Pronunciation: LOY-ahl, AH-rehnt, HAY-lahn 
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aka: Loial son of Arent son of Halan

An [Ogier] from [Stedding Shangtai].

! Physical Description

He is almost ten feet tall. His nose is as broad as his face. He has pointed ears with tufts of hair. His hair is a shaggy black mane. His eyebrows are very long and hang down like tails. He has pale eyes. ([TEotW,Ch36]) He has a narrow strip of hair up his chest as thick as fur. ([TEotW,Ch48]) 

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 Perrin, Faile and Loial\\ by [Richard Boyé|mailto:waldo@webspan.net?subject=EWoT%20Art]

! Points of View

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

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* Elder [Arent|arent] learns that Loial has a Talent for Treesinging and insists that he learn how. ([TEotW,Ch42])
* A few years back, Loial meets some [Tinkers]. They are very interested in his Treesongs, but the trees will not listen to men. ([TEotW,Ch42])
* Loial leaves [Stedding Shangtai] to see the world. He stops in [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)]. ([TEotW,Ch36])
* Loial goes to [Caemlyn] and meets [Rand|Rand alThor] in [The Queen's Blessing|The Queens Blessing]. ([TEotW,Ch36])
* He is playing stones with [Basel Gill]  in the library of [The Queen's Blessing|The Queens Blessing] when [Rand|Rand alThor] enters and tells his tales of meeting [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] and company. [Master Gill|Basel Gill] and [Rand|Rand alThor] leave him when [Gilda] comes in and tells them that there are [Whitecloaks] in the common room. ([TEotW,Ch41])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] introduces Loial to the other [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] folks. He tells [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] about the threat to the [Eye of the World]. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] asks him to lead them through the [Ways]. ([TEotW,Ch42])
* Loial agrees to lead them through the [Ways]. ([TEotW,Ch43])
* Loial leads them to the [Waygate|Ways] then guides them toward [Fal Dara]. ([TEotW,Ch44])
* Loial leads them through the [Ways]. They reach the [Fal Dara] [Waygate|Ways] just in time to escape %%ot [Machin Shin]%%. ([TEotW,Ch45])
* Loial and the others ride to [Fal Dara]. [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] takes them to Lord [Agelmar|Agelmar Jagad]. [Padan Fain] is brought in. ([TEotW,Ch46])
* Lord [Agelmar|Agelmar Jagad] tells Loial and the [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] folks the story of [Malkier]. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] return and tell them about [Fain|Padan Fain]. ([TEotW,Ch47])
* Loial and the others ride through the [Blight]. ([TEotW,Ch48])
* Loial and the others fight their way through the [Blight] and reach the [Green Man|Someshta]'s garden. ([TEotW,Ch49])
* The [Green Man|Someshta] takes them to the [Eye of the World]. [Aginor] and [Balthamel] arrive. ([TEotW,Ch50])
* [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and Loial find a [seal|Seals], the [Dragon Banner] and the [Horn of Valere] where the [Eye of the World] lay. ([TEotW,Ch52])
* Loial sings the great oak tree back to health. He and the others return to [Fal Dara]. ([TEotW,Ch53])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] insults [Mat|Matrim Cauthon], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and Loial hoping they will stay away from him. ([TGH,Ch3])
* He leaves with [Rand|Rand alThor] to hunt for the [Horn|Horn of Valere]. ([TGH,Ch9])
* [Hurin] leads [Rand|Rand alThor], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], Loial and the [Shienarans|Shienar] south. ([TGH,Ch10])
* [Hurin], [Rand|Rand alThor] and Loial bed down by the [Portal Stone]. ([TGH,Ch11])
* [Rand|Rand alThor], Loial and [Hurin] wake up in a different world. [Hurin] can still smell the trail faintly so they continue to follow it. ([TGH,Ch13])
* [Rand|Rand alThor], Loial and [Hurin] continue south. Loial treesings a quarterstaff. ([TGH,Ch15])
* [Rand|Rand alThor], Loial and [Hurin] reach the monument, but find a monument to a Shadow victory. They meet [Selene|lanfear]. ([TGH,Ch16])
* Threatened by more %%ot [grolm]%%, [Selene|lanfear] 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]. They head south with [Hurin] and [Selene|lanfear]. ([TGH,Ch19])
* [Rand|Rand alThor], Loial, [Hurin] and [Selene|lanfear] ride south to [Tremonsien]. 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|lanfear] stay at [The Nine Rings] inn where they are questioned by a suspicious Captain [Caldevwin|Aldrin Caldevwin]. The next morning [Selene|lanfear] vanishes and the others head to [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)]. ([TGH,Ch21])
* [Rand|Rand alThor], Loial and [Hurin] arrive at [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)]. ([TGH,Ch25])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] gets Loial and they go to [Thom|Thom Merrilin]'s inn meeting [Dena|dena]. [Rand|Rand alThor] sends Loial downstairs so he can talk to [Thom|Thom Merrilin] in private. ([TGH,Ch26])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] and Loial are attacked by [Trollocs]. [Selene|lanfear] joins them and they flee to the [Illuminators|Guild of Illuminators]' chapter house where they accidentally burn the place down. [Selene|lanfear] disappears again and [Rand|Rand alThor] and Loial return to the inn. ([TGH,Ch27])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] and Loial go out to the city gate again to ask about [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa]. While they are out the [Horn|Horn of Valere] and [Ruby Dagger] are stolen. [Rand|Rand alThor] and Loial rescue [Hurin]. ([TGH,Ch30])
* [Rand|Rand alThor], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Verin|Verin Mathwin], Loial and [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] go to [The Great Tree]. [Hurin] reports that the [Horn|Horn of Valere] is in Lord [Barthanes|Barthanes Damodred]' manor. ([TGH,Ch31])
* Loial accompanies [Rand|Rand alThor] to [Barthanes Damodred]'s party. He tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that he feels a [Waygate|Ways] nearby. ([TGH,Ch32])
* [Rand|Rand alThor], Loial and [Hurin] find the [Waygate|Ways] that [Fain|Padan Fain] and the [Darkfriends] used, but it is blocked by %%ot [Machin Shin]%%. They collect [Mat|Matrim Cauthon], [Verin|Verin Mathwin], [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] and [Uno|Uno Nomesta] and return to the inn where they decide to try [Stedding Tsofu]. ([TGH,Ch33])
* [Rand|Rand alThor], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], Loial, [Verin|Verin Mathwin], [Hurin], [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] and the [Shienarans|Shienar] travel to [Stedding Tsofu]. They are met by [Erith|erith] and encounter three [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear]. ([TGH,Ch35])
* Loial waits outside while [Rand|Rand alThor], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Verin|Verin Mathwin], [Hurin] and [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] meet with the council of Elders. [Erith|erith] gives him a flower. They rejoin the others and go to the [Waygate|Ways], but it is also blocked by %%ot [Machin Shin]%%. ([TGH,Ch36])
* The party goes to the [Portal Stone]. [Rand|Rand alThor] [channels|True Source], bringing them to [Toman Head], but four months are lost. ([TGH,Ch37])
* Loial rides across [Toman Head] with the boys and the [Shienarans|Shienar]. ([TGH,Ch41])
* Loial volunteers to go into [Falme], but [Verin|Verin Mathwin] limits the number to five. ([TGH,Ch44])
* Loial is with [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Min|Min Farshaw] and the [Shienarans|Shienar] when [Rand|Rand alThor] wakes.([TGH,Ch49])
* Loial is reading, as usual, when [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and the [Shienarans|Shienar] return with [Leya|leya]. ([TDR,Ch1])
* [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] talks with Loial and [Min|Min Farshaw]. ([TDR,Ch2])
* Loial helps clean up the damage caused by [Rand|Rand alThor]'s earthquake. ([TDR,Ch3])
* Loial participates in the battle with the [Trollocs]. ([TDR,Ch5])
* After [Rand|Rand alThor] leaves, Loial volunteers to go with [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] after him. ([TDR,Ch6])
* [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and Loial follow [Rand|Rand alThor] out of the [Mountains of Mist] into [Ghealdan]. ([TDR,Ch7])
* [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and Loial follow [Rand|Rand alThor] to the village of [Jarra|Jarra (Village)]. ([TDR,Ch8])
* [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and Loial follow [Rand|Rand alThor] across [Ghealdan]. They arrive at [Remen] and stay at the [Wayland's Forge|Waylands Forge]. ([TDR,Ch33])
* [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and Loial take rooms at [Wayland's Forge|Waylands Forge]. Loial is delighted with his sung wood bed. ([TDR,Ch34])
* [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and Loial leave in a hurry and board the ''[Snow Goose]'' heading for [Illian|Illian (City)]. ([TDR,Ch35])
* Loial and the others are on board the ''[Snow Goose]''. ([TDR,Ch36])
* [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], Loial and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] arrive at [Illian|Illian (City)]. Despite [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]'s discouragement, [Faile|Zarine Bashere] insists on joining them. ([TDR,Ch41])
* [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], Loial and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] arrive at the [Easing the Badger] inn.  At dinner, six [Gray Men|Gray Man] attack [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]. ([TDR,Ch42])
* [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], Loial and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] scout the area and find traces of [Darkhound]. ([TDR,Ch43])
* [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], Loial and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] flee [Illian|Illian (City)]. They are pursued by [Darkhound]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] kills one with an arrow and [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] [balefires|Weaves] the rest. ([TDR,Ch44])
* [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], Loial and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] arrive at [Tear|Tear (City)]. ([TDR,Ch50])
* When [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] goes after [Faile|Zarine Bashere], he asks Loial to guard the door. Loial says he will guard it with his life. ([TDR,Ch53])
* Loial learns that he has been declared a runaway and that his mother plans to marry him off. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] asks him to lead him through the [Ways] to the [Two Rivers]. He agrees, but [Faile|Zarine Bashere] tricks him into swearing to take her first. ([TSR,Ch16])
* Loial leads [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Faile|Zarine Bashere], [Gaul], [Bain|bain] and [Chiad|chiad] to the [Waygate|Ways]. ([TSR,Ch18])
* Loial leads [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Faile|Zarine Bashere], [Gaul], [Bain|bain] and [Chiad|chiad] through the [Ways] to the site of ancient [Manetheren]. They are attacked by [Trollocs] and a [Fade], then the [Black Wind|Machin Shin]. ([TSR,Ch27])
* [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Faile|Zarine Bashere], Loial, [Gaul], [Bain|bain] and [Chiad|chiad] camp near the [Waygate|Ways]. ([TSR,Ch28])
* After three days travel, they near [Emond's Field|Emonds Field]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Gaul] go to the [Winespring Inn] followed by [Faile|Zarine Bashere], [Bain|bain] and [Chiad|chiad]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] learns his family is dead. ([TSR,Ch29])
* Loial arrives. [Marin|Marin alVere] takes them all to the old sickhouse where they can hide. ([TSR,Ch30])
* [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Faile|Zarine Bashere], Loial, [Gaul], [Bain|bain] and [Chiad|chiad] meet [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] and [Verin|Verin Mathwin] at the old sickhouse. [Tam|Tam alThor] and [Abell|Abell Cauthon] join them. ([TSR,Ch31])
* [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] asks Loial to stay behind to watch [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] while the others go scout the [Whitecloak|Children of the Light] encampment at [Watch Hill]. ([TSR,Ch32])
* Loial sends a report to [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] via [Faile|Zarine Bashere] that [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] mysteriously disappeared twice while he was keeping an eye on her. ([TSR,Ch40])
* Before he is [Healed|Weaves], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] summons Loial and tells him the [Waygate|Ways] is open again. ([TSR,Ch43])
* Loial and [Gaul] leave to close the [Waygate|Ways] permanently. ([TSR,Ch44])
* Loial and [Gaul] return after successfully sealing the [Waygate|Ways]. [Gaul] was seriously injured so Loial carried him most of the way back. ([TSR,Ch53])
* [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Bran|Brandelwyn alVere], [Gaul], [Chiad|chiad], Loial, [Verin|Verin Mathwin] and [Tomas] lead the forces at the north perimeter at the defense of [Emond's Field|Emonds Field]. ([TSR,Ch56])
* [Bain|bain], [Chiad|chiad], [Gaul] and Loial remain in the [Two Rivers] with [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Faile|Zarine Bashere]. Parents send their children to Loial who reads to them. ([LoC,Prologue])
* Loial accompanies [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] when he leaves the [Two Rivers] to join [Rand|Rand alThor]. ([LoC,Ch45])
* Loial becomes tired during the trip and takes a side jaunt to a %%ot [stedding|Steddings]%% north of the road from [Whitebridge] to rest. ([LoC,Ch45])
* Loial arrives in [Caemlyn] and is horrified to learn that his mother, Elder [Haman|haman] and [Erith|erith] are looking for him. He accompanies [Rand|Rand alThor] to [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)]. ([LoC,Ch49])
* Loial spends nearly all his time enjoying the [Royal Library|Cairhien Royal Library]. ([LoC,Ch50])
* [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and Loial play stones when [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is around. Loial is deeply troubled that they are fighting. ([LoC,Ch51])
* [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and Loial still play stones until the news of [Rand|Rand alThor]'s kidnapping. ([LoC,Ch53])
* [Gaul] and Loial accompany [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] as he sets out in pursuit of [Rand|Rand alThor]. ([LoC,Ch54])
* Loial reluctantly fights in the battle at [Dumai's Wells|Dumais Wells]. He is deadly with his huge axe. ([LoC,Ch55])
* Loial urges [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] to find [Rand|Rand alThor] and have him do something about the tensions between all the factions following [Dumai's Wells|Dumais Wells]. ([ACoS,Ch1])
* He can barely stand all the death. Still, he bugs [Rand|Rand alThor] for his account of the battle for his book. ([ACoS,Ch2])
* Loial accompanies [Rand|Rand alThor] to [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)]. He offers sympathy to [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] (worrying about [Faile|Zarine Bashere]) and says he would worry about [Erith|erith], too. ([ACoS,Ch3])
* He suffers a %%ot [ta'veren|Wheel of Time]%% attack and says he wants to marry [Erith|erith]. ([ACoS,Ch4])
* Loial accompanies [Rand|Rand alThor] to the [Sun Palace] [ Grand Hall|Sun Palace]. ([ACoS,Ch5])
* He goes with [Rand|Rand alThor] to look for [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag]. ([ACoS,Ch6])
* Loial meets [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] after his fight with [Rand|Rand alThor]. He asks [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] to come with him and [Karldin|Karldin Manfor] to visit all the %%ot [stedding|Steddings]%%. ([ACoS,Ch27])
* [Karldin|Karldin Manfor] and Loial visit all the %%ot [stedding|Steddings]%% except [Stedding Shangtai] and convince all but those in the [Borderlands] and the [Shadow Coast] to post guards at the [Waygates|Ways]. ([CoT,Ch24])
* [Karldin|Karldin Manfor] and Loial return to the [Sun Palace] and learn that [Rand|Rand alThor] is gone and [Dobraine|Dobraine Taborwin] is critically wounded. ([CoT,Prologue])
* Guided by the missing [Aes Sedai]'s [Warders], Logain [Travels|Weaves] to find [Rand|Rand alThor] accompanied by [Bashere|Davram Bashere] and a hundred of his horsemen, a half dozen other [Asha'man], eight [Aes Sedai] including [Toveine|Toveine Gazal], [Gabrelle] and [Samitsu|Samitsu Tamagowa], Loial and [Karldin|Karldin Manfor]. ([CoT,Ch24])
* Loial reports to [Rand|Rand alThor] about their success with the %%ot [stedding|Steddings]%%. [Rand|Rand alThor] sends [Bashere|Davram Bashere], [Logain|Logain Ablar] and Loial to negotiate a truce with the [Seanchan (People)]. ([CoT,Ch24])
* [Bashere|Davram Bashere], [Logain|Logain Ablar] and Loial discuss a truce with the [Seanchan (People)], but High Lady [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] wants [Rand|Rand alThor] to meet the [Daughter of the Nine Moons|Tuon]. ([CoT,Epilogue])
* Loial is in a panic when Elder [Haman], [Covril] and [Erith] arrive at Lord [Algarin|Algarin Pendaloan]'s manor. ([KoD,Ch18])
* Elder [Haman|haman] marries [Erith|erith] and Loial on the spot. [Covril] wants to return immediately to [Stedding Shangtai] to argue for opening the [Book of Translation]. [Loial] is aghast and wants to argue against it. They see [Trollocs] coming and pick up axes and long knives. ([KoD,Ch19])
* After the battle, Loial tells [Rand|Rand alThor] he must return to [Stedding Shangtai] for the Great Stump. Elder [Haman] offers to take up his quest to finish closing the [Waygates|Ways]. ([KoD,Ch20])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] [Travels|Weaves] to [Stedding Shangtai] to drop off Loial, [Erith] and [Covril]. ([KoD,Ch21])
* [Covril|covril] allows Loial to be the last speaker at the Great Stump at [Stedding Shangtai] arguing to not open the [Book of Translation], to help humanity fight the [Shadow|Creator]. ([ToM,Prologue])
* Loial arrives at the [Field of Merrilor] and tells [Perrin] that he is now married to [Erith]. ([AMoL,Ch7])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch42] - Loial is from [Stedding Shangtai].
## [TEotW,Ch42] - Loial has a talent for treesinging. He tried to teach it to [Tinkers] but the trees would not listen to men.
## [TEotW,Ch48] - Loial has a hard time with the heat of the [Blight]. [Stedding Shangtai] is in the mountains, and cool.
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch14] - [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] is furious that [Hurin], [Rand|Rand alThor] and Loial are gone because he can no longer track the [Horn|Horn of Valere].
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch14] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] tells [Faile|Zarine Bashere] that he plans to ask Loial to take him through the [Ways].
## [TSR,Ch45] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] wants to sneak off after Loial and [Gaul] but he is too busy. 
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch20] - Elder [Haman], [Covril] and [Erith] come to [Caemlyn] looking for Loial. [Rand|Rand alThor] tells them that he is in the [Two Rivers] and takes them there to look for him.
## [LoC,Ch45] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that Loial will be coming shortly. He stopped to rest at a %%ot [stedding|Steddings]%%.
## [LoC,Ch52] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] tells [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] that [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] are married and are in [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)]. Loial and [Min|Min Farshaw] are there, too.
## [LoC,Ch53] - [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and Loial are both very good at stones. They are evenly matched.
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Ch3] - [Rand|Rand alThor] says he trusts Loial, [Min|Min Farshaw], and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara].
# In [Winter's Heart|Winters Heart]
## [WH,Ch18] - The [Ogier] Gardeners with the [Seanchan (People)] are totally different than Loial.
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Ch8] - [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] tells [Aludra|aludra] he knows someone who can get cannons made for her. He sees an image of [Rand|Rand alThor] talking with Loial.
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch47] - After meeting with [Hurin], [Rand|Rand alThor] feels melancholy thinking of simpler days when he [Hurin] and Loial chased after [Fain|Padan Fain] and the [Ruby Dagger].
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch24] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] recalls how Loial liked to sit and think, but [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] must stay active.
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