Raam Sho'am

Raam Sho'am
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TarValon.Net Information
Affiliation	Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb
Rank	Gaidin
Title
Join Date	January 17, 2009
Bonded to	Meilen Gevedon, Aria Kakarot, & Alexstrasz Ruskein
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Tower History

• Joined TarValon.Net: January 17, 2009
• Joined Tower: March 14, 2009
• Raised Soldier: June 19, 2009
• Aspired to Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb: August 2009
• Raised Gaidin: May 2, 2010

Tower Involvement

Current

• Library Editor: March 27, 2010 - present
• Warder Councillor for the Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb for the Hall, Fall 2024: October 23, 2024 - present

Previous

• Warder Councillor for Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb:
  • Fall 2020
  • Spring 2020 (April 1, 2020 - July 1, 2020)
  • Fall 2019
  • Fall 2018
  • Fall 2016 (January 1, 2017 - March 31, 2017)
  • Fall 2013
  • Spring 2013
  • Fall 2011
• Horror Guard of Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb:
  • April 1, 2019 - September 30, 2019
  • April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2017
• Company Commander of Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb: July 1, 2015 - December 31, 2016
• Chat Operator: February 17, 2010 - April 15, 2014
• Integration Survey Hive Mind: September 20, 2013 - October 11, 2013
• Merit Badge Focus Group: July 1, 2010 - March 15, 2011

Awards

• Members' Choice Award: Best Real Life Couple (with Zashara Sho'am) - 2015
• Members' Choice Award: Most Representative of Company - 2018

Merits

Gold

Silver

Privileges Earned

• Extra Bond

Avendesora

Tower Relationships

Bonding

• Bonded to Meilen Gevedon, Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah: October 3, 2010 - present
• Bonded to Aria Kakarot, Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah: January 2, 2018 - present
• Bonded to Alexstrasz Ruskein, Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah: November 2, 2023 - present

Mentoring

Mentor

• Aves Keynes, Gaidin of Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb

Mentees

Other Tower Relationships

• Married to Zashara Sho'am, Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah

Tower Sworn Interview

• Why did you choose Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb?

Because it was the only (properly in)decent company

• Do you fit the Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb stereotype? Do you enjoy using your deviant humor at the expense of others? Are you gay?

Yes

• What male character from the novels do you think would fit best in Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb?

Padan Fain

• How long have you been a fan of the Wheel of Time series?

Too long

• How did you first get into the series?

Aulrick introduced me to the books while we were both doing our time in the IDF

• Who is your favorite "hero"?

Moridin

• Favorite bad guy/gal?

Rand

• Favorite book and scene?

The Gathering Storm for book. Scene... Dunno, I don't recall reading any graphic torture scenes, so I guess I don't have one?

• If you were set down in Randland, who/what would you see yourself as? An Aes Sedai? Innkeeper? Seanchan Captain?

Elayne Trakand.

• How did you find TarValon.Net and what convinced you to stay and become Tower Sworn?

Like I remember. I stayed for shits and giggles, though. I remember that part.

• What do you do in "real life"?

Oppress people for fun and profit.

• Do you have any hobbies?

Watching sports. Banging my wife. Killing lions and tigers in Kenya.

• What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?

Good music

• What are some of your favorite movies / television shows?

Movies - The Shawshank Redemption, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Battlefield Earth, Manos: The Hands of Fate, The Human Centipede, A Serbian Film

TV shows - The Simpsons, anything by Sorkin, anything by Whedon.

• Aside from The Wheel of Time, what are a few of your favorite books/series?

Above all else, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Other than that, anything by Robert Heinlein, most of Brandon Sanderson's work, Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow (but none of the other steaming piles of feces Card excreted), Old Man's War, The Forever War and Pratchett's Guard books

• What profession did you want to have when you were a kid?

Fascist Dictator (success!)