Tanchico

Pronunciation: tan-CHEE-coh

Tanchico is the capital of Tarabon. It lies on the Aryth Ocean at the mouth of the River Andahar. Tanchico is built on three hilly peninsulas extending south into Tanchico Bay. From east to west the peninsulas are named Verana, Maseta and Calpene. A dozen fortresses surround the harbor. The Great Circle on the Calpene is a huge gathering place for horse races or fireworks. The King's Circle is on the Maseta and the Panarch's Circle and Panarch's Palace are on the Verana. Tanchico is larger than Tear and maybe even Caemlyn. The Civil Watch keeps order in the city.

Map: A map of Tanchico is available in The Shadow Rising hc p. 429, pb p. 618, and in the Guide, p. 275.

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References (Possible Spoilers)#

  1. In The Great Hunt
    1. TGH,Ch29 - Bayle Domon and the Spray stop by Tanchico to pick up a cargo of fireworks.
  2. In The Shadow Rising
    1. TSR,Ch5 - Amico Nagoyin tells her questioners that there is something in Tanchico that is dangerous to Rand.
    2. TSR,Ch6 - Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve debate whether or not they should go to Tanchico. Moiraine says that they should.
    3. TSR,Ch9 - Egwene reads books on Tarabon and Tanchico hoping to find a clue as to what they should do.
    4. TSR,Ch11 - Tanchico is built on three hilly peninsulas extending south into Tanchico Bay. From east to west the peninsulas are named Verana, Maseta and Calpene. A dozen fortresses surround the harbor. The Great Circle on the Calpene is a huge gathering place for horse races or fireworks. The King's Circle is on the Maseta and the Panarch's Circle and Panarch's Palace are on the Verana. Tanchico is larger than Tear and maybe even Caemlyn.
    5. TSR,Ch11 - In Tel'aran'rhiod, Egwene visits Tanchico and the Panarch's Palace. She finds nothing herself, but Amys tells her Tanchico is full of evil.
    6. TSR,Ch12 - The girls agree that Elayne and Nynaeve will go to Tanchico.
    7. TSR,Ch16 - At the last minute, Lan learns that Nynaeve is going to Tanchico instead of Tar Valon and is furious at being deceived.
    8. TSR,Ch17 - Moiraine bribes Thom into accompanying Elayne and Nynaeve to Tanchico.
    9. TSR,Ch19 - Elayne and Nynaeve are trying to get there.
    10. TSR,Ch20 - Jorin tells Elayne that they will be there in ten days.
    11. TSR,Ch21 - Moiraine thinks Elayne and Nynaeve will be out of harms way in Tanchico.
    12. TSR,Ch35 - In Tel'aran'rhiod, Elayne tells Egwene that they will be in Tanchico in two or three days.
    13. TSR,Ch38 - Egeanin, Bayle Domon, Carridin and the Black Ajah are in Tanchico.
    14. TSR,Ch39 - Elayne, Nynaeve, Thom and Juilin arrive in Tanchico.
    15. TSR,Ch46 - Elayne, Nynaeve, Thom and Juilin search Tanchico for the Black Ajah.
    16. TSR,Ch46 - Aided by the Whitecloaks, King Andric has Amathera invested as Panarch even though she was rejected by the Assembly of Lords.
  3. In The Fires of Heaven
    1. TFoH,Ch8 - Elayne, Nynaeve, Thom and Juilin are weeks from Tanchico. Andric and Amathera were in charge when they left.
    2. TFoH,Ch15 - Nynaeve finds a note in Elaida's study that says there has been no news from Tanchico in three weeks.
    3. TFoH,Ch15 - Egwene finds a note in Elaida's study that says there has been no news from Tanchico in over a month.
    4. TFoH,Ch30 - Rand thinks Elayne is still in Tanchico.
  4. In Lord of Chaos
    1. LoC,Ch9 - Pedron Niall receives a secret report from his agent Varadin in Tanchico but he dismisses it because it is too crazy.
    2. LoC,Ch31 - Niall receives another message from Tanchico and begins to take it seriously.
  5. In Winter's Heart
    1. WH,Ch8 - Lemore is a noblewoman of Tanchico. She unfortunately began to channel the day the Seanchan (People) arrived and so she was made damane.
    2. WH,Ch14 - Tuon leaves Tanchico on the Victory of Kidron and sails to Ebou Dar.
    3. WH,Ch15 - When the Seanchan (People) take over Tanchico, the Illuminators resist. The Seanchan (People) destroy the Guild House and take the resisdents as da'covale.
    4. WH,Ch29 - Thom and Juilin finally tell Mat about the Black Ajah and the sad bracelets in Tanchico.
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