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She was raised Sitter for the Brown in 999 NE to replace Takima.
He could also use his hands and feet as weapons. He was skilled in ferreting out information and analyzing his findings for patterns.
where he had a brief affair with their innkeeper, Rendra.
interesting Juilin and Rendra
In the Last Battle, he commanded a squad of men and fought bravely.
When Mat trapped the gholam, Julanya assisted.
Under certain conditions, they transformed in some unspecified way.
jumper. A form of short-range transportation in the Age of Legends that used anti-gravitational technology. It could float suspended above the ground at various distances.
In the Last Battle, Grady brought the people of Hinderstap to the field of battle.
Justice. Hawkwing’s legendary sword. The blade was long and slightly curved and the scabbard black with a lacquered red and gold dragon on it. Hawkwing wielded Justice to great effect in life and as a Hero of the Horn. It was lost for many years, but scholars found it under a submerged statue. Rand recognized it and took to wearing it.
Kadar. One of the kings in the gleeman tale “Mara and the Three Foolish Kings.”
Kaensada Hills. An area of Seanchan that was populated by less-than-civilized hill tribes.
kaf. A bitter-tasting hot beverage from Seanchan.
Kairen was killed by Aran’gar, her head wrenched around almost full circle, snapping her neck.
Kaisin Pass. A place of battle where the Soldier Amyrlin, Rashima Kerenmosa, was victorious.
The two did eventually marry.
Kamarile Maradim Nindar. Graendal’s name in the Age of Legends.
The Sword of Kirukan, reportedly a Power-wrought blade, was a symbol of the rulers of Kandor; it was carried ceremonially by the Swordbearer in an ornately jeweled sheath, the two-handed hilt always toward the ruler, so that it could be drawn at need.
Kandori were considered the touchiest of the Borderlanders, which was saying something considering the reputation of Arafellin. Duels in Kandor could have distinctly odd terms and conditions.
Whip duels were a common form among women of the commoners, at least in the country. Kandori women made no pretense that they did not fight duels.
Mass duels were not unknown, involving five or even ten men to a side; the winning side was the one that had the last man on his feet.
There was a link between the Borderland and Aiel views of shame: by and large, sh...
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Karale Sanghir. A Domani Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah publicly and of the Black Ajah in truth. Of the loyalist contingent, she had a Warder, also a Darkfriend, who took poison after Atuan revealed the names of members of her heart, Karale and Marris, to Pevara and the other Black Ajah hunters.
Kardia, the Fallen Army of. An army from Mat’s memories.
Kari al’Thor. The daughter of an Andoran merchant from Caemlyn who ran a trading house in Illian. She met Tam al’Thor in 962 NE.
They did disown her, however, when she married him in 965 NE.
Kari accompanied Tam on the long campaigns during the Aiel War. They had two children, a girl who died of a fever in infancy and a boy who was stillborn, after which Kari could no longer have children.
Tam found an infant on the slopes of Dragonmount and took him to Kari. Shortly after that, Tam resigned his commission and took Kari and baby Rand to the...
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Karldin and Beldeine were killed in the Last Battle; he collapsed from exhaustion and Sharans stabbed him.
A short time later, she was named Mistress of Novices. She left the Tower with the Black Ajah, and was killed by Egwene in Tel’aran’rhiod while disguised as Mesaana.
Kathana. The innkeeper of The Yearly Brawl in Ebou Dar. She was married to Jame, a Seanchan.
Kati. A serving girl at The Dusty Wheel in Caemlyn.
Kavarthen Wars. Wars that occurred while Balladare Arandaille was Amyrlin, following the reign of Artur Hawkwing.
since more than five hundred years before the Trolloc Wars the Keeper had been second-in-command to the Amyrlin.
Laying a Keeping on anything that breathed would kill it, though; the Keeping would preserve the subject perfectly, but dead.
Kemali. A city in the Age of Legends.
He was killed in the battle against Rand when Rand went wild with Callandor.
she didn’t want him killed, given the potential effect on her, so she and her companions fled.
She reportedly fell off a ship in the River Alguenya during a storm and drowned; in truth, she was killed by the Black Ajah.
A blue mark was worn by a woman who had not married, a red mark by a married woman, and a white mark by a widow. In death, she would be marked with all three, one of each color, whether she had ever married or not. See also hadori
Kiem Lewin. A girl in the Two Rivers whom Mat in his youth had tried to save from drowning, although she really hadn’t been drowning.
Kigali. An alternate name for the nation of Shara.
Kimtin. The man who taught Tam to summon the flame and the void.
These women, called guides, kept an extremely low profile and were changed at regular intervals.
Kirendad. Seanchan’s second-largest city.
Kirin. A Jenn Aiel girl from a time right after the Breaking. Morin’s daughter, Kirin was kidnapped by people the Jenn Aiel traded with. Morin went to the other Aiel for help in rescuing her, and became the first Maiden of the Spear.
was killed by Graendal/Hessalam in the Last Battle.
Kline. A Warder who lost his Aes Sedai in the Last Battle and joined Galad to fight on and avenge her.
Knoks Rebellion. An uprising in Murandy where a group of farmers overthrew Lord Desartin, who deserved it. Androl had participated in the rebellion.
Knotai. Old Tongue for “devastation” or “ruin”
name given to Mat
Mat was a shard lol
