Encyclopaedia WoT: Shaido

Pronunciation: shah-EE-doh

One of the twelve Aiel clans.

Members#

Alarys (Wise One)
Belinde (Wise One)
Bendhuin (leader of the Far Aldazar Din society and sept chief of the Green Salts)
Cairdin (a Brothers of the Eagle)
Couladin (killed by Mat)
Dailin (Wise One) (Wise One)
Desaine (Wise One, deceased)
Darin (a Stone Dog)
Doilan (a warrior taken gai'shain)
Dorailla (Wise One)
Dosera (deceased)
Dyrele (roofmistress of the Moshaine)
Efalin (Maiden of the Spear)

Estalaine (Wise One)
Gharadin
Hamal (a blacksmith)
Jesain (Wise One)
Laerad (a Water Seeker)
Maeric (leader of the Seia Doon society and sept chief of the Moshaine)
Marthea (Maiden)
Masalin (Wise One)
Meira (Wise One)
Melindhra (Maiden)
Micara (Wise One)
Modarra (Wise One)

Muradin (killed in Rhuidean)
Nadric warrior
Naeise (a Maiden of the Spear)
Norlea (Wise One)
Rhiale (Wise One)
Rodera (a Maiden taken gai'shain)
Sevanna (wife of Suladric, self proclaimed leader of the Shaido)
Someryn (Wise One)
Suladric (clan chief, deceased)
Suraile
Therava (Wise One)
Tion (Wise One)

Septs#

References (Possible Spoilers)#

In The Shadow Rising
1. TSR,Ch22 - Although they do not have blood feud, Taardad and Shaido are not friendly. Taardad think Shaido are sneaky.
2. TSR,Ch23 - After Suladric's death, Muradin and Couladin lead the Shaido spears to Chaendaer so a new clan chief can be chosen.
3. TSR,Ch36 - Couladin and the Shaido travel in the same direction as the Jindo heading for Cold Rocks Hold.
4. TSR,Ch37 - The Shaido and the Jindo both camp at Imre Stand.
5. TSR,Ch48 - During the trip to Cold Rocks Hold, Jasin Natael spends a lot of time with the Shaido.
6. TSR,Ch49 - The Shaido camp outside Cold Rocks Hold. Rhuarc worries that they might cause trouble at Alcair Dal.
7. TSR,Ch50 - The Shaido break camp at nightfall and head north.
8. TSR,Ch57 - The Shaido are already causing trouble at Alcair Dal when Rand and the Taardad arrive.
9. TSR,Ch58 - Sevanna and Couladin lead the Shaido from Alcair Dal before Rand returns.
In The Fires of Heaven
1. TFoH,Ch2 - Many of the Aiel who succumb to the bleakness join with the Shaido.
2. TFoH,Ch6 - Rhuarc reports to Rand that the Shaido are moving toward Jangai Pass.
3. TFoH,Ch14 - Egwene tells Nynaeve that Rand is following Couladin and the Shaido across Jangai Pass.
4. TFoH,Ch20 - Couladin and the Shaido enter Jangai Pass and decimate the town of Taien. They take wetlanders as gai'shain which disturbs the other clan chiefs more than the slaughter.
5. TFoH,Ch23 - Couladin and the Shaido enter Cairhien and wipe out the town of Selean.
6. TFoH,Ch24 - Egwene tells Elayne that they are now in Cairhien. Couladin and the Shaido decimated the town of Selean.
7. TFoH,Ch30 - Some young Tairen and Cairhienin nobles find Rand in Eianrod and report that Couladin and the Shaido attacked Cairhien.
8. TFoH,Ch31 - The town of Eianrod was already abandoned when Couladin and the Shaido came through.
9. TFoH,Ch41 - From his tower, Rand observes the Shaido that surround Cairhien.
10. TFoH,Ch42 - There are 160,000 Shaido spears.
11. TFoH,Ch43 - Rand, Aviendha and Egwene channel lightning and fire into the Shaido during the battle.
12. TFoH,Ch44 - Rand and his forces defeat the Shaido capturing thousands and driving most north across the River Gaelin.
13. TFoH,Ch46 - Rand rides past twenty thousand Shaido prisoners on his way to Cairhien.
14. TFoH,Ch49 - Egwene reports to Nynaeve and Elayne that the Shaido are retreating north, but more Aiel are joining them.
In Lord of Chaos
1. LoC,Prologue - Sevanna and the Shaido Wise Ones plot with the White Tower Aes Sedai embassy to Rand.
2. LoC,Ch5 - Olver hates the Aiel because the Shaido killed his father.
3. LoC,Ch17 - Rhuarc reports to Rand that Sevanna and the Shaido are building holds in Kinslayer's Dagger.
4. LoC,Ch53 - Rhuarc reports to Perrin that the Shaido are moving south out of Kinslayer's Dagger.
5. LoC,Ch54 - Timolan goes north to fight the Shaido.
6. LoC,Ch55 - Forty thousand Shaido attack Galina Casban's camp at Dumai's Wells. The Asha'man and slaughter many of them before they flee.
In A Crown of Swords
1. ACoS,Ch1 - After the battle of Dumai's Wells, Perrin is holding about two hundred Shaido prisoners.
2. ACoS,Ch2 - At Dumai's Wells there are thousands of Shaido dead. Those alive are running east.
3. ACoS,Ch20 - Sevanna has regrouped about twenty thousand Shaido spears and is heading to Kinslayer's Dagger with them.
4. ACoS,Ch40 - With the guise of his "traveling boxes" Sammael scatters the Shaido from Illian to Ghealdan.
In Winter's Heart
1. WH,Ch4 - There are eighty-three Shaido septs. Five are with Sevanna in Amadicia.
2. WH,Ch6 - Perrin learns that Faile and the others were made gai'shain by the Shaido.
In Crossroads of Twilight
1. CoT,Ch5 - The Shaido are heading east into Altara to avoid the Seanchan (People).
2. CoT,Ch8 - Perrin-s scouts locate the Shaido who have settled in the Altaran city of Malden.
3. CoT,Ch9 - The Shaido plan to stay indefinitely in Malden. There are ten septs, about seventy thousand.
4. CoT,Ch27 - Perrin agrees to meet with a Seanchan (People) army that has been hunting the Shaido.
5. CoT,Ch28 - Most Seanchan (People) settlers are heading east from Ebou Dar because of the terrifying stories of Aiel to the north.
In Knife of Dreams
1. KoD,Ch5 - The Morai and White Cliff septs are heading toward Malden to join the other Shaido there.
2. KoD,Ch18 - There are Shaido Maidens among Rand's guard.
3. KoD,Ch30 - After the defeat at Malden, Therava intends to lead the Shaido back to the Aiel Waste, never again to leave.
In The Gathering Storm
1. TGS,Ch9 - After their defeat, the remaining Shaido septs opt not to chase after Perrin.
2. TGS,Ch15 - The Seanchan (People) show off their leashed Shaido Wise Ones in front of Rand's embassy.

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