An [Aes Sedai] and Highest of the [Red Ajah].

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 She is actually second in command of the [Black Ajah].
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! Physical Description

She has a round face. ([LoC,Prologue]) She has black hair and a pretty, round face with a plump, demanding mouth. She has hard eyes. ([LoC,Ch27]) She has long black hair. ([ACoS,Ch40])

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Galina Casban by [Richard Boyé|mailto:waldo@webspan.net?subject=EWoT%20Art]

! Points of View

See Galina Casban's [chapter points of view|Galina Casban POV].

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* Galina becomes [Aes Sedai] circa 915 NE. She joins the [Black Ajah] five years later. ([ACoS,Ch40])
* Galina takes a special interest in [Tarna Feir], a [wilder]. Galina beats her block out of her. ([LoC,Ch13])
* Galina participates in the questioning and execution of [Tamra|Tamra Ospenya]. ([ACoS,Ch40])
* Galina makes a pass at [Tarna Feir] after she attains the shawl but she declines. [Tarna|Tarna Feir] prefers men. ([KoD,Ch25])
* Galina becomes head of the [Red Ajah] circa 981 NE. ([ACoS,Ch40])
* Galina is instrumental in electing [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] to [Sitter] for the [Red Ajah] and thus in the overthrow of [Siuan Sanche]. (Tor Q&A)
* Galina leads the circle of [Aes Sedai] that stills [Siuan Sanche]. ([ACoS,Ch40])
* [Coiren|Coiren Saeldain] leads the first team of the [White Tower] embassy to [Rand|Rand alThor]. The others include [Erian|Erian Boroleos], Galina, [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin], [Nesune|Nesune Bihara] and [Sarene|Sarene Nemdahl]. They meet with three of the [Shaido] [Wise Ones|Aiel]. ([LoC,Prologue])
* [Coiren|Coiren Saeldain], [Erian|Erian Boroleos], Galina, [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin], [Nesune|Nesune Bihara] and [Sarene|Sarene Nemdahl] arrive in [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)]. ([LoC,Ch24])
* The [White Tower] embassy stays at the palace of Lady [Arilyn|Arilyn Dhulaine]. They meet with [Rhuarc]. ([LoC,Ch25])
* [Coiren|Coiren Saeldain], [Erian|Erian Boroleos], Galina and [Sarene|Sarene Nemdahl] discuss the mysterious [Green Ajah] sister in [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] and whether or not she is really [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]. ([LoC,Ch25])
* [Coiren|Coiren Saeldain], Galina and [Nesune|Nesune Bihara] pay a call on [Rand|Rand alThor]. They offer him lots of gold and an escort to the [White Tower]. [Rand|Rand alThor] asks about [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] and Galina answers. Afterwards they discuss who the other woman in the room who could [channel|True Source] might be. ([LoC,Ch27])
* [Coiren|Coiren Saeldain], Galina, [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] and a dozen other [Aes Sedai] kidnap [Rand|Rand alThor]. Galina takes over and they hold him in Lady [Arilyn|Arilyn Dhulaine]'s house. ([LoC,Ch51])
* Galina questions [Min|Min Farshaw] trying to find out why she is important. She orders beatings for [Rand|Rand alThor] after he goes berserk and kills two [Warder]. ([LoC,Ch53])
* [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] convinces Galina to stop the caravan when the [Shaido] near them at [Dumai's Wells|Dumais Wells]. She disappears during the battle. ([LoC,Ch55])
* After the battle at [Dumai's Wells|Dumais Wells], Galina's horse is shot out from under her and she is captured by the [Shaido]. ([ACoS,Prologue])
* Nine days after the battle at [Dumai's Wells|Dumais Wells] Galina and her captors arrive at [Sevanna|sevanna]'s camp. She has been beaten into submission. She is called %%ot da'tsang%%. When [Caddar|sammael] opens gateways, [Sevanna] brings Galina with her to [Ghealdan]. ([ACoS,Ch40])
* Galina is forced to swear obedience to the [Wise Ones|Aiel] and [Sevanna|sevanna] and [Therava|therava] first among them. They use the [binder|Oath Rod] [Sevanna|sevanna] got from [Caddar|sammael]. ([TPoD,Ch11])
* [Therava] and [Someryn] bring Galina along to view [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and the other new %%ot [gai'shain|Aiel]%%. Galina [Heals|Weaves] their frostbite. Later, she learns who [Faile|Zarine Bashere] is and blackmails her into stealing the [binder|Oath Rod] from [Therava|therava]. ([WH,Ch4])
* Galina berates [Maighdin|Morgase Trakand] when she fails in her attempt to burgle [Therava|therava]'s tent, but [Aravine|Aravine Carnel] intervenes. She learns that [Faile|Zarine Bashere] stole a knife and turns her in to [Sevanna]. ([CoT,Ch9])
* When [Gaul] and [Neald|Fager Neald] kidnap Galina near [Malden], she tells [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] and [Arganda|Gerard Arganda] that she is in [Malden] on [Aes Sedai] business and that she is protecting [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and [Alliandre|Alliandre Maritha Kigarin]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] mistakenly trusts her to send a message to [Faile|Zarine Bashere]. ([KoD,Prologue])
* [Therava|therava] punishes Galina, singeing off her hair and hanging her upside down to beat her. Galina continues to serve [Sevanna|sevanna]. ([KoD,Ch5])
* [Faile|Zarine Bashere] tells Galina she has the [binder|Oath Rod] and, after a fight, they agree to meet the next morning. ([KoD,Ch26])
* Galina rigs a trap in a burned out house in [Malden]. After luring [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and her friends there and getting the [binder|Oath Rod], she collapses the building. She heads out of [Malden] to get her stash of supplies. ([KoD,Ch28])
* [Therava|therava] catches Galina just as she is changing clothes to ride away. [Therava|therava] tells her to never again touch the [binder|Oath Rod] or try to escape. Galina carries a heavy load as the [Shaido] start back to the [Three-fold Land|Aiel Waste]. ([KoD,Ch30])


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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Prologue] - Galina has been head of the [Red Ajah] for eighteen years.
## [LoC,Prologue] - [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] only learned that Galina is [Black Ajah] the morning they left [Tar Valon].
## [LoC,Ch55] - [Rand|Rand alThor] desperately wants to find Galina after the battle.
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Prologue] - [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] sees her fall after her horse is downed, but he does not know who she is nor does he see her captured by [Therava|therava].
## [ACoS,Ch2] - [Rand|Rand alThor] regrets that she was not captured.
## [ACoS,Ch7] - [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks of her as one who beat him during his abduction.
## [ACoS,Ch32] - [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] ordered Galina to make sure [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] is killed.
## [ACoS,Ch33] - [Rand|Rand alThor] has nightmares that he is back in the box with Galina, [Erian|Erian Boroleos] and [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] beating him.
## [ACoS,Ch40] - Galina has been [Aes Sedai] less than ninety years, Highest of the [Red Ajah] for nearly twenty and [Black Ajah] for all but five.
## [ACoS,Ch40] - Galina is one of three who know that [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] is head of the [Black Ajah]. Galina is second in command.
# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Ch25] - [Mesaana] believes that Galina is dead.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Prologue] - Galina's [Black Ajah] heart includes [Talene|Talene Minly] and [Temaile|Temaile Kinderode]. [Talene|Talene Minly] exposes Galina's identity to [Yukiri] and the other searchers.
## [CoT,Ch22] - [Pevara|Pevara Tazanovni] has reservations about [Tarna Feir] because Galina showed a special interest in her as a [novices].
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Prologue] - [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] reports to the [Red Ajah] that Galina was killed.
## [KoD,Ch12] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is sure that [Faile|Zarine Bashere] is all right because Alyse is protecting her.
## [KoD,Ch29] - [Theril|theril] witnesses Galina intentionally trapping [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and her friends. He goes for help.
## [KoD,Ch30] - [Seonid|Seonid Traighan] claims the right of the [Aes Sedai] to try Galina as [Black Ajah] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] reluctantly agrees.
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch39] - Galina's name is in [Verin|Verin Mathwin]'s book as [Black Ajah].
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