The Guild of Illuminators is the organization of people skilled in the production and use of fireworks. The main guild house is located in
Tanchico and there is a second chapter house a mile east of
Cairhien.
Possible Spoilers#
Both chapter houses are destroyed during the series.
Members#
References (Possible Spoilers)#
- In The Great Hunt
- TGH,Ch9 - There are plenty of Illuminators and gleemen in Illian for the calling of the Great Hunt of the Horn.
- TGH,Ch25 - Cairhien often has fireworks displays because of the nearby Illuminator chapter house.
- TGH,Ch27 - Rand and Loial accidentally burn down the chapter house near Cairhien.
- TGH,Ch30 - Days later, the incident at the Illuminator's chapter house is still the talk of the city.
- In The Dragon Reborn
- TDR,Ch37 - Egwene dreams of Mat with a woman Illuminator.
- TDR,Ch40 - Aludra was expelled from the Illuminator's Guild for the debacle in Cairhien. She continued to make fireworks, nevertheless, and is now under death sentence.
- In The Shadow Rising
- TSR,Ch11 - Egwene finds the Illuminator's chapter house on a map of Tanchico.
- In The Fires of Heaven
- TFoH,Ch17 - Aludra, an ex-Illuminator, joins Valan Luca's circus.
- TFoH,Ch24 - Egwene is aware that there is an Illuminator with Valan Luca's circus.
- In Lord of Chaos
- LoC,Ch9 - Fleeing Tarabon, a band of Illuminators request permission to open a chapter house in Amador. Pedron Niall refuses them.
- In A Crown of Swords
- ACoS,Ch17 - Caira reports to Mat that an Illuminator is looking for him. Mat, himself, is also looking for an Illuminator.
- ACoS,Ch21 - Mat sees fireworks and remembers that Nalesean Aldiaya mentioned an Illuminator this morning. He is still looking for one.
- In The Path of Daggers
- TPoD,Ch1 - There is a refugee Illuminator in Ebou Dar planning a display for the Feast of Embers.
- TPoD,Ch6 - Seanchan (People) damane make displays called Sky Lights similar to Illuminators' displays.
- In Winter's Heart
- WH,Ch15 - When the Seanchan (People) take over Tanchico, the Illuminators resist. The Seanchan (People) destroy the Guild House and take the residents as da'covale.
- WH,Ch15 - Illuminators' displays are just a few sparks compared to damane Sky Lights.
- In Crossroads of Twilight
- CoT,Ch20 - Egwene dreams of Mat destroying thousands of people. An Illuminator is involved.
- In Knife of Dreams
- KoD,Ch8 - Aludra wants to make weapons for Mat to use against the Seanchan (People) in revenge for them destroying the Illuminators.