The thatcher in Emond's Field. Also a member of the Village Council.
Physical Description#
He is gnarled, but spry. (TEotW,Earlier) He is gnarled and dark as an old root with beady eyes. (TEotW,Ch1)
Chronology (Possible Spoilers)#
- At age ten, Rand and Mat get in big trouble when Cenn Buie catches them in his apple trees. (TEotW,Ch3)
- At the annual sheep shearing, Cenn Buie shears with the other Village Council members. He is slower than any of the others. (TEotW,Earlier)
- Cenn Buie talks with Tam and Bran outside the Winespring Inn. (TEotW,Ch1)
- He meets with the other members of the Village Council. (TEotW,Ch2)
- After the Council meeting he argues with Bran and Nynaeve. (TEotW,Ch4)
- Cenn takes part in the mob that confronts Moiraine. (TEotW,Ch9)
- Perrin and his party find Cenn inspecting their horses in the Winespring Inn stable. Marin al'Vere threatens him and chases him away. (TSR,Ch30)
- Cenn, Darl Coplin, Hari Coplin and Bili Congar salute Perrin as he rides by. (TSR,Ch44)
- Cenn Buie, Darl Coplin, Hari Coplin, Bili Congar and Wit Congar 'defend' Emond's Field against a band of 'Trollocs' that turn out to be the terrified band of TuathaAn. (TSR,Ch45)
- Cenn is one of the Village Council representatives 'helping' Perrin plan. (TSR,Ch53)
- Cenn complains to Lady Faile that Master Hornval and his roofing tiles are taking away from Cenn's thatching business. (LoC,Prologue)
Other References (Possible Spoilers)#
- In The Great Hunt
- TGH,Ch23 - During Nynaeve's Accepted test in the second of the three arches, Cenn Buie has replaced Bran al'Vere as mayor of Emond's Field.
- In The Shadow Rising
- TSR,Ch29 - Marin warns Perrin that Cenn might turn him in to the Whitecloaks.
- In The Path of Daggers
- TPoD,Ch22 - Rand remembers that when kids told stories about the Dark One beating Semirhage, Cenn Buie would scoff and tell them that she would then come after little boys who talked about her.
- In Winter's Heart
- WH,Ch11 - Rand signals Nynaeve by saying he has a message from Mistress Thane about Women's Circle business concerning Cenn Buie.
- In The Gathering Storm
- TGS,Ch7 - Nynaeve refuses to respect Cadsuane for her age. After all, old Cenn Buie has the sense of a pile of rocks.
- In Towers of Midnight
- ToM,Ch14 - Nynaeve recalls her early difficulties as Wisdom with Cenn Buie and Jon Thane while talking with Egwene.
- ToM,Ch16 - If Perrin does not agree to become Lord in the Two Rivers they might do something foolish like picking Cenn Buie.
- In A Memory of Light
- AMoL,Ch1 - Rand thinks Marin al'Vere tries to mother everyone, even old Cenn.