During the Breaking of the World, the [Ogier] were trapped in their %%ot [stedding|Ogier]%%. Some of the male [Aes Sedai] came to the %%ot [stedding|Ogier]%% to temporarily escape the taint on %%ot [saidin|Said]%%. In return, the [Aes Sedai] made the Ways, which would allow the [Ogier] to travel from %%ot [stedding|Ogier]%% to %%ot [stedding|Ogier]%%. The Ways are entered through Waygates, which are located just outside of %%ot [stedding|Ogier]%% or in groves outside of [Ogier]-built cities. Unfortunately, many of the groves have been destroyed, but not the Waygates. Waygates can be grown using the Talisman of Growing. Waygates are opened by using a key shaped like an %%ot [Avendesora]%% leaf. There are two keys per Waygate: one on the inside and one on the outside.

During the War of the Hundred Years the Ways started to darken, probably due to the fact that they were built using tainted %%ot [saidin|Said]%%. Now, [Machin Shin] inhabits the Ways and destroys all creatures it finds.

! Known Waygates at Cities

* [Caemlyn]
* [Cairhien|City of Cairhien] ([Al'cair'rahienallen|City of Cairhien])
* [Ebou Dar] ([Barashta])
* [Fal Dara] ([Mafal Dadaranell|Fal Dara])
* [Far Madding] (Aren Mador)
* [Illian|City of Illian] (Dorelle Caromon)
* Katar (Iman)
* [Maradon] (Deranbar)
* [New Braem] (Braem)
* [Shadar Logoth|City of Aridhol] ([City of Aridhol])
* [Tear|City of Tear]
* [Two Rivers] ([Manetheren])

! References


* [TEotW,Ch44] - The key to a Waygate is in the shape of a trefoil leaf like those of %%ot [Avendesora]%%.
* [TEotW,Ch44] - [Moiraine] and her party enter the [Caemlyn] Waygate and [Loial] leads them toward [Fal Dara].
* [TEotW,Ch45] - There is a Waygate at [Tar Valon].
* [TEotW,Ch45] - When [Manetheren] was destroyed, the nearby Waygate survived. Almost nothing can destroy a Waygate.
* [TEotW,Ch45] - [Moiraine] and her party arrive at the [Fal Dara] Waygate. The key stone is missing so [Moiraine] burns through the door. The Waygate is a few miles southwest of [Fal Dara].
* [TEotW,Ch45] - The Ways have traps that can destroy [Shadowspawn].
* [TEotW,Ch46] - [Moiraine] tells [Agelmar] to wall up and post a guard at the Waygate.
* [TEotW,Ch47] - [Padan Fain] followed them through the Ways.
* [TGH,Ch16] - According to [Selene|Lanfear], [Aes Sedai] learned to grow the Ways from their study of the [Portal Stone] worlds and their time differences. There is an ancient book about them called ''Mirrors of the Wheel''.
* [TGH,Ch32] - [Barthanes|Barthanes Damodred] built his manor house in [Cairhien|City of Cairhien] on the site of the [Ogier] grove. The Waygate is in his backyard.
* [TGH,Ch33] - [Rand] and company try to use the Waygate at [Barthanes|Barthanes Damodred]' manor in [Cairhien|City of Cairhien] to follow the [Darkfriends] with the [Horn|Horn of Valere] but it is blocked by %%ot [Machin Shin]%%.
* [TGH,Ch36] - The [Ogier] elders have not allowed anyone to use the Ways in over a hundred years.
* [TGH,Ch36] - [Rand] and company try to use the Waygate at [Stedding Tsofu] to follow the [Darkfriends] with the [Horn|Horn of Valere] but it is blocked by %%ot [Machin Shin]%% as well.
* [TGH,Ch39] - [Liandrin] leads [Egwene], [Nynaeve], [Elayne] and [Min] through the Ways from [Tar Valon] to [Toman Head].
* [TGH,Ch40] - They exit the Waygate and, after a conversation with High Lady [Suroth], [Liandrin] departs the same way.
* [TDR,Ch4] - In the [wolf dream|TelAranRhiod], [Perrin] sees a meeting between [Rahvin], [Be'lal|Belal] and [Ishamael] in a place that strongly resembles the Ways.
* [TDR,Ch42] - [Loial] accidentally mentions having been in the Ways to [Faile].
* [TSR,Ch14] - [Perrin] tells [Faile] that he plans to have [Loial] guide him to the [Manetheren] Waygate so he can arrive at the [Two Rivers] quickly.
* [TSR,Ch16] - [Faile] tricks [Loial] into promising her first choice of a trip through the Ways.
* [TSR,Ch18] - [Loial] leads [Perrin], [Faile], [Gaul], [Bain] and [Chiad] to the Waygate near [Tear|City of Tear].
* [TSR,Ch27] - They travel through the Ways from [Tear|City of Tear] to the site of ancient [Manetheren]. [Loial] locks the Waygate by placing both leaves on the outside of the door.
* [TSR,Ch30] - With the Waygate blocked, [Perrin] believes no more [Trollocs] will arrive.
* [TSR,Ch31] - [Perrin] tells [Verin] that the [Trollocs] are coming through the Ways and she replies that she suspected as much from what [Moiraine] told her.
* [TSR,Ch42] - In the [wolf dream|TelAranRhiod] [Perrin] learns that the Waygate is open again.
* [TSR,Ch43] - [Perrin] tells [Loial] about the Waygate. [Loial] says he can close the Waygate permanently by removing both leaves. [Loial] recalls that it took thirteen [Aes Sedai] with a %%ot [sa'angreal|Angreal]%% to actually destroy a Waygate.
* [TSR,Ch44] - Early the next morning [Loial] and [Gaul] leave for the Waygate.
* [TSR,Ch53] - [Loial] and [Gaul] succeed in permanently sealing the Waygate.
* [LoC,Ch10] - [Rand] has guards stationed at the Waygates in [Caemlyn], [Cairhien|City of Cairhien] and [Tear|City of Tear], but he worries about all the rest of them.
* [LoC,Ch20] - [Rand] visits [Stedding Tsofu] to ask the Elders to let him place guards at the Waygate, but Elder [Alar] will not listen to a human.
* [LoC,Ch20] - [Rand] tells Elder [Haman] that [Shadowspawn] are using the Ways. Elder [Haman] agrees to mark the locations of all Waygates on maps.
* [LoC,Ch49] - [Rand] asks [Loial] if he will help find all the Waygates so they can be guarded.
* [ACoS,Ch27] - [Rand] sends [Loial] and [Karldin] on an expedition to alert the  %%ot [stedding|Ogier]%% to prevent [Shadowspawn] from using the Waygates.
* [CoT,Ch24] - [Loial] reports that all of the  %%ot [stedding|Ogier]%% except those in the [Borderlands] and the [Shadow Coast] agreed to post guards at the Waygates.
* [KoD,Ch3] - Someone masquerading as [Sammael] sends a hundred [Myrddraal|Fade] and tens of thousands of [Trollocs] into the Ways.
* [KoD,Ch20] - The [Trollocs] and [Myrddraal|Fade] that attack Lord [Algarin]'s manor probably came from the [Spine of the World] through the Waygate near [Stedding Shangtai].
* [KoD,Ch20] - When [Loial] returns to [Stedding Shangtai] to speak at the Great Stump, Elder [Haman] agrees to take up his task of sealing the Waygates near cities that [Rand] could not find.