Amadicia

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Author: Leora Oldessroth

General

Sigil: Amadicia’s sigil is a red thistle leaf laid over a six-pointed star. It is known as “the Thistle and Star” (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

Banner: Amadicia’s banner is the Thistle and Star on a field horizontally striped blue and gold. There are a total of three blue stripes and two gold stripes (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

Channeling and channelers are outlawed in Amadicia, and thus Aes Sedai avoid Amadicia at all costs (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

Women who are healers must be careful; if they cure too many people too quickly they might be accused of being Aes Sedai. For this reason, most of the healers in Amadicia are men (TFoH, Ch. 10).

Thieves are treated harshly. The thief is branded on his first offense, the right hand is cut off for the second and the third offense results in hanging. The penalty is the same whether the stolen items were valuable or worthless. Thieves avoid the nation as assiduously as Aes Sedai (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

Amadicia does not have good relations with the Atha’an Miere (TGH, Ch. 29).

Amadician law forbids the building of walls around cities, except in Amador; the law was made at the request of and is enforced by the Whitecloaks (KoD, Ch. 12).

Festivals celebrated in Arad Doman that are not celebrated by all nations include the Feast of Abram, Bailene, Genshai and the Festival of Lanterns (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 31).


Geography

General

Amadicia is south of the Mountains of Mist and located between Tarabon (to the northwest) and Altara (to the east) (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30). To the southeast lies the Shadow Coast and Windbiter’s Finger as well as the Sea of Storms (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 2).

The River Eldar is the northern border between Amadicia and Tarabon. Another major river runs through Amadicia: the River Sharia (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 2).

Tall stone pillars to either side of the road mark the border between Amadicia and Tarabon (TFoH, Ch. 8).


Cities, Towns and Villages

  • Abila (a good-sized town 40 miles south of the town of Bethal in Ghealdan) (TPoD, Ch. 9)
  • Almizar (a town 100 miles southwest of Amador) (KoD, Ch. 12)
  • Amador (capital; headquarters of the Children of the Light)
  • Bellon (village located 20 miles from Amador along the Gaean River) (TFoH, Ch. 13)
  • Jeramel (town 100 miles west of Abila) (WH, Ch. 1)
  • Mardecin (village 5 miles east of the Tarabon border) (TFoH, Ch. 8)
  • Sienda (village east of Amador) (TFoH, Ch. 14)


Government and Nobility

General

Amadicia is officially ruled by the King of Amadicia but the real power lies with the Children of the Light who have their base of power, the Fortress of Light, in Amador (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

The Lord Captain Commander is the ruler in fact; he governs through military and political might (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 25).

By law, noblemen’s houses must be built of wood, not stone (the Whitecloaks are exempt from this law). This is to ensure that rebels would not be able to hold out long against the King (TFoH, Ch. 13).


The King and his Court

Until recently, the king of Amadicia was Ailron. Ailron died fighting the Seanchan (CoT, Prologue). His replacement is unknown.

The King resides in the Serenda Palace, located two miles from Amador and the Fortress of the Light (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

The King makes up for his lack of real power by surrounding himself with pomp and circumstance and a court full of nobles (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

The King performs all ceremonial duties. Ailron, the most recent king, did have some power so long as he didn’t go against the wishes of the Children (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).


Noble Houses

Each House is headed by a High Seat. (LOC: 9)

Known Houses:

  • House Algoran (Marande, sister of the High Seat of House Algoran) (LoC, Ch. 9)


Military

The king’s soldiers wear mail, conical steel hats and blue cloaks embroidered with the Star and Thistle (TFoH, Ch. 13).

The Amadician Guardians of the Gate is considered to be one of the main military groups of the last centuries (TWoRJTWoT: 26).


People and Customs

Characters from Amadicia


Appearance, Clothing and Dress

Amadicians are ruddy-faced (CoT, Ch. 9).

Noble men wear long colorful coats (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

Noble women wear their hair long and curled (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30). They wear dresses in bright colors and wide-brimmed hats decorated with plumes (LoC, Ch. 9).

Servants in the Serenda Palace wear red and gold livery (TWoRJTWoT, Ch. 30).

Common men wear unrelieved black buttoned to the neck (AcoS, Ch. 14).

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