposedly the King, styled Anointed by the Light, King of Illian, Lion of the Coast, Defender of the Sea of Storms, was the absolute ruler, advised by the Council of Nine and the Assemblage. Historically, the King, the Council of Nine and the Assemblage actually had engaged in a three-way struggle for real power since the nation was founded. First one had the upper hand, then another. The Council of the Nine were powerful noblemen, and the Assemblage was an elected body chosen by the merchants and guilds, including the craft guilds. Ordinary shopkeepers had no vote unless they were members of a guild. The man in the street certainly had no vote.

  Illian was traditionally where the Great Hunt for the Horn of Valere was called. Those wanting to take the oath as Hunters came to swear in the great square in the city, the Square of Tammaz. When the Hunt was called in 998 NE, it was the first calling in some four hundred years. Illianers believed that the Horn should be brought to Illian—returned, they called it, though without a shred of proof that the Horn had ever been in Illian. Nevertheless Illianers believed that whoever found it would take it there, where it would be used by their king or queen to summon the Heroes of the Horn for the Last Battle. It was said that Illianers would follow the Dark One himself if he came bearing the Horn of Valere.

  As in most nations, the army of Illian in fact consisted primarily of levies raised by various nobles. Most noblewomen used a lance-captain to actually command their forces when they took to the field. Noblemen were expected to lead whether or not they were fit to do so.

  In Illian, there was much more chance for a commoner to rise to rank than in most nations. A good many officers serving various nobles and in the Companions were commoners.

  The heart of the Illianer army, and the only standing unit, was the Companions, which were in effect the King’s bodyguard. They also provided such standing garrisons as the King maintained in various parts of the country. They did not provide police forces in the city of Illian; there was a City Watch there. In total, the Companions numbered between five thousand and six thousand men. There were a fair number of foreigners among the Companions, though no Tairens, Altarans or Murandians. It was not unusual for foreign commoners to rise to rank among the Companions, though command of the Companions was very seldom, if ever, attained by a foreigner.

  The Companions’ breastplates were worked with the Nine Bees, usually burnished; they wore pointed, conical steel helmets with face-bars; and green coats, with cuffs ringed with yellow or gold braid for officers. Officers also wore plumes on their helmets. The First Captain had four rings of gold braid on his cuffs; his helmet bore three thin, golden plumes. The Second Captain had three rings of gold braid on his cuffs; his helmet also bore three thin plumes, but his were gold-tipped green. Lieutenants had two yellow rings on their cuffs, and two green plumes on their helmets. Under-lieutenants had one yellow ring on each cuff, and one green plume on their helmets. Bannermen had two broken rings of yellow on each cuff, and wore a single thin yellow plume. Squadmen had a single broken ring of yellow on each cuff, and wore no plumes.

  Tam al’Thor served with the Companions for years, and rose to become Second Captain before returning to Two Rivers after the Aiel War. Demetre Marcolin served under Tam in the Aiel War, and later became their leader as First Captain. The Companions fought in Rand’s campaign against the Seanchan, and in the Last Battle.

  Illian had no naval forces, as such. When pirates appeared, one or more nobles were ordered to raise sufficient forces to put them down; the same rules applied when there was any other need for naval action.

  Marriages were sometimes arranged in Illian, sometimes between people who had never met. These marriages were arranged by the mothers, or by aunts if the mothers were dead. The bride-to-be was sometimes consulted and sometimes not; consulting her was considered a concession or favor. For that matter, the groom-to-be was sometimes consulted and sometimes not, but more often not. It was possible for both to be informed of their impending nuptials only after everything had been arranged. This happened among common folk as well as among nobles.

  The city, and indeed the nation, celebrated a great many feasts an
d festivals, often with one running right into another, or sometimes even overlapping. While Illianers normally were a fairly sober lot, in particular inhabitants of the city, these feasts and festivals were usually typified by a carnival atmosphere, costumes that often showed too much flesh, drinking, carousing and license, though not to the extent of Cairhienin during the Feast of Lights. Still, Illianers plainly let down their hair during festivals and feasts, relaxing from their normal sobriety.

  There were guilds in Illian, but they were not so pervasive as in Altara, Kandor and Arafel. The Assemblage gave them, collectively, a great deal of power. Shipbuilding was important, especially in the city, as well as the making of rope, sails, pitch and all things needed for shipbuilding. Seaborne trade was life’s blood to the city; there was great competition over this with Tear, Ebou Dar and the Sea Folk. This competition contributed to the wars between Illian and Tear. Perfume was a major export, and there was glassmaking, most especially mirrors and fine bowls and first-rate looking glasses. Illian was famous for the best work in silver and gold, and for clocks, which, along with those of Tear, were considered second only to those of the Sea Folk for accuracy. Illian produced cutlery of high quality, though not the finest, which was from Andor. The weaving of cloth and carpets was also practiced. Olives were cultivated, producing oil for lamps and cooking; Illian was a major source of oil for lamps. Illian also produced beef, leather and leather goods; the city claimed to produce the best leather in the world, and though others might have had as good, in truth none made better. The Illianer reputation was certainly for the finest and best. Wine, cheese, weapons and pearls were other products of Illian.

  Illian Gate, the. One of the gates in Far Madding.

  Illuminators. See Guild of Illuminators

  Illusion. 1) A state of consciousness related to what is experienced as reality, according to the beliefs of the Amayar. Timna, an Amayar on Tremalking, smiled to think she might see the end of Illusion, a state extant prior to the fulfillment of prophecy. 2) A weave, also known as Mask of Mirrors or Mirror of Mists, which allowed one to change one’s appearance. See also Time of Illusions