Bloodknife

Bloodknives are Seanchan assasins, equiped with a ter'angreal in the form of a black stone ring that gives them strength and speed and allows them to blend into shadows. The ter'angreal is activated by touching a drop of the wearer's blood to it after which it leaches the life from them. The process can be slowed by removing it, but once started, it is irreversable. They wear black leather with no cloak or helm and three knives at their belt. When going on a mission, a ritual is perfomed first, the person sending them kissing them lightly on their forhead then laying their fingers on the spot and saying the words "May your death bring victory, may your knife draw blood. May your children sing your praises until the final dawn" (TGS, Ch. 36).

Tuon sends a company of five in the raid on the White Tower (ACoS, Ch. 37). One is killed by Gareth Bryne. His years of experience and the bond awareness allowed him to respond, whereas Siuan did not even see him. In the process, the assasin is able to touch Bryne, poisoning him with a tiny black pin. Siuan has to Heal him (TGS, Ch. 41). The location of the other four is unknown.