The Wheel of Time Companion

by Robert Jordan

  jumper. A form of short-range transportation in the Age of Legends that used anti-gravitational technology. It could float suspended above the ground at various distances.

  Jur Grady. An Andoran Asha’man. Born in 972 NE, he was stocky and dark-eyed with a weathered farmer’s face. He could make gateways and had an ability with weather. He was married to Sora, and had a son, Gadren, who was four when they went to the Black Tower. Jur bonded his wife with a version of the Warder’s bond, as many married Asha’man did. The bond worked at a longer distance than did the female bond; in Ghealdan, Jur knew that his wife, back in the Black Tower, had a sore knee. At that distance, approximately a thousand miles, the Warder bond would only have given an Aes Sedai a general sense of direction. Grady was chosen to accompany Rand after Dumai’s Wells. He was raised to Dedicated and traveled to Ghealdan with Perrin. He exhausted himself making gateways in the effort to rescue Faile. He and Neald worked with the Wise Ones to learn how to link.

  In the Last Battle, Grady brought the people of Hinderstap to the field of battle.

  Jura, River. A small river in Altara flowing south into the River Eldar.

  Jurad Accan. A soldier under Lord Luan Norwelyn in Andor. When Jurad and eighty of his men were attacked by Lord Nasin, Doilin Mellar led a sortie to rescue them and brought them into Caemlyn, which displeased Elayne, because she was unsure of Luan’s support.

  Jurad Shiman. An officer at the Aesdaishar Palace in Chachin, Kandor. He had ridden with Lan in the south during the Aiel War, and welcomed Lan respectfully to the palace.

  Jurador. A stone-walled salt town in Altara that lay three days east of Coramen and the River Eldar, with treeless hills to the east, and forested hills to the west. Iron-studded gates marked the entrance to the town. It was a prosperous, busy place with stone-paved streets, most of them wide and all lined with stone buildings roofed in reddish tiles. Houses and inns rubbed shoulders with stables and taverns, in a noisy jumble. Salt merchants’ houses were three stories of stone rather than two, covering eight times as much ground as any others, each with a columned walk overlooking the street and shielded by white wrought-iron screens between the columns. The lower windows on most houses had those screens, though not always painted. The Lady Aethelaine’s palace appeared no different on the outside than the salt merchants’ mansions, but it was located on the town’s main square, a wide expanse of polished stone where a broad round marble fountain sprayed water that smelled of brine into the air. Mat saw ghosts in Jurador while walking into town. It was also the town where Luca’s show was camped when Egeanin was knifed; Juilin urged Mat to leave Tuon there while the rest of them escaped. Mat took Tuon and Selucia shopping in Jurador, and Mat bought Tuon a prized horse there.

  Jurah Haret. The innkeeper of The Star in Tear. He was stout with a round face and balding head. Moiraine, Lan, Loial, Perrin and Faile stayed at his inn; although Moiraine had told him not to let anyone in her room, he allowed two women to leave her a small gift; the women were Black Ajah and the gift was the hedgehog ter’angreal that trapped Faile in Tel’aran’rhiod.

  Juranai. An Aielman who was leader of Aethan Dor. He was slender with streaks of white in his pale brown hair. Juranai sometimes joined Rand in practicing the Aiel method of fighting, and he accompanied Rand to the observation tower at the battle for Cairhien.

  Jureen, Marasale. See Marasale Jureen

  Jurene. A small village in Cairhien on the River Erinin. Jurene only had one-storied wooden houses and dirt streets. When Nynaeve, Elayne and Egwene were traveling by river, their boat wrecked on a sunken ship, and Nynaeve insisted they leave the boat and walk six miles to the nearest village, Jurene, to pick up another boat. Later, Nynaeve went there in Tel’aran’rhiod, where, with Birgitte’s help, she captured Moghedien with an a’dam, and learned from Moghedien about the trap set by Rahvin for Rand in Caemlyn.

  Juric. An Aielman serving as gai’shain to Amys. After his time as gai’shain was up, he refused to put off the white, and Amys beat him until her arm was sore; no matter how often she told him to put off the white, he was back in it by sunset.

  Jurine Najima. A Kandori woman whose son was on Moiraine’s list of potential Dragons Reborn. Jurine was a hand taller than Moiraine, with long black hair and large blue eyes in a face shrunken by tragedy. Her husband Josef and son Jerid were killed in a barn fire as part of the male channeler pogrom.

  Jurith Dorine. The Right Hand to the Queen of Almoren, and the author of Commentaries on the Prophecies of the Dragon in 742 AB, the Third Age.

  Justice. Hawkwing’s legendary sword. The blade was long and slightly curved and the scabbard black with a lacquered red and gold dragon on it. Hawkwing wielded Justice to great effect in life and as a Hero of the Horn. It was lost for many years, but scholars found it under a submerged statue. Rand recognized it and took to wearing it.

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  Kabal Deep. A hundred leagues of open water between Arran Head on the eastern shore of Altara and the city of Illian on the western shore of Illian. It was so deep that ships could find no bottom with their longest sounding lines just a mile or so from shore. The waves there could overturn ships as they rolled north to pound the coast with breakers fifteen paces high or more.

  Kadar. One of the kings in the gleeman tale “Mara and the Three Foolish Kings.”

  Kadere. A Saldaean family. See Hadnan and Teodora Kadere

  Kaensada Hills. An area of Seanchan that was populated by less-than-civilized hill tribes. These tribes fought a great deal among themselves, as did individual families within the tribes. Each tribe had its own customs and taboos, the latter of which often made no sense to anyone outside that tribe. Most of the tribesmen avoided the more civilized residents of Seanchan. Ajimbura hailed from this region.

  kaf. A bitter-tasting hot beverage from Seanchan.

  Kaila Bent. A member of the Queen’s Guard who brought word to Birgitte that an intruder had been picked up entering the city at the Plum Gate; the intruder turned out to be Mat. Kaila was lanky and fire-haired.

  Kainea. A Maiden with dark hair, unusual for an Aiel. She was in Tear when Rand returned from telling Egwene that he intended to break the seals; Rand sent her to gather messengers.

  Kairen Stang. An Andoran Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 18(6). Born in 937 NE, she went to the White Tower in 952 NE. After spending eight years as a novice and eight years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 968 NE. About 5'4" tall, she had cool blue eyes and an oval face. Her Warder was Llyw. Kairen was a member of the embassy that the rebels sent to Rand in Caemlyn; she was sent on as leader of the group that escorted the Two Rivers girls to Salidar. She tended to favor Lelaine’s positions. Kairen was killed by Aran’gar, her head wrenched around almost full circle, snapping her neck. Her Warder survived and was bonded by Myrelle.

  Kaisea. A Seanchan sul’dam of the low Blood. Tall, with long black hair worn in a braid, she was captured in Rand’s campaign against the Seanchan and sent to the Royal Palace of Caemlyn. Kaisea insisted that she should be collared; Dimana, a Kin, believed that Kaisea was trying to learn weaves in order to cause a mishap that would prove her right. Gawyn encountered Marille, a former damane, in the gardens; she recognized the Bloodknife he was holding but couldn’t tell him much about it. Dimana took Kaisea to him, and Kaisea gave him more information about Bloodknives. In return, Gawyn promised to ask Elayne to collar her.

  Kaisel Noramaga. Ethenielle’s grandson, a prince of Kandor. He joined Lan and served with him at Tarwin’s Gap and in the rest of the Last Battle. Kaisel wanted to forbid Saldaean women from fighting in the battle; Lan promised him a decent burial after he was allowed to take Kaisel’s head off the pole if he tried to forbid them.

  Kaisin Pass. A place of battle where the Soldier Amyrlin, Rashima Kerenmosa, was victorious.

  Kajima, Welyn. See Welyn Kajima

  Kajin, Lord. A Shienaran nobleman encountered by Rand in Fal Dara. He was about 6'4" to 6'5" tal
l, and lean and lanky, with a sallow complexion. His topknot was as black as pitch. After Fain was freed, Lord Kajin checked the keep to see if anything was missing. He also tried to explain Shienaran women’s customs to Rand when Rand tried to visit Egwene.

  Kalede, Nyein. See Nyein Kalede

  Kalia. Furyk Karede’s wife. They had three sons together; two followed Karede into the Deathwatch Guards; Kalia and the other son died in the Great Fire of Sohima.

  Kalyan Ramsin. One of Saldaean Queen Tenobia’s many uncles. He was scarred and grizzled, with the face of a leathery eagle and thick mustaches—black streaked with white, or perhaps white streaked with black—that curved down around his mouth. Tenobia set up matchmaking between Ethenielle and Kalyan at the meeting of the four rulers before they headed south. The two did eventually marry.

  Kamarile Maradim Nindar. Graendal’s name in the Age of Legends.

  Kamile Noallin. A banker in Chachin, Kandor, whom Moiraine visited to cash in a letter-of-rights. In her middle years, she was lovely and slim with graying hair worn in four long braids and stern, questioning eyes. She used an enlarging glass to study Ilain Dormaile’s seal on the letter.

  Kamsa, Vayelle. See Vayelle Kamsa

  Kanara. A Maiden of the Spear who guarded Rand in the city of Tear.

  Kandel, Tad. See Tad Kandel

  Kandelmar. A location in Arad Doman where Ituralde had had a military victory.

  Kandor. A Borderlands nation lying between Arafel and Saldaea. Its sigil was a rearing red horse: the Red Horse. Its banner was the Red Horse on a field of pale green.

  Saldaea, Kandor, Arafel, Shienar and Malkier all were provinces of Hawkwing’s empire, with the borders between them very much as they were at the time of the Last Battle, though not stretching so far south in most cases. With the Blight to contend with, the governors of those provinces (Lord Rylen t’Boriden Rashad for Saldaea, Lord Jarel Soukovni for Kandor, Lady Mahira Svetanya for Arafel, Lady Merean Tihomar for Shienar and Lord Shevar Jamelle for Malkier) met soon after Hawkwing’s death in FY 994 to reaffirm measures for cooperation against the Blight and to make agreements for mutual defense against attack from the south. Before the end of FY 995, when it became clear that the rest of the empire was splintering, each of the governors took the title of King or Queen of his or her former province, now a nation. None of these nations took part in any of the wider fighting of the War of the Hundred Years, as nations, except for defending themselves against attacks and punishing same, though individuals and groups did sometimes become involved, either for political reasons or because of family connections or friendships.

  Kandor could have either a king or a queen, but the advisory council known as the Crown Council or the Council of Twelve was always an even number and traditionally, though not legally, always balanced between men and women. By law, half the council had to be commoners. Commoners were usually representatives of various guilds which struggled mightily to have representation. The council truly was advisory; the ruler was under no obligation to do what it wanted, though wise rulers at least paid attention to what it said. The council could make considerable trouble for a ruler who tried to go too far astray, even managing to balk the ruler’s wishes entirely, or at least slow them intolerably.

  The spouse of a Kandori ruler was a consort—called the Prince or Princess Consort—not a co-equal ruler, though with considerable if specifically limited and set authority. The wife of the king was expected to reign as regent while he was on campaign, the husband of the queen to lead the army on campaign. The husband of a queen was expected to act as her champion in trials by combat, but a king was required by law to use a champion and not to take part in duels or trials by combat personally.

  The Sword of Kirukan, reportedly a Power-wrought blade, was a symbol of the rulers of Kandor; it was carried ceremonially by the Swordbearer in an ornately jeweled sheath, the two-handed hilt always toward the ruler, so that it could be drawn at need.

  In Kandor, women asked men to marry, not vice versa. Like all Borderlanders, a Kandori man considered the day he was given his sword to be his nameday. While law in the Borderlands prohibited hiding one’s face inside any city, town or village, it was considered rude not to show one’s face when meeting strangers, whatever the weather.

  Kandori were considered the touchiest of the Borderlanders, which was saying something considering the reputation of Arafellin. Duels in Kandor could have distinctly odd terms and conditions. As in Altara, Kandori women were known to fight duels, though not so commonly as men, seldom with the weapons men used and rarely to the death, as men often fought. Public defeat and humiliation of one’s enemy was commonly preferred among women. Whip duels were a common form among women of the commoners, at least in the country. Kandori women made no pretense that they did not fight duels.

  Mass duels were not unknown, involving five or even ten men to a side; the winning side was the one that had the last man on his feet.

  There was a link between the Borderland and Aiel views of shame: by and large, shame was worse than guilt—the worst thing there was—though this view of shame ameliorated as one moved west. Arafellin saw shame as less important than did Shienarans, Kandori less than Arafellin, Saldaeans less than Kandori. In all of the Borderlands, though, shame was given a much heavier weight than in lands to the south.

  Kandor had a considerable mining industry in gemstones other than diamonds, including most notably sapphires, emeralds and rubies. The city of Canluum, very near to the Blight, was a rich source of those gems, and also home to some of the best clockmakers found anywhere. Timber and furs were major exports, as were finished wooden products.

  Kandori. Of or from Kandor.

  Kappre. A member of Ituralde’s forces in Saldaea. Ituralde sent him to Alin with a message to have his cavalry unit attack the Shadowspawn, just before being allowed into Maradon.

  Kara Defane. A Wise Woman in a fishing village near Toman Head. She was taken by the Seanchan and made damane. In her late forties, she looked to be in her twenties, and was of moderate strength. She was used by the Seanchan against Rand’s forces and captured, then handed over to Elayne by Taim. She parroted the party line at first, but later allowed that she really would like the collar off. On the other hand, she didn’t want to harm the sul’dam, or at least some. For the rest, she was suffering from a residue of Stockholm syndrome; she still felt a very strong affection, almost love, for the sul’dam who trained her and those who held her leash. Elayne and the others did not fully trust her; they were afraid that she would obey a sul’dam who ordered her to help an escape.

  Karaethon Cycle, Commentaries on the. A book by Sereine dar Shamelle Motara, Counsel-Sister to Comaelle, High Queen of Jaramide, circa 325 AB, the Third Age.

  Karaethon Cycle, The. See Prophecies of the Dragon

  Karaethon Cycle, The: The Prophecies of the Dragon. A book from 231 NE, the Third Age, translated by Ellaine Marise’idin Alshinn, Chief Librarian at the Court of Arafel.

  Karale Sanghir. A Domani Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah publicly and of the Black Ajah in truth. Of the loyalist contingent, she had a Warder, also a Darkfriend, who took poison after Atuan revealed the names of members of her heart, Karale and Marris, to Pevara and the other Black Ajah hunters.

  Karam. A young lord of a minor Andoran House, loyal to Sarand. He and Jarid Sarand were friends from childhood, but faced with Jarid’s growing insanity, Karam left his camp and went off to fight in the Last Battle.

  Kardia, the Fallen Army of. An army from Mat’s memories.

  kardon. A leafless, spiny plant having sweet, bulbous fruit with a tough, greenish skin.

  Karede, Furyk. See Furyk Karede

  Kareil, Lady. A young Kandori noblewoman who sent soldiers to the Aiel War. She was a patron to Josef Najima and his wife and provided for the Najima family after Josef died in a fire when the livery stable she had given him after his return from serving against the Aiel burned.

  Karella Fanway. An Aes Sedai who live
d at the time of the formation of the White Tower.

  Karentanis, Moria. See Moria Karentanis

  Kari al’Thor. The daughter of an Andoran merchant from Caemlyn who ran a trading house in Illian. She met Tam al’Thor in 962 NE. Her parents disapproved of her meeting him, opposed her marrying a soldier, and would have stopped it but were prevented by Tam’s position in the Companions. They did disown her, however, when she married him in 965 NE. Kari accompanied Tam on the long campaigns during the Aiel War. They had two children, a girl who died of a fever in infancy and a boy who was stillborn, after which Kari could no longer have children. In late 978 NE, Tam found an infant on the slopes of Dragonmount and took him to Kari. Shortly after that, Tam resigned his commission and took Kari and baby Rand to the Two Rivers. Kari died of fever in 984 NE.

  Kari Thane. An Emond’s Field girl. When Moiraine mentioned that another woman in Emond’s Field could channel, Egwene thought that it might be Kari or Lara Ayellin.

  Karil. A woman in the story “How Goodwife Karil Cured Her Husband of Snoring.” Thom said he would tell the story at Bel Tine in Emond’s Field.

  Karile. One of Kerene’s Warders. He was massive, with golden hair and a golden beard that gave him the aspect of a lion. Moiraine saw him reading a book when she took a message to Kerene as Accepted.

  Karind Anshar. An Andoran noblewoman, High Seat of House Anshar. Her sigil was a running red fox on a field of gold or yellow. Stolid and about 5'4" tall, with a blunt voice, she had gray streaks in her dark hair, framing a severe face. Her flat-eyed stare was like a hammer, and some said that it had put three husbands underground. If she had had brains to match her toughness, she would have been dangerous. She opposed Morgase during the Succession and became one of Gaebril’s sycophants. She was used by Rand and fled after he reached an accommodation with Dyelin. She supported Arymilla for the throne of Andor, but was captured. After Sylvase declared for Elayne, she followed suit and offered to publish her support.

  Karistovan, Sumeko. See Sumeko Karistovan