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The Black Ajah is the unofficial eighth Ajah of the White Tower. Its identity is secret, and each of its members also belongs to another Ajah. Heavily denied by the Tower both publicly and privately, the Black Ajah is nevertheless a reality of life in the Fourth Age. The only person to know the identity of all Black sisters in the Tower is the Nae'blis to the Dark One and the Head of the Black Ajah. Generally, most sisters know of only a few other members, a system which has been in place for thousands of years as a last defense against allowing themselves to be revealed.

These are the members of the Black Ajah, their original Ajah, their descriptions, some highlighted deeds and current status in alphabetical order.

• Alviarin Freidhen (White Ajah) is the Head of the Black Ajah and a member of the Supreme Council; she reports to Mesaana. Her affiliation as Black Ajah is hidden. She is swan-necked (TSR, Ch. 1), tall and slim (TFoH, Prologue).

• Amico Nagoyin (Yellow Ajah) is killed by Slayer in Tear. She is the youngest of the Black Ajah who left the Tower, only four years older than Egwene and Elayne (TDR, Ch. 25). She is slender and pretty with a long neck and pale skin (TDR, Ch. 51). She is a beautiful woman, with large, dark eyes (TSR, Ch. 5). She is exposed as one of the original thirteen who left the Tower with *Liandrin.

• Asne Zeramene (Green Ajah) is killed by a lightning bolt created by the circle of Sea Folk Windfinders during the rescue of Elayne Trakand in "Knife of Dreams". She has been of the Green Ajah for some hundred and thirty years and is from Saldaea. She is also Black Ajah. She has four Warders, one of them Powl. She has dark, tilted eyes and a bold nose (TSR, Ch. 38). She is exposed as one of the original thirteen who left the Tower with Liandrin.

• Atuan Larisett (Yellow Ajah) has been exposed by Talene as Black Ajah in CoT prologue. She is one who teaches in the White Tower. She is not bonded. She is a striking Taraboner with dark hair in thin, brightly beaded braids that hang to her waist (CoT, Prologue).

• Berylla Naron (Blue Ajah) is lean almost to scrawniness and a fine manipulator (TFoH, Ch. 18). Her current location is unknown. She is exposed as one of the original thirteen who left the Tower with Liandrin.

• Careane Fransi (Green Ajah) was an Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah for over fifty years. After the split in the White Tower, she joined the rebel Aes Sedai. She is bonded to are Cieryl Arjuna, Venr Kosaan and Tavan. She is stabbed to death in Caemlyn by Vandene Namelle in revenge for her sister Adeleas' murder. She is Domani and is almost stout with shoulders as wide and arms as thick as most men; however, despite her heft, she moves like a swan (ACoS, Ch. 30).

• Chesmal Emry (Yellow Ajah) is from Ghealdan. She kills Vandene (KoD, Ch. 31) and is captured in Caemlyn. She is a tall, handsome woman, dark-haired and dark-eyed (TFoH, Ch. 18). She is exposed as one of the original thirteen who left the Tower with Liandrin.

• Delana Mosalaine (Gray Ajah) is former Sitter in the rebel Hall. She was last seen fleeing the rebel camp with Halima Saranov/Aran'gar. She is Shienaran. She is not bonded. Her hair is so fair that there is no telling whether there is white in it or not and she is stout. Her voice is deep for a woman, but melodious, and she is oddly graceful for one so stout (LoC, Ch. 12).

• Eldrith Jhondar (Brown Ajah) is captured in Caemlyn. Her Warder is Kennit. She kills the Marillin Gemalphin's cats. She is round-faced and is plump (TSR, Ch. 38). She is exposed as one of the original thirteen who left the Tower with Liandrin.

• Elza Penfell (Green Ajah) is Andoran and is sworn to Rand al'Thor after she was captured by the Asha'man at Dumai's Wells (LoC, Ch. 55). Her current location is likely with Rand al'Thor. She is a pleasant-faced, handsome woman with brown eyes (WH, Ch. 13; KoD, Ch. 20).

• Falion Bhoda (White Ajah) is Kandori and is captured in Caemlyn. She is long-faced, cold and has dark, glossy hair (TFoH, Ch. 18; TPoD, Ch. 28). She is exposed as one of the original thirteen who left the Tower with Liandrin.

• Fera (White Ajah) is currently in Cairhien and her status as Black Ajah is unknown. She has sworn fealty to Rand al'Thor and is being held by the Wise ones (CoT, Ch. 24).

• Galina Casban (Red Ajah) is the former Head of the Red Ajah and a former Member of the Supreme Council of the Black, being second in command. She became Aes Sedai circa 915 NE and she joins the Black Ajah five years later (ACoS, Ch. 40). Talene exposes Galina's identity to Doesine, Pevara, Saerin, Seaine and Yukiri. Galina is part of the group that kidnaps Rand (LoC, Ch. 53). She escapes during the battle of Dumai's Wells (LoC, Ch. 55) but she is later caught by the Shaido (ACoS, Prologue). Nine days after the battle at Dumai's Wells, Galina and her Shaido captors arrive at Sevanna's camp where she is beaten into submission. She betrays Faile and tries to kill her, and then tries to escape the Shaido. However, Therava catches her and decides to take her back to the Aiel Waste (KoD, Ch. 30). She is raven-haired, round-faced and has a plump, demanding mouth and hard eyes (LoC, Ch. 27).

• Ispan Shefar (Blue Ajah) is assassinated by Careane Fransi to prevent Black Ajah secrets from being revealed. She wears her black hair in braids, marking her as a Taraboner. She has a delicate stomach (ACoS, Ch. 17). She is exposed as one of the original thirteen who left the Tower with Liandrin.

• Jeaine Caide (Green Ajah) is a slim woman, coppery-skinned and swan-necked (NS, Ch. 11; TSR, Ch. 38). She is exposed as one of the original thirteen who left the Tower with Liandrin.

• Joiya Byir (Gray Ajah) is killed by Slayer in Tear. She is old enough to be Egwene and Elayne's grandmother, with a friendly face, despite the smooth-cheeked calm of an Aes Sedai, dark hair and gray eyes (TDR, Ch. 25; Ch. 51). She is exposed as one of the original thirteen who left the Tower with Liandrin.

• Karale Sanghir (Gray Ajah) is exposed as Black Ajah by Atuan. She is from Arad Doman (KoD, Prologue).

• Katerine Alruddin (Red Ajah) is raised to Aes Sedai circa 982 NE and joins the Black Ajah circa 987 NE (LoC, Prologue). Katerine is among Galina's group that capture Rand al'Thor, is recognized by Rand as one of the one's who beat him (ACoS, Ch. 7), and is one of the Aes Sedai captured by the Asha'man at Dumai's Wells (LoC, Ch. 55). She escapes and returns to the White Tower and is part of the group that captures Egwene at Southharbor, bringing her to the White Tower, where she escorts Egwene to classes and feeds her forkroot (KoD, Ch. 24). She remains hidden as Black Ajah. She is a raven-haired, hard-eyed woman with a vulpine face (LoC, Ch. 51; KoD, Ch. 24).

• Liandrin (Red Ajah) is from Tarabon. She attends the Darkfriend gathering near Shayol Ghul (TGH, Prologue; TSR, Ch. 38). Liandrin takes Nynaeve, Egwene, Elayne and Min through a Waygate (TGH, Ch. 39), arriving in Toman Head, where she tries to turn them over to the Seanchan. Liandrin loathes wilders, though in truth, she began learning to channel a year before going to the White Tower and refuses to think of herself as a wilder. She sough the Black Ajah from the day she learned that she could channel (TFoH, Ch. 18). She is poor at Healing and can barely Heal a bruise or scrape (TSR, Ch. 38). She is young and pretty, with a doll's face and a small, petulant mouth. She has dark brows and darker eyes that contrast her pale honey braids brushing her shoulders. She has rosebud lips (TGH, Ch. 4). She is exposed as the leader of the original thirteen until Moghedien takes control in Tanchico (TFoH, Ch. 18). She is currently a da'covale owned by High Lady Suroth and is out of action.

• Marillin Gemalphin (Brown Ajah) is from Caemlyn. She is fond of cats and goes out of her way to help injured animals (TDR, Ch. 25). She is captured in Caemlyn during the failed attempt to capture Elayne (KoD, Ch. 33). She is a narrow-faced blue-eyed woman with a wide nose (TSR, Ch. 51). She is a skinny and has lifeless pale brown hair (WH, Ch. 10). She is exposed as one of the original thirteen who left the Tower with Liandrin.

• Marris Thornhill (Brown Ajah) is from Andor. She has no Warder. She is exposed as Black Ajah by Atuan (KoD, Prologue). She is described as plump (CoT, Prologue).

• Rianna Andomeran (White Ajah) is from Kandor. Moghedien assigns Rianna her task in Tanchico which she accepts impassively (TFoH, Ch. 18) and her current location is unknown. She has black hair with a stark white streak above her left ear that frames a face that is cold with arrogant certainty (TSR, Ch. 38). She is exposed as one of the original thirteen who left the Tower with Liandrin.

• Talene Minly (Green Ajah) is a Sitter for the Green Ajah in the White Tower. She grew up as a farmer's daughter. Talene is revealed as Black Ajah by Doesine, Pevara, Saerin, Seaine and Yukiri when they force her to re-swear the three oaths (TPoD, Ch. 26). She claims that Elaida is also Black Ajah (WH, Prologue). Talene receives an order to appear before the Supreme Council, so Saerin hides her in a lower basement of the White Tower (KoD, Prologue). She is golden-haired, statuesque and lovely (ACoS, Ch. 32).

• Temaile Kinderode (Gray Ajah) is from Cairhien. She is one of the Black Ajah that torments Amathera (TSR, Ch. 52; Ch. 54). When Liandrin fails in an attack on Moghedien after she is wounded by Birgitte, Moghedien gives her to Temaile to soften up (TFoH, Ch. 34) and after seeing what Temaile did to Liandrin, the others are frightened of her (WH, Ch. 10). Temaile is captured in Caemlyn after the failed capture of Elayne. She is short and slight with dark hair to her shoulders, blue eyes and a fox-like face (TSR, Ch. 52). She is exposed as one of the original thirteen who left the Tower with Liandrin.

There are also two Black Sisters in New Spring, though only one is exposed as Black in that book. Both of them are now dead. The first is Merean Redhill (Blue Ajah), a former Mistress of Novices killed by Moiraine in self-defense; the second is Jarna Malari (Gray Ajah), a former Sitter and Head of the Black Ajah who was killed by Ishamael for overstepping her boundaries and both having the Amyrlin killed and ordering the Dragon Reborn to be killed. Jarna has liquid brown eyes and long black hair with slashes of white at her temples (NS, Ch. 6). Merean is tall with a motherly look and hair that is more gray than not (NS, Ch. 5).