Merean Redhill
Merean Redhill (pronounced: MEH-ree-an red-hill) was an Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah publically, and secretly a member of the Black Ajah. Appearance She was plump and motherly with graying hair.
Merean Redhill (pronounced: MEH-ree-an red-hill) was an Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah publically, and secretly a member of the Black Ajah.
Appearance
She was plump and motherly with graying hair. She was 5'8 tall.
Strength and Abilities
She was very strong in the One Power, with a strength of 14(2), only a little below Moiraine's ultimate strength. Few would have been her equal, and even fewer would have surpassed her.
History
She was Aes Sedai for more than 200 years. She was born in 716 NE.
She was the Mistress of Novices under Noane Masadim and under Tamra Ospenya. She was very good at finding out what novices didn't want her to know. Nonetheless, she was kind and comforting to all novices, and generally warm and easygoing. Most initiates could not figure her out—she could soothe very well, but would go easy on an initiate for one offense only to be a harsh disciplinarian for another, lesser infraction. Still, she was very good to talk to and most initiates went to her on their own more often than for punishment.
Shortly after the Aiel War, Merean summoned the Accepted Moiraine Damodred and Siuan Sanche to test for the shawl.
After Tamra's death and the rise of Sierin Vayu as Amyrlin, Merean was replaced as Mistress of Novices. She became one of the Black Ajah's searchers for the Dragon Reborn, after they discovered his rebirth. Her search eventually led her to Kandor, where she crossed paths with Lan Mandragoran and Moiraine. She tried to kill them, and did kill Diryk, prince of Kandor, Brys, the consort and Swordbearer of Queen Ethenielle Kirukon Materasu of Kandor, and Iselle Arrel, the daughter of Edeyn Arrel, Lan's carneira. When Merean grew overconfident and turned away, Moiraine managed to kill her with a knife in the back after a severe duel with the One Power. To keep the Black Ajah hidden Moiraine burnt Merean's body.
She bonded a Warder more than ten years after becoming Aes Sedai, and after he died never bonded another. People whispered that she was in love with him. The truth is, he was a Darkfriend; she did not want to deal with a non-Darkfriend Warder, and never found another she thought suitable. She also never felt the need for a Warder as she was not bound by the Three Oaths.