Chel Vanin

A Redarm in Mat's Band of the Red Hand. He is from Maerone in Andor.

Physical Description

He is fat, balding, rumpled, and gap-toothed. (LoC,Ch22)

Chronology

Mat sorts through the poachers and thieves in the Band of the Red Hand and finds the best in Chel Vanin. Mat makes him his head scout. (LoC,Ch22)
Vanin finds the burned out remains of a Tinker camp and reports to Mat. (LoC,Ch22)
When Vanin and his scouts find Salidar, Mat rides into town accompanied by Aviendha, Vanin and two bannermen. (LoC,Ch38)
Mat sends Vanin back to the camp to tell Talmanes to wait. (LoC,Ch40)
A dozen Redarms including Harnan, Tad Kandel, Lawdrin Mendair, Belvyn, Corevin, Lawtin, Fergin, Gorderan, Metwyn and Wat accompany Mat, Nalesean, Vanin and the women as they leave Salidar for Ebou Dar. (LoC,Ch44)
Mat, Nalesean, Vanin and the Redarms arrive in Ebou Dar. (LoC,Ch47)
At The Wandering Woman, Vanin reports to Mat that the girls vanished from the Tarasin Palace again. (LoC,Ch52)
Vanin is at The Wandering Woman with Corevin and Harnan when Mat returns from the Tarasin Palace. They are bandaging Corevin after a fight. Mat orders Vanin to check out the Chelsaine Palace. (ACoS,Ch17)
The Redarms move from The Wandering Woman to the Tarasin Palace barracks. Vanin would prefer staying on the streets. He has been watching Carridin's place. He has seen Aviendha and Birgitte but did not recognize them (disguised). He spotted the Old Geezer, too, but could not get a good look at him. When Mat picks guards for the women, Vanin asks to be assigned to Elayne. (ACoS,Ch28)
A dozen Redarms including Vanin meet with Mat and the others at the Tarasin Palace to go after the Bowl of the Winds. (ACoS,Ch37)
At the six story building Vanin goes upstairs with Elayne. They are attacked by the gholam but Vanin survives. (ACoS,Ch38)
Vanin goes out with Mat and the others to hunt for Olver. (ACoS,Ch39)
Mat brings Noal Charin to the Tarasin Palace and introduces him to Vanin, Harnan, Fergin, Gorderan and Metwyn. He tells the men about the gholam and suggests that they leave, but they all refuse. (WH,Ch17)
Vanin, Harnan and the other Redarms still refuse to leave. (WH,Ch18)
Harnan and Vanin wait in the stables with Mat's horse while the other Redarms take the rest of the horses to The Wandering Woman, then out of the city. (WH,Ch30)
Harnan and Vanin wait in the stables for Mat. (WH,Ch31)
Mat, Harnan, Vanin and the others escape Ebou Dar and hide in Valan Luca's circus where they rejoin the other three Redarms. (CoT,Ch1)
Vanin and the Redarms accompany Mat when the circus heads northwest. (CoT,Ch2)
As they travel northwest, Mat keeps company with Noal, Vanin and the Redarms. (CoT,Ch28)
After Renna flees, Vanin tracks her followed by Mat and the Redarms. They catch her just before she reaches Coramen and Harnan kills her with a crossbow bolt. (CoT,Ch29)

Other References

LoC,Ch22 - He is an Andoran from Maerone.
ACoS,Ch21 - When Mat returns on Swovan Night Caira tells him she does not know where Nalesean, Harnan or Vanin is.
ACoS,Ch38 - Vanin does not like boats. He gets seasick.
TPoD,Ch5 - Elayne truly regrets leaving Mat, Thom, Olver and Vanin in the hands of the Seanchan.
WH,Ch15 - Mat thinks that if Luca does not cooperate, Vanin can probably steal some of his horses.

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