The Red Ajah

Tales of Taveren and Concordat of Illian.

"The skies shall rain fire, and torrents of lightning shall stab the fields,
the very earth rent asunder. Cities fall, nations tremble. Mayhem and misery,
lamentations and grief. Darkness and division swirl and flow, the center,
the eye, the hub. This man, this channeler.

Find him, bind him in iron, hold fast his soul. He shall destroy you."

A Foretelling transliterated from the Old Tongue
by Dalenia Jaelde, Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah.

Members: Player Characters
Caizelle
Caizelle Sarvejian:

A fierce and formidable woman, Caizelle Sarvejian was born in Irinjivar almost one and a half century ago, and has worn the shawl for most of that time. Saldaean, she was born on the periphery of luxury, as her mother was an attendant to one of the great ladies of Saldaea, Lady Sovian of House Hadashi and one of her house armsman, and in your youth worked alongside the manor's Shatayan as a seamstress. Caizelle was a blocked wilder, having to use a needle and thread and be in the physical act of sewing to channel the One Power. In time, she came to Maradon itself, and she came to the attention of Diseyne Tsanmallen. Recognizing Caizelle was a wilder, she dispatched her immediately to Tar Valon, with directions to enroll in the White Tower. Caizelle was not yet twenty and two, yet she caused much concern for age. In time came under the sway of the Red Ajah. Upon passing her test for sisterhood, she chose Red, seeking to emulate Diseyne whom she so respected. Caizelle is a proficient Healer, and a capable Aes Sedai, with her greatest strengths in Air, Spirit, and unusually for a Saidar channeler, Fire.

Caizelle Sedai's Personal Page.

Damara
Damara Salines:

Persuasive and saturnine, Damara Salines stands among the first rank of the Red Ajah, and she is an outspoken critic of the regime of the current Amyrlin. An strongly opinionated Sister, she was recently recalled from her position as the advisor to Queen Breigide of Ghealdan. Originally from Tear's brutal Chalm district, she is a dangerous and unpredictable fighter. Damara was a wilder, and her instructors despaired of her ability to transcend it. She leads a large clique of Red sisters, and was the protégé of Riann Haliwell, the redoubtable Red sister. Damara is expected to assume a Seat in the Hall before long. She is currently assigned to help govern the conclave of Aes Sedai dispatched to Illian, the 'Tower by the Sea.'

Damara Sedai's Personal Page.

Eilande
Eilande Fioneiven:

Born to poverty in the Cairhienin hill-town of Ibaswael o'er a hundred years ago, Eilande has trascended her lowly origins to become an elegant and poised Red sister. Eilande was cultivated by the Blue Ajah, particularly by Aloris Cadrille, when an Accepted, but she was moved by one of her rare Foretellings to petition the Reds upon her raising, adding additional tension between the two Ajah, for her reasons were never announced. Considered something of a renegade, Eilande is treated as something of a wayward daughter by the Red Ajah superiors, who try to keep her under-thumb. To avoid such, Eialnde travels extensively and often without sanction.

Eilande Sedai's Personal Page.

Guensin
Guensin Aniches:

A tall, lean daughter of fishers from the rowdy, dirty Tairen Maule, Guensin Aniches was able to flee her early life of violence and deprivation thanks to the laws of Tear that made it illegal to remain in her homeland after it was revealed she could channel. The Defenders dragged her from her home, leaving her scant moments to say good bye to her parents and her sisters. Upon arriving in Tar Valon, she was bright student, and excelled in her studies. She is also known to have an impressive array of informants in several key locations, including the Sun Court in Cairhein, where she once took a lengthy sabbatical, as well as in the ruling houses of Tarabon and Arad Doman. She does have a gaping hole in her network in Tear, though, as Guensin seems to behave as if that nation no longer exists.

Guensin Sedai's Personal Page.

Hazine
Hazine Quoriff:

Hazine Quoriff was born in Bandar Eban, the eldest of twelve. Her early life was one of sacrifice, as she was often forced to do without for the benefit of her younger siblings, as well as forced to assume a maternal role. During her rare free time, she used to slip off to the Terhana library, so peaceful compared to her boisterous house. In that famed hall of learning, Hazine encountered noted Brown sister Esme Kenerick, who noted Hazine's ability to channel, and whisked her off to Tar Valon for training. Hazine was very much Esme Sedai's protege, but when Esme was killed by a rogue male channeler on the eve of Hazine's raising, the Domani woman chose Red over Brown in a pique of fury, a decision that has given her cause for much regret over the many years that have passed. Hazine keeps a small cottage in one of the small towns at the feet of Tar Valon, preferring her solitude, often giving exceptional students special training there.

Hazine Sedai's Personal Page.

Siovaen
Siovaen Cathasaille:

(Biographical Summary Forthcoming)

Members: Non-Player Characters:
Many of these are available for role-play. Contact Damara, Eilande or Caizelle with inquiries. Sitters are not available at this time.
Sitters in the Hall of the Tower:
Alanyse Essanteos
Alesa Bellone A plump and motherly Mayener, Alesa is one of the more diplomatically minded Red sisters, often lending her pleasant charm to many embassies sent forth from the Tower to the courts of rulers and monarchs. In truth, Alesa uses her time at these courts wisely and shrewdly, working her way with into the confidences of courtiers and servants alike and gathering every last scrap of intelligence before returning home to her sunny apartments in the White Tower. She doesn’t always share what she learns either.
Almaya ibn Sahudaan A slender, vicious Red Sister, Almaya ibn Sahudaan is born of the wily House Sahudaan of Tarabon, and is known to be treacherous and full of venom to those who earn her enmity. She stays close to Damara, however, because she envies her influence and clout.
Andemaine Furaan A skilled horsewoman, Andemaine Furaan is the only daughter of Arafellin horse-breeders, who reared her with the expectation that she would assume the stewardship of the enterprises. Andemaine shocked her parents when she bolted in the night, one summer, with a script on her back, and her father’s finest brood mare, planning to see the Great Cities. Andemaine arrived in Tar Valon and was immediately picked from a crowd by Hazine Quoriff, and soon she was in novice white. Andemaine is known to keep private stables for her many horses in the fields near Jualdhe.
Asra Balayam
Audney al'Baldyr
Ayana Safar Slight and wizened, with stark white hair and papery skin, Ayana was an Aes Sedai long into her retirement, installing herself in a tasteful district in Cairhien city in a small elegant house, where she spent her days picking at embroidery and spinning tales of her adventures to the callow young lordlings who flocked to her parlor as yet another of their fashionable idles. Ayana enjoyed the company of so many youthful men, for in her day she was known to be rather a coquette, finding her training as a Domani seductress difficult to put aside, even after being raised to the Shawl. No one is quite sure what brought her back to Tar Valon, though, and several sisters are rather put out by their sudden drop in seniority.
Belore Tamisi
Benovia Alshere The daughter of Saldaean warriors, Benovia is a rather pleasant woman, well liked by sisters of all Ajahs, many of whom enjoy her serene company and always-excellent supply of rare teas from the islands of the Sea Folk. Benovia is rather low-ranking sister, for ability in the One Power is not truly worth mentioning, but Benovia is blessed with the ability to recall practically every word she ever reads, making her an ideal candidate to administer the Red Ajah’s main web of eyes and ears, or so it is whispered.
Ceiras Nalle
Corahn Miorden
A bluff, blunt-faced, some less than charitably inclined might say ugly, daughter of shepherds from a small village in the Plains of Maredo, Corahn’s girlhood was one of pain and hurt, as the other local children would taunt her about her appearance, saying her father’s sheep were prettier. Corahn is a rather capable Aes Sedai, with a strength placing her in the upper echelon of her sisters. Corahn is known to have a small degree of proficiency in Healing, but she chose the Red Ajah, rather than Yellow, for she preferred the insular community of Red sisters, with whom she felt comfortable discussing the wounds of her childhood.
Daisune Harowa
This swan-necked sister of the Red was once the Mistress of Novices, decades past, but for scandal Sealed to the Hall, and believed to involve two fool novices dueling with the Power, one of whom ended up burning herself out, Daisune Harowa was publicly birched and stripped of her position and sent off an a length penance amidst the olive groves of Illian. Daisune, borne and raised in the snowy hills near the Aiel Marches of Shienar, was utterly miserable in the humid, hot air of Illian, and her return to the Tower is distinguished by a marked difference in her bearing. The once insufferably proud Aes Sedai is now rather chastened.
Deinelle Tavolari
An extreme rarity among the sisters of the White Tower in this century, Deinelle is a Dreamer, although she is barely deserving of that name. Born the daughter of vintners in Altara, Deinelle chose the Red Ajah after experiencing the havoc of an unfettered channeling man, as one such ruined her family’s fortunes by laying waste to their vineyards in his madness.
Demethia Hekatheos Persuasive and bellicose, Demethia Hekatheos also stands among the first rank of the Red Ajah. Illianer by birth, she has a surprisingly amiable relationship with Perseinde Apeneos of the Blue Ajah, despite ideological differences. Demethia is seldom seen outside of Damara Sedai's company, despite the fact that as novices, and well into their Acceptance, they had ferocious, bruising arguments. Demethia is Illianer, but she has been gone for so long from the nation of her birth that she has lost all but the slightest vestiges of the sing-song accent, which are only likely to reveal themselves when she is angry.
Demore Toranes The daughter of prosperous Tairen shipowners, Demore Toranes was plucked by the Tairen Defenders from her comfortable life as a girl of sixteen when it was revealed that she could channel. Thrown on a barely watertight garbage scow that just so happened to be on its way up river to Tar Valon, Demore arrived nursing resentment and bitterness. In the years that have passed, Demore has shown herself a capable manipulator, and counts many powerful nobles among her personal informants.
Disyene ti Tsenmallen Aged, Malkieri, fearsome, possibly the 'Highest.' Sister of Avallin Tsenmallen
Enomi Gerani
This small and unassuming Shienaran woman is one of the most powerful channelers in the Tower, but she walks softly through the halls of the Tower and is unlikely to force her will on others. Still clinging to the austere dresses much like the dresses she wore as a lady’s maid in Fal Dara, Enomi is known to have frequent sojourns throughout the borderlands, where she was welcomed at the court of Saldaea by the Queen herself as a blood-sister. It is a poorly kept secret among the Red that Enomi’s network of informants across all four of the Borderlands surpasses all but that of the Amyrlin Seat’s.
Erizelle Vinja
Esondrin Bremdahl
A thick-waisted Tarabonner, Esondrin Bremdahl is known to still veil her lower face in a wisp of silk, despite having left her father’s shop on the Calpene peninsula over a hundred and twenty years past. Esondrin is rather well liked among her sisters of the Red, for she is regarded as a woman of keen wit and excellent good sense. Despite her matronly appearance, Esondrin is regarded as a fearsome leader in the field, as well as being rather strong in the Power.
Gazheva Orcanyar
Voluptuous and hot-tempered, Gazheva Orcanyar’s face is typical of Saldaean women, with a bold jutting nose and tilted eyes. Born the daughter of simple Saldaean farmers, as a novice she scandalized the Tower by dancing the sa’sara for several of the Warder trainees. This in turn got her taken aside and placed under the strict supervision of Belinde Mathos, a sister of the Red, who set her upon a merciless schedule of studies and chores to teach her the importance of a woman’s dignity. Gazheva later came to chose the Red, and she harbors the belief that it was all the fault of those fool men, for encouraging her wanton nature. For reasons known to but a few, she and Calandrin Sedai share correspondences and research, and are openly amiable to one another despite disfavor from Gazheva's own Red Ajah.
Haesel Rhuale A rough-mannered and somewhat generally coarse Cairheinin woman, Haesel Rhuale is a sister of the Red Ajah, who despite an overlay of Aes Sedai hauteur, still displays her lowly origins as a ragman's daughter in every grimace and phrase. Still, for her all faults, she is known for her great humor, and she remains a friend of Jacelain sur Eiron, incongruously indeed, from their time as novices together.
Hasara Nissar
Helley Bromdin
Heran din Sodai Dark Spear
Iselis Norona A young, adventurous Red sister, Iselis Norona is from Far Madding, and is a close-confidant of Caizelle Sedai, a friendship originating from the fact that Caizelle brought Iselis to Tar Valon after a chance encouter in that city in the center of the Plains of Maredo.
Jannah Vasri This rather slender Domani Red takes Aes Sedai serenity to extreme measures, keeping her thoughts and emotions locked behind an impenetrable glare of accusation, likened by many unto a bronze mask. Jannah Vasri is known to be a bitter rival of the Amyrlin Seat, stemming from some incident from their mutual time as novices together. The incident was so trivial that the Mother cannot even recall what it was, but Jannah recalls, and has been letting her resentment fester behind her inscrutable countenance for decades.
Jasiro Tengoyin Arrogant, and not well liked, Jasiro Tengoyin is an Arafellin Red Sister, and very much part of Damara Salines' company. Jasiro has located and apprehended nearly twelve channeling men, making her well admired by her sisters. Jasiro has an amazing gift to work with Earth, which makes her a capable combatant in the field.
Jazille Alturalde Domani Sitter
Manoria Wellis Many of Manoria’s sisters of the Red quip that she would have done well to chosen Brown, not Red, for Manoria is known to view Channeling men with trepidation, and not the sense of duty to apprehend them that is the hallmark of her Ajah. Rather slight and effete, Manoria seldom leaves the Tower, finding her duties as the secretary to the Senior Sitter of her Ajah, Jazille Alterade, far too time consuming. Manoria’s other chief duties consist of working in the library, doing research of a particular interest to her superiors in the Red. Many of her sisters view this as a squandering of her abilities, for Manoria is rather adept at weaving Fire, a skill that most would find useful in the field.
Marias Tremara This Red is known to be one of the finest Healers of her generation, but she rebuffed the overtures of the Yellow Ajah during her training, preferring the strict discipline and straight forward purpose of the Red Ajah. Tall and imposing, she still carried the lilt of Lugard on her tongue, and disdains using her ability to Heal, for she feels it is largely a waste of her Talents.
Melainde Barlow A stunningly attractive Andoran from Four Kings, Melainde Barlow is known to affect queenly graces and dress herself in costly silks and brocades and in general, pride herself on her most glamorous and regal wardrobe, much to the distaste of many of her sisters who snipe that she should have chosen Green, the way she prattles on about necklines and fabrics. Meilande currently holds a seat in the Hall on behalf of the Red Ajah.
Meraida a'Sefry
Mena Nimalle A raven-haired, green-eyed Tairen, Mena Nimalle is considered one of the most persuasive speakers in the Tower, for her voice is both low and thrilling, and strangely enthralling. Mena is often dispatched by the Tower on errands when it seems some ruler has become sulky and recalcitrant. Without ever raising her voice, Mena is usually en route back to Tar Valon, having set the ruler back on the right path. Among the more canny of the women of the White Tower, it is oft speculated that Mena’s unusual persuasiveness is indeed some long-lost Talent rediscovered, but it has never been proven.
Miroko Noreman Miroko Noremon is the slim, fair-skinned daughter of long-dead Kandori silversmiths, and one of the few sisters in the White Tower to have any great proficiency in working with Earth. Indeed, her wilder’s girlhood trick was a result of her ability with metals, as she was able to treat the silver that her family worked with in their shop in such a way that it seemed incapable of becoming tarnished. Only a random encounter with the Queen of Kandor’s Aes Sedai advisor, Aine Jenway, revealed to her what her secret was, and before long, Miroko found herself sharing a coach with Aine Sedai to Tar Valon.
Narenna Sorvanni This statuesque and darkly beautiful Arafellin is known for her more literary passions, as she often spends many of quiet moments in a sunny window-seat writing essays and dissertations, many of which are considered fashionable reading by other women in the White Tower. Rather temperate by nature, Narenna Sorvanni is believed to have chosen the Red Ajah for reasons stemming from the peculiar Arafellin notions of honor and duty, for Narenna feels that the White Tower’s most preeminent responsibility is to prevent another Breaking of the World.
Niane Coredeine
Noese Huanu A deceptively simple-faced woman from the Black Hills of Kandor, Noese Haunu is nonetheless one of the most cunning politicians in the White Tower. Noese has recently returned from her self-induced exile in southern Altara, where it is speculated she secluded herself after a stunning rebuke by her own Ajah, which deprived her the Seat in the Hall for which she had been aiming.
Nuvaine Terakuni Rather short and stocky, this flinty-eyed Red is regarded as one of the finest military minds in the Tower, and her abilities are even acknowledged by her sisters of the Green Ajah, the self-styled Battle Ajah. Nuvaine did once consider the Green, when she was still Accepted, but she considered many of the Greens to be little better than addle-brained girls who titter and giggle at the sight of a man with pretty calves. Nuvaine admired the stark simplicity of the Red Ajah, its strict hierarchy, and she was disdainful of the Green Ajah’s bonding of multiple warders, which she viewed as an ostentatious display. For all her fierce adherence to the mindset of the Red, Nuvaine’s counsel is often sought by other sisters of many different ajahs.
Rainde Therwis This rather lovely daughter of Ghealdanin merchants left her home on a procuring mission with her aunt. Their train of wagons was seized by lawless brigands, who murdered Riande’s aunt as well as her guards, and left the fifteen year old Rainde wandering the roads, dazed and clad in naught but a tattered shift. A pair of elderly farmwives from the region found the girl, and escorted her to the Tower, where she was able to learn to channel. Rather even-tempered, Rainde, however, is known to eschew the company and advice of men, seeing most of them as no better than the lawless thievers and killers who accosted her years ago.
Renaeve Emoendred Petite and fair, Renaeve Emoendred is Cairhienin, and has an innate affinity for Daes Dae'mar, despite being the daughter of shopkeepers and not nobles. Renaeve is a capable manipulator, and counts many powerful nobles as her personal informants. She is currently serving a secret penance imposed upon her by her own Red Ajah, and she currently resides in Caemlyn, tending networks of informants and agents for the Reds.
Sarena Dagoyin A senior Red sister, Sarena Dagoyin is Kandori, and was born a close cousin to the Royal line. Sarena is a sort of gaoler for Eilande, acting on clandestine Red Ajah directions to keep the free-ranging and opinionated Eilande Sedai under thumb. Sarena Sedai is a decorated military heroine, and quite capable in the Power.
Sifrey Aymarna
Solaine Delovain
A slim, fey Cairhienin from the easterly town of Selean, Solaine Delovain was expecting nothing more from her life than taking over her mother’s seamstress shop when it was time. A chance arrival by a party of travelling Red sisters, hunting channeling men, revealed her potential as a woman who could touch the Power, and before three nights had pass, Solaine found herself practically lashed to the back of a horse, travelling north to Tar Valon with legendary Red Sister Diseyne ti Tsanmallen. Solaine is a staunch supporter of Diseyne Sedai, and is known to accompany her on many covert forays into the field.
Terysa Bonos A dour, unhappy Illianer, Terysa Bonos is known for her extremely severe appearance, favoring darkest grays and muted browns, eschewing her red-fringed shawl on all but the most formal occasions as being too flamboyant. Tersya wears her dark hair clipped quite short and bound back with a simple band, and is uncomfortable in most company. It was rumored that prior to her arrival in Tar Valon, her band was set upon by brigands who did not treat the women in the party gently.
Tzalina Veryos An extreme rarity, Tzalina was born of a Tuatha'an Mahdi, or Seeker of the Travelling Folk, who brought her to Tar Valon when his beloved daughter was seemingly dying of an incurable illness. It was discovered that Tzalina had the spark, and was unsuccessfully channeling, thereby causing her illness. She was Healed, and in time, came to earn the shawl as a sister of the Red Ajah, for she feels that in her quest for channeling men, she might find girls afflicted as she was. She is an associate of Hazine Quoriff.
Venaile Rhadames Tarabonner Sitter. Bitchy, too

Accepted and Novices Who Are Puppeted By Reds:
Ajima
Tall and reed slender, Ajima Marcasiev is a Kandori Accepted whom Hazine Quoriff has taken on as a protégé, for reasons unknown. Ajima is the daughter of a seamstress, and spends hours doing intricate embroidery. She is believed to tend Hazine's network of informants when Hazine is at retreat.
Briesyn
A happy-go-lucky Illianer, Briesyn Nomades is an Accepted with promise who Caizelle Sedai was taken under her wing as a special student.
Daicey
An intelligent Ghealdin woman, Daicey Maland is an amibtious, tightly driven Accepted with a vast potential, yet she is also completely closed to differing ways of thought. Eilande Sedai has taken her on as a protégé as means of broadening her mind, even if she is obsessed with being Red. She serves as Eilande's secretary and travelling companion, and tends her nets of informants in her absence.
Ionyse
A merry Illianer girl with a thick sing-song accent, Ionyse Dantides has earned the attention of Hazine Sedai, who has taken an interest in her novice studies. It is believed that Ionyse has the Talent to see ta'veren.
Nairise
Lovely and pert, Nairise Bendonne originally hails from Mayene, and is considered one of Damara Sedai's protégés. Damara often takes her as her secretary and travelling companion. Nairise seems likely to manifest a Foretelling Talent, and is in her second year of Acceptance.
LaneyA young novice from Murandy, Laney a'Doerne idolizes Eilande Sedai for her panache and stylish ways, and Eilande, in turn has taken her under her wing, although she does seem to be directing her towards the Blue Ajah.
Nocia A cheerful young girl, Nocia Verwyn is a farmer's daughter from Andor. Caizelle Sedai had taken an interest in her progression as a novice.
Networks of Eyes and Ears
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