Liandrin
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Pronunciation: lee-AHN-drihn

An Aes Sedai from the Red Ajah, but also of the Black Ajah. She is from Tarabon. Though she does not admit it she was a wilder.

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, but by less than a hand. (TGH,Ch4)

Liandrin by Richard Boyé

Chronology (Possible Spoilers)#

Other References (Possible Spoilers)#

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

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