The Royal palace of Altara. It sits on Mol Hara Square in Ebou Dar. It is five stories tall. Servants live in the cellar and ground floor where the kitchens are. The next floor has public rooms and clerk's offices. The third floor has rooms for guests. The top floor has Queen's Tylin's apartment and others for highly favored guests. The attic was recently converted to quarters for damane.

Residents#

Servants#

  • Bren - servant
  • Mistress Carin - servant
  • Haesel - low ranking servant
  • Master Jen - low ranking servant
  • Laren - high ranking servant
  • Madic - high ranking servant
  • Matilde - servant

References (Possible Spoilers)#

  1. In Lord of Chaos
    1. LoC,Ch47 - Elayne, Nynaeve and the others arrive at the Tarasin Palace in Ebou Dar.
    2. LoC,Ch48 - Queen Tylin gives them all rooms in the Tarasin Palace.
    3. LoC,Ch52 - Elayne and Nynaeve report to Egwene that they are still staying at the Tarasin Palace and are doing quite well there.
    4. LoC,Epilogue - Falion receives a note from a spy in the Tarasin Palace that Elayne and Nynaeve are gone again.
  2. In A Crown of Swords
    1. ACoS,Ch12 - Egwene tells Lan that Nynaeve is at the Tarasin Palace.
    2. ACoS,Ch16 - Mat goes to the Tarasin Palace to leave a note for Elayne and Nynaeve. He is accosted first by two groups of Aes Sedai then by Queen Tylin.
  3. In Winter's Heart
    1. WH,Ch17 - Mat takes Noal Charin back to the Tarasin Palace with him and bunks the old man with his Redarms.
    2. WH,Ch19 - A detailed description of the layout of the palace is given.
    3. WH,Ch20 - The Seanchan (People) keep their damane in kennels in the attic of the Tarasin Palace.
    4. WH,Ch28 - Tylin and Suroth leave the Tarasin Palace and Ebou Dar for a tour of Altara.
    5. WH,Ch30 - Mat, Egeanin, Domon, Seta and Renna enter the Tarasin Palace to free the damane.
    6. WH,Ch31 - Suroth and Tylin return to Ebou Dar early. Tylin goes to the Tarasin Palace and bids farewell to Mat.
  4. In Crossroads of Twilight
    1. CoT,Ch3 - Tylin is killed in her rooms of the Tarasin Palace the night Mat leaves.
    2. CoT,Ch3 - Days later, rumor says that Tuon is in hiding in the Tarasin Palace.
  5. In Knife of Dreams
    1. KoD,Ch36 - General Furyk Karede leaves northeast Altara with Tuon and Selucia to return them to the Tarasin Palace in Ebou Dar.
    2. KoD,Epilogue - Tuon returns to the Tarasin Palace in Ebou Dar and confronts High Lady Suroth.
  6. In The Gathering Storm
    1. TGS,Ch19 - The day after her return to Ebou Dar, Tuon holds court in the Tarasin Palace.
    2. TGS,Ch49 - Rand prepares to balefire the Tarasin Palace to destroy the Seanchan (People) but he cannot make himself do it.
  7. In Towers of Midnight
    1. ToM,Ch47 - Fortuona maintains the Tarasin Palace in Ebou Dar as her permanent residence.

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