aka: The Black Wind


! Description


%%ot [Machin Shin|Compleat]%% or the Black Wind is a malevolent presence in the [Ways] that has the physical form of a Black Wind. It destroys the soul of its victims causing death or insanity.

! References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch43] - [Loial] tells about the appearance of %%ot Machin Shin%% in the [Ways].
## [TEotW,Ch45] - %%ot Machin Shin%% almost catches [Moiraine] and the others as they leave the [Waygate|Ways] at [Fal Dara].
## [TEotW,Ch47] - [Moiraine] learns from [Padan Fain] that %%ot Machin Shin%% caught him in the [Ways], but recognized him as a kindred spirit and fled.
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch33] - When [Rand] opens the [Waygate|Ways] in [Barthanes|Barthanes Damodred]' garden, %%ot Machin Shin%% is waiting and calls his name.
## [TGH,Ch36] - When [Verin] opens the [Waygate|Ways] at [Stedding Tsofu], %%ot Machin Shin%% is waiting there, too.
## [TGH,Ch39] - [Liandrin] implies that she knows something [Moiraine] does not about the [Ways] and %%ot Machin Shin%%.
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch16] - [Loial] is frightened at the prospect of entering the [Ways] again because of %%ot Machin Shin%%.
## [TSR,Ch27] - %%ot Machin Shin%% arrives at the [Manetheren] [Waygate|Ways] just as [Perrin] and his party leave. It then destroys the [Trollocs] that were following them.
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