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Mesaana

aka: Saine Tarasind

One of the Forsaken. Her real name was Saine Tarasind. She has taken up residence in the White Tower. See the FAQ, Section 1.1.2, local FAQ, Section 1.1.2 for a discussion of her identity.

Physical Description

Chronology

• Mesaana lives over three hundred years during the Age of Legends. She turns to the Shadow after being turned down for a research job at the Collam Daan. (LoC,Prologue)
• Mesaana sets up schools to teach children the glories of the Great Lord. Slow learners are punished by death. (LoC,Ch2)
• The thirteen Forsaken meet with the Great Lord in the Pit of Doom. Lews Therin and his companions seal the Bore, trapping the Forsaken for over three thousand years.
• After escaping the Bore, Mesaana establishes herself in the White Tower.
• Mesaana is part of Be'lal's plan to trap Rand at the Stone of Tear. (LoC,Ch6)
• After Rahvin's death, Mesaana visits Shayol Ghul twice but finds only a very tall Myrddraal that will not speak to her. (LoC,Prologue)
• Demandred meets with Mesaana, Semirhage and Graendal and passes on the orders of the Great Lord to "Let the Lord of Chaos rule." Mesaana thinks the plan is a gamble. (LoC,Prologue)
• Demandred has another meeting with Mesaana and Graendal, but Semirhage does not show. Mesaana vents on Semirhage in front of Graendal and lets slip that she is in the White Tower. (LoC,Ch6)
• Mesaana asserts that she will have Rand under control in two or three months. (LoC,Ch6)
• Mesaana comes to Alviarin for a report on Elaida. She already knows everything that happened, so she eavesdrops. She appears tall and is disguised. She taps her lips while thinking. She orders Alviarin to keep Elaida alive and to encourage her to strengthen the Tower Guard. She warns Alviarin to serve only her, not Semirhage, Demandred or Graendal. (ACoS,Prologue)
• Mesaana tells Alviarin about events at Dumai's Wells. (ACoS,Ch32)
• Mesaana meets with Alviarin. She tells Alviarin to learn why the heads of the Ajahs are secretly meeting together. She believes that Galina is dead. Alviarin notes that she is actually wearing a dress of bronze silk with black scrollwork. (TPoD,Ch25)
• Mesaana and Semirhage do not attend the meeting of the Forsaken. (WH,Ch13)
• Mesaana is summoned to the battle at Shadar Logoth but does not come. (WH,Ch35, CoT,Ch21)
• Fearing discovery, Alviarin uses the tiny red rod to summon Mesaana. Mesaana starts to punish her, but Shaidar Haran suddenly appears. He marks Alviarin as his, then begins to punish Mesaana for failing to come when summoned. (CoT,Ch21)

Other References

• TSR,Glossary - Mesaana is listed as one of the Forsaken. First mention.
• LoC,Prologue - Graendal does not know where Mesaana has established herself, but Demandred does.
• LoC,Ch2 - Rand recites the crimes of the Forsaken for Taim.
• LoC,Ch23 - Sammael asks Graendal where Demandred, Mesaana and Semirhage are. Graendal says Mesaana is in the White Tower, but she does not know where the other two are. Sammael tells her to find out.
• ACoS,Ch20 - Sammael tells Graendal he didn't kidnap Rand. Mesaana had a hand in it, maybe Demandred and Semirhage as well despite how it ended.
• ACoS,Ch25 - Even a scholar like Mesaana does not fully understand vacuoles.
• WH,Ch13 - Demandred, Mesaana and Semirhage have an agreement that they will not turn on each other until all the others have been eliminated.

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