An [Aes Sedai] and head of the [White Ajah]. She is a [Sitter|Sitters] in the [Hall|Sitters]. She is [Domani|Arad Doman].

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! Possible Spoilers
She remains loyal to the [White Tower].
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! Physical Description

She is short and stout. She has a mild, round face but she also has a fierce temper. ([KoD,Prologue]) She has coppery skin. She is short with an apple-shaped face and dark, lustrous hair. She has steely black eyes. ([TGS,Ch16])

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* Ferane steps down as a [Sitter|Sitters] less than ten years ago. ([CoT,Prologue])
* After the breaking of the [White Tower], Ferane chooses herself to become a [Sitter|Sitters] again. ([CoT,Prologue])
* [Seaine|Seaine Herimon] notes Ferane Neheran talking with [Suana Dragand] and later with [Jesse Bilal] and wonders why the [Ajah|Aes Sedai] heads are meeting in secret. ([WH,Prologue])
* [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] meets with over half the [Sitters] including [Suana|Suana Dragand], [Doesine|Doesine Alwain], Ferane, [Shevan], [Andaya|Andaya Forae], [Yukiri], [Talene|Talene Minly], [Rubinde Acedone] and [Rina|Rina Hafden] to discuss the rebel army. [Suana|Suana Dragand], Ferane and [Shevan] support negotiations. ([CoT,Ch21])
* [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] passes Ferane and [Seaine|Seaine Herimon] in the [White Ajah] quarters. ([KoD,Prologue])
* [Egwene|Egwene alVere] serves walnuts to Ferane, [Miyasi] and [Tesan|tesan]. She also counsels them on dealing with [Rand|Rand alThor] and how to heal the divisions in the [Tower|White Tower]. ([TGS,Ch16])
* [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] invites Ferane, [Doesine|Doesine Alwain], [Rubinde Acedone], [Shevan] and [Yukiri] to dinner when [Egwene|Egwene alVere] attends. They witness her tirade and beating of [Egwene|Egwene alVere]. ([TGS,Ch16])
* [Jesse Bilal], Ferane, [Serancha|Serancha Colvine], [Adelorna|Adelorna Bastine] and [Suana|Suana Dragand] meet to discuss the next [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]. They failed in their plans to control [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] and to manage the rebellion by sending junior [Sitters] as moles. Their own choices of too young replacements backfired causing suspicion. They agree to choose an [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai] of strength, [Egwene|Egwene alVere]. ([TGS,Ch43])
* The eleven remaining [Sitters] in the [White Tower] [Hall|Sitters], [Andaya|Andaya Forae], [Doesine|Doesine Alwain], Ferane, [Juilaine|Juilaine Madome], [Rina|Rina Hafden], [Rubinde Acedone], [Saerin|Saerin Asnobar], [Seaine|Seaine Herimon], [Shevan], [Suana|Suana Dragand] and [Yukiri], raise [Egwene|Egwene alVere] to the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]. ([TGS,Ch46])
* [Egwene|Egwene alVere] interrupts a partial meeting of the [Hall|Sitters]. She coerces them into accepting command of the military but ceding her all negotiations with rulers including the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. She also forces them to accept much stricter rules to reduce subterfuge. ([ToM,Ch27])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Ch25] - According to [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen], [Galina|Galina Casban] was the only [Ajah|Aes Sedai] head who was [Black Ajah]. Ergo, Ferane is not [Black Ajah].
# In [Winters Heart]
## [WH,Prologue] - [Seaine|Seaine Herimon] thinks that she and [Pevara|Pevara Tazanovni] would not have found the [Black Ajah] if she had not noticed the [Ajah|Aes Sedai] heads meeting in secret.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Prologue] - [Yukiri] and [Seaine|Seaine Herimon] discuss the oddness of the newly selected [White Tower] [Sitters].
## [CoT,Ch18] - While scouting the [White Tower] in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%, [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] finds a partial list of names of [Sitters] including Ferane Neheran.
## [CoT,Ch18] - Ferane served an earlier term as [Sitter|Sitters].
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