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==General==
Melaine is a [[Wise One]] [[Dreamwalker]] of the Jhirad [[Sept]] of the [[Goshien]] [[Aiel]] ({{tsr|12}}) who is able to [[channel]] ({{tsr|23}}). She is handsome with red gold hair, with green hair and appears only fifteen years older than [[Egwene]] ({{tsr|23}}; {{ch4|36}})

==Strengths and Talents==
*Melaine can channel. Her strength is referenced as being approximately the same as [[Amys]], [[Theodrin]] and [[Faolain]] ({{acos|10}}). Amys is separately referenced as being as strong as any [[Aes Sedai]] Egwene has met, i.e. [[Elaida]], [[Siuan]] or [[Moiraine]] ({{loc|25}}).
*She is a Dreamwalker. Of the four living at the start of the Shadow Rising, she and Amys are the strongest ({{tsr|23}}).

==Miscellaneous==
*She is the last of the four Dreamwalkers to agree to [[Rand]] going to [[Rhuidean]] and the last to allow [[Mat]] ({{tsr|23}}).
*Before meeting with the Aes Sedai, she did not know how to [[Heal]] ({{tsr|34}}).
*Rand thinks she would be [[Green]] if she was an Aes Sedai ({{tsr|50}}).
*She and the other Wise Ones spy on Rand in his dreams and are not pleased when he blocks them ({{tfoh|4}}).
*She did not think it right that Rand ordered [[Moiraine]] about ({{tfoh|14}}).
*She used ''segade'' blossoms in her [[bridal wreath]], to signify that she has a prickly nature and means to keep it ({{tfoh|21}}).
*She stays with the other Dreamwalkers rather than her own sept after crossing the [[Dragonwall]] ({{loc|15}}).

*She meets with Egwene and the [[Windfinders]] and discusses the possibility of an alliance between the three groups ({{tom|36}}).

*She aids in the fight against the Black Ajah ({{tom|38}}).
*She is too close to term to fight in the [[Last Battle]] so helps out in [[Mayene]] ({{amol|33}})

==Relationships==
She is married to [[Bael]] and has a sister wife [[Dorindha (1)|Dorindha]].

She is pregnant with twins who she intends to name Egwene and [[Min]].

She has a ''[[gai'shain]]'', [[Cowinde]].

==Timeline==
*Along with Bair, Amys and [[Seana]], she sends the Aiel over the Dragonwall, personally harrying [[Rhuarc]] out of his hold ({{tdr|39}}).
*She is on [[Chaendaer]] to meet Rand when he arrives through the [[Portal Stone]] ({{tsr|23}}).
*She starts to teach Egwene Dreamwalking ({{tsr|23}}).
*She flushes with embarassment when Bair says that perhaps the Aiel are meant to serve the Aes Sedai again ({{tsr|35}}).
*With the other Dreamwalkers, she tells [[Aviendha]] to stay close to Rand ({{tsr|35}})
*The others suggest she marries Bael when she tells them how infuriating she finds him. She asks them to approach Dorindha for her ({{tfoh|50}}).
*She dreams of having a baby ({{tfoh|7}})
*She accompanies Egwene when she meets with Nynaeve ({{tfoh|14}}).
*She marries Bael ({{tfoh|21}})
*She meet with the [[Salidar Aes Sedai]] in ''[[Tel'aran'rhiod]]'' ({{loc|15}}).
*She Dreams of Rand ({{loc|19}}).
*She goes with Rand  to [[Caemlyn]] to be with Bael ({{loc|19}})
*She is not present when Egwene pays her ''[[toh]]'' to the others ({{loc|33}})
*She is present with Rand in Caemlyn when Min arrives. Min tells her she will have “twins like mirrors”. She decides to name one of the children after Min ({{loc|41}})
*She is present when the Aes Sedai try to intimidate Rand with the [[Mirror of Mists]] ({{loc|49}})
*She meets Egwene in ''Tel'aran'rhiod'' and tells her she has no ''toh'' to her ({{loc|52}}).
*Egwene meets with her and the other Dreamwalkers to tell them she has been raised [[Amyrlin]] and warns them to be wary of [[Moghedien]] ({{acos|10}})
*Melaine, Amys and Bair question Aviendha and tell her she will be punished for going scouting as she is not yet a Wise One ({{tgs|3}}).
*Melaine, Amys and Bair are present when Rand meets with the Clan chiefs and tells them his plan for Arad Doman ({{tgs|7}}).
*Melaine tells Aviendha that she can channel better than most Aes Sedai and asks her opinion on Rand's plan for the Merchant Council ({{tgs|11}}).
*Melaine tells Aviendha that it is not her poor teaching that causes Rand to treat the Clan Chiefs like Wetlander kings ({{tgs|11}}).
*Aviendha tells Amys, Bair and Melaine that she is ready to become a Wise One ({{tgs|23}}).
*Melaine is with Cadsuane when Nynaeve arrives to tell them what happened at [[Natrin's Barrow]] ({{tgs|37}}).
==Quotes==
“You coddle women in the Tower. The [[Three-fold Land]] is no place for coddling. Aviendha will learn what she can do while you would still have her playing games.” ({{tsr2|Chapter 23}}).

“A strong mind and a strong heart are your weapons now, but you hold them as surely as you ever held a spear. Remember them, use them, and they will see you through anything” (To Aviendha, ({{tsr2|Chapter 23}}).

“Bael. . . He has always been a stubborn, infuriating man, yet now he is beyond all bounds.' Sometimes I want to thump his head with a stick.” ({{tfoh2|Chapter 5}}).

“There is a pile of sand near my tent, You will search it grain by grain until you find one red grain. If it is not the one I seek, you will have to begin again. Go now.”  (To Cowinde, {{tfoh2|Chapter 15}})

“They must be taken by the scruff of the neck and taught honor though they weep for it.” (About the Aes Sedai, {{loc2|Chapter 49}}).

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