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Lini Eltring
Pronunciation: LIHN-nee 
She has been a nurse to Morgase and Elayne.
Physical Description
She looks frail, but her back is straight, her voice is clear and steady and her dark eyes are sharp. She has a narrow face with parchment thin skin and wears her white hair in a bun. (TFoH,Ch19) She is reed-thin and wears her gray hair in a bun. (LoC,Prologue) She has white hair and is so scrawny she seems to be nothing but skin and sinew. (TPoD,Ch7)
Chronology
- Hearing of the revolt of the Two Rivers, Morgase regains enough self-control to flee the palace with Lini and Tallanvor. They join Basel Gill, Lamgwin and Breane and flee Caemlyn. (TFoH,Ch19)
- At Kore Springs, Morgase and her party find that Gareth Bryne is gone so they continue west. (TFoH,Ch56)
- Morgase and the others travel across Altara and approach Amadicia. (TFoH,Ch56)
- Morgase, Lini, Tallanvor, Basel Gill, Lamgwin and Breane are "guests" of King Ailron in the Seranda Palace. (LoC,Prologue)
- Morgase, Lini, Tallanvor, Basel Gill, Lamgwin and Breane are planning their escape when Einor Saren comes for Morgase. (LoC,Ch31)
- Lini, Morgase and the rest of their party escape Amador and the Seanchan with the aid of Sebban Balwer and head east. (ACoS,Ch26)
- Perrin and his party rescue Morgase, Breane, Lini, Gill, Lamgwin, Tallanvor and Balwer from a bunch of Dragonsworn. (TPoD,Ch7)
- Lini tells Perrin he should marry Maighdin and Tallanvor. Faile offers to make Maighdin and her party personal servants and Maighdin accepts on their behalf. (TPoD,Ch8)
- Lini, Breane and Maighdin serve refreshments and tidy up when Alliandre meets with Perrin, Faile, Berelain and Annoura. (TPoD,Ch10)
- After Perrin learns of Faile's kidnapping, Lini comforts him telling him that he must take care of himself. (WH,Ch2)
- When Berelain finds Perrin and Tallanvor nearly frozen, Lini takes Tallanvor back to his tent. (WH,Ch5)
- Lini snaps at Perrin in anger after she hears the rumors about Berelain and him. (WH,Ch6)
- Breane, Lamgwin, Basel Gill and Lini stay with the Two Rivers contingent in Perrin’s camp. (CoT,Ch5)
Other References
Her Sayings
- TDR,Ch48 - Do not cut off your ears because you do not like your earrings.
- TSR,Ch6 - You can weave silk from pig bristles before you can make a man anything but a man.
- TSR,Ch6 - A weeping woman is a bucket with no bottom.
- TFoH,Ch9 - A man is a man, on a throne or in a pigsty.
- TFoH,Ch10 - A shoat squealing under a fence just attracts the fox, when it should be trying to run.
- TFoH,Ch10 - Not thinking about a thorn doesn't make it hurt your foot any less.
- TFoH,Ch13 - A fool puts her hand into a hollow tree without finding what's inside first.
- TFoH,Ch14 - If you don't look for snakes, you cannot complain when one bites you.
- TFoH,Ch19 - A gnarled old branch dulls the blade that severs a sapling.
- TFoH,Ch19 - When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back.
- TFoH,Ch19 - Better to face the bear than run from it.
- TFoH,Ch19 - A fool puts a burr under the saddle before she rides.
- TFoH,Ch19 - Dragging feet never finish a journey.
- TFoH,Ch34 - You cannot hold the sun down at dawn.
- TFoH,Ch35 - Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
- TFoH,Ch47 - Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
- TFoH,Ch49 - An open sack hides nothing, and an open door hides little, but an open man is surely hiding something.
- TFoH,Ch49 - To know two, you must first know one.
- TFoH,Ch50 - "Wish" and "want" trip the feet, but "is" makes the path smoother.
- TFoH,Ch56 - A young lion charges quickest, and when you least expect it.
- TFoH,Ch56 - There's no point letting honey age too long before you eat it.
- TFoH,Ch56 - It's too late to change your mind after you've jumped off the cliff.
- LoC,Prologue - A slow horse does not always reach the end of the journey.
- LoC,Prologue - The right medicine always tastes bitter.
- LoC,Ch7 - What can't be changed must be endured.
- LoC,Ch7 - The pike does not ask the frog's permission before dining.
- LoC,Ch13 - What you need isn't always what you want.
- LoC,Ch37 - You can't put honey back in the comb.
- LoC,Ch39 - Fools only listen to themselves.
- ACoS,Ch23 - The blindest are those who keep their eyes shut.
- ACoS,Ch26 - Only fools kiss hornets or bite fire.
- ACoS,Ch30 - You can never put honey back in the comb.
- TPoD,Ch2 - Peel the apple in your hand, girl, not the one on the tree.
- TPoD,Ch2 - Tears are for after; they just waste time before.
- TPoD,Ch2 - When a woman plays the fool, look for the man.
- TPoD,Ch2 - Kittens tangle your yarn, men tangle your wits, and it's simple as breathing for both.
- TPoD,Ch3 - It's one of the things men are for, taking the blame. They usually deserve it, even if you don't know exactly how.
- TPoD,Ch5 - No knife is sharper than a sister's hate.
- TPoD,Ch7 - A fool abandons friends, and gives up silver for shiny brass.
- TPoD,Ch7 - Three things annoy to distraction: a tooth that aches, a shoe that pinches, and a man that chatters.
- TPoD,Ch20 - Be sure of yourself, girl, but not too sure.
- TPoD,Ch20 - It isn't the stone you see that trips you on your nose.
- TPoD,Ch20 - A secret spoken finds wings.
- WH,Ch6 - Sup from too many dishes, and you deserve a bellyache that'll split you open.
- WH,Ch9 - A full stomach at midday makes for a dull head in the afternoon.
- CoT,Ch12 - You count your plums in the basket, not on the tree.
- CoT,Ch13 - When you ask questions, then you have to hear the answers whether you want to or not.
- CoT,Ch14 - Always plan ahead, but worry too hard over next year, and you can trip over tomorrow.
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