Pronunciation: AHR-tuhr PAY-ehn-DRAG tahn-REE-ahl 
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aka: Artur Hawkwing, Hammer of the Light

Legendary king who united all the lands west of the [Spine of the World]. His death set off the [Hundred Years War|War of the Hundred Years]. His sign was a golden hawk in flight. His sword was called Justice. ([The Eye of the World],Glossary)

! Physical Description

He is tall and hook-nosed with dark, deep-set eyes and a deep voice. ([TGH,Ch47])

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* Artur Paendrag Tanreall is born in FY 912, the son of the King and Queen of [Shandalle]. ([Guide], [KoD,Ch10])
* He ascends the throne in FY 937 after a Black Fever plague kills his parents ([Guide])
* Artur Hawkwing begins a campaign to conquer the known world. ([TEotW,Ch29])
* Hawkwing defeats [Culain|culain] in battle and takes [Aldeshar]. ([CoT,Ch3])
* He eventually unites all the lands from the [Great Blight|Blight] to the [Sea of Storms], from the [Aryth Ocean] to the [Aiel Waste]. ([TEotW,Ch29])
* Hawkwing lays a twenty year siege on [Tar Valon] an puts of price of a thousand gold crowns on the head of every [Aes Sedai]. ([TEotW,Ch29])
* Artur Hawkwing sends armies across the [Aryth Ocean] to unite the lands across the sea. ([TEotW,Ch29])
* Near the end of his reign, Artur Hawkwing decides to build a new capital city unaligned with any previous nation. He chooses an abandoned %%ot [stedding|Steddings]%% as the site to avoid [Aes Sedai] influence. He starts with a gigantic statue of himself which takes five years to complete. He dies on the day the statue is finished. ([TEotW,Ch29])
* Artur Hawkwing appears leading the [Heroes of the Horn|Horn of Valere]. He greets [Rand|Rand alThor] as [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] and says he has often fought both with him and against him. He says the [Heroes of the Horn|Horn of Valere] must follow the [Dragon Banner]. ([TGH,Ch47])
* [Min|Min Farshaw] sees Artur Hawkwing riding across the sky. ([TGH,Ch48])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [New Spring]
## [NS,Ch2] - The battle around [Tar Valon] at the end of the [Aiel War] is the largest since the time of Artur Hawkwing.
## [NS,Ch8] - [Kerene|Kerene Nagashi] lectures [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] on Artur Hawkwing.
# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch4] - [Thom|Thom Merrilin] offers to tell stories of Artur Hawkwing.
## [TEotW,Ch14] - [Ba'alzamon|Ishamael] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that he manipulated Artur Hawkwing.
## [TEotW,Ch17] - [Thom|Thom Merrilin] tells stories of Artur Hawkwing.
## [TEotW,Ch29] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Elyas|Elyas Machera] find the remnants of a giant statue in a %%ot [stedding|Steddings]%%. [Elyas|Elyas Machera] tells them it was Artur Hawkwing and that he had it built in a %%ot [stedding|Steddings]%% to keep [Aes Sedai] away.
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch4] - [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] tells the [White Tower] that [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] is messing with the most dangerous %%ot [ta'veren|Wheel of Time]%% since Artur Hawkwing.
## [TGH,Ch5] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] tells [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] that [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] is wrong. [Rand|Rand alThor] is even more dangerous than even Hawkwing.
## [TGH,Ch7] - The [Dark Prophecy] states, "The seed of the Hammer burns the ancient tree." Artur Hawkwing was known as the Hammer of the Light.
## [TGH,Ch10] - [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] they are three or four days north of the field of [Talidar|Other History] where Hawkwing defeated a [Trolloc|Trollocs] army. There used to be a huge monument there.
## [TGH,Ch13] - [Rand|Rand alThor] recalls [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa]'s story about Hawkwing's monument and wonders if it exists in the [Portal Stone] world.
## [TGH,Ch16] - [Rand|Rand alThor], [Loial] and [Hurin] find Hawkwing's monument in the [Portal Stone] world, but it is a monument to a [Trolloc|Trollocs] victory.
## [TGH,Ch29] - All the stories [Geofram Bornhald] hears claim the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] are Artur Hawkwing's army returned.
## [TGH,Ch34] - [Fain|Padan Fain] tries to ingratiate himself with High Lord [Turak|Turak Aladon] by telling him his family has remained loyal to Artur Hawkwing.
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch8] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] says that Artur Hawkwing was the strongest %%ot [ta'veren|Wheel of Time]%% since the [Age of Legends] but [Rand|Rand alThor] is much stronger even than he was.
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch20] - There is a story that [Artur Hawkwing] challenged a hundred men to duels and beat them one by one, but [Thom|Thom Merrilin] does not believe it.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Prologue] - [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] thinks of Artur Hawkwing in reference to [Bonwhin|Bonwhin Meraighdin]. 
## [TFoH,Ch3] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] remembers a song sung in [Aldeshar] before it fell to Artur Hawkwing.
## [TFoH,Ch22] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s new memories end with Hawkwing's reign.
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Prologue] - [Pedron Niall] recalls that [Guaire Amalasan] held more territory than [Rand|Rand alThor] now does when Artur Hawkwing defeated him.
## [LoC,Ch26] - [Endara Casalain] was governor of the province of [Andor] under Artur Hawkwing. After his death, she abdicated and her daughter, [Ishara|ishara], became the first queen of [Andor].
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Ch21] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] remembers seeing [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] with Artur Hawkwing and the other [Heroes of the Horn|Horn of Valere] at [Falme].
# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Ch22] - The nobles and soldiers with [Rand|Rand alThor] are unhappy that he has only six thousand men. They were hoping for a massive army such as in Artur Hawkwing's day.
## [TPoD,Ch23] - [Furyk Karede] recalls a family story that one of his ancestors was a nobleman who accompanied [Luthair Paendrag|Luthair Paendrag Mondwin] to [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] at Artur Hawkwing's command.
# In [Winters Heart]
## [WH,Ch19] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] hums a song that was popular in the Court of [Takedo|Farashelle] in [Farashelle] before it fell to Hawkwing.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Ch3] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] remembers the fall of [Aldeshar] and Hawkwing's defeat of [Culain].
## [CoT,Ch3] - [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] asks [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] if he remembers Hawkwing's face. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] stammers out a denial.
## [CoT,Ch13] - There is a story that Hawkwing once offered to duel with an enemy's champion, but only the foolish believe it.
## [CoT,Ch30] - When [Egwene|Egwene alVere] complains about [Romanda|Romanda Cassin] and [Lelaine|Lelaine Akashi] not respecting her, [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] says that pair would not follow [Deane Aryman] who saved the [White Tower] after [Bonwhin|Bonwhin Meraighdin]'s disaster with Hawkwing.
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Ch4] - [Tylee|Tylee Khirgan] notes that [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] is descended from Artur Paendrag Tanreall.
## [KoD,Ch17] - The map of [Caemlyn] on the floor of the Map Room in the [Royal Palace] predates Artur Hawkwing.
## [KoD,Ch26] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] denied remembering Hawkwing's face but it was obvious to [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] that he was lying.
## [KoD,Ch35] - The Grand Hall of the [Royal Palace] has images of the women who built a strong nation out of the rubble of Artur Hawkwing's empire.
## [KoD,Ch36] - Part of [Lidya]'s [Foretelling|Weaves] for [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] was, "Beware the man who remembers Hawkwing's face."
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch12] - [Bennae|bennae] has stacks of books on the reign of Artur Hawkwing.
## [TGS,Ch35] - [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] thinks that [Rand|Rand alThor] is young, but then so was Artur Hawkwing when he began.
## [TGS,Ch38] - [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] thinks [Egwene|Egwene alVere] may be the best [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai] since the reign of Artur Hawkwing.
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch34] - At his trial [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] states that he rode on the same side as [Geofram Bornhald] with Hawkwing against the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)].
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