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==General== | ==General== | ||
| − | Mistress Romera is the ''shatayan'' of the Aesdaishar Palace in [[Chachin]], [[Kandor]]. She is a stately, straight-backed woman in livery with hazel eyes, wearing her graying hair in a roll at the nape of her neck ([[New Spring: Chapter 22|NS, Ch. 22]]). | + | Mistress Romera is the ''[[shatayan]]'' of the Aesdaishar Palace in [[Chachin]], [[Kandor]]. She is a stately, straight-backed woman in livery with hazel eyes, wearing her graying hair in a roll at the nape of her neck ([[New Spring: Chapter 22|NS, Ch. 22]]). |
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
| − | *She conducts Lan to the Prince Consort personally ([[New Spring: Chapter 22|NS, Ch. 22]]) | + | *She conducts [[Lan]] to the Prince Consort personally ([[New Spring: Chapter 22|NS, Ch. 22]]) |
| − | *She escorts Moiraine to Prince Brys, as well ([[New Spring: Chapter 24|NS, Ch. 24]]) | + | *She escorts [[Moiraine]] to Prince [[Brys (1)|Brys]], as well ([[New Spring: Chapter 24|NS, Ch. 24]]) |
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
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"No one can know what the future may hold, my Lord," she said, "but we know who you are." And then she offered him a small curtsy before leaving. A curtsy. Remarkable. Whatever she said, the ''shatayan'' had her expectations of the future, too. (Mistress Romera to Lan; [[New Spring: Chapter 22|New Spring, Chapter 22]]) | "No one can know what the future may hold, my Lord," she said, "but we know who you are." And then she offered him a small curtsy before leaving. A curtsy. Remarkable. Whatever she said, the ''shatayan'' had her expectations of the future, too. (Mistress Romera to Lan; [[New Spring: Chapter 22|New Spring, Chapter 22]]) | ||
| − | "Giving Anya and Esne each a silver mark, and Bulen a silver penny - Mistress Romera would have been outraged to be offered coin, but a visitor's servant expected something on the first day and on the last - he sent the boy to make sure the stables had followed his instructions about Cat Dancer and set the women in the corridor to guard his door." (Lan; [[New Spring: Chapter 22|New Spring, Chapter 22]]) | + | "Giving [[Anya]] and [[Esne]] each a silver mark, and [[Bulen]] a silver penny - Mistress Romera would have been outraged to be offered coin, but a visitor's servant expected something on the first day and on the last - he sent the boy to make sure the stables had followed his instructions about [[Cat Dancer]] and set the women in the corridor to guard his door." (Lan; [[New Spring: Chapter 22|New Spring, Chapter 22]]) |
"The ''shatayan'' indeed was waiting, a tall handsome woman, wrapped in dignity and frosty at being made to wait. Her hazel eyes could have chilled wine. Any queen who got on the wrong side of a ''shatayan'' was a fool, so Moiraine made herself pleasant as the woman escorted her through the halls." (Moiraine; [[New Spring: Chapter 24|New Spring, Chapter 24]]). | "The ''shatayan'' indeed was waiting, a tall handsome woman, wrapped in dignity and frosty at being made to wait. Her hazel eyes could have chilled wine. Any queen who got on the wrong side of a ''shatayan'' was a fool, so Moiraine made herself pleasant as the woman escorted her through the halls." (Moiraine; [[New Spring: Chapter 24|New Spring, Chapter 24]]). | ||
Revision as of 16:20, 24 July 2008
Author: Kyria d'Oreyn
General
Mistress Romera is the shatayan of the Aesdaishar Palace in Chachin, Kandor. She is a stately, straight-backed woman in livery with hazel eyes, wearing her graying hair in a roll at the nape of her neck (NS, Ch. 22).
Timeline
- She conducts Lan to the Prince Consort personally (NS, Ch. 22)
- She escorts Moiraine to Prince Brys, as well (NS, Ch. 24)
Quotes
"The silvered ring of keys at her belt proclaimed that Mistress Romera had charge of all the Palace servants, but a shatayan was more than a servant herself. Usually, only crowned rulers could look for a greeting at the gates from the shatayan." (Lan; New Spring, Chapter 22)
"No one can know what the future may hold, my Lord," she said, "but we know who you are." And then she offered him a small curtsy before leaving. A curtsy. Remarkable. Whatever she said, the shatayan had her expectations of the future, too. (Mistress Romera to Lan; New Spring, Chapter 22)
"Giving Anya and Esne each a silver mark, and Bulen a silver penny - Mistress Romera would have been outraged to be offered coin, but a visitor's servant expected something on the first day and on the last - he sent the boy to make sure the stables had followed his instructions about Cat Dancer and set the women in the corridor to guard his door." (Lan; New Spring, Chapter 22)
"The shatayan indeed was waiting, a tall handsome woman, wrapped in dignity and frosty at being made to wait. Her hazel eyes could have chilled wine. Any queen who got on the wrong side of a shatayan was a fool, so Moiraine made herself pleasant as the woman escorted her through the halls." (Moiraine; New Spring, Chapter 24).
