aka: Tam

Pronunciation: TAM al-THOR 
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A man from the [Two Rivers]. He has one son, [Rand|Rand alThor]. His wife was [Kari al'Thor]. He lives on a farm in the [Westwood|Two Rivers] near [Emond's Field|Emonds Field].

! Physical Description

He has a thick chest, broad face, lined cheeks, mostly gray hair and is a head shorter than [Rand|Rand alThor]. ([TEotW,Ch1]) He is a blocky man. His hair is now completely gray and he has more lines on his bluff face. ([KoD,Ch29])

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

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! Before Start of Series

* Tam al'Thor leaves the [Two Rivers] as a boy and joins the army of [Illian|Illian (Country)]. He fights in the [Whitecloak War], two wars with [Tear|Tear (Country)] and the [Aiel War] rising in rank to Second Captain of the [Illianer Companions] and becoming a blademaster. ([TGH,Ch8])
* King Mattin Stepaneos presents [Tam al'Thor|Tam alThor] of the Illianer [Companions|Illian (Country)] with a [One Power]-crafted heron-mark sword. ([Book Signing|Guide])
* As a young soldier [Demetre Marcolin] serves under Second Captain Tam al'Thor. ([TPoD,Ch13])
* At the end of the [Aiel War], during the Battle of the Shining Walls, Tam finds baby [Rand|Rand alThor] on the slopes of [Dragonmount]. He and his wife, [Kari al'Thor], return to the [Two Rivers] with the baby. ([TEotW,Ch6], [TEotW,Ch16])

! Start of Series

* At the annual sheep shearing, Tam shears with the other Village Council members. He tells the boys the story of the [Shadow War] and [Lews Therin Telamon]. ([TEotW,Earlier])
* Tam and [Rand|Rand alThor] walk to [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] with [Bela] pulling a cart. He talks with the other townsfolk. ([TEotW,Ch1])
* Tam meets with the other members of the Village Council. ([TEotW,Ch2])
* [Bran al'Vere|Brandelwyn alVere], at the urging of Tam al'Thor, suggests that [Fain|Padan Fain] come inside the inn and talk to the Village Council. ([TEotW,Ch3])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] and Tam head back to the farm. ([TEotW,Ch4])
* Tam gives [Rand|Rand alThor] his sword. [Trollocs] attack the farm and Tam is wounded. ([TEotW,Ch5])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] carries Tam back to [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] In his delirium, Tam rants about the [Aiel War] and about finding [Rand|Rand alThor]. ([TEotW,Ch6])
* [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] cannot help Tam. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] and [Bran|Brandelwyn alVere] help [Rand|Rand alThor] bring him to a room in the [Winespring Inn]. ([TEotW,Ch7])
* [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] [Heals|Weaves] Tam. ([TEotW,Ch8])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] tells Tam he is leaving. [Marin|Marin alVere] and [Bran|Brandelwyn alVere] will take care of him till he is well. ([TEotW,Ch9])

! After Rand Leaves

* [Abell Cauthon] and Tam visit [Tar Valon] in hopes of learning what happened to [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] but they are sent home with no information. ([TDR,Ch20], [TSR,Ch31])

! The Battle of Two Rivers

* When the [Whitecloaks] arrive, Tam and [Abell|Abell Cauthon] manage to escape and hide in the woods. ([TSR,Ch29])
* Tam and [Abell|Abell Cauthon] arrive at the old sickhouse and greet [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]. ([TSR,Ch31])
* Tam and others ride to scout the [Whitecloak|Children of the Light] encampment at [Watch Hill]. Halfway there, they stop at [Jac al'Seen]'s place. ([TSR,Ch32])
* Tam, [Abell|Abell Cauthon] and the others wait while [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and the [Aiel] free the prisoners. Tam, [Abell|Abell Cauthon] and some others hide the Luhhans and Cauthons while [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and the rest lead the [Whitecloaks] away. ([TSR,Ch33])
* Tam and [Abell|Abell Cauthon] arrive shortly after [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is brought in with an arrow in his side. ([TSR,Ch43])
* [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] has Tam, [Abell|Abell Cauthon] and [Bran|Brandelwyn alVere] organize the [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] defenses. ([TSR,Ch44])
* Tam begins teaching [Aram] how to use a sword. ([TSR,Ch45])
* Tam, [Abell|Abell Cauthon], [Bran|Brandelwyn alVere] and [Cenn Buie] help [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] plan in the [Winespring Inn]. ([TSR,Ch53])
* Tam al'Thor, [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] and [Ihvon] lead the forces at the south perimeter at the defense of [Emond's Field|Emonds Field]. ([TSR,Ch56])

! After the Battle of Two Rivers

* Tam and [Abell|Abell Cauthon] give [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] advice on how to deal with the mayors of the [Two Rivers] villages. ([LoC,Prologue])
* [Mazrim Taim] visits the [Two Rivers] recruiting [Asha'man] and tells Tam that [Rand|Rand alThor] is the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. ([KoD,Ch29])
* [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] recruits Tam to be his First Captain in the battle of [Malden]. Tam brings a few thousand [Two Rivers] archers with him. ([KoD,Ch29])
* Tam organizes the [Two Rivers] men to bring water for their travels. ([TGS,Ch9])
* [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] sends another group of refugees to Tam. ([ToM,Ch2])
* Tam attends [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]-s staff meeting. They agree to send a scouting mission to [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)]. ([ToM,Ch6])
* [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] walks through his camp with Tam. ([ToM,Ch10])
* Tam reports that many of the refugees do not want to go home. They want to stay with [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]'s army. ([ToM,Ch21])
* Trying to intimidate the [Whitecloaks] at the parley, Tam has the [Two Rivers] men launch an impressive barrage of arrows. He then attends the parley between [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Galad|Galad Damodred]. ([ToM,Ch26])
* [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] locates [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]'s camp on the [Jehannah Road] and finds Tam. Tam makes his apologies to [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] saying he has to leave, something to do with [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] brings him to the [Stone of Tear]. ([TGS,Ch47], [ToM,Ch29])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] and Tam talk and Tam gives him advice on dealing with his fate. [Rand|Rand alThor] cannot choose what he does, but he can choose ''why'' he does it. [Rand|Rand alThor] learns that [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] coached Tam, becomes enraged, and nearly kills him. ([TGS,Ch47])
* Tam bursts in on [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] and her party and angrily asks what she did to [Rand|Rand alThor]. He relates what happened and calls her a bully. ([TGS,Ch48])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] returns to [Tear|Tear (Country)] and has a tearful reunion with Tam. He introduces Tam and [Min|Min Farshaw]. ([ToM,Ch13])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] sends Tam with an [Asha'man] to the [Two Rivers] to gather more men for the [Last Battle|Creator]. ([ToM,Ch25])
* As the armies mass at the [Field of Merrilor], Tam is in the [Two Rivers] gathering more men for the [Last Battle|Creator]. (ToM,Ch53)
* [Elayne] is worried that the archers will hit their own men, but Tam assures her that they can hit their intended targets. ([AMoL,Ch10])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [New Spring]
## [New Spring] - [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] uses %%ot [ko'di]%% = oneness, void which sounds very much like the concentration technique Tam taught [Rand|Rand alThor].
## [New Spring] - His name is in [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]'s notebook as the possible father of the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor].
# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch1] - Tam is the best archer in [Emond's Field|Emonds Field].
## [TEotW,Ch13] - [Rand|Rand alThor] recognizes [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran]'s description of mental preparation as the flame and the void that Tam taught him.
## [TEotW,Ch16] - [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] about Tam and [Kari al'Thor] returning to [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] with a baby.
## [TEotW,Ch33] - [Rand|Rand alThor] has a nightmare in which Tam looks down at him frowning.
## [TEotW,Ch53] - [Rand|Rand alThor] wants to go home to Tam, but knows he cannot.
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch20] - [Lanfear] tells [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] that Tam and [Abell|Abell Cauthon] came to the [White Tower] looking for [Rand|Rand alThor] and him.
## [TDR,Ch24] - Tam wins the [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] quarterstaff competition if [Abell Cauthon] does not.
## [TDR,Ch39] - [Egwene|Egwene alVere] recalls that [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] told them Tam and [Kari al'Thor] were not [Rand|Rand alThor]'s birth parents.
## [TDR,Ch32] - In his dreams, [Rand|Rand alThor] is visited by Shadowspawn in the guise of his loved ones including his father.
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch29] - [Marin|Marin alVere] and [Bran|Brandelwyn alVere] tell [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] that Tam and [Abell|Abell Cauthon] avoided the [Whitecloaks] and are hiding in the woods.
# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Ch13] - First Captain [Demetre Marcolin] recalls serving under Tam al'Thor when Tam was Second Captain of the [Companions|Illian (Country)].
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch22] - [Rand|Rand alThor] still thinks of Tam as his real father even though he knows [Janduin] was his biological father.
## [TGS,Ch44] - [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks there has been no turning back for him since the day Tam found him on [Dragonmount].
## [TGS,Ch49] - [Rand|Rand alThor] tries to deal with the fact that he almost killed Tam and he can blame no one but himself.
## [TGS,Ch50] - Atop [Dragonmount], [Rand|Rand alThor] remembers Tam telling him that he can choose ''why'' he does his duty and that helps him achieve his breakthrough.
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch12] - [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] is frantic about [Rand|Rand alThor] after he nearly killed Tam.
## [ToM,Ch16] - If [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] refuses to lead the [Two Rivers], the people might pick a good leader like [Bran al'Vere|Brandelwyn alVere] or Tam, but they just might pick someone like [Cenn Buie].
## [ToM,Ch18] - Working with [Hopper] in the [wolf dream|TelAranRhiod], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] smells determination that reminds him of Tam when he is training soldiers.
## [ToM,Ch30] - [Dannil Lewin] is in charge of the [Two Rivers] men since Tam mysteriously left.
## [ToM,Ch44] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] has an army of seventy thousand trained under [Dannil|Dannil Lewin] and Tam.
# In [A Memory of Light]
## [AMoL,Ch1] - [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] gives all the credit for the victory at [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] to [Dannil|Dannil Lewin], Tam and [Abell|Abell Cauthon].
## [AMoL,Ch3] - Tam is still at [Perrin]'s camp. He does not want any special treatment.
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