Taren Ferry is a town in [Andor] in the region known as the [Two Rivers]. It sits along the [Taren River], which runs west to east here, and provides the only ferry across the river. The road north goes to [Baerlon] and the road south goes to [Watch Hill]. To the west are the Sand Hills and beyond them the [Mountains of Mist]. Upriver, there is Eldrene's Veil. Houses in Taren Ferry are tall and narrow, built on high stone foundations to escape the annual spring flooding. ! Stores, Inns, Manor Houses ! Residents * [Milla al'Azar] - Wisdom * Master [Hightower] ! References (Possible Spoilers) %%collapse # In [The Eye of the World] ## [TEotW,Ch3] - Most [Two Rivers] folk do not trust Taren Ferry residents thinking them dishonest. ## [TEotW,Ch4] - Because of all the trouble in the news, the [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] Village Council will send men to [Deven Ride], [Watch Hill] and Taren Ferry to keep watch. ## [TEotW,Ch11] - Taren Ferry people have a reputation for slyness and trickery. They have strange names like Hilltop and Stoneboat. ## [TEotW,Ch11] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and her party pass through Taren Ferry in the night. She wrecks the ferry after they cross the [Taren River]. # In [The Shadow Rising] ## [TSR,Ch1] - [Dain Bornhald] and the [Whitecloaks] passivate Taren Ferry. ## [TSR,Ch45] - Taren Ferry is wiped out in a [Trolloc] attack. ## [TSR,Ch53] - In the [wolf dream|TelAranRhiod], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] visits Taren Ferry and sees that it is, indeed, destroyed, but the ferry is still workable. ## [TSR,Ch56] - [Padan Fain] orchestrated the [Trolloc] attack on Taren Ferry so that people would escape and bring word to [Rand|Rand alThor]. The town is destroyed. # In [Lord of Chaos] ## [LoC,Prologue] - People from the surrounding area rebuild Taren Ferry and repopulate it. [Elwinn Taron] becomes the Wisdom. # In [A Crown of Swords] ## [ACoS,Ch8] - Mayoral races in Taren Ferry are hotly contested. # In [Knife of Dreams] ## [KoD,Ch29] - When [Tam] comes to aid [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], men from [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] [Deven Ride], [Watch Hill], Taren Ferry and outlanders as well volunteer. # In [A Memory of Light] ## [AMoL,Ch1] - A wind rises in the [Mountains of Mist] and blows eastward across the [Westwood|Two Rivers] and Taren Ferry, along the road from [Baerlon] to [Whitebridge] into central [Andor]. There is nothing left of Taren Ferry but burned ruins. %% ---- More [Category Geography]