Lord Taringail of House Damodred

Pronunciation: TAH-rihn-gail DAHM-oh-drehd

Nephew of Laman Damodred. He married Tigraine and had a son, Galad. After Tigraine's disappearance and Mordrellen's death, he married Morgase Trakand and fathered Gawyn and Elayne. He was assassinated in 984 NE. His sign was a golden double-bitted battleaxe.

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Taringail plots to become the first king of Andor. Thom Merrilin learns of the plot. Taringail dies in a "hunting accident." (TSR,Ch17, TFoH,Ch19)

NS,Ch6 – Following the death of King Laman, Taringail is not eligible for the Sun Throne as he is already married to the Queen of Andor.
TEotW,Ch34 - Almen Bunt tells Rand and Mat about Taringail.
TDR,Ch46 - Gaebril encourages Morgase to use her marriage to Taringail Damodred to claim the Sun Throne.
TSR,Ch17 - Moiraine was Taringail's youngest half-sister.
TFoH,Ch9 - When Nynaeve hassles Elayne about the way she treats Thom, she angrily retorts that her father was Taringail Damodred.
TFoH,Ch16 - Elayne tells Nynaeve that Thom was Morgase' lover after her father died.
TFoH,Ch19 - Recalling the men in her past, Morgase thinks she married Taringail only because of his previous marriage to Tigraine.
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.
WH,Ch9 - Elayne intends to claim the Sun Throne by right as the daughter of Taringail Damodred.