Ander Corl. A bootmaker in the town of Taien in the Jangai Pass. He, his wife and his brother-in-law survived the Shaido attack on their town.
Ander Tol. A skinny, toothless turnip farmer from the south of Cairhien who gave Rand and his companions a ride into Cairhien after the bubble of evil attacked the rebel Cairhienin camp and Fain slashed Rand with the dagger from Shadar Logoth.
Andere. A Malkieri who worked for a time as a Kandori soldier. When he greeted Lan and Bukama at the gates of Canluum, Bukama berated him for swearing to a Kandori lord. Years later, after hearing that Lan was riding across the Borderlands, Andere joined Lan on the Plain of Lances. He fought in Lan’s army at Tarwin’s Gap in the Last Battle.
Anderly, Sashalle. See Sashalle Anderly
Andhilin. A Maiden of the Red Salt Goshien. Her name appeared on Rand’s list of women who died for him.
Andiama. A Tairen noble House. See Estean and Torean Nelondara Andiama
Andil. A woman who worked in the kitchen of the Sun Palace in Cairhien. She fussed over Karldin and Loial when they arrived there.
andilay. A root used medicinally to relieve fatigue, to clear the head and to treat sore muscles.
Andomeran, Rianna. See Rianna Andomeran
Andor. One of the largest and oldest nations of the land. Its capital was Caemlyn. The sigil of Andor was a rampant white lion: the White Lion. Its banner was a white lion rampant on a field of red. Its battle cry was “Forward the White Lion!”
Andor was founded circa FY 994 by Lady Ishara and Lord Souran Maravaile, then holding little more than the city of Caemlyn, with Ishara crowned as the first Queen of Andor, which was one of Hawkwing’s provinces. She became queen rather than he king for the simple reason that she was native to the province, while he was from the Borderlands, most probably from Jaramide. In addition to facing opposition from those who wanted to reestablish the nation of Caembarin and those who wanted to seize the city for a reestablished nation of Esandara, they also confronted men and women who wanted to take all of Hawkwing’s empire, and those who merely wanted to create a new nation of their own as well. Ishara followed a policy of slow assimilation, only gradually increasing her holdings and never moving on until she was sure that what she had taken was firmly in her grasp. Andor grew to stretch from the Mountains of Mist to the River Erinin. Its population was approximately ten million people. The Two Rivers lay within Andor, although Two Rivers folk ignored the fact.
Prior to the recruitment and changes made by Gaebril/Rahvin, the Queen’s Guards were the only permanent formation of the Andoran army, providing not only a bodyguard for the Queen, but some policing in Caemlyn, border guards, and patrols to keep order in the countryside. They then numbered perhaps ten thousand men in total. The Queen’s Guards seldom went farther west than Breen’s Spring unless called for. Gaebril/Rahvin replaced most of the men in Caemlyn with his own recruits, increased the numbers of the Guards, and recruited another formation called the White Lions. Many men loyal to Morgase left the Guards, disliking the new men and her apparent willingness to let Gaebril shove them into the organization. Most men loyal to Morgase who remained in the Guards were sent out of the city, a good many into Cairhien, others west. With Gaebril’s death, many of the men recruited by him deserted, and many others were purged later, leaving a much reduced number stationed in Caemlyn; many became mercenaries in Cairhien, supporting the claims of Toram Riatin.
The man in charge of training for the Queen’s Guards bore the title of Master of the Sword. A high degree of skill with various weapons was considered a prerequisite for the job.
The uniform of the Queen’s Guard included a red undercoat, gleaming mail and plate armor, a brilliant red cloak and a conical helmet with a barred faceguard. High-ranking officers wore knots of rank on their shoulder and golden lion-head spurs. The Captain-General had four golden knots on the shoulder, an ordinary captain had three, a lieutenant had two and an under-lieutenant had one. The Andoran salute was an arm across the chest. When Elayne arrived in Caemlyn to claim the throne, she discovered that the Guards, in Caemlyn at least, were a shell of a few good men and too many of Gaebril’s shoulderthumpers and toughs. She appointed Birgitte, now Lady Birgitte Trahelion, as Captain-General of the Guards and set her to rebuild them, beginning with mercenaries and Hunters for the Horn, though these were temporary measures. They also created a new unit, the Queen’s Bodyguard. It was composed of women, although it was led by a man for a brief period. The uniform was basically the same as the Queen’s Guards: a red coat with a white collar and lapels, but with additions and changes. The white-collared crimson coats were silk, and altered to fit and hang better on women. There were also tight scarlet breeches with a white stripe up the outside of the leg, a bright red hat with a long white plume lying flat on the wide brim, and a wide red sash edged with snowy lace and with White Lions marching on it, worn slanted across the chest. Pale lace decorated the neck and cuffs, and snug black boots, waxed till they shone and turned down below the knee, completed the uniform.
In some parts of Andor, men wore flowers (or a flower) in their hair while courting. Unlike in most other lands, in Andor marriages between noble and commoners were not considered that unusual, although not that common, either. Royals had married commoners without comment inside Andor, at least, but that custom was looked upon as odd at best in other countries, even where the occasional noble had wed a commoner.
The royal succession in Andor was from mother to daughter. If there was no daughter, the noblewoman who could claim the most lines of descent from Ishara gained the throne. This succession was usually, but not always, peaceful.
Ishara sent her daughter to the White Tower in order to gain the Tower’s acquiescence in, if not outright support for, her actions. Her successors followed, and by the end of the War of the Hundred Years both this and the succession in the female line had taken on the form of tradition. It was unclear precisely when these things became a matter of law, but they were so by the end of the war.
Naturally following the nature of the royal succession, titles also descended normally from mother to daughter, as did the largest part of property. Only when there was no daughter did a title descend to a son. A man who had thus inherited also left his main title and properties to his eldest daughter, though sons and other daughters could, of course, inherit smaller properties, and were nobility. Among the nobility, thus, most property and most land were in the hands of women.
Among commoners this rule did not hold. Inheritance was divided among sons and daughters, a daughter’s share, or part of it, often going with her when she married. This part was her property, not her husband’s, and it was her right to dispose of it as or leave it where she would, just as her husband could leave his property where he would. It was common in some areas for husbands to leave their property to their sons and wives to their daughters, though this was by no means a rule and was not followed in all circumstances.
Andor and Tear were major suppliers of grain and foodstuffs to Cairhien. Andor also was a major source of iron, and iron and steel products; these were considered the best available. Andor also produced bronze and copper. Gold, silver and copper were mined in the Mountains of Mist, though less of the gold and silver came from Andor than from other countries. Andor was considered to have the best bellfoundries, second possibly only to Arafel, and certainly the most numerous except for Arafel. Andor was a supplier of beef, mutton, wool, linen, woven goods and leather, although theirs was not generally considered as fine as Illianer leather. Two Rivers tabac was accounted the best to be found; it was known even in the Aiel Waste. Andor was considered to have good breeding stock for horses, though they were not generally considered as good as Tairen. Shortly before the Last Battle, alum of the first quality was discovered in Andor. Previously, Ghealdan was the only supplier of first-quality alum, while Tear and Arafel supplied a much inferior second-quality. With the arrival of refugees from elsewhere, glassmaking started to become a major industry, as did dyes and dyeing because of the alum.