The Wheel of Time Companion

by Robert Jordan

  He later joined with the Whitecloaks in Amador, calling himself Ordeith, Old Tongue for “Wormwood.” He led the Whitecloaks to the Two Rivers, having convinced them that it was full of Darkfriends; his real goal was to harrow the area and draw Rand to him. He killed Perrin’s family, but was thwarted in his main purpose. Next he made his way to Tar Valon, where he spoke with Elaida about Rand and stole the dagger again.

  He next went to Cairhien, where he became closely associated with Toram Riatin as Riatin’s advisor, calling himself Jeral Mordeth. After Rand showed up there, Fain wounded him with the Shadar Logoth dagger in the fog that descended on the rebel camp outside Cairhien when the bubble of evil struck. He knew that Rand didn’t die, because he could still sense him. Rand put a price on the head of Padan Fain, and publicly linked the name to Jeral Mordeth. Meanwhile, Riatin thought the fog was Rand’s doing, and that Rand had scuppered his chances for the Sun Throne. Due to Fain’s influence, he had hated Rand before; later he wanted nothing more than Rand’s death, and was delighted that Fain could find and track Rand.

  Fain followed Rand to Far Madding in company with Toram Riatin and went after him, incidentally killing a Darkfriend Asha’man who was hunting Rand, just because Fain felt that Rand was his to kill. Rand and Lan deliberately walked into a trap they thought had been set by Gedwyn and Torval only to find the Asha’man dead. The trap had been set by Fain and Toram Riatin instead. Lan killed Toram, but Fain managed to escape from Rand.

  Fain’s newer abilities included inducing waking nightmares and setting traps like the one that nearly caught Rand on Blue Carp Street in Far Madding. He could recognize Darkfriends on sight, even someone who had only thought of swearing to the Shadow. To him, it was as if they had a sooty mark on their foreheads.

  Fain had an influence over Myrddraal and Trollocs, enough that he could command them and do them harm, if he so desired. On the lead up to the Last Battle, Fain gathered an army of Trollocs in the Blight, and headed for Shayol Ghul.

  During the Last Battle, Fain transformed into Shaisam, a consumer of souls. His Trollocs, whose souls he had taken, fought at Thakan’dar, a distraction from his real purpose, to find and kill Rand. The more souls he consumed, the more his being became entwined with a fog-like substance that surrounded him, making him harder and harder to find and kill. He still carried the dagger from Shadar Logoth. But Mat set a trap for him and, immune to the evil from Shadar Logoth, having once been exposed to it, he took the dagger from Fain and stabbed him with it, killing both him and the mist.

  Padra. One of Rand and Aviendha’s quadruplets, she was seen in Aviendha’s viewings of the future in Rhuidean. A Maiden of the Spear, Padra and other Maidens encountered a scouting party and killed some of them before the rest escaped through a gateway. She then attended a meeting and agreed that the Aiel should go to war against the Seanchan.

  Padros, Eagan. See Eagan Padros

  Padry. A servant to Lord Culen and Lord Paers, Murandian Hunters of the Horn. A skinny man wearing a Murandian coat of dark wool, he told Mat that the lords were heroes. He said that Olver was a peasant and was molesting Lord Paers’ horse and seemed to think that that was enough reason for Olver’s neck to be broken. Mat did not agree, and, after thrashing Paers and Culen with the butt of his spear, told Padry to get them out of town before sunset.

  Padwhin, Tuck. See Tuck Padwhin

  Paedrig. A Hero of the Horn who was called the golden-tongued peacemaker. When Rand saw him, he became aware of all Paedrig’s names through the Ages, including those he didn’t recognize as names, such as Patrick.

  Paendrag. See Artur Hawkwing, Berelain sur Paendrag, Luthair Paendrag Mondwin and Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag

  Paerish Swar. A great forest on the Almoth Plain, and the site of an abandoned Ogier stedding.

  Paeron, House. Berelain’s noble House in Mayene.

  Paers, Lord. A Murandian nobleman who was a Hunter of the Horn. Paers spoke with a Mindean accent, and the Mindeans boasted that they had the worst tempers in Murandy. He was in Maerone with Lord Culen. Olver sat on Paers’ horse, and Paers intended to punish Olver by wringing his scrawny neck. Mat disabled Paers by bringing the butt of his spear up sharply between the man’s legs; when Culen attempted to draw his sword, Mat pummeled him with his spear butt and ordered their servant Padry to get the two men out of town by sunset.

  Paet al’Caar. A Two Rivers man. His wife was Nela and his son Wil; he had another son and two daughters. Part of the mob that confronted Moiraine after the Trolloc attack on Winternight, he was ashamed when it was pointed out that she had Healed Wil’s leg. In one of Nynaeve’s Accepted test scenarios, 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; in that scenario, Paet hanged himself. Paet helped Perrin in the defense of Emond’s Field.

  Paetram. A fork-bearded Kandori master merchant whom Mat encountered drinking at an inn in Tear. He told of a rumor saying that the Whitecloaks had gone to the Two Rivers looking for the Dragon Reborn and a Darkfriend with yellow eyes.

  Paetram Aybara. Perrin’s younger brother; at nine years old, he, along with the rest of his family except Perrin, was murdered by Padan Fain, although the killing was thought to have been done by Trollocs. See Aybara clan

  Paitar Neramovni Nachiman. King of Arafel, Guardian of the Way and High Seat of House Nachiman. He was born in 937 NE. His younger sister, Kiruna, was Aes Sedai. About 6'2" to 6'3" tall, Paitar was straight-backed and broad-shouldered. He looked strong and could wield a sword with vigor and skill. Paitar had a surprisingly deep, rich voice—a voice to make women’s hearts beat faster. His wife Menuki knew he was hers to his bootsoles. His Aes Sedai advisor, Coladara, was uncommitted in the struggle between rebel and loyalist Aes Sedai. Paitar was in possession of a prophecy regarding Rand, made by an Aes Sedai among his ancestors and heard by another ancestor. Easar, Ethenielle, Paitar and Tenobia joined together and left the Borderlands seeking Rand, and met with Elayne in Braem Wood. When Rand met with the four rulers, Paitar backhanded Rand with a blow that sent him to his knees. In exchange for his Aes Sedai being taught Traveling so that he could take part in the Last Battle, he swore fealty to Rand. He fought alongside Lan at Tarwin’s Gap in the Last Battle.

  Paitr Conel. A young man and Darkfriend from Market Sheran, Andor. He approached Rand and Mat when they were making their way to Caemlyn; when he grabbed Rand to try to stop him from leaving, Rand broke his nose, causing him to say things that revealed he was a Darkfriend, and an old man in the inn overheard him. Later he approached Morgase in Amador and told her that he and his uncle Torwyn had a plan for her to escape from the Whitecloaks. Trom caught Torwyn, Paitr and others reciting catechisms to the Dark One; they were hanged while Morgase watched.

  Paitr do Fearna a’Conn. A Murandian lord who made common cause with the Andor intruders against the rebel Aes Sedai and afterward made a further accommodation with the Andorans. About 5'11" tall, with a medium build, he had dark hair, dark eyes and curled mustaches, which he sometimes yanked violently. At the meeting on the ice with the Andorans and the rebel Aes Sedai, Paitr stood too close to Halima and stared down her dress; she smiled at him warmly.

  Palace of the Assemblage. The home of one of the ruling bodies of Illian. It was an Ogier-built structure.

  Palan, Haesel. A Murandian rug merchant with whom young Moiraine shared a room at The Gates of Heaven in Canluum. She was plump, had cold feet and snored.

  paltron-cloths. Part of an Imperial high general’s uniform.

  Panarch. A ruler in Tanchico. Once in the past a king or queen had to be balanced by a panarch of the opposite sex; after approximately 500 NE there was a king and a female panarch. The equal of the King in authority, the Panarch was responsible for collecting taxes, customs and duties; he for spending them properly. She controlled the Civil Watch and the courts, except for the High Court, which was the King’s. The army was his, except for the Panarch’s Legion, which was her
s.

  Panarch Farede of Tarabon. The first Panarch of Tarabon after the War of the Hundred Years. He adopted and promoted a new calendar, the Farede Calendar, as part of his attempt to make Tarabon the intellectual center of the known world.

  Panarch’s Circle. An assembly arena in Tanchico that was surrounded by the Panarch’s Palace and other buildings. It was located on the Verana, the easternmost hilly peninsula on Tanchico Bay.

  Panarch’s Legion. The Panarch’s armed guard in Tanchico. It consisted of about three thousand men on land and about a thousand to fifteen hundred on ships, when it existed. The latter’s primary function was keeping down pirates. Like the Life Guard, it was dispersed by the Seanchan, though many of the survivors were incorporated into levies raised by the Seanchan.

  Panarch’s Palace. The residence of the Panarch in Tanchico. It was on the Verana, the westernmost hilly peninsula in Tanchico. It had a museum containing many relics of past Ages.

  Pansai. The name Aravine assumed when posing as the head of a supply caravan transporting captives to a Trolloc camp at the Field of Merrilor in the Last Battle. She claimed that she was Lifa’s business partner and had stabbed Lifa and taken over the run.

  Pappil. The name Bayrd used for his paternal grandfather, a stoneworker.

  Paral. A major city in the Age of Legends.

  paralis-net. Semirhage’s name for Cadsuane’s hair ornaments.

  Parelean. A Tairen man who was a member of Cha Faile. He had a square jaw and wore fat-sleeved Tairen coats. Faile considered him the brightest of the lot, ahead of Selande, but she also thought that Camaille and Arrela were quicker of thought than either. He was not one of those sent into Bethal. Parelean was killed by the Shaido when Faile’s riding party was attacked.

  Parenia Demalle. An Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 817 to 866 NE. Parenia was an Amyrlin of average strength. She was more interested in negotiations and treaties between nations than in the running of the Tower. She still kept fairly good control in order to gain backing for her treaties.

  Parentakis, Jander. A member of the Academy of Cairhien. He was working on building a paddlewheel riverboat.

  pasties. The name for meat pies in the Age of Legends.

  Patrim. A stableboy at Harilin’s Leap in Jarra, Ghealdan. He had hay in his hair. When Moiraine, Lan, Loial and Perrin stayed at the inn, Nico and Patrim saw to their horses.

  Patrinda. An Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah who guarded Egwene when she was imprisoned by Elaida and visited by Seaine.

  Pattern, Great. See Great Pattern

  Pattern of an Age. Pattern woven by the Wheel of Time from the threads of human lives, referring to the interconnectedness of events, which formed the substance of reality for that Age; also known as Age Lace.

  Pattern, Will of the. Stated reason why each reigning monarch of Shara died like clockwork every seven years, suggesting a natural cause, which was far from the truth.

  Pavil Geraneos. An Illianer buying gems in Saldaea. He was young, clean-shaven and dark-eyed. He and his partner Jeorg Damentanis were bargaining with Weilin Aldragoran just before Nynaeve arrived to drum up support for Lan. Pavil showed anger at Weilin’s offer, which horrified Jeorg.

  Pavlara, Janine. See Janine Pavlara

  Peace, the Dragon’s. See Dragon’s Peace, the

  peacetalker. An Aiel trained to guide angry men to ground their spears.

  peach. A fruit whose pit could be powdered and used as poison. It was widely, and erroneously, believed that the fruit itself was poison.

  Pearman’s Lane. A street in Caemlyn, in the New City where a handful of fruit-sellers clung to shops handed down since the days of Ishara.

  pecara. Pale wrinkled nuts found in the Waste.

  Pedra. An Accepted who remained in the White Tower when the Tower split. About 5'1" to 5'2" tall, she was a wiry woman who looked a little older than Nynaeve. She led Egwene to her room when she first came to the White Tower. Pedra spoke curtly. Egwene didn’t like her, probably because of her officiousness. After Pedra told her what she had to do on her first day, Egwene stuck out her tongue at her back. When Pedra served Pevara and Tarna wine and cakes, Pevara thought that she would be raised soon, and Tarna thought that men made her nervous. When the classroom where she was to teach vanished, she was frightened and showed it by being cross with the novices, which was very unusual for her.

  Pedron Niall. The Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light, he was considered one of the five great captains. Born in Murandy in 911 NE, he fought his first battle as a Whitecloak in 928 NE. The foremost general of the Children of the Light in the Troubles, known to others as the Whitecloak War, Lord Captain Niall set a trap at Soremaine that caught King Stepaneos and would have destroyed his entire army if it were not for the valor of the Companions. By the time of the Aiel War, Niall had become the Lord Captain Commander; he led the Whitecloaks during the war, and was in charge of all the armies of the Grand Alliance on the second day of the Battle of the Shining Walls. All sinew and bone with white hair, he was married in his youth, but his wife died before he rose to power.

  Niall sent troops to Almoth Plain; he planned to capture it and raise the nation of Almoth as the seat of the Children of the Light. When he learned of Falme and the Dragon Reborn, he had to change his plans. Niall did not believe that the Last Battle would involve the Dark One breaking free; the Dark One was bound away. To him Rand was a false Dragon, and useful only as a means to drive the nations to unite—a feat beyond him, obviously—to fight an invasion of Trollocs and other Shadowspawn that would come out of the Blight. He firmly believed that Aes Sedai were evil, servants of the Shadow whether they knew it or not, and thought what happened at Falme was an Aes Sedai/Darkfriend scheme. He began spreading rumors of vile things that Rand and Aes Sedai had done so that the populace would come to him to save them. He had Carridin form bands of Dragonsworn to commit atrocities that could be laid at the Dragon Reborn’s door.

  Padan Fain went to Niall, and convinced him that Rand, Mat and Perrin were Darkfriends—that indeed the Two Rivers was crawling with Darkfriends—and Niall sent Fain there with fifty Children and ordered Valda to send half a legion more. Niall negotiated with Altara and Murandy to cede land to Illian so that Illian would not invade either.

  When Niall got Morgase into his grip, he tried to manipulate her; he wanted and needed the additional validation of support from rulers. He wanted Morgase to sign a treaty that would allow the Children to go into Andor with her as a figurehead; it was a key to his plan to bring entire nations behind him. Although Morgase finally signed, Niall postponed his plans because Varadin, the man he had sent to Tanchico, sent word of the troubles there. Abdel Omerna killed Niall on the same day as the Battle of Dumai’s Wells as part of a plot with Rhadam Asunawa and Eamon Valda. Valda then killed Omerna.

  Pel. A gap-toothed wagon driver drinking at The Good Night’s Ride in Lugard, Murandy. He was present when Siuan went to see Mistress Tharne, an eyes-and-ears of the Blue Ajah.

  Pel Aydaer. A bald cabinetmaker in Emond’s Field who smoked a pipe. When refugees started pouring into the Two Rivers, he had to hire five apprentices. Pel joined Perrin’s armies at Malden, and was sent with others on a scouting trip to Cairhien to gather information, since the armies had been out of touch with events farther east for so long.

  Pelanna. A Sea Folk Wavemistress and one of the First Twelve. A pink scar ran down the right side of her face, and her tightly curled hair was gray. Pelanna was held by the Seanchan in Ebou Dar, and fled during the Escape. Her honor chain was heavy with medallions, including one for her part in the Escape; her wrist and ankles bore the marks of Seanchan chains. She was at the meeting of the First Twelve in Illian with Logain and there learned of the mass suicide of the Amayar. At the beginning of the meeting, she informed Harine that she had placed a cushion in her chair, and laughed uproariously, but was annoyed when her Windfinder Caire did not laugh as well; when Pelanna laughed, she expected those und
er her to laugh, too. See also Escape, the

  Pelateos. The author of Ponderings, one of the books that Min read.

  Pelden. See Naris and Sephanie Pelden

  Pelivar Coelan. An Andoran man who was High Seat of House Coelan. The sign of his House was the Roses: two red roses, side by side, on a field of horizontal blue and white stripes. It was sometimes called “the Flowers” by housemen. He was 6'3" tall, and lean, with dark hair, which he was losing from the front. He had a surprisingly light voice, but it was strong and usually quite firm, unsurprising in the High Seat of a powerful House. He had daughters old enough to claim the throne. He supported Morgase when she gained the throne; she exiled him under the influence of Rahvin. Aemlyn, Pelivar, Arathelle and Culhan were among the nobles who confronted the rebel Aes Sedai on the ice near the Murandy-Andor border. Pelivar supported Dyelin for the throne, but after Elayne took Caemlyn and Luan and Abelle stood for Trakand, Pelivar did as well.

  Pena, Birlen. See Birlen Pena

  Pena, the falls of. A place where Mat fought Sana Ashraf, from one of his memories of the distant past.

  penance. A practice imposed on Aes Sedai as needed. Penance was divided into four sorts: Labor, Deprivation, Mortification of the Flesh and Mortification of the Spirit. For sisters, the last was much more likely to come in a self-imposed penance than one imposed by another agency. Despite what much of the world saw as Aes Sedai arrogance, the belief among Aes Sedai, by and large, was that they had to maintain a proper and fitting balance between pride and humility. The purpose of penance, officially, at least, was not so much to punish as to remind the sister of the proper balance and help her to restore it.

  Penances were most often imposed upon or taken on by sisters for a perceived personal failing or lack. That is, a sister who failed to carry out a task as it should have been might receive a penance; but officially, at least, it would have been not for the failure in the task, but for whatever personal lack or shortcoming was revealed by failure in the task. While penance supposedly was in no way a punishment, it could be imposed on a sister as one just the same, by the Amyrlin, by the Hall, or by one’s own Ajah. There were rare circumstances under which a penance could be imposed by another Ajah.