History Characters / TheWheelOfTimeSeanchan

* WhatTheRomansHaveDoneForUs: Despite their slavery and strict caste system, their socialist policies often entice support from conquered people.

** Doubles as a slight bit of DeadPersonImpersonation. [[spoiler:Leilwin]] was the name of a woman who was mistakenly kidnapped by the thugs she hired in her search for the missing sul'dam, as she [[HeKnowsTooMuch could not be released]] and Egeanin did not want to murder her she chose to send her back to Seandar as a slave.

* NobleDemon: Played with. While as cruel and pitiless as the average Seanchan noble, he notably waits for Rand to remove encumbrances before he begins their sword duel.

* TheEmpire: They are shown as an expansionist and authoritarian empire, but the novel shows more nuance than the typical trope.

** Also averted, however, in that the sign tells her to stay with Mat; which was why [[spoiler:she and Mat in the end married]], without which the Last Battle would have been a foregone conclusion. Either Mat's ta'veren effect caused this, or the "superstitious" signs are as superstitious as ta'veren itself.

** Doubles as a slight bit of DeadPersonImpersonation. [[spoiler:Leilwin]] was the name of a woman who was mistakenly kidnapped by the thugs she hired in her search for the missing sul'dam, as she [[HeKnowsTooMuch could not be released]] and Egeanin did not want to murder her she chose to send her back to Seander as a slave.

* CulturedBadass

* BornIntoSlavery: The Deathwatch Guard are born as ''da'covale'' and raised to live their entire lives for the Imperial bloodline of Seanchan.

* FantasticCasteSystem: Their social structure is highly regimented (High Blood, Low Blood, Free Citizens, and Slaves) and often discourages communing with different classes a slave--known as "the voice"--has to be used as a go-between for communication. Despite this rigidity, social elevation is not impossible for a commoner (such as Tylee Khirgan) to be elevated to the aristocracy for meritorious deeds.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Ottoman Empire (consumption of coffee and extensive use of slaves in administration), Far East Empire (rigid social structures and conduct), and DeepSouth (Seanchan's accent often having drawls like Southern US).

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Has risen to her position as heir to the throne by carrying out, and surviving, numerous assassination attempts amongst her siblings. So much so, that any attempt on her life causes her to try and determine which [[SiblingRivalry brother or sister]] would benefit most from the situation.

* TheirFirstTime: because her marriage to Mat is finalized as they're about to part ways for the foreseeable future, it isn't for a while. [[spoiler:Towards the beginning of Book 14, in a garden in Ebou Dar.]]

* FantasticCasteSystem: Their social structure is highly regimented (High Blood, Low Blood, Free Citizens, and Slaves) and often discourages communing with different classes a slave--known as "the voice"--has to be used as a go-between for communication. Despite this social elevation is not impossible for a commoner, such as Tylee Khirgan, to be elevated to aristocracy through meritous deeds.

* FantasticCasteSystem: Their social structure is highly regimented and often discourages communing with different classes a slave--known as "the voice"--has to be used as a go-between for communication. Despite this social elevation is not impossible for a commoner, such as Tylee Khirgan, to be elevated to aristocracy through meritous deeds.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Ottoman Empire (consumption of coffee) and Far East Empire (strict social structures and conduct).
* WhatTheRomansHaveDoneForUs: Despite their slavery and strict caste system, their policies often entice support from conquered people.

Almost a thousand years before events in the book, the legendary king Artur Hawkwing (the Myth/KingArthur[=/=]UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat of the [=WoT=] universe) united the Westlands under his empire. He sent his son with a huge contingent of troops across the Aryth Ocean to the west to discover new lands for his kingdom. They never returned and were thought to be lost at sea. Hawkwing's empire eventually crumbled after his death, resulting in the independent nations of the series' present. However, the expedition survived the journey and set up a new empire in the continent they discovered. Utilizing the strange creatures native to the land as well as [[EmpireWithADarkSecret mystical and fearsome devices for controling channelers]], they conquered the indigenous peoples. Now, they are returning to the Westlands, determined to retake their homelands which they believe is their birthright and will stop at nothing to see the Hawkwing Empire restored.

* AllGirlsLikePonies: One of her hobbies is horse-training and becomes as close to giddy as she can get when she receives a rare horse as a gift. Takes on a less than innocent tone from the fact that she also enjoys enslaving women who can channel and treating them like animals.
* ArrangedMarriage: zig-zagged. Tuon's marriage was foretold by one of her Damane, but she wanted to meet her future husband and make certain it was him. She justifies the marriage with political reasons, as it gives her a link to Rand, though she says she might grow to love Mat one day.

* FlatEarthAtheist: An odd zig-zagging case, she dismisses many supernatural things that Mat takes for granted (such as ravens and vermin acting as spies for the Dark One) as superstitious nonsense, even when presented with blatant physical proof they're true. But she has iron-clad faith in her culture's ''own'' superstitions (such as seeing constant omens in minor things,) and religiously {{Hand Wave}}s away Mat's much more justified skepticism.

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Female example. Her head is shaved as a sign of nobility, has dark skin and she's a deadly fighter.

* SpotOfTea: Or, rather, spot of kaf, the Randland equivalent to coffee.

* BaldOfAwesome[=/=]BraidsOfAction: Due to her status as a so'jhin, half her head is shaved bald and the other half has her golden hair on a braid, and she's the bodyguard of Tuon.

* BaldOfAwesome: Her head is shaved as a sign of nobility, and she's a deadly fighter.

* AmbitionIsEvil

* BaldWomen: Her head is shaved as a sign of nobility.

* EnemyMine: In Book 4, she works alongside Elayne and Nynaeve. Cue the inevitable "NotSoDifferent" moments.

Almost a thousand years before events in the book, the legendary king Artur Hawkwing (the KingArthur[=/=]UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat of the [=WoT=] universe) united the Westlands under his empire. He sent his son with a huge contingent of troops across the Aryth Ocean to the west to discover new lands for his kingdom. They never returned and were thought to be lost at sea. Hawkwing's empire eventually crumbled after his death, resulting in the independent nations of the series' present. However, the expedition survived the journey and set up a new empire in the continent they discovered. Utilizing the strange creatures native to the land as well as [[EmpireWithADarkSecret mystical and fearsome devices for controling channelers]], they conquered the indigenous peoples. Now, they are returning to the Westlands, determined to retake their homelands which they believe is their birthright and will stop at nothing to see the Hawkwing Empire restored.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Carries the title "Daughter of the Nine Moons," signifying her position as heir-designate to the Crystal Throne.

* BadassGrandpa: He's going gray around the temples.

* HypocriticalHumor: She hears someone talking to Mat mention ''ta'veren'', and she criticizes Randland and their "endless superstitions." Not even two seconds later, she sees a pair of birds, and takes that as a sign. Normally, she's very self-aware, but in this case, the cognitive dissonance doesn't even occur to her.

* MadeASlave: Her eventual fate when she secret is exposed.

** For Mat, it might be a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage of sorts, as he wanders about for quite some time with just the name "Daughter of Nine Moons", with not much besides this and the fact that his fate does weird things when dice start rolling in his head. This becomes a CrowningMomentOfFunny of sorts where all this time he's been having crazy luck in everything from cards to horse racing, and then suddenly he [[spoiler: gets pursued by the Queen of Ebou Dar, who is at least [[MayDecemberRomance twice his age]], and [[AmIJustAToyToYou who treats him like a prize]]]], causing him to try to flee the town as fast as he can. The dice ''stop rolling'' right as the Seanchan come, and he screams "What happened to my bloody luck?" At about this point, he's almost relieved to meet her.

!'''Tuon'''
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-->"Thank you." she told him politely. "I think I've heard enough" ''Ta'veren''. Ridiculous. These people and their endless superstitions! A small brown bird, surely a finch, flew out of a tall oak and circled widdershins three times over Toy's head before flying on. She had found her omen. Stay close to Toy.

!'''Egeanin / Leilwin Shipless'''

Egeanin Tamarath was a ship captain in the Seanchan fleet. After the fall of Falme, she is sent to the Westlands to help round up escaped ''sul'dam'' and ''damane''. After realizing that much of what she knew about channelers was wrong, she suffers a [[ToBeLawfulOrGood crisis of conscience]].

!'''Suroth'''

High Lady Suroth Sabelle Meldarath is in charge of securing a foothold in the Westlands to prepare for the return of the Seanchan. She is a cold and calculating individual who does not tolerate dissention amongst her ranks. Although she suffers a great defeat early on, her subsequent victories elsewhere lead some to believe that she may have secret ambitions inappropriate for her station. This is later verified as she is a Darkfriend under Semirhage with plans to make her the new Empress.

!'''Banner General Tylee Khirgan'''

Tylee Khirgan is a Banner-General in the Seanchan army who later gets promoted to Lieutenant-General and of the low Blood.

!'''Bakayar Mishima'''

Bakayar Mishima is a Captain in the Seanchan army under the command of Tylee Khirgan.
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!'''Banner General Furyk Karede'''

-->He always tried to be polite, even with men he was going to kill.

Karede is the leader of the Deathwatch Guard, the elite personal guards to the Seanchan Empress.
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!'''Selucia'''

Selucia is a high ranking Seanchan da'covale and so'jhin to Tuon. She is described as Tuon's "shadow," her ever-present personal retainer.

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!'''Turak Aladon'''

* SpotOfTea: Or, rather, spot of kaf, the Randland equivalent to coffee.