Gray Ajah Character List
Author: Kytheria al'Shea
Gray Amyrlins
There have been 9 Amyrlins raised from the Gray Ajah. This is the second highest number of any Ajah, just behind the Blue with 11.
5. Dalaine Ndaye (36-64 NE)
8. Medanor Eramandos (142-171 NE)
11. Elise Strang (223-244 NE)
13. Serenia Latar (276-306 NE)
19. Cerilla Marodred (454-476 NE)
25. Gerra Kishar (601-638 NE)
27. Cemaile Sorenthaine (681-705 NE)
32. Parenia Demalle (817-866 NE)
38. Sierin Vayu (979-984 NE)
Gray Aes Sedai
Aisha Raveneos: One of the Aes Sedai selected by the Amyrlin (Tamra) to search for the child Dragon Reborn. Killed by the Black Ajah soon thereafter for her involvement with this plot. Aisha was a longtime wearer of the shawl and was reputed to be strong in the Power. She adhered to the strictest letter of the law no matter her own feelings. She was a thorough, no-nonsense teacher. (Primary appearance: New Spring)
Akoure: A Gray Aes Sedai who is captured and held prisoner in the compound of the Black Tower. These women are bonded to Asha'man who follow Logain. She and the other Aes Sedai are angry at their superiors within the Tower who led them into capture by underestimating the Asha'man. She is described as "stout." (Primary appearance: Path of Daggers)
Andaya Forae: A native of Tarabon, she is thin, birdlike, and small. She retains her Taraboner accent and appears outwardly timid. However, she is one of the best mediators of the Tower. She is a member of Elaida's Hall and council. She requests news of Elayne and Galad to keep Andor and Morgase satisfied and in order. (Primary appearance: Fires of Heaven)
Annoura Larisen: Aes Sedai advisor to Berelain, First of Mayene. She has the ability to Heal. Annoura helps Berelain in Cairhien and in Perrin's traveling group. She helps negotiate with Queen Alliandre of Ghealdan and with the Prophet of the Dragon. She does not speak much in public, nor does she assert her presence or authority overtly. (Primary appearances: Lord of Chaos, Path of Daggers)
Ashmanaille: She is one of the Aes Sedai of the Tower in exile at Salidar. She is described as lanky. Ashmanaille joins in the link with Anaiya, Nyneave, Elayne, and others to fight off a miasma of the Dark One that arises one night in Salidar. She shares and understands Nyneave's sense of calm and wonder at the link of women wielding the Power. Once the miasma has passed and the link is dissolved, she takes Elayne to help Heal people who need their aid in the aftermath. (Primary appearance: Lord of Chaos)
Beonin: A figure of importance in the Tower in exile in Salidar. She has pretty, dark honey hair and huge, startled-looking blue-gray eyes. She demands proof and complete evidence before she will believe anything. Beonin is one of the Aes Sedai manipulated by Siuan and Leane to begin a movement against Elaida and to select Egwene as the new Amyrlin. (Primary appearance: Fires of Heaven)
Coiren Saeldain: Leader of the White Tower's embassy to Rand in Cairhien. She always speaks as though she is giving a speech, using sweeping, florid tones. When she is not giving speeches, she is making grand proclamations. She is described as plump, stately, and pompous. When Rand refuses to return to the Tower with her, she and the other Aes Sedai in her entourage abduct him and plan to take him back to the Tower by force. Coiren and others of her group are captured by Rand's followers, led by Perrin in a successful rescue attempt. (Primary appearance: Lord of Chaos)
Delana Mosalaine: Publicly a Gray sister; secretly of the Black Ajah. She is a Gray Sitter for the Hall of the Tower in exile. She receives orders from the woman known as Halima, one of the Forsaken (Aran'gar) in disguise. Delana demands extremely neat copying from clerks/assistants (such as Accepteds like Nyneave). She is a successful mediator and possesses an extremely intense, focused gaze. She is Shienaran and has extremely fair hair and pale blue eyes. She is graceful despite being stout. Delana's voice is deep, throaty, and melodious. She questions Nyneave about Rand, attempting to gain knowledge of his plans, whereabouts, and personality. Delana was once a great friend of Siuan Sanche and knows her quite well. (Primary appearances: Lord of Chaos, The Path of Daggers)
Evanellein: She takes a great deal of care with her appearance and clothing, so much so that other Aes Sedai think to themselves that perhaps she should have chosen the Green Ajah. She provides Elaida and her council with information about the state of affairs in Arad Doman and Tarabon, including the disappearance of the Panarch of Tarabon. (Primary appearance: Fires of Heaven)
Jarna Malari: Sitter for the Gray in 979 NE. One of the Aes Sedai who plan to put Moiraine on the throne of Cairhien, to link the Tower to the throne. Jarna is elegant, with black hair and brown eyes. She is serene, patient, and knowledgeable about politics. Secretly Head of the Black Ajah, she is killed by Ishamael in 982 NE for her actions involving the murder of Amyrlin Seat Tamra. (Primary appearance: New Spring)
Kwamesa: The youngest Sitter of the Hall in Salidar, she performs the appropriate duties as such in the ceremony raising Egwene to Amyrlin Seat. She is described as dark and slender, and has a thorough knowledge of Tower law. (Primary appearance: Lord of Chaos)
Larelle Tarsi: An Aes Sedai who meets Moiraine in Kandor and is ordered by Cadsuane to keep an eye on Moiraine, along with Merean Sedai. She initially believes Moiraine to be a wilder and wants to send her to the Tower to enroll as a Novice. Moiraine believes Larelle may have been killed by Merean in 979 NE, as she does not arrive in Kandor as planned. (Primary appearance: New Spring)
Marya Somares: A native of Cairhien and Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah, she served on the Council of the Grand Alliance in 978 NE. Her advisor at this time was Azil Mareed, the High Captain of the White Tower Guard in Tar Valon in this same year.
Meidani: She was close friends with Elaida when the two were novices, though this friendship ended when Elaida was raised to Accepted. Yukiri orders Meidani to resume this close friendship with Elaida in order to ascertain how Elaida knows of the Black Ajah's plans. However, Meidani is prevented from gaining close audience with Elaida by the constant presence of her unfriendly Keeper, among other things. (Primary appearance: Crossroads of Twilight)
Merana Ambrey: Leader of the Tower embassy sent to negotiate with Rand in Caemlyn. Her authority begins to diminish when Verin and Alanna arrive and are outside of her assigned authority. This Tower-given authority is further shattered when Kiruna Sedai and Bera Sedai arrive and take control over the situation with Rand. Merana is a skilled negotiator, having worked on many treaties in the past. One such treaty was the Fifth Treaty of Falme, which was unable to maintain lasting peace in the Almoth Plain region. She knows Min is in love with Rand, and thinks of using her to gain information about him. She helps Perrin rescue Rand from the other Aes Sedai who kidnap him. Merana is one of the Aes Sedai whom Rand orders to take over his negotiations with the Atha'an Miere. They eventually succeed in nailing down a treaty, though it is not as beneficial to Rand as his ta'veren presence would have ensured. She once had a Warder named Basan, now deceased. She has dark hair, hazel eyes, and slim-fingered hands. (Primary appearances: Lord of Chaos, Path of Daggers)
Merilille Ceandevin: A Gray Aes Sedai representative at the court of Queen Tylin in Ebou Dar. She is elegant and self-possessed, originally from Cairhien. Merilille does not initially treat Elayne and Nyneave as full sisters due to their unconventional raising and their youth. When the two women assert the authority given them by Egwene and their own strength in the Power, Merilille accepts their leadership and travels with them after they recover the Bowl of the Winds. She becomes teacher to the Atha'an Miere to fulfill the bargain between their groups. Merilille also helps Elayne negotiate with the Borderland rulers in Andor. (Primary appearances: Path of Daggers, Winter's Heart)
Niande Moorwyn: Advisor to the former King of Cairhien, Galldrian.
Nisain: One of the rebel Aes Sedai, she is sent with five others to investigate Shadar Logoth after the cleansing of the saidin. They discover a three-mile wide circular hole, slowly filling with water, where the city once was. The Aes Sedai suspect this to be the work of the Forsaken. (Primary appearance: Crossroads of Twilight)
Serancha Colvine: Head Clerk, or Head of the Gray Ajah, in 1000 NE. (Primary appearance: Crossroads of Twilight)
Sierin Vayu: Amyrlin Seat 979-984 NE. She was raised to this position after the death (murder) of Tamra. Upon her raising, Sierin dismissed all male Tower clerks for "inappropriate" behavior. It is said that most people were surprised she chose the Gray Ajah over Red upon attaining the shawl. Also in her time as Amyrlin, she gave out many harsh punishments to Tower affiliates, including Aes Sedai themselves. She chose Reds as her Keeper and Mistress of Novices, breaking with tradition dictating that these women come from her own former Ajah. Her policy is that her view of the law IS the law, and there is no mercy in it. (Primary appearance: New Spring)
Temaile Kinderode: Formerly of the Gray Ajah, now a known member of the Black. She is of the group of Black Aes Sedai who follow and obey Moghedien, once tracked by Egwene, Nyneave, and Elayne at Siuan Sanche's orders. She is small, fox-faced, with large, dark eyes. Temaile was present at the Panarch's Palace incident, holding Panarch Amathera under Compulsion. Elayne succeeded in shielding Temaile from the Source long enough to rescue the Panarch. Temaile is very enthusiastic and vicious with torture, and in 1000NE rules Moghedien's other Black Ajah followers through fear of her uncaring harshness. It is said that she was a very successful mediator, and this is now shown through her enjoyment of spreading pain equally. (Primary appearances: The Shadow Rising, Winter's Heart)
Tiana Noselle: Mistress of Novices of the Tower in exile in Salidar.
Varilin: Described as slender, with red hair, and as tall as Logain, who is quite tall himself. She is a member of the Tower in exile in Salidar, and is present when Nyneave rushes in to tell the Aes Sedai that she has Healed Logain of his gentling. Varilin thinks Nyneave's claim to have Healed him is a wild story to boost her reputation. She is a no-nonsense woman. (Primary appearance: Lord of Chaos)
Yukiri: Sitter for the Hall of the Tower in 1000 NE. She is a tiny village woman, who keeps her country accents for use in negotiation but has a regal bearing. She believes in strict adherence to the law at all times. She is one of the Aes Sedai who come to see what Seaine and Pevara are up to as they search for the Black Ajah at Elaida's orders. She ends up joining the hunt for Darkfriends within the Tower. Yukiri helps interrogate Talene, a member of the Black Ajah and, publicly, of the Green. (Primary appearance: Winter's Heart).
