Pronunciation: SEH-mih-RHAHG 
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aka: Nemene Damendar Boann, Anath

One of the [Forsaken]. Her real name was Nemene Damendar Boann. She masquerades as Anath Dorje, Truthspeaker to the [Daughter of the Nine Moons|Tuon].

! Physical Description

She is taller than most men, with a smooth dark face and dark eyes. She has long, slender fingers. ([LoC,Prologue]) She is slender and very tall. Her charcoal black face is beautiful and she has large black eyes and full lips. ([WH,Ch14]) She has short, wavy hair. ([WH,Ch17])

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! Points of View

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

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* During the [Age of Legends] she is a famous [Aes Sedai] doctor. When she is discovered torturing her patients she is given the choice between [severing|stilling] and binding. Instead, she is one of the first to choose the [Shadow|Creator]. ([LoC,Ch6])
* During the [Shadow War], Semirhage tortures an entire city just to prove she can do it and for the pleasure. ([LoC,Ch2])
* During the [Shadow War], Semirhage was held prisoner for a short time, but she frightened her jailers into releasing her. ([KoD,Ch27])
* Semirhage tortures a man every waking hour for five years. ([LoC,Ch12])
* 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.
* After [Neferi]'s accident, the [Empress] surprisingly appoints Anath as [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag]'s new %%ot [Soe'feia|Seanchan (People)]%%. ([WH,Ch14])
* [Demandred], [Graendal], [Lanfear], [Rahvin], [Sammael] and Semirhage all stalk each other in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%. ([TFoH,Ch14])
* On the [Great Lord|ShaiTan]'s orders, Semirhage sends [Fades|Fade] and [Trollocs] to the [Stone of Tear] to battle [Sammael]'s force. ([LoC,Ch6])
* [Demandred] meets with [Mesaana], Semirhage and [Graendal] and passes on the orders of the [Great Lord|ShaiTan] to "Let the Lord of Chaos rule." ([LoC,Prologue])
* [Demandred] has another meeting with [Mesaana] and [Graendal], but Semirhage does not show. ([LoC,Ch6])
* The [Great Lord|ShaiTan] summons Semirhage and tells her than when [Shaidar Haran] speaks she should hear his voice. She resents being pulled away from her charge, a "willful and obdurate girl under difficult circumstances." ([LoC,Ch6])
* At the command of [Shaidar Haran], Semirhage drains every bit of knowledge from [Cabriana Mecandes]. ([LoC,Ch6])
* [Mesaana] and Semirhage do not attend the meeting of the [Forsaken]. ([WH,Ch13])
* Anath accompanies [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] on the ''[Victory of Kidron]'' to [Ebou Dar]. ([WH,Ch14])
* [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] and [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] visit Queen [Tylin|Tylin Quintara] accompanied by Anath and [Selucia]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] barges in on them and [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] inspects him thoroughly before they leave. ([WH,Ch17])
* [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag], [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath], Anath and [Selucia] spend a lot of time with Queen [Tylin|Tylin Quintara]. [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] is shocked at the way Anath berates [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag], but [Selucia] sees it as proper. ([WH,Ch18])
* In the [Tarasin Palace], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] often runs into [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag]. Sometimes she is with Anath or [Selucia|selucia]. Sometimes she is alone. ([WH,Ch28])
* [Aran'gar|AranGar], [Cyndane], [Demandred], [Graendal], [Moghedien], [Osan'gar|OsanGar] and Semirhage respond to the call of the [Choedan Kal] and [Travel|Weaves] to [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)] to stop [Rand|Rand alThor]. ([Tor Website Q&A|Guide], [WH,Ch35])
* Rumor has Anath in seclusion since [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag]'s kidnapping. ([CoT,Ch4])
* Semirhage murders the [Empress] and the entire royal family of [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)]. ([KoD,Prologue])
* Semirhage appears to [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] in disguise and offers to make her [Empress] if she will kill [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag]. ([KoD,Prologue])
* [Moridin] calls a meeting in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% and [Aran'gar|AranGar], [Cyndane], [Demandred], [Graendal], [Mesaana], [Moghedien] and Semirhage attend. He orders them to kill [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] but [Rand|Rand alThor] is his. ([KoD,Ch3])
* Semirhage goes to a meeting with [Rand|Rand alThor] disguised as [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag]. [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin]'s %%ot [ter'angreal|Angreal]%% disrupts her disguise and leads to a battle. She is captured but she blows off [Rand|Rand alThor]'s left hand with a fireball. She tells everyone that [Rand|Rand alThor] has [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] in his head and is insane. ([KoD,Ch27])
* [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin], [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Alivia] report to [Rand|Rand alThor] that they have learned nothing questioning Semirhage. ([TGS,Ch1])
* The [Aes Sedai] question Semirhage, but all she tells them are tales of torture. ([TGS,Ch5])
* Semirhage shows annoyance for the first time when [Sorilea] notes how human she seems. ([TGS,Ch14])
* [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] finally breaks Semirhage by spanking her and humiliating her. ([TGS,Ch17])
* [Shaidar Haran] frees Semirhage and gives her the [Domination Band|Sad Bracelets]. She and [Elza|Elza Penfell] capture [Rand|Rand alThor] and torture him. When that is ineffective, she forces him to strangle [Min|Min Farshaw]. The [Great Lord|ShaiTan] gives [Rand|Rand alThor] the [True Power]. He destroys the [Domination Band|Sad Bracelets] and [balefire|Weaves]s Semirhage and [Elza|Elza Penfell]. ([TGS,Ch22])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Shadow Rising]
## Glossary - Semirhage is listed as one of the [Forsaken]. First mention.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Ch3] - [Asmodean] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that he would give himself to Semirhage before he would face the [Dark One|ShaiTan] for betrayal.
## [TFoH,Ch6] - [Rand|Rand alThor] questions [Lanfear]'s assertion that [Rahvin] sent the [Darkhound]. Why not [Demandred] or [Sammael] or Semirhage or [Moghedien]?
## [TFoH,Ch30] - From [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon]'s memories, [Rand|Rand alThor] knows that [Asmodean] and Semirhage were both poor at controlling weather.
## [TFoH,Ch32] - [Asmodean] is astounded when [Rand|Rand alThor] blocks [Aviendha]'s gateway open. Only [Demandred], Semirhage and [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] had that ability.
## [TFoH,Ch34] - [Moghedien] is angry because [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] makes her feel and act like Semirhage.
## [TFoH,Ch51] - When [Rand|Rand alThor] decides to go after [Rahvin], [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] warns him that [Rahvin] might be with Semirhage or [Graendal] or [Lanfear].
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Prologue] - Semirhage wears black in contrast to [Lanfear]'s white.
## [LoC,Ch2] - [Rand|Rand alThor] recites the crimes of the [Forsaken] to [Taim|Mazrim Taim].
## [LoC,Ch6] - [Graendal] does not know where [Demandred] and Semirhage are.
## [LoC,Ch23] - [Sammael] asks [Graendal] where [Demandred], [Mesaana] and Semirhage are. [Graendal] says [Mesaana] is in the [White Tower], but she does not know where the other two are. [Sammael] tells her to find out.
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Prologue] - [Mesaana] warns [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] to serve only her, not Semirhage, [Demandred] or [Graendal].
## [ACoS,Ch20] - [Sammael] tells [Graendal] he did not kidnap [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Mesaana] had a hand in it, maybe [Demandred] and Semirhage as well despite how it ended.
# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Ch12] - [Graendal] does not believe [Cyndane] and [Moghedien] when they tell her [Moridin] is [Nae'blis|Forsaken]. She tells them to try peddling their story to [Demandred] or Semirhage.
## [TPoD,Ch22] - There is a saying in the [Two Rivers] that when rain falls in sunshine the [Dark One|ShaiTan] is beating Semirhage. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that Semirhage never sheds tears, she only causes them.
# In [Winters Heart]
## [WH,Ch13] - [Demandred], [Mesaana] and Semirhage have an agreement that they will not turn on each other until all the others have been eliminated.
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Epilogue] - As Semirhage promised, a ship arrives at [Ebou Dar] with news of the death of the entire Imperial family.
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Prologue] - The %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% and %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% can scarcely believe that Anath is really Semirhage.
## [TGS,Prologue] - [Demandred] and [Mesaana] plead with [Moridin] to help them rescue Semirhage but he angrily refuses because she injured [Rand|Rand alThor].
## [TGS,Ch7] - [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] wonders if [Rand|Rand alThor] is mad like Semirhage said. She thinks it is a mistake to hold her.
## [TGS,Ch15] - [Moridin] says he could kill Semirhage for injuring [Rand|Rand alThor].
## [TGS,Ch19] - [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] still finds it hard to accept [Falendre]'s story that Anath was really one of the [Forsaken].
## [TGS,Ch23] - [Rand|Rand alThor] exiles [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] for failing to keep the [sad bracelets|Sad Bracelets] from Semirhage.
## [TGS,Ch26] - [Aviendha] raised the alarm when Semirhage attacked [Rand|Rand alThor]. She felt his anguish through the bond.
## [TGS,Ch29] - [Rand|Rand alThor] plans to use [balefire|Weaves] to destroy [Graendal] as he did Semirhage.
## [TGS,Ch37] - [Min|Min Farshaw] used to see herself as a last defense for [Rand|Rand alThor] but she now feels useless since she failed twice with Semirhage.
## [TGS,Ch48] - [Min|Min Farshaw] is terrified when she hears [Tam|Tam alThor]'s story. She can still feel [Rand|Rand alThor]'s hands on her throat, but that was Semirhage, not him.
## [TGS,Ch49] - [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks about nearly killing [Tam|Tam alThor]. He cannot blame [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] or Semirhage for that, only himself.
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch5] - [Graendal] vaguely remembers having felt remorse in the past, but others of the [Chosen|Forsaken] like Semirhage were corrupt from the very start.
# In [A Memory of Light]
## [AMoL,Prologue] - [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] berates [ Leilwin|Egeanin Tamarath], telling her that [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] gave the [sad bracelets|Sad Bracelets] to Semirhage who used them on the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor].
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