The characters listed here are "fictional," only appearing in stories, tales, songs, etc. Heroes of the Horn from the Great Hunt of the Horn are assumed to be real and so are found in the main character listing.
In The Woman of Tanchico in Tar Valon, Thom tells the story of "Mara and the Three Foolish Kings." Mara steals the crowns of Kings Madel, Orander and Kadar and leaves them floundering in the mud by a river. When the people of Heape hear how foolish the kings are they will have no king at all.
Min's mother named her after Elmindreda, a woman of story who spent most of her time sighing at men, when she was not inspiring them to compose songs about her eyes, or her smile.
When Egwene and Elayne tell Mat about the twisted red doorway, Mat scoffs thinking of the story where Bili spends the night for a purse always full of gold then finds that ten years have passed.
To justify staying in the White Tower, Min makes up two suitors, Darvan and Goemal, who both supposedly want her hand. She is staying in the White Tower until she can make up her mind between them.
Thom questions the truth behind stories from past ages. "Did Mosk and Merk really fight with spears of fire, and were they even giants? Was Elsbet really queen of the whole world, and was Anla really her sister? Was Anla truly the Wise Counselor, or was it someone else?"
Rand does not understand Aiel humor, so he tells a joke of his own about Hu and Wil, two irascible old farmers who do not get along. The Maidens do not get it.
Nynaeve wishes she could forget her worries and sleep for a year until Lan wakens her with a kiss like the Sun King with Talia. It is a very improper story.
With the tension in the White Tower, Yukiri worries that the rebels will dance in and empty the house while the rest of them squabbled over who got Great-Aunt Sumi's pewter.
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