Pronunciation: meh-SAH-nah 
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aka: Saine Tarasind 

One of the [Forsaken]. Her real name was Saine Tarasind. She has taken up residence in the [White Tower].

! Physical Description

When she is disguised and hiding her ability to [channel|True Source] she is tall with a voice of silver chimes. ([ACoS,Prologue]) She appears just short of her middle years and has blue eyes. ([CoT,Ch21]) She has big blue eyes. ([KoD,Ch3])

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! Points of View

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

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* Mesaana lives over three hundred years during the [Age of Legends]. She turns to the [Shadow|Creator] after being turned down for a research job at the [Collam Daan]. ([LoC,Prologue])
* Mesaana sets up schools to teach children the glories of the [Great Lord|ShaiTan]. Slow learners are punished by death. ([LoC,Ch2])
* The thirteen [Forsaken] meet with the [Great Lord|ShaiTan] in the [Pit of Doom|Shayol Ghul]. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] and his companions seal the [Bore|Creator], trapping the [Forsaken] for over three thousand years.
* After escaping the [Bore|Creator], Mesaana establishes herself in the [White Tower].
* Mesaana is part of [Be'lal|BeLal]'s plan to trap [Rand|Rand alThor] at the [Stone of Tear]. ([LoC,Ch6])
* After [Rahvin]'s death, Mesaana visits [Shayol Ghul] twice but finds only a very tall [Myrddraal|Fade] that will not speak to her. ([LoC,Prologue])
* [Demandred] meets with Mesaana, [Semirhage] and [Graendal] and passes on the orders of the [Great Lord|ShaiTan] to "Let the Lord of Chaos rule." Mesaana thinks the plan is a gamble. ([LoC,Prologue])
* [Demandred] has another meeting with Mesaana and [Graendal], but [Semirhage] does not show. Mesaana vents on [Semirhage] in front of [Graendal] and lets slip that she is in the [White Tower]. ([LoC,Ch6])
* Mesaana asserts that she will have [Rand|Rand alThor] under control in two or three months. ([LoC,Ch6])
* Mesaana comes to [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] for a report on [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan]. She already knows everything that happened, so she eavesdrops. She appears tall and is disguised. She taps her lips while thinking. She orders [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] to keep [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] alive and to encourage her to strengthen the [Tower Guard|White Tower]. She warns [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] to serve only her, not [Semirhage], [Demandred] or [Graendal]. ([ACoS,Prologue])
* Mesaana tells [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] about events at [Dumai's Wells|Dumais Wells]. ([ACoS,Ch32])
* Mesaana meets with [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen]. She tells [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] to learn why the heads of the [Ajahs|Aes Sedai] are secretly meeting together. She believes that [Galina Casban] is dead. [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] notes that she is actually wearing a dress of bronze silk with black scrollwork. ([TPoD,Ch25])
* Mesaana and [Semirhage] do not attend the meeting of the [Forsaken]. ([WH,Ch13])
* Mesaana is summoned to the battle at [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)] but does not come. ([WH,Ch35], [CoT,Ch21])
* Fearing discovery, [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] uses the [tiny red rod] to summon Mesaana. Mesaana starts to punish her, but [Shaidar Haran] suddenly appears. He marks [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] as his, then begins to punish Mesaana for failing to come when summoned. ([CoT,Ch21])
* [Moridin] calls a meeting in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% and [Aran'gar|AranGar], [Cyndane], [Demandred], [Graendal], Mesaana, [Moghedien] and [Semirhage] attend. He orders them to kill [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] but [Rand|Rand alThor] is his. Mesaana is still wan from her experience with [Shaidar Haran]. ([KoD,Ch3])
* [Demandred] and Mesaana plead with [Moridin] to help free [Semirhage] but he angrily refuses because she injured [Rand|Rand alThor]. Mesaana reports that the [White Tower] is nearly broken. ([TGS,Prologue])
* Mesaana visits [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] and commands her to work to depose [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and to steal all the Dream %%ot [ter'angreal|Angreal]%%. ([TGS,Ch25])
* [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] delivers the Dream %%ot [ter'angreal|Angreal]%% to Mesaana but she is one short so Mesaana takes a finger. ([TGS,Ch43])
* Mesaana and the [Black Ajah] attack [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and her followers in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%. ([ToM,Ch36])
* In the [wolf dream|TelAranRhiod], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] arrives at the [White Tower] with the [dreamspike] trapping everyone who is in the dream world. ([ToM,Ch37])
* Mesaana disguises [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] as herself and sends her to find the [dreamspike]. ([ToM,Ch37])
* Mesaana tricks [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and collars her with an %%ot [a'dam|aDam]%%. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] uses her strength of mind to deny the collar and in a duel of wills Mesaana's mind snaps. ([ToM,Ch38])
* They find Mesaana in [Danelle|danelle]'s quarters. ([ToM,Ch42])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Shadow Rising]
## Glossary - Mesaana is listed as one of the [Forsaken]. First mention.
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Prologue] - [Graendal] does not know where Mesaana has established herself, but [Demandred] does.
## [LoC,Ch2] - [Rand|Rand alThor] recites the crimes of the [Forsaken] for [Taim|Mazrim Taim].
## [LoC,Ch23] - [Sammael] asks [Graendal] where [Demandred], Mesaana and [Semirhage] are. [Graendal] says Mesaana is in the [White Tower], but she does not know where the other two are. [Sammael] tells her to find out.
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Ch20] - [Sammael] tells [Graendal] he didn't kidnap [Rand|Rand alThor]. Mesaana had a hand in it, maybe [Demandred] and [Semirhage] as well despite how it ended. 
## [ACoS,Ch25] - Even a scholar like Mesaana does not fully understand [vacuoles].
# In [Winters Heart]
## [WH,Ch13] - [Demandred], Mesaana and [Semirhage] have an agreement that they will not turn on each other until all the others have been eliminated.
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Prologue] - [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] is afraid to summon Mesaana again. She figures that Mesaana probably wants to kill her for witnessing her humiliation and punishment with [Shaidar Haran].
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch39] - [Verin|Verin Mathwin] tells [Egwene|Egwene alVere] that Mesaana is in the [White Tower] but she does not know her identity.
## [TGS,Epilogue] - The [Black Ajah] purge fails to catch Mesaana. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] thinks she may know how to beat the [Oath Rod].
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch3] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] is certain the serpent in her dream means that Mesaana really is in the [White Tower].
## [ToM,Ch5] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] believes Mesaana is behind the assassination attempt.
## [ToM,Ch14] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] vows that she will find Mesaana.
## [ToM,Ch15] - [Saerin|Saerin Asnobar], [Yukiri] and [Seaine|Seaine Herimon] determine there are several possible ways Mesaana could have defeated the [Oath Rod].
## [ToM,Ch15] - Mesaana is more of a leader than [Moghedien] or [Graendal]; in a battle she will stay and fight. In sheer hatred she was second only do [Demandred].
## [ToM,Ch23] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] is furious with [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] that he sprung her traps and perhaps spooked Mesaana.
## [ToM,Ch33] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] sets up a series of meetings in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% that will be too tempting for Mesaana to pass up.
## [ToM,Ch35] - The meeting to trap Mesaana is tonight. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] prepares for sleep.
## [ToM,Ch36] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] has several guards standing by in case Mesaana and the [Black Ajah] attack.
## [ToM,Ch45] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] visits [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] in her dream to inform her that Mesaana was defeated.
## [ToM,Epilogue] - [Shaidar Haran] blames [Graendal] for the loss of Mesaana and other failings.
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