Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag
General
Tuon is the second daughter of the Seanchan Empress (TGH, Ch. 34). She was favoured by her and named heir, given the title Daughter of the Nine Moons, allowing her to shave her head completely, though she hid this fact at first and remained under a veil (WH, Ch. 14) she is able to command loyalty easily, he maid Selucia as her nursemaid and bodyguard for the first sixteen years of her life and given great freedom to choose where to go after that, but instead chose to stay with her (WH, Ch. 14). Likewise, Furyk Karede was previously a member of her bodyguard and felt great affection for her (CoT, Ch. 4).
The forces of the Shadow considered her significant enough that Semirhage killed Neferi, her truthspeaker and took her place, posing as Anath, at one point describing her as a wilful charge ({{|}}). She seems to change her mind when Tuon disappears and instead kills the entire Royal family and encourages Suroth to arrange for Tuon to die (KoD, Prologue).
Two of her greatest joys in life are training horses and damane and she takes pride in both of them (WH, Ch. 14, especially with a damane such as Mylen, who was half dead before Tuon found her. In Seanchan customs, Mat's gift of the razor, signified that he accepted her greater status (KoD, Ch. 9).
She is self possessed and when she learns that the Seanchan army is hunting her, does not worry much, thinking it is probably one of her sisters (KoD, Ch. 11). When Egeanin displeases her, she strips her of her name and rank with barely a second thought (CoT, Ch. 28).
Tuon is twenty years old and boyishly slim and could be mistaken for a child at first glance (CoT, Ch. 3) She is short and dark with large liquid brown eyes and a heart shaped almost child like face and does not possess a full bosom (WH, Ch. 14).
Relationships
Her father is dead, she claims he died of a bad gamble
Her mother, Radhanan, was murdered by Semirhage (KoD, Prologue
Her sisters included Ravashi, Chimal and Aurana (KoD, Ch. 11)
Just before she landed at Ebou Dar she head a fortelling, from Lidya, one of her damane “Beware the fox that makes the ravens fly, for he will marry you and carry you away. Beware the man who remembers Hawkwing’s face, for he will marry you and set you free. Beware the man of the red hand, for him you will marry and none other” (KoD, Ch. 36). She disliked what she heard and had Lidya caned. She regretted it the next day and ordered the sul'dam to give her lionheart for the pain and sweet custard as a treat (WH, Ch. 14). When she saw Mat's signet ring, it caught her attention and when she later asked him if her remembered Hawkwing's face, she knew his denial was a lie. She marries him just before escaping with Karede, when he fulfilled the final part of the fortelling (KoD, Ch. 36).
She seems to have a genuinely good relationship with Tylin (TPoD, Ch. 18).
