Serenia Latar. An Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah who served as Amyrlin from 276 to 306 NE. Serenia was a strong Amyrlin, a skillful negotiator who greatly increased the Tower’s influence and prestige, ending many wars and effecting many treaties. In 306 NE, Serenia died in Altara after negotiating an end to a civil war. Her corpse was seized by the Whitecloaks; they hanged it despite the fact that she was already dead. She was the only Amyrlin ever hanged by the Children of the Light.
Serenla. The name used by Min after escaping the Tower with Siuan and Leane; it was Old Tongue for “stubborn daughter.”
Sergase Gilbearn. An Andoran noblewoman of a minor House. Small and slim with dark hair touched with white, she had opposed Gaebril and was loyal to Elayne; Sergase brought all twenty of her armsmen to support her.
Seri. A Seanchan damane who belonged to Lady Morsa. Rand and Aviendha encountered her when they Traveled to Seanchan. She was pale-faced and appeared to be a teenager. She was taken into custody by the Seeker, along with everyone else in the party. When Aviendha tried to remove her collar, Seri screamed to her mistress to save her.
Serile. A Sea Folk Windfinder to Turane; the Seanchan ship that they had captured was the meeting place for the First Twelve of the Atha’an Miere in Illian.
Serinia. An Aes Sedai assisting in creating gateways for refugees from Caemlyn at the beginning of the Last Battle.
Seroku, Alin. See Alin Seroku
Serpent, Great. See Great Serpent
Serrisa. A well-trained, responsive damane that Egeanin had owned and left behind in Cantorin. She would gorge herself on honeyed nuts, if allowed, but she never got seasick or the sulks, the way some did.
Servants, Hall of the. See Hall of the Servants
Servants of the Light. A term which originated during the Age of Legends to mean Aes Sedai. After the Breaking, it was a formal name still used by the Ogier for Aes Sedai east of the Aryth Ocean. The term was used when Loial introduced himself to Moiraine. Distinct from this usage, however, Red Ajah associated the term with male channelers.
Seta Zarbey. A Seanchan sul’dam. About 5'6" tall, with shoulder-length yellow hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion, she was one of the two sul’dam that Nynaeve and the others captured and left leashed on a’dam when they escaped at Falme. Her damane punched out Seta and ran away despite attempts to calm her, the implication being that Seta was not so pleasant. She and Renna were found by Alwhin and released. Because she was found being held by an a’dam, Seta was never again allowed to be complete, though the facts were covered up and she remained in Suroth’s employ. Egeanin learned of this from Bethamin and used it to blackmail Renna, Seta and Bethamin into helping rescue Teslyn, Joline and Edesina. The three sul’dam fled with Mat and Valan Luca’s show; Seta fled because she knew she could not return safely. After Bethamin began channeling, Seta refused to even look while Bethamin was taking lessons, but after a time she asked to be included. The Aes Sedai refused because she had not begun channeling yet and was too old for the novice book, whereupon she did channel, forcing their hands. She continued with Mat and the Band of the Red Hand until she went to the White Tower with the group that included Teslyn, Joline and Edesina.
Setagana. Anaiya’s Warder. He was tall, lean and beautiful. He and Anaiya were murdered with the use of saidin.
Setalle Anan. The innkeeper of The Wandering Woman in Ebou Dar. She was once the Aes Sedai Martine Janata, but was burned out while working with ter’angreal. Her description of the pain of being burned out was that if she gathered the birth pangs she suffered with all of her children together into one moment, that would be the tenth of what she felt. Three days passed before she could stop weeping long enough to go away, but once she did, she fled as if pursued. She felt she was pursued, in a way, by the horror, pity and queasiness she saw in the eyes of her sisters, as well as by her own horror at what had happened to her. She ran as if trying to outrun saidar, as if she felt in her bones that if she ran far enough, fast enough, she could find somewhere she would no longer be able to sense what she could no longer touch.
She arrived in Ebou Dar about half a year after being burned out. She thought that perhaps it was knowledge of the Kin that drew her to Ebou Dar, unconsciously. In her flight she had run out of money, lost her horse and lost everything. When Jasfer Anan found her standing in the rain and brought her home to his mother to take care of, she hadn’t eaten in days; she did not know how many, only that she often fainted and could no longer think straight. Jasfer’s mother was used to her son bringing home strays, though usually dogs or cats; this woman was not about to put up with any nonsense, like letting Setalle starve herself to death. She force-fed her and smacked her bottom until she began eating on her own.
Roughly a half year after meeting Jasfer, Setalle married him. Jasfer and she had eight children, altogether—five daughters and three sons. Marrying and having children were a major part of reviving her interest in life, giving her the realization that she had in effect been given a second chance.
She was about 5'5" tall, and stately, with hazel eyes and dark hair touched with a little gray; she appeared to be in her mid-forties, a slight residual effect of having been able to channel; she would always be taken for younger than her true age. She did not look as she did when she was really in her forties; no one would recognize her if they saw her. The onset of apparent relative youthfulness was not an overnight thing, as with Leane and Siuan. Not until after she was taken in by her Jasfer’s mother did she realize that she looked somewhere in her early twenties. Wondering about that was the first thing to pull her out of despair, listlessness and thoughts of suicide.
Setalle was caught up in Mat’s escape from Ebou Dar, and, after selling her inn, went with him while her family escaped on her husband’s fishing boats, sailing for Illian. She claimed to be happy in her life, happy with her husband and children and business, but the possibility of being able to channel again was a shock to her, a temptation that made her almost hate Nynaeve for offering it. Surprisingly, she claimed to be happy when Healing did not work; if it had, she would have to give up the life she had made for herself.
Setalle was with Faile’s group that went to fetch the Horn of Valere from the White Tower in the Last Battle. A gateway that was supposed to return them to the Field of Merrilor opened just as a bubble of evil struck; the group rushed through the gateway and found themselves in the Blight.
Setares, Tolmeran. See Tolmeran Setares
Setsuko. An Arafellin novice who was in the Tower at the time of the Aiel War. She was too weak to test for Accepted. She was pale-eyed, timid, stocky and shorter than Moiraine. She talked of running away, but a visit to Merean’s study convinced her at least to keep quiet about her intentions if it didn’t convince her to stay until the Aes Sedai decided it was safe for her to go.
Sevanna. A woman of the Jumai sept of the Shaido Aiel. In her late twenties to early thirties, she was about 5'8" tall, with green eyes, golden hair and a greedy mouth. She dressed immodestly and extravagantly for an Aiel. Sevanna was not a coward, nor was she stupid; she was simply very, very ambitious and very, very greedy. From a young age she wanted power, and was sure she had taken the right route to it. She enjoyed the excitement of the battle at Dumai’s Wells, and almost regretted not having chosen the spear, but she had decided early on that the weapons she had been born with were the proper ones for her climb. She pursued her first husband, the Shaido clan chief, and made him think he had chased and won her, and when he died, she did the same to Muradin, who was chosen to go to Rhuidean to replace her dead Suladric. When Muradin failed to return, she transferred her sights to Couladin and took him as easily.