Silviana Brehon

Author: Estyrien al'Halien

General

Silviana is an Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah. She, of course, sided with Elaida after the division of the Tower and became the Mistress of Novices (TPoD, Ch. 25).

Silviana is stocky and has a square face. She speaks with a gruff voice (TPoD, Ch. 25).

Timeline

• Silviana becomes the Mistress of Novices (TFoH, Prologue).

• Elaida sends an Accepted to Silviana (TFoH, Prologue).

• Alviarin asks Silviana to help with Elaida's supposed private penance (TPoD, Ch. 25).

• Silviana is repeatedly summoned to administer Elaida's "penances" (CoT, Prologue).

• Silviana is summoned to administer Alviarin's "penances" (CoT, Ch. 21).

Miscellaneous

Silviana has two or three visits a week from sisters seeking a private penance. She, however, believes that private penances are ridiculous; penances should be public and punishments private.

Silviana has considerably less mercy with sisters than she does with the novices and Accepted.

Silviana believes that anything that takes her attention away from the novices and Accepted is a needless disruption.

(Reference: The Path of Daggers, Chapter 25)

Quotes

"Even to the Amyrlin, she made no effort to hide her disgust. Silviana believes private penance a ridiculous affectation. Penance was public; only punishment took place in private." (Elaida about Silviana; The Path of Daggers, Chapter 25)

"Elaida seemed fiercer than ever since she began summoning Silviana for her own supposedly private penances. The whole Tower was still buzzing with that." (Yukiri about Silviana and Elaida; The Path of Daggers, Prologue)