The Wheel of Time Companion

by Robert Jordan

  Jol. One of Kin Tovere’s apprentice lensmakers in Cairhien. He helped set up the large looking glasses on a tower before the battle for Cairhien.

  Jolien. A woman of the Salt Flat sept of the Nakai Aiel and Far Dareis Mai. She had red-gold hair and blue eyes. Sent across the Spine of the World to find He Who Comes With the Dawn, she helped rescue Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne from brigands and a Myrddraal near Jurene. In the battle for Cairhien, Rand’s collapsing tower broke her neck. Rand added her name to the list of women who had died for him.

  Joline Maza. An Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 17(5). Born in 899 NE, she went to the White Tower in 913 NE. After spending seven years as a novice and five years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 925 NE. About 5'4" tall, with dark brown hair worn just below the shoulders and large brown eyes, she was slender and quite pretty. Her Warders were Blaeric Negina and Fen Mizar. Joline was raised a Sitter for the Green in 999 NE, replacing Faiselle Darone; she served on Elaida’s advisory council. She was given penance by Elaida, to be devised by Joline herself and increased if insufficient. That penance was to abstain from embracing saidar during the time of her penance, partaking of only unsalted broth, bread and water, spending several hours each day kneeling on a stone floor and praying aloud to be made more worthy of being Aes Sedai, spending several more hours a day at hard, demeaning, physical labor and being visited in her apartments each morning by Silviana, who physically chastised her.

  She was unchaired by Elaida shortly thereafter and ordered to go with Teslyn to Ebou Dar. When they learned that Elayne and Nynaeve were going to leave the city, Teslyn gave Joline forkroot so she would not get in their way. The Seanchan invaded the city and Joline went into hiding, helped by Setalle Anan. Mat agreed to get her and others in danger out of the city, which he did, and they joined up with Valan Luca’s circus. They all eventually joined up with the Band of the Red Hand, continuing their travels, and Joline took part in fighting a large Seanchan force that was looking for Tuon. After helping to fight off the crazed citizens of Hinderstap, Joline and others departed from the Band by horse, and returned to the White Tower.

  jolly-bag. A Taraboner term used to signify a jumble or mass of confusion.

  Jolvaine Pass. A passage in the Maraside Mountains, on the southern border of modern-day Cairhien. It was the site of a famous battle between Artur Hawkwing and Guaire Amalasan.

  Jom. A man from the Age of Legends. He was wide-shouldered with a narrow beard and dark hair that hung to his shoulders and was gathered at the back of his neck. He ran into Charn on the street, and was irritated until he realized that Charn was Aiel.

  Jon. A blacksmith in Jarra, Ghealdan. Rilith, who was young enough to be his daughter, suddenly asked him to marry her, and he did, setting off a rash of weddings. All were precipitated by Rand passing through town.

  Jon Ayellin. A Two Rivers farmer. He was bald and hulking. Jon and Thad Torfinn went to Faile to settle the boundaries of their fields; since neither knew the true boundaries, she told them to split the difference. Jon joined Perrin’s army at Malden and was present when Mah’alleinir was forged.

  Jon Gaelin. A Two Rivers farmer. His farm lay on the North Road. When Perrin convinced Jac al’Seen to go to Emond’s Field for safety during the Trolloc incursion, Jac said that he could reach Jon’s farm before sunset. Jon later joined Perrin’s army at Malden.

  Jon Skellit. A barber in the Royal Palace in Caemlyn who served in the palace under Morgase. He was later identified as a spy in the pay of House Arawn; he was twice seen accepting a purse from men known to favor House Arawn. He was convinced to spy for Elayne by Reene Harfor.

  Jon Thane. The miller of Emond’s Field and a member of the Village Council. His son Lem also saw the Fade that Mat, Rand and Perrin did. Jon sold Cloud, the horse that Rand rode out of Emond’s Field, to Lan. A lone Trolloc who wandered off from his fist attacked Jon and another man; Alanna and Verin Healed them. During the defense of Emond’s Field, Jon and Samel Crawe led the forces east of the town; Jon had seen the smoke of his mill burning earlier, and was grimly determined to prevail over the Trollocs.

  Jonai. A Da’shain Aiel man who lived at the time of the Breaking. The son of Coumin, he married Alnora, a Dreamer, and they had three children: Adan, Esole and Willim. Solinda had Jonai lead the Aiel out of Paaran Disen, taking wagons filled with chora cuttings and objects of the Power to a place of safety. He began with thousands of wagons, but was occasionally forced to leave some behind, which he hated. Esole died young, and Willim was sent away when he began to channel. Alnora died shortly before Adan encountered an Aes Sedai who told them that Ishamael still touched the world. Adan and Jonai encountered Ogier who were seeking their stedding. Just before dying of a heart attack, Jonai told Adan to take the Aiel south and to keep the Covenant.

  Jonan Adley. An Asha’man from Altara. He was born in 974 NE in the north near the border with Andor and Murandy. He could channel just enough to make a gateway of usable size. Jonan was about four years older than Rand. He tilted his head when he asked a question, or listened. His hair was nearly black, and his eyebrows were as thick as caterpillars; he worked them when thinking. Jonan was chosen to accompany Rand after Dumai’s Wells, was a soldier as of the attack on Illian and was raised to Dedicated by Rand afterward. He went from the Illian invasion army to tell Rand that the army had reached the hillforts and that Sammael was there. Jonan was killed in the hills between Ebou Dar and the Venir Mountains during the attack on the Seanchan in Altara, when Rand’s last attempt to call lightning down with Callandor went wild.

  Jonasim. A queen of Saldaea whose son had a gambling problem. Faile used her as an example to Perrin when she was arguing that no leader was perfect.

  Jondyn Barran. An old Two Rivers man who was respected by the Aiel as a skilled woodsman. A grizzled fellow who liked to spit, Jondyn was the best bowshot in the Two Rivers except for Tam and a better hunter than anybody. Jondyn liked the forests and hunting, but he was considered disreputable because he hadn’t tended a flock or plowed a field since he had been old enough to leave his father’s farm. He drank too much on feastdays, but he could track yesterday’s shadows. He was one of the few older men who went with Perrin when he left Emond’s Field the second time. He fought at Dumai’s Wells. Jondyn, Get and Hu went after the fleeing inhabitants of Malden, but all they got was some information and a sketched map of the town.

  Jongai, Stedding. A stedding located in Saldaea.

  Joni Shagrin. An Andoran man who was once a Senior Bannerman of the Queen’s Guards. He was big, and what little hair he still had was white. He looked as hard as an oak stump. When Siuan, Leane and Min were being taken to Bryne’s estate after their trial, Logain knocked Joni out with a stone to free them. Joni went with Gareth Bryne to track down Siuan; despite the lump on his head he held no animus toward the three women. After they reached Salidar, Bryne sent Joni to Ebou Dar to recruit. He was made a captain, fought in the Last Battle, and was killed on the Kandor-Arafel border. Joni had always wanted to die in battle.

  Jonine. A sept of the Shaido Aiel.

  Jonneth Dowtry. A young man from Emond’s Field. He was the grandson of Buel Dowtry. Taim recruited him and he became a soldier at the Black Tower. His entire family moved to the Black Tower village when he went. He joined with Androl to oppose Taim. When rescuing Logain, Jonneth shot Coteren with his Two Rivers bow and killed him. Logain promised to raise him to full Asha’man. Theodrin followed him around during the Last Battle and Healed him when he was injured; Pevara thought that she would bond him. When he and Androl and their party went after the seals, Jonneth disguised himself as an ordinary Darkfriend. Instead of searching for Sakarnen, Demandred’s sa’angreal, as Logain ordered, Jonneth went with Androl to protect the dragons; they eventually captured Alviarin and several Darkfriend Asha’man in a stedding.

  Jophil. Lan’s bald Malkieri standard-bearer in the Last Battle.

  Jorath, Widow.
A woman in Jarra, Ghealdan, who dragged old Banas through the wedding arches after Rand passed through town.

  Jorgin. A purported chandler who was actually a talented torturer; he worked for Milisair Chadmar.

  Jorhald, Tesien. See Tesien Jorhald

  Jori. Morvrin’s Warder. He was about 5'4" tall, and almost as wide as he was tall. Bald and square-faced, he carried one sword on his back.

  Jori Congar. A Two Rivers man. He was skinny although he ate twice as much as anyone else and looked as if he had not had a bite in a week. An excellent shot with the bow, he also liked to drink until he could not stand, and to steal small objects. Jori followed Perrin to Caemlyn; he was at Dumai’s Wells and went to Ghealdan with Perrin. When Perrin found his brandy and poured it out, Jori was proud that he couldn’t put anything over on Lord Perrin, but after he heard the rumor that Perrin had slept with Berelain, he spat when Perrin passed. He fought in the battle at Malden, and was a bannerman in the fight against Trollocs sent by Graendal. In one of the scenarios created by the Dark One while he was fighting Rand, Jori was killed by a deathswarm of insects. In the Last Battle, Jori was trapped under the body of a Trolloc and bled to death.

  Jorille Mondevin. The Royal Historian to the Court of Ethenielle of Kandor; she wrote the introduction to “The Strike at Shayol Ghul.”

  Jorin Arene. A Darkfriend merchant in Amador, and the husband of Amellia. His mind was profoundly damaged by Temaile when Liandrin and the Black Ajah were making a point. Jorin, according to Liandrin, should not have thought that his oaths to the Great Lord could be conveniently forgotten. He lay beneath blankets all day, in the heat, shivering and weeping when anyone touched him or spoke above a whisper. Chesmal thought that he might be able to accomplish small tasks in a few months, as long as no one raised a voice.

  Jorin din Jubai White Wing. The Sea Folk Windfinder of the Wavedancer and sister to its Sailmistress, Coine. Jorin could channel; she had a very small ability with Fire and almost none in Earth, but she was very strong in Air and Water, and had a very great ability with weather. She wore three earrings in each ear and had tattoos on her hands of stars and seabirds surrounded by the curls and whirls of stylized waves. Elayne and Nynaeve approached Jorin and Coine to ask for passage to Tanchico; they agreed. While they were sailing, Elayne learned that Jorin could channel. She wove much thicker flows than Elayne had ever seen woven before, but that was characteristic of Windfinders; she was not nearly as strong as Elayne. Jorin taught Elayne about weather, and Elayne taught her about Fire. After dropping Elayne and Nynaeve in Tanchico, Coine and Jorin planned to sail to Dantora and Cantorin to spread news of the Coramoor.

  Jorlen Corbesan. An Aes Sedai from before the Breaking who made wondrous ter’angreal; he was killed when the Sharom was destroyed.

  Jornhill. A village in Andor, somewhere near Kore Springs. When Siuan’s group was on trial in Kore Springs, Maigan Nem, the wife of the victim, said she wanted Bryne to whip Siuan, Leane and Min and ride them to Jornhill on a rail.

  Jorshem. 1) A man who taught Malidra to use a nail to scrape meat from a bone in Aviendha’s viewing of the future in Rhuidean. 2) A clan chief of the Aiel. He was small and hawk-faced with some Andoran blood, seen in another of Aviendha’s viewings of the future in Rhuidean.

  Josaine. An Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and the loyalist contingent. A search of her rooms revealed an angreal which she had found some years before and never turned in, as the law required. This search was carried out on Alviarin’s order to Elaida, and the result was that Josaine was ordered birched, a very heavy penalty for what would usually receive no more than a slap on the wrist. Adelorna was caught in the same raid and received the same punishment. The apparent instigators of the search—at least, they were praised and rewarded that same morning for unspecified “adherence to the law”—were Kiyoshi of the Gray Ajah, Farellien of the Yellow Ajah and Doraise of the Brown Ajah; the result was an instant rift between the Greens, and the Gray, Yellow and Brown Ajahs. Josaine was killed in the Seanchan attack on the White Tower.

  Josef Najima. A Kandori man who was always lucky. His son was on Moiraine’s list of potential Dragons Reborn. The two were killed in a barn fire, victims of the male channeler pogrom. Josef’s luck included being given the barn by his Lady after returning from the Aiel War; that was apparently his last bit of luck.

  Joslyn. Egwene’s nom de route while aboard the Darter on the way from Jurene to Tear.

  Joslyn Aybara. Perrin’s mother. She was killed by Padan Fain along with the rest of her family, although most thought that Trollocs had killed them.

  Journal of the Unknown Scholar. A book that spoke of the days leading up to the Last Battle.

  Journey to Tarabon, A. A book by Eurian Romavni that Egwene used as a reference before the first time she used her dream ter’angreal ring. It had useful drawings.

  Jovarin, Master. The head mason building a new wing on the White Tower library. Danelle was supposed to be watching him; Siuan thought that he must be distracting her with books because she did not question the number of workmen that Jovarin claimed to have hired. In truth, the masons were there to try to take the Tower after Siuan was deposed.

  Jowdry. A victim of the gholam. He was found in Farrier’s Green with his throat ripped out and his body drained of blood. Jowdry owed Chaser, a man with whom Mat was dicing, two crowns when he died.

  Jualdhe. A bridge town outside Tar Valon on the Alindrelle Erinin, on the road to Maradon. Zerah was questioned by the Black Ajah hunters in the Tower about her claim that she came from the north. She said that she had ridden down the bank of the Erinin to Jualdhe, but they had evidence that she had ridden from the south. There was also a Jualdhe Bridge out of Tar Valon.

  Juarde, Famelle. See Famelle Juarde

  Juendan. An ancient Ogier woman who was the grandmother of Moilin, the author of A Study of the War of the Shadow, which was mentioned by Loial when he was speaking of Be’lal.

  Juerissen, Angharad. An Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah who was Sierin Vayu’s Keeper of the Chronicles.

  Juilaine Madome. A Ghealdanin Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 21(9). Born in 903 NE, she went to the White Tower in 919 NE. After spending thirteen years as a novice and five years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 937 NE. About 5'7" tall, dark-eyed and very attractive, she wore her almost black hair well short of her shoulders. Juilaine strode, and usually was thought not to be graceful, but the fact was that she moved in a mannish fashion. She was born with the spark and was a lesbian. She was a tomboy when she was found, climbing trees, running in the streets and wearing boy’s clothes much more often than dresses. She already knew her sexual preferences, and willingly wore dresses more often to get close to a girl she liked than for any other reason. She was raised Sitter for the Brown in 999 NE to replace Takima.

  Juilin Sandar. A Tairen thief-catcher. Born in 961 NE, he served in the Aiel War as a common foot soldier. Juilin was about 5'10" tall, and lean. His complexion was as dark as old roots, and he had short-cut black hair that lay flat on his head. His eyes were dark and missed nothing. Thief-catchers worked semi-freelance, hiring out to people who had been robbed to recover the stolen goods and bring the thieves to justice. In Tear, they also had standing commissions called warrants from the High Lords and received payment for each thief or other criminal they brought in who was convicted. Juilin was accomplished in the use of the sword-breaker, a thumb-thick bamboo staff that was his height and which he used as a martial arts weapon, and cudgels. He could also use his hands and feet as weapons. He was skilled in ferreting out information and analyzing his findings for patterns. Nynaeve, Elayne and Egwene hired Juilin to help them find the Black Ajah in Tear; he found them, but the Black sisters forced him to betray his clients, and Elayne, Nynaeve and Egwene were taken captive. Juilin felt guilty and helped Mat rescue them.

  At Rand’s behest, he traveled with Elayne and Nynaeve to Tanchico, where he had a brief affair with
their innkeeper, Rendra. He fell in love with Amathera during the short time in Tanchico after her rescue from Black Ajah and before she was restored as Panarch, while she was hiding out in the Three Plum Court. She hardly noticed Juilin except that he stopped men from pinching her and talked Rendra out of switching her for making a fuss. She, of course, never thought of him as a man, really, only as a servant. Juilin then traveled with Nynaeve and Elayne to Salidar and Ebou Dar. Juilin rescued Amathera from the Seanchan in Ebou Dar, and she was then unwilling to be parted from him. In the Last Battle, he commanded a squad of men and fought bravely.

  Juin son of Lacel son of Laud. An Ogier in Stedding Tsofu. He broke up what almost became a fight when Rand and his party confronted Rhian and two other Maidens in the stedding.

  Julanya Fote. A member of the Kin with a strength level of 16(4). She could make a gateway, but one only just large enough to walk through. Plump and pretty, with touches of white in her dark hair, Julanya spent twenty years as a peddler. She was at the Kin’s farm outside Ebou Dar when Elayne and her companions arrived, and accompanied Elayne to Caemlyn. Birgitte put her to work as a scout, sending her to villages in northern Andor and having her keep an eye on the six strong Houses who were uncommitted. Julanya and Keraille reported when Ellorien, Luan and Abelle broke camp, and returned to those camps as laundresses. When Mat trapped the gholam, Julanya assisted.

  jumara. Beasts created during the Age of Legends, and known as Worms in the following Age. Huge, vicious creatures created by Aginor, they lived in the Blight and traveled in packs. Under certain conditions, they transformed in some unspecified way.

  Jumara. The second month of the year.

  jump up. A pink wildflower.