Garam was the son of a chief of the only town whose people gave permission to Aiel to take water on their land during their wandering in the time of the Breaking.[1]
Appearance[]
He was slight, dark-eyed with a tough and competent look. He was not much older than Rhodric who is twenty years old when they meet. He sits on horseback and wears a sword over his long leather shirt sewn all over with metal disks.
Activities[]
He appeared in the second vision of Rand in the ter'angreal of Rhuidean.[2]
His father allowed the Aiel access to water but not without self-interest, as after the Aiel leave, the wells became theirs. He revealed that his father had an Aes Sedai advisor who encouraged him to leave the hills and move east. Later they went on to found the city of Cairhien.
Centuries later, the Aiel discovered that the people of that small town formed the nation of Cairhien, so in 566 NE the Aiel gifted the Cairhienin with Avendoraldera, a cutting from the great chora tree Avendesora, and right of passage through the Aiel Waste, so long as they carried a banner with the trefoil leaf of the tree. [3]
This later led to the Aiel War and the downfall of Laman Damodred.
The plan by Aes Sedai to build Tar Valon with Ogier was also mentioned.
Notes
- ↑ TWOTC - Garam
- ↑ The Shadow Rising, Chapter 25
- ↑ The Dragon Reborn, Glossary