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Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag

Second and favorite daughter of the Empress of the Seanchan empire. Her personal banner is two golden lions harnessed to an ancient war-cart. She is nineteen.

Physical Description She is dark and petite with a heart-shaped face and large brown eyes. (WH,Ch14) She has full lips. (CoT,Ch3)

Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag by Richard Boyé

Chronology

• Tuon is born in the summer of 980 NE. (WH,Ch14, CoT,Ch3)
• At age sixteen Tuon reaches her naming day and her head is shaved. Selucia chooses to be her dresser and bodyguard. (WH,Ch14)
• Tuon successfully tests for sul'dam. (WH,Ch14)
• Tuon purchases Mylen at the docks of Shon Kifar then trains her. (WH,Ch14)
• Tuon sails from Tanchico to Ebou Dar on the Victory of Kidron. (WH,Ch14)
• Suroth and Tuon visit Queen Tylin accompanied by Anath and Selucia. Mat barges in on them and Tuon inspects him thoroughly before they leave. (WH,Ch17)
• Tuon, Suroth, Anath and Selucia spend a lot of time with Queen Tylin. Suroth is shocked at the way Anath berates Tuon, but Selucia sees it as proper. (WH,Ch18)
• Mat runs into Tuon while leaving the damane quarters. (WH,Ch19)
• In the Tarasin Palace, Mat often runs into Tuon. Sometimes she is with Anath or Selucia. Sometimes she is alone. (WH,Ch28)
• Tuon catches Mat as he is about to leave. They struggle, but Noal Charin holds her. Egeanin arrives and names her the Daughter of the Nine Moons. When Mat says she is his wife, Tuon smiles. Mat takes Selucia and Tuon with him. (WH,Ch31)
• Mat, Egeanin and Bayle Domon smuggle Selucia and Tuon out of Ebou Dar and hide out in Valan Luca's circus. (CoT,Ch1)
• Mat visits Tuon in her wagon. She is angry at being characterized as a disloyal servant. She calls him "Toy" and asks if he remembers Hawkwing's face. (CoT,Ch3)
• Mat tries his hand at courting Tuon, giving her flowers and taking her for walks. (CoT,Ch28)
• Mat takes Tuon and Selucia into the town of Jurandor to shop for fabric. When they return, they learn that Renna stabbed Egeanin and fled. Tuon hears from Egeanin that sul'dam really can channel. While Mat is hunting down Renna, Tuon takes control of the circus. She puts the circus under her personal protection, but specifically excludes Mat from that protection. (CoT,Ch29)

Other References

• TGH,Ch34 - High Lord Turak mentions that Tuon is the Empress' second daughter and her favorite.
• TSR,Ch15 - The Aelfinn tell Mat that he is fated to marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
• TSR,Ch24 - Mat asks the Eelfinn why he must marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons but they ignore his question.
• TSR,Ch37 - Mat worries about his destiny including marrying the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
• TFoH,Ch3 - Mat asks Melindhra if she ever heard of the Daughter of the Nine Moons. She has not.
• TFoH,Ch22 - Mat again asks Melindhra if she ever heard of the Daughter of the Nine Moons. She has not.
• LoC,Ch5 - Mat asks Betse Silvin if she ever heard of the Daughter of the Nine Moons. She has not.
• LoC,Ch6 - While questioning Cabriana Mecandes, Semirhage is annoyed at having been pulled away from her charge even though she is a willful and obdurate girl.
• LoC,Ch52 - In The Wandering Woman common room, Mat mentions the Daughter of the Nine Moons and a man with a slurred accent chokes on his drink.
• LoC,Epilogue - A Seanchan spy thinks, "Perhaps the Return would come soon, and the Daughter of the Nine Moons with it. Surely that would be the greatest omen of victory."
• ACoS,Ch37 - Tylin sends Mat a love note that asks who is this Daughter of the Nine Moons that he mentioned.
• WH,Ch14 - Even after three years, Tuon is sensitive about having her head shaved.
• WH,Ch14 - Tuon enjoys training damane as much as she enjoys training horses.
• WH,Ch14 - Tuon's personal banner is two golden lions harnessed to an ancient war-cart.
• WH,Ch20 - Bethamin is excited at the prospect of Tuon removing her veil and the city acknowledging her as the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
• CoT,Ch3 - Tuon is nineteen years, seven months old.
• CoT,Ch4 - The Seeker believes that Suroth and the Aes Sedai had something to do with Tuon's disappearance. He enlists Furyk Karede to conduct a secret search for her.
• CoT,Ch4 - There are rumors in Ebou Dar of a girl, the image of Tuon, extorting jewelry from merchants while accompanied by the Deathwatch Guard.
• CoT,Epilogue - Bashere reports to Rand that the Seanchan are willing to talk, but High Lady Suroth wants him to meet the Daughter of the Nine Moons.

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