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Jain Charin

aka: Jain Farstrider

A hero of the northern lands who journeyed to many lands and had many adventures; the author of several books, as well as being the subject of books and stories. He vanished in 981 NE, after returning from a trip into the Great Blight which some say had taken him all the way to Shayol Ghul. Early printings of TEotW give an incorrect date of 994 NE for his disappearance.

Physical Description

Chronology

• Circa 955 Jain Charin captures Cowin Gemallan Fairheart and brings him to the king's justice. (TEotW,Ch47)
• Jain Farstrider publishes his exploits in The Travels of Jain Farstrider in 968 NE. (TDR,Glossary)
• Jain Farstrider disappears in 981 NE after a trip into the Blight. (TEotW,Glossary) Early printings of TEotW give an incorrect date of 994 NE.
• About twenty years ago, Jain Charin arrives at Stedding Shangtai near death. He quickly gets well in the stedding. He leaves suddenly, but while he is there he tells the Ogier that he plans to carry a message to Tar Valon that the Dark One intents to blind the Eye of the World. (TEotW,Ch42)

Other References

• TEotW,Ch4 - Thom offers to tell stories of Jain Farstrider.
• TEotW,Ch5 - Tam al'Thor has the book The Travels of Jain Farstrider.
• TEotW,Ch36 - Basel Gill has the books The Travels of Jain Farstrider and Voyages Among the Sea Folk.
• TEotW,Ch51 - Ba'alzamon brags that he painted Jain Fastrider as a fool and sent him to the Ogier.
• TGH,Ch31 - In The Travels of Jain Farstrider he writes about his travels to the Sea Folk and to the lands beyond the Aiel Waste.
• TDR,Ch45 - Mat notes a copy of The Travels of Jain Farstrider in The Queen's Blessing library and regrets not having read it.
• TDR,Ch49 - Egwene tries to kill time reading The Travels of Jain Farstrider but she is too nervous to concentrate.
• TSR,Ch22 - Jain Farstrider's horse was Jeade'en. Rand names his horse Jeade'en after Jain Farstrider's.
• LoC,Ch17 - Rand remembers reading about Shara in The Travels of Jain Farstrider.

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