Zarya Alkaese is a Saldaean woman and a member of the Kin in Ebou Dar who went by the name Garenia Rosoinde.[1]
History[]
She is from Saldaea.
With a saidar strength of 13(1), she is very strong in the One Power by Aes Sedai standards, and if she had completed her training, she would have been one of the 6 strongest Aes Sedai at the start of the books, matching Lelaine Akashi, Romanda Cassin, Moiraine Damodred, Siuan Sanche, Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan, and only outranked by Cadsuane Melaidhrin. In the hierarchy among the regular sisters, she would have been the 4th highest, outranked only by Lelaine, Romanda, and Cadsuane, and would have thus only had to defer to them, the Amyrlin, a Sitter, or her ajah head.
She ran away from the White Tower as a novice about 70 years ago, and is around 90 years old. She was a novice for two years with Careane Fransi.
She wanted the Kin to accept wilders, and she taught girls who could learn to channel, even though this was forbidden among the Kin.
Appearance[]
She has dark tilted eyes and a hooked nose and wide mouth.
Activities[]
Introduction of the Kin[]
Using the name Garenia Rosoinde, she meets Elayne Trakand and Nynaeve al'Meara in her house when Setalle Anan deposits them there mistaking them for runaway novices. Setalle says that Garenia reminds her of a woman she once knew called Zarya Alkaese. "Garenia" says that it was a great aunt of hers. When Elayne and Nynaeve refuse any help Reanne Corly sends them on their way.
She is present on the farm when Elayne and Nynaeve arrive with their group and the Bowl of the Winds. She faints when she spots the Aes Sedai in the group. She is part of the thirteen women who link up and channel into the Bowl of the Winds to change the weather.
Returned to novice white[]
She is found out to be a runaway by Adeleas Namelle and is put back into novice white again along with Kirstian, who confessed to also be a runaway novice. The two novices work out that the murderer of Adeleas must have been an Aes Sedai. Zarya is now solely taught by Vandene Namelle.
She is with Vandene when the Aes Sedai tells Elayne the news of Reanne's death.