A nation that arose from the ruins of [Eharon] after the [Trolloc Wars]. ! Location Shiota was located in the region of present day [Altara] and [Illian|Country of Illian]. ! Ruling Body ! Towns/Cities ! References (Possible Spoilers) %%collapse # In [Guide] ## [Guide] - Shiota was one of the nations taken by [Guaire Amalasan] during the [War of the Second Dragon|False Dragons] FY 939 - 943. # In [The Fires of Heaven] ## [TFoH,Ch54] - Feather-dancers were common in Shiota. # In [A Crown of Swords] ## [ACoS,Prologue] - [Kyera Termendal] of Shiota wrote a much disputed translation of ''The [Prophecies of the Dragon|Karaethon Prophecies]'' between FY 700 and FY 800. ## [ACoS,Ch39] - [Mat] recalls a [Sea Folk] woman calling an Shiotan soldier a son of the sands just before trying to kill him. # In [The Path of Daggers] ## [TPoD,Ch2] - [Madic] tells [Moridin] that the %%ot [*angreal|Angreal]%% stash contained relics from the [Age of Legends], [Eharon] and Shiota. ## [TPoD,Ch3] - On the way to the [farm|Farm] [Elayne] and her party ride by the ruins of a giant statue of a Shiotan warrior queen. ## [TPoD,Ch22] - [Rand] and his army pass a statue that [Bashere] says is probably a queen of Shiota. # In [Knife of Dreams] ## [KoD,Ch8] - [Mat] recalls being an [Esandara]n lord when [Esandara] and [Nerevan] invaded Shiota five hundred years after the [Trolloc Wars]. ## [KoD,Ch10] - When [Mat] sees the ghost village he recognizes the construction, buildings up to three stories with heavy timber framing and whitish plaster between, high-peaked roofs of thatch and tall stone chimneys, as typical of country building in Shiota. ## [KoD,Ch11] - [Tuon] asks [Mat] about cities and lands but ironically he knows more about [Eharon] and Shiota than [Caemlyn] and [Tear|Country of Tear]. %% ---- More [Category History]