Alviarin Freidhen

Alviarin Friedhen is a character in Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series.

An Aes Sedai of the White Ajah (ostensibly), Alviarin has a swan neck, and is tall and slim. Not only is Alviarin secretly head of the Supreme Council of the Black Ajah, she is made Keeper of the Chronicles when Elaida Sedai is raised to the Amyrlin Seat. She reports only to the Forsaken known as Mesaana, although she schemes even against her. Elaida later discovers that Alviarin has been plotting and strips of her the office of Keeper although she does not know what Alviarin plots or that she is Black Ajah. Alviarin later approaches Egwene al'Vere while Egwene is held captive in the Tower and offers to aid her, but Egwene refuses Alviarin's assistance.

After a recent meeting with Mesaana, Alviarin was marked by Shaidar Haran, who was there to reprimand the Forsaken for her failure to answer the Choedan Kal, as his property and under his protection. What effect this will have on Mesaana's authority over Alviarin remains to be seen.