Saerin was part of the battle in Tel’aran’rhiod against some of the Black Ajah at the White Tower until she and others were taken out of the dream on Amys’ orders. She fought during the Last Battle with Egwene’s army and after the Last Battle was part of the group that pressured Cadsuane to become Amyrlin.
Safer. One of the Ten Nations; its capital was Iman, which later became Katar. Other cities included Miereallen (later Falme) and Shainrahien. King Eawynd was its ruler at the signing of the Compact.
Saferi. Of or from Safer.
Sahera. A family in Kandor. See Avene and Migel Sahera
Sahra Covenry. A novice in the White Tower, sent to Moria Elward’s farm to do penance to prevent her from talking about Min and Gawyn’s meeting in the White Tower; the Black Ajah found and killed her there.
saidar. The female half of the One Power; it was used by female channelers.
saidin. The male half of the One Power; it was used by male channelers.
Saighan, House. A noble House in Cairhien. Its High Seat was Colavaere until her death; she was followed by Bertome. Its banner was a silver diamond on a field checked red and yellow. See Bertome, Colavaere and Dairaine Saighan
Sailmistress. A commander of a Sea Folk ship and crew, equivalent to a ship’s captain. A Sailmistress wore three earrings in each ear; a medallion on the chain to her nose indicated the type of ship she commanded. A vessel was often owned by the Sailmistress who commanded him, though the vessels were always owned by women. Where a vessel sailed, and when, was purely in the hands of the Sailmistress, but what cargo was purchased or taken aboard and when, as well as all other financial matters, were in the hands of the Cargomaster.
Saine Tarasind. Mesaana’s name before becoming Forsaken.
Saishen, Stedding. A stedding located in Saldaea.
Sajius. The author of Commentary on the Dragon, a book studied by Min.
Sakarnen. The name of the sa’angreal used by Demandred in the Last Battle; in the Age of Legends, it was known as D’jedt, or the Scepter. For safety, it had been taken apart and the two pieces hidden separately. Demandred found the rod first; it was the length of his forearm, with the metal splaying out to a disc shape at the end. Demandred found the second part, which looked like a cup, in Rai’lair, the Hearttomb, in Shara. He claimed to have bound Sakarnen to himself so that it could not be used against him.
Sakaru. A Shienaran soldier. He was one of those following Ingtar when he and Perrin pursued the Horn of Valere to Falme. He wintered in the Mountains of Mist with Perrin and Rand; after Rand left and the Shienarans were abandoned to make their own way, he died in an unpleasant manner.
Salaking. A location in Seanchan.
Saldaea. The largest of the Borderland nations; Maradon was its capital, Tenobia its queen. Its sigil was three silver fish, one above the other: the Silver Fish. Its banner was the Silver Fish on a field of dark blue. Many thought that sigil odd for a land with so many cliffs along the sea and such rough seas that it had few fishing villages and no port worth the name. Saldaea, Kandor, Arafel, Shienar and Malkier all were provinces of Hawkwing’s empire, with the borders between them very much as they were at the start of the Last Battle, though not stretching so far south in most cases. With the Blight to contend with, the governors of those provinces (Lord Rylen t’Boriden Rashad for Saldaea, Lord Jarel Soukovni for Kandor, Lady Mahira Svetanya for Arafel, Lady Merean Tihomar for Shienar and Lord Shevar Jamelle for Malkier) met soon after Hawkwing’s death in FY 994 to reaffirm measures for cooperation against the Blight and to make agreements for mutual defense against attack from the south. Before the end of FY 995, when it became clear that the rest of the empire was splintering, each of the governors took the title of King or Queen of his or her former province, now a nation. None of these nations would take part in any of the wider fighting of the War of the Hundred Years, as nations, except for defending themselves against attacks and punishing same, though individuals and groups did sometimes become involved, sometimes for political reasons or family connections or friendships. No major numbers of Saldaean troops were sent to fight in the Aiel War. For one thing, the threat never came anywhere near Saldaea, and for another, the western Blight spawned several periods of high Trolloc activity beginning a few years before the Aiel War and culminating some three years after its end. Some relatively small detachments of troops did take part, rarely numbering more than two to three thousand, but they were attached to Kandori elements and were withdrawn before the Battle of the Shining Walls because of a massive upsurge in activity along the Saldaean Blightborder which began in mid-978 NE and continued well into 979 NE. Some soldiers did remain in the fighting, but not many. One such party fought under Lan Mandragoran at the Blood Snow, along with Kandori and some Domani.
Saldaea had one of the three false Dragons who sprang up after Logain was captured and before Rand proclaimed himself; this was Mazrim Taim, who made considerable headway before being captured.
In Saldaea a wife took her husband’s name but retained her own also, and her family name became a part of his. Thus: Faile (Zarine) si Ghaline Bashere became Faile ni Bashere t’Aybara when she married Perrin Aybara, and he became Perrin t’Bashere Aybara.
A child had the father’s family name and the mother’s. Thus: Zarine, the daughter of Davram t’Ghaline Bashere and Deira ni Ghaline t’Bashere was christened Zarine si Ghaline Bashere. Commoners’ children had the mother’s maiden name as a middle name and the father’s surname as surname, without the “si,” “ni,” or “t’.” Women among commoners keep their maiden name on marriage. Men proposed marriage, and women accepted or declined. A long pursuit was expected, and a woman usually made a man prove he really wanted to catch her before she let him.
In general, Saldaean women wanted a strong husband, one strong enough to stand up to them, because they were a strong lot themselves, and despised weak men. They did not expect to be bullied or browbeaten, though they knew when to make a strategic retreat. A Saldaean woman would be contemptuous of a man who couldn’t stand toe-to-toe with her, meet her shout for shout and occasionally actually make her step back.
Saldaean custom was for wives of nobles to go on campaign with their husbands, except into the Blight, although that prohibition was often flouted. Many officers’ wives also accompanied their husbands, and there were times when a wife led troops into battle in place of a wounded husband.
A Borderman considered the day he was given his sword to be his nameday.
There was a link between the Borderland and Aiel views of shame: by and large, shame was worse than guilt, the worst thing there was, though this view of shame ameliorated as one moved west. Arafellin saw shame as less important than did Shienarans, Kandori less than Arafellin, Saldaeans less than Kandori. In all of the Borderlands, though, shame was given a much heavier weight than in lands to the south.