Pronunciation: KAYM-lihn 
[{LinkedImagePlugin image-src='Pronunciation/soundbut.gif' href='Pronunciation/caemlyn.wav'}]

Map: A map of Caemlyn is available in [The Fires of Heaven] hc p. 642, pb p. 906, in the [Guide], p. 239, and in [Crossroads of Twilight] hc p. 284. There is a large map of Caemlyn in [TWoTRPG|Guide], p. 267.

The capital city of [Andor]. The Whitebridge Gate leads west to the [Four Kings Road]. There is a road north that leads through the [Braem Wood] to [Tar Valon]. The Far Madding Gate leads south to the [Far Madding Road|Four Kings Road]. The Sunrise Gate leads east to the [Erinin Road] to [Aringill]. A fifty foot high wall of gray stone surrounds the city which is built on rising hills. Another wall of pure white stone surrounds the central part of the city called the Inner City which was built by [Ogier]. One entrance to the Inner City is the Origan Gate. Another gate to the Inner City is the Mondel Gate. The outer part of the city is called the New City. The heavily populated area outside the city walls is called Low Caemlyn. 

%%tabs
! Establishments

%%columns
* The Academy of the Rose
* The [Royal Palace]
* [The Ball and Hoop] 
* [The Crown and Lion] 
* [The Crown of Roses]
----
* [Culain's Hound|Culains Hound]
* [The Dead Man's Breath|The Dead Mans Breath]
* [The Dusty Wheel]
* [The Farrier's Green|The Farriers Green]
* [The Grand Hike]
-----
* [The Greeting Hall]
* [The Happy Throng]
* [The Hoop and Arrow]
* [The Queen's Blessing|The Queens Blessing]
* [The Red Bull]
-----
* [The Seven-Striped Lass]
* [The Silver Swan]
* [The Two Apples]
%%

! Residents

%%columns
* [Basel Gill] 
* [Gilda]
* [Lamgwin Dorn]
* [Milam Harnder]
* [Mother Grubb]
* [Martyn Tallanvor]
----
* [Arymilla|Arymilla Marne]
* [Elenia|Elenia Sarand]
* [Jarid Sarand]
* [Karind Anshar]
* [Naean|Naean Arawn]
* [Lir Baryn]
----
* [Henren]
* [Carlys Ankarin]
* [Daerilla Raened]
* [Elegar]
* [Nasin Caeren]
%%
%%

! References (Possible Spoilers)

%%collapse
# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch4] - [Tam|Tam alThor] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that a straight line from [Tar Valon] to [Ghealdan] would pass just east of the [Two Rivers], but it is silly to think that the [Aes Sedai] going after [Logain|Logain Ablar] would travel cross-country through the [Forest of Shadows] instead of taking the road through Caemlyn and [Lugard].
## [TEotW,Ch26] - [Logain|Logain Ablar] will be taken to Caemlyn. 
## [TEotW,Ch33] - [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] are travelling to Caemlyn. 
## [TEotW,Ch34] - [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] are almost to Caemlyn. 
## [TEotW,Ch35] - [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] arrive at Caemlyn with [Almen Bunt].
## [TEotW,Ch35] - A description of Caemlyn. [Ogier] built the Caemlyn [Royal Palace] and much of the Inner City.
## [TEotW,Ch39] - [Logain|Logain Ablar] is paraded through Caemlyn.
## [TEotW,Ch39] - The outer part of the city is called the New City.
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch26] - After leaving [Whitebridge], [Thom|Thom Merrilin] went to Caemlyn and talked to [Basel Gill] .
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch28] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere], [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] tell [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] they will help him escape [Tar Valon] if he will carry a letter to Queen [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] in Caemlyn.
## [TDR,Ch30] - Once [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] escapes [Tar Valon], he intends to head for [Aringill], then Caemlyn.
## [TDR,Ch31] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] asks [Thom|Thom Merrilin] to accompany him to Caemlyn and [Thom|Thom Merrilin] agrees.
## [TDR,Ch45] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Thom|Thom Merrilin] arrive in Caemlyn.
## [TDR,Ch47] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Thom|Thom Merrilin] depart Caemlyn for [Tear|Tear (City)].
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch47] - [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] receives a report that an [Aes Sedai] disappeared in Caemlyn.
## [TSR,Ch53] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] notes that people from [Taren Ferry] fled north and hopes that they will bring help from [Baerlon] or even Caemlyn.
## [TSR,Ch53] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] sends [Faile|Zarine Bashere] to Caemlyn to bring help, but she stops at [Watch Hill].
## [TSR,Ch56] - [Padan Fain]'s next destination is Caemlyn.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Prologue] - [Rahvin], [Lanfear], [Sammael] and [Graendal] meet. 
## [TFoH,Ch1] - [Alteima] arrives at Caemlyn.
## [TFoH,Ch6] - [Lanfear] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that [Rahvin] is in Caemlyn.
## [TFoH,Ch12] - [Gareth Bryne] learns that Lord [Gaebril|Rahvin] has replaced most of the Queen's Guards in Caemlyn with his own men who are calling themselves White Lions.
## [TFoH,Ch16] - [Galad|Galad Damodred] wants to take [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] back to Caemlyn but they refuse to go.
## [TFoH,Ch19] - [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] flees Caemlyn aided by [Lini Eltring], [Tallanvor|Martyn Tallanvor], [Basel Gill] , [Lamgwin Dorn] and [Breane|Breane Taborwin].
## [TFoH,Ch25] - [Rahvin] has his pet [Red Ajah] sister claim that [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] is still seen in public audience in Caemlyn.
## [TFoH,Ch40] - [Galad|Galad Damodred] agrees to help [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] find a boat to [Altara] because he thinks they have agreed to go to Caemlyn.
## [TFoH,Ch54] - [Rand|Rand alThor] leads [Mat|Matrim Cauthon], [Aviendha], [Asmodean] and a bunch of [Aiel] on a raid to Caemlyn to kill [Rahvin].
## [TFoH,Ch56] - [Davram Bashere] arrives in Caemlyn.
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Prologue] - The [Salidar Aes Sedai] send an embassy to [Rand|Rand alThor] in Caemlyn.
## [LoC,Prologue] - [Pedron Niall] tells [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] that [Rand|Rand alThor] has taken Caemlyn and offers her five thousand [Whitecloaks] to help her retake the city.
## [LoC,Ch1] - [Rand|Rand alThor] practices the sword then talks with [Bashere|Davram Bashere]. 
## [LoC,Ch2] - [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Bashere|Davram Bashere] meet [Mazrim Taim]. 
## [LoC,Ch3] - [Rand|Rand alThor] [Travels|Weaves] from Caemlyn to the farm with [Taim|Mazrim Taim]. 
## [LoC,Ch4] - [Rand|Rand alThor] [Travels|Weaves] back to Caemlyn at the end of the day. 
## [LoC,Ch9] - [Niall|Pedron Niall] learns that [Davram Bashere] and his cavalry are in Caemlyn.
## [LoC,Ch10] - [Bashere|Davram Bashere] reports to [Rand|Rand alThor] that some important [Andoran|Andor] nobles are in Caemlyn.
## [LoC,Ch11] - [Rand|Rand alThor] tells [Mazrim Taim] that Caemlyn is off limits to him and his recruits because there are two [Aes Sedai] there.
## [LoC,Ch13] - [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] wants to leave [Salidar] and go to Caemlyn. [Moghedien] tries to convince her and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] to go as well.
## [LoC,Ch14] - In %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%, [Egwene|Egwene alVere] has seen [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] in Caemlyn, the [Heart of the Stone|Stone of Tear] and in the [White Tower].
## [LoC,Ch17] - [Rand|Rand alThor] [Travels|Weaves] from Caemlyn to [ Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] accompanied by [Aviendha].
## [LoC,Ch17] - Many of [Gaebril|Rahvin]'s White Lions have joined with [Caraline Damodred] and [Toram Riatin] in the foothills of the [Spine of the World].
## [LoC,Ch19] - [Rand|Rand alThor] returns to Caemlyn accompanied by [Aviendha] and [Melaine].
## [LoC,Ch20] - The [Ogier] built a [Waygate|Ways] at Caemlyn during its construction. At the time it was known as Hai Caemlyn.
## [LoC,Ch21] - [Rand|Rand alThor] [Travels|Weaves] back to the palace. 
## [LoC,Ch26] - [Rand|Rand alThor] decides to leave Caemlyn and return to [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)].
## [LoC,Ch28] - [Rand|Rand alThor] leaves [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] and returns to Caemlyn.
## [LoC,Ch28] - [Padan Fain] is in Caemlyn stalking [Rand|Rand alThor].
## [LoC,Ch33] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] promises [Rand|Rand alThor] that he will return [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] to Caemlyn.
## [LoC,Ch34] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] recognizes Caemlyn as she rides past on [Bela] in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% on her way to [Salidar].
## [LoC,Ch41] - [Min|Min Farshaw] and the [Salidar Aes Sedai] embassy arrive in Caemlyn.
## [LoC,Ch42] - At the [Black Tower], [Rand|Rand alThor] reiterates that [Mazrim Taim] and the [Asha'man] are to stay away from Caemlyn.
## [LoC,Ch45] - The western gate of the New City is called the Whitebridge Gate.
## [LoC,Ch45] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and the [Two Rivers] men arrive in Caemlyn.
## [LoC,Ch46] - The Origan Gate is one of three entrances to the Inner City.
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Ch7] - [Rand|Rand alThor] and a small group [Travel|Weaves] to Caemlyn for a few hours. They learn that eight to ten [Aes Sedai] have been staying at [The Silver Swan] for the past month.
## [ACoS,Ch9] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] worries that they have heard nothing from [Merana|Merana Ambrey] and the embassy in Caemlyn. 
## [ACoS,Ch12] - A merchant caravan from Caemlyn brings the rumor that [Rand|Rand alThor] bowed to [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan].
# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Ch28] - Caemlyn began to hear rumors of [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s return two days before she arrived.
# In [Winter's Heart|Winters Heart]
## [WH,Ch7] - The heavily populated area outside the city walls is called Low Caemlyn.
## [WH,Ch7] - [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] works to establish herself as the ruler in Caemlyn.
## [WH,Ch9] - [Rand|Rand alThor] also started a school in Caemlyn. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] continues to run it and calls it the Academy of the Rose in honor of her mother.
## [WH,Ch27] - [Halwin Norry] tells [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] that there are four small armies marching toward Caemlyn.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Prologue] - The armies of [Arymilla|Arymilla Marne], [Elenia|Elenia Sarand], [Naean|Naean Arawn] and [Nasin|Nasin Caeren] arrive and lay siege to Caemlyn.
## [CoT,Ch10] - [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] [Travels|Weaves] from Caemlyn to call on other noble Houses to drum up support.
## [CoT,Ch16] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] wonders if [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] is in [Tar Valon] or on his way to Caemlyn.
## [CoT,Ch20] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] tells [Aviendha] that there may be sisters from the [Salidar Aes Sedai] going to Caemlyn to call on [Elayne|Elayne Trakand].
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Ch13] - [Arymilla|Arymilla Marne] launches several sorties every day against the walls of the New City.
## [KoD,Ch13] - Lieutenant [Charlz Guybon] brings an additional ten thousand men to support [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] in Caemlyn.
## [KoD,Ch17] - The [Borderlands] army is fifty miles northeast of Caemlyn.
## [KoD,Ch20] - [Rand|Rand alThor] sealed the [Waygates|Ways] at Caemlyn, [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)], [Illian|Illian (City)] and [Tear|Tear (City)]. He put a deadly trap on the open one at [Fal Dara] but he could not find the [Waygate|Ways] at [Far Madding].
## [KoD,Ch26] - A mechanic in [Murandy] invents the crossbow bolt crank. After teaching it to the [Band of the Red Hand], he heads for Caemlyn and the Academy of the Rose.
## [KoD,Ch31] - The Mondel Gate is a wide twenty-foot high arch in the Inner City's wall. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and her party ride through the gate to Full Moon Street to capture the [Black Ajah].
## [KoD,Ch32] - [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] and the [Queen's Guards|Caemlyn] hurry back through the Mondel Gate to the [Royal Palace] to get help to rescue [Elayne|Elayne Trakand].
## [KoD,Ch32] - The Sunrise Gate opens eastward on the [Erinin Road] to [Aringill] and the [Erinin River].
## [KoD,Ch32] - [Arymilla|Arymilla Marne] launches a dozen sorties at the northern wall of the New City.
## [KoD,Ch33] - [Arymilla|Arymilla Marne]'s main force attacks the Far Madding Gate to the New City. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s army manages to hold the gate and at the same time [Charlz Guybon] and his army attack them from behind in the streets of Low Caemlyn and defeat them.
## [TGS,Ch20] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and the [Band|Band of the Red Hand] are headed toward Caemlyn to rejoin the rest of the [Band|Band of the Red Hand] and to learn what they can about the [Tower of Ghenjei].
## [TGS,Ch36] - [Verin|Verin Mathwin] offers to [Travel|Weaves] [Mat] and the [Band|Band of the Red Hand] to Caemlyn on the condition that they stay there thirty days. This is fine by [Mat|Matrim Cauthon], as it is twenty days' march and he wants time to scout the [Tower of Ghenjei] and start on the Dragons anyway.
## [ToM,Epilogue] - A [Shadowspawn] army enters Caemlyn through the [Waygate|Ways] and begins killing and burning.
# In [A Memory of Light]
## [AMoL,Prologue] - [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde] and the [Band|Band of the Red Hand] enter the burning city, fight through the [Trollocs] and manage to save the dragons, but the city appears to be lost.
## [AMoL,Ch1] - As the wind blows across [Andor], war has begun overnight and Caemlyn is in flames. [Egwene] sends [Aes Sedai] and soldiers to help with refugees and [Elayne] and [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] review the damage.
## [AMoL,Ch2] - [Elayne] returns to the [Field of Merrilor] while [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] remains near Caemlyn to develop a strategy to drive out the [Trollocs].
## [AMoL,Ch8] - [Elayne] says "Burn it" and [Birgitte] gives the signal for the [Kin] to open [gateways|Weaves] so that lit torches can be thrown into the oil-filled basements of [Caemlyn]. 
%%

%%cat-border
[Categories|WikiCategory]: [Category.Geography] | [Category.Cities] | [Category.Cities in Andor] | [Category.Capital Cities]
%%