gai'shain

"An Aes Sedai wearing gai'shain white, " he said flatly, turning to face her.

Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

Just before midday all of the gai'shain were herded into the open and made to strip to their skins.

Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

But how much protection could the Aes Sedai give when she wore gai'shain white herself?

Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

"Be silent, gai'shain, " he said, but as though he cared nothing for whether she obeyed.

Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

Lacile had found her own protector by climbing into the blankets of the Mera'din who had made her gai'shain. and Arrela had done the same with one of the Maidens who had captured her, but Faile doubted that Jhoradin would attain his wish.

Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

We can find easily defended valleys in the mountains there, and we can reach them in less than two weeks even slowed as we are by the gai'shain.

Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

Lowering their cowls, the new gai'shain filed wordlessly along the tent walls, nine men and three women, one of them Maighdin.

Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

Only the handful who recognized her ageless face for what it was still believed that she was Aes Sedai, and some of those had the same doubts that had plagued Faile on finding an Aes Sedai among the gai'shain.

Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

Fourteen septs were camped in a sprawl around Maiden now, a hundred thousand Shaido and as many gai'shain, and rumor said two more septs, the Morai and the White Cliff, would arrive within days.

Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

It nettled Sevanna when the other Wise Ones met without her, and frequently she took it out on her gai'shain. but she smiled and took a sip of wine before replying in patient tones, as though explaining to someone not quite bright enough to understand.

Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005