Pronunciation: LAN-feer 
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aka: Mierin Eronaile, Selene, Silvie, Keille Shaogi
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Pronunciation: seh-LEEN, 
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The wolf name for Lanfear is Moonhunter.

One of the [Forsaken]. Her real name was Mierin Eronaile. The translation of the [Old Tongue] name ''[Lanfear|Compleat]'' is "Daughter of the Night."

!! Physical Description

She is incredibly beautiful and graceful. She has pale, smooth skin, long, black hair and eyes dark as night. She dresses in white with silver jewelry. ([TGH,Ch48]) She is tall and slender with dark eyes and shoulder-length black hair. ([TFoH,Prologue])

As Sylvie, she is an ugly old crone with a sharp chin, sharp nose and lots of hairy warts. ([TDR,Ch27])

As Keille Shaogi, she is short and immensely fat with black eyes and coarse black hair, but she still has her husky, melodious voice. ([TSR,Ch36])


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Lanfear in the Age of Legends\\ - by [Dabel Brothers Production|http://www.dabelbrothers.com]

Lanfear 998 NE


!! Chronology


* Mierin gives permission to [Charn|charn] to switch his service from her to [Zorelle|zorelle] Sedai so he can marry [Nalla|nalla]. ([TSR,Ch26])
* Mierin and [Beidomon|beidomon] tap into what they think is a new source of the [One Power] and unexpectedly open a hole into the [Dark One|Shaitan]'s prison. The [Sharom|../history/aol/collam_daan] at the [Collam Daan|../history/aol/collam_daan] explodes in black fire. ([TSR,Ch26])
* Mierin proclaims her allegiance to the [Great Lord of the Dark|../characters/s/shaitan] in the [Hall of the Servants|../history/aol/paaran_disen]. ([TDR,Ch36])
* Unlike the other [Forsaken], Mierin claims her own new name, Lanfear.
* The thirteen [Forsaken] meet with the [Great Lord|Shaitan] in the [Pit of Doom|Shayol Ghul]. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] and his companions seal the [Bore|Creator], trapping the [Forsaken] for over three thousand years. For Lanfear it is a dreamless sleep. ([TDR,Ch36]) 
* As the [Horn|Horn of Valere] expedition passes through an abandoned village, [Uno|Uno Nomesta] thinks he sees a woman in white standing in a window. ([TGH,Ch10])
* In the [Portal Stone] world, [Rand|Rand alThor], [Loial] and [Hurin] meet Selene. ([TGH,Ch16])
* Threatened by more %%ot [grolm]%%, Selene leads them to another [Portal Stone] and [Rand|Rand alThor] [channels|True Source] them back to the real world. ([TGH,Ch17])
* When the [Darkfriends] arrive, [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Loial] steal back the [Horn|Horn of Valere] and the [ruby dagger|Ruby Dagger]. They head south with [Hurin] and Selene. ([TGH,Ch19])
* [Rand|Rand alThor], [Loial], [Hurin] and Selene ride south to [Tremonsien|../geography/cairhien/tremonsien/index]. They pass the [giant statue|Choedan Kal] where [Rand|Rand alThor] nearly succumbs to %%ot [saidin|Said]%%. ([TGH,Ch20])
* [Rand|Rand alThor], [Loial], [Hurin] and Selene stay at [The Nine Rings|../geography/cairhien/tremonsien/nine_rings] inn where they are questioned by a suspicious Captain [Caldevwin|aldrin_caldevwin]. The next morning Selene vanishes and the others head to [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)]. ([TGH,Ch21])
* When [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Loial] are attacked by [Trollocs], Selene joins them and they flee to the [Illuminators|Guild of Illuminators]' chapter house where they accidentally burn the place down. Selene disappears again, but leaves a note for [Rand|Rand alThor] at the inn. ([TGH,Ch27])
* Lanfear enters the room in [Falme] where [Min|Min Farshaw] brought [Rand|Rand alThor]. She [Heals|Weaves] him, tells [Min|Min Farshaw] that she is really running things and vanishes. ([TGH,Ch48])
* Lanfear confronts [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] in a dream and offers him glory. ([TDR,Ch4])
* Lanfear listens in on an argument between [Ishamael], [Be'lal|BeLal] and [Rahvin|rahvin]. ([TDR,Ch4])
* [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] walks in on Lanfear in the wolf dream. She angrily threatens him, then disappears. ([TDR,Ch9])
* Selene visits [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and tempts him to join her. ([TDR,Ch20])
* Lanfear, in disguise as [Else Grinwell], walks the [White Tower] grounds and rebuffs [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]. ([TDR,Ch24])
* Masquerading as [Else Grinwell], Lanfear tells [Egwene|Egwene alVere], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] to search the belongings of the [Black Ajah]. ([TDR,Ch25])
* Masquerading as Silvie in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%, Lanfear meets [Egwene|Egwene alVere] in the [Heart of the Stone|Stone] and tells her about ''[Callandor]''. ([TDR,Ch27])
* Selene visits [Rand|Rand alThor] in his dreams and urges him to take ''[Callandor]''. ([TDR,Ch32])
* Lanfear tells [Ba'alzamon|Ishamael] that %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% is her domain. She serves none but the [Great Lord|Shaitan]. ([TDR,Ch36])
* Lanfear sends a message through [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] to [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] that [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] is hers and she will come back for him. ([TDR,Ch56])
* Lanfear confronts [Rand|Rand alThor] and reveals her true identity. She asks him to join her with temptations and threats. She offers to have [Asmodean|asmodean] teach him. ([TSR,Ch9])
* During the [Shadowspawn] attack she confronts [Rand|Rand alThor] again and tells him to go get ''[Callandor]'' before one of the other [Forsaken] does. ([TSR,Ch10])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] and the [Jindo|../organizations/aiel/jindo] encounter a band of peddlers led by [Hadnan Kadere]. He is accompanied by Keille Shaogi and a gleeman. [Rhuarc|rhuarc] angrily tells him they were headed toward [Rhuidean], then gives them permission to go to [Cold Rocks] Hold. ([TSR,Ch36])
* Keille keeps a close eye on [Rand|Rand alThor] while he practices fighting. ([TSR,Ch37])
* On the trip to [Cold Rocks] Hold, [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] tries to make time with [Isendre|isendre]. Keille offers to sell her to him, then comments that few have ever refused an offer from her. ([TSR,Ch48])
* [Kadere|hadnan_kadere] and Keille do a brisk business at [Cold Rocks] Hold. ([TSR,Ch50])
* Lanfear visits [Rand|Rand alThor]'s dream while he is dreaming of [Min|Min Farshaw], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Aviendha]. She bites him to mark him. ([TSR,Ch50])
* The peddlers with [Kadere|hadnan_kadere], Keille, [Natael|asmodean] and [Isendre|isendre] accompany the [Aiel] to [Alcair Dal]. ([TSR,Ch57])
* At [Alcair Dal], Lanfear angrily confronts [Rand|Rand alThor] telling him he scared off [Asmodean|asmodean]. ([TSR,Ch57])
* In [Rhuidean] after [Rand|Rand alThor] defeats [Asmodean|asmodean], Lanfear shows up. She partially shields [Asmodean|asmodean] then leaves him as a passive teacher for [Rand|Rand alThor]. ([TSR,Ch58])
* [Rahvin|rahvin], Lanfear, [Sammael|sammael], and [Graendal|graendal] meet in [Rahvin|rahvin]'s quarters in the [Royal Palace] in [Caemlyn]. Lanfear proposes that the four of them work together to control [Rand|Rand alThor]. She tells them that [Asmodean|asmodean] is a traitor. She will stay close to [Rand|Rand alThor] while the others keep their distance. ([TFoH,Prologue])
* Lanfear visits [Hadnan Kadere] in his dreams and gives him instructions to watch [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Natael|asmodean]. ([TFoH,Ch29])
* Lanfear pays a call on [Rand|Rand alThor] and sees the two [control statues|Control Statue]. She tells him that they could challenge the [Great Lord|Shaitan] or even the [Creator] with them. She tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that [Rahvin|rahvin] sent the [Darkhound] that attacked him. ([TFoH,Ch6])
* [Demandred], [Graendal|graendal], Lanfear, [Rahvin|rahvin], [Sammael|sammael] and [Semirhage|semirhage] all stalk each other in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%. ([TFoH,Ch14])
* [Graendal|graendal], [Rahvin|rahvin], [Sammael|sammael], and Lanfear plan to trap [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Sammael|sammael] waffles because he is to be the bait while the other three wait linked. ([TFoH,Ch34])
* Lanfear arrives at the [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)] docks and quizzes [Kadere|hadnan_kadere] about recent events. When she hears that [Rand|Rand alThor] slept with [Aviendha] she flies into a rage killing [Kadere|hadnan_kadere]. She attacks [Rand|Rand alThor] and seriously injured [Aviendha] and [Egwene|Egwene alVere]. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] leaps on her and they both fall through the [twisted red doorway|../items/twisted_doorway]. ([TFoH,Ch52])
* The [Aelfinn|Finn] and [Eelfinn|Finn] tell [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] that they killed Lanfear by completely draining her ability to channel. Presumably she got her three requests from the [Aelfinn|Finn] first. In actuality, [Moridin|moridin] visits ''[Sindhol|../creatures/finn]'' and kills Lanfear so the [Great Lord|Shaitan] can give her a new body. ([ToM,Ch57], [AMoL,Prologue|../books/amol/prologue])
* After Lanfear is held by the [Aelfinn|Finn] and the [Eelfinn|Finn], she returns with a new body and a new name, [Cyndane|cyndane]. ([WH,Ch35])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] tries to help a tormented woman in his dream. She has a different body but he still recognizes her as Mierin. ([ToM,Epilogue|../books/tom/epilogue])


!! Other References


## [TEotW,Ch42] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] says the [Forsaken] do not have a tenth the power of the [Dark One|Shaitan] naming several of them - [Aginor], Lanfear, [Balthamel], [Demandred] and [Ishamael].
## [TGH,Ch7] - The translation of the [Old Tongue] name ''[Lanfear|../history/compleat.html#lanfear]'' is "Daughter of the Night." [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] thinks her real name is unknown, but she was the most powerful [Forsaken] after [Ishamael]. She was [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon]'s lover before he met [Ilyena|ilyena].
## [TGH,Ch12] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] dreams of Lanfear standing over [Rand|Rand alThor].
## [TGH,Ch22] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] asks [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] about Lanfear. She replies that she only knows that she was linked to [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon].
## [TGH,Ch25] - As they enter [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)], [Rand|Rand alThor] asks the gate guard about Selene further increasing his suspicion.
## [TGH,Ch30] - [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Loial] go back to the gate to ask about [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] and Selene.
## [TGH,Ch31] - [Rand|Rand alThor] burns Selene's letters.
## [TGH,Ch37] - [Verin|Verin Mathwin] really wants to talk to Selene to find out what she knows, especially about the book ''Mirrors of the Wheel''.
## [TDR,Ch26] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] tells [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] about the mysterious woman (Lanfear) she met in the hall.
## [TDR,Ch28] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is thrilled that he can escape both the [Aes Sedai] and Selene.
## [TDR,Ch36] - Lanfear claims %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% as her domain.
## [TDR,Ch43] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] dreams of [Egwene|Egwene alVere], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] walking into a cage and closing the door behind them. [Liandrin|liandrin] laughs at them and Lanfear laughs at her.
## [TDR,Ch43] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] asks [Hopper] why he showed him [Ba'alzamon|Ishamael] and Lanfear. [Hopper] calls them [Heartfang|ishamael] and Moonhunter. 
## [TDR,Ch50] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] mentions that Lanfear and [Ishamael] are the strongest [Forsaken].
## [TSR,Ch21] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] worries that Lanfear might have influenced [Rand|Rand alThor].
## [TSR,Ch22] - [Rand|Rand alThor] uses what [Verin|Verin Mathwin] and Lanfear told him about [Portal Stone] to figure out how to use the [Portal Stone] in [Tear|Tear (Country)].
## [TSR,Ch52] - [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] tells [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] that Lanfear always considered %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% as her domain. In reality, [Moghedien|moghedien] can do more in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% than Lanfear.
## [TFoH,Prologue] - Lanfear prefers attacks from the flank or the rear rather than a frontal assault.
## [TFoH,Ch3] - [Asmodean|asmodean] says any of the [Forsaken] except Lanfear would now kill him on sight. He thinks that [Rand|Rand alThor] and Lanfear worked together to set him up.
## [TFoH,Ch14] - [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] tells [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] that the [Forsaken] are stalking each other in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%.
## [TFoH,Ch15] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] tells [Egwene|Egwene alVere] that with luck they will not have to worry about Lanfear.
## [TFoH,Ch51] - When [Rand|Rand alThor] decides to go after [Rahvin|rahvin], [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] warns him that [Rahvin|rahvin] might be with [Semirhage|semirhage] or [Graendal|graendal] or Lanfear.
## [TFoH,Ch54] - [Moghedien|moghedien] tells [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] that [Graendal|graendal], Lanfear, [Rahvin|rahvin] and [Sammael|sammael] are plotting against [Rand|Rand alThor]. They will draw him to [Sammael|sammael] and the others will be waiting. At least [Rahvin|rahvin] and [Graendal|graendal] will. She thinks Lanfear has other plans.
## [TFoH,Ch56] - [Asmodean|asmodean] is glad that Lanfear and [Rahvin|rahvin] are dead, Lanfear especially for what she did to him.
## [LoC,Prologue] - [Demandred] tells the [Great Lord|Shaitan] that [Asmodean|asmodean] and Lanfear vanished.
## [LoC,Prologue] - [Elayne|Elayne Trakand], [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] and [Leane|Leane Sharif] have learned that [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and Lanfear are dead.
## [LoC,Prologue] - [Semirhage|semirhage] wears black because Lanfear wears white.
## [LoC,Prologue] - [Osan'gar|OsanGar] thinks that [Aran'gar|AranGar]'s recklessness makes Lanfear seem cautious.
## [LoC,Ch6] - [Sammael|sammael] asks [Graendal|graendal] where [Asmodean|asmodean] and Lanfear are. [Graendal|graendal] says she thinks [Rand|Rand alThor] killed them. [Sammael|sammael] thinks Lanfear sent the opposing force of [Trollocs] to the [Stone of Tear].
## [LoC,Ch15] - Lanfear hurt [Egwene|Egwene alVere] so badly she could hardly do anything for ten days.
## [LoC,Ch19] - [Aviendha] still feels that she has ''[toh|../organizations/aiel/index.html#def]'' toward [Rand|Rand alThor] for saving her from Lanfear.
## [LoC,Ch23] - [Sammael|sammael] again asks [Graendal|graendal] where [Asmodean|asmodean] and Lanfear are. [Graendal|graendal] says they are dead. [Sammael|sammael] tells her to show him the bodies.
## [ACoS,Prologue] - [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] recalls that Lanfear is one of the [Forsaken] who came to her in the [White Tower].
## [ACoS,Ch8] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] believes that Lanfear and [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] killed each other. 
## [ACoS,Ch10] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] says that [Moghedien|moghedien] knows at least as much about %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% as Lanfear did.
## [ACoS,Ch33] - [Rand|Rand alThor] recalls that Lanfear told him he could challenge the [Creator] himself with the [giant statue|Choedan Kal] %%ot [sa'angreal|Angreal]%%.
## [KoD,Ch3] - [Graendal|graendal] insists that [Cyndane|cyndane] is weaker than Lanfear but [Aran'gar|AranGar] is still certain that they are the same person.
## [KoD,Ch10] - In her letter to [Thom|Thom Merrilin], [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] says that she will soon go to the docks and confront Lanfear as proof that she knows the future.
## [KoD,Ch18] - [Rand|Rand alThor] believes that [Ishamael] and Lanfear were able to track ''[ta'veren|Wheel of Time]'' by their influence on the [Pattern|Wheel of Time].
## [KoD,Ch27] - [Semirhage|semirhage] tells the crowd around [Rand|Rand alThor] that he told Lanfear things that only [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] could have known.
## [TGS,Ch27] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] wonders if they will run into Lanfear at the [Tower of Ghenjei].
## [TGS,Ch29] - Thinking about [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Rand|Rand alThor] wonders if Lanfear has been brought back like [Ishamael].
## [AMoL,Ch1] - [Rand|Rand alThor]'s dream of Lanfear awakens him.