aka: Daughter of the Nine Moons

Second and favorite daughter of the Empress of the Seanchan (Country) empire. Her personal banner is two golden lions harnessed to an ancient war-cart. She is nineteen.

Physical Description#

She is dark and petite with a heart-shaped face and large brown eyes. (WH,Ch14) She has full lips. (CoT,Ch3)


Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag
by Richard Boyé

Tuon and Selucia by Richard Boyé

Chronology (Possible Spoilers)#

Other References (Possible Spoilers)#

  1. In The Great Hunt
    1. TGH,Ch34 - High Lord Turak mentions that Tuon is the Empress's second daughter and her favorite.
  2. In The Shadow Rising
    1. TSR,Ch15 - The Aelfinn tell Mat that he is fated to marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
    2. TSR,Ch24 - Mat asks the Eelfinn why he must marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons but they ignore his question.
    3. TSR,Ch37 - Mat worries about his destiny including marrying the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
  3. In The Fires of Heaven
    1. TFoH,Ch3 - Mat asks Melindhra if she ever heard of the Daughter of the Nine Moons. She has not.
    2. TFoH,Ch22 - Mat again asks Melindhra if she ever heard of the Daughter of the Nine Moons. She has not.
  4. In Lord of Chaos
    1. LoC,Ch5 - Mat asks Betse Silvin if she ever heard of the Daughter of the Nine Moons. She has not.
    2. LoC,Ch6 - While questioning Cabriana Mecandes, Semirhage is annoyed at having been pulled away from her charge even though she is a willful and obdurate girl.
    3. LoC,Ch52 - In The Wandering Woman common room, Mat mentions the Daughter of the Nine Moons and a man with a slurred accent chokes on his drink.
    4. LoC,Epilogue - A Seanchan spy thinks, "Perhaps the Return would come soon, and the Daughter of the Nine Moons with it. Surely that would be the greatest omen of victory."
  5. In A Crown of Swords
    1. ACoS,Ch37 - Tylin sends Mat a love note that asks who is this Daughter of the Nine Moons that he mentioned.
  6. In Winters Heart
    1. WH,Ch14 - Even after three years, Tuon is sensitive about having her head shaved.
    2. WH,Ch14 - Tuon enjoys training damane as much as she enjoys training horses.
    3. WH,Ch14 - Tuon's personal banner is two golden lions harnessed to an ancient war-cart.
    4. WH,Ch20 - Bethamin Zeami is excited at the prospect of Tuon removing her veil and the city acknowledging her as the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
  7. In Crossroads of Twilight
    1. CoT,Ch3 - Tuon is nineteen years, seven months old.
    2. CoT,Ch4 - The Seeker believes that Suroth and the Aes Sedai had something to do with Tuon's disappearance. He enlists Furyk Karede to conduct a secret search for her.
    3. CoT,Ch4 - There are rumors in Ebou Dar of a girl, the image of Tuon, extorting jewelry from merchants while accompanied by the Deathwatch Guard.
    4. CoT,Epilogue - Bashere reports to Rand that the Seanchan are willing to talk, but High Lady Suroth wants him to meet the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
  8. In Knife of Dreams
    1. KoD,Prologue - High Lady Suroth hopes Tuon is still alive. Semirhage offers to make Suroth Empress if she kills Tuon.
    2. KoD,Ch4 - On learning that the Shaido have hundreds of channeling Wise Ones, Tylee is afraid that she may have to disturb the Daughter of the Nine Moons or even apologize to the Empress.
    3. KoD,Ch18 - When Rand thinks of Mat he sees swirling colors then an image of Mat talking with a small, dark woman and leading a line of folks through forest.
    4. Davram Bashere and Karldin Manfor meet with High Lady Suroth to negotiate a meeting with the "Daughter of the Nine Moons". They are not allowed to speak with anyone else. (KoD,Ch20)
    5. KoD,Ch34 - Furyk Karede has been searching for Tuon for nearly four weeks.
    6. KoD,Ch37 - When the Seanchan army arrives, Mat hopes that Tuon and Selucia got away safely.
  9. In The Gathering Storm
    1. TGS,Prologue - Rand sends the sul'dam and damane back to Ebou Dar with the message that he still wants a meeting with the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
    2. TGS,Ch5 - Rand sees a vision of Mat. The small, dark-skinned woman is no longer with him.
    3. TGS,Ch7 - Rand intends to bring peace and stop the fighting with the Seanchan to show good faith for his meeting with the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
    4. TGS,Ch20 - Mat is unsure of himself not that he is married. He wonders if the Seanchan will chase him since he and Tuon are now on different sides.
    5. TGS,Ch22 - Shaidar Haran tells Semirhage that she failed greatly, losing valuable pawns.
    6. TGS,Ch27 - Mat tries not to think about Tuon.
    7. TGS,Ch29 - Rand will bring Darlin and his army to Arad Doman after he meets with the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
    8. TGS,Ch31 - Naeff and Bashere have been negotiating a meeting with the Daughter of the Nine Moons. The Seanchan reject Katar so Rand proposes Falme.
    9. TGS,Ch34 - Tuon is still on Mat's mind a lot.
    10. TGS,Ch44 - Nynaeve wonders why she embarrassed herself in front of the Daughter of the Nine Moons defending Mat.
    11. TGS,Ch49 - Rand prepares to balefire the Tarasin Palace where the Daughter of the Nine Moons resides, but he cannot bring himself to do it.
  10. In Towers of Midnight
    1. ToM,Ch8 - Mat thinks Melli Craeb is pretty, but not as pretty as Tuon.
    2. ToM,Ch9 - The gholam taunts Mat telling him it will kill Thom, Noal and Tuon as well.
    3. ToM,Ch17 - Mat reminds Bethamin Zeami and Seta that Tuon is also a sul'dam.
    4. ToM,Ch19 - Thom tells Elayne the whole story of Mat and Tuon.
    5. ToM,Ch22 - Mat has to figure out what to do with Tuon when they are together again.
    6. ToM,Ch31 - Mat intends to give his extra foxhead medallions to Olver and Tuon.
    7. ToM,Ch47 - Perrin is stunned to learn that Mat is married to the Seanchan Daughter of the Nine Moons.
    8. ToM,Ch52 - Mat gets a news report that Tuon is now Empress.
  11. In A Memory of Light
    1. AMoL,Ch11 - Mat returns to Ebou Dar and learns that Galgan is sending assassins, albeit amateurs, after Tuon.
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