Tiana Noselle

Author: Estyrien al'Halien

General

Tiana Noselle is an Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah. She sided with the Salidar Aes Sedai and was appointed their Mistress of Novices (LoC, Prologue).

Tiana is short and slight with large brown eyes and a dimple. She manages to look young, even with the ageless look (CoT, Ch. 17; KoD, Ch. 23).

Timeline

• Tiana flees to Salidar (LoC, Prologue).

• Tiana is appointed the Mistress of Novices for the Salidar Aes Sedai. (LoC, Prologue).

• Tiana tries to send Theodrin and Faolain to bed when they are looking for Moghedien's rescuer (ACoS, Ch. 11).

• Tiana supervises the novices making cuendillar (CoT, Ch. 17).

• Tiana punishes the novices who covered for Nicola when she ran away (CoT, Ch. 30).

• Tiana talks to Sharina (KoD, Ch. 23).

• Romanda talks with Tiana about some of the older novices (KoD, Ch. 23).

• After re-unification, Tiana is replaced as Mistress of Novices by Rosil

• When Rand visits the White Tower, Tiana gives him a letter, presumably from Verin (ToM, Ch. 3).

Miscellaneous

• Tiana would never let a novice approach the Amyrlin Seat (ACoS, Ch. 9).

• Tiana does not see Theodrin and Faolain as full sisters (ACoS, Ch. 11).

• Tiana isn't shy about speaking her mind when talking to the Sitters or to Egwene (CoT, Ch. 17).

• Tiana doesn't like the fact that novices are making cuendillar. She does not think that they should be handling a weave of such complexity (CoT, Ch. 17).

• Tiana does not like Sharina Melloy (CoT, Ch. 17). There are times when Sharina acts as though Tiana is her granddaughter (KoD, Ch. 23).

• Tiana has worn the shawl for more than thirty years (CoT, Ch. 17).

• Tiana was very angry with the novices who covered Nicola's running away. She decided to punish each novice every day until Nicola was found (CoT, Ch. 30).

• Romanda does not consider Tiana to be a good Mistress of Novices (KoD, Ch. 23).

Quotes

"Tiana might show a little kindness to a novice, if only a little; she felt Accepted should know better, and made sure they felt the same long before they left her small cubby-hole of a study." (Nynaeve about Tiana; Lord of Chaos, Prologue).

"Tiana Noselle was the Mistress of Novices, known equally well for a comforting shoulder when a novice needed to cry and an unyielding stance when it came to rules." (Egwene about Tiana; A Crown of Swords, Chapter 9).

"Perhaps you should run to see whether Sharina has any further instructions for you." (Romanda; Knife of Dreams, Chapter 23).