Pronunciation: tee-GRAIN 
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aka: Shaiel
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"Shaiel" means "Woman Who Is Dedicated" in the [Old Tongue].

Daughter of Queen [Mordrellen Mantear] and sister of [Luc|Luc Mantear]. She married [Taringail Damodred] and had a son named [Galad|Galad Damodred]. She disappeared in 972 NE. She went into the [Aiel Waste] and married [Janduin]. She gave birth to [Rand|Rand alThor] on the slopes of [Dragonmount]. Her sign was a woman's hand gripping a thorny rose-stem with a white blossom.

! Physical Description

She has golden hair. ([TSR,Ch34])

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* Tigraine marries [Taringail|Taringail Damodred]. 
* She gives birth to [Galad|Galad Damodred]. 
* In 972 NE, [Gitara Moroso] tells Tigraine that disaster will befall the world unless she goes to the [Three-fold Land|Aiel Waste], becomes a [Maiden of the Spear], and does not return until the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] go to [Tar Valon]. ([TSR,Ch34], [LoC,Ch16])
* Tigraine goes to the [Aiel Waste]. She is found near death by [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] including [Amys] and gives her name as Shaiel. She becomes a [Maiden of the Spear] and is adopted into the [Chumai] sept of the [Taardad]. ([TSR,Ch34])
* Four years later she goes with the spears to the [Westlands|Geography] in the [Aiel War]. ([TSR,Ch34])
* She becomes pregnant by [Janduin]. ([TSR,Ch34])
* She gives births to [Rand|Rand alThor] and then dies on the slopes of [Dragonmount]. ([TEotW,Ch6])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch34] - [Almen Bunt] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] about her.
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch7] - On reading the [Dark Prophecy], [Verin|Verin Mathwin] recalls that [Luc|Luc Mantear] was Tigraine's brother.
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch39] - [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] notes that [Rand|Rand alThor] looks like Tigraine.
## [TDR,Ch45] - [Coline|coline] recalls how much [Rand|Rand alThor] resembles Tigraine.
## [TDR,Ch47] - After Tigraine's disappearance, the line of succession was not clear. It was two years before [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] claimed the [Lion Throne|Royal Palace].
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch34] - [Amys] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] the story of his parents.
## [TSR,Ch57] - [Rand|Rand alThor] announces to the clan chiefs that his mother was Shaiel a [Maiden of the Spear] of the [Chumai] [Taardad].
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Ch19] - Recalling the men in her past, [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] thinks she married [Taringail|Taringail Damodred] only because of his previous marriage to Tigraine.
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch16] - Lady [Dyelin Taravin] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] the story of Tigraine disappearing leaving behind her husband, [Taringail|Taringail Damodred], and her infant son, [Galad|Galad Damodred]. [Rand|Rand alThor] realizes this as the story of Shaiel, his true mother.
## [LoC,Ch26] - [Elenia Sarand] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that, by commoner standards, Tigraine and [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] were not related at all. [Rand|Rand alThor] is relieved that he is not related to [Elayne|Elayne Trakand].
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Ch11] - The [Andoran|Andor] succession is normally straightforward. [Mantear|Andor] only lost the throne to [Trakand|Andor] because Tigraine was missing when [Mordrellen Mantear] died.
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