Pronunciation: AGH-el-mar; JAH-gad
Lord of Fal Dara. His sign is three running red foxes. He is one of the great generals of the Westlands.
Physical Description#
He has a hard face with lines only at the corners of his eyes. His eyes are like brown stone. He wears a topknot of pure white. (TEotW,Ch46) He is square-faced with a white topknot, a larger version of King Easar. (TPoD,Prologue)
Chronology (Possible Spoilers)#
- Agelmar Jagad commands the forces of the allied nations in the Aiel War. (Guide)
- Moiraine and her party meet with Lord Agelmar and tell him they are going to the Eye of the World. Fain is brought in and he offers to advise Agelmar. (TEotW,Ch46)
- Lord Agelmar tells the Emond's Field folks the story of Malkier. (TEotW,Ch47)
- Agelmar told Lan that the activity of the Blight is increasing. (TEotW,Ch49)
- Moiraine tells Agelmar the Green Man is dead and the Eye of the World is gone. She shows him the Horn of Valere and asks him for an escort to carry it to Illian. (TEotW,Ch53)
- Lord Agelmar and Ronan greet Siuan in the Fal Dara courtyard. (TGH,Ch2)
- Lord Agelmar gives the Horn to Siuan as soon as she arrives. He cannot wait to get rid of the temptation. (TGH,Ch5)
- He also tells her about the boys. (TGH,Ch4)
- Agelmar orders the gates closed after the Trolloc attack. At Moiraine's request he exempts Rand so he can leave if he wants. (TGH,Ch6)
- Agelmar will send a party of men to recover the Horn. (TGH,Ch7)
- Agelmar is with Rand after his meeting with the Amyrlin. (TGH,Ch8)
- He tries to persuade Siuan to stay longer at Fal Dara. He is mortified and apologizes profusely when she is wounded. (TGH,Ch9)
- Agelmar tells Ingtar that Rand is second in command. (TGH,Ch11)
- Agelmar continues to protest the departure but Siuan finally cuts him off. (TGH,Ch12)
- Agelmar and Alesune accompany King Easar Togita to the Black Hills to the meeting of the rulers of the borderlands. (TPoD,Prologue)
- The great captains, Bryne, Agelmar Jagad, Davram Bashere and Ituralde, start strategizing. (AMoL,Ch7)
- Agelmar notes that Tenobia has become more rash since her uncle married Queen Ethenielle. He and Lan talk about the fight at the Gap and Agelmar says that when they cannot hold anymore, then they will retreat, which Lan does not like. They argue about this with Agelmar finally calling Lan selfish, noble and stupid. He also says that they have an exceptional force, but the number of Trollocs is far greater than they anticipated. (AMoL,Ch9)
- Agelmar says that the Dreadlords will cut through them easily. Lan knows that the Gap is now lost and tells Agelmar to retreat. Agelmar yells for the retreat and has the archers come forward to target the Dreadlords and cover the soldiers. (AMoL,Ch10)
Other References (Possible Spoilers)#
- In The Eye of the World
- TEotW,Ch45 - Moiraine plans to tell Agelmar to send men to wall up a guard the Fal Dara Waygate.
- In The Great Hunt
- In The Dragon Reborn
- In The Fires of Heaven
- TFoH,Ch27 - The five great captains of the Westlands are Agelmar Jagad, Davram Bashere, Gareth Bryne, Pedron Niall and Rodel Ituralde.
- In Lord of Chaos
- In Crossroads of Twilight
- CoT,Ch23 - Cadsuane notes that the Seanchan (People) are like the five great captains. When they lose a battle, they figure out what went wrong and adapt.
- In Knife of Dreams
- KoD,Ch34 - Impressed with the military prowess of the army in Altara, Furyk Karede wonders if "Thom Merrilin" is a pseudonym for Gareth Bryne or Agelmar Jagad.
- In The Gathering Storm
- TGS,Ch20 - Consoling Mat on his marriage, Talmanes says that at least two of the great captains, Rodel Ituralde and Davram Bashere, are also married. Gareth Bryne is not. It is not clear if Agelmar Jagad or Pedron Niall were.
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