Some Amyrlins were recorded who had taken public penances on themselves for rather vague reasons, according to the Chronicles. At least some of these women in fact were in a precarious position with respect to the Hall, and these penances were a way of regaining support. The Hall could not punish the Amyrlin, but if she took it on herself, it could appease the Sitters to a considerable degree.
Amyrlin, the. See Amyrlin Seat
Amys. A Wise One of the Nine Valleys sept of the Taardad Aiel. She was originally Far Dareis Mai and became the Wise One of Cold Rocks Hold. She was first-wife of Rhuarc, the clan chief of the Taardad, and Lian (Aviendha’s sister-mother) was her sister-wife. Because she was a Wise One, her sister-wife was the roofmistress of Cold Rocks Hold; she could not hold both positions. Amys was the mother of some of Rhuarc’s children; she was also sister-mother to Aviendha, since she had adopted Lian as her first-sister. She had sharp blue eyes and prematurely white hair; her hair had been a very light blond when she was young, but turned white when she was in her early thirties. She was about 5'8" tall. Amys could channel and was a dreamwalker. She taught Egwene about Tel’aran’rhiod. Amys, along with Bair, Melaine, Sorilea and some others, either knew that Aviendha saw herself inside the rings at Rhuidean fated to fall in love with Rand, or else knew that the plan was to use Aviendha to tie Rand to the Aiel by giving him an Aiel wife. Amys was among the ninety-three strongest Wise Ones who set out from Cairhien for Dumai’s Wells to rescue Rand. On the way there Amys challenged Sorilea’s leadership and they worked out a compromise. Sorilea retained the leadership, but Amys was often consulted. She suffered the birth pangs during the adoption ceremony of Aviendha and Elayne. She fought in the Last Battle near Shayol Ghul.
Anaiya Carel. An Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 15(3). Born in 868 NE, she went to the White Tower in 883 NE. After eight years as a novice and seven years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 898 NE. About 5'6" tall, with dark hair and a blunt face, she was a plain-looking, motherly woman. Her smile was her only beauty. She had a great fondness for ruffles. She was very astute politically, and a first-rate organizer. She was very good at Healing; she once Healed Moiraine after Lan rode a horse to death, and nearly ran himself to death carrying Moiraine to her. She accompanied Siuan to Fal Dara, and tested Egwene to try to determine if Egwene was a Dreamer. She was also a part of the circle that Healed Mat of the connection to the Shadar Logoth dagger. After Siuan was deposed and stilled, Anaiya went to Salidar, where she became part of the council that ruled there until a Hall of the Tower was selected, and she helped to choose Egwene as Amyrlin. She swore personal fealty to Egwene after Egwene learned that the council had sent spies to the White Tower. Anaiya was a friend of Janya. Her Warder was Setagana; both were murdered with the use of saidin by Aran’gar.
Anaiyella Narencelona. A High Lady of Tear and a Darkfriend. She was willowy and darkly beautiful, but her frequent simpering lessened her beauty. Rand summoned her to join his forces in the fight against the Seanchan; she was not pleased to be on the field of battle. Her Master of the Horse was killed in the fighting. Rand then took her to the Sun Palace of Cairhien and ordered her to go with Darlin and Weiramon to Arad Doman. Without permission, she and Weiramon traveled to Tear, angering Rand. After he returned from Dragonmount, Rand identified Anaiyella as a Darkfriend and exiled her.
Anan. A family in Ebou Dar. See Frielle, Jasfer, Marah, Ross and Setalle Anan
Ananda. An Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah. She was slim with long black hair. Min saw an aura around her that indicated that she would die. She did so, in the Tower fighting when Siuan was deposed.
Anangore. The ninth-largest city in Seanchan.
Anarina Todande. A former queen of Altara. Her family ruled for five generations, the longest on record, but she was a capricious ruler at best and incompetent at worst. Anarina drained the national treasury and impoverished House Todande; she was deposed and murdered, and her House never recovered. No House after Todande held the throne of Altara for more than two generations until Beslan became king after Tylin’s death.
Anasai of Ryddingwood. A favorite poet of Moiraine.
Anath Dorje. Tuon’s Truthspeaker, or Soe’feia; she was actually Semirhage in disguise. Slender, and tall even for a man or an Aiel, she dressed in unrelieved black and had a contemptuous air. Her charcoal-dark face, framed by wavy, short black hair, was beautiful but her large black eyes seemed to pierce like awls. See also Semirhage
Ancient and Honorable League of Nets. The guild of fishermen in Ebou Dar. A member wore a double earring in his left ear. Stones in the earring indicated how many ships he owned besides the one that he captained. There were no women in the league.
Ancient and Worshipful Guild of Stablemen. The guild for stablemen in Ebou Dar.
Ancarid. The place in Seanchan where Furyk Karede was born.
Ancohima. The Ogier-built capital city of Aelgar, one of the Ten Nations after the Breaking.
Andahar, River. A river in Tarabon flowing west-southwest into Tanchico Bay.
Andaya Forae. A Taraboner Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 24(12). Born in 901 NE, she went to the White Tower in 918 NE. After ten years as a novice and ten more as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 938 NE. She was 5'5" tall, with hazel eyes and light brown hair, no longer worn in Taraboner braids, that fell gleaming down her back. Elaida thought of her as neither particularly slim nor particularly short, but Andaya reminded her of a sparrow about to hop from limb to limb. Even her smile seemed sparrow-like to Elaida, perhaps because of the way she held her head. She was an unlikely-appearing negotiator, but in fact she was one of the best, with a well-earned reputation. Serancha Colvine, head of the Grays, ordered Andaya to serve on Elaida’s advisory council when Elaida was first raised to the Amyrlin Seat, as both Serancha and Andaya doubted the legality of Siuan’s removal and thought it best to keep an eye on Elaida. Andaya thought the world was hanging by a thread and that it was useless to waste precious time with idle speculation, “prattling about supposed logic” or “chattering over what every fool and novice knows.” In 999 NE she was surprisingly chosen as Sitter for the Gray in the Tower to replace Varilin Zanaire.
Andaya Murasaka. An acrobat with Valan Luca’s show. She was one of six purported sisters that Luca hired away from Sillia Cerano. She had blue eyes and almost white blond hair.