The Wheel of Time Companion

by Robert Jordan

  Meise. A young Aiel girl, the daughter of Norlesh and Metalan, seen in Aviendha’s visions of the future in Rhuidean.

  Melaidhrin, Cadsuane. See Cadsuane Melaidhrin

  Melaine. A Wise One of the Jhirad sept of the Goshien Aiel with the ability to channel and a strength level of 17(5). She was also a dreamwalker; Amys and Melaine were the best at interpreting the dream, although Bair was better at manipulating Tel’aran’rhiod. Melaine had red-gold, sun-colored hair that hung to her hips, and green eyes. A beautiful woman who looked no older than thirty, she was in fact somewhere between eighty-four and 110. She married Bael and was sister-wife to Dorindha; despite her greater age and her position as a Wise One, not to mention her personality, she deferred to Dorindha, who was the senior sister-wife and thus her elder first-sister, the roofmistress of the clan hold, and an even more commanding person than Melaine, though usually in a much quieter fashion. At first, she considered Bael impossible and frustrating, saying jokingly that she had to marry him or kill him. She eventually asked Amys and Bair to intercede with Dorindha to see whether Dorindha could accept her as sister-wife. She went to Caemlyn with Rand to join Bael, and joked about the impatience and frustration of a newly wed woman being away from her husband. She certainly went running to find him. According to Min, Melaine and Bael were expecting identical twin daughters; Melaine proposed to name them after Min and Egwene. Melaine was instrumental in Min being accepted by the Wise Ones as a sort of Wise One herself.

  Melaine fought the Black Ajah in Tel’aran’rhiod, but she was near term at the Last Battle and served only as support.

  Melanril Asegora. A young Tairen nobleman. He had dark eyes, a sharp nose and a pointed beard. During the fighting in Cairhien, he was given command of the Cairhienin and Tairen forces after Weiramon was sent south. Mat saw through a looking glass that they were headed into an ambush by the Shaido, and warned them about it. Melanril was killed in the battle.

  Melare. An Andoran Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah and the loyalist contingent. Plump with ample hips, she had a mouth that looked ready to smile, bright blue eyes and thick black eyebrows. She helped Arebia, Zanica and others, one from each of the other Ajahs, capture Leane at Southharbor in Tar Valon. Melare and Desala questioned Leane the night she was captured. Unlike Desala, Melare disliked flogging even for one like that. She was one of five Reds who accompanied Pevara to the Black Tower with the intention of bonding Asha’man. Pevara chose her because Melare sent money to Andor to pay for her grandnephews’ education as she had for her nieces and nephews. She was Turned to the Shadow while at the Black Tower.

  Melarned. One of Ituralde’s officers present at Ituralde’s first meeting with Rand; he was squat.

  Melasune. A queen of Andor during the War of the Hundred Years who reigned from FY 1035 to FY 1046.

  Melavaire Someinellin. A stout Cairhienin Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah and the loyalist contingent. She was inches shorter than Egwene. White flecked her dark hair. She was a kindly woman who could be fearsome when angry. Melavaire was walking with Beonin in the Tower when Egwene saw Beonin and accused her of betrayal; Melavaire was miffed, but Beonin asked her to walk away. Her Warder was a squat man even wider than she.

  Melchor, Cyprien. One of the Counsels of Far Madding who met with Cadsuane’s party when they arrived. She had protruding teeth.

  Meldarath, Suroth Sabelle. See Suroth Sabelle Meldarath of Asinbayar and Barsabba

  Melfane Dawlish. The niece of Elayne’s maid Essande. Stout and jolly, but firm, Melfane was a midwife and dispenser of herbs and ointments from a shop on Candle Street. She became Elayne’s midwife. Her son Jaem sometimes helped her.

  Melia. Hurin’s Shienaran wife.

  Melindhra. A woman of the Jumai sept of the Shaido Aiel and Far Dareis Mai. She was taller than Mat with eyes the color of a clear morning sky and hair like spun gold. She went to join the Maidens around Rand. She and Mat became lovers, but she was a Darkfriend and died trying to kill Mat with a knife bearing nine golden bees as decoration, linking her to Sammael/Lord Brend.

  Melisinde. A female character in The Flame, the Blade and the Heart. Egwene read about her one night before going to sleep.

  Melitene. Tuon’s der’sul’dam. She had less black than gray in her long hair. Melitene was an experienced woman, both in her craft and in catching nuances. After Tuon disappeared and Karede began the hunt for her, Melitene laughed about Mylen’s fierce wanting to find Tuon, and her worship of Tuon. After Elaida was captured by the Seanchan at the White Tower and became the damane Suffa, Melitene had her demonstrate Traveling to Tuon.

  Mellar, Doilin. See Doilin Mellar

  Melli Craeb. The owner of The Seven-Striped Lass, a tavern in Caemlyn. She was pretty, with a round face, a nice bosom and curly auburn hair, and Mat thought she would be a good match for Talmanes. When Mat asked for Melli’s advice about Verin’s letter, she snatched it and offered to open it for him. She always fancied going to Tar Valon and becoming an Aes Sedai.

  Melloy, Sharina. See Sharina Melloy

  Melore. A Domani Kin who was part of the Knitting Circle in Ebou Dar and wore the red belt of a Wise Woman. She was plump, with a nice bosom, and had a touch of gray in her hair. She was not strong enough in the Power to have been allowed to test for Aes Sedai or strong enough to make a gateway of any size whatsoever. She accompanied Elayne and Nynaeve to the Rahad to find the Bowl of the Winds and was killed by the gholam.

  Melten. A lean, mop-haired member of the Band of the Red Hand who dressed like an Andoran but spoke like a Borderlander. He was a talented juggler.

  Melvara. An Aes Sedai whose name was on Verin’s list of Black Ajah.

  Melway, Kirin. See Kirin Melway

  Memara. An Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 34(22). She had a pleasant exterior appearance and an apparently pleasant personality; this pleasantness disguised a personality like a tiger on steroids. When she had a goal, she was not willing to allow anything to stand in the way—not anything at all—and she was willing to do anything at all that did not directly violate the Three Oaths to attain that goal. Memara was sent to Saldaea by Elaida in a failed attempt to influence Tenobia, who left her behind when she went to meet with the other Borderland rulers.

  Men of Fire and Women of Air. A book written by Elora daughter of Amar daughter of Coura; Loial considered it one of the best about Aes Sedai dealing with men who could channel.

  Mendair, Lawdrin. See Lawdrin Mendair

  Mendan. An Aielman who with Coram guarded Verin in the Aiel camp, when she questioned the Aes Sedai prisoners after Dumai’s Wells about the Tower’s plans for Rand. A large, bulky man with startlingly blue eyes and axe-handle-wide shoulders, he was siswai’aman.

  Mendao. A Shienaran soldier who traveled with Perrin and Ingtar in search of the Horn of Valere. After Moiraine sent him and the other Shienaran soldiers to Jehannah, he was killed in a duel with three Hunters for the Horn.

  Mendiana. A noble House in Tear. Its High Seat was Lord Meilan; its sign blue six-pointed stars on red.

  Meneril Chuliandred. A young Cairhienin lesser noble, brother of Doressin and brother-in-law to Lady Alaine Chuliandred. Stripes ran halfway down his chest. Meneril had a scar from the civil war that pulled up the left corner of his mouth in a permanent sardonic smile, and he had gaunt cheeks. He shaved the front of his head after the fashion of Cairhienin soldiers. Meneril was part of the Illian invasion army, attached to Semaradrid.

  Menford, Idrelle. See Idrelle Menford

  Menuki Nachiman. The wife of King Paitar of Arafel. They were devoted to one another; Menuki knew that he was hers to his bootsoles.

  Mer. A bull s’redit tended by Cerandin in Valan Luca’s circus. Luca called it a “boar-horse” to deflect from its true identity.

  Mera. An Aiel woman whose daughter was a Wise One’s apprentice; she also had two other daughters and two grown sons but no sister-wife. Mera was of the opinion that the way to handle any chief—hold
, sept or clan, or the Car’a’carn—was the same as the way to handle a husband.

  Mera’din. The Brotherless, an Aiel term used to denote those without clan or sept. The Brotherless were men who could not or would not accept Rand al’Thor, a wetlander, as the Car’a’carn and so abandoned clan and sept, joining the Shaido. They would not have supported Sevanna’s plans for Rand, had they known of them, but she kept that knowledge from them.

  Merada lace. A type of lace on the collar of a dress that Nynaeve wore in Ebou Dar.

  Meraighdin, Bonwhin. See Bonwhin Meraighdin

  Meralda Belmondes. A Tairen woman who was a member of Cha Faile. Almost 5'7" tall, she was solid with a very dark complexion. Selande was able to overawe her with a look; Meralda was bold, and quick with her tongue, but had no doubt that Selande was in charge of Cha Faile. Meralda was one of the scouts sent into Bethal after Perrin’s group arrived in Ghealdan.

  Meramor. An Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah and the loyalist contingent who welcomed Nynaeve into the Yellow Ajah when she returned after the Tower reunited.

  Merana Ambrey. An Andoran Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 17(5). Born in Caemlyn in 889 NE, she went to the White Tower in 907 NE. After spending five years as a novice and six years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 918 NE. About 5'4" tall and on the slim side of a medium build, she was dark-haired with cool hazel eyes—light brown flecked with yellow. She had a Warder named Basan, who was killed before the Aiel War. She was part of the futile Gray effort after the Aiel War to make the Grand Coalition more than a name. Merana was the leader of the rebel embassy to Rand in Caemlyn; her leadership was eroded by the arrival of Bera and Kiruna, who were both stronger than she, and she did not have an Amyrlin’s authority to back her. After the battle at Dumai’s Wells, she swore herself to Rand. She negotiated with the Sea Folk on Rand’s behalf, and went with Alanna to the rebels in Haddon Mirk to negotiate an end to the rebellion in Tear. They came to terms with the rebels; the agreement included Darlin becoming the King of Tear.

  Merchants, Council of. The body responsible for electing the King in Arad Doman; it was almost always composed entirely of women.

  Merdagon, Turanine. See Turanine Merdagon

  Merean Redhill. An Andoran Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah publicly and of the Black Ajah in truth. She had a strength level of 14(2). Born in 716 NE, she was 5'8" tall, and plump, with graying hair. She bonded a Warder ten or more years after gaining the shawl. After he died, she never bonded another. Stories said she was in love with him, and still mourned him. In truth, he had been a Darkfriend; Merean didn’t want the difficulties of handling a Warder who was not, and never found another she thought suitable. Besides, without the strictures of the Three Oaths, she never found the need. She served as Mistress of Novices under Noane Masadim and Tamra Ospenya. She was a friendly woman, warm and easygoing, generally. Most novices and Accepted never figured her out. She could cosset and soothe with the best, when necessary, but she could go easy on an initiate one time for something, then come down like a ton of bricks for something lesser. Still, she did offer a shoulder to cry on and advice when an initiate couldn’t ask even her best friend, and many more girls went to her on their own than were sent for punishment.

  At Tamra’s death, Merean was replaced by Sierin’s choice. She then took part in the male channeler pogrom; she went to Kandor and killed Ethenielle’s young son Diryk; his father, Prince Consort Brys; and Iselle, the daughter of Lan’s first lover. Moiraine was unable to save those three, but she killed Merean and destroyed her body, and then secretly destroyed all of her belongings, so that it seemed Merean had simply vanished from the Aesdaishar Palace. In the uproar over the deaths of Brys, Diryk and Iselle, Merean’s disappearance went almost unnoticed.

  Merekel. 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 Merekel and the other soldiers before meeting Lan, and had told them to wait along the southern roadway for Lan and his men to come along.

  Meresin Daganred. A Cairhienin nobleman and son of Lord Daganred. He was pale and slender with a long nose, a narrow face and the front of his head shaved. His con was made up of vertical wavy red and white stripes. He escaped from Cairhien when the Shaido were laying siege and went to Rand in Eianrod, then rode back to Cairhien with a message. He became an officer in the Band of the Red Hand, and commanded the Second Banner of Horse, with the title Lieutenant Lord.

  Merhan, Nalasia. See Nalasia Merhan

  Meri. A maid of Egwene’s, along with Selame and Chesa, who helped dress and undress her, and attended her during the day. She was a refugee and a puritan, dour-faced and gloomy, with a pinched nose, a permanently down-turned mouth and dark eyes sharp with censure, and her flat tone of voice turned every meaning head-to-heels. Her black hair, coiled tightly over her ears, seemed to pull her face painfully. Meri always wore drab dark gray. She was provided by Romanda, for whom she was spying. On the journey north from Salidar, she and Selame were murdered by Halima. Halima didn’t want spies watching Egwene because they might have seen or overheard something that would have endangered her own position and safety. Egwene’s other maid Chesa survived simply because she wasn’t a spy for anyone, just a maid.

  Meri do Ahlan a’Conlin. A Murandian noblewoman who claimed to be the descendant of the first queen of Murandy. She followed her husband when he fought in the Aiel War, and gave birth to a son, Sedrin, a week before Moiraine and Siuan went to the Murandian camp to collect names of the newborn. Meri said that she intended to frame the coins of the Tower bounty, given to women who gave birth near the end of the Aiel War, so that Sedrin would always know that he had been honored by the White Tower.

  Merici. A woman in Valan Luca’s show who had the prettiest eyes, according to Olver.

  Merilille Ceandevin. A Cairhienin Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 22(10). Born in 827 NE, she went to the White Tower in 845 NE. After spending thirteen years as a novice and twelve years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 870 NE. About 5'1" tall, pale and slender with large liquid dark eyes and glossy black hair, she was an elegant woman, though she could become distracted. Of the Kin, Solain Morgellein (833–852 NE) was Accepted over her from the time she entered until being put out in 852 NE; Merilille remembered jumping when Solain snapped her fingers. Other Kin, Asra Zigane (929 NE; 4 months), Derys Nirmala (926–936 NE), Garenia Rosoinde (923–928 NE) and Sarainya Vostovan (940–950 NE) were all in the Tower after she became Aes Sedai. Merilille was the leader of the rebel embassy to Queen Tylin in Ebou Dar. She put Elayne on trial for making contact with the Kin, but when Elayne asserted herself as the representative of the Amyrlin Seat, Merilille found that all her training left her no choice but to acquiesce, however reluctantly. That did not mean she could not try to convince Elayne of other courses, however; she certainly did that.

  While Healing the Sea Folk Windfinders at the Kin’s farm, Merilille was maneuvered into saying that she would be one of the Aes Sedai who would teach the Sea Folk. As soon as the first snows fell, Renaile din Calon claimed Merilille and immediately began running her ragged. Renaile and the three Windfinders to clan Wavemistresses soon were all making Merilille hop at their command. While Merilille obviously was not considered an apprentice, when they had beds, she was forced to share one with her maid, Pol, and the two apprentice Windfinders, Talaan and Metarra. Once they reached Caemlyn, this squeezing of Merilille continued. Rather than accept being sent to the Atha’an Miere ships for a year, Merilille fled the Royal Palace in Caemlyn with Talaan, an apprentice Windfinder.

  Merinloe. A place in Seanchan. Lady Morsa, encountered by Rand and Aviendha when they Traveled to Seanchan, was to be put to the question when she and the Seeker Jalindin returned to Merinloe.

  Merise Haindehl. A Taraboner Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah, uncommitted to any contingent. She had a strength l
evel of 14(2). Born in 798 NE, she went to the White Tower in 811 NE; she was thirteen but lied about her age. After two years, her lie was discovered, and as a result she spent fifteen years as a novice, five years as Accepted and was only raised to the shawl in 831 NE. About 5'7" tall, with dark eyes and dark hair worn pulled severely back and a pale ivory complexion, she was stern-faced with a stern manner. Some thought her beautiful without being pretty, some saw her as handsome, while others saw only severity. She had a strong Taraboner accent. Merise was not as good at Healing as was Corele, by her own admission. Her Warders were Nethan Conwy, Bassane Maliandred and Jahar Narishma, an Asha’man. Merise had a firm hand with her Warders, but she dressed them very well. She was one of the uncommitted Aes Sedai Rand found following Cadsuane Melaidhrin in Cairhien after Dumai’s Wells. Cadsuane trusted Merise perhaps more than any of the others. She went with Cadsuane and the others to Far Madding and Shadar Logoth; at Shadar Logoth she linked with Narishma and Elza to help protect Rand and Nynaeve during the cleansing. When Rand awarded the dragon pin to Narishma afterward, Merise took it away from him, saying that he could only accept what she said he could; she later gave it back. Merise and Narishma went to the rebel Aes Sedai with Rand’s offer that they might bond forty-seven Asha’man as Warders. Merise fought in the Last Battle as part of Lan’s forces at first, then later alongside Egwene.

  Merk. 1) A character from the Age before the Age of Legends featured in a gleeman’s tale. He was a giant who fought with Mosk using spears of fire. 2) One of Renald Fanwar’s farmhands.