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Skimming: The abiity to travel from one place to another through a gateway by greatly cutting down the intervening space. Unlike travelling it is not instantaneous and does not require the person to know their starting point well.

Skylights: Lights created in the sky by damane

Sleepweaver: A ter'angreal used to enter tel'aran'rhiod

Sleepwell Root: A plant that can be used to clear headaches so a person can sleep

Soe'feiaA truthspeaker to the Seanchan royal family, required by duty to tell the absolute truth and free from any possible repercussions

Soetam: An unusually sized rat found in the Drowned Lands

Soft Rain at Sunset:

So'jhin: One who is owned, a Seanchan slave

Solanje: The site of a battle in Arad Doman

Soldier: The lowest rank among the Asha'man, for those newly joined or too weak to gain rank.

Solinde Lace:

Song of a Hundred Days, the:

Soralle Step: A battle during the Trolloc Wars

Sorda: A rank tasting rat in the Waste

Soremaine: A battle in the Whitecloak War

Soulbinder:

Soulless: An alternate name for gray men

Soulsbane: A name for the Dark One

Sovarra lace:

Span: A unit of length equivalent to two paces. One thousands spans make a mile

Spikehorn: A deet found in the drowned lands

Spin: A game played with tiles.

Spinglass:

Spirit: One of the five Powers.

Spotted Fever:

S'redit: the Seanchan term for elephant

Staera: An instrument used by the Aiel in sweat tents to scrape themselves

Stair of Jehaan: A battle after the fall of Malkier

Stasis Box: Ter'angreal which can be used to store artefacts and extremely perishable items.

Stedding The areas Ogier live, in which the One Power cannot be sensed

Stick: A small creature found in the blight that will digest anything it bites

Stilling: The act of deliberately removing a woman's ability to use the One Power.

Stone Dogs: Shae'en M'taal, an Aiel Warrior Society

Stone Falls From the Mountain:

Stones Fall in the Pond:

Stones Falling Down the Mountain:

Stones Falling From the Cliff:

Storm Shakes the Branch:

Streith: A material from the Age of Legends that could change colour to reflect a person's mood

Study of Men, Women and the One Power Among Humans, A:

Study of the War of the Shadow, A:

Stump: The polished stump of a great tree in a stedding used as a meeting place

Sul'dam: Leash holder, a woman able to learn to channel who controls a damane through an a'dam

Sulmein Gap: A battle early in Artur Hawkwing's rise to power

Sunburst Root:

Sunday: The longest day of the year, it is not part of any month

Sungwood: An object created by tree singing

Sursa: Sticks, used as eating utensils in Tarabon

Sweet Root:

Sword Captain: A military rank, for a person in charge of a noble's armed force

Swordmaster: the man in charge of overall defence and trade for a clan

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-''[[Sa'angreal]]''
+''[[Sa'angreal]]'': An object that allows a person to channel far more of the One Power than they could unaided
-[[Saban]]
+[[Sakarnen]] - A ''Sa'angreal'', used by Demandred
-''[[Saidar]]''
+[[Samma N'Sei]]:
-''[[Saidin]]''
+[[San d'ma Shadar (Wheel of Time)|San d'ma Shadar]]:
-[[Sailmistress]]
+[[Sa'sara]]: An alluring Saldaean dance.
-[[Saldaea]]n
+[[Farede Calendar|Saban]]: The third month of the year
-[[Salmarna]]
+''[[Saidar]]'': The female half of the One Power
-[[Saven]]
+''[[Saidin]]'': The male half of the One Power, tainted for over three thousand years.
-[[Sea Folk]]
+[[Sailmistress]]: the captain of a Sea Folk vessel, always female.
-[[Seanchan]]
+[[Saldaea]]n: A person from Saldaea
-[[Aiel#Kinship Terms|Second Brother]]
+[[Salmarna]]: A place where some sort of conflict took place
-[[Second Covenant]]
+[[Farede Calendar|Saven]]: The sixth month of the year
-[[Aiel#Kinship Terms|Second Sister]]
+[[Scarlet Adder]]: A venomous snake
-[[Seedsinging]]
+[[Scarlet Puffer]]: A non venomous snake found in the Waste
-[[Seeker]]
+[[Sea Folk]]: A people who live almost their entire lives at sea.
-[[Seeker for the Truth]]:
+[[Seanchan]]: People from the Seanchan continent
-[[Feasts and Festivals#Feast of Sefan|Sefan, Feast of]]:
+[[Seat of Pardon]]:
-''[[Sei'moseiv]]''
+[[Seat of Rebuke]]:
-''[[Sei'tar]]''
+[[Aiel#Kinship Terms|Second Brother]]: Aiel term for a male cousin
-[[Seia Doon]]
+[[Ten Nations|Second Covenant]]: Compact between the ten nations formed after the Breaking for their mutual protection
-[[Semalaren]]
+[[Aiel#Kinship Terms|Second Sister]]: Aiel term for a female cousin.
-[[Sept]]
+[[Seeing Through the Breaking]]:
-[[Severing]]
+[[Seedsinging]]: The practice in the Age of Legends using Nym, Ogier and Aiel that grew plants that would not succumb to blight
-[[Sh'boan]]
+[[Seeker]]: Title given to the leader of a band of Tuatha'an
-[[Sh'botay]]
+[[Seeker for the Truth]]: One of the Seanchan secret police
-[[Sha'mad Conde]]
+[[Feasts and Festivals#Feast of Sefan/Teven|Sefan, Feast of]]: An Illianer celebration in the month of Amadaine
-[[The Shadow|Shadow]], The
+[[Segade]]:
-[[Shadowspawn]]
+[[Siege of the Pillars of Heaven]], The:
-[[Shae'en M'taal]]
+''[[Sei'moseiv]]'': Seanchan term meaning lowered eyes, one who has lost honour
-[[Shaido]]
+''[[Sei'taer]]'': Seanchan term meaning level eyea
-[[Shaldine]]
+''[[Seia Doon]]'': The Black eyes, an Aiel Warrior Society
-''[[Shambayan]]''
+[[Semalaren]]: The site of a battle in Seanchan
-[[Shanna'har]]
+[[Sept]]: A subgroup of an Aiel clan
-[[Shaoman]]:
+[[The Serpent Tongue Dances|Serpent Tongue Dances]], the:
-[[Sharaad]]
+[[Severing]]: The removal of a person's ability to channel
-[[Shatayan]]
+[[Sh'boan]]: The female ruler of Shara
-[[Shearing]]:
+[[Sh'botay]]: The male ruler of Shara
-[[Shen an Calhar]]
+''[[Sha'mad Conde]]'': The Thunder Walkers, an Aiel clan
-[[Shiande]]
+[[The Shadow|Shadow]], The: The forces of the Dark One
-[[Shielding]]
+[[Shadowspawn]]: An artificial creature made during the Age of Legends by combining human and animal stock.
-[[Shienaran]]
+''[[Shae'en M'taal]]'': Stone Dogs, an Aiel Warrior Society
-[[Sho-Wing]]
+[[Shaido]]: One of the Aiel clans
-[[Shocklance]]:
+[[Padan Fain|Shaisam]] ; A name for Padan Fain
-[[Sister-Wife]]
+[[Shake Dew from the Branch]]:
-''[[Siswai'man]]''
+[[Shal]]: A game known in Seanchan
-[[Sitter]]
+[[Farede Calendar|Shaldine]]: The eleventh month of the year
-[[Skimming]]
+''[[Shambayan]]'' In the Borderlands, one of the head servants in a lord's keep, with general responsibility for running the household.
-[[Sleepweaver]]
+[[Shanna'har]]: A ceremony to mark the anniversary of marriage in Saldaea.
-''[[Soe'feia]]''
+[[Feasts and Festivals#Shaoman|Shaoman]]: A festival held in the month of Shaldine
-''[[So'jhin]]'':
+[[Shaarad]]: One of the Aiel clans
-[[Soetam]]
+[[Shatayan (Wheel of Time)|Shatayan]]: In the Borderlands, one of the head servants in a lord's keep, in charge of all other servants.
-[[Solanje]]
+[[Shea Dancer]]:
-[[Soldier]]
+[[Feasts and Festivals#Shearing|Shearing]]: A festival celebrated in farming communities some time after Bel Tine
-[[Soralle Step]]
+[[Sheathing the Sword]]:
-[[Soremaine]]
+[[Sheepstongue Root]]:
-[[Soulless]]
+[[Shen an Calhar]]: In the Old Tongue, "Band of the Red Hand" an elite military formation in Manethren and now Mat Cauthon's personal army
-[[Soulsbane]]
+[[Shiande]]: One of the Aiel clans
-[[Measurement#Length|Span]]
+[[Shield]]: A weave used to prevent a person from using the One Power without permanently removing their ability to do so
-[[Spirit]]
+[[Shienar]]an: A person from Shienar
-''[[S'redit]]''
+[[Sho-Wing]]: A flying vehicle during the Age of Legends
-[[Stair of Jehaan]]
+[[Shocklance]]: an energy weapon developed during the War of the Shadow
-[[Stasis Box]]
+[[Sightblinder]]:
-[[Stedding]]
+[[Silk Path]]: The road across the Aiel Waste
-[[Stilling]]
+[[Silverleaf]]:
-[[Stone]], the
+[[Simblossoms]]:
-[[Stone Dogs]]
+[[Sindhol]]:
-[[Stump]]
+[[Sister-Wife]]s: In Aiel culture, women who share the same husband.
-''[[Sul'dam]]''
+''[[Siswai'aman]]'': An Aiel warrior
-[[Sulmein Gap]]
+[[Sitter]]: An Aes Sedai who is a member of the Hall of the Tower
-[[Sunday]]
+[[Skimming]]: The abiity to travel from one place to another through a gateway by greatly cutting down the intervening space. Unlike travelling it is not instantaneous and does not require the person to know their starting point well.
-[[Sungwood]]:
+[[Skylights]]: Lights created in the sky by ''damane''
-[[Sursa]]:
+[[Sleepweaver]]: A ''ter'angreal'' used to enter ''tel'aran'rhiod''
-[[Sword Captain]]
+[[Sleepwell Root]]: A plant that can be used to clear headaches so a person can sleep
-[[Swordmaster]]
+''[[Soe'feia]]''A truthspeaker to the Seanchan royal family, required by duty to tell the absolute truth and free from any possible repercussions
+[[Soetam]]: An unusually sized rat found in the Drowned Lands
+[[Soft Rain at Sunset]]:
+''[[So'jhin]]'': One who is owned, a Seanchan slave
+[[Solanje]]: The site of a battle in Arad Doman
+[[Asha'man|Soldier]]: The lowest rank among the Asha'man, for those newly joined or too weak to gain rank.
+[[Solinde Lace]]:
+[[The Song of a Hundred Days |Song of a Hundred Days]], the:
+[[Soralle Step]]: A battle during the Trolloc Wars
+[[Sorda]]: A rank tasting rat in the Waste
+[[Soremaine]]: A battle in the Whitecloak War
+[[Soulbinder]]:
+[[Soulless]]: An alternate name for gray men
+[[the Dark One|Soulsbane]]: A name for the Dark One
+[[Sovarra Lace|Sovarra lace]]:
+[[Measurement#Length|Span]]: A unit of length equivalent to two paces. One thousands spans make a mile
+[[Spikehorn]]: A deet found in the drowned lands
+[[Spin]]: A game played with tiles.
+[[Spinglass]]:
+[[Spirit]]: One of the five Powers.
+[[Spotted Fever]]:
+''[[S'redit]]'': the Seanchan term for elephant
+[[Staera]]: An instrument used by the Aiel in sweat tents to scrape themselves
+[[Stair of Jehaan]]: A battle after the fall of Malkier
+[[Stasis Box]]: ''Ter'angreal'' which can be used to store artefacts and extremely perishable items.
+''[[Stedding]]'' The areas Ogier live, in which the One Power cannot be sensed
+[[The Blight|Stick]]: A small creature found in the blight that will digest anything it bites
+[[Stilling]]: The act of deliberately removing a woman's ability to use the One Power.
+[[Stone Dogs]]: Shae'en M'taal, an Aiel Warrior Society
+[[Stone Falls From the Mountain]]:
+[[Stones Fall in the Pond]]:
+[[Stones Falling Down the Mountain]]:
+[[Stones Falling From the Cliff]]:
+[[Storm Shakes the Branch]]:
+[[Streith]]: A material from the Age of Legends that could change colour to reflect a person's mood
+[[A Study of Men, Women and the One Power Among Humans|Study of Men, Women and the One Power Among Humans]], A:
+[[A Study of the War of the Shadow|Study of the War of the Shadow]], A:
+[[Stump]]: The polished stump of a great tree in a ''stedding'' used as a meeting place
+''[[Sul'dam]]'': Leash holder, a woman able to learn to channel who controls a ''damane'' through an ''a'dam''
+[[Sulmein Gap]]: A battle early in Artur Hawkwing's rise to power
+[[Sunburst Root]]:
+[[Sunday]]: The longest day of the year, it is not part of any month
+[[Treesinger|Sungwood]]: An object created by tree singing
+[[Sursa]]: Sticks, used as eating utensils in Tarabon
+[[Sweet Root]]:
+[[Sword Captain]]: A military rank, for a person in charge of a noble's armed force
+[[Swordmaster]]: the man in charge of overall defence and trade for a clan
 [[Category:Terms Glossaries]]