Encyclopaedia WoT: Bain

Pronunciation: BAYN

An Aiel Maiden of the Spear. She is of the Black Rock sept of the Shaarad Aiel. She is bonded first-sister to Chiad.

Physical Description#

She has fiery hair and dark blue eyes. She is taller than Chiad. (TDR,Ch38)

Points of View#

See Bain's chapter points of view.

Chronology (Possible Spoilers)#

Aviendha, Jolien, Dailin, Bain and Chiad are among the last Aiel sent by the Wise Ones to hunt for He Who Comes With the Dawn. (TDR,Ch39)
Bain and Chiad are with Aviendha when she asks Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve to help Dailin. (TDR,Ch38)
Bain and Chiad help rescue Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve from the brigands and Fades. (TDR,Ch39)
Mat meets Aviendha, Bain and Chiad in the Stone of Tear and gets into trouble trying to flirt with them. (TDR,Ch56)
Bain and Chiad become friends with Faile. (TSR,Ch2)
Rhuarc tricks Mat into asking Bain and several other Maidens to play Maiden's Kiss. (TSR,Ch2)
Six Maidens including Bain and Chiad guard Rand's anteroom. (TSR,Ch3)
Bain and Chiad agree to accompany Faile. Loial leads Perrin, Faile, Gaul, Bain and Chiad to the Waygate. (TSR,Ch18)
Loial leads Perrin, Faile, Gaul, Bain and Chiad through the Ways to the site of ancient Manetheren. They are attacked by Trollocs and a Fade, then the Black Wind. (TSR,Ch27)
Perrin, Faile, Loial, Gaul, Bain and Chiad camp near the Waygate. (TSR,Ch28)
After three days travel, they near Emond's Field. Perrin and Gaul go to the Winespring Inn followed by Faile, Bain and Chiad. Perrin learns his family is dead. (TSR,Ch29)
Loial arrives. Marin takes them all to the old sickhouse where they can hide. (TSR,Ch30)
Perrin, Faile, Loial, Gaul, Bain and Chiad meet Alanna and Verin at the old sickhouse. Tam and Abell join them. (TSR,Ch31)
Bain and others ride to scout the Whitecloak encampment at Watch Hill. Halfway there, they stop at Jac al'Seen's place. She, Gaul and Chiad wait away from the farm. (TSR,Ch32)
Perrin leads his growing party to Watch Hill. Perrin, Faile and the Aiel rescue the Whitecloaks' prisoners. (TSR,Ch33)
Bain, Chiad and Gaul find a band of Trollocs and carry the news to Perrin. It turns out to be an ambush. (TSR,Ch40)
Bain, Gaul and Chiad decide to sleep elsewhere when Perrin and others enter a Tinker camp. (TSR,Ch41)
Bain, Gaul and Chiad rejoin Perrin's band north of the Tinker camp and accompany them to Emond's Field. (TSR,Ch42)
Bain, Chiad and Gaul follow Perrin and Verin into the Winespring Inn. (TSR,Ch43)
Bain and Chiad report an imminent Trolloc attack and help with defenses. (TSR,Ch44)
Bain and Faile ride north to go for help. (TSR,Ch53)
Bain and Faile return with an army from Watch Hill that helps win the battle of Emond's Field. (TSR,Ch56)
Bain, Chiad, Gaul and Loial remain in the Two Rivers with Perrin and Faile. (LoC,Prologue)
Perrin and his band arrive in Caemlyn. Bain, Chiad and Gaul head into the city on their own. (LoC,Ch45)
Bain, Chiad and Gaul accompany Rand, Min, Perrin, Faile, Loial and the other Aiel to the Sun Palace. (LoC,Ch49)
Bain and Chiad discuss whether they should help Faile beat Perrin. (LoC,Ch50)
Bain and Chiad stand guard outside the Grand Hall when Rand meets with the Aes Sedai. Galina tells them Rand disappeared when the Aes Sedai leave with him in a chest. (LoC,Ch51)
Bain and Chiad accompany Rand into Cairhien. (ACoS,Ch4)
Bain, Chiad and Gaul accompany Perrin to Ghealdan. (ACoS,Ch27)
Faile, Alliandre, Maighdin, Arrela, Lacile, Bain and Chiad are captured and made gai'shain by Sevanna's Shaido. (TPoD,Ch30)
Faile and the others are marched, then carried back to the Shaido camp. Bain and Chiad follow meekly as gai'shain should. (WH,Ch3)
After Galina Heals their frostbite, Faile and the others march with the Shaido. Faile, Alliandre and Maighdin become separated from Arrela, Lacile, Bain and Chiad. (WH,Ch4)
Bain and Chiad help Arrela and Lacile to escape, but they will not try themselves because of ji'e'toh. (CoT,Ch9)
Bain and Chiad have an easy time being gai'shain to the Shaido. (KoD,Ch5)
Bain and Chiad agree to hold Dairaine Saighan prisoner so Faile and the others can escape. Bain tells Faile to tell Gaul that Chiad is gai'shain to Manderic. (KoD,Ch28)
In the battle at Malden, Gaul kills several Shaido and, in the process, takes both Bain and Chiad as gai'shain. (TGS,Ch21)
Bain and Chiad stand guard while Faile and the others to into the woods for their remembrance. (TGS,Ch21)
Gaul has trouble with both Bain and Chiad as gai'shain. (ToM,Ch7)
Bain and Chiad bring fresh weapons for Gaul to accompany Perrin to his trial. (ToM,Ch34)

Other References (Possible Spoilers)#

In The Dragon Reborn
1. TDR,Ch38 - Bain is of the Black Rock sept of the Shaarad Aiel.
2. TDR,Ch38 - Bain and Chiad chose to become first sisters. This was difficult as their clans are involved in a blood feud.
In The Shadow Rising
1. TSR,Ch12 - Not wanting to go to Rhuidean, Aviendha tells Egwene that Jolien or Sefela or Bain or Chiad could take her there.
In Lord of Chaos
1. LoC,Ch46 - Bain and Chiad have taught Faile some Maiden handtalk.
In A Crown of Swords
1. ACoS,Ch3 - Perrin is even more worried about Faile when he learns that Bain and Chiad left her alone in Cairhien.
In The Path of Daggers
1. TPoD,Ch10 - Gaul asks some other Maidens about Bain and Chiad, then goes off looking for them.
In Winters Heart
1. WH,Ch2 - Perrin wonders why Gaul leads the Maidens when they go to search for Faile. Belatedly, he remembers that Bain and Chiad were with her.
2. WH,Ch6 - Sulin reports to Perrin that Faile, Alliandre, Maighdin, Bain, Chiad, Arrela and Lacile were taken as gai'shain by the Shaido.
In Crossroads of Twilight
1. CoT,Ch5 - Perrin forces himself to keep in mind Bain and the other captives as well as Faile.
In Knife of Dreams
1. KoD,Ch30 - After the battle, Gaul goes to search for Chiad. He does not care about Bain. Elyas accompanies him.

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