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Lady Tigraine of House Mantear

aka: Shaiel
"Shaiel" means "Woman Who Is Dedicated" in the Old Tongue.

Daughter of Queen Mordrellen and sister of Luc. She married Taringail Damodred and had a son named Galad. She disappeared in 972 NE. She went into the Aiel Waste and married Janduin. She gave birth to Rand on the slopes of Dragonmount. Her sign was a woman's hand gripping a thorny rose-stem with a white blossom.

Physical Description

Chronology

• Tigraine marries Taringail.
• She gives birth to Galad.
• In 972 NE, Gitara Moroso tells Tigraine that disaster will befall the world unless she goes to the Three-fold Land, becomes a Maiden of the Spear, and does not return until the Maidens go to Tar Valon. (TSR,Ch34, LoC,Ch16)
• Tigraine goes to the Aiel Waste. She is found near death by Maidens including Amys and gives her name as Shaiel. She becomes a Maiden of the Spear and is adopted into the Chumai sept of the Taardad. (TSR,Ch34)
• Four years later she goes with the spears to the Westlands in the Aiel War. (TSR,Ch34)
• She becomes pregnant by Janduin. (TSR,Ch34)
• She gives births to Rand and then dies on the slopes of Dragonmount. (TEotW,Ch6)

Other References

• TEotW,Ch34 - Almen Bunt tells Rand and Mat about her.
• TGH,Ch7 - On reading the Dark Prophecy, Verin recalls that Luc was Tigraine's brother.
• TDR,Ch39 - Elayne notes that Rand looks like Tigraine.
• TDR,Ch45 - Coline recalls how much Rand resembles Tigraine.
• TDR,Ch47 - After Tigraine's disappearance, the line of succession was not clear. It was two years before Morgase claimed the Lion Throne.
• TFoH,Ch19 - Recalling the men in her past, Morgase thinks she married Taringail only because of his previous marriage to Tigraine.
• TSR,Ch34 - Amys tells Rand the story of his parents.
• TSR,Ch57 - Rand announces to the clan chiefs that his mother was Shaiel a Maiden of the Spear of the Chumai Taardad.
• LoC,Ch16 - Lady Dyelin tells Rand the story of Tigraine disappearing leaving behind her husband, Taringail, and her infant son, Galad. Rand realizes this as the story of Shaiel, his true mother.
• LoC,Ch26 - Elenia tells Rand that, by commoner standards, Tigraine and Morgase were not related at all. Rand is relieved that he is not related to Elayne.
• CoT,Ch11 - The Andoran succession is normally straightforward. Mantear only lost the throne to Trakand because Tigraine was missing when Mordrellen died.

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