Pronunciation: ah-LOO-drah

An [Illuminator|Guild of Illuminators], Mistress of the Chapter House in [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)].

! Physical Description

She is slender and wears her hair in multiple braids. She is pretty, with large, dark eyes and a small, full mouth. She is in her mid thirties. ([TDR,Ch40]) She is slender. Her dark hair is no longer in braids. ([TFoH,Ch17]) She has waist-length dark hair. ([WH,Ch15])

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* Aludra and [Tammuz] have a fine display prepared for King [Galldrian|Galldrian su Riatin Rie], but it is ruined and the chapter house is burned by [Rand|Rand alThor], [Loial] and [Selene|Lanfear]. ([TGH,Ch27])
* As Mistress of the [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] Chapter House, Aludra is expelled for the disaster. Nevertheless, she continues to make fireworks earning herself a death sentence. ([TDR,Ch40])
* [Tammuz] and three other men catch up to Aludra in [Aringill]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] saves her life and in gratitude she gives him a roll of fireworks. She heads for [Lugard]. ([TDR,Ch40])
* Aludra makes her way west and joins [Valan Luca]'s circus. ([TFoH,Ch17])
* [Valan Luca] introduces [Elayne|Elayne Trakand], [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], [Thom|Thom Merrilin] and [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] to his performers including Aludra. ([TFoH,Ch17])
* Aludra gives [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] some "firesticks" she has made. ([TFoH,Ch33])
* Aludra bids farewell to [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] when they leave the circus. ([TFoH,Ch48])
* Aludra travels with [Valan Luca]'s circus to [Ebou Dar]. ([WH,Ch15])
* [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] meets with Aludra and bugs her about fireworks. ([WH,Ch15])
* [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] continues to question Aludra about her secrets. ([WH,Ch18])
* As [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Noal|Noal Charin] return to the circus, Aludra is hard at work on her fireworks. ([CoT,Ch2])
* In [Jurador], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] notices Aludra talking with a salt merchant. ([CoT,Ch29])
* Aludra buys wagonloads of supplies in [Jurador]. ([KoD,Ch6])
* [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and Aludra talk about cannon. He tells her about [Rand|Rand alThor]. She agrees to go with him when he leaves the circus. ([KoD,Ch8])
* [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] will take Aludra along when he leaves the circus. ([KoD,Ch11])
* [Thom|Thom Merrilin], Aludra, [Setalle Anan], [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath], [Bayle Domon], [Amathera|Amathera Aelfdene Casmir Lounault], [Juilin|Juilin Sandar], [Noal|Noal Charin] and [Olver] accompany [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] after they leave the circus and head cross country. ([KoD,Ch25])
* [Thom|Thom Merrilin], Aludra, [Setalle Anan], [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath], [Bayle Domon], [Amathera|Amathera Aelfdene Casmir Lounault], [Juilin|Juilin Sandar], [Noal|Noal Charin] and [Olver] accompany [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] as he rejoins [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde] and the [Band of the Red Hand]. ([KoD,Ch26])
* Aludra sends up a signal when a %%ot [raken]%% leaves [Seanchan (People)] supply camp indicating that [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s attack plan is working. ([KoD,Ch27])
* Aludra, [Noal|Noal Charin] and [Olver] are with [Thom|Thom Merrilin] when [Furyk Karede] arrives at [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s camp. ([KoD,Ch36])
* From her supplies from [Jurador], Aludra manufactures hundreds of hand grenades. As the [Seanchan (People)] prepare to attack she circulates among the slingmen lighting their punks. [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath] and [Domon|Bayle Domon] accompany her. ([KoD,Ch37])
* When [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and his party ride into [Hinderstap], Aludra, [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath], [Amathera|Amathera Aelfdene Casmir Lounault], [Noal|Noal Charin] and [Olver] stay behind. ([TGS,Ch27])
* [Domon|Bayle Domon] stands guard and [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath] helps as Aludra works on her Dragon's Eggs. Aludra presents [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] with a shopping list for huge quantities of materials. ([TGS,Ch34])
* [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] thinks thirty days in [Caemlyn] will give Aludra time to get started on her Dragons and perhaps [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] will help. ([TGS,Ch36])
* Aludra oversees the first test of her dragons on the [Caemlyn] wall. ([ToM,Ch29])
* Aludra rallies the townspeople to protect her dragons in the [Trolloc|Trollocs] invasion of [Caemlyn]. ([AMoL,Prologue])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch40] - Aludra was Mistress of the Chapter House in [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)].
## [TDR,Ch44] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] ignores Aludra's warning and dissects one of her fireworks. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] is terrified.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Ch24] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] knows that there is an [Illuminator|Guild of Illuminators] with [Valan Luca]'s circus.
## [TFoH,Ch25] - [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] tells [Egwene|Egwene alVere] that [Latelle] sees [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] as competition for the unattached men in the circus. Aludra and [Cerandin] keep to themselves and [Clarine|Clarine Anhill] is married to [Petra Anhill] so they are not threats.
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch44] - [Thom|Thom Merrilin] tells [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] that in [Valan Luca]'s menagerie, Aludra did not want to remember that she knew [Thom|Thom Merrilin] from before.
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch8] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] urgently wants to talk to [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] about Aludra-s dragons.
## [ToM,Ch9] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] writes a second letter to [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] to see her about Aludra's dragons.
## [ToM,Ch17] - To avoid the %%ot [gholam|Gholam]%%, [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] spends the night under Aludra-s supply wagon.
## [ToM,Ch19] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] shows [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] Aludra's dragon plans. They immediately buy in to the idea.
## [ToM,Ch22] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] plans to take lots of Aludra's fireworks to the [Tower of Ghenjei].
## [ToM,Ch54] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] uses Aludra's fireworks to good effect in the Tower.
## [ToM,Ch57] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] uses the last of Aludra's strikers to start a fire after they escape the Tower.
# In [A Memory of Light]
## [AMoL,Ch10] - [Elayne] hears explosions, which mean that slingmen were tossing Aludra's roarsticks into the trees at the [Trollocs].
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