Pronunciation: JAH-ret BY-ahr 
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A [Whitecloak|Children of the Light] officer.

! Physical Description

He is tall and skeletally gaunt with very deep-set eyes. ([TEotW,Ch30]) He has dark, deep-set eyes. ([TDR,Prologue])

! Points of View

See Jaret Byar's [chapter points of view|Jaret Byar POV].

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* While [Geofram Bornhald] questions [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Egwene|Egwene alVere], Jaret Byar enters and reports on casualties. He is upset that [Geofram Bornhald] is treating them so leniently. ([TEotW,Ch30])
* Jaret comes into the tent where [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] are being held. He suggests that they might be able to escape. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] then bursts in, there is a brief fight, and Jaret is knocked out. ([TEotW,Ch38])
* [Geofram Bornhald] orders Byar to lead the [Whitecloak|Children of the Light] legion into [Alcruna]. ([TGH,Ch5])
* [Geofram Bornhald] leads Jaret Byar and a hundred [Whitecloaks] through [Almoth Plain] near [Toman Head]. ([TGH,Ch29])
* [Geofram Bornhald] tells Byar that he spotted [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] in a [Toman Head] village. ([TGH,Ch44])
* [Geofram Bornhald] orders Byar to stay back and report what he sees as the [Whitecloaks] approach [Falme]. He is ordered to report to [Dain Bornhald] and [Pedron Niall]. ([TGH,Ch46])
* Jaret Byar witnesses the slaughter of the [Whitecloaks] and heads for [Amador]. ([TGH,Ch48])
* Byar reports to [Pedron Niall] that [Aes Sedai] aided the [Darkfriend|Darkfriends] [Seanchan (People)] and that [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] betrayed the [Whitecloaks]. He leaves for [Tar Valon]. ([TDR,Prologue])
* Byar travels to [Tar Valon] and reports to [Dain Bornhald] that his father is dead. ([TDR,Ch10])
* Byar is [Dain Bornhald]'s second in command for the expedition to the [Two Rivers]. ([TSR,Ch1])
* Byar wants to put the prisoners to the question, but [Dain|Dain Bornhald] will not let him. ([TSR,Ch31])
* [Dain Bornhald] and Jaret Byar lead a force of [Whitecloaks] to [Emond's Field|Emonds Field]. There is a confrontation, but [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] agrees to let them stay in the town if they agree not to bother anyone. ([TSR,Ch45])
* [Dain Bornhald], Jaret Byar and other [Whitecloaks] bring a dying man into [Emond's Field|Emonds Field]. ([TSR,Ch53])
* [Dain Bornhald] and Jaret Byar refuse to have the [Whitecloaks] fight for [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] so [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] orders them to leave the [Two Rivers]. ([TSR,Ch56])
* Backed by [Trom], [Dain Bornhald] and Jaret Byar, [Galad|Galad Damodred] confronts [Eamon Valda] on his assault of [Morgase|Morgase Trakand]. In a duel [Galad|Galad Damodred] kills [Valda|Eamon Valda] and assumes the title Lord Captain Commander. ([KoD,Prologue])
* [Dain Bornhald], Jaret Byar and [Trom] accompany [Galad|Galad Damodred] as the [Whitecloak|Children of the Light] army slogs through the swamp. ([ToM,Prologue])
* [Trom|trom], [Bornhald|Dain Bornhald] and Byar free [Galad|Galad Damodred] after the Lords Captain execute [Asunawa|Rhadam Asunawa]. ([ToM,Ch2])
* Byar returns to [Galad|Galad Damodred] from scouting with news that they captured prisoners. [Bornhald|Dain Bornhald] soon determines that they were with [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] who killed his father. ([ToM,Ch4])
* Byar and [Bornhald|Dain Bornhald] insist the [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is a [Darkfriend|Darkfriends] who killed [Geofram Bornhald] and brought [Trollocs] to the [Two Rivers]. ([ToM,Ch7])
* [Dain Bornhald] and Byar set up a meeting between [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Galad|Galad Damodred]. ([ToM,Ch10])
* [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Galad|Galad Damodred] meet in parley with [Dain Bornhald] and Byar. They accuse him of killing two [Whitecloaks] and [Geofram Bornhald]. ([ToM,Ch26])
* Byar brings word to [Galad|Galad Damodred] that [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] has requested a delay to his trial due to the bubble of evil. ([ToM,Ch29])
* Byar and [Dain Bornhald] testify at [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]'s trial. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] admits to killing the two [Whitecloaks] but says he fought on the same side as [Geofram Bornhald]. Byar vehemently objects when [Galad|Galad Damodred] agrees to delay [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]'s punishment until after the [Last Battle|Creator]. ([ToM,Ch34])
* Byar and [Dain Bornhald] are still upset when [Galad|Galad Damodred] orders them to strike camp and march to [Lugard]. ([ToM,Ch35])
* Byar accuses [Galad|Galad Damodred] of destroying the [Whitecloaks] when [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]'s army appears. ([ToM,Ch40])
* When victory over the [Shadowspawn] seems certain, Byar attacks [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] from behind but [Dain Bornhald] kills him. ([ToM,Ch41])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch29] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] wonders if Jaret Byar is with the [Whitecloaks] in the [Two Rivers].
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch38] - After [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran] fails to kill [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Graendal] thinks that she still has one more tool. When the tempest comes the blade will fall.
## [ToM,Epilogue] - [Graendal] blames her failure to kill [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] on [Isam|Isam Mandragoran] and Jaret Byar.
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