Androl Genhald

General

Androl Genhald is a Taraboner Asha'man with the rank of a Dedicated. He is a square fellow with heavy eyebrows, and he wears a gold signet ring. After Logain takes most of the loyal trained men, Androl becomes the unwilling de facto leader of the remainder of the loyal faction (ToM, Ch. 46). He is trying to hide the details of his past and sometimes tries to keep the details of just how much he knows hidden (ToM, Ch. 46). Once, he has tried himself at the Game of Houses, which is an episode he doesn't want to go into (AMoL, Prologue).

He has a mild form of madness and feels that the shadows are creeping towards him every time he holds saidin for long periods of time. He is aware that this is madness due to the taint, but this doesn't stop him from believing it completely (ToM, Ch. 46)

Timeline

• Ten years ago he had fought in the Koks Rebellion in Murandy to overthrow the local lord (AMoL, Prologue).
• Before going to the Black Tower, he had traveled widely, learned the sword from his own instructors, had a dozen apprenticeships, including one with a master architect, and learned the horse well enough to shoot an arrow from horseback (ToM, Ch. 46, Ch. 56).

• He reports daily to Logain and tells him he has found two more Asha'man interested in "that new kind of Healing this Nynaeve used on Logain" (WH, Ch. 2).

• He cannot understand why Gedwyn, Kisman, Rochaid, and Torval, who are all Taim's men, would desert (WH, Ch. 2).

• Coteren tries to embarrass him by demonstrating how weak in the Power Androl is. Canler and Nalaam both seize the Power to defend him, but he persuades them against a confrontation (ToM, Ch. 46).

• After Traveling into and out of the Black Tower is prevented, he has the loyal men survey the perimeter to see the extent of the problem (ToM, Ch. 56).

• He realises that Mezar is no longer Mezar. He tells Norley to have the loyal men moved into a shared barracks (ToM, Ch. 56).

• He goes to see Pevara and asks for her assistance (ToM, Ch. 56).

• While he is trying to make saddles, Pevara questions him about his past and if he came to the Black Tower out of his own free will or was recruited. When "Emarin" and Canler join them, they discuss what to do about Taim, and the rebel Aes Sedai camping outside the gates (AMoL, Prologue).

Relationships

He is one of Logain's faction and serves as a leader in his absence. Although he is probably the weakest channeler at the Black Tower, the other men on his side look up to him (AMoL, Prologue).

He thinks "Emarin" is a master at giving insults, which amuses him. He also knows that he is really Algarin of House Pendaloan, a Tairen nobleman (AMoL, Prologue).

Strengths and Talents

He has a Talent for making gateways (TGS, Ch. 5), and he can make large gateways even though he should not be strong enough to make a functional one (ToM, Ch. 46). It was because of this that he was raised Dedicated, though Logain had to go to Rand as Taim refused (ToM, Ch. 56).

He is aware that he is perhaps the weakest Asha'man in the Black Tower (AMoL, Prologue).

Quotes

"Something's wrong in this place. Something worse than you understand. Once, long ago, men and women who worked the power strove together. They were stronger for it. Please. Hear me out." (To Pevara; Towers of Midnight, Chapter 56)