Great Serpent: A symbol for time and eternity, ancient before the Age of Legends began, consisting of a serpent eating its own tail. A ring in the shape of the Great Serpent is awarded to women who have been raised to the Accepted among the Aes Sedai.
hide: A unit of area for measuring land, equal to 100 paces by 100 paces.
High Lords of Tear: Acting as a council, the High Lords are historically the rulers of the nation of Tear, which has neither king nor queen. Their numbers are not fixed, and have varied from as many as twenty to as few as six. Not to be confused with the Lords of the Land, who are lesser Tairen lords.
Horn of Valere (vah-LEER): Legendary object of the Great Hunt of the Horn. Supposedly can call back dead heroes from the grave to fight against the Shadow. A new Hunt of the Horn has been called, and oaths have been administered to the Hunters in Illian.
Hundred Companions, the: One hundred male Aes Sedai, among the most powerful of the Age of Legends, who, led by Lews Therin Telamon, launched the final stroke that ended the War of the Shadow by sealing the Dark One back into his prison. The Dark One’s counterstroke tainted saidin; the Hundred Companions went mad and began the Breaking of the World. See also Time of Madness; Breaking of the World, the; True Source; One Power, the.
Illian (IHL-lee-an): A
great port on the Sea of Storms, capital city of the nation of the same name.
Isendre (ih-SEHN-dreh): A beautiful and mysterious woman traveling in the Aiel Waste.
Kadere, Hadnan (kah-DEER, HAHD-nahn): A peddler traveling the Aiel Waste. A man with knowledge to sell, if he can find the right price.
kaf (KAAF): A Seanchan drink, brewed black and drunk steaming hot, sometimes sweetened but often not. A stimulating beverage.
Keille Shaogi: See Shaogi, Keille.
Lan (LAN); al’Lan Mandragoran (AHL-LAN man-DRAG-or-an): A Warder, bonded to Moiraine. Uncrowned King of Malkier, Dai Shan (Battle Lord), and the last surviving Malkieri lord. See also Warder; Moiraine; Malkier.
Lanfear (LAN-fear): In the Old Tongue: “Daughter of the Night.” One of the Forsaken, perhaps the most powerful next to Ishamael. Unlike the others, she chose this name herself. Said to have loved Lews Therin Telamon, and to have hated his wife, Ilyena. See also Forsaken, the; Dragon, the.
Laras (LAH-rahs): Mistress of the Kitchens in the White Tower, the center of Aes Sedai power, in Tar Valon. A woman of surprising knowledge and shocking past.
league: See length, units of.
Leane (lee-AHN-eh): An Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah. Keeper of the Chronicles. See also Ajah; Chronicles, Keeper of the.
length, units of: 10 inches = 1 foot; 3 feet = 1 pace; 2 paces = 1 span; 1000 spans = 1 mile; 4 miles = 1 league.
Lews Therin Telamon; Lews Therin Kinslayer: See Dragon, the.
Liandrin (lee-AHN-drihn): An Aes Sedai formerly of the Red Ajah, from Tarabon. Now known to be of the Black Ajah.
Lini (LIHN-nee): Childhood nurse to the Lady Elayne, and before her to Elayne’s mother, Morgase.
Logain (loh-GAIN): A man who once claimed to be the Dragon Reborn, now gentled and imprisoned in the White Tower in Tar Valon.
Loial (LOY-ahl) son of Arent (AH-rehnt) son of Halan (HAY-lahn): An Ogier from Stedding Shangtai. Would-be author of a book about the Dragon Reborn.
Luhhan, Haral (LOOH-hahn, HAH-rahl): Blacksmith of the Two Rivers, and member of the Village Council of Emond’s Field. His wife Alsbet (AHLS-beht) is a member of the Women’s Circle.
Malkier (mahl-KEER): A nation, once one of the Borderlands, now consumed by the Blight. The sign of Malkier was a golden crane in flight.
Manetheren (mahn-EHTH-ehr-ehn): One of the Ten Nations that made the Second Covenant. Also the capital city of that nation. Both city and nation were utterly destroyed in the Trolloc Wars. See also Trolloc Wars.
Mayene (may-EHN): City-state on the Sea of Storms, hemmed in and historically oppressed by Tear. Derives its wealth and its independence from knowledge of where to find the oilfish shoals, which rival in economic importance the olive groves of Tear, Illian, and Tarabon. Oilfish and olives provide nearly all lamp oil. The ruler of Mayene is styled “the First”; Firsts claim to be descendants of Artur Hawkwing. The banner of Mayene is a golden hawk in flight on a field of blue.
Melaine (meh-LAYN): A Wise One of the Jhirad sept of Goshien Aiel. A dreamwalker.
Merrilin, Thom (MER-rih-lihn, TOM): A not-so-simple gleeman.
mile: See length, units of.
Min (MIN): A young woman with the ability to read things about people in the auras and images she sometimes sees surrounding them.