Alise Tenjile
Author: Estyrien al'Halien
Contents
General
Alise Tenjile runs the Kin's Farm. She is a practical woman who does not suffer fools gladly. She was sent away from the White Tower because she was not strong enough to become Aes Sedai (TPoD, Ch. 4).
Alise looks like she is in her middle years but since she can channel this is not true. she is however over two hundred years younger than Sumeko (KoD, Ch. 31). She has brown hair flecked with grey and is of middling height. She has a mild face and a comforting smile (TPoD, Ch. 4).
Alise flees from the Farm to Andor when the Seanchan attack (TPoD, Ch. 6) She still keeps a firm hand on people who were at the Farm. She prevents Kinswomen from rebelling when Adeleas puts Kirstian and Zarya back in novice white (TPoD, Ch. 28).
Timeline
- 1000 NE: Alise flees the Farm with Elayne and the rest of the Kin when the Seanchan attack (TPoD, Ch. 6).
- 1000 NE: Alise stops a small rebellion from the Kinwomen against the Aes Sedai (TPoD, Ch. 28).
- 1000 NE: Alise arrives in Caemlyn (TPoD, Ch. 28).
Miscellaneous
- Alise only needs a week to convince a woman that stubbornness does not pay (ACoS, Ch. 24).
- Alise does not defer to Aes Sedai in the way that most of the Kin do (TPoD, Ch. 4).
- Alise runs the Farm with a firm hand (TPoD, Ch. 4).
- Even Nynaeve agrees that Alise is a very capable woman (TPoD, Ch. 6).
Quotes
"What would we go back for? To be told again we aren't strong enough and be sent on our ways? Or will they just keep us as novices the rest of our lives? Some night accept that, but I won't." (Alise upon being told that the Kin would be accepted into the White Tower; The Path of Daggers, Ch. 4)
"The woman was far from strong in the One Power- she would never attain the shawl- but she had a way of taking charge when she wanted to and making everyone around her accept it. Including Aes Sedai." (Elayne about Alise; Winter's Heart, Chapter 8)
