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Previously known as Cattrin al'Modrah.
 
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==Tower History==
 
==Tower History==
 
*Joined {{TV}}: January 21, 2008
 
*Joined {{TV}}: January 21, 2008
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*{{aspired}} to the {{brown2}}: April 6, 2009
 
*{{aspired}} to the {{brown2}}: April 6, 2009
 
*Raised {{as}}: November 24, 2009
 
*Raised {{as}}: November 24, 2009
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*{{demoted}} to {{accepted}}: July 1, 2017
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*{{aspired}} to the {{white2}}: September 23, 2017
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*Raised {{as}}: September 29, 2018
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*Left the {{white2}}: September 1, 2022
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*{{aspired}} to the {{red2}}: February 16, 2023
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*Joined the {{red2}}: December 12, 2023
  
 
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*[[Copywriting Editor]]: January 3, 2023 - present
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**{{fall21hall}}
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**{{fall19hall}}
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*[[Officially Unofficial#Soul 3|White Ajah Soul]]:
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**February 19, 2020 - April 26, 2020
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**January 1, 2018 - August 15, 2018
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**{{fall16hall}}
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**{{spring12hall}}
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**{{spring11hall}} (April 21 - June 30)
 
*{{Chat Op}}: April 16, 2014 - September 2, 2014
 
*{{Chat Op}}: April 16, 2014 - September 2, 2014
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*{{teacher}}
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*{{teacher}}:
 
**Introduction to Crochet: April 2012 - August 2012
 
**Introduction to Crochet: April 2012 - August 2012
 
*{{OA}}: January 15, 2013 - June 30, 2013
 
*{{OA}}: January 15, 2013 - June 30, 2013
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*{{sitter}} of the {{brown2}}: January 1, 2012 - June 30, 2012
 
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*{{sitter}} for the {{brown2}}: April 21, 2011 - June 30, 2011
 
 
*[[Merit Minion]]: February 19, 2011 - May 17, 2011
 
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*{{TVT}} Reporter: July 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
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*{{TVTStaff}}:  
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*{{TVTStaff}}: January 1, 2014 - November 30, 2014
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===Awards===
 
===Awards===
 
*{{MCyear|2011}}: Professor's Guild - Most Educating - 2011
 
*{{MCyear|2011}}: Professor's Guild - Most Educating - 2011
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*[[Shaoman 2010|Spirit of Shaoman]] - 2010
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*[[Shaoman 2010|Feastday Award]]: Spirit of Shaoman - 2010
 
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*[[Satara al'Caelahn]], {{as}} of the {{white2}}
 
*[[Satara al'Caelahn]], {{as}} of the {{white2}}
 
*[[Jolyne Calliandre]], former member
 
*[[Jolyne Calliandre]], former member
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*[[Eli Soljourn]], former {{soldier}}
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*[[Veriendha ti al'Riaha]], {{as}} of the {{gray2}}
  
 
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===Other Tower Relationships===
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==Official Event Attendance==
  
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I do think I'm like the Browns in the books--frumpy, a bit scattered--and I have been told repeatedly by my classmates that they are amazed at how much such a small woman like me can regurgitate on any given subject!
 
  
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I love books and learning, and my friends in RL are sometiems a bit intimidated by how intense I can get when there's studying to be done. In class discussions I oftn have a tendency to come up with a completely different approach to a question that sometimes stumps others. If I am trying to find a particular piece of information, I become almost obsessive about it. And of course I have a tendency to daydream--what college student doesn't?
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I demoted in 2017 for a variety of reasons. White was the very first Ajah I guested with and as soon as I entered it I could tell it had everything I was looking for in an Ajah. I didn't feel limited by the conversations, I felt like I fit in without a lot of extra effort, and I adored the warm and loving atmosphere in the Sitting Room. I've since nicknamed it the Love, Positivity, Support, and Mama Bear Ajah.
  
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I discovered EotW at a book sale in the library I worked in while in my senior year of high school.
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Since 2003.
  
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I found The Eye of the World at a book fair when I worked in the library at my high school during my senior year in 2003-2004.  I gave it to my mum for Christmas that year, and then wound up reclaiming it when she wanted to send it to a book donation sale at the city library.  Then I found the second and the fourth books at our old WaldenBooks store before Borders went out, and Mum bought the rest of the series for me for Christmas that year.  After that, I got the remaining books for Christmas, and Towers of Midnight was the last book I was able to buy at WaldenBooks before the store permanently closed.
  
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Moghedien.
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There are so many!
  
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EotW--where Rand experiences culture shock visiting all those cities. I'm a country person myself, so I can definitely connect to that.
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An Aes Sedai who spends an incredible amount of time with her nose in a research project.
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It's been years since I did a reread of the whole series but my favorite scene is when Egwene is living with the Aiel and is getting ready to bathe herself with lavender soap she was able to somehow acquire.  It reminds her of home and is something she's been looking forward to all day, and then she's summoned to take a sweat bath with the Wise Women.  That scene says a lot, especially reading it as an anthropologist who has worked with other cultures and roughed it.  Something as simple as a bar of lavender soap is such a huge reminder of civilization and one's own background.  When you've been living out of a covered wagon for two weeks and the first week was nothing but rain and mud and being cold, a bar of soap and a proper bath means a lot.
  
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;If you were set down in Randland, who/what would you see yourself as? An Aes Sedai? Innkeeper? Seanchan Captain?
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I wanted to find out when A Memory of Light was going to be published. I loved the very real feeling of the site and the idea that other individuals here weren't just user names with fancy trumped up avatars that were their minds' eye image of themselves......These were real people who were genuinely happy to be here.
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Wisdom in the Two Rivers.<br><br>
  
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I'm a museum worker (I've worked in five museums in my time), and a student trying to earn a graduate degree in history/anthropology.
 
  
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My living spaces are always littered with yarn and patterns. I have a tendency to raid the local yarn shops on pay day.
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I wanted to find out when the last books were coming out and did an internet search before the days of Google. I became a novice right after the Black Tower takeover in 2008.  That means the Tower and the books have been a huge part of my entire adult life.  Wow.
  
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Country!
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I'm a medical anthropologist.  I've done everything from peer work in mental health nonprofits to writing food policies for tribal governments.  Right now I'm investigating a career in social work and grief counseling and am talking with schools about their programs.  I also manage New York State's first cultural resource management firm for addressing cemetery issues in fiscally struggling rural communities.
  
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My favourite tv shows are Remington Steele, Once Upon a Time, Pan Am, Stargate SG-1, Star Trek, Farscape.....basically anything that's not too intense and has a good plot that makes you think. As for movies, I love the adventure yarns, but I also grew up watching all the old MGM musicals (especially Rogers and Hammerstein).
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I study cemeteries & own a knitwear venue called Holland Ellicott Knitwear.
  
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I recently discovered Debbie Macomber's Blossom Street series. Normally I will not touch romance with a ten-foot pole, but this series doesn't really hit you over the head with it. Besides, it's got a yarn shop in the middle of it.
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My radio station is permanently set to classical music.  However, when I have to drive home after second shift I won't say no to classic rock or country.
  
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I wanted to be a writer, and I suppose I still am. Except now it's mostly academia, and my fiction writing has, erm, kind of decreased in quality since going to university.
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Supernatural, Star Trek (not Deep Space Nine), Beauty and the Beast (the remake tv show), the BBC Farm series, Time Team, Sanctuary, MK Ultra (YouTube).
  
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Anything cultural anthropology, history, & archaeology; astrophysics.  I like true adventure stuff these days.
  
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Writer.
  
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Latest revision as of 21:16, 1 April 2024

Previously known as Cattrin al'Modrah.

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Catt Heckathorne
Real Name Amanda
Location Western NY State, USA
Birthday August 23
TarValon.Net Information
Affiliation Red Ajah
Rank Aes Sedai
Title Copywriting Editor
Join Date January 21, 2008
Bonded to Dnae Ila & The Red Ajah
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Tower Sworn Interview

Added March 5, 2019

Book Questions:

How long have you been a fan of the Wheel of Time series?

Since 2003.

How did you first get into the series?

I found The Eye of the World at a book fair when I worked in the library at my high school during my senior year in 2003-2004. I gave it to my mum for Christmas that year, and then wound up reclaiming it when she wanted to send it to a book donation sale at the city library. Then I found the second and the fourth books at our old WaldenBooks store before Borders went out, and Mum bought the rest of the series for me for Christmas that year. After that, I got the remaining books for Christmas, and Towers of Midnight was the last book I was able to buy at WaldenBooks before the store permanently closed.

Who is your favorite "hero"?

There are so many!

Favorite bad guy/gal?

I've got to reread the series to answer that effectively.....

Favorite book and scene?

It's been years since I did a reread of the whole series but my favorite scene is when Egwene is living with the Aiel and is getting ready to bathe herself with lavender soap she was able to somehow acquire. It reminds her of home and is something she's been looking forward to all day, and then she's summoned to take a sweat bath with the Wise Women. That scene says a lot, especially reading it as an anthropologist who has worked with other cultures and roughed it. Something as simple as a bar of lavender soap is such a huge reminder of civilization and one's own background. When you've been living out of a covered wagon for two weeks and the first week was nothing but rain and mud and being cold, a bar of soap and a proper bath means a lot.

If you were set down in Randland, who/what would you see yourself as? An Aes Sedai? Innkeeper? Seanchan Captain?

Wisdom in the Two Rivers.

General Questions:

How did you find TarValon.Net and what convinced you to stay and become Tower Sworn?

I wanted to find out when the last books were coming out and did an internet search before the days of Google. I became a novice right after the Black Tower takeover in 2008. That means the Tower and the books have been a huge part of my entire adult life. Wow.

What do you do in "real life"?

I'm a medical anthropologist. I've done everything from peer work in mental health nonprofits to writing food policies for tribal governments. Right now I'm investigating a career in social work and grief counseling and am talking with schools about their programs. I also manage New York State's first cultural resource management firm for addressing cemetery issues in fiscally struggling rural communities.

Do you have any hobbies?

I study cemeteries & own a knitwear venue called Holland Ellicott Knitwear.

What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?

My radio station is permanently set to classical music. However, when I have to drive home after second shift I won't say no to classic rock or country.

What are some of your favorite movies / television shows?

Supernatural, Star Trek (not Deep Space Nine), Beauty and the Beast (the remake tv show), the BBC Farm series, Time Team, Sanctuary, MK Ultra (YouTube).

Aside from The Wheel of Time, what are a few of your favorite books/series?

Anything cultural anthropology, history, & archaeology; astrophysics. I like true adventure stuff these days.

What profession did you want to have when you were a kid?

Writer.

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