Title: Queen Tenobia si Bashere Kazadi

She is Queen of [Saldaea]. Her uncle is [Davram Bashere]. Her full title is - Her Illumined Majesty, Tenobia si Bashere Kazadi, Shield of the North and Sword of the Blightborder, High Seat of House [Kazadi|Saldaea], Lady of [Shahayni|Saldaea], [Asnelle|Saldaea], [Kunwar|Saldaea] and [Ganai|Saldaea].

! Physical Description

She is tall and pretty with a bold nose and large tilted eyes of dark deep blue. ([TPoD,Prologue]) She has an eagle's beak nose and a wide mouth. Her best feature is her tilted purple eyes. ([WH,Ch27])

[{Image src='tenoba2a.jpg' link='http://www.darkfriends.net/~waldo/encyc/nobles/tenoba2.jpg'}]
Tenobia Kazadi by [Richard Boyé|mailto:waldo@webspan.net?subject=EWoT%20Art]
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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* At the age of sixteen, Tenobia intends to lead her army into battle in the [Blight]. [Davram Bashere] forces her to change her mind. She exiles him for it, but the Council of Lords forces her to recant. ([TSR,Ch56])
* Tenobia learns of [Mazrim Taim]'s escape. Not trusting the [White Tower] to hold him, she sends [Davram Bashere] to deal with him. ([TFoH,Prologue], [TFoH,Ch56])
* [Davram Bashere] and his army disappear from [Saldaea]. Tenobia is also not cooperating with the [Aes Sedai]. ([TFoH,Ch15])
* Queen Tenobia writes to [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] asking that the [White Tower] stop meddling in her affairs. ([TFoH,Ch49])
* Tenobia is avoiding [Pedron Niall]'s agent in [Saldaea]. ([LoC,Ch9])
* Tenobia joins the leaders of the other [Borderlands] to pay a call on [Rand|Rand alThor]. She brings five [Aes Sedai] with her. ([TPoD,Prologue])
* King [Easar|Easar Togita], Queen [Ethenielle|Ethenielle Cosaru Noramaga], King [Paitar|Paitar Neramovni Nachiman], Queen Tenobia and their armies arrive in [Braem Wood]. ([WH,Ch9])
* [Merilille|Merilille Ceandevin] finds the [Shienarans|Shienar] and King [Easar|Easar Togita]. She meets with him and the other [Borderlands] rulers. Tenobia lets slip that they know that [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] is close to [Rand|Rand alThor] and was at [Falme]. ([WH,Ch26])
* [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] meets with King [Easar|Easar Togita], Queen [Ethenielle|Ethenielle Cosaru Noramaga], King [Paitar|Paitar Neramovni Nachiman] and Queen Tenobia. They agree that the [Borderlands] armies will move through [Andor] unmolested. Tenobia is anxious to meet with her uncle [Davram|Davram Bashere]. ([WH,Ch27])
* [Easar|Easar Togita], [Ethenielle|Ethenielle Cosaru Noramaga], [Paitar|Paitar Neramovni Nachiman] and Tenobia meet with [Rand|Rand alThor] in [Far Madding]. They slap him hard and question him about [Tellindal Tirraso]. He answers correctly, fulfilling a [Foretelling|Weaves] and they acknowledge him as the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. ([ToM,Ch51])
* [Easar|Easar Togita], [Ethenielle|Ethenielle Cosaru Noramaga], [Paitar|Paitar Neramovni Nachiman] and Tenobia swear fealty to [Rand|Rand alThor] and their armies accompany him to the [Field of Merrilor]. ([ToM,Epilogue])
* [Egwene], King [Easar|Easar Togita] from [Shienar], King [Alsalam|Alsalam Saeed Almadar] from [Arad Doman], [Elayne] from [Andor], %%green [Cadsuane]%%, [Min], [Perrin], [Faile], [Nynaeve], King [Roedran|Roedran Analoy] from [Murandy], [Gregorin|Gregorin Panar den Lushenos] from [Illainer|Illian (Country)], King [Paitar|Paitar Neramovni Nachiman] from [Arafel], King [Darlin|Darlin Sisnera] from [Tear|Tear (Country)], Queen Tenobia from [Saldaea], Queen [Alliandre|Alliandre Maritha Kigarin] from [Ghealdan] and [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag] from [Mayene] all attend [Rand]'s meeting at the [Field of Merrilor]. ([AMoL,Ch5])
* [Lan] finds Tenobia arguing tactics with [Agelmar]. She has a descent grasp of tactics, but is too bold for [Lan]'s taste. She tells [Lan] that they fight "a glorious battle" and [Lan] responds back with "the men who fight have glory, but the battle itself is not glory." ([AMoL,Ch9])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch17] - The war in [Arad Doman] is hindering trade with [Saldaea] to such an extent that it might cost Tenobia her throne.
## [TSR,Ch41] - [Faile|Zarine Bashere]'s father, [Davram Bashere], is Marshal-General to Queen Tenobia and is also her uncle.
## [TSR,Ch56] - Tenobia is eight years older than [Faile|Zarine Bashere].
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Prologue] - The [White Tower] sends [Memara] to [Saldaea] to keep Tenobia under control.
## [TFoH,Ch49] - In [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan]'s study, [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] see letters from King [Easar|Easar Togita] and Queen Tenobia asking that the [White Tower] stop meddling in their affairs.
## [TFoH,Ch56] - [Bashere|Davram Bashere] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that he thinks Tenobia will support him as the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor].
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch2] - Tenobia sent [Davram Bashere] to pursue [Mazrim Taim].
## [LoC,Ch9] - [Omerna|Abdel Omerna] reports to [Niall|Pedron Niall] that Tenobia is in seclusion in the country.
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Prologue] - [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] orders her kidnapped. Apparently [Memara] was not very successful.
## [ACoS,Prologue] - [Omerna|Abdel Omerna] reports to [Niall|Pedron Niall] that she has left [Saldaea].
## [ACoS,Ch6] - [Colavaere|Colavaere Saighan] was happy to have [Faile|Zarine Bashere] as an attendant because of her high standing as cousin to Queen Tenobia.
# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Prologue] - Next in line for the throne of [Saldaea] is her uncle, [Davram Bashere].
## [TPoD,Ch16] - [Siuan Sanche] hears from one of her eyes-and-ears that soldiers are moving south out of [Kandor].
# In [Winters Heart]
## [WH,Ch27] - Her full title and lands are given.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Prologue] - [Davram Bashere] knows that [Easar|Easar Togita], [Ethenielle|Ethenielle Cosaru Noramaga], [Paitar|Paitar Neramovni Nachiman] and Tenobia are fifty leagues to the north. He worries about what they are doing and what Tenobia will do to him.
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch1] - [Rand|Rand alThor] wonders if Tenobia will really give him her support like [Bashere|Davram Bashere] said she would.
## [TGS,Ch42] - [Bashere|Davram Bashere] has no idea why Tenobia and the other rulers would leave the [Blight] border undefended.
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch24] - [Yoeli] tells [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] that Tenobia took much of the army with her on her search for the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. She left [Vram Torkumen] in charge.
## [ToM,Ch51] - [Min|Min Farshaw] has a [viewing|viewings] of Tenobia, a spear hovering over her head, bloody, but shining in the light.
# [A Memory of Light]
## [AMoL,Ch7] - [Gareth Bryne] praises [Elayne] for her handling of the meeting, including when Tenobia complained about [Saldaea] left exposed. 
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