Marith Jaen

Marith Jaen
Biographical Information
Nationality	Unknown nationality
Date of birth	700 NE
Date of death	988 NE
Current status	Dead
Physical description
Gender	Female
Chronological and political information
First mentioned	ACOS Prologue
Last mentioned	ACOS 8
Affiliation	White Tower
Title	Amyrlin Seat
Rank	Aes Sedai
Ajah	Blue Ajah

For the similarly named Aes Sedai, see Marith Riven.

Marith Jaen was Amyrlin Seat from 984 NE to 988 NE. She was raised from the Blue Ajah.

History and Influence

Born in 700 NE, she went to the White Tower in 717 NE. She is described in the Companion as being a "stainless-steel bitch".

She retired to the country in 973 NE when Tamra Ospenya was raised Amyrlin Seat. It was speculated that she did so because of personality clashes with Tamra, and because she wanted to be Amyrlin instead. Her stated reason was that she wished to write her memoirs.

After the death of Sierin Vayu in 984 NE, Marith was called from retirement to take the Amyrlin Seat. The Hall felt they had no choice, as both Tamra and Sierin had died suddenly, as had many senior sisters (as part of the Black Ajah's efforts to find the Dragon Reborn for themselves).

In 985 NE, she sentenced the Red Sitters Toveine Gazal, Lirene Doirellin, and Tsutama Rath to exile and hard labor on a farm for their role in gentling male channelers outside of the White Tower. They were publicly unseated and birched in front of the White Tower, without any explanation for the outside world. This only cemented her fearsome reputation. During her tenure as Amyrlin, the Hall of the Tower was fully under her control and the influence of the Tower increased in the outside world.

Marith was the last of three Amyrlins to have died in a short stretch of time. Her death in 988 NE, although sudden, was of natural causes. She was replaced by Siuan Sanche. The exceptionally young Siuan was chosen in light of the numerous recent deaths of many senior Sisters and Amyrlins in a very short space of time, and the Hall opted for someone who could provide stability by potentially reigning for centuries.

Marith held the position for 4 years from 984 NE to 988 NE. She was Sierin Vayu's successor and Siuan Sanche's predecessor.

Other

It is not known who was Keeper of the Chronicles during her tenure as Amyrlin, but the Companion states that every Keeper not of the same Ajah as the Amyrlin was forced by the Hall. Given Marith's domination of the Hall, this seems unlikely and therefore her Keeper would probably have been from the Blue Ajah.

External links

• Marith Jaen^↗ on Wheel of Time TV series Wiki^↗