Encyclopaedia WoT: Egeanin Tamarath

Pronunciation: egg-ee-AHN-ihn

aka: Mistress Elidar, Egeanin Sarna, Leilwin

Seanchan captain of the ship Fearless, recently promoted to the Blood and a Captain of the Green. Her sigil is a sword and a fouled anchor.

Physical Description#

She is very fair, with short, dark hair, a hard face and blue eyes. (TGH,Ch29) She has shoulder-length dark hair and a stern face. She is lovely and very fair with blue eyes. (TSR,Ch46) She is tall with sharp blue eyes. Her short dark hair is cut in a bowl since she was made one of the Blood. (WH,Ch19)

Egeanin by Richard Boyé

Points of View#

See Egeanin's chapter points of view.

Chronology (Possible Spoilers)#

Egeanin captains the Fearless as the Hailene sails from Seanchan to Falme. (CoT,Ch2)
Egeanin captures the Spray and Bayle Domon and takes them to High Lord Turak in Falme. (TGH,Ch29)
In the Garden of Silver Breezes in Tanchico, "Mistress Elidar" talks with Floran Gelb about retrieving a'dam and sul'dam deserters. Later, a Seeker for Truth pays a call on her. She is holding Bethamin captive. (TSR,Ch38)
Gelb tries to kidnap Nynaeve. Egeanin arrives and helps Elayne and Nynaeve defend themselves. They tell Egeanin about channeling and Aes Sedai. She is amazed how wrong her perceptions were. (TSR,Ch46)
Torn by her new insights, Egeanin releases Bethamin. (TSR,Ch51)
Elayne and Nynaeve dine with Egeanin until Bayle returns and recognizes her. They put her under restraint. Egeanin and Bayle start to develop a liking for each other. (TSR,Ch51)
Elayne and Nynaeve begin planning their assault on the Panarch's Palace. Egeanin helps despite being a prisoner. She recognizes the man who attacks Thom as the Seeker. (TSR,Ch52)
Elayne, Nynaeve and Egeanin sneak into the Panarch's Palace. Elayne and Egeanin free Amathera and knock out Temaile. (TSR,Ch54)
Elayne, Nynaeve, Egeanin, Bayle, Juilin and Thom take Amathera, the seal and the sad bracelets back to the Three Plum Court. Elayne, Nynaeve, Juilin and Thom will take the seal back to Tar Valon while Bayle will drop the sad bracelets in the deepest ocean. (TSR,Ch55)
Egeanin and Domon sail for Cantorin on the Seahawk. As they arrive, they are boarded by a Seanchan ship and Egeanin is forced to give the sad bracelets to Suroth. Domon raises a ruckus, so he is sold. Egeanin buys him and makes him so'jhin. Egeanin is promoted to Captain of the Green. She sails to Ebou Dar with the fleet. (WH,Ch21)
In Ebou Dar, Egeanin and Domon barge into the kitchen of The Wandering Woman demanding a room. Domon recognizes Mat. (WH,Ch19)
Bethamin tells Egeanin and Domon about the Seeker. Domon says he will get Mat and Thom to help them escape. (WH,Ch21)
Egeanin and Domon offer to hire Mat, Thom and Juilin. Egeanin tells Mat that she can supply three sul'dam. (WH,Ch29)
Egeanin and Domon alter Mat's plan and bring everyone from The Wandering Woman to the Tarasin Palace stableyard. (WH,Ch30)
Egeanin, Domon, Seta and Renna free Teslyn and Edesina from the damane kennels and join Mat in the stableyard. Egeanin is shocked to see Mat manhandling the Daughter of the Nine Moons. (WH,Ch31)
Mat, Egeanin, Domon and the others escape Ebou Dar and hide in Valan Luca's circus. Egeanin dons a black wig and poses as Leilwin, Mat's Taraboner girlfriend. (CoT,Ch1)
Mat and Egeanin argue over who is calling the shots while they hide in the circus. (CoT,Ch2)
Domon and Egeanin help make preparations to leave the area of Ebou Dar for Lugard. (CoT,Ch3)
On the trip to Lugard, Mat shares a wagon with Domon and Egeanin. (CoT,Ch28)
Mat talks Egeanin into visiting Tuon with him. Tuon strips her of her name and humiliates her. Egeanin tells Mat of the Seanchan (People) wedding ceremony. (CoT,Ch28)
Domon cradles Egeanin in his arms after Renna stabs her. Teslyn Heals her. Egeanin spills the beans about sul'dam being able to channel. (CoT,Ch29)
Mat shares a wagon with Egeanin and Domon. (KoD,Ch6)
When the Seanchan arrive at Jurador, Mat sends Noal to warn Egeanin and Olver to warn the Aes Sedai. (KoD,Ch7)
Egeanin and Bayle Domon dress in their finest and are married by Mother Darvale in Runnien Crossing. Mat has to move out of their wagon. (KoD,Ch8)
While Mat rides with Egeanin and Domon, she tells him what she knows of Seanchan nobility. (KoD,Ch9)
After dinner, Domon and Egeanin invite Juilin and Amathera to their tent for a drink. (KoD,Ch10)
Thom, Aludra, Setalle Anan, Egeanin, Bayle Domon, Amathera, Juilin, Noal and Olver accompany Mat and Tuon after they leave the circus and head cross country. (KoD,Ch25)
Thom, Aludra, Setalle Anan, Egeanin, Bayle Domon, Amathera, Juilin, Noal and Olver accompany Mat as he rejoins Talmanes and the Band of the Red Hand. (KoD,Ch26)
Egeanin refuses to help Mat with his campaign against the Seanchan (People). (KoD,Ch27)
When Furyk Karede arrives at Mat's camp he thinks he recognizes Egeanin Tamarath. (KoD,Ch36)
As the Seanchan prepare to attack, Aludra circulates among the grenade slingmen lighting their punks. Egeanin and Domon accompany her. (KoD,Ch37)
When Mat and his party ride into Hinderstap, Aludra, Egeanin, Amathera, Noal and Olver stay behind. (TGS,Ch27)
Domon stands guard and Egeanin helps as Aludra works on her Dragon Eggs. (TGS,Ch34)
Domon and Egeanin ride to Tar Valon with the Aes Sedai. (ToM,Ch17)
Joline sends a letter to Setalle Anan that the Aes Sedai party arrived safely at the White Tower. (ToM,Ch52)
Leilwin and Bayle Domon slip through a gateway from Tar Valon to the Field of Merrilor. Nynaeve berates her for giving Suroth and Semirhage the sad bracelets then takes them to Egwene. (AMoL,Prologue)
Bayle and Leilwin approach Egwene; they were following Nynaeve. Leilwin kneels and says she will serve the Amyrlin Seat. Egwene is stunned at the Seanchan and orders the Tower Guard to hold them for the time being. (AMoL,Ch1)

Other References (Possible Spoilers)#

In The Shadow Rising
1. TSR,Ch38 - Egeanin and Bethamin have known each other for ten years.
In Winters Heart
1. WH,Ch20 - The Seeker orders Bethamin to renew her friendship with Egeanin. The Seeker believes that Suroth, Egeanin and Bayle Domon are all involved in a conspiracy that included the murder of High Lord Turak and collaboration with Aes Sedai.
In Crossroads of Twilight
1. CoT,Ch2 - Egeanin's ship at Falme was the Fearless.
2. CoT,Ch4 - The Seeker knows that Egeanin left Ebou Dar with the two missing damane.
In Knife of Dreams
1. KoD,Prologue - Suroth does not understand why Egeanin would steal a couple of damane and disappear.
2. KoD,Ch27 - When Nynaeve sees the sad bracelets copies she is furious that Egeanin failed to dump them in the ocean as she promised.
In Towers of Midnight
1. ToM,Ch8 - Mat and Thom have verified that the Tower of Ghenjei is right where Bayle Domon said it was. Mat wanted confirmation as Domon and Leilwyn do not seem to like him very much.
In A Memory of Light
1. AMoL,Ch5 - Egwene asks Gawyn about Leilwin and Domon. He says that he has them under guard and that Nynaeve vouches for them.

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