Luthair Paendrag Mondwin

Kyria d'Oreyn

General

Luthair Paendrag Mondwin was the first Emperor of Seanchan and the son of Artur Paendrag Tanreall and his second wife Tamika.

His banner was a golden hawk in flight with three lightning bolts in its claw on a field of white. Even today it is a symbol of the Seanchan Royalty (Robert Jordan's World of "The Wheel of Time; The Great Hunt, Chapter 34).

Timeline

-He was born in FY 967 of Artur Paendrag Tanreall and Tamika. He was her first son (Robert Jordan's World of "The Wheel of Time").

-In FY 992 he sailed 3000 miles across the Aryth Ocean to the continent of Seanchan with approximately 2,000 ships and 300,000 soldiers and settlers (Robert Jordan's World of "The Wheel of Time").

-Upon arriving he began the Consolidation, the conquest of the war-torn Seanchan that would not be completed until 900 years after his death (Robert Jordan's World of "The Wheel of Time"; Glossary).

-After hearing of Artur Hawkwing's death, he changed his plan of incorporating the continent into his father's empire. Instead he made preparations to sail back with an army to avenge his father's death. These preparations lasted a thousand years and are known under the name of the Corenne, the Return (Robert Jordan's World of "The Wheel of Time").

Miscellaneous

-He bore a deep mistrust toward all Aes Sedai (Robert Jordan's World of "The Wheel of Time").

-The Prophecies of the Dragon had been known in Seanchan even before Luthair Paendrag began to conquer the land, though in a different way than he later laid out (The Path of Daggers, Chapter 24).

-His armies named the mountain chain in the north of Seanchan the Mountains of Dhoom, because of their resemblance to those on the mainland (Robert Jordan's World of "The Wheel of Time").

-The Seanchan called him "Hammer" (Robert Jordan's World of "The Wheel of Time").

-A Seanchan Aes Sedai, Deain, who wanted to attach herself to Luthair created the first a'dam to leash the Aes Sedai of the Armies of the Night, but he let her be collared as well (The Great Hunt, Chapter 40; Robert Jordan's World of "The Wheel of Time").

-He included the exotic animals of Seanchan in his forces (Robert Jordan's World of "The Wheel of Time").

-Since Luthair's conquest, Seanchan has been hierarchically classified and every Emperor or Empress is his direct descendant (Robert Jordan's World of "The Wheel of Time").

-Suroth had sent out a ship with reports to Seandar, led by a crew from families that had served hers since Luthair Paendrag proclaimed himself Emperor of Seanchan (The Shadow Rising, Chapter 1).

-Furyk Karede's ancestors had accompanied Luthair Paendrag across the Aryth Ocean (The Path of Daggers, Chapter 23).

-Almurat Mor's ancestors had come with Luthair Paendrag (Crossroads of Twilight, Chapter 4).