Pronunciation: FOW-lain oh-RAN-deh 
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An [Accepted] in the [White Tower]. She is raised to [Aes Sedai] and joins the [Blue Ajah].

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! Possible Spoilers
After the schism, she joins the [Salidar Aes Sedai].
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! Physical Description

She has dark, curly hair and a round face. ([TDR,Ch11]) She has a dark complexion. ([TSR,Ch1]) She has dark, curly hair. ([ACoS,Ch11]) 

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* Circa 986 NE Faolain enters the [White Tower] as a [novices]. ([TFoH,Ch50])
* Circa 994 NE Faolain is raised to [Accepted]. ([TFoH,Ch50])
* When [Verin|Verin Mathwin] and the girls arrive at the [White Tower], Faolain, [Theodrin|Theodrin Dabei] and another [Accepted] meet them and escort the girls to their rooms. ([TDR,Ch11])
* She escorts [Egwene|Egwene alVere] to [Siuan|Siuan Sanche]'s study. [Leane|Leane Sharif] chides her and sends her to [Marris Thornhill] Sedai for punishment. ([TDR,Ch13])
* After [Lanfear] disappears in the [Accepted] quarters of the [White Tower], [Egwene|Egwene alVere] scans the whole area and sees only Faolain and another [Accepted]. ([TDR,Ch25])
* When [Min|Min Farshaw] arrives at the [White Tower], Faolain takes her petition for an audience with the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]. ([TSR,Ch1])
* Faolain is at [Salidar] when [Min|Min Farshaw], [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] and [Leane|Leane Sharif] arrive. She is angry that they brought [Logain|Logain Ablar]. ([TFoH,Ch26])
* Faolain and [Emara] taunt [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] and are severely punished for it. ([TFoH,Ch50])
* Faolain confronts [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] when they arrive in [Salidar]. ([TFoH,Ch50])
* Faolain and [Theodrin|Theodrin Dabei] are raised to a level above [Accepted]. Faolain torments [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] with petty errands. ([TFoH,Ch54], [LoC,Ch8])
* Faolain tells [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] that the [White Tower] emissary is [Tarna Feir] of the [Red Ajah]. ([LoC,Ch8])
* Faolain reprimands [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] for not keeping her [novices] class under control. ([LoC,Ch13])
* Faolain oversees [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] while they serve their kitchen duty penance. She is even more put out than usual because she wanted to work on her own project instead. ([LoC,Ch15])
* As her first act as the new [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai], [Egwene|Egwene alVere] raises [Theodrin Dabei], Faolain Orande, [Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve al'Meara] to full [Aes Sedai]. ([LoC,Ch36])
* As a new [Aes Sedai], Faolain chooses the [Blue Ajah]. ([ACoS,Ch11])
* Faolain and [Theodrin|Theodrin Dabei] report to [Egwene|Egwene alVere] that no one but [Halima|AranGar] was seen near [Marigan]'s tent. They swear fealty to [Egwene|Egwene alVere] because she is [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]. ([ACoS,Ch11])
* Faolain follows [Lelaine|Lelaine Akashi] and [Theodrin|Theodrin Dabei] follows [Romanda|Romanda Cassin] evidently now working as [Egwene|Egwene alVere]'s spies. ([TPoD,Ch16])
* [Lelaine|Lelaine Akashi] discovers Faolain's true purpose, questions her, then orders her to stay in hiding. ([CoT,Ch30], [KoD,Ch1])
* Faolain, [Theodrin|Theodrin Dabei], [Myrelle|Myrelle Berengari] and [Nisao|Nisao Dachen] are all sent with the embassy to the [Black Tower]. ([TGS,Ch45])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Ch50] - [Min|Min Farshaw] has a [viewing|viewings] of Faolain and comments that it does not seem fair that a nasty person should have good things coming.
## [TFoH,Ch55] - [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] realizes that [Moghedien] knows that [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] is alive and that she knows who [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] and Faolain are. She must be in [Salidar].
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch15] - [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] were due to be raised to the same status as Faolain and [Theodrin|Theodrin Dabei], but [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]'s explosion delayed it.
## [LoC,Ch36] - Faolain's last name is Orande.
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Ch9] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] sends [Leane|Leane Sharif] to tell Faolain and [Theodrin|Theodrin Dabei] to ask if anyone saw a strange man near [Marigan]'s tent.
## [ACoS,Ch10] - Faolain is above average strength for an [Aes Sedai].
## [ACoS,Ch11] - [Theodrin|Theodrin Dabei] is stronger than Faolain.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Ch30] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] notices that Faolain seems to be missing.
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