Varilin Zanaire

Varilin Zanaire
Biographical Information
Nationality	Saldaean
Date of birth	831 NE
Current status	Alive
Physical description
Gender	Female
Height	6'2" or 188 cm
Build	Slender
Hair	Red
Chronological and political information
First mentioned	LOC 13
First appeared	LOC 30
Last appeared	TOM 27
Affiliation	White Tower
Occupation	Sitter
Rank	Aes Sedai
Ajah	Gray Ajah

Varilin Zanaire is an Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah and formerly a Sitter in the Hall of the Tower.

Appearance

Varilin has red hair. Her nose is not particularly prominent, nor are her cheekbones very high, considering she is Saldaean. She resembles a stork: slim and taller than most men. She is 6'2" or 188cm in height.

Strength and Abilities

Varalin is of low average strength for an Aes Sedai, with a One Power level of 26(14). She would be unable to Travel without linking with another channeler.

History

Varilin was born in Saldaea in the year 831 NE and went to the Tower in 848 NE at the age of seventeen.

After spending seven years as novice and six as Accepted she was raised to the shawl in the year 861 NE at the age of thirty.

She was elected Sitter recently in the year 992 NE.

Activities

Her Ajah Head sent her to the rebels because she was not invited to the vote to depose Siuan and raise Elaida. This would help keep her safe, and allow the Ajah to help defuse the rebellion. So she supported Romanda because it would help stalemate Lelaine and make the rebellion easier to control.

Rebel faction

In Salidar Varilin apparently belonged to Romanda Cassin's faction of Aes Sedai. She was concerned about reports of the Seanchan collaring women, though she had to be careful in bringing it up in the Hall because she was part of Romanda's faction.

In Salidar, during a class taught by Elayne, Varilin made a mistake in trying to make ter'angreal and created an explosive ball of fire in her hands; she would have died had Dagdara not been nearby to Heal her.

Later, after the siege was put around Tar Valon, Varilin was one of the Sitters wanting to begin negotiations with Elaida's White Tower. When Egwene allowed the talking Varilin took charge as the head negotiator.

She votes NO in the Rebel Hall of the Tower for an alliance with the Black Tower.

Later Varilin was in the group that negotiates with the White Tower Aes Sedai in Darein. Because of this she missed Lelaine Akashi's emergency meeting of the Hall with Jahar Narishma.

She was one of the Sitters to re-swear the Three Oaths on the Oath Rod and proved that she was not Black Ajah. She was then part of the unanimous vote to attack the White Tower with their army.

The White Tower re-united

Varilin remains a Sitter when the Hall of the Tower is re-united after the White Tower Schism. The Sitters try to hold a secret meeting without Egwene, discussing ways to temper the Amyrlin's power when a declaration of war is called. Varilin voted against a proposal that would allow only Egwene to deal with the monarchy of the world, which includes Rand as he is King of Illian, while the Hall would take over prosecution of the war and deal with Gareth Bryne's army.

In that same meeting of the Hall, Varilin voted in favour of the new rules and procedures in the Hall as outlined by Egwene, which included temporarily replacing a Sitter when she is absent from the Hall and that no meeting of the Hall can commence without all Sitters and the Amyrlin Seat being present.

During the Last Battle Varilin, Takima and Saroiya are the three Sitters designated to manage the White Tower and Tar Valon in the absence of the Amyrlin, the Keeper and the other Sitters in the Hall.