Davram Bashere

Author: Atarah al'Norahn

General

Davram Bashere is the Marshal-General of Saldaea. His full title is "Davram of House Bashere, Lord of Bashere, Tyr and Sidona, Guardian of the Blightborder, Defender of the Heartland, Marshal-General to Queen Tenobia of Saldaea" (TSR, Ch. 41).

Appearance

Davram Bashere is a small man, short and slender. His hair is black streaked with gray, and he has a thick, down-turned mustache. As is common of Saldaeans, he has a large, hooked nose and tilted eyes. (TFoH, Ch. 56).

Strengths and Talents

Davram Bashere is one of the five great generals of the Westlands (TFoH, Ch. 27).

Relationships with Other Characters

Davram is married to Deira Bashere and father to at least four children: Faile, her two older brothers, and her younger brother, Maedin. Faile mentions having "younger brothers," though we do not know how many. He is also the uncle of Queen Tenobia of Saldaea (TSR, Ch. 41).

Davram Bashere loves his wife, Deira, very much. One of Deira's fondest memories of Davram is the time that he took her by the scruff of the neck and showed her that he was the stronger of the two (LoC, Ch. 46).

Faile is Davram's eldest surviving child and heir. Although he loves her, he thinks that she is weak due to the thinning of the Bashere bloodline (TSR, Ch. 41).

Davram, Tenobia's uncle, has often been subject to the Saldaean queen's hot-tempered attitude. He once had to talk her out of riding into battle when she was 16. She exiled him, but after a few weeks the Council of Lords convinced her to revoke the order (TSR, Ch. 56).

Because of the destruction that he caused in Saldaea, Davram hates Mazrim Taim. Once Taim escapes from the Aes Sedai, Tenobia sends Bashere to hunt him down. There is a rumor that Taim made the sun stand still while he defeated Bashere (TSR, Ch. 13).

Davram's first meeting with Perrin isn't under the best of circumstances. They first meet when Perrin and Faile arrive in Caemlyn, and Davram informs Perrin that since Faile is too young to marry without permission, if her mother does not agree that she is old enough to be married, he gets to kill Perrin. When he sees how much Perrin loves her and how determined he is to keep her, and once Deira has agreed that Faile is old enough to be married, he accepts Perrin as his son-in-law (LoC, Ch. 46).

Davram has pledged himself to Rand, even though he knows that Tenobia might think of this as rebellion. Due to his military prowess and loyalty, he soon becomes one of Rand's strongest councilors.

Visions and Prophecies

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"And there's something... dark... in the images I saw around Lord Davram. If he turns against you, or dies?" (Min to Rand; CoT, Ch. 24).

Timeline

The Eye of the World

There is no relevant reference to Davram in this book.

The Great Hunt

There is no relevant reference to Davram in this book.

The Dragon Reborn

There is no relevant reference to Davram in this book.

The Shadow Rising

There is no relevant reference to Davram in this book.

The Fires of Heaven

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• Davram Bashere pledges himself and his men to Rand in Caemlyn (TFoH, Ch. 56).

Lord of Chaos

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• Davram Bashere and Mazrim Taim exchange words when Taim shows up for Rand's amnesty (LoC, Ch. 2).

• Davram meets Perrin and they talk about Perrin's marriage to Faile (LoC, Ch. 46).

A Crown of Swords

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There is no relevant reference to Davram in this book.

The Path of Daggers

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• Davram and his men participate in the battle against the Seanchan (TPoD, Ch. 23; Ch. 24).

Winter's Heart

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There is no relevant reference to Davram in this book.

Crossroads of Twilight

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• Davram is sent along with Logain and Loial to make a truce with the Seanchan for Rand (CoT, Ch. 24).

Knife of Dreams

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• Davram returns to tell Rand the Daughter of the Nine Moons will meet with him (KoD, Ch. 20).

• Davram goes with Rand to the meeting (KoD, Ch. 27).

The Gathering Storm

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• He stays with Rand and is present for Rand's meeting with the clan chiefs (TGS, Ch. 7).

• Bashere frees Milisair Chadmar when Rand is leaving Bandar Eban (TGS, Ch. 42.

• He accompanies Rand when Rand Travels to Tear (TGS, Ch. 42).

Towers of Midnight

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• He shows up in Maradon with his army to get Ituralde and his men out of there. He reclaims what's left of the city (ToM, Ch. 32).

• He discusses the city with Ituralde, telling him they must run. As they talk a massive army of Trollocs begins to come through the pass. Rand says he will not let them have the city and goes to attack them. Bashere was surprised and didn't think Rand was going do this kind of thing anymore (ToM, Ch. 32).

• Bashere watches as Rand destroys thousands of Trollocs before the rest run. During the battle they hear a scream, so afterwards they investigate. They find Lord Torkumen with his eyes ripped out. He ripped them out because of the light coming from Rand. His wife had jumped out the window and the Dark One had not given him the protection that was promised. Bashere names his cousin a Darkfriend (ToM, Ch. 32).

A Memory of Light

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• He returns to Tear with Rand. He questions Rand on whether what he did was by choice or if he had let the Dark One push him into doing it (ToM, Ch. 32).
• Together with the other Great Captains, he studies the map of the Westlands and plans where to send the forces of the Light (AMoL, Ch. 7)
• He is assigned command of the battle around Caemlyn (AMoL, Ch. 7)

His forces include Aiel, the Legion of the Dragon, the Wolf Guard and the Two Rivers forces, the Winged Guard, the Ghealdanin cavalry, the Whitecloaks, the Band of the Red Hand and the Wise Ones who had followed Perrin (AMoL, Ch. 7).

• He realizes Elayne is carrying Rand's children and persuades her to announce it (AMoL, Ch. 8)
• His forces are pushed into Braem Wood (AMoL, Ch. 12).
• He sends Talmanes and the Band north, to build a bridge over the Erinin (AMoL, Ch. 13)
• His forces pull out of Caemlyn, burning the bridges across the Erinin and Alguenya (AMoL, Ch. 19),
• They encounter a second Trolloc army, just north of Cairhien, and are trapped (AMoL, Ch. 19)
• He decides to try and smash the northern Trolloc army before the one from Caemlyn reaches them (AMoL, Ch. 19)
• Perrin sees Hesalam entering Bashere's dream (AMoL, Ch. 22)
• His plan seems to be working, and they have the first trolloc army surrounded, but the second Trolloc army arrives a day earlier than expected (AMoL, Ch. 26)
• His first suggestion is to retreat into the city (AMoL, Ch. 26)
• Tam feels that it was a trap, and the Shadow planned to make them think they were about to win and overcommit themselves (AMoL, Ch. 26).
• The other commanders realise Bashere hasn't been using scouts and relieve him of duty and put him under arrest (AMoL, Ch. 26)
• Perrin realizes that Graendal is subtly altering the minds of the Great Captains to make them make mistakes (AMoL, Ch. 30)
• His forces are only saved by the arrival of Logain and the Asha'man
• After Tenobia's death, he becomes King of Saldaea, but refuses the crown during the battle (AMoL, Ch. 37).
• He encounters Mat and tells him that if he can't lead, he can still fight. Mat sends him to Lan with instructions (AMoL, Ch. 37)
• He and Deira are killed in a charge (AMoL, Ch. 37).

Miscellaneous

• Davram Bashere's estates produce lumber, fine woods, ice peppers, furs and more (TSR, Ch. 41).

• The sign of the House of Bashere is three red kingspenny blossoms set on a field of blue (ACoS, Ch. 41).

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• Davram Bashere is next in line for the Saldaean throne (TPoD, Prologue).

Quotes

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"Boy, it wouldn't matter if you had the words said by an Ogier Elder with six Aes Sedai standing witness. Zarine still isn't old enough to marry without her mother's permission, which she never asked, much less received. She is with Deira right now, and if she doesn't convince her mother she's old enough to be married, she goes back to the camp, probably doing duty as her mother's saddle. And you... you, I get to kill." (Davram to Perrin; Lord of Chaos, Chapter 46)

"A fool moans when fortune takes him down, and it takes a true fool to moan when fortune takes him up." (Davram to Perrin; Lord of Chaos, Chapter 46)

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"We'll do better next time. The worst mistake is to make the same one twice, and we won't." (Davram to Rand after an attack against the Seanchan; The Path of Daggers, Chapter 23)

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"There are few men alive like Rodel Ituralde, he would be a great help to our cause, for certain. I’ve always wondered if I could beat him." (The Gathering Storm, Chapter 7)

See Also

List of Soldiers