The Black Tower is located in a rural area near [Caemlyn]. Although it is just a reworked farm, it is the headquarters of the [Asha'man], the organization of male [channelers|True Source] started by [Rand|Rand alThor] and primarily trained by [Mazrim Taim]. It was named the Black Tower in contrast to the [Aes Sedai]'s [White Tower].

The Black Tower grows to a town with an ordinary-looking village in the middle but it is surrounded by a four square mile black wall.

! References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch42] - [Rand|Rand alThor] visits the farm and [Taim|Mazrim Taim] informs him that the men now call it the Black Tower.
## [LoC,Ch43] - [Rand|Rand alThor] warns the [Salidar Aes Sedai] embassy to stay away from the Black Tower.
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Prologue] - [Elaida|Elaida aRoihan] issues orders for [Toveine Gazal] to lead fifty [Aes Sedai] and two hundred guards to take the Black Tower. A [Green Ajah] agent in [Caemlyn] reports that there are four hundred men in the Black Tower by counting supply carts but [Elaida|Elaida aRoihan] believes only a few can [channel|True Source].
## [ACoS,Ch2] - At [Dumai's Wells|Dumais Wells] [Rand|Rand alThor] sends most of the [Asha'man] back to the Black Tower but takes nine, four soldiers, four Dedicated, and [Dashiva|Osangar] with him to [Cairhien|Country of Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)].
## [ACoS,Ch8] - The [Salidar Aes Sedai] have heard rumors of the Black Tower and the [Asha'man].
# In [Winter's Heart|Winters Heart]
## [WH,Prologue] - [Taim|Mazrim Taim] has a wall enclosing four square miles built around the Black Tower.
## [WH,Prologue] - The fifty one [Aes Sedai] captured by the [Asha'man] are held captive in the Black Tower.
## [WH,Prologue] - [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] visit the Black Tower accompanied by [Queen's Guards|Caemlyn].
## [WH,Ch25] - [Eben|Eben Hopwil], [Damer|Damer Flinn] and [Jahar|Jahar Narishma] are afraid to return to the Black Tower fearing that they will be implicated in the attack on [Rand|Rand alThor].
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Prologue] - [Logain|Logain Ablar] prepares to leave the Black Tower with some companions.
## [CoT,Ch12] - [Red Ajah] sisters in [Caemlyn] have been asking about the Black Tower.
## [CoT,Ch14] - Because the Black Tower is far from the [Lugard Road], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] hopes that the [Asha'man] will not get involved with the [Borderlanders].
## [CoT,Ch19] - Faced with the unknown threat that destroyed [Shadar Logoth|City of Aridhol|Aridhol (City)], some of the [Salidar Aes Sedai] [Sitters] propose an alliance with the [Asha'man] and the Black Tower.
## [CoT,Ch20] - [Aviendha] tells [Egwene|Egwene alVere] that the [Wise Ones|Aiel] will probably not support an alliance with the Black Tower.
## [CoT,Ch21] - [Elaida|Elaida aRoihan] is confident that the debacle at the Black Tower will be blamed on [Toveine|Toveine Gazal].
## [CoT,Ch24] - [Logain|Logain Ablar] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that most of the Black Tower is now loyal to [Taim|Mazrim Taim].
## [CoT,Ch30] - The [Salidar Aes Sedai] continue to discuss an alliance with the Black Tower.
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Ch17] - The Black Tower is two leagues south of [Caemlyn].
## [KoD,Ch18] - [Logain|Logain Ablar] goes to the Black Tower to send [Asha'man] to [Illian|Country of Illian] and [Arad Doman]. There are now forty-one full [Asha'man] with [Taim|Mazrim Taim] and fifty more in his special classes.
## [KoD,Ch29] - When [Mazrim Taim] visited the [Two Rivers], he took forty men and boys back to the Black Tower.
## [KoD,Ch35] - When the High Seats of the noble Houses ask [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] what she plans to do about the Black Tower she admits that she is powerless to force them to do anything.
## [KoD,Epilogue] - [Pevara|Pevara Tazanovni] and five other [Red Ajah] sisters [Travel|Weaves] to the Black Tower to ask permission to bond [Asha'man] as [Warders].
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch8] - [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] tells [Egwene|Egwene alVere] that the sisters sent by [Elaida|Elaida aRoihan] to take down the Black Tower were all bonded by [Asha'man].
## [TGS,Ch43] - The rebels eventually sent an embassy to the Black Tower. The embassy included one [Sitter] from each [Ajah|Aes Sedai] including [Lyrelle|Lyrelle Arienwin].
## [TGS,Ch45] - [Romanda|Romanda Cassin] reports to [Egwene|Egwene alVere] that there has been no word from the embassy sent to the Black Tower. [Faolain|Faolain Orande], [Theodrin|Theodrin Dabei], [Myrelle|Myrelle Berengari] and [Nisao|Nisao Dachen] were with them.
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch46] - [Androl|Androl Genhald] thinks the houses in the Black Tower village would look in place in [New Braem] or [Grafendale].
## [ToM,Ch56] - The Black Tower is covered by a [dreamspike]. No one can enter or leave by [Traveling|Weaves] and [Mazrim Taim] controls access by the gates.
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