- For others with the same surname, see Cauthon.
Bodewhin "Bode" Cauthon is a novice of the White Tower. She is the daughter of Abell and Natti Cauthon, the younger sister of Mat Cauthon and the older sister of Eldrin Cauthon.
Appearance and Personality[]
She is "plumply pretty", with long braided hair and "a mischievous something" around her big eyes that looks like Mat.[1]
Mat remembers that Bode and Eldrin, but especially Bode, used to spy on him, tell on him to their mother, and smirk when he was beaten as punishment, but he tells Perrin that he “...wouldn’t want anything to happen to them“.[2]
Romanda thinks that Bode is very intelligent, though would not be suitable for the Yellow Ajah. Bode wants to live adventure, and was headed in the direction of the Blue Ajah or the Green Ajah.[3]
Strength and Abilities[]
Bode was born with the spark.
Her strength isn't given in the Companion, but: "Bode’s future would be brilliant. Her potential almost equaled Egwene’s."[4] Verin also calls her "very strong".[5] None of the current cohort of Aes Sedai, with the exception of Cadsuane, are close to Egwene's potential. Egwene's strength is 8(+5), so Bode is likely at 9(+4), possibly 10(+3). Either way, exceptionally strong for an Aes Sedai.
Bode has the talent to make cuendillar. Among the rebels she is the best after Egwene in using these recently rediscovered weaves.
Activities[]
Made captive[]
When the Whitecloaks come to the Two Rivers, she along with her mother and sister are taken prisoner by them. She is rescued by Perrin Aybara[6] and then takes part in the Emond's Field defense when the Trollocs attack. With help from her sister Eldrin, she kills a Trolloc with a wood-axe.[7]
To the Tower[]
She is among the five girls born with the spark and found in the Two Rivers by Verin Mathwin and Alanna Mosvani and so suited for Tower training. They travel to Caemlyn and meet Rand al'Thor in an inn there. When Bode and the Two Rivers girls hear that Rand is the Dragon Reborn, they refuse to believe it; Bode gets angry and calls him big headed, a liar, and appeals to him to “stop this foolishness”.[8]
Rand, on edge from just having been bonded by Alanna against his will, wearily tells her he is the Dragon Reborn, and lifts Bode and the others with weaves of air. This scares the girls out of their wits and causes most of them to cry.[8]
To the Rebel Aes Sedai[]
Bode later turns up with the other novices in the Rebel Aes Sedai camp. As with Rand, she and the other Two Rivers girls are unable to deal with who Egwene has become _ especially her status as Amyrlin. They stick their tongues out at her and are indignant that she won’t talk to them as she used to back home. It is implied that she eventually has them punished, which makes them even angrier.
Bode’s potential strength in the One Power is nearly as great as Egwene al'Vere's. She has a Talent for making cuendillar and is often sent to the cuendillar tent to continue practicing the weave. When Egwene visits the tent, Bode keeps her eyes down so that she won’t have to speak to Egwene or address her as Amyrlin.
The plan[]
Bode is supposed to replace Kairen Stang in the plan to convert the iron chains in the Tar Valon harbor to cuendillar, but she is replaced at the last minute by Egwene, who thinks it is not right to ask a novice to undertake such a dangerous task.[4]
She later cleans Romanda Cassin's tent.
Romanda takes notice of her, but thinks that she wants to experience adventure and therefore won't be choosing the Yellow when she wins her shawl. She leaves the thought behind after she tells herself that there are other, more promising girls that may be more open to her Ajah's way of thinking.
In the television series[]
In the television series, Bode Cauthon 
is portrayed by Litiana Biutanaseva .
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