The Wheel of Time Companion

by Robert Jordan

  Natti Cauthon. An Emond’s Field woman, the wife of Abell and the mother of Mat, Bodewhin and Eldrin. Born in 956 NE, she was a cool, collected woman most of the time. Mat claimed that his mother always knew what he was doing the minute he did it; he seemed not to realize that his sisters were giving his mother details. Natti, Bodewhin and Eldrin were taken prisoner by the Whitecloaks, along with the Luhhans; Perrin and his band freed them and took them to an abandoned farmhouse. When the Tinkers arrived in Emond’s Field, Natti helped tend to them. She also participated in the defense of Emond’s Field.

  Nawan, Ishara. See Ishara Nawan

  Nazar Kurenin. A Malkieri man who lived in Kandor and worked as a baker after the fall of Malkier. He was jut-nosed with short hair and a forked beard; the years hadn’t removed the mark of the hadori from his forehead. He wept when he heard Edeyn speak of reclaiming Malkier from the Blight. After he heard that Lan was riding for the Last Battle, Nazar joined him on the Plain of Lances. He was killed at Tarwin’s Gap, but he gutted a Trolloc as it killed him.

  Nazelle. The sister of Queen Ethenielle of Kandor. Ethenielle arranged her marriage to Lord Ismic after her first husband died. Nazelle protested at first, but grew to love Ismic.

  Nazran. A flunky of Graendal’s who was the cousin of the Domani King Alsalam. Square and deeply brown, with thin black mustaches and black eyes, he was handsome, although not sufficiently so to become one of Graendal’s pets. Nazran believed he had tasted Graendal’s charms, and he needed only a touch of Compulsion to obey her avidly. Graendal sent him to Ituralde with a forged letter purportedly from Alsalam.

  Ndaye, Dalaine. An Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 36 to 64 NE. Dalaine was a weak Amyrlin.

  Neain. Perrin’s aunt and the widow of his uncle Carlin. She and Carlin had two children; Neain visited Carlin’s grave every morning. She, along with the rest of the family, was murdered by Padan Fain, although it was believed that Trollocs killed them. Perrin buried her next to Carlin’s grave.

  Neald, Fager. See Fager Neald

  near-sister, near-brother. See Aiel kinship

  Necoine, Selame. See Selame Necoine

  Ned Yarman. Sareitha Tomares’ young Warder. He was born in 978 NE in Andor. About 6'3" tall, with broad shoulders, he had bright blue eyes and corn-yellow hair curling to his shoulders. Somewhat boyish in mannerisms and appearance, he was quite handsome, enough to make women’s eyes flutter. At age sixteen he went to the Tower to train with the Warders; most of those men did not get chosen as Warders, and he felt very lucky that he did. Birgitte thought that he was still goggle-eyed over it. He was killed by Black Ajah when he charged the house on Full Moon Street in Caemlyn after Sareitha’s death.

  nedar. A tusked water pig found only in the Drowned Lands. A very good swimmer, as most creatures in the Drowned Lands were, it grew to a maximum of fifty pounds, but thirty pounds was more common. Its tusks were oversized for an animal so small, being as much as three inches long. The flesh was quite tasty, but the nedar could be just as dangerous as its larger cousins.

  Nedare Satarov. The innkeeper at The Silver Penny in Chachin, Kandor. A beautiful woman with a joyous smile and glossy black hair worn in a braid, she was clean and her inn appealing. Moiraine stopped in to ask if Siuan was staying there; Nedare told her that she was, and offered Moiraine a mug of spiced wine. Nedare’s air of anticipation made Moiraine suspicious that there was something in the wine; she made Nedare drink the wine. Nedare tried to flee, but fell to the floor, revealing silk stockings; she had done quite well drugging innocent women for the use of her rough customers. A number of the men in the common room looked at her lasciviously, and all the women, including Moiraine, left.

  Nedeal, Corianin. See Corianin Nedeal

  Neder. A sept of the Shiande Aiel.

  need. A technique to find what was vital or required, known or unknown to the user, while in Tel’aran’rhiod. The Aiel Wise Ones concentrated on need to find new sources of water in the Waste; Nynaeve used need to find Amathera and important objects in Tarabon. Elayne and Nynaeve used it to find the Bowl of the Winds. A danger of using need was that one did not know the destination, and could arrive in a place of great danger.

  Needle Street. A thoroughfare in Caemlyn. A rather wide street, it meandered like a river, down one hill and up the next. Some generations before Elayne claimed the throne, it was full of needlemakers. At the time of her claim, a few small inns and taverns were jammed among cutlers and tailors and every sort of shop except needlemakers.

  Neferi. Tuon’s Soe’feia, who was killed in a fall down stairs. Neferi had a Left Hand ready to replace her, but the Empress chose Anath instead.

  Negaine. An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah and the loyalist contingent. She and Felaana found a disguised Beonin wandering the White Tower, requesting an audience with Elaida; they took her to Elaida. Egwene saw Negaine in the Brown quarters’ hallway when it mysteriously swapped places with the novice quarters; Negaine challenged Egwene for being there until Egwene directed her to look out the window.

  Negara, Lady. An Andoran noblewoman of a minor House who had opposed Gaebril. Sharp-faced, she was at the meeting between Egwene and the Aes Sedai and the Andorans and Murandians on the ice. She asked Egwene if the novice book was truly open to all.

  Negin Bridge. A village near Dragonmount where Almen Bunt’s brother-in-law Graeger vanished.

  Negina, Blaeric. See Blaeric Negina

  Neheran, Ferane. See Ferane Neheran

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

  Nela al’Caar. A Two Rivers woman. She was married to Paet and they had two daughters and two sons, including Wil; the youngest was six years older than Perrin. Long-faced with a gray-streaked braid, Nela organized the children before the Trolloc attack. In Nynaeve’s Accepted test, Nela went crazy when she found her sons dead in their beds and went around saying that Paet was the Dark One and had killed her boys.

  Nela Thane. An Emond’s Field woman. When Nynaeve was sixteen and had just started braiding her hair, Nela dared her to steal a plum pie from Mistress Ayellin. Nynaeve did and was caught and punished.

  Nelavaire Demasiellin. A Cairhienin Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 28(16). Born in 850 NE, she went to the White Tower in 863 NE; she was allowed to enter at thirteen because she was born with the spark and it was beginning to manifest itself. After spending ten years as a novice and six years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 879 NE. Standing 5'2" tall, she was slim, wiry and whipcord tough. She took part in Rand’s kidnapping from Cairhien and was captured at Dumai’s Wells. Nelavaire was treated as da’tsang by the Aiel until, under Verin’s Compulsion, she found reason to swear oath to Rand, which she did before Cadsuane departed Cairhien for Far Madding. She met the Asha’man Naeff and bonded him.

  Nelein Matherin. The grandmother of Aedmun, High Seat of House Matherin in Andor. She had a temper, and everyone was afraid of her. She died, and the maid Elsie, who remembered Nelein from when she was a child, saw her ghost.

  Nelsa. A slim and pretty shopgirl at a fabric store in Jurador, Altara. Selucia and Tuon went into the store and would not respond to the owner’s questions; the owner threatened to send Nelsa, who also had become angry, to fetch the guards on them.

  Nem. An Andoran family. See Admer and Maigan Nem

  Nemaira Eldros. An Aes Sedai who lived at the time of the formation of the White Tower.

  Neman, Feast of. A feast celebrated on the ninth day of the month of Adar in Andor, Cairhien, Tear and the Borderlands.

  Nemarellin Mountains. A range found at the southwest coast of Illian along the Kabal Deep.

  Nemaris. The wife of a horse handler in Bryne’s army camp; on the delicate side, she did not like horses that were too frisky. When Siuan demanded a mild horse to ride to the Aes Sedai camp in order to tell them that Leane and Egwene were alive and in the White Tower, Nemaris’s husband brought
her Nemaris’s horse, Nightlily.

  Nemdahl, Sarene. See Sarene Nemdahl

  Nemene Damendar Boann. Semirhage’s name before she became Forsaken.

  Nendenhald, Aludra. See Aludra Nendenhald

  Nemosni, Aloisia. The oldest member of the Kin. She was nearly six hundred years old and working as an oil merchant in Tear when Elayne and Nynaeve learned of the Kin.

  Nenci. A damane who accompanied Anath/Semirhage when she posed as the Daughter of the Nine Moons and attempted to capture Rand; she was paired with the sul’dam Falendre, and whimpered after their capture by Rand.

  Nengar. A Shienaran soldier. He followed Ingtar when he and Perrin pursued the Horn of Valere to Falme. He stood about 5'11" tall, and had a heavier build than Masema, though not stocky, just bigger. He wintered in the Mountains of Mist with Perrin and Rand. After Rand left and the Shienarans were abandoned to make their own way, Nengar stuck with Masema in Ghealdan and came to follow and believe in the Prophet. His dark eyes burned as fervently as Masema’s. He was killed along with Masema by Cha Faile.

  Nensen, Varil. See Varil Nensen

  Nerbaijan, Pritalle. See Pritalle Nerbaijan

  Nerein. A heroine in The Flame, the Blade and the Heart. She was a strong woman.

  Neres, Agni. See Agni Neres

  Nerevan. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars.

  Nerilea. An Aiel woman who was Far Dareis Mai. She had white hair and a square face. She accompanied Rand on his first surreptitious visit to Caemlyn, and was also with him near Natrin’s Barrow when he balefired it.

  Nerim. Talmanes’ skinny Cairhienin manservant, who was on loan to Mat for a time. About 5'6" tall, he had a long narrow face and gray hair cut short of his shoulders; he was clean-shaven. A pessimist whose voice was lugubrious and melancholy, and who often had a mournful expression, Nerim was competitive with Nalesean’s manservant Lopin. After the Aiel attacked Mat’s camp while Mat was on his way to Salidar, Nerim sewed up his wounds; Mat agreed with Talmanes’ assessment that as a seamstress, Nerim was a ham-fisted cook. Talmanes insisted that Nerim accompany Mat to Ebou Dar to act as his manservant. After Nalesean died, Mat took on Lopin as well, and the competition between the two serving men escalated. Nerim traveled with Mat until they met up with more of the Band; Nerim was very happy to be reunited with Talmanes.

  Nerin. A s’redit calf handled by the Seanchan woman Cerandin in Valan Luca’s circus. Luca called it a “boar-horse” to deflect from its true identity.

  Nerion Torelvin. A young Cairhienin man who was a member of Cha Faile. Balwer sent him and Haviar to spy on Masema. They learned that Masema had sent another rider to Amadicia, that there were Altarans among Masema’s forces, and that Annoura and Masuri were meeting with Masema in secret. They were pulled out before the attack on Malden.

  Nerith. A Seanchan sul’dam. When talking to Bakuun, a Seanchan army captain, Nerith put the proper degree of respect into her voice and not a whisker more. She was captured by Asha’man in the first battle against the Seanchan and Gille, her damane, was killed. She was square-faced, black-haired and spat a lot. Like the other captive women, sul’dam and damane, she was to be turned over to Aes Sedai; when she learned that, she howled and tried to flee. When stopped, Nerith sank her teeth into a Saldaean’s arm and hung on like a badger. Taim handed her over to Elayne in Caemlyn.

  Nermala, Derys. See Derys Nermala

  Nermasiv, Areina. See Areina Nermasiv

  Nerrine. A Da’shain Aiel woman from a time after the Breaking. Nerrine had two sons, Charlin and Alijha, and one daughter, Colline. When Colline and Maigran, another Da’shain girl, were taken by bandits, Nerrine was ready to mourn and go on, but Charlin, Alijha and some other boys decided to rescue the girls. The young men killed the bandits; Charlin was killed. When the others returned to camp, Nerrine wanted nothing to do with them since they had abandoned the Way of the Leaf.

  Nesair. A woman of the Shaido Aiel and Far Dareis Mai, who left the Shaido because of Rand. Fiery-haired and beautiful with white scars on both sun-dark cheeks, she was one of the three Maidens, along with Somara and Nandera, who beat Rand when he returned to Cairhien after battling the Seanchan because he had dishonored the Maidens by leaving them behind. Nesair told him that she had left her clan for him, and she didn’t want him to spit on her.

  Nesaline. A queen of Caembarin, one of the nations that arose after the Trolloc Wars. Nesaline was one of three who sent armies into Shandalle against Artur Hawkwing in FY 943.

  Nesan. The twelfth month of the year.

  Nesita. An Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah publicly and of the Black Ajah in truth. A member of the loyalist contingent, she was plump and blue-eyed and as mean as a snake with the itch. The one time Egwene tried to refuse the forkroot tea, Nesita helped pour it down her throat using a funnel. Nesita also Traveled to Kandor to collect tribute from the head clerk there, evidence that Elaida had Traveling. Her name appeared on Verin’s list of the Black Ajah.

  Nesolle, Cairlyn. See Cairlyn Nesolle

  Nessosin, Joar Addam. Asmodean’s name in the Age of Legends.

  Nesta din Reas Two Moons. The Mistress of the Ships to the Atha’an Miere. About 5'4" tall and going from stocky to fat, she had white hair, black eyes and a thrusting jaw. Nesta had an air of power; when she said “go,” people went. She wore six rings in each ear, and the chain to her nose ring was hung with many medallions. Her Windfinder was Renaile. When Elayne, Nynaeve and Aviendha went to Windrunner to ask for help with the Bowl of the Winds, Nesta was there and sent Baroc to summon all Wavemistresses, the First Twelve and their Windfinders, and then got down to bargaining. Nesta married Lan and Nynaeve, and sent twenty Windfinders to the Tarasin Palace. When the Seanchan arrived in Ebou Dar, Windrunner fought a delaying action to help as many ships as possible escape, but the vessel was taken, and Nesta and her Master of the Blades, Baroc, were executed by impaling; neither screamed while on the stake. Their heads were placed on poles outside the gates, and the crime listed on the placard beneath them was “Rebellion.”

  Nestelle din Sakura South Star. A Sea Folk Windfinder captured by the Seanchan and made damane. Mat decided to try to free the Sea Folk damane; he went to Nestelle’s room and asked what she would do if he removed her collar. She said that she would free her sisters; Mat asked that she wait three hours. She agreed, and they sealed the bargain by spitting on their hands and shaking; her hand was as callused as his, and her grip was strong. Mat removed her a’dam, and showed her how to remove others. She did not wait the full three hours; Mat and his party were at the gates of Ebou Dar when the trouble started, but they were able to leave because all the soldiers were going to deal with the Sea Folk.

  Nesune Bihara. A Kandori Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 15(3). Born in 826 NE, she went to the White Tower in 841 NE. After spending five years as a novice and four years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 850 NE. About 5'4" tall, and slender, with dark hair and almost black, bird-like eyes, Nesune had an eidetic memory and was a collector of specimens and a naturalist. She was fascinated both by men who could channel and by the Dragon Reborn. She taught Egwene as a novice, and could tell when someone’s attention drifted even with her back to the class. Nesune had one Warder, a tall, broad-shouldered young man who looked as though carved from a boulder. She was part of the mission sent to kidnap Rand and was captured at Dumai’s Wells and made da’tsang; she was one of the first five to swear to Rand. She was part of Cadsuane’s group that went to Far Madding and Shadar Logoth. She was also part of the group shielding Semirhage when Shaidar Haran rescued the Forsaken. Nesune fought alongside Aviendha while repelling the Trollocs at Thakan’dar during the Last Battle.

  net. Age of Legends word used for a weave of the Power. See web

  Netari, Ershin. An Illianer nobleman who was a member of the Council of Nine. He fought against the Seanchan; in the last engagement, he was under the command of Semaradrid.

  Nethan Conwy. On
e of Merise’s Warders. An Andoran, Nethan was 6'1" tall, with a lean, muscular build and piercing blue eyes. His dark hair had wings of white at the temples.

  Nethin, Tal. A saddlemaker who survived the Shaido massacre of Taien in the Jangai Pass, only to die by breaking his neck on level ground shortly afterward. His sister was Aril Corl.

  Nethvin Market. One of the three markets in Far Madding, where foreigners were allowed to trade.

  Nevanche, Desala. See Desala Nevanche

  Nevarin. A Wise One of the Codarra Aiel with the ability to channel and a strength level of 23(11). She appeared to be younger than Edarra, and only a year or two older than Perrin; she was at most 110 years old. Slim with sandy yellow hair and green eyes, Nevarin was about 5'8" tall and had a light voice, although her personality seemed to be much like Nynaeve’s. When she put her hands or fists on her hips, Perrin thought she wanted to shake a finger or a fist at him. Nevarin was one of the Wise Ones sent with Perrin to Ghealdan, to keep an eye on Seonid and Masuri. She went to battle against the Shaido at Malden. She assisted in the forging of Mah’alleinir, and followed his forces into the Last Battle.

  Neverborn. The wolves’ name for Myrddraal.

  Nevin. An Ebou Dari man killed in a duel with Beslan. The offense they dueled over was not worth a life, but Nevin slipped and Beslan ran him through the heart instead of his sword arm. Beslan had to pay a condolence call on his widow, Davindra.

  New Braem. A moderate-size border town older than Andor that lay fifty leagues north of Caemlyn on the road to Tar Valon; the original Braem was destroyed in the Trolloc Wars. New Braem was something of a center for trade heading north out of Andor, which was nearly all funneled through Tar Valon. A lot of news passed through New Braem as well, such as events at the Stone of Tear, changes at the White Tower and the presence of Borderlander soldiers in Braem Wood.