An [Aes Sedai] of the [Brown Ajah] and a [Sitter] in the [Hall|Sitters]. 

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! Possible Spoilers
She joined with the [Salidar Aes Sedai] and is a [Sitter] in the [Salidar] [Hall|Sitters]. 
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! Physical Description

She is slender with short, dark hair. She is pretty except for her perpetual frown. She is unusually neat for one of the [Brown Ajah]. ([LoC,Prologue]) She is bird-like. ([LoC,Ch12]) Despite her age she is pretty with no gray in her dark hair. ([LoC,Ch35])

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* [Anaiya] and Janya confront [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and compliment her again on all the "discoveries" she and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] have made. ([LoC,Prologue])
* [Delana|Delana Mosalaine] and Janya grill [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] thoroughly about [Rand|Rand alThor]. ([LoC,Ch12])
* After [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] [Heals|Weaves] [Logain|Logain Ablar], [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar], [Romanda|Romanda Cassin], [Myrelle|Myrelle Berengari], [Morvrin], [Takima], [Lelaine|Lelaine Akashi], Janya, [Delana|Delana Mosalaine], [Bharatine], [Beonin|Beonin Marinye], [Varilin] and [Nisao|Nisao Dachen] all pile into the small room to see what happened. ([LoC,Ch30])
* The [Salidar] [Sitters] including Janya elect [Egwene|Egwene alVere] as their [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]. Janya stands on the first vote as well as the second. ([LoC,Ch35])
* Janya talks with [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] about rediscovering lost [Talents|Weaves]. ([LoC,Ch39])
* [Lelaine|Lelaine Akashi], [Romanda|Romanda Cassin] and Janya provide fine clothes and jewels so [Egwene|Egwene alVere] will look like an [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai] for the meeting with the [Andorans|Andor]. ([TPoD,Ch17])
* After the meeting with the [Andorans|Andor] and [Murandians|Murandy], Lord [Donel|donel Alordeine] talks with Janya and [Moria|Moria Karentanis]. ([TPoD,Ch18])
* At the War Vote Janya stands voting YES. She is the first to stand. ([TPoD,Ch19])
* Janya Frende and [Salita Toranes] watch as [Kairen|Kairen Stang] and [Ashmanaille] practice making %%ot [cuendillar|Cuendillar]%%. ([CoT,Ch17])
* The [Sitters] meet to hear the report on [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)]. Janya arrives late. She is one of the first to stand and vote YES to an alliance with the [Black Tower]. ([CoT,Ch19])
* [Lelaine|Lelaine Akashi] calls an emergency meeting of the [Hall|Sitters]. [Aledrin], [Delana|Delana Mosalaine], [Escaralde], [Faiselle], Janya, [Lyrelle|Lyrelle Arienwin], [Kwamesa], [Malind|Malind Nachenin], [Moria|Moria Karentanis], [Romanda|Romanda Cassin], [Salita|Salita Toranes], [Samalin] and [Saroiya] attend. [Merise|Merise Haindehl] and [Jahar Narishma] make an offer for them to bond forty-seven [Asha'man]. The [Hall|Sitters] votes to accept the offer with [Faiselle] and [Saroiya] adamantly opposed. ([KoD,Ch23])
* [Egwene|Egwene alVere] interrupts a partial meeting of the [Hall|Sitters]. [Saerin|Saerin Asnobar] and Janya arrive late, [Doesine|Doesine Alwain] and [Yukiri] even later. 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 [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch12] - Janya is a [Sitter] for the [Brown Ajah].
## [LoC,Ch12] - Janya is more concerned about speed than neatness and accuracy in having her notes copied.
## [LoC,Ch30] - [Delana|Delana Mosalaine] agrees to help [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] play [Romanda|Romanda Cassin] against Janya and [Lelaine|Lelaine Akashi] with the goal of having [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] let [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] join in their meeting with the [Wise Ones|Aiel] in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%.
## [LoC,Ch35] - Janya is the oldest [Sitter] in [Salidar] after [Romanda|Romanda Cassin] and [Lelaine|Lelaine Akashi].
# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Ch16] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] sees [Morvrin] talking to [Takima] and wonders why she did not chose Janya or [Escaralde|escaralde] if she wanted a [Sitter] of her own [Ajah|Aes Sedai].
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Ch17] - Janya, [Lelaine|Lelaine Akashi] and [Lyrelle|Lyrelle Arienwin] were the only [Sitters] from the [White Tower] to stand at the war vote.
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