After Mat kidnapped Tuon, Semirhage went back to Seanchan and killed the Empress and the royal family. Semirhage posed as Tuon to meet Rand in an attempt to kidnap him, but her plan was thwarted; she was captured, but not before taking off Rand’s hand.
She was humiliated when Cadsuane spanked her, but she was set free by Shaidar Haran, who gave her the Domination Band. With it, Semirhage and Elza captured Rand and almost forced him to kill Min. Rand used the True Power to break free and balefired his two captors.
Sen T’jore. A wild region of Seanchan. Great spotted cats as large as ponies and trap-worms could be found there.
Senar. An Ogier who was father of Malan father of Aran, the last being the author of a manuscript telling of sightings of Ishamael after the Bore had been sealed.
Sendara. A woman of the Iron Mountain sept of the Taardad Aiel and Far Dareis Mai. Her name was on Rand’s list of women who had died for him.
Sene sovya caba’donde ain dovienya. Old Tongue for “Luck is a horse to ride like any other.”
Senhold, Aeman. A nobleman who was leader of the Amadician contingent at the Battle of the Shining Walls.
Senican, Aliane. See Aliane Senican
Senine din Ryal. A Sea Folk Windfinder with a strength level of 19(7). More than five hundred years old, she had weathered, creased cheeks and thickly graying hair. She was among the lower ranking and wore six earrings, but the marks in her ears indicated that she at one time had worn many more earrings and fatter ones. She had been Windfinder to a Wavemistress more than once, and had been Windfinder to Nesta’s predecessor. The rule for the Windfinder to a Wavemistress was that if no Wavemistress needed her services, she was required to move down to the lowest level on a new vessel and work back up. Senine became Windfinder to the Sailmistress of a soarer, and not the largest even of those. She observed the use of the Bowl of the Winds because she was one of the strongest available among the remaining Windfinders in Ebou Dar. Despite being of low rank, she was consulted.
She accompanied Elayne to Caemlyn, and was one of the Windfinders to stay in Caemlyn after Zaida left. She was part of the circle that made a gateway so that soldiers could rescue Elayne from the Black Ajah.
Senior Standardbearer. A Seanchan rank equivalent to Senior Bannerman. A Senior Standardbearer had a small crest like a steel arrowhead at the front of the helmet.
Senje no-room. An obscure reference by Birgitte, intimating that the keeper of this is not embarrassed easily.
Seonid Traighan. A Cairhienin Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah and the rebel contingent, with a strength level of 17(5). Born in 928 NE, she went to the White Tower in 946 NE. After spending thirteen years as a novice and twelve years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 971 NE. Seonid was 5'1" tall and had a pale complexion, dark hair that fell in waves to her shoulders and big, dark, bottomless eyes. While she was not particularly slender, neither was she stocky or stout. Seonid sometimes wore a kesiera, a white fingernail-sized stone on her forehead. She was atypical for a Green in that she was very cool and reserved, with an air of dignity and authority. Sometimes she had a determined smile.
Seonid was a lesbian; she did not hate men, she just did not want to bed them. She chose Green because it was the Battle Ajah. Her Warders were Teryl Wynter and Furen Alharra. Seonid’s attitude toward her Warders was very businesslike, brisk, practical and methodical. That was, in fact, her general attitude.
She was part of the rebel embassy to Rand and was one of the first three to approach Rand in Caemlyn; she was also one of those who confronted him with the Mask of Mirrors. She was among the group that followed after Rand when he fled them in Caemlyn and was forced to swear fealty to him after Dumai’s Wells. She was then treated like an apprentice by the Wise Ones, and considered an apprentice. Seonid and Masuri were sent to Ghealdan with Perrin to deal with Masema, under orders to obey Perrin as she would Rand, something that left room for interpretation, as she, Masuri and Perrin were all aware. Seonid considered the Dragonsworn all to be in the nature of mad dogs. She had sworn to serve the Dragon Reborn, and one of the best ways she could see to do that was to suppress in whatever way possible the Dragonsworn, and so put an end to the depredations she thought they caused.
She considered Rand as arrogant as any king, and had a typical Cairhienin attitude toward Aiel.
Sephanie Pelden. A young Andoran woman. She and her sister Naris sought work at the Royal Palace; Essande chose them to train as Elayne’s maids because they were unlikely to be spies. Sephanie was very happy to be a lady’s maid rather than cleaning the halls. Square-faced and shy, she was as much in awe of Essande as of Elayne.
Sera. A Seanchan damane belonging to Tuon. She had a dark complexion, large, liquid black eyes, tightly curled black hair and fine smile lines at the corners of her eyes. She was the strongest of Tuon’s six damane and was part of Karede’s group that searched for Tuon when she was missing.
Serafelle Tanisloe. A Murandian Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah and the loyalist contingent, with a strength level of 23(11). Born in 862 NE, she went to the White Tower in 891 NE. After spending ten years as a novice and four years as Accepted, she was raised to the shawl in 905 NE. She was 5'4" tall, and pretty in a plump fashion, with brown hair and large hazel eyes. Sometimes, especially when thinking, she had the physical mannerisms of a spoiled noblewoman, which she was. Serafelle was a wilder who slowed at age nineteen. She was married, but lost her husband and three children to a fever; she herself barely escaped death. Of the middle nobility, she was a pampered, self-indulgent woman, but after the deaths, she reassessed her life and decided to become Aes Sedai. At age twenty-nine, she lied about her age, claiming to be eighteen, in order to be allowed into the Tower. Two years passed before sisters discovered the truth, and by that time, she had to be allowed to continue. That lie, though, was possibly the reason she was not allowed to test for Accepted for ten years; she believed that, with some justification. She was a quick study and a fast learner—very observant, very intelligent and quick-witted. She would have become Yellow except that she possessed a minimal Talent for Healing. She accompanied Siuan to Fal Dara, and was part of the circle that Healed Mat of his connection to the Shadar Logoth dagger.
Serailla. A Kandori noblewoman who served Ethenielle as First Councilor to the Throne of the Clouds. About 5'5" tall, she was stout, with a round, placid face. She was more graceful than she appeared, both in dancing and in the saddle. Though she looked like a farmwife stuffed into a noblewoman’s dress, her mind was as sharp as any Aes Sedai’s. She was completely unflappable and settled in to see what must be done. She accompanied Ethenielle in the Last Battle.
Seralin. A Wise One of the Shaido Aiel. One of Sevanna’s inner circle of plotters, she took part in, or at least was present at, the murder of Desaine. At Dumai’s Wells, she was with Therava.
Serana. A sizable village in Tarabon located halfway between Elmora and the Amadician border. It lay in a flat grassy valley among forested hills, with at least a mile to the trees in three directions; in the other direction was a small, reed-fringed lake, considerably wider than the village, fed by two wide streams. It was a stopping point for merchant trains heading east, with over a dozen inns and nearly as many streets. The rooftops of Serana were all tile, red or green or blue, but the buildings themselves were wooden. Serana became one of the Seanchan garrisons in Tarabon and was one of many raided by Rodel Ituralde.