Pronunciation: GAY-dahl KAIN 
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One of the [Heroes of the Horn|Horn of Valere]. He is commonly associated with [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion].

! Physical Description

He is swarthy. ([TGH,Ch47]) He is dark and strongly muscled. His face is wide and flat. His heavy nose is too big and his mouth is a too broad gash. He is shorter than [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion]. He has a harsh voice. ([TSR,Ch54])

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] blows the [Horn of Valere] and calls forth the [Heroes of the Horn|Horn of Valere] including Gaidal Cain. ([TGH,Ch47])
* Gaidal Cain appears behind [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] in the [wolf dream|TelAranRhiod] and tells [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] it is time to leave. ([TSR,Ch28])
* Gaidal Cain appears beside [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] while she is talking to [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] in the [Panarch's Palace|Panarchs Palace]. He tells [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] she is breaking the precepts by helping. ([TSR,Ch52])
* Gaidal disappears from %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%. He has been reborn. ([TFoH,Ch14])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch17] - [Thom|Thom Merrilin] tells stories related to the [Great Hunt of the Horn|Horn of Valere] including stories about Gaidal Cain's Sword.
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch26] - [Thom|Thom Merrilin] tells stories about Gaidal Cain.
## [TGH,Ch47] - Gaidal Cain wears two swords across his back and fights with both.
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch52] - Gaidal Cain and [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] are usually linked romantically. He is usually spun out by the Wheel first. [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] knows her time is coming when she can no longer find Gaidal in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Ch24] - In ''The Flame, the Blade and the Heart'', [Egwene|Egwene alVere] reads about [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] and Gaidal Cain.
## [TFoH,Ch34] - Gaidal hates to dance.
## [TFoH,Ch36] - [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] cries as she thinks of Gaidal wandering the world looking for her.
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Ch21] - When [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] learns how [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] rescued [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] from the [Stone of Tear] she says she would not have done that for anyone short of Gaidal.
## [WH,Ch12] - [Min|Min Farshaw] has a [viewing|viewings] of [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] - Auras danced around her and images flickered, more than [Min|Min Farshaw] had ever seen around anyone, thousands it seemed, cascading over one another. Those multitude of images and auras flashed by too quickly for her to make out any clearly, but she was certain they indicated more adventures than a woman could have in one lifetime. Strangely, some were connected to an ugly man who was older that she, and others to an ugly man who was much younger, yet somehow [Min|Min Farshaw] knew they were the same man.
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Ch17] - [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] is depressed because she fears losing her memories of Gaidal Cain.
## [KoD,Ch23] - [Romanda|Romanda Cassin] reads about [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] and Gaidal Cain in ''The Flame, the Blade and the Heart''.
## [KoD,Ch32] - [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] is thinking of Gaidal when she feels [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] spasm.
## [KoD,Ch35] - [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] had been drinking too much because of the loss of Gaidal but now she has stopped.
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch22] - [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] recalls how, as [Jethari Moondancer|Birgitte Trahelion], she entered the [Tower of Ghenjei] with Gaidal Cain to get him healed. They wandered for two months before they were killed.
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