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Pronunciation: may_EHN 
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Mayene is an independent city-state located on the end of a peninsula in the [Sea of Storms]. To the west is [Tear|Country of Tear] and to the north are the [Drowned Lands]. The sign of Mayene is a golden hawk in flight.

! Ruling Body

The ruling family of Mayene claims to be descended from [Artur Hawkwing], and uses the Paendrag name. The man or woman who rules Mayene is styled &quot;the First&quot;, which once meant the first lord or lady. The military force of Mayene, the Winged Guards, are commanded by Lord Captain [Bertain Gallenne].

The list of past and present Firsts:

* [Halvar]
* [Berelain] sur Paendrag

! Noble Houses

* Paeron - [Berelain]

!! References


* [TGH,Ch7] - Some strangers offer [Bayle Domon] a fortune to go to Mayene, but it is really a trap.
* [TDR,Ch56] - [Berelain] is the First of Mayene.
* [TSR,Ch6] - Mayene owned the [twisted red doorway|Twisted Red Doorway] until [Halvar] traded it to [Tear|Country of Tear] three hundred years ago.
* [TSR,Ch8] - [Rand] orders the High Lords to negotiate with Mayene for ships to carry grain to [Illian|Country of Illian].
* [TSR,Ch9] - [Rand] orders [Meilan] and [Sunamon] to write a better treaty with Mayene and present it to [Berelain] or he will hang them.
* [TSR,Ch14] - [Berelain] plans to return to Mayene the same day everyone else leaves.
* [TSR,Ch19] - [Toram] had been planning to go there.
* [TFoH,Ch51] - [Berelain] brings small army of Winged Guards from Mayene to [Cairhien|City of Cairhien] to support [Rand].
* [LoC,Ch53] - [Berelain] brought two thief-catchers with her from Mayene.
* [LoC,Ch54] - [Havien Nurelle] leads two hundred Winged Guards north from [Cairhien|City of Cairhien] to help free [Rand].
* [LoC,Ch55] - [Nurelle] leads the Winged Guards in the battle at [Dumai's Wells|Dumais Wells].
* [KoD,Ch4] - General [Tylee Khirgan] acknowledges [Berelain] Paendrag as being of the blood of [Artur Hawkwing]...as long as she does not attempt to claim imperial rights.
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