Sorilea

Sorilea is a fictional character in "The Wheel of Time" series of fantasy novels by Robert Jordan.

Description

Sorilea is a Wise One of the Shende Hold and is of the Jarra sept, of the Chareen Aiel. She has green eyes and has thin white hair and is all sinew and bone. She is known for being very strong willed compared to the other Wise One's who are all considered strong willed. She is barely able to channel, with an ability less than an Accepted in the White Tower [Lords of Chaos, Glossary] . Despite this she is the pre-eminent Wise One, with all the others following her lead. She is believed to be the oldest Wise One and is potentially 300 years old but there is no conclusive evidence to this. Sorilea has an apprentice called Surandha. One of the punishments she uses after someone speaks out of turn is to send the person to search through a pile of sand for a red grain of sand.

History

Sorilea's first appearance is in "The Fires of Heaven". She is the leader of the Wise One's in Rhuidean after Rand had declared himself to be the "Car'a'carn". She follows Rand to the Wetlands and is the Wise One who gives permission for Aviendha to fight in the battle [The Fires of Heaven, Chapter 43: This Place, This Day] . She remains in Cairhien leading the Wise One's and seems to have a particular liking for Egwene, who she is trying to find a husband for even after she goes to the Aes Sedai in Salidar. Sorilea takes part in the Battle of Dumai's Wells and she and Amys are put in charge of the captured Aes Sedai [A Crown of Swords, Chapter 2: The Butcher's Yard] . She takes a water oath with Cadsuane to teach Rand laughter and tears, to teach him to be strong rather than hard [The Path of Daggers, Chapter 12: New Alliances] . Sorilea sees her main task as trying to get as large a remnant of the Aiel to survive the "Tarmon Gai'don".

References

External links

* [http://encyclopaedia-wot.org:8008/characters/s/sorilea.html Character chronology]