Merine Taeris

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Merine Taeris
Ma-REEN TAY-ris
Created by Alexandra
Information
Gender Female
Occupation Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah
Affiliation The Grey Tower
Bondmate(s) Markus Gaidin
Nationality Cairhienin
Attributes
Affinities Spirit, Water, Air, Fire, Earth

Merine Taeris is a Cairhienin Yellow Oathsworn Aes Sedai of the Grey Tower.

Description

Merine is stern and harbors no argument with her medicinal recommendations; but she is very caring and tender with her patients. She speaks the plain truth and voices it bluntly, thus gaining her trust from those who would not normally trust a Cairhienin. She takes pride in teaching and her students have been known to excel in all matters Healing. She is short in stature, which is expected of a Cairhienin, but her presence is authoritative none the less. She has red-yellow hair streaked with grey, presumably from a branch of her heritage that married into her family from Andor. Her eyes are of a dark-woody shade. Although she bears no wrinkles, she is well into her first century.

Biography

Her history with the White Tower is hinted at in A New Beginning. Merine came to the Grey Tower as a Sister of the Yellow Ajah raised in the White Tower, although she was not one of the founders. She has a deep-seated loathing for the Red Ajah. There are rumors that she once had a brother who demonstrated signs of channeling, and he was found by the Red Ajah and brought to the White Tower and gentled despite never having shown signs of Taint-madness. He died not long after.

This experience, coupled with the discovery of five-powered Healing, motivated Merine to seek her life's-purpose outside the White Tower's governance. She was marked as a rebel and to this day avoids contact with White Tower Sisters. Once she witnessed the use of Five-powered Healing, Merine applied her great Talent and absorbed it quickly.

She is reputed to be one of the few highly-accomplished Healers for her ability to employ Five-powered healing to its maximum use, and she is also quite Talented with Delving for the causes of disease and injury. In addition, before the Taint was cleansed, she paid particular attention to the management of Taint-madness and enabled many Asha'man of that day to be produce members of the Grey Tower. This earned her a trusted place at the Amyrlin Seat's side as her chief physician.

Her current Warder is Markus Gaidin, who attends her on quests abroad to find new cures and to quell large-scale epidemics. At times, they also travel together to recruit promising young future novices and soldiers.

Career History

  • Novice
  • Accepted
  • Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah