The Wheel of Time Companion

by Robert Jordan

  Shilene Gate. A passageway found on the eastern side of Lugard.

  Shiman, Jurad. See Jurad Shiman

  Shimel, Mistress. A fur merchant in Far Madding. Rand saw her while gathering intelligence at an inn called The Golden Wheel. A stout woman with a round face and a thin smile, she wore her black hair in a tight roll along the top of her head. She mentioned that she heard the Stone of Tear was under siege.

  Shimoku. A Kandori Accepted with the Salidar contingent having a potential strength level of 34(22). Born in 973 NE, she went to the White Tower in 988 NE. After spending eleven years as a novice, she was raised Accepted in 999 NE. Shortly after, she was taken to Salidar by the rebels. Pretty, with dark eyes, Shimoku shared a house in Salidar with Elayne and Nynaeve. On the night the bubble of evil struck Salidar, she entered the link easily and was so tired later that she sat down in the street.

  Shimron, Lord. A Domani nobleman, former advisor to Alsalam, and a Dragonsworn. A gaunt, white-haired man, he wore a beauty mark of a sparkling red quarter moon beside his left eye. He joined Ituralde to fight the Seanchan and was killed by a damane fireball.

  Shimura, Aiden. See Aiden Shimura

  Shining Walls, Battle of. See Battle of the Shining Walls, the

  Shinowa, Ingtar. See Ingtar Shinowa

  Shiota. A nation that arose after the Trolloc Wars; its borders were within what became Altara.

  Shipless, Leilwin. See Egeanin Sarna

  Shivan the Hunter. A Hero of the Horn and brother of Calian the Chooser. Shivan wore a black mask and was said to herald the end of Ages—destruction of the old, beginning of the new. He did not take part in the Last Battle as a Hero of the Horn, having been born shortly before.

  Shivena Kayenzi. A Saldaean philosopher who was influenced by Willim of Manaches. Meilyn tested Moiraine on her knowledge of the two when she was Accepted.

  sho-wing. A high-tech aircraft from the Age of Legends, based on a delta-wing pattern. It varied in size depending on purpose and was capable of long-range flight at high speeds.

  shocklance. A high-tech energy weapon of long-distance destruction, developed to fight the Dark One’s forces during the War of the Shadow. Shocklances were in short supply by the time of the Breaking because the industrial base of the world had been destroyed long before.

  shockvisor. A helmet part from the War of the Shadow.

  Shodin. A clan among the Sea Folk.

  shoja-circle. Obscure reference made by Birgitte, saying that Gaidal told her that she had a sense of humor like “a rock thrown into a shoja-circle.”

  Shol Arbela. The capital of Arafel. It was built by men, not Ogier, and was known as the City of Ten Thousand Bells.

  Sholoon, Stedding. A stedding located in Shienar, in a wooded area east of the Field of Merrilor. Lindsar was the eldest of the Ogier in Stedding Sholoon, and she allowed Androl and Pevara to use the stedding to trap a group of Darkfriends, including Alviarin and some of Taim’s cronies.

  Shon Kifar. The tenth-largest city in Seanchan. Tuon reflected on how she had purchased her damane Mylen on the docks of this seaport.

  Shoran, Darnella. See Darnella Shoran

  Shorara. A sept of the Tomanelle Aiel.

  Shore, Mistress. The name used by Cadsuane in her dealings with Quillin Tasil, an innkeeper in Bandar Eban.

  Shorelle. A port city in the Age of Legends. Asmodean was born there.

  shoufa. A garment of the Aiel, a cloth, usually the color of sand or rock, that wrapped around the head and neck, leaving only the face bare.

  shoulderthumper. A bullyboy or thug.

  Shukosa, Mahiro. See Mahiro Shukosa

  Shumada, Amenar. A member of the Seanchan Blood who attended Tuon’s first audience in Ebou Dar.

  Shyanda. A Wise One of the Goshien Aiel with fiery red hair. Shyanda was at Elayne and Aviendha’s first-sister ceremony and stepped forward with Amys when the latter said that she would suffer the pangs of birth for Aviendha and Elayne; she helped Amys strip.

  Shyman’s Road. A road passing by Negin Bridge near Dragonmount.

  Sibella. A Kin and a member of the Knitting Circle. Her strength level was 22(10); she was not strong enough to make a gateway of any size whatsoever. Born in 613 NE, she went to the White Tower in 627 NE. After spending ten years as a novice and six years as Accepted, she flunked her test for the shawl very badly and was put out of the Tower in 643 NE. Yellow-haired and thin, with no gray or white in her hair, Sibella appeared to be in her middle years and favored plunging necklines. When encountered by Nynaeve and Elayne, she wore the red belt of a Wise Woman. She fainted when Merilille and the others unmasked her. A member of the party that went to the Rahad to get the Bowl of the Winds, Sibella was injured by the gholam, but Nynaeve and Sumeko Healed her. She was present at the meeting with the Windfinders in the Tarasin Palace, and part of manipulating them, on orders from Elayne and Nynaeve. Sibella nearly fainted again at the suggestion of sitting in the presence of Aes Sedai and the Queen. Sibella accompanied Elayne to the Royal Palace in Caemlyn.

  Sidama. Galad’s horse in the Last Battle.

  Sidon. A single-inn village in Ghealdan, on the west bank of the River Boern where a stone bridge spanned the river between fifty-foot cliffs. When Moiraine and her party passed through chasing after Rand, they found Sidon burned; a lantern dropped in a barn had started a fire that seemed to run wild, and everything went wrong. Nothing was left except a few stone walls and chimneys. Moiraine was sure that the fire was a result of Rand’s having been there.

  Sidona. An area of Saldaea; one of Bashere’s titles was Lord of Bashere, Tyr and Sidona.

  Sidoro. A family in Illian. See Bili and Nieda Sidoro

  Siedre. A Jenn Aiel woman shortly after the Breaking. She married Adan, and they had five children: Rhea, Malind, Sorelle, Elwin and Jaren. All either died or were carried off by bandits; Siedre was also killed by bandits.

  Sienda. A sizable two-inn village in Amadicia. The dwellings were of stone and thatch, and the dirt streets were crowded with Whitecloaks and King’s men. Nynaeve, Elayne, Thom and Juilin stayed at an inn there. Nynaeve, in Tel’aran’rhiod, found out that Elaida was the new Amyrlin, and that rebel Aes Sedai were hiding out somewhere. The two women met Galad, now a Whitecloak officer, at the inn over breakfast, and he said he wished to escort them to Caemlyn, although they were on their way to Tear. They all snuck away, and joined Master Luca’s menagerie heading for Ghealdan. One of Luca’s boar-horses had damaged one of the inns.

  Sierin Vayu. An Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah with a strength level of 18(6). Born in 736 NE, she went to the White Tower in 752 NE. After spending eight years as a novice and nine years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 769 NE. Sierin was plump, with a grim face and hard eyes; she was stern, and had more than a touch of Red in her. On being raised Amyrlin in the spring of 979 NE, rather than granting petitions and relief from penances, she exiled three sisters from the Tower and had two more birched. She also fired every male clerk in the Tower for such offenses as “flirting with novices and Accepted” or “inappropriate glances and looks.” Sierin was assassinated by a small group of Red sisters in 984 NE when she was about to put an end to the male channeler pogrom. Chesmal Emry claimed to have induced the Red Ajah to kill Sierin when Sierin was about to have her arrested.

  Sightblinder. An Aiel name for the Dark One.

  Sightburner. An Aiel name for the Dark One.

  Sigmont. A young man who participated in the Last Battle. Mat taught him how to use a quarterstaff, but he wanted to learn to use a sword.

  Sigril. Yoeli’s sister; she was the leader of the Lastriders in Maradon. She and the Lastriders were positioned outside the city during the Trolloc invasion, and were tasked with getting word to other Saldaean forces if the city fell.

  Silene Dorelmin. The best seamstress in Chachin, Kandor. Slim, with a haughty air and a cool voice, she made dresses for Moiraine.

  Silk Path. A trade route running between the Jangai Pass across the Wast
e to Shara; it was used only by those allowed to cross the Aiel Waste, such as the Cairhienin before the Aiel War.

  Sillia Cerano. A woman who owned a touring circus, competition for Valan Luca’s circus near Samara in Ghealdan. She and half her performers were flogged for not moving fast enough to suit the Prophet at Samara; they were forced into the Prophet’s service.

  Silvane Redfor. An Andoran Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah, uncommitted to any contingent, with a strength level of 33(21). Silvane was one of the uncommitted Aes Sedai Rand found in Cairhien after Dumai’s Wells who was following Cadsuane Melaidhrin. Silvane was left behind in Cairhien when Cadsuane went to Far Madding.

  Silver Circuit. A racetrack lying just south of the city walls of Ebou Dar. Olver raced Wind there and won, as did Mat, who had bet heavily on him. Mat saw Mili Skane there, as well.

  Silver Dolphin. A waterfront inn located in Illian. Yarin Maeldan, second to Bayle Domon on the Spray, made his residence at the Silver Dolphin while in port. His room was searched by unknowns.

  Silver Horn, The. An inn found in Maerone, Cairhien, that was frequented by soldiers of Mat’s Band. Mat and Edorion went there making rounds of the drinking halls to check on Mat’s men. Inside, a girl sang bawdy songs; outside, Mat saved Olver from a beating by Murandian Hunters of the Horn.

  Silver Penny, The. An inn in Chachin, Kandor. Its innkeeper was Nedare Satarov. 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.

  Silver Pig. An inn or tavern in Lugard. Siuan passed it on the way to another inn while looking for a Blue Ajah eyes-and-ears.

  Silver Road. A commercial highway connecting the city of Illian to Lugard. It was used by Rand’s forces during the campaign against the Seanchan.

  Silver Swan. An inn in the New City of Caemlyn. Various Aes Sedai and their Warders stayed there just after Rand fled Caemlyn. A few would leave, a few others come, but there were never more than ten lodgers at one time. They kept to themselves, caused no trouble and asked no questions that Bashere or Bael were able to learn of. Their presence coincided with other Aes Sedai gatherings in Cairhien. Elayne had them watched, as it was unclear whose side they were on. The Black sisters knew of them and avoided them.

  silverbell. A plant with blossoms that looked like silver bells. Erith’s eyes were the color of a silverbell’s ripe seedpod.

  Silverbow, Birgitte. See Birgitte Silverbow

  silverleaf. A plant used in tea for headache.

  silverpike. A predatory fish that spawned in the reeds and chewed fishermen’s nets. Attracted by blood, they could tear other fish apart. They were also eaten by people.

  silversides. A select type of fish.

  Silverwall Keeps. An Arafellin fortress on the Firchon Pass next to the border of Kandor.

  Silviana Brehon. An Amadician Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 15(3). Born in 849 NE, she went to the White Tower in 867 NE. After spending twelve years as a novice and eleven years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 890 NE. She was made Mistress of Novices in 999 NE, when the Tower split, and named Keeper of the Chronicles by Egwene al’Vere in 1000 NE, when it reunited. She was 5'6½" tall, and stocky, with a square face, a firm, determined chin, dark hair worn in a tight bun on the back of her head and large dark eyes. Novices and Accepted, and some Aes Sedai, said she had eyes in the back of her head. There were those among the novices who believed she could see what happened in places where she wasn’t even present. Physically very strong, she reminded people of a strict aunt, the one who not only would not stand for any nonsense, but who viewed her nieces and nephews as raw material to be whipped into shape as human beings.

  Despite her potential strength, she had great difficulty in learning when she arrived in the Tower; her teachers thought this was a result of her innate stubbornness and too much pride, and she came to agree with them, which was one reason she was so strict with her charges. Well aware of her own weaknesses and flaws, she came to terms with them and learned to control most of them. Thus she believed that anyone could learn to control their weaknesses and flaws given sufficient motivation. She thought that a combination of rewards and punishments worked best. Indeed, they seemed to work very well for her; the novices and Accepted feared her punishments and were very grateful for her small rewards. She had fewer discipline problems than was considered usual, while her charges learned at a very high rate, retaining what they learned better. Silviana was not popular with the novices and Accepted—Sheriam was popular by and large, though no one wanted to run afoul of her either—but she was very successful, by most benchmarks considerably more so than Sheriam. As Mistress of Novices she had a reputation for being harsh, and indeed her model among former Mistresses of Novices was Sereille Bagand, but this fearsome reputation was largely because, unlike Sheriam and Sheriam’s immediate predecessors, she did not play favorites, and she did not have periods when she was slack with her charges. Silviana was watchful all the time, evenhanded and strict. She made sure that any punishment was hard enough that no one could simply shrug it off and forget it. Whoever came to her, for punishment or penance, left with a fervent desire not to repeat the experience. For this reason, she actually punished fewer girls than any of the immediate predecessors she so despised.

  She was harder on Accepted than on novices. She was tough enough on novices that not everyone saw it, but in fact she gave more petting than punishments to the younger girls and allowed Accepted much less slack than Sheriam or her immediate predecessors. Since they were older and more advanced, they should have known better.

  She considered the novices hers, an attitude not unusual with the Mistress of Novices. In her view, she had responsibility for and over them, and she was not to be overridden by anyone, not even the Amyrlin Seat. Tower law did make her the final arbiter over novices and Accepted.

  Since penances for Aes Sedai which contained physical chastisement were usually carried out by the Mistress of Novices—though almost always in strictest confidentiality—a number of sisters who fell afoul of Elaida felt much the same way about Silviana as the novices and Accepted did.

  After Egwene was taken by the Tower Aes Sedai and put back in novice white, Silviana would not allow the methods used in putting someone to the question to be used on her, even though she had been aiding the rebels and claiming to be the Amyrlin Seat. When she deemed Elaida’s punishment too harsh and demanded that Egwene be released, Elaida tried to demote her, but Silviana refused to let that happen. Elaida then ordered that Silviana be imprisoned and executed. Egwene had her released and named her Keeper of the Chronicles, another job at which Silviana was adept; Egwene found her a tremendous improvement over Sheriam in that job as well. The only fly in the ointment was Silviana’s dislike for Gawyn. In the Last Battle, Silviana fought alongside Egwene in Kandor. When Gawyn was killed, Silviana tried to keep Egwene away from the battle, but was not successful.

  Silvic. A member of the Band of the Red Hand who taught Olver how to use his knife.

  Silvie. A crone met in the Heart of the Stone in Tel’aran’rhiod, Lanfear in disguise, who told Egwene about Callandor.

  Silvin, Betse. See Betse Silvin

  Silvin, Jar. See Jar Silvin

  Sim. The innkeeper of The King’s Lancer in Sienda, Amadicia. One of Valan Luca’s boar-horses smashed through the front door of his inn, causing him to lose half or more of his custom.

  Simaan. A Tairen High Lord. He had sharp eyes and a sharp nose. One of the most active plotters against Rand in the Stone, he was sent to Cairhien under Meilan to restore order. Later he was
sent back south from Cairhien leading one of the last large parties of Tairens to depart, and he joined the rebellion against Rand gathering near Haddon Mirk. Merana and Rafela negotiated a settlement with Simaan and the other rebels; that settlement made Darlin king.

  simblossoms. A flower grown on the roofs of holds in the Aiel Waste.

  Simion. A servant/workman at the inn Harilin’s Leap in Jarra, Ghealdan. Simion had a wide mouth, popping eyes and no chin to speak of, making him resemble a frog. His brother Noam was a wolfbrother and lost himself to the wolves. When Moiraine, Lan, Loial and Perrin stayed at the inn, Simion recognized that Moiraine was an Aes Sedai, and asked Perrin if she could heal his brother. Moiraine tried, but could not, and Perrin persuaded Simion to let Noam run free.

  Sinah, Ranun. A Whitecloak soldier killed in battle with Shadowspawn on the Jehannah Road. When Perrin and Galad found his body, his cloak was soaked in blood.

  Sindhol. The name used by Moghedien for the realm of the Aelfinn and Eelfinn.

  Singing. Singing was performed at gatherings among guests by those who had the Voice, a Talent. Singing was mentioned by a mad Lews Therin when he greeted Ishamael, the Betrayer of Hope, and also inside the ter’angreal in Rhuidean.

  Sins, Thirteen. In Ebou Dar, representative figures carved into a lintel at the Kin house. They included Envy, Gossip and Greed.

  Sintiang, Stedding. A stedding located in the Spine of the World.

  Sisnera, Darlin. See Darlin Sisnera

  sister-mother, sister-wife. See Aiel kinship

  Siswai. Aviendha’s leggy arch-necked gray horse.

  siswai’aman. In the Old Tongue, “the spear of the Dragon”; Aiel men who wore a strip of red cloth around their forehead with a black-and-white disc above their brows, and who were dedicated to the Dragon Reborn.

  Sitter. An Aes Sedai who represented her Ajah in the Hall of the Tower; each Ajah was represented by three Sitters.

  Siuan Sanche. A Tairen Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah and the rebel contingent, with an original strength level of 13(1); after being stilled and Healed, her strength level was 35(23). Born in 957 NE to a poor fisherman’s family, she went to the White Tower in 972 NE. Spending three years as a novice and three years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in late 978 NE, after the Battle of the Shining Walls; Moiraine was raised at the same time. Siuan was raised to the Amyrlin Seat in 988 NE, then the youngest to hold the post. In 999 NE, she was deposed and stilled. Her Warder Alric was killed the same day. About 5'5" tall, she was fair-skinned, blue-eyed and more than handsome but less than beautiful. After she was deposed and stilled, she looked young, about twenty-two or twenty-three, and no longer like an Aes Sedai. Men in Lugard considered her pretty, which astonished her. Her eyes could flash fire and bore holes in stone when she wanted them to. She had a fairly small ability with Healing, and she had the minor Talent of being able to see ta’veren; to her eyes, a ta’veren person was accompanied by or surrounded by a glow proportional to the strength with which he or she was central to the weaving of the Pattern. This ability was recovered after she was Healed from being stilled.