Alaria Celentari

Alaria Celentari
Real Name	Rebecca
Location	Ann Arbor, MI
Birthday	June 24
TarValon.Net Information
Affiliation	Brown Ajah
Rank	Aes Sedai
Title	Aes Sedai
Join Date	November 7, 2002
Bonded to	Not bonded
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Tower History

• Joined TarValon.Net: November 07 2002
• Joined Tower: November 07, 2002
• Raised Accepted: November 2002
• Raised Aes Sedai: February 9, 2003

Tower Involvement

Previous

• Tower Historian - Unknown - February 7, 2005

Tower Relationships

Mentoring

Mentor

• Jorryn Varna - absent Brown Aes Sedai

Mentees

Senior Member Interview

December 8, 2011

• Why did you choose Brown?

I didn't really choose Brown, it's just what I am! I love that I have found a place to fit in, where my sisters share many of my eccentricities and I don't have to pretend to be someone I'm not.

• Are you like the Browns in the books? Do you love books and have a tendency to daydream?

I'm very much like the book Browns, but with a modern twist or too. I do love books, but I have other loves too, and I think that learning happens outside of books as much as in them. I do tend to daydream a lot, usually because I get distracted thinking about something other than what I'm doing.

• Do you have a favorite Brown Ajah character from the novels?

Verin... 'nuff said.

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

Since exams second semester freshman year or college. A friend loaned me EotW because I was stressed out and wanting to procrastinate.

• How did you first get into the series?

A group of college friends were already fans and they introduced me to it.

• Who is your favorite "hero"?

At first it was Rand, but I find that I like Mat more and more.

• Favorite bad guy/gal?

don't really have a favorite...

• Favorite book and scene?

Verin's big reveal

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

I'd probably be a Brown Aes Sedai, if it was possible, if not, then a researcher at the Cairhienin library.

• How did you find TarValon.Net and what convinced you to stay and become a Senior Member?

I found it in a Google search and stayed because I felt at home.

• What do you do in "real life"?

I'm a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan in the field of Classical Philology, the study of ancient Greek and Latin language and literature.

• Do you have any hobbies?

Many! I'm a violinist, like lots of different crafting things, and the outdoors.

• What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?

Primarily classical, but also jazz and some movie soundtracks.

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

Movies: Lord of the Rings, the Harry Potter series, Bond movies, Mission Impossible and really spy flicks of any type. TV shows: Bones, CSI and CSI New York (NOT Miami), Criminal Minds, various other police procedurals, and nature shows, Mythbusters, history shows...

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

All of Tolkien, and I like Jim Butcher (both series), Patricia Briggs, Mercedes Lackey, Kathy Reichs (author and creator of Bones... Yes, there's a whole series of books too), anything by Ovid (yeah, he's ancient but still really, really good)

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

A musician, a theoretical astrophysicist (until I learned that theoretical still meant I had to do math...), college professor, fantasy author, and naturalist

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