[Ogier] do not have a country, but instead live in %%ot steddings%%. A stedding cuts off [channelers|True Source] from the [True Source].

Pronunciation: STEHD-ding 
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%%ot Stedding%% cannot be entered from %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%. ([ACoS,Ch10]) The estimated population of each ''stedding'' is about 6,000.


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* [Stedding Cantoine] - above the [Iralell River] north of [Haddon Mirk]
* [Stedding Chandar] - now in the [Blight], abandoned
* Stedding Chiantal (in [Kandor])
* Stedding Chanti (in the [Spine of the World])
* Stedding Chinden (in the [Mountains of Mist])
* Stedding Chosium (in [Saldaea])
* [Stedding Daiting] (in the [Spine of the World])
* Stedding Feindu (in the [Black Hills])
* Stedding Handu (in the [Spine of the World])
* Stedding Jenshin (in [Haddon Mirk])
* [Stedding Jentoine] (in the [Black Hills])
* Stedding Jinsiun (in the [Mountains of Mist])
* Stedding Jongai (in [Saldaea])
* Stedding Kolomon (in the [Spine of the World])
* Stedding Lantoine (in the [Spine of the World])
* Stedding Leitiang (north of the [Ivo River])
* Stedding Madan (in the [Mountains of Mist])
* [Stedding Mardoon] (along the [Shadow Coast])
* Stedding Mashong (in the [Spine of the World])
* Stedding Mintai (north of the [Dhagon River])
* Stedding Nurshang (between [Kinslayer's Dagger|Kinslayers Dagger] and [Shienar])
* [Stedding Qichen] (in the [Spine of the World])
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* Stedding Saishen (in [Saldaea])
* [Stedding Sanshen] (in the [Spine of the World])
* [Stedding Shadoon] (along the [Shadow Coast])
* Stedding Shajin (in the [Black Hills])
* Stedding Shamendar (north of the [Ivo River])
* Stedding Shangloon (in the [Mountains of Mist])
* [Stedding Shangtai] (in the [Spine of the World])
* Stedding Shanjing (in [Arafel])
* [Stedding Sherandu] - now in the [Blight], abandoned
* Stedding Sholoon (in [Shienar])
* Stedding Sintiang (in the [Spine of the World])
* [Stedding Taijing] (in the [Spine of the World])
* Stedding Taishin (north of the [Ivo River])
* Stedding Tanhal (in [Arafel])
* Stedding Tsochan (north of the [Ivo River])
* Stedding Tsofan (in the [Mountains of Mist])
* [Stedding Tsofu] (in [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)])
* Stedding Wenchen (north of the [Dhagon River])
* Stedding Yandar (in the [Mountains of Mist])
* Stedding Yongen (in the [Spine of the World])
* Stedding Yontiang (in [Kinslayer's Dagger|Kinslayers Dagger])
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# In the [Guide]
## [Tor Website Q&A|Guide] - There are many more %%ot stedding%% in [Seanchan |Seanchan (Country)] than there are in the [Westlands|Geography]. Thus the Gardeners do not suffer from the Longing.
# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch29] - [Perrin], [Egwene] and [Elyas Machera] camp in an abandoned %%ot stedding%%.
## [TEotW,Ch36] - Ogier rarely leave their %%ot stedding%% any more since the [Ways] began to go bad.
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch35] - In the [Age of Legends] Ogier could travel freely, but after the [Breaking] the %%ot stedding%% were lost. Ogier who could not find a %%ot stedding%% developed the Longing. They eventually grew ill and died. Ogier are still bound to the %%ot stedding%%.
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Prologue] - The Ogier have called meetings between the %%ot stedding%%.
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch23] - Ogier %%ot stedding%% cannot be entered in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%.
## [TSR,Ch25] - [Comran] was the first [Aiel] to discover Ogier %%ot stedding%% in the [Dragonwall|Spine of the World] and begin trading with them.
## [TSR,Ch26] - [Jonai] and [Adan] meet a band of Ogier. They are suffering from the Longing because they cannot find a %%ot stedding%%.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Ch7] - [Rand] arranges to have Ogier masons from a nearby %%ot stedding%% assist in rebuilding [Rhuidean].
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch9] - [Balwer|Sebban Balwer] reports to [Pedron Niall] that there are meetings going on between the Ogier %%ot stedding%%.
## [LoC,Ch20] - The Ogier know of several %%ot stedding%% such as the one by [Artur Hawkwing]'s monument that have never been repopulated. They are too near the lands of men.
## [LoC,Ch45] - [Loial] grows tired on the journey from the [Two Rivers] to [Caemlyn] so he takes a side trip to an abandoned %%ot stedding%% that [Perrin] recommends to rest up.
# In [Winter's Heart|Winters Heart]
## [WH,Ch23] - The [guardian] in [Far Madding] completely cuts off [channelers|True Source] from the [True Source] much like an Ogier %%ot stedding%%.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Ch24] - [Loial] reports to [Rand] that he and [Karldin Manfor] visited all the %%ot stedding%% except [Stedding Shangtai]. All except the ones in the [Borderlands] and the [Shadow Coast] agreed to post guards at the [Waygates|Ways].
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch10] - [Rodel Ituralde] shelters his army in an abandoned %%ot stedding%% to neutralize the [Seanchan (People)] %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%%.
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Prologue] - Ogier dead begin to appear around the %%ot stedding%%.
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