Windfinder

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Windfinders are the navigators on Sea Folk vessels. Most, if not all, at least on larger ships, are able to channel, a fact they have hid from Aes Sedai for over three thousand years (TSR, Ch. 20). They use this ability to help move the ships faster, manipulating the weather far better than any Aes Sedai is able, and are able to handle much thicker weaves than Aes Sedai are accustomed to (TSR, Ch. 20). Although respected, they do not have great authority and to Wavemistresses, even the most senior Windifnder is “just a Windfinder”, expected to obey without question (WH, Prologue). The number is unknown, but likely to be in the hundreds, though the Aes Sedai have always believed the talent to channel was weak amongst the Sea Folk. It was to hide this fact that no Aes Sedai were allowed on Sea folk ships, at least those whose Windfinders were able to channel (TSR, Ch. 20). Though they excell in some areas, their general knowledge of channeling and the One Power is low and until the bargain they agreed to use the Bowl of the Winds,there was much they did not know, including shielding (WH, Ch. 11 and linking (TPoD, Ch. 5).