The Wheel of Time Companion

by Robert Jordan

  Illustrious and Honored Guild of Bookers. The guild in Ebou Dar that regulated betting. They wore red vests with open books embroidered on the breast. Bookers also took bets on whether cargo would arrive, a form of insurance.

  Ilyena Therin Moerelle. Also known as Ilyena Sunhair, born Ilyena Moerelle Dalisar, she was the wife of Lews Therin Telamon. In his madness caused by the taint on saidin, Lews Therin killed her, their children, and every person who was related to him.

  Iman. The capital city of Safer, one of the Ten Nations after the Breaking; it was later the site of Katar in Arad Doman.

  Imfaral. The sixth-largest city in Seanchan and home of the Towers of Midnight. It came up when Tuon thought about omens and how they were the same no matter the location.

  Imran. A sept of the Shaarad Aiel.

  Imre Stand. The site of a Trolloc attack in the Aiel Waste, while Rand and the Aiel were passing through on their way from Rhuidean to Cold Rocks Hold.

  inacal. The name given by Demandred to captives taken by the Sharans.

  ina’ta. A plant growing in the Waste. Its bark was good for starting a fire.

  Inala. A Domani novice in the White Tower whom Egwene recruited and linked with to fight the Seanchan.

  Incastar. A place where there was an enclave afraid of progress. It was in the area of Far Madding during the Age of Legends.

  Indirian. A man of the Chane Rocks sept of the Codarra Aiel who was the clan chief of the Codarra. His hold was Red Springs Hold and his Wise One was Sarinde. Jalys was his wife. Indirian was 6'4" tall and weighed 180 pounds—the heat of the Waste had melted away every spare ounce of flesh and a few more besides. His cheekbones stood out sharply, and his eyes glittered like emeralds set in caves. He had thinning white hair, thick white eyebrows and a long nose. His voice was deep and rich, which was a shock coming from such a gaunt face. When Rand was kidnapped, Indirian wanted to attack the White Tower. He was with Rand in Cairhien. Rand sent him to help deal with the Shaido, and later sent him and others to Arad Doman to bring order.

  Indrahar. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

  Ines. A woman in the rebel camp below Cairhien. She was a darkly handsome woman with a long hard face, well-practiced in anger. When Min and Rand visited the camp, Darlin told Ines and Rovair to give them their horses.

  Ines Demain. A widowed noblewoman from Chachin who named her son Rahien because she saw the dawn come up over Dragonmount. Rahien was born in a farmhouse almost two miles from Dragonmount the day after the Aiel began their retreat from Tar Valon. When Moiraine and Siuan wanted to interview Ines, she was in seclusion at the Aesdaishar Palace, mourning her husband, who had fallen over dead in his breakfast porridge. He was a much older man, but she loved him. She was given ten rooms and a garden on the south side of the palace; her husband had been a close friend to Prince Brys. She remained to herself a full month, seeing no one but close family. Her servants only came out when absolutely necessary. Siuan flirted with one of her servants to get the details of Rahien’s birth.

  Ingathering of the Lances. A term used by Agelmar to describe the Shienarans coming together to defend their border.

  Ingtar Shinowa. A Shienaran lord and soldier who was also a Darkfriend. His sigil was the Gray Owl. Ingtar greeted Moiraine, Rand and their party when they reached Fal Dara and took them to Lord Agelmar. When Moiraine and the others started for the Blight, he led them to the Blightborder, although he was worried that he would miss the battle at Tarwin’s Gap. At a meeting of Darkfriends, Ingtar received orders, and when he encountered Rand and a Myrddraal, he sent Rand away and went with the Fade to free Fain. After the Horn of Valere was stolen, Ingtar led the men south to find it, with Hurin as his guide. When Rand, Hurin and Loial crossed to the parallel world, he worried that he wouldn’t be able to follow the Horn, but Perrin stepped up and helped him follow. Ingtar and his men arrived in Cairhien just after the Horn had been stolen again. He went with Rand to Barthanes’ manor, Stedding Tsofu and through the Portal Stone to Toman Head. He led the party into Falme, where they recovered the Horn and the dagger. After confessing to Rand, he sacrificed himself to save Rand and the others.

  Inishlinni. Inhabitants of Inishlinn, a place in Murandy where its citizens identified more with the place than the country. Anaiya brought up the Inishlinni when telling Moiraine about how quickly the Murandians had dealt with a false Dragon, surprising for such a proud, independent people. They probably took such quick action for fear that someone would take it as an excuse to raid their country.

  Inlow, Master. The innkeeper at The Queen’s Man, between Four Kings and Caemlyn in Andor. He was willing to hire Rand and Mat to perform for his customers, but Rand took sick, and he wanted them to leave. Mat threatened to take Rand into the common room if Inlow didn’t help; he gave them some food and allowed them to sleep in his barn, where Mili Skane tried to kill them.

  Inner City. The older part of Caemlyn, Ogier-built, that contained the Royal Palace. It was ringed by tall white walls. This part of the city was hilly, and streets spiraled upward, following the contours of its hills, rising past towers glittering in a hundred colors toward the golden domes and pale spires of the Royal Palace perched atop the highest hill. The Mondel Gate was an entrance to the Inner City.

  Innina Darenhold. A Taraboner Aes Sedai of Red Ajah and the loyalist contingent. Innina took part in the kidnapping of Rand from Cairhien and was captured at Dumai’s Wells. She was treated as da’tsang by the Aiel until, under Verin’s Compulsion, she found reason to swear oath to Rand, which she had done before Cadsuane departed Cairhien for Far Madding. Innina and the other Reds among the captives were the very last to swear.

  Innloine Damodred. Moiraine’s sister. A warm and loving mother, she was not very bright, but she was very stubborn.

  Instructions, Theory of. A philosophical theory known to the Aes Sedai that fell out of favor. It was mentioned by Sarene while entering Far Madding.

  inverted weave. A weave manipulated in such a way that only the channeler could see it.

  Iona. Bethamin’s sul’dam roommate in Ebou Dar. Iona favored the local brandy, which she kept in a flask.

  Ionin Spring Inn. An inn in Altara that Egwene passed while traveling through Tel’aran’rhiod in the flesh to Salidar.

  Ionin Spring. A village in Altara. Egwene passed by while on the way to Salidar, riding in the flesh while in Tel’aran’rhiod.

  Iralell, River. A river flowing southwest from the Spine of the World to the River Erinin, halfway between Aringill and Tear.

  Iralin. A dockmaster in Bandar Eban. He was clean-shaven and willowy. As Rand was leaving Bandar Eban, Iralin reported that all of the food on the docks and aboard Sea Folk ships had spoiled. When Rand returned, Iralin had put up barricades to keep people from the spoiled food. He and Rand boarded a Sea Folk ship and found food that was not spoiled. Rand made Iralin the Steward of Bandar Eban and named him to the Council of Merchants.

  Irella. A skinny Accepted whom Nynaeve fought with and who dragged Else Grinwell by the ear.

  Irenvelle. A nation that arose from the War of the Hundred Years.

  Irgain Fatamed. A Domani Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and the loyalist contingent. Born in 931 NE, she went to the White Tower in 946 NE. After spending six years as a novice and six years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 958 NE. She had bright blue eyes, unusual for a Domani. Irgain was part of the follow-on party to the embassy sent by Elaida to Rand in Cairhien. At Dumai’s Wells Irgain was one of three sisters stilled by Rand during his escape, and she was captured. She had two Warders; one dropped dead from the shock when she was stilled, and the other was killed fighting the Shaido. She was not treated as da’tsang by the Aiel, but Verin still used her Compulsion on her, and she found a reason to swear oath to Rand. Irgain was Healed by Damer Flinn, in Cairhien. She was restored to full strength, as near as anyone could tell. After her stilling and Healing, she was no longer held by the Three Oaths.

  Irinjavar. A battle
site in Saldaea where Bashere’s forces fought Mazrim Taim when he was a false Dragon. Taim claimed that he had Bashere beaten there until the visions of Rand appeared in the sky.

  Iron Mountain. A sept of the Taardad Aiel.

  Ironhand, Balwen. See Balwen Mayel

  Isam Mandragoran. Lan’s cousin, who as an infant fled Malkier with his mother, Breyan ti Malcain Mandragoran, as it was being overrun, and was not seen again. In the Blight the Dark One made him into a sort of hybrid with Luc Mantear. See Slayer

  Isan. A Maiden of the Jarra sept of the Chareen Aiel who died at Dumai’s Wells. Rand added her name to the list of women who had died for him.

  Isebaille Tobanyi. A historical Domani Aes Sedai who surrendered her brothers and the throne of Arad Doman to enemies on orders from the White Tower. Faile told Perrin the story as an example of Aes Sedai doing what the White Tower told them to.

  Isebele. The ruler of Dal Calain, a country that disappeared during the Trolloc Wars. Isebele made Amyrlin Seat Anghara come to her. Mat thought that Tylin was like Isebele, who was in one of his memories given him by the Eelfinn.

  Iselle Arrel. The daughter of Edeyn Arrel. She was born in 962 NE and died in a fall in Chachin in 979 NE. Her death was supposedly an accident, and was the reason that her mother retired from life. Prince Brys and his son, Diryk, died at the same time. All were victims of Merean Redhill, a Black sister, who was part of the male channeler pogrom.

  Isendre. The beautiful Darkfriend mistress of the peddler Kadere, encountered in the Waste. She was dark-haired with a palely beautiful heart-shaped face and a smoky voice. She dressed in a manner more suited to a palace than the Waste and swayed enticingly when she walked. Her Darkfriend assignment was to work her way into Rand’s affections, but her progress was thwarted by the Aiel Maidens, who beat her for her behavior. Isendre stole from some of the Maidens, and Lanfear stole more and put it with what Isendre had stolen. As punishment, Isendre was worked hard by the Maidens and was allowed to wear only huge quantities of the jewelry she supposedly stole. After she kept trying to get into Rand’s bed, the Maidens named her da’tsang and worked her harder. When they caught her sneaking into Asmodean’s tent—she had been ordered to keep an eye on him as well as Rand—they stuffed her into his tent often. Isendre still tried to get near Rand, and the Maidens shaved all of her hair and beat her with nettles. She told Kadere she would not try anymore, and that Rand was bedding Aviendha. Kadere, realizing that Isendre had been broken, strangled her, butchered her body and hid the remains. The Maidens searched for her, but found nothing.

  Ishamael. A Forsaken whose name before going to the Shadow was Elan Morin Tedronai. He was also known as Ba’alzamon, Heart of the Dark, and Soul of the Shadow. Elan Morin was one of the foremost philosophers of his time, possibly the foremost. His books (among them Analysis of Perceived Meaning, Reality and the Absence of Meaning and The Disassembly of Reason), while too erudite for wide popularity, were extremely influential in many areas beyond philosophy, most especially the arts. Among the first to turn to the Shadow, he called for the complete destruction of the old order—in fact, the complete destruction of everything. His public announcement of his pledge, coming from a world-respected figure at a time when famine, plagues and massive riots were racking a world that had never known them, in the middle of a conference called to discuss dealing with these problems, sparked even greater riots. It was Elan Morin who simultaneously announced to the world for the first time what it was that they faced. Although he never held a field command, he was the Dark One’s top captain-general and the most powerful of the Forsaken in the use of the One Power. Not as tall as Lews Therin, he looked like a handsome man of middle years, except for his dark eyes and cruel lips; he had a mellifluous voice. Ishamael at first believed that he had escaped the entrapment at Shayol Ghul, and indeed he was free to move and confront Lews Therin. That began driving him mad. He believed that the Dark One was sealed away again forever, and that he was left alive, but without immortality, in a world which was rapidly being destroyed. The only good point was that his connection to the Dark One held, protecting him from the taint on saidin. Some time after Lews Therin’s death, though, he discovered that he had not escaped at all. He began to fade, to grow tenuous, until he was drawn into the trap of the seals.

  Roughly a thousand years later, though, the process reversed itself; he began to find himself back in the world of men, first at intervals, in a wispy form, then more solidly, until finally he seemed to be again whole and in the ordinary world. The result of his efforts that time was the Trolloc Wars, but he was not able to do more than get them started, really. He founded the Black Ajah in this period; there had been sisters who were Darkfriends before, but he was responsible for organizing them. That had a more long-lasting effect in many ways than did the Trolloc Wars. Within a matter of twenty years or so, the process reversed itself again, and he faded back into the seals.

  The second time the cycle cast him out, in the same slow way, he found a world being unified (the “known” part of it, anyway) by Artur Hawkwing. He was able to turn Hawkwing’s distrust of Aes Sedai into something more, resulting in the twenty-year siege of Tar Valon and the price on Aes Sedai heads. When the process of being drawn back into the seals began again, and he realized that he was doomed to this cycle, he tried to destroy Hawkwing’s empire and humanity with a new Trolloc invasion, but Hawkwing’s army beat it back handily. That drove him mad.

  The third time the cycle cast him out, it was to discover that the Dragon had been reborn. He knew this meant that the seals must be weakening; the Pattern was preparing itself for the Last Battle. His chance of breaking the cycle was at hand, and so was his chance to stand high in the favor of the Dark One, by finding and turning the Dragon Reborn. He was unsuccessful, being bested by Rand al’Thor twice and killed by him. The Dark One resurrected him and gave him a new body and a new name: Moridin. See also Moridin

  Ishar Morrad Chuain. Aginor’s/Osan’gar’s name in life in the Age of Legends.

  Ishara Maravaile. The first Queen of Andor (circa FY 994–1020). At the death of Artur Hawkwing, Ishara convinced her husband, one of Hawkwing’s foremost generals, to raise the siege of Tar Valon and accompany her to Caemlyn with as many soldiers as he could break away from the army. Where others tried to seize the whole of Hawkwing’s empire and failed, Ishara took a firm hold on a small part and succeeded. She became queen rather than he king for the simple reason that she was native to the province, while he was from the Borderlands, most probably from Jaramide. Ishara sent her daughter to the White Tower to gain the Tower’s acquiescence in, if not outright support for, her actions. A son would have succeeded Ishara had not all her sons fallen. To keep the line in control of Andor, her daughter Alesinde took the throne. Nearly every noble House in Andor contained some of Ishara’s blood, and the right to claim the Lion Throne depended both on direct descent from her and on the number of lines of connection to her that could be established.

  Ishara Nawan. An Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 419 to 454 NE. Ishara was a strong Amyrlin; she continued the policies of her predecessors in a modified way. Under her the Tower was involved in fewer wars than under Nirelle but more than under Suilin. She gained considerable influence for the Tower, but also entangled the Tower in several dangerous situations that came to a head only after her death.

  Ishigari Terasian. A nobleman, advisor and general to King Paitar of Arafel. He always looked as if he had just risen from a stupor after a drunken feast. He was about 5'10" tall, and very fat. His coat was usually rumpled, his eyes bleary and his cheeks unshaven. Though he was not as good a general as Agelmar, he was good. Ishigari accompanied Paitar to his meeting with the Borderlanders and on the hunt for Rand.

  islands. Large spaces like flat-topped hills in the Ways, connected with ramps and bridges.

  Islands of the Dead. The Atha’an Miere name for Seanchan, from which no Sea Folk ships had ever returned.

  Is
les of the Sea Folk. The main group was roughly south of Illian and Mayene, scattered throughout the Sea of Storms. It was made up of one large island, and many smaller islands of untold number. Other groups of islands that served as homeports to the Sea Folk were scattered throughout the Sea of Storms and the Aryth Ocean, including the largest, Tremalking, off the Taraboner/Amadician coast.

  Ismic, Lord. The brother-in-law of Queen Ethenielle of Kandor; Ethenielle arranged his marriage to her widowed sister Nazelle.

  Ispan Shefar. A Taraboner Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah in public but of the Black Ajah in truth, with a strength level of 17(5). Born in 891 NE, she went to the White Tower in 908 NE. After spending six years as a novice and eight years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 922 NE. She had dark hair, worn in a multitude of beaded braids in the Tarabon fashion, brown eyes and full lips. Ispan was disgusted by and frightened of spiders, insects, snakes and rats; she did not react well to exposure to them. She was, by nature, one of those who lorded it over everyone she was superior to, and believed that she was superior to everyone. Ispan was tempestuous, and could become passionately heated about things. She was one of the original thirteen members of the Black Ajah who fled the White Tower. She, along with Falion, was sent to Ebou Dar by Moghedien to find a cache of items of the One Power. She kissed Moghedien’s hem when learning of her task. She was captured in the Rahad and later killed by Careane, another member of the Black Ajah, to prevent her from giving up any secrets.

  Istaban Novares. One of the founders of Tear. See also Tear

  itch oak. A noxious weed.

  itchweed. A weed that Siuan as a novice used to wash a disliked Accepted’s shift to torment her.

  Ituralde. A Domani family. See Rodel and Tamsin Ituralde