Birgitte Silverbow

Author:Melina Tashir

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General

Birigitte Silverbow is the astounding Hero of the Horn, hero of many gleeman’s stories and songs, in which she is always connected to Gaidal Cain. She has important part foretold by prophecy. But sudden turn of the Wheel spans her out before her time. Being made Elayne’s Warder, she tries to accept her new life guarding Elayne’s life. With her man’s coat and breeches she appears to be Kandori. Her long, blond hair is always braided. The bond Birgitte and Elayne share is rare and surprising. Birgitte seems to choose when she wants to be obedient Warder and when older sister or mother who lectured. Their bond also reflected stronger their emotions and physical state. After Elayne proclaims her the Captain General of the Queen’s Guard she becomes Lady Birgitte Trahelion. Birgitte becomes great friend of Mat. She has certain connection with him as Horn Sounder. They are similar in many things which include drinking and rough tongue. Birgitte likes to visit taverns, to gamble and ogle pretty men even if she prefers ugly ones. She is woman of strong character who speaks her mind. Birgitte fears of loosing memories of Gaidal forever. She also feels very fearful that she could not live up to legends about her.

Timeline

• Birgitte appears in wolf’s dream and warns Perrin to stay away of The Tower of Ghenjei. She also tells him that that is real of the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn (TSR, Ch. 28).
• Nynaeve meets Birgitte in Tel'aran'rhiod thinking that she is some woman dreaming that she is Birgitte (TSR, Ch. 52).
• Birgitte tells her that Moghedien is very strong and skilled in World of Dreams, and advises her to be very careful (TSR, Ch. 52).
• Moghedien rips Birgitte out of Tel’aran’rhiod (TFoH, Ch. 34).
• Juilin and Thom find her naked and barely alive. They take her to Nynaeve and Elayne. Nynaeve tries to heal her but unsuccessfully. To save Birgitte’s life Elayne bonds her as her Warder (TFoH, Ch. 35).
• When Birgitte wakes she remembers everything and suffers for loss of Gaidal. Elayne tells her that she bonded her. Birgitte accepts her duty as a Warder with honour. She chooses name she used in one of her previous lives – Maerion (TFoH, Ch. 36).
• Birgitte avoids Mat in Salidar not wanting him to recognize her (LoC, Ch. 39).
• Mat remembers who Birgitte is (ACoS, Ch. 21).
• Birgitte tells Mat about gholam and stasis-boxes (ACoS, Ch. 39).
• Most Aes Sedai disapproved of Birgitte being a Warder (TPoD, Ch. 1).
• Brigitte tries to hold Seanchan off and she gets wounded in her thigh (TPoD, Ch. 6).
• Lan assumes that Birgitte is Kandori because of the way she is dressed (TPoD, Ch. 20).
• After coming to Caemlyn Elayne granted an estate to Birgitte and wakes he Captain General of the Queen’s Guard. Lady Brigitte Trahelion (TPoD, Ch. 28).
• Brigitte feels fearful that she could not live up to the legends about her (WH, Prologue).
• Birgitte notices that the corridors begin to change which worries her deeply (KoD, Ch. 17).
• Birgitte goes back to Palace to gather Windfinders and guardsmen to save Elayne. She convinces the Windfinders to help her in the battle (KoD, Ch. 32).