Pronunciation: tee-GRAIN
aka: Shaiel
"Shaiel" means "Woman Who Is Dedicated" in the Old Tongue.
Daughter of Queen Mordrellen Mantear and sister of Luc. She married Taringail Damodred and had a son named Galad. She disappeared in 972 NE. She went into the Aiel Waste and married Janduin. She gave birth to Rand 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)
Chronology (Possible Spoilers)#
- Tigraine marries Taringail.
- She gives birth to Galad.
- In 972 NE, Gitara Moroso tells Tigraine that disaster will befall the world unless she goes to the Three-fold Land, becomes a Maiden of the Spear, and does not return until the Maidens go to Tar Valon. (TSR,Ch34, LoC,Ch16)
- Tigraine goes to the Aiel Waste. She is found near death by Maidens 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 in the Aiel War. (TSR,Ch34)
- She becomes pregnant by Janduin. (TSR,Ch34)
- She gives births to Rand and then dies on the slopes of Dragonmount. (TEotW,Ch6)
Other References (Possible Spoilers)#
- In The Eye of the World
- TEotW,Ch34 - Almen Bunt tells Rand and Mat about her.
- In The Great Hunt
- TGH,Ch7 - On reading the Dark Prophecy, Verin recalls that Luc was Tigraine's brother.
- In The Dragon Reborn
- In The Shadow Rising
- In The Fires of Heaven
- In Lord of Chaos
- LoC,Ch16 - Lady Dyelin tells Rand the story of Tigraine disappearing leaving behind her husband, Taringail, and her infant son, Galad. Rand realizes this as the story of Shaiel, his true mother.
- LoC,Ch26 - Elenia tells Rand that, by commoner standards, Tigraine and Morgase were not related at all. Rand is relieved that he is not related to Elayne.
- In Crossroads of Twilight
- CoT,Ch11 - The Andoran succession is normally straightforward. Mantear only lost the throne to Trakand because Tigraine was missing when Mordrellen Mantear died.
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