Pronunciation: lee-AHN-drihn 
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An [Aes Sedai] from the [Red Ajah]. She is from [Tarabon]. Though she does not admit it she was a [wilder].

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She is also [Black Ajah].
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! Physical Description

She is young and pretty with a doll's face and a small petulant mouth, rosebud lips, dark brows and darker eyes. Pale honey braids brushing her shoulders. She is taller than [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], but by less than a hand. ([TGH,Ch4])

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Liandrin by [Richard Boyé|mailto:waldo@webspan.net?subject=EWoT%20Art]

! Points of View

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

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* Liandrin attends the [Darkfriend|Darkfriends] social near [Shayol Ghul]. ([TGH,Prologue], [TSR,Ch38])
* Liandrin arrives at [Fal Dara] as part of the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]'s entourage. ([TGH,Ch2])
* Liandrin and [Anaiya] knock on [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]'s door in [Fal Dara]. They are there to escort her to the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai], who is visiting [Fal Dara]. Along the way, they talk about a variety of news and rumors. Liandrin does not accompany [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] into the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]'s chambers. ([TGH,Ch4]) 
* Liandrin goes to visit with Lady [Amalisa|Amalisa Jagad] in her chambers. Liandrin sends [Amalisa|Amalisa Jagad]'s maids away. Liandrin uses [Compulsion|Weaves] on her. She asks [Amalisa|Amalisa Jagad] about [Fain|Padan Fain] and the three boys. Liandin tells [Amalisa|Amalisa Jagad] that the three boys must be taken from [Fal Dara] and sent to [Tar Valon]. ([TGH,Ch5]) 
* Liandrin enters the cell area where [Padan Fain] was held and recently escaped from. She sees [Rand|Rand alThor] wiping the message from the cell wall. Liandrin tries to use [Compulsion|Weaves] to make [Rand|Rand alThor] answer her. [Rand|Rand alThor] fights her off until [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] enters, at which point Liandin stops using [Compulsion|Weaves] on [Rand|Rand alThor]. Liandrin and [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] follow [Rand|Rand alThor] further into the cells. Liandrin reaches down as if to [Heal|Weaves] [Egwene|Egwene alVere], but [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] gets there first. Liandrin waits until [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] leaves, then studies [Rand|Rand alThor] for a moment, and then leaves. ([TGH,Ch6])
* Liandrin teaches [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] about the [One Power] and also interrogates them about the three boys. ([TGH,Ch12])
* Liandrin enters [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Egwene|Egwene alVere]'s room in the [White Tower]. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] had not heard that Liandrin had returned. She orders [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Min|Min Farshaw] from the room. She asks them about the three boys. She tells [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] to meet her an hour before sundown to go to [Toman Head]. ([TGH,Ch38]) 
* Liandrin takes [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], [Egwene|Egwene alVere], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Min|Min Farshaw] through a [Waygate|Ways]. ([TGH,Ch39])
* Liandrin, [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], [Egwene|Egwene alVere], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Min|Min Farshaw] exit the [Waygate|Ways] in [Toman Head]. Liandrin presents the girls to the High Lady [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath]. It seems that this is the first time the two have met. Later, Liandrin re-enters the [Waygate|Ways]. ([TGH,Ch40]) 
* [Amico Nagoyin], [Asne Zeramene], [Berylla Naron], [Chesmal Emry], [Eldrith Jhondar], [Falion Bhoda], [Ispan Shefar], [Jeaine Caide], [Joiya Byir], [Marillin Gemalphin], [Rianna Andomeran] and [Temaile Kinderode] flee the [White Tower] with Liandrin exposing themselves as [Black Ajah]. They take several %%ot [ter'angreal|Angreal]%% with them. ([TDR,Ch13])
* In %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% in the [Heart of the Stone|Stone of Tear], Liandrin sees [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and smiles at her. ([TDR,Ch48])
* Liandrin, [Rianna|Rianna Andomeran], [Amico Nagoyin] and [Joiya Byir] capture [Egwene|Egwene alVere], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]. ([TDR,Ch51])
* Liandrin gives [Carridin|Jaichim Carridin] orders. She then talks with the other [Black Ajah] women in [Tanchico]. ([TSR,Ch38])
* [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] spots Liandrin and [Rianna|Rianna Andomeran] as she runs through the [Panarch's Palace|Panarchs Palace] but fortunately they do not see her. ([TSR,Ch55])
* Liandrin returns to a manor house in [Amador] to find [Moghedien] there with the rest of the [Black Ajah]. [Moghedien] orders Liandrin, [Chesmal|Chesmal Emry], [Temaile|Temaile Kinderode], [Asne|Asne Zeramene] and [Eldrith|Eldrith Jhondar] to hunt for [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]. ([TFoH,Ch18])
* Liandrin tries to attack [Moghedien] after she is wounded by [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion]. [Moghedien] shields her, Compels her to live, then turns her over to [Temaile|Temaile Kinderode] to soften up and then give to [Evon|evon] as a scullery maid. ([TFoH,Ch34])
* When the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] take [Amador] High Lady [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] takes Liandrin as %%ot [da'covale|Old Tongue]%%.
* [Miraj|Kennar Miraj] sees Liandrin held as %%ot [da'covale|Old Tongue]%% by High Lady [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath]. ([TPoD,Ch24])
* Liandrin poisons [Alwhin] to please [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath]. ([KoD,Prologue])
* Liandrin brings a summons to [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] from General [Galgan|Lunal Galgan]. ([KoD,Prologue])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch7] - Some serving women and Lady [Timora|timora] find [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and call for Liandrin.
## [TGH,Ch12] - [Anaiya] says "First [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] vanishes with [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], then Liandrin right on [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]'s heels,..."
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch13] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] mentions that she and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] discovered that Liandrin is [Black Ajah]. Later, they and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] talk to [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] about Liandrin.
## [TDR,Ch14] - [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] continues to talk to [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] about Liandrin. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] mentions that Liandrin is the strongest of the thirteen who left the [White Tower] and that both [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] are more than a match for her in sheer power.
## [TDR,Ch15] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] continue to talk about Liandrin 
## [TDR,Ch16] - [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] tells [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] about hunting for more [Black Ajah]. 
## [TDR,Ch21] - [Verin|Verin Mathwin] gives [Egwene|Egwene alVere] a stack of papers with all the known information about Liandrin, her associates and the %%ot [ter'angreal|Angreal]%% they stole.
## [TDR,Ch25] - [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] study the information on Liandrin and the others of the [Black Ajah].
## [TDR,Ch43] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] dreams of [Egwene|Egwene alVere], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] walking into a cage and closing the door behind them. Liandrin laughs at them and [Lanfear] laughs at her.
## [TDR,Ch49] - [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] gives descriptions of Liandrin and the other [Black Ajah] members to [Juilin|Juilin Sandar].
## [TDR,Ch54] - [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] realize their only hope of defeating Liandrin is to use the [twisted ring].
## [TDR,Ch55] - [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] apologizes to [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] telling them Liandrin somehow forced him to betray them. 
## [TDR,Ch56] - Only [Amico|Amico Nagoyin] and [Joiya|Joiya Byir] were captured in the [Stone of Tear]. Liandrin and the other ten of the [Black Ajah] escaped.
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch5] - [Amico|Amico Nagoyin] claims that Liandrin, [Chesmal|Chesmal Emry] and [Rianna|Rianna Andomeran] were her only [Black Ajah] contacts in the [White Tower].
## [TSR,Ch5] - [Amico|Amico Nagoyin] claims that she overheard Liandrin tell [Temaile|Temaile Kinderode] that there was something important that could control [Rand|Rand alThor] in [Tanchico].
## [TSR,Ch6] - On learning about the [twisted red doorway|Twisted Red Doorway], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] naively wants to use it to learn where Liandrin went and whether [Amico|Amico Nagoyin] or [Joiya|Joiya Byir] is telling the truth.
## [TSR,Ch11] - Preparing to visit [Tanchico] in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%, [Egwene|Egwene alVere] worries about running into a group of the [Black Ajah] such as Liandrin, [Rianna|Rianna Andomeran], [Chesmal Emry] and [Jeaine Caide] all together.
## [TSR,Ch38] - Liandrin is poor at [Healing|Weaves]. She can barely [Heal|Weaves] a bruise or scrape.
## [TSR,Ch39] - [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] are startled when they meet [Rendra|rendra] because she looks so much like Liandrin.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Ch9] - [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] assume that [Moghedien], Liandrin and the rest of the [Black Ajah] escaped [Tanchico].
## [TFoH,Ch18] - Liandrin knew she wanted to be [Black Ajah] as soon as she learned that she could [channel|True Source].
## [TFoH,Ch18] - Liandrin knew only one of her [Black Ajah] cohorts before they were ordered to leave the [White Tower].
## [TFoH,Ch18] - Liandrin hates [wilders] even though she began to [channel|True Source] a year before she went to the [White Tower].
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch39] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] was suspicious of [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] at the time of Liandrin's betrayal.
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