Full name: Edeyn ti Gemallen Arrel

A noblewoman, expatriate of [Malkier]. She now lives in [Chachin]. Daughter [Iselle|Iselle Arrel]. She is a widow. Her sigil is a crouching lioness. 

! Physical Description

She is beautiful with large, dark eyes and long black hair with touches of white. She is in her early forties. ([NS,Ch22]) 

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* In [Fal Moran], Edeyn takes [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] as her lover when he is fifteen. ([NS,Ch16])
* She leaves [Fal Moran] and begins a campaign across the [Borderlands] to raise an army to reclaim [Malkier] from the [Blight]. ([NS,Ch16])
* In the [Aesdaishar Palace], Edeyn swears loyalty to [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] as King of [Malkier]. Later she tells him that she plans to marry him to her daughter [Iselle|Iselle Arrel]. She takes him to bed. ([NS,Ch22])
* Edeyn intends to give [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran]'s %%ot [daori]%% to [Iselle|Iselle Arrel] then force her and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] to marry. ([NS,Ch26])
* Edeyn falls apart and cuts her hair short when her daughter is murdered. ([NS,Epilogue])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [New Spring]
## [NS,Ch16] - She was [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran]'s first lover.
## [NS,Ch16] - [Bukama|Bukama Marenellin] suspects that she hired the assassins who tried to kill [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran].
## [NS,Ch20] - At first, [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] thought [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] might be a spy sent by Edeyn.
## [NS,Ch22] - Her sigil is a crouching lioness.
## [NS,Ch22] - Edeyn still wears a white %%ot [ki'sain]%% indicating that she is a widow.
# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch47] - She has the same married name as the late [Cowin Gemallan] "Fairheart" Gemallan (with a slight spelling difference), a well loved [Malkier] hero who was, in fact, a [Darkfriend|Darkfriends] who betrayed [Malkier] to the [Blight].
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