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''[[Sa'angreal]]'': An object that allows a person to channel far more of the One Power than they could unaided
 
''[[Sa'angreal]]'': An object that allows a person to channel far more of the One Power than they could unaided
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[[Sakarnen]] - A ''Sa'angreal'', used by Demandred
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[[Samma N'Sei]]:
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[[San d'ma Shadar (Wheel of Time)|San d'ma Shadar]]:
  
 
[[Sa'sara]]: An alluring Saldaean dance.
 
[[Sa'sara]]: An alluring Saldaean dance.
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[[Seat of Pardon]]:
 
[[Seat of Pardon]]:
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[[Seat of Rebuke]]:
  
 
[[Aiel#Kinship Terms|Second Brother]]: Aiel term for a male cousin
 
[[Aiel#Kinship Terms|Second Brother]]: Aiel term for a male cousin
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[[Aiel#Kinship Terms|Second Sister]]: Aiel term for a female cousin.
 
[[Aiel#Kinship Terms|Second Sister]]: Aiel term for a female cousin.
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[[Seeing Through the Breaking]]:
  
 
[[Seedsinging]]: The practice in the Age of Legends using Nym, Ogier and Aiel that grew plants that would not succumb to blight
 
[[Seedsinging]]: The practice in the Age of Legends using Nym, Ogier and Aiel that grew plants that would not succumb to blight
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[[Feasts and Festivals#Feast of Sefan/Teven|Sefan, Feast of]]: An Illianer celebration in the month of Amadaine
 
[[Feasts and Festivals#Feast of Sefan/Teven|Sefan, Feast of]]: An Illianer celebration in the month of Amadaine
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[[Segade]]:
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[[Siege of the Pillars of Heaven]], The:
  
 
''[[Sei'moseiv]]'': Seanchan term meaning lowered eyes, one who has lost honour
 
''[[Sei'moseiv]]'': Seanchan term meaning lowered eyes, one who has lost honour
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[[Sept]]: A subgroup of an Aiel clan
 
[[Sept]]: A subgroup of an Aiel clan
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[[The Serpent Tongue Dances|Serpent Tongue Dances]], the:
  
 
[[Severing]]: The removal of a person's ability to channel
 
[[Severing]]: The removal of a person's ability to channel
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[[Shaido]]: One of the Aiel clans
 
[[Shaido]]: One of the Aiel clans
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[[Padan Fain|Shaisam]] ; A name for Padan Fain
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[[Shake Dew from the Branch]]:
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[[Shal]]: A game known in Seanchan
  
 
[[Farede Calendar|Shaldine]]: The eleventh month of the year
 
[[Farede Calendar|Shaldine]]: The eleventh month of the year
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[[Shaarad]]: One of the Aiel clans
 
[[Shaarad]]: One of the Aiel clans
  
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[[Shatayan]]: In the Borderlands, one of the head servants in a lord's keep, in charge of all other servants.
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[[Shatayan (Wheel of Time)|Shatayan]]: In the Borderlands, one of the head servants in a lord's keep, in charge of all other servants.
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[[Shea Dancer]]:
  
 
[[Feasts and Festivals#Shearing|Shearing]]: A festival celebrated in farming communities some time after Bel Tine
 
[[Feasts and Festivals#Shearing|Shearing]]: A festival celebrated in farming communities some time after Bel Tine
  
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[[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
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[[Sheathing the Sword]]:
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[[Sheepstongue Root]]:
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[[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
  
 
[[Shiande]]: One of the Aiel clans
 
[[Shiande]]: One of the Aiel clans
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[[Shocklance]]: an energy weapon developed during the War of the Shadow
 
[[Shocklance]]: an energy weapon developed during the War of the Shadow
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[[Sightblinder]]:
  
 
[[Silk Path]]: The road across the Aiel Waste  
 
[[Silk Path]]: The road across the Aiel Waste  
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[[Silverleaf]]:
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[[Simblossoms]]:
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[[Sindhol]]:
  
 
[[Sister-Wife]]s: In Aiel culture, women who share the same husband.
 
[[Sister-Wife]]s: In Aiel culture, women who share the same husband.
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''[[Soe'feia]]''A truthspeaker to the Seanchan royal family, required by duty to tell the absolute truth and free from any possible repercussions
 
''[[Soe'feia]]''A truthspeaker to the Seanchan royal family, required by duty to tell the absolute truth and free from any possible repercussions
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[[Soetam]]: An unusually sized rat found in the Drowned Lands
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[[Soft Rain at Sunset]]:
  
 
''[[So'jhin]]'': One who is owned, a Seanchan slave
 
''[[So'jhin]]'': One who is owned, a Seanchan slave
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[[Soetam]]: An unusually sized rat found in the Drowned Lands
 
  
 
[[Solanje]]: The site of a battle in Arad Doman
 
[[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.
 
[[Asha'man|Soldier]]: The lowest rank among the Asha'man, for those newly joined or too weak to gain rank.
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[[Solinde Lace]]:
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[[The Song of a Hundred Days |Song of a Hundred Days]], the:
  
 
[[Soralle Step]]: A battle during the Trolloc Wars
 
[[Soralle Step]]: A battle during the Trolloc Wars
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[[Sorda]]: A rank tasting rat in the Waste
  
 
[[Soremaine]]: A battle in the Whitecloak War
 
[[Soremaine]]: A battle in the Whitecloak War
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[[Soulbinder]]:
  
 
[[Soulless]]: An alternate name for gray men
 
[[Soulless]]: An alternate name for gray men
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[[the Dark One|Soulsbane]]: A name for the Dark One
 
[[the Dark One|Soulsbane]]: A name for the Dark One
  
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[[Sovarra Lace]]:
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[[Sovarra Lace|Sovarra lace]]:
  
 
[[Measurement#Length|Span]]: A unit of length equivalent to two paces. One thousands spans make a mile
 
[[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
 
[[Spikehorn]]: A deet found in the drowned lands
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[[Spin]]: A game played with tiles.
  
 
[[Spinglass]]:
 
[[Spinglass]]:
  
 
[[Spirit]]: One of the five Powers.  
 
[[Spirit]]: One of the five Powers.  
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[[Spotted Fever]]:
  
 
''[[S'redit]]'': the Seanchan term for elephant
 
''[[S'redit]]'': the Seanchan term for elephant
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[[Staera]]: An instrument used by the Aiel in sweat tents to scrape themselves
  
 
[[Stair of Jehaan]]: A battle after the fall of Malkier
 
[[Stair of Jehaan]]: A battle after the fall of Malkier
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[[Stone Dogs]]: Shae'en M'taal, an Aiel Warrior Society
 
[[Stone Dogs]]: Shae'en M'taal, an Aiel Warrior Society
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[[Stone Falls From the Mountain]]:
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[[Stones Fall in the Pond]]:
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[[Stones Falling Down the Mountain]]:
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[[Stones Falling From the Cliff]]:
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[[Storm Shakes the Branch]]:
  
 
[[Streith]]: A material from the Age of Legends that could change colour to reflect a person's mood
 
[[Streith]]: A material from the Age of Legends that could change colour to reflect a person's mood
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[[A Study of Men, Women and the One Power Among Humans|Study of Men, Women and the One Power Among Humans]], A:
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[[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
 
[[Stump]]: The polished stump of a great tree in a ''stedding'' used as a meeting place
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[[Sulmein Gap]]: A battle early in Artur Hawkwing's rise to power
 
[[Sulmein Gap]]: A battle early in Artur Hawkwing's rise to power
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[[Sunburst Root]]:
  
 
[[Sunday]]: The longest day of the year, it is not part of any month
 
[[Sunday]]: The longest day of the year, it is not part of any month
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[[Sursa]]: Sticks, used as eating utensils in Tarabon
 
[[Sursa]]: Sticks, used as eating utensils in Tarabon
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[[Sweet Root]]:
  
 
[[Sword Captain]]: A military rank, for a person in charge of a noble's armed force
 
[[Sword Captain]]: A military rank, for a person in charge of a noble's armed force

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Sa'angreal: An object that allows a person to channel far more of the One Power than they could unaided

Sakarnen - A Sa'angreal, used by Demandred

Samma N'Sei:

San d'ma Shadar:

Sa'sara: An alluring Saldaean dance.

Saban: The third month of the year

Saidar: The female half of the One Power

Saidin: The male half of the One Power, tainted for over three thousand years.

Sailmistress: the captain of a Sea Folk vessel, always female.

Saldaean: A person from Saldaea

Salmarna: A place where some sort of conflict took place

Saven: The sixth month of the year

Scarlet Adder: A venomous snake

Scarlet Puffer: A non venomous snake found in the Waste

Sea Folk: A people who live almost their entire lives at sea.

Seanchan: People from the Seanchan continent

Seat of Pardon:

Seat of Rebuke:

Second Brother: Aiel term for a male cousin

Second Covenant: Compact between the ten nations formed after the Breaking for their mutual protection

Second Sister: Aiel term for a female cousin.

Seeing Through the Breaking:

Seedsinging: The practice in the Age of Legends using Nym, Ogier and Aiel that grew plants that would not succumb to blight

Seeker: Title given to the leader of a band of Tuatha'an

Seeker for the Truth: One of the Seanchan secret police

Sefan, Feast of: An Illianer celebration in the month of Amadaine

Segade:

Siege of the Pillars of Heaven, The:

Sei'moseiv: Seanchan term meaning lowered eyes, one who has lost honour

Sei'taer: Seanchan term meaning level eyea

Seia Doon: The Black eyes, an Aiel Warrior Society

Semalaren: The site of a battle in Seanchan

Sept: A subgroup of an Aiel clan

Serpent Tongue Dances, the:

Severing: The removal of a person's ability to channel

Sh'boan: The female ruler of Shara

Sh'botay: The male ruler of Shara

Sha'mad Conde: The Thunder Walkers, an Aiel clan

Shadow, The: The forces of the Dark One

Shadowspawn: An artificial creature made during the Age of Legends by combining human and animal stock.

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

Shaido: One of the Aiel clans

Shaisam ; A name for Padan Fain

Shake Dew from the Branch:

Shal: A game known in Seanchan

Shaldine: The eleventh month of the year

Shambayan In the Borderlands, one of the head servants in a lord's keep, with general responsibility for running the household.

Shanna'har: A ceremony to mark the anniversary of marriage in Saldaea.

Shaoman: A festival held in the month of Shaldine

Shaarad: One of the Aiel clans

Shatayan: In the Borderlands, one of the head servants in a lord's keep, in charge of all other servants.

Shea Dancer:

Shearing: A festival celebrated in farming communities some time after Bel Tine

Sheathing the Sword:

Sheepstongue Root:

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

Shiande: One of the Aiel clans

Shield: A weave used to prevent a person from using the One Power without permanently removing their ability to do so

Shienaran: A person from Shienar

Sho-Wing: A flying vehicle during the Age of Legends

Shocklance: an energy weapon developed during the War of the Shadow

Sightblinder:

Silk Path: The road across the Aiel Waste

Silverleaf:

Simblossoms:

Sindhol:

Sister-Wifes: In Aiel culture, women who share the same husband.

Siswai'aman: An Aiel warrior

Sitter: An Aes Sedai who is a member of the Hall of the Tower

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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