Alyse. The name that Galina Casban used after being captured and taken to Perrin.
Amadaine. The seventh month of the year.
Amadicia. A nation in the southwest of the main continent. Its capital was Amador. The sigil of Amadicia was a red thistle leaf laid over a silver six-pointed star: the Thistle and Star. The banner was the Thistle and Star on a field horizontally striped blue and gold; three blue stripes and two yellow.
Although the determination of exact dates is difficult, the most reliable sources state that Amadicia was founded in approximately FY 1023 by Lord Santal Ramoth, a direct descendant of the last King of Kharendor. He began, in FY 1015, by attempting to reestablish Kharendor, but realizing that the people no longer saw Kharendor as a unifying symbol and that many of the resident nobles were from other lands, he deftly changed to the founding of a new nation and was crowned the first King of Amadicia. The Kings of Amadicia were quite powerful rulers, in the beginning, until a decline in the quality of Amadician kings coincided with a rise in the power of the Children of the Light. Eventually, no ruler of Amadicia made any major decisions without checking with the Lord Captain Commander of the Children.
Amadicia was the only land where being able to channel was a crime. Aes Sedai were outlawed, as was channeling, or even being trained in the White Tower. The law was enforced more by Whitecloaks than by the crown, but the crown did not abstain entirely.
The Guardians of the Gate were a permanent formation in the army of Amadicia, serving primarily as the personal bodyguard of the ruler. Perhaps because the Children of the Light were present in Amadicia in such strength, the Guardians were never allowed to enroll more than about a thousand men, and Amadicia’s other standing forces, border guards and the like, never numbered more than three to four thousand men except in time of war.
Unlike the nobility in other nations, nobles were not allowed to keep standing forces of any size greater than a small bodyguard, and levies in wartime were raised by the ruler, not by nobles.
Amadicia’s last king, Ailron, was killed fighting the Seanchan. Nearly all of the Amadician nobles were either killed or taken da’covale by the Seanchan, and all of the Guardians of the Gate were killed, were made da’covale or became fugitives after Ailron’s Disaster.
Amadicia was known for weaving and dyeing, although its products were not considered as good as Taraboner work. Amador mined a little iron, mined silver and gold in the southern Mountains of Mist, and gems in the south, although some of this area was outside the actual boundaries of Amadicia.
Amador. The capital of Amadicia. It was home to the Seranda Palace and the Fortress of the Light.
Amaena. Leane’s alias after she was stilled.
Amaetheon. A feast remembering the dead, not in a sad way, but joyously, celebrated everywhere except the Borderlands on the sixth day of Shaldine.
amahn’rukane, the hand of. A statue near the Jehannah Road that was never finished. It had the appearance of an enormous sword stabbing the earth.
Amalasan, Guaire. See Guaire Amalasan
Amaline Paendrag Tagora. The first wife of Artur Hawkwing. He loved her very much, wrote many poems to her and was devastated when she was poisoned and died.
Amalisa Jagad. A Lady of House Jagad in Shienar. Agelmar’s sister, Amalisa was short and in her middle years when Rand visited Fal Dara. Liandrin managed to overawe her completely and frighten her with the suggestion that Agelmar might have been the target of Liandrin’s—or worse, the Amyrlin’s—wrath, and made her enlist the women of Fal Dara keep in an intensive search for Rand when they should have been making arrangements for the banquet for the Amyrlin.
Amar. The mother of Elora and the daughter of Coura, an Ogier. Elora wrote about Aes Sedai in the early days of Hawkwing’s reign.
Amaresu. A female Hero of the Horn who carried the Sword of the Sun.
Amaryn. An Aiel woman, the greatdaughter of Sorilea and the greatmother of Taric, who Sorilea thought would be a good husband for Egwene. Amaryn was obviously a woman of some great age.
Amassa, Zemaille. See Zemaille Amassa
Amathera Aelfdene Casmir Lounault. A Taraboner woman. She was in born in 974 NE. She was about 5'5" tall and very pretty and slender, with a nice but somewhat small bosom. She had waist-length dark hair, big dark eyes and a pouty rosebud mouth. She became King Andric’s lover, and with his support became Panarch. Held prisoner by the Black Ajah, she was freed by Elayne and Nynaeve. When captured by the Seanchan in the fall of Tanchico, she refused to swear the Oaths of Return and was made the property of High Lady Suroth. Given the name Thera, she was forced to dance scandalously clad in a troupe entertaining Suroth. Under those conditions, she lost her petulance and became timid. Rescued by Juilin Sandar in Ebou Dar, she afterward always stayed close to him, as if seeking his protection. She became his lover. See also Thera
Amayar. The land-dwelling inhabitants of the Sea Folk islands. Known to few people other than the Atha’an Miere, the Amayar were the craftsmen who made what was known as Sea Folk porcelain. Followers of the Water Way, which prized acceptance of what is rather than what might be wished for, they were very uncomfortable away from the land and only ventured onto the water in small boats for fishing, never leaving sight of land. Their way of life was exceptionally peaceful, and required little oversight from the governors appointed from among the Atha’an Miere. Since the Atha’an Miere governors had little desire to go far from the sea, the Amayar essentially ran their own villages according to their own rules and customs. The Amayar did have prophecies which spoke of “the end times” and “the end of Illusion.” Some of these prophecies mentioned the huge hand holding a great crystal sphere which thrust out of a hill on Tremalking. If this sphere were to glow, certain things would happen, certain changes would occur, and certain things had to be done. The destruction of the sphere when Rand cleansed the Source signaled the end of Illusion, and as a result, the Amayar committed mass suicide.
Ambani, Lemai. See Lemai Ambani
Ambrey, Merana. See Merana Ambrey
Amel din Monaga Stone Anchor. The husband and Swordmaster of Zaida din Parede Blackwing. As Swordmaster, he merited a fringed red parasol of one tier. He wore five small, fat golden rings in each ear. When Zaida became Mistress of the Ships, he became Master of the Blades.
Amellia Arene. A Darkfriend woman in Amador, stern-faced and graying. She and her husband Jorin were rich merchants; their house was taken over by Liandrin and other Black Ajah members. Temaile damaged Jorin in punishment. After Liandrin revolted against Moghedien and was shielded, Moghedien turned her over to Amellia and her male cook Evon as a scullery maid. Amellia put her mind to making Liandrin’s life miserable, not only by using her as a scullion in the kitchens and by having her perform as a personal maid, but by having her backside tanned and making sure she was otherwise mistreated on the slightest excuse or none at all. Part of this was making Liandrin the cook’s bed-partner, since she so obviously despised him. Suroth might have rewarded them for handing over Liandrin, and she might have made use of them as Darkfriends.