Full name: Deira ni Ghaline t'Bashere

Wife of [Davram Bashere] and mother of [Zarine Bashere] ([Faile|Zarine Bashere]). 

! Physical Description
She is inches taller than her husband and statuesque. She has long black hair with wings of white at the temples and dark eyes. ([LoC,Ch46]) She is very tall with long black hair white at the temples. She has typical [Saldaean|Saldaea] eyes and nose. ([ACoS,Ch7])

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Davram and Deira Bashere by [Richard Boyé|mailto:waldo@webspan.net?subject=EWoT%20Art]

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* Deira watches [Rand|Rand alThor] scornfully as he observes the [Saldaean|Saldaea] cavalry at practice. ([LoC,Ch26])
* Her full name is Deira ni Ghaline t'Bashere. ([LoC,Ch26])
* Deira and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] discuss [Faile|Zarine Bashere]'s marriage to [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and wind up slapping each other. [Davram Bashere] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] join the conversation. [Faile|Zarine Bashere]'s parents finally agree to accept [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] as their son-in-law. ([LoC,Ch46])
* [Bashere|Davram Bashere] and his wife are out with their troops when the [Aes Sedai] confront [Rand|Rand alThor] at the [Royal Palace]. ([LoC,Ch49])
* She meets [Rand|Rand alThor] in [Caemlyn] with [Bashere|Davram Bashere], [Bael], [Melaine] and [Dorindha|Dorindha (Roofmistress)]. She is loyal to her husband and does not trust [Rand|Rand alThor]. ([ACoS,Ch7])
* Deira is with [Davram Bashere] when [Rand|Rand alThor] arrives at the [Saldaean|Saldaea] camp. She is quite angry when he says no wives are allowed in the strike at [Illian|Illian (Country)]. ([ACoS,Ch41])
* Deira confronts two robbers in her tent in the [Saldaean|Saldaea] camp. She chases them off, getting stabbed in the process. ([CoT,Prologue])
* Deira is waiting at the manor house in [Arad Doman] when [Bashere|Davram Bashere] and [Rand|Rand alThor] return. ([TGS,Ch22])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch1] - [Bashere|Davram Bashere] says his wife would not like it and would probably set out hunting [Taim|Mazrim Taim] again if [Rand|Rand alThor] killed him.
# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Ch8] - [Faile|Zarine Bashere] wonders if her mother, Deira, has as much trouble managing her husband as she has managing [Perrin|Perrin Aybara].
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch16] - Deira taught [Faile|Zarine Bashere] the responsibilities of leadership but [Faile|Zarine Bashere] did not understand how fulfilling they would be.
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