An [Aes Sedai] of the [Yellow Ajah] who teaches in the [White Tower]. She has no [Warder|Warder]. She is from [Tarabon]. 

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! Possible Spoilers
She is also [Black Ajah]; the other two of her Heart are [Karale Sanghir] and [Marris Thornhill].
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! Physical Description

She is pretty. She wears her dark hair in beaded braids. ([CoT,Prologue]) 

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* Atuan and [Pritalle Nerbaijan] pass [Yukiri] and [Meidani] in a corridor of the [White Tower]. ([CoT,Prologue])
* [Yukiri] and [Pevara|Pevara Tazanovni] break Atuan. She gives up two more of the [Black Ajah], [Marris Thornhill] and [Karale Sanghir].
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [New Spring]
## [Tamra|Tamra Ospenya] summons all [Accepted] including Atuan to the Oval Lecture Hall where she announces a bounty for women who recently gave birth. ([NS,Ch3])
## The [Accepted] including Atuan scramble back to their rooms and prepare to leave the [White Tower] to take the census. ([NS,Ch4])
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch48] - [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] recalls Atuan Sedai saying it is now beyond the power of the [White Tower] to build anything like the [Stone of Tear].
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Prologue] - Atuan is purportedly [Yellow Ajah]. She has no [Warder|Warder]. She is from [Tarabon].
## [CoT,Prologue] - [Talene|Talene Minly] reveals that Atuan is actually [Black Ajah] and a member of her heart.
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