Pronunciation: ee-LY-ahs mah-CHEER-ah

aka: Long Tooth

An elderly man who is a Wolfbrother. He was once a Warder to Rina Hafden.

Physical Description#

As a younger man he is fair with a short beard and broad shoulders. (NS,Ch7) He is lean with yellow eyes, long graying brown hair and a thick beard. He has a long knife and bow and arrows. He dresses in fur clothes with an odd, flat top round cap. (TEotW,Ch23)

Chronology (Possible Spoilers)#

Other References (Possible Spoilers)#

  1. In The Eye of the World
    1. TEotW,Ch38 - Dapple sends a message to Perrin that Elyas is wounded but alive.
    2. TEotW,Ch38 - Lan tells Perrin that Elyas was a Warder and his teacher before his change happened. He implies that the Red Ajah tried to gentle Elyas.
  2. In The Great Hunt
    1. TGH,Ch14 - Ingtar remembers hearing about a Warder, Elyas Machera, who could talk to wolves.
  3. In The Dragon Reborn
    1. TDR,Ch5 - Hearing the wolves, Perrin wonders how Elyas developed control over his contact with them.
    2. TDR,Ch36 - Perrin is sure that Elyas has been a Wolfbrother for a long time and is happy with it.
  4. In The Shadow Rising
    1. TSR,Ch28 - Perrin wishes he could talk to Elyas about his dreams.
    2. TSR,Ch32 - Perrin thinks Verin, being Brown Ajah, might be his best chance of surviving outside of finding Elyas.
    3. TSR,Ch41 - Ila asks Perrin about Elyas.
  5. In The Path of Daggers
    1. TPoD,Ch30 - Aram and Elyas do not get along.
    2. TPoD,Ch30 - Elyas has a fine cloak he won from Gallenne at dice.
  6. In Knife of Dreams
    1. KoD,Ch12 - Seeing large numbers of TuathaAn near Almizar, Perrin recalls that Elyas told him such large gatherings are rare.
    2. KoD,Ch29 - As Perrin charges the Shaido he feels the thrill of battle that he discussed with Elyas.
  7. In Towers of Midnight
    1. ToM,Ch4 - Perrin dreams of Elyas and his other followers walking toward a cliff.
    2. ToM,Ch18 - Perrin scouts the Whitecloaks- camp in the wolf dream to see if he can pick up anything Elyas might have missed.
    3. ToM,Epilogue - Perrin realizes that Noam and Elyas each chose their balance and Perrin can chose his as well.