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==Aiel History==
 
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===The Da'shain Aiel===
 
===The Da'shain Aiel===
 
During the [[Age of Legends]], Da'shain Aiel lived by the Covenant, the "Way of the Leaf", and served the [[Aes Sedai]], for which they were well respected until the [[War of the Shadow]]. After [[the Breaking]] the Aes Sedai could no longer protect the Da'shain.  The Aes Sedai gave the Da'shain a great task to take them out of the cities.  [[Solinda]] Sedai had her Da'shain servant, [[Jonai]], gather his people together.  Their task was to take ''[[sa'angreal]]'', ''[[angreal]]'', and ''ter'angreal'' and hide them from male channelers who had lost their sanity.
 
During the [[Age of Legends]], Da'shain Aiel lived by the Covenant, the "Way of the Leaf", and served the [[Aes Sedai]], for which they were well respected until the [[War of the Shadow]]. After [[the Breaking]] the Aes Sedai could no longer protect the Da'shain.  The Aes Sedai gave the Da'shain a great task to take them out of the cities.  [[Solinda]] Sedai had her Da'shain servant, [[Jonai]], gather his people together.  Their task was to take ''[[sa'angreal]]'', ''[[angreal]]'', and ''ter'angreal'' and hide them from male channelers who had lost their sanity.

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Aiel History

Main article: Aiel History

The Da'shain Aiel

During the Age of Legends, Da'shain Aiel lived by the Covenant, the "Way of the Leaf", and served the Aes Sedai, for which they were well respected until the War of the Shadow. After the Breaking the Aes Sedai could no longer protect the Da'shain. The Aes Sedai gave the Da'shain a great task to take them out of the cities. Solinda Sedai had her Da'shain servant, Jonai, gather his people together. Their task was to take sa'angreal, angreal, and ter'angreal and hide them from male channelers who had lost their sanity. Over time, the Aiel found it impossible to keep to their task. The first group split off to eventually become the Tua'athon when they lost faith in the Aes Sedai. The second split occured when one of the Aiel killed a man defending himself and was rejected by his family. Rather than abandoning them, he followed, to offer whatever protection he could and in time was joined by others.

The Jenn Aiel

The young men found themselves, following in the wake of the wagons, always protecting their people, even if their people denied their existence. The Aiel became tough and skilled fighters, living off the land in small tents. The Aiel finally reunited with the Aes Sedai. East, across the Dragonwall (the Aiel's own secret name was People of the Dragon) the Aiel settled in the Aiel Waste, a vast and rugged desert. The Jenn started to build a city, with help from Aes Sedai, the Aiel went and made their own villages in the mountains. The Jenn started dying, even with the Aes Sedai help, and the Aes Sedai soon began to realize that the Aiel who were going to flourish would be warriors. By this time, the Aiel that had made their homes in the desert knew nothing of their heritage.

Modern Aiel

The Aiel Waste

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The Aiel refer to their home as the Three Fold Land for the following reasons:

  1. Shaping stone to make them
  2. Testing ground to prove their worth
  3. Punishment for their sin

The Aiel are normally very tall, and fair haired with light color eyes. The Aiel warrior dress in the cadin'sor, working clothes in the Old Tongue, where the coat and breeches are brown and gray to fade into rock, sand, and shadow. They wear a soft, laced knee-high boot for their shoes. They also wear a shoufa, a scarflike garment the color of sand or rock. It is worn wrapped around the neck and the Aiel use it to veil themselves when they are ready to kill. Aiel men who are not warriors also dress in the cadin'sor, they just carry a smaller knife. The Wise Ones wear long skirts, blouses, and shawls, all of light color, and only they and Roofmistresses wear jewelry (see, Aiel Women).

Clans

Unless stated otherwise, all information herein is taken from Aiel Clans and Septs. .

The twelve clans of the present day Aiel are as follows:

And the thirteenth, extinct clan, the Jenn Aiel.

(Reference: The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, Chapter 20)

Aiel Warrior Societies

Unless stated otherwise, all information herein is taken from Aiel Warrior Societies.


In addition, the warriors are divided into twelve separate societies, which are as follows:

  • Seia Doon = Black Eyes
  • Far Aldazar Din = Brothers of the Eagle
  • Rahien Sorei = Dawn Runners
  • Sovin Nai = Knife Hands
  • Far Dareis Mai = Maidens of the Spear
  • Hama N'dore = Mountain Dancers
  • Cor Darei = Night Spears
  • Aethan Dor = Red Shields
  • Shae'en M'taal = Stone Dogs
  • Sha'mad Conde = Thunder Walkers
  • Tain Shari = True Bloods
  • Duadhe Mahdi'in = Water Seekers

Each has its own customs, and sometimes it has specific duties. For example, Red Shields act as a police, Stone Dogs are used as rear guards, and Maidens are usually scouts.

Kinship Terms

  • First-brothers and first-sisters are sister and brother that have the same mother, but not necessarily the same father.
  • Second-brothers and second-sisters are cousins, children of mother's first-brother or first-sister.
  • Sister-mother and sister-father are aunts and uncles (Mother's first-brother and first-sister).
  • Greatmother and greatfather are grandparents (mother's mother and father).
  • Near-brother and near-sister are best friends who are as close as first-sisters and brothers; near-sisters usually end up formally adopting each other as first-sisters.
  • Near-sisters or first-sisters who marry the same man and are called sister-wives.

Aiel Oath

"Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder's eye on the last day."