An Aes Sedai of the White Ajah. She has no Warder.
Physical Description#
She is pale and cold. (TGH,Ch4) She has dark hair. (TFoH,Ch26) She is pale with almost black eyes. (LoC,Ch7) After most of her hair is fried off in a nightmare she wears it in a cap of dark curls. (LoC,Ch15)
Chronology (Possible Spoilers)#
- As novices and Accepted, Siuan, Leane, Sheriam get into more than their share of trouble. Carlinya on the other hand, commits exactly one minor infraction per month so she will not seem to be a prig. (TFoH,Ch27)
- Tamra Ospenya summons all Accepted including Carlinya to the Oval Lecture Hall where she announces a bounty for women who recently gave birth. (NS,Ch3)
- The Accepted including Carlinya scramble back to their rooms and prepare to leave the White Tower to take the census. (NS,Ch4)
- Carlinya arrives at Fal Dara as part of the Amyrlin's entourage. (TGH,Ch2)
- Carlinya is in the anteroom during Moiraine's audience with Siuan. (TGH,Ch4)
- Carlinya returns to Tar Valon by way of Medo with the rest of the Amyrlin's party. (TGH,Ch12)
- Carlinya and the rest of the Amyrlin's party arrive at Tar Valon. (TGH,Ch18)
- After the revolt in the White Tower, Sheriam, Anaiya, Beonin, Carlinya, Morvrin and Myrelle establish themselves as the leaders of the Salidar Aes Sedai. (TFoH,Ch27)
- When Siuan and Leane arrive at Salidar, Sheriam, Anaiya, Carlinya and Myrelle question them thoroughly to prove their identity. (TFoH,Ch26)
- Siuan tells Sheriam, Anaiya, Beonin, Carlinya, Morvrin and Myrelle that the Red Ajah set up Logain as a false Dragon. They begin planning to select an Amyrlin and Sitters and then move against Elaida. (TFoH,Ch27)
- Sheriam, Anaiya, Beonin, Carlinya, Morvrin and Myrelle give Gareth Bryne Siuan and Leane as personal maids. He agrees to build them an army. (TFoH,Ch28)
- Sheriam, Anaiya, Beonin, Carlinya, Morvrin and Myrelle meet with Elayne and Nynaeve when they arrive in Salidar. They learn that Elaida already knows about Salidar. They are anxious to learn about Tel'aran'rhiod. (TFoH,Ch50)
- Sheriam, Anaiya, Beonin, Carlinya, Morvrin and Myrelle keep Elayne and Nynaeve busy at night with trips to Tel'aran'rhiod. (TFoH,Ch54)
- Nynaeve and Elayne take Siuan, Leane, Anaiya, Beonin, Carlinya, Morvrin, Myrelle and Sheriam to the White Tower in Tel'aran'rhiod. After Nynaeve and Leane leave, the rest are trapped in a nightmare until Elayne can rescue them. (LoC,Ch7)
- Nynaeve eavesdrops while Tarna Feir meets with Sheriam, Anaiya, Beonin, Carlinya, Morvrin and Myrelle in the Little Tower. They tell her they need more time to consider Elaida's offer. (LoC,Ch12)
- Carlinya suggests to the Wise Ones that they are holding Egwene against her will. They put snakes in her dress for the insult. (LoC,Ch15)
- Nynaeve and Elayne tell Sheriam, Carlinya and Morvrin about finding the Bowl of the Winds. The Aes Sedai tell them in no uncertain terms that they will stay in Salidar and study. Nynaeve blows up earning them extended kitchen duty. (LoC,Ch15)
- After Nynaeve Heals Logain, Beonin and Carlinya bring in Siuan and Leane to the Little Tower to be Healed. (LoC,Ch30)
- Sheriam, Anaiya, Beonin, Carlinya, Morvrin, Myrelle and Siuan meet with Amys, Bair and Egwene in the Heart of the Stone in Tel'aran'rhiod. The Aes Sedai summon Egwene to Salidar. (LoC,Ch32)
- Sheriam, Anaiya, Beonin, Carlinya, Morvrin, Myrelle and Siuan are meeting when Egwene arrives. They tell her she is to be the next Amyrlin. (LoC,Ch34)
- Sheriam and her circle prepare Egwene for the ceremony. Sheriam, Morvrin and Myrelle accompany Egwene to the Little Tower while Anaiya, Beonin and Carlinya wait outside. (LoC,Ch35)
- Sheriam, Anaiya, Beonin, Carlinya, Morvrin and Myrelle keep Egwene up half the night telling her what they think is important. (LoC,Ch36)
- Carlinya, Sheriam, Lelaine and Romanda want Logain gentled again. Delana wants him killed. (LoC,Ch52)
- She is one of Sheriam's group that sends ten sisters, two of each Ajah other than Blue, back to the White Tower as moles. (ACoS,Ch8)
- Egwene sends Sheriam, Carlinya, Morvrin and Nisao to talk to the Sitters in preparation for the meeting with the Andoran nobles. (TPoD,Ch15)
- The sisters who swore fealty to Egwene are still unsettled by it. Carlinya starts and looks embarrassed every time she sees Egwene. (TPoD,Ch16)
- Anaiya, Beonin, Carlinya, Morvrin, Myrelle, Nisao, Sheriam and their Warder accompany Egwene and Gareth Bryne when they scout Tar Valon. Carlinya is annoyed when she hears that Saroiya supports negotiations. (CoT,Ch16)
- Egwene and her party return to the Salidar Aes Sedai camp. Her Council members go to report to the heads of their respective Ajahs. (CoT,Ch17)
- Egwene's Council accompanies her to the meeting of the Hall. Carlinya gives advice on what the Sitters might do. (CoT,Ch19)
- Siuan reports to Carlinya, Morvrin, Myrelle and Sheriam that Egwene and Leane are well and are prisoners in the White Tower. (KoD,Ch1)
- In the battle in Tel'aran'rhiod, Shevan and Carlinya are killed. (ToM,Ch37)
Other References (Possible Spoilers)#
- In The Fires of Heaven
- TFoH,Ch26 - Siuan and Leane were novices and Accepted with Sheriam and Carlinya.
- TFoH,Ch26 - Min has a viewing of Carlinya - an image of a raven floating beside her dark hair; more a drawing of the bird than the bird itself. She thought it was a tattoo, but she did not know its meaning.
- TFoH,Ch27 - Siuan thinks Carlinya is long on logic but short on common sense.
- In Lord of Chaos
- LoC,Ch34 - Sheriam is stronger in the One Power than Myrelle who, in turn, is stronger than Anaiya, Beonin, Carlinya and Morvrin.
- In A Crown of Swords
- ACoS,Prologue - Elaida wants her stilled as punishment and an example.
- ACoS,Ch12 - Egwene plans to make her swear fealty with the rest of Sheriam's group. She plans to take Myrelle, Sheriam, Carlinya, Beonin, Anaiya and Morvrin into Tel'aran'rhiod that night to meet with the Wise Ones to prove that the merchant's rumor about Rand kneeling to Elaida is false.
- In Crossroads of Twilight
- CoT,Ch16 - Carlinya has no Warder.