Sarainya Vostovan
A similar entry appears in the Wheel of Time Companion. Other information about the character is also included in the Companion, but we did not use it in the TarValon.Net Library.
Author: Kyria d'Oreyn
General
Sarainya Vostovan is a Kinswoman and a Wise Woman in Ebou Dar. She is strikingly handsome with a husky voice. She is weak in the One Power (ACoS, Ch. 24).
Although she had been a noble in her native land of Arafel, before she joined the Kin, she wears her hair loose, so as not to attract attention (ACoS, Ch. 24).
Timeline
- Sarainya joins the Kin around 950 NE (ACoS, Ch. 24).
- Sarainya brings news to the Knitting Circle about the Kinswoman Callie. She has been found dead, killed by saidar (ACoS, Ch. 24).
- Sarainya is at the farm when Elayne and her party arrive (TPoD, Ch. 4) and Travels with them to Caemlyn when the Seanchan attack (TPoD, Ch. 6).
- When Kirstian Chalwin and Zarya Alkaese are discovered to be runaway novices, Sarainya and Asra are not at all content with turning two Kinswomen over to the White Tower and propose to stand against the Aes Sedai. They are quieted by Alise and Reanne with an order to cut themselves a switch that is to be used later that day (TPoD, Ch. 28).
Quotes
"As usual, Sarainya swept right in before Reanne could say to admit her. In some ways, the strikingly handsome woman made Garenia appear supple, despite keeping the form of every rule exactly. Reanne was sure she would have worn her hair in braids and bells given the choice, and never mind how that would have looked with her red belt. But then, given the choice she would not have served even one turn with the belt." (Reanne thinking about Sarainya; A Crown of Swords, Chapter 24)
Neither strong enough to become Aes Sedai nor nearly old enough to stand very high among the Kin, she still stepped from the pack defiantly. "Why should we give them up to the White Tower? We have helped women run away, and rightly so! It is not part of the rules to give them back!" (Sarainya about Kirstian and Zarya; The Path of Daggers, Chapter 28)