Pronouncation: EYEZ seh-DEYE {Image src='Pronunciation/soundbut.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Pronunciation/aes_sedai.wav] "Servant to All" in the [Old Tongue] Wielders of the [One Power]. Their organization is headquartered in the [White Tower] in the city of [Tar Valon]. Aes Sedai live much longer than ordinary people, sometimes as much as three hundred years. Among Aes Sedai, speaking of age is considered extremely rude. Aes Sedai are known for their look of [agelessness|Ageless]. Weaker sisters defer to stronger sisters and must obey them if they are much stronger. Other factors in order of precedence are time in training and age. Trainees, girls usually in their mid-teens, enter the [White Tower] as [novices|Novices]. After extensive training they are raised to [Accepted]. After even more extensive training they are raised to Aes Sedai. Upon being raised to the shawl, Aes Sedai swear three oaths on the [Oath Rod] which binds them to the oaths: # To speak no word that is not true. # To make no weapon for one man to kill another. # Never to use the [One Power] as a weapon except against [Darkfriends] or [Shadowspawn], or in the last extreme of defending your own life, that of your [Warder|Warders], or that of another sister. Most Aes Sedai bond men as [Warders]. [Warders] provide physical protection and the bond provides additional mutual benefits. <a name="a">!! Amrylin Seat</a> Pronunciation: AHM-ehr-lihn SEAT [{Image src='Pronunciation/soundbut.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Pronunciation/amyrlin.wav] The leader of the Aes Sedai, she is elected for life by the [Hall of the Tower|Sitters]. She has almost supreme authority among the Aes Sedai. She forsakes her Ajah and is considered to be of all Ajahs and of none. A list of all the Amyrlin Seats of the New Era, their Ajahs and years of reign can be found in the [Guide], page 216. Recent Amyrlin Seats %%center <table><tr><td valign="top"> * [Egwene al'Vere|Egwene alVere] 999 NE (raised from [Accepted] in [Salidar]) * [Elaida a'Roihan|../characters/e/elaida] 999 NE (raised from the [Red Ajah]) * [Siuan Sanche] 988 NE - 999 NE (raised from the [Blue Ajah]) * [Marith Jaen|../characters/m/marith_jaen] 984 NE - 988 NE (raised from the [Blue Ajah]) </td><td valign="top"> * [Sierin Vayu|../characters/s/sierin_vayu] 979 NE - 984 NE (raised from the [Gray Ajah]) * [Tamra Ospenya|../characters/t/tamra_ospenya] 973 NE - 979 NE (raised from the [Blue Ajah]) * Noane Masadim 950 NE - 973 NE (raised from the [Blue Ajah]) </td></tr></table> %% <a name="k">!! Keeper of the Chronicles</a> Second in authority to the Amyrlin Seat, she also acts as secretary to the Amyrlin. She is chosen by the Amyrlin, usually from the same Ajah as the Amyrlin. Recent Keepers of the Chronicles %%center <table><tr><td valign="top"> * [Silviana Brehon] Brehon - under [Egwene al'Vere|Egwene alVere] in the [White Tower] * [Tarna Feir|../characters/t/tarna_feir] - under [Elaida a'Roihan|../characters/e/elaida] * [Sheriam Bayanar|../characters/s/sheriam] - under [Egwene al'Vere|Egwene alVere] in [Salidar] * [Alviarin Freidhen] - under [Elaida a'Roihan|../characters/e/elaida] </td><td valign="top"> * [Leane Sharif] - under [Siuan Sanche] * [Duhara Basaheen|../characters/d/duhara] - under [Sierin Vayu|../characters/s/sierin_vayu] * [Aeldra Najaf|../characters/a/aeldra_najaf] - under [Tamra Ospenya|../characters/t/tamra_ospenya] * [Gitara Moroso|../characters/g/gitara_moroso] - under [Tamra Ospenya|../characters/t/tamra_ospenya] </td></tr></table> %% <a name="m">!! Mistress of Novices</a> The Aes Sedai in charge of training and discipline for [novices|Novices] and [Accepted]. Recent Mistresses of Novices %%center <table><tr><td valign="top"> * [Rosil] - under [Egwene al'Vere|Egwene alVere] in the [White Tower] * [Tiana Noselle|../characters/t/tiana] - under [Egwene al'Vere|Egwene alVere] in [Salidar] * [Silviana Brehon|../characters/s/silviana] - under [Elaida a'Roihan|../characters/e/elaida] </td><td valign="top"> * [Sheriam Bayanar|../characters/s/sheriam] - under [Siuan Sanche] * [Amira Moselle|../characters/a/amira] - under [Sierin Vayu|../characters/s/sierin_vayu] * [Merean Redhill|../characters/m/merean] - under [Tamra Ospenya|../characters/t/tamra_ospenya] </td></tr></table> %% !! [Hall of the Tower|Sitters] The governing body of the Aes Sedai. It comprises three [Sitters] from each Ajah who are elected by their Ajah. Since the split, the [White Tower] and [Salidar] factions each has their own [Hall|../organizations/aes_sedai/sitters]. <a name="aj">!! Ajahs</a> Pronuncation: AH-jah [{Image src='Pronunciation/soundbut.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Pronunciation/ajah.wav] All Aes Sedai except the Amrylin Seat belong to an Ajah. Each follows a specific philosophy of the use of the [One Power] and the purposes of the Aes Sedai. There are seven official Ajahs, each designated by a color. The eighth, unofficial Ajah, is the [Black Ajah]. Each Ajah has its own organization and communications network including a spy network called the eyes-and-ears. Curiously, the head of each Ajah is a closely guarded secret within the Ajah and the Ajah head is typically not a [Sitter|../organizations/aes_sedai/sitters]. %%center <table> <tr><td valign="top"> * [Blue Ajah] * [Red Ajah] </td><td valign="top"> * [White Ajah] * [Green Ajah] </td><td valign="top"> * [Brown Ajah] * [Yellow Ajah] </td><td valign="top"> * [Gray Ajah] * [Black Ajah] </td></tr></table> %% !! Named Aes Sedai of Undetermined Ajah %%center <table><tr><td valign="top"> * [Afara] ([Salidar]) * [Arebis] (sides with [White Tower]) * [Ballair] * [Barashelle] (during the [Trolloc Wars]) * [Birlen Pena|../characters/b/birlen] (sides with [White Tower]) * [Carenna] ([Salidar]) * [Cavandra] (sides with [White Tower]) * [Chai Rugan|../characters/c/chai] (sides with [White Tower]) * [Coladara] * [Corianin Nedeal|../characters/hist/corianin_nedeal] * [Guisin] ([Salidar]) * [Illeisien] * [Lusonia Cole|../characters/l/lusonia_cole] (sides with [White Tower]) * [Mara Tomanes|../characters/m/mara_tomanes] (probable, though [Siuan] may have lied about her) </td><td valign="top"> * [Maralenda] ([Salidar]) * [Marith Riven|../characters/m/marith_riven] (sides with [White Tower]) * [Mayam] (sides with [White Tower]) * [Melvara] * [Mestra] * [Nalaene Forrell|../characters/n/nalaene] * [Nianh] * [Notori] * [Ramola] * [Ronaille Vevanios|../characters/r/ronaille] (sides with [White Tower]) * [Rosara Medrano|../characters/r/rosara_medrano] * [Shemaen] * [Sheraine Caminelle|../characters/s/sheraine_caminelle] * [Turanine Merdagon|../characters/t/turanine] (died circa 960 NE) * [Zanica] (sides with [White Tower]) </td></tr></table> %% <a name ="lists"></a> !! Lists ! [Aes Sedai at Fal Dara|../books/tgh/ch2] * [Siuan Sanche] - [Amyrlin Seat|../organizations/aes_sedai/index.html#a] - [Alric|../../characters/a/alric] * [Leane Sharif] - [Keeper of the Chronicles|Aes Sedai#k] - no [Warder|../../organizations/aes_sedai/warders] * [Alanna Mosvani] - [Green Ajah] - [Ihvon] and [Owein] * [Alviarin Freidhen] - [White Ajah] * [Anaiya] - [Blue Ajah] * [Carlinya] - [White Ajah] - no [Warder|Warders] * [Liandrin] - [Red Ajah] * [Maigan] - [Blue Ajah] * [Serafelle] - [Brown Ajah] * [Verin Mathwin] - [Brown Ajah] - [Tomas] ! [Black Ajah Who Flee with Liandrin|../books/tdr/ch13] * [Amico Nagoyin|../characters/a/amico_nagoyin] - [Yellow Ajah], deceased [TSR,Ch12] * [Asne Zeramene|../characters/a/asne_zeramene] - [Green Ajah], deceased [KoD,Ch33] * [Berylla Naron|../characters/b/berylla_naron] - [Blue Ajah] * [Chesmal Emry|../characters/c/chesmal_emry] - [Yellow Ajah] * [Eldrith Jhondar|../characters/e/eldrith_jhondar] - [Brown Ajah] * [Falion Bhoda|../characters/f/falion] - [White Ajah] * [Ispan Shefar|../characters/i/ispan_shefar] - [Blue Ajah], deceased [TPoD,Ch28] * [Jeaine Caide|../characters/j/jeaine_caide] - [Green Ajah] * [Joiya Byir|../characters/j/joiya_byir] - [Gray Ajah], deceased [TSR,Ch12] * [Liandrin] - [Red Ajah] * [Marillin Gemalphin|../characters/m/marillin_gemalphin] - [Brown Ajah] * [Rianna Andomeran|../characters/r/rianna_andomeran] - [White Ajah] * [Temaile Kinderode|../characters/t/temaile] - [Gray Ajah] ! [Aes Sedai Who Healed Mat|../books/tdr/ch18] * [Siuan Sanche] * [Leane Sharif] * [Alanna Mosvani] - [Green Ajah] * [Anaiya] - [Blue Ajah] * [Brendas] - [White Ajah] * [Serafelle] - [Brown Ajah] * [Sheriam Bayanar|../characters/s/sheriam] - [Blue Ajah] * [Verin Mathwin] - [Brown Ajah] ! [Salidar Embassy to Rand|../books/loc/ch41] * [Merana Ambrey|../characters/m/merana] - [Gray Ajah] * [Berenicia Morsad|../characters/b/berenicia] - [Yellow Ajah] * [Demira Eriff|../characters/d/demira] - [Brown Ajah] * [Faeldrin Harella|../characters/f/faeldrin] - [Green Ajah] * [Kairen Stang|../characters/k/kairen_stang] - [Blue Ajah] * [Masuri Sokawa|../characters/m/masuri] - [Brown Ajah] * [Rafela Cindal|../characters/r/rafela] - [Blue Ajah] * [Seonid Traighan|../characters/s/seonid] - [Green Ajah] * [Valinde Nathenos|../characters/uz/valinde_nathenos] - [White Ajah] ! [White Tower Embassy to Rand|../books/loc/ch55] * [Coiren Saeldain|../characters/c/coiren_saeldain] - [Gray Ajah] - captured * [Erian Boroleos|../characters/e/erian_boroleos] - [Green Ajah] - captured * [Galina Casban|../characters/g/galina] - [Red Ajah] - captured by the [Shaido] * [Katerine Alruddin|../characters/k/katerine] - [Red Ajah] - captured * [Nesune Bihara|../characters/n/nesune_bihara] - [Brown Ajah] - captured * [Sarene Nemdahl|../characters/s/sarene_nemdahl] - [White Ajah] - captured * [Amira Moselle|../characters/a/amira] - [Red Ajah] - killed * [Beldeine Nyram|../characters/b/beldeine_nyram] - [Green Ajah] - captured * [Chisaine Nurbaya|../characters/c/chisaine_nurbaya] - [Red Ajah] - captured * [Covarla Baldene|../characters/c/covarla_baldene] - [Red Ajah] - escaped * [Elza Penfell|../characters/e/elza_penfell] - [Green Ajah] - captured * [Fera] - [White Ajah] - captured * [Hattori] - [Green Ajah] - escaped * [Innina Darenhold|../characters/i/innina_darenhold] - [Red Ajah] - captured * [Irgain Fatamed|../characters/i/irgain_fatamed] - [Green Ajah] - stilled and captured * [Janine Pavlara|../characters/j/janine_pavlara] - [Red Ajah] - captured * [Laigin Arnault|../characters/l/laigin_arnault] - [Red Ajah] - killed * [Lusonia Cole|../characters/l/lusonia_cole] - escaped * [Marith Riven|../characters/m/marith_riven] - captured * [Mayam] * [Ronaille Vevanios|../characters/r/ronaille] - stilled and captured * [Sashalle Anderly|../characters/s/sashalle] - [Red Ajah] - stilled and captured * [Vayelle Kamsa|../characters/uz/vayelle_kamsa] - [Red Ajah] - captured * [Turanna Norill|../characters/t/turanna_norill] - [White Ajah] - captured * [Vasha] - [Green Ajah] - escaped !! References * [Guide] - The names, Ajahs and dates of reign for all Amyrlin Seats of the New Era are listed on page 216. * [NS,Ch3] - The [White Tower] has rooms to house three thousand Aes Sedai, but only four hundred and twenty-three are in residence with twice that number out in the world. * [NS,Ch12|../books/new_spring/ch12] - Weaker sisters defer to stronger sisters and must obey them if they are much stronger. * [NS,Ch14|../books/new_spring/ch14] - After being raised to the shawl, one of the first things an Aes Sedai learns is the weave for bonding a [Warder|Warders]. * [NS,Ch17] - Aes Sedai live much longer than ordinary people, sometimes as much as three hundred years. Among Aes Sedai, speaking of age is considered extremely rude. * [NS,Epilogue] - An Aes Sedai can draw on her [Warder|Warders]'s strength at need. She can find him however far away he is. * [TEotW,Ch3] - Many people fear that Aes Sedai are [Darkfriends] because they were responsible for the [Breaking] of the world. * [TEotW,Ch9] - Aes Sedai do not lie, but the truth they tell you is not always the truth you think it is. * [TEotW,Ch7] - There is a saying that help from an Aes Sedai is worse than no help at all. Their gifts always have a hook in them. They are puppeteers who pull strings and make thrones and nations dance. * [TEotW,Ch16] - Touching the [True Source|../main/true_source/index] offers protection from the Shadow. Aes Sedai can also spread this protection to those in close proximity. It also allows them to sense the presence of [Shadowspawn]. * [TEotW,Ch21] - The Aes Sedai search for girls who can [channel|../main/true_source/index] both to increase their ranks and to save the girls from [channeling|../main/true_source/index] sickness. * [TEotW,Ch33] - In a dream, [Thom] warns [Rand] that if he trusts Aes Sedai he will wish he were dead. An Aes Sedai price is always smaller than you can believe and greater than you can imagine. * [TEotW,Ch41] - The cats in [The Queen's Blessing|../geography/andor/caemlyn/queens_blessing] seem fond of [Moiraine]. * [TEotW,Ch43] - The cats in [The Queen's Blessing|../geography/andor/caemlyn/queens_blessing] seem fond of [Moiraine]. * [TGH,Ch1] - After the [War of Power], the Aes Sedai still alive swore that they would never again use the [One Power] to make weapons for one man to kill another. Every Aes Sedai since has kept that oath. * [TGH,Ch2] - In the [Borderlands|../../geography/index.html#border], Aes Sedai are well thought of and respected. * [TGH,Ch4] - Four of the last five Amyrlin Seats were raised from the [Blue Ajah]. * [TGH,Ch5] - Only two Amyrlin Seats were ever removed from office, both of them from the [Red Ajah]. Both their replacements were raised from the [Blue Ajah]. There has not been an Amyrlin Seat from the [Red Ajah] since [Bonwhin] during [Artur Hawkwing]'s reign. * [TGH,Ch12] - Only one in four [wilders|../organizations/aes_sedai/wilder] survives her ability to [channel|../main/true_source/index] without training. Almost all who do survive build up blocks that interfere with conscious control. * [TGH,Ch18] - There are currently only forty [novices|Novices] in the [White Tower] and only eight or nine of them will make [Accepted]. * [TGH,Ch23] - The Three Oaths are first given. Aes Sedai began swearing the Three Oaths between the [Trolloc Wars] and the [War of the Hundred Years]. * [TDR,Ch6] - There are a sayings, "Better to embrace the sun than to anger an Aes Sedai," and "To anger an Aes Sedai is to put your head in a hornet's nest." * [TDR,Ch6] - Aes Sedai learn to shield their dreams. [Warders] get something of the same protection through their bond. * [TDR,Ch11] - Most women spend several years as a [novice|../organizations/aes_sedai/novice] and several more as [Accepted] before being raised to Aes Sedai. * [TFoH,Prologue|../books/tfoh/prologue] - All the Ajahs except [White|../organizations/aes_sedai/white] have networks of informants known as eyes-and-ears. * [LoC,Ch7] - There are two hundred ninety four Aes Sedai aligned with [Elaida] and the [White Tower], nearly one-third of the Aes Sedai. There are slightly more aligned with the [Salidar Aes Sedai]. * [LoC,Ch30] - Aes Sedai hierarchy is determined mainly by strength in the [One Power]. Weaker sisters are expected to defer to stronger ones. * [LoC,Ch37] - In total, there are less than a thousand Aes Sedai. * [LoC,Ch39] - [Siuan] finally teaches [Egwene], [Elayne] and [Nynaeve] the trick of ignoring heat and cold. It has nothing to do with the [One Power] at all. It is just a matter of concentrating in a certain way. * [LoC,Ch43] - Strength in the [One Power], then time in training, then age play roles in determining the pecking order among Aes Sedai. * [LoC,Ch46] - Dogs and cats can sense Aes Sedai. Dogs usually growl, then slink away. Cats are friendly. * [ACoS,Prologue] - The Amyrlin Seat wields great power. Her word and law is absolute in theory, but the Hall can often delay or diminish implementation if they disagree. * [ACoS,Ch7] - The Aes Sedai [Warder|Warders] bond was unknown in the [Age of Legends|../history/aol/index]. * [ACoS,Ch9] - There are lots of cats, but no dogs in the [Salidar Aes Sedai] camp. * [ACoS,Ch9] - The Amyrlin Seat has nearly absolute power, but Tower Law prohibits her from putting herself in personal danger without the lesser consensus from the [Hall|../organizations/aes_sedai/sitters]. * [TPoD,Ch4] - In questioning a prisoner, Tower Law prohibits Aes Sedai from shedding blood or allowing someone else to do it. * [TPoD,Ch10] - Most Aes Sedai will release their [Warder|Warders] from his bond if he really wants to leave. * [WH,Ch11] - The [Sea Folk] only send a few very weak women to the [White Tower]. There are currently only three [Sea Folk] Aes Sedai and they are relatively weak. * [CoT,Ch24] - [Rand] is furious with [Logain] for bonding the captured Aes Sedai as this will only worsen the relationship between the Aes Sedai and the [Asha'man]. * [KoD,Prologue] - A faction of the [Whitecloaks] led by [Galad] decides that they must fight the [Seanchan] and [Tarmon Gai'don|../main/creator] even if it means allying with the Aes Sedai.