Silviana Brehon

Author: Estyrien al'Halien

General

Silviana is an Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah. She, of course, sided with Elaida after the division of the Tower and became the Mistress of Novices (TPoD, Ch. 25).

Silviana is stocky and has a square face. She speaks with a gruff voice (TPoD, Ch. 25). She has dark hair and large eyes. She wears her hair in a bun (KoD, Prologue).

Timeline

• 999 NE: Silviana becomes the Mistress of Novices (TFoH, Prologue).

• 999 NE: Elaida sends an Accepted to Silviana (TFoH, Prologue).

• 1000 NE: Alviarin asks Silviana to help with Elaida’s supposed private penance (TPoD, Ch. 25).

• 1000 NE: Silviana is repeatedly summoned to administer Elaida’s ‘penances’ (CoT, Prologue).

• 1000 NE: Silviana is summoned to administer Alviarin’s ‘penances’ (CoT, Ch. 21).

• 1000 NE: Egwene is sent to Silviana after she is captured. She tells Egwene that she is to become a novice again (KoD, Prologue).

• 1000 NE: Silviana questions Leane to see if she is who she claims to be (KoD, Ch. 24).

• 1000 NE: Egwene is sent to Silviana several times a day for punishment. Silviana gives orders for her to be Healed every morning (KoD, Ch. 24).

• 1000 NE: Silviana decides that Egwene needs to be Healed twice a day because of the amount of punishments she has been receiving (KoD, Ch. 24).

• 1000 NE: Egwene talks to Silviana about Shemerin’s demotion to the level of the Accepted (KoD, Ch. 24).

Miscellaneous

• Silviana has considerably less mercy with sisters than she does with the novices and Accepted (TPoD, Ch. 25).

• Silviana believes that anything that takes her attention away from the novices and Accepted is a needless disruption (TPoD, Ch. 25).

• Alviarin visits Silviana every morning for her daily penance (KoD, Ch. 24).

• Silviana is not weak in the One Power. She is stronger than Katerine and Barasine (KoD, Prologue).

• Silviana’s punishments make novices and Accepted wish to never be sent to her again (KoD, Prologue).

• Silviana dislikes forkroot because she thinks that it seems to be directly aimed at Aes Sedai (KoD, Prologue).

Quotes

“Even to the Amyrlin, she made no effort to hide her disgust. Silviana believes private penance a ridiculous affectation. Penance was public; only punishment took place in private.” (Elaida about Silviana; The Path of Daggers, Chapter 25)

“Elaida seemed fiercer than ever since she began summoning Silviana for her own supposedly private penances. The whole Tower was still buzzing with that.” (Yukiri about Silviana and Elaida; Crossroads of Twilight, Prologue)

“A hard woman, Silviana Brehon. Fair, so I hear, but hard enough to break iron.” (Leane; Knife of Dreams, Chapter 24)