Pronunciation: OH-gehr 
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A natural nonhuman sentient race. They do not have a country, but instead live in %%ot [steddings]%%. 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]

! Named Ogier

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

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# In the [Guide]
## [Glimmers Q&A|Guide] - Ogier cannot become linked to wolves as [Wolfbrothers|Wolves].
## [Tor Website Q&A|Guide] - There are many more %%ot stedding%% in [Seanchan|Seanchan (Country)] than there are in the [Westlands|Geography]. Thus the Gardeners do not suffer from the Longing.
# In [New Spring]
## [NS,Ch4] - Much of [Tar Valon] is Ogier built.
# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch4] - [Thom] offers to tell stories of Ogier. The [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] folk do not believe they are real.
## [TEotW,Ch9] - [Moiraine] refers to Ogier as stonemasons.
## [TEotW,Ch29] - [Perrin], [Egwene] and [Elyas Machera] camp in an abandoned %%ot stedding%%.
## [TEotW,Ch35] - Ogier built the [Caemlyn] [Royal Palace] and much of the [Inner City|Caemlyn].
## [TEotW,Ch36] - Ogier rarely leave their %%ot 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.
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch25] - There were other Ogier in [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] when [Loial] was there before.
## [TGH,Ch26] - [Loial] is reluctant to venture out in [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] because there are other Ogier in the city.
## [TGH,Ch33] - [Loial] finds out that the Ogier he was worried about all left [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] because [Galldrian|Galldrian su Riatin Rie] stopped paying them.
## [TGH,Ch35] - In the [Age of Legends] Ogier could travel freely, but after the [Breaking] the %%ot stedding%% were lost. Ogier who could not find a %%ot stedding%% developed the Longing. They eventually grew ill and died. Ogier are still bound to the %%ot stedding%%.
## [TGH,Ch38] - The Ogier grove in [Tar Valon] is one of the few that still exists.
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Prologue] - The Ogier have called meetings between the %%ot stedding%%.
## [TDR,Ch6] - [Min] never has [viewings] of Ogier, only of humans.
## [TDR,Ch11] - The Ogier stonemasons consider [Tar Valon] their finest work.
## [TDR,Ch42] - The Ogier masons left [Illian|Illian (Country)] during the winter even though their work was not done.
## [TDR,Ch50] - [Moiraine] asks [Loial] about [Be'lal] because the Ogier have long memories and are scholars.
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [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|Tear (City)] is now just pastureland.
## [TSR,Ch23] - Ogier %%ot stedding%% cannot be entered in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%.
## [TSR,Ch25] - [Comran] was the first [Aiel] to discover Ogier %%ot stedding%% in the [Dragonwall|Spine of the 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 %%ot stedding%%.
## [TSR,Ch26] - In the [Age of Legends], Ogier and [Aiel] sang while [Nym] danced to promote growth and health in the fields.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Ch7] - [Rand] arranges to have Ogier masons from a nearby %%ot stedding%% assist in rebuilding [Rhuidean].
## [TFoH,Ch52] - There are Ogier from [Stedding Tsofu] in [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] offering stonemason work.
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch9] - [Balwer|Sebban Balwer] reports to [Pedron Niall] that there are meetings going on between the Ogier %%ot stedding%%.
## [LoC,Ch20] - The Ogier know of several %%ot 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 %%ot 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.
# In [Winter's Heart|Winters Heart]
## [WH,Ch14] - In [Seanchan (People)], 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] in [Far Madding] completely cuts off [channelers|True Source] from the [True Source] much like an Ogier %%ot stedding%%.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Ch24] - [Loial] is pleased that Lord [Algarin|Algarin Pendaloan] has six Ogier rooms in his manor house.
## [CoT,Ch24] - [Loial] reports to [Rand] that he and [Karldin Manfor] visited all the %%ot stedding%% except [Stedding Shangtai]. All except the ones in the [Borderlands] and the [Shadow Coast] agreed to post guards at the [Waygates|Ways].
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [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] discussing whether or not to open the [Book of Translation].
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch10] - [Rodel Ituralde] shelters his army in an abandoned %%ot stedding%% to neutralize the [Seanchan (People)] %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%%.
## [TGS,Ch19] - Six Ogier Gardeners as well as two dozen [Deathwatch Guard|Seanchan (People)] stand ready when [Tuon] holds audience in the [Tarasin Palace] after her return.
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Prologue] - Ogier dead begin to appear around the %%ot stedding%%.
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