Six %%ot gholam%%, three each appearing male and female, were created during the [Shadow War] by [Aginor] as [Aes Sedai] assassins. They look like ordinary people but they are immensely strong and have no bones. They are immune to the [One Power] and can detect a [channeler|True Source] at fifty paces. One at least survived to the present in a [stasis box]. %%ot Gholam%% live on fresh blood. %%ot Gholam%% feel the [One Power] and even the [True Power] as an itch somewhat like [Myrddraal|Fade] do. They can detect the usage of the [One Power] over enormous distance - several miles.

For...creative...ideas on how one might deal with %%ot gholam%% see the [FAQ, Section 1.6.2|WoTFAQ:node/177.html].

! Points of View

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

! References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch3] - [Rand] warns [Mazrim Taim] of [Shadowspawn] including Gholam.
## [LoC,Ch23] - [Graendal] thinks only a mad man like [Aginor] would have made the Gholam.
## [LoC,Epilogue] - A Gholam kills [Herid Fel].
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Ch15] - [Sammael] tells [Jaichim Carridin] that he will send ... someone ... to help him against [Aes Sedai].
## [ACoS,Ch38] - When [Mat], [Elayne], [Nynaeve] and the [Kin] arrive at the [six story building|Ebou Dar] to retrieve the [Bowl of the Winds] they are attacked by a %%ot gholam%%. It kills six of [Mat]'s men and two of the [Kin]. [Mat]'s [foxhead medallion|Foxhead Medallion] burns it severely.
## [ACoS,Ch39] - [Birgitte] tells [Mat] all about %%ot gholam%%. The one that attacked must have survived in a [stasis box].
# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Ch1] - [Nynaeve] warns [Joline] and [Teslyn Baradon] of the coming dangers including the %%ot gholam%% but they do not believe her.
## [TPoD,Ch2] - The %%ot gholam%% watches as everyone [Travel|Weaves] from the [Tarasin Palace|] to the [farm|Farm]. It can tell where the [farm|Farm] is. It has orders to kill [Mat] and the girls but chooses to go after the women as they are an easier target.
## [TPoD,Ch2] - %%ot gholam%% live on fresh blood. The can feel the [One Power] and even the [True Power] as an itch somewhat like [Myrddraal|Fade] do. They can detect the usage of the [One Power] over enormous distance - several miles.
# In [Winter's Heart|Winters Heart]
## [WH,Ch16] - The %%ot gholam%% attacks [Mat] in an alley. [Mat] burns it again with the [foxhead medallion|Foxhead Medallion]. [Noal Charin] arrives and the %%ot gholam%% flees.
## [WH,Ch17] - [Mat] tells his [Redarms|Band of the Red Hand] and [Tylin] about the %%ot gholam%%, but none of them will leave him.
## [WH,Ch18] - There are stories of a man with his throat torn out outside [Ebou Dar]. [Mat] knows it must be the %%ot gholam%%.
## [WH,Ch28] - There are strange murders nearly every night in [Ebou Dar]. The Seekers are sent out to find the madman.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Ch3] - When [Mat] learns that [Tylin] was killed, her head torn off, he is sure it was the %%ot gholam%%.
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Ch11] - [Thom] brings news that the %%ot gholam%% made a kill in [Jurador] a couple of days after they left.
## [KoD,Ch25] - [Mat] thinks they surely lost the %%ot gholam%%. It must be following [Valan Luca]'s circus.
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch28] - [Mat] is a little depressed that [Myrddraal|Fade], the %%ot gholam%% and [Darkfriends] are still after him.
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch9] - The %%ot gholam%% kills [Lopin] and two guards in [Mat]'s tent and nearly kills [Mat]. It kills [Gorderan] and [Fergin] as it escapes.
## [ToM,Ch31] - [Mat] sets a trap for the %%ot gholam%%. He tricks it through a [Skimming|Weaves] gateway and it disappears in an endless fall.
# In [A Memory of Light]
## [AMoL,Ch1] - The %%ot gholam%% is the only form of [Shadowspawn] that can survive [Traveling|Weaves].
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