Pronunciation: OH-gehr 
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A natural nonhuman sentient race. They do not have a country, but instead live in ''stedding''. They are humanoid, standing about ten feet tall. They have long tufted ears and broad, vaguely snout-like noses. The life span of an Ogier is at least three or four times that of a human.

See also: the [Ways]

Interesting aside - There is an Ogier Street in Charleston, South Carolina, Robert Jordan's home!


!! ''Stedding''


Pronunciation: STEHD-ding 
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''Stedding'' cannot be entered from %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%. ([ACoS,Ch10]) The estimated population of each ''stedding'' is about 6,000.


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* [Stedding Cantoine] - above the River [Iralell] north of [Haddon Mirk]
* [Stedding Chandar] - now in the [Blight], abandoned
* Stedding Chiantal (in [Kandor])
* Stedding Chanti (in the [Spine of the World|../geography/spine_world])
* Stedding Chinden (in the [Mountains of Mist])
* Stedding Chosium (in [Saldaea])
* [Stedding Daiting|../creatures/ogier/daiting] (in the [Spine of the World|../geography/spine_world])
* Stedding Feindu (in the [Black Hills|../geography/black_hills])
* Stedding Handu (in the [Spine of the World|../geography/spine_world])
* Stedding Jenshin (in [Haddon Mirk|../geography/haddon_mirk])
* [Stedding Jentoine|../creatures/ogier/jentoine] (in the [Black Hills|../geography/black_hills])
* Stedding Jinsiun (in the [Mountains of Mist])
* Stedding Jongai (in [Saldaea])
* Stedding Kolomon (in the [Spine of the World|../geography/spine_world])
* Stedding Lantoine (in the [Spine of the World|../geography/spine_world])
* Stedding Leitiang (north of the River [Ivo|../geography/rivers/ivo])
* Stedding Madan (in the [Mountains of Mist])
* [Stedding Mardoon|../creatures/ogier/mardoon] (along the [Shadow Coast|../geography/shadow_coast])
* Stedding Mashong (in the [Spine of the World|../geography/spine_world])
* Stedding Mintai (north of the River [Dhagon|../geography/rivers/dhagon])
* Stedding Nurshang (between [Kinslayer's Dagger|Kinslayers Dagger] and [Shienar|../geography/shienar/index])
* [Stedding Qichen|../creatures/ogier/qichen] (in the [Spine of the World|../geography/spine_world])
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* Stedding Saishen (in [Saldaea])
* [Stedding Sanshen|../creatures/ogier/sanshen] (in the [Spine of the World|../geography/spine_world])
* [Stedding Shadoon|../creatures/ogier/shadoon] (along the [Shadow Coast|../geography/shadow_coast])
* Stedding Shajin (in the [Black Hills|../geography/black_hills])
* Stedding Shamendar (north of the River [Ivo|../geography/rivers/ivo])
* Stedding Shangloon (in the [Mountains of Mist])
* [Stedding Shangtai|../creatures/ogier/shangtai] (in the [Spine of the World|../geography/spine_world])
* Stedding Shanjing (in [Arafel|../geography/arafel/index])
* [Stedding Sherandu|../creatures/ogier/sherandu] - now in the [Blight], abandoned
* Stedding Sholoon (in [Shienar|../geography/shienar/index])
* Stedding Sintiang (in the [Spine of the World|../geography/spine_world])
* [Stedding Taijing|../creatures/ogier/taijing] (in the [Spine of the World|../geography/spine_world])
* Stedding Taishin (north of the River [Ivo|../geography/rivers/ivo])
* Stedding Tanhal (in [Arafel|../geography/arafel/index])
* Stedding Tsochan (north of the River [Ivo|../geography/rivers/ivo])
* Stedding Tsofan (in the [Mountains of Mist])
* [Stedding Tsofu|../creatures/ogier/tsofu] (in [Cairhien|Country of Cairhien])
* Stedding Wenchen (north of the River [Dhagon|../geography/rivers/dhagon])
* Stedding Yandar (in the [Mountains of Mist])
* Stedding Yongen (in the [Spine of the World|../geography/spine_world])
* Stedding Yontiang (in [Kinslayer's Dagger|Kinslayers Dagger])
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!! References


* [Glimmers Q&A|../books/guide/index.html#3] - [Ogier|../../creatures/ogier/index] cannot become linked to wolves as Wolfbrothers.
* [Tor Website Q&A|../books/guide/index.html#3] - There are many more ''stedding'' in [ Seanchan|../../geography/seanchan/index] than there are in the [Westlands|Geography]. Thus the Gardeners do not suffer from the Longing.
* [NS,Ch4|../books/new_spring/ch4] - Much of [Tar Valon] is Ogier built.
* [TEotW,Ch4] - [Thom] offers to tell stories of Ogier. The [Emond's Field] folk do not believe they are real.
* [TEotW,Ch9] - [Moiraine] refers to Ogier as stonemasons.
* [TEotW,Ch29] - [Perrin], [Egwene] and [Elyas] camp in an abandoned ''stedding''.
* [TEotW,Ch35] - Ogier built the [Caemlyn] [Royal Palace] and much of the [Inner City|../geography/andor/caemlyn/index].
* [TEotW,Ch36] - Ogier rarely leave their ''stedding'' any more since the [Ways] began to go bad.
* [TEotW,Ch42] - [Tinkers] are very interested in Ogier Treesongs. [Loial] tried to teach them to [Tinkers] but the trees would not listen to men.
* [TEotW,Ch45] - The Ogier language is highly inflected sounding almost like very low bird song.
* [TEotW,Ch48] - Male Ogier have a strip of hair up the middle of their chest as thick as fur.
* [TGH,Ch25] - There were other Ogier in [Cairhien|City of Cairhien] when [Loial] was there before.
* [TGH,Ch26] - [Loial] is reluctant to venture out in [Cairhien|City of Cairhien] because there are other Ogier in the city.
* [TGH,Ch33] - [Loial] finds out that the Ogier he was worried about all left [Cairhien|City of Cairhien] because [Galldrian] stopped paying them.
* [TGH,Ch35] - In the [Age of Legends|../history/aol/index] Ogier could travel freely, but after the [Breaking] the ''stedding'' were lost. Ogier who could not find a ''stedding'' developed the Longing. They eventually grew ill and died. Ogier are still bound to the ''stedding''.
* [TGH,Ch38] - The Ogier grove in [Tar Valon] is one of the few that still exists.
* [TDR,Prologue|../books/tdr/prologue] - The Ogier have called meetings between the ''stedding''.
* [TDR,Ch6] - [Min] never has [viewings|../prophecies/viewings] of Ogier, only of humans.
* [TDR,Ch11] - The Ogier stonemasons consider [Tar Valon] their finest work.
* [TDR,Ch42] - The Ogier masons left [Illian|City of Illian] during the winter even though their work was not done.
* [TDR,Ch50] - [Moiraine] asks [Loial] about [Be'lal|../characters/b/belal] because the Ogier have long memories and are scholars.
* [TSR,Ch14] - An Ogier's oath is absolutely unbreakable.
* [TSR,Ch16] - [Faile] tricks [Loial] into swearing an oath to take her through the [Ways], forcing him to lead her, rather than [Perrin], to the [Manetheren] [Waygate|Ways].
* [TSR,Ch18] - The Ogier grove near [Tear|City of Tear] is now just pastureland.
* [TSR,Ch23] - Ogier ''stedding'' cannot be entered in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%.
* [TSR,Ch25] - [Comran] was the first [Aiel] to discover Ogier ''stedding'' in the [Dragonwall|../geography/spine_world] and begin trading with them.
* [TSR,Ch25] - [Garam] tells [Rhodric] and [Jeordam] that he has heard the [Aes Sedai] hired Ogier stonemasons to build them a great city. His father plans to build a great city as well.
* [TSR,Ch26] - [Jonai] and [Adan] meet a band of Ogier. They are suffering from the Longing because they cannot find a ''stedding''.
* [TSR,Ch26] - In the [Age of Legends|../history/aol/index], Ogier and [Aiel] sang while [Nym|../creatures/nym] danced to promote growth and health in the fields.
* [TFoH,Ch7] - [Rand] arranges to have Ogier masons from a nearby ''stedding'' assist in rebuilding [Rhuidean].
* [TFoH,Ch52] - There are Ogier from [Stedding Tsofu|../creatures/ogier/tsofu] in [Cairhien|City of Cairhien] offering stonemason work.
* [LoC,Ch9] - [Balwer|../characters/s/sebban_balwer] reports to [Pedron Niall] that there are meetings going on between the Ogier ''stedding''.
* [LoC,Ch20] - The Ogier know of several ''stedding'' such as the one by [Artur Hawkwing]'s monument that have never been repopulated. They are too near the lands of men.
* [LoC,Ch45] - [Loial] grows tired on the journey from the [Two Rivers] to [Caemlyn] so he takes a side trip to an abandoned ''stedding'' that [Perrin] recommends to rest up.
* [LoC,Ch49] - In Ogier culture it is considered very rude for a man not to do what his wife says.
* [LoC,Ch54] - Mentioning someone's ears is considered coarse among the Ogier.
* [WH,Ch14] - In [Seanchan], Ogier serve as soldiers and are called Gardeners.
* [WH,Ch18] - The Ogier Gardeners in [Ebou Dar] are so fearsome that no one even thinks of questioning them.
* [WH,Ch23] - The [guardian|../items/guardian] in [Far Madding] completely cuts off [channelers|../main/true_source/index] from the [True Source|../main/true_source/index] much like an Ogier ''stedding''.
* [CoT,Ch24] - [Loial] is pleased that Lord [Algarin] has six Ogier rooms in his manor house.
* [CoT,Ch24] - [Loial] reports to [Rand] that he and [Karldin] visited all the ''stedding'' except [Stedding Shangtai|../creatures/ogier/shangtai]. All except the ones in the [Borderlands] and the [Shadow Coast|../../geography/shadow_coast] agreed to post guards at the [Waygates|Ways].
* [KoD,Ch19] - Ogier cannot see the human ghosts that have appeared. There are no Ogier ghosts walking.
* [KoD,Ch19] - The Ogier are holding a Great Stump at [Stedding Shangtai|../creatures/ogier/shangtai] discussing whether or not to open the [Book of Translation|../items/book_translation].
* [TGS,Ch10] - [Rodel Ituralde] shelters his army in an abandoned ''stedding'' to neutralize the [Seanchan] ''[damane|../../organizations/seanchan.html#d]''.
* [TGS,Ch19] - Six Ogier Gardeners as well as two dozen [Deathwatch Guard|../organizations/seanchan] stand ready when [Tuon] holds audience in the [Tarasin Palace|../geography/altara/ebou_dar/tarasin_palace] after her return.
* [ToM,Prologue|../books/tom/prologue] - Ogier dead begin to appear around the ''[stedding|../creatures/ogier/index]''.