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- Cairhien nobles are very formal, the commoners
are not. (II: 290)
- Cairhienin servants are treated very servile.
(II: 310)
- the Cairhienin are a reserved and restrained
people, though that restraint is mixed at times with a boldness, and
when their reserve breaks, it does so to a surprising degree. (V: 533)
- the Cairhienin are dissolute, but discreet.
(VI: 49)
- many consider the Cairhienin to be
"filthy-minded". (VI: 626)
- Cairhienin bow with hands on hearts. (II: 312)
- Cairhienin accent is very precise, with words
clearly enunciated. (II: 310)
- commoners, especially the low-born, have a
different accent than the nobility. (II: 486)
- in Cairhien, a Wisdom is called a Reader. (II:
444)
- "players" (actors) being tried in Cairhien, a
new idea. (II: 383)
I have no idea what this sentence
means....that actors and plays are a new thing?
- the Cairhienin party to excess during the
Feast of Lights, with much drinking and dancing. During the Feast,
the barriers between commoner and noble are ignored, as is age. Any man
can kiss any woman and vice versa. People pour wine over themselves, and
both men and women go about bare-chested. (VI: 653-654)
- Grace favour [me/you/etc.] (II: 312)
- Take what you want, and pay for it. (V: 214)
- Seeing the wolf. (Phrase for having seen
battle) (VI: 669)
- even the servants play their own version
of Daes Dae'mar. (VI: 625)
- Cairhienin commoners grill each other for
information to sell to the nobility. (II: 379)
- if the Aiel catch a Cairhienin in the
Waste, he disappears, rumored to be sold as an animal to the lands
beyond the Waste.(III: 445)
- when the Cairhienin when through the Waste
to trade with lands beyond, they were permitted to enter only a
single walled town. Any who went where they weren't allowed
disappeared. (IV: 331)
- Cairhienin respect and fear Aes Sedai.
(II: 447)
- the nobility would invite visiting Aes
Sedai to their Houses as mark of prestige. (II: 453)
- Ogier are honored guests among nobility.
(II: 459)
- there has never been a war between Mayene
and Cairhien. (VI: 674)
- dueling is very common among the young
people of Cairhien. (VI: 629)
- nobility consider music a talent for
"commoners". (II: 311)
- nobility doesn't play music/sing. (II:
465)
- commoners, especially the low-born, have a
different accent than the nobility. (II: 486)
- a Cairhienin lord has a fool, who wears an
oversized striped coat that is sewn with bells. (IV: 158)
- dueling is very common among the young
people of Cairhien. (VI: 629)
- Cairhien can be ruled by either a queen or
a king. (II: 386)
- vineyards in Cairhien. (II: 465)
- Cairhienin are a very short people, with dark
eyes and pale, narrow faces. (II: 306, VI: 199)
- Cairhienin with big blue eyes. (IV: 656)
- the average Tairen stands a full head taller
than the average Cairhienin. (VI: 294)
- the slashes on Cairhienin clothing are
horizontal. (VI: 308)
- the Cairhienin style is high-necked. (IV: 902)
- the middle and upper classes wear dark
clothes, with the person's rank indicated by the length of coloured
stripes on the chest. (II: 306)
- Noblewomen wear hair piled high on
heads in towers of curls, wear skirts wider than the average
doorway. (II: 460)
- among noblewomen, the higher the rank,
the more elaborate and taller the hair style. (V: 601)
- both genders of nobility wear lace
ruffles at their collars. (II: 460)
- upper class wears bell-shaped velvet
hats, and dark coats embroidered across chest with bars of
silver, scarlet and gold which donate rank. (II: 156, 306)
- Noblemen wear bell or flat velvet
caps, and both wear lace ruffles at their cuffs. (II: 460)
- men occasionally go bare-chested, but
not in formal/polite situations. (II: 362-4)
- Cairhienin nobles command and lead
groups of soldiers, but do not shave their heads and become
soldiers. (V: 352)
- both genders of nobility wear lace
ruffles at their collars. (II: 460)
- men occasionally go bare-chested, but
not in formal/polite situations. (II: 362-4)
- Foregaters wear shabby but colorful
clothing. (II: 368)
- a Cairhienin lord has a fool, who wears an
oversized striped coat that is sewn with bells. (IV: 158)
- lower servants to nobility wear dark
livery with House-colored stripe on their cuffs, and the house badge
on their chests, or collar or sleeves in House collars. The higher
ranking servants show more colour. (VI: 283)
- soldiers wear dark blue. (II: 308)
- officer has front of his head shaved, the
rest of his hair long, and powders the bare part. (II: 308, 312)
- officers wear steel-backed gauntlets,
breastplates and no helmets. They carry a small flag in a holder on
their backs. (II: 318)
- the Cairhienin use short banners called
con that are harnessed to their backs to mark officers and a lord's
personal retainers. (V: 351)
- the cons are marked with lords' heraldry.
(V: 352)
- Cairhienin nobles command and lead groups
of soldiers, but do not shave their heads and become soldiers. (V:
352)
- the slashes of color on Cairhienin
clothing are in the color of their noble House. The number of
slashes indicates the rank of the House, their length the rank of
the wearer. (VI: 99)
- vineyards in Cairhien. (II: 465)
- the mudflats in the Erinin shift. (III: 421)
- rolling grasslands and scattered copses on the
Cairhienin side of the the Erinin (III: 429)
- there are dozens of towns and villages between
the Janghai Pass and the capital. (V: 480)
- there are a number of bridges where the River
Gaelin meets the Alguena River, north of Cairhien. (V: 472)
- desc of terrain north of Cairhien - rolling
plains and low hills, with few and small thickets (VI: 661)
- desc of terrain north of Cairhien (VI: 681)
- desc of other side of river from Cairhien (VI:
668)
- the road from Cairhien to Tar Valon is called
the Tar Valon Road. (VI: 668)
- the road runs west and north through forested
hills lower than those the city is built on. (VI: 669)
- about 20-30 miles north of Cairhien, the hills
grow lower. (VI: 670)
- the land flattens into rolling plains, and the
forest thins to grasslands, with rivers and shallow streams. (VI: 672)
- Dumai's Wells and Alianelle Spring are
watering holes along the Tar Valon Road. (VI: 681)
- there's a bridge near Dumai's Wells. (VI: 684)
- a good wine comes from the south of Cairhien.
(V: 467)
- yellow peppers and pork in a thick, clear
sauce with a sharp, yet sweet taste. (II: 310)
- desc of city (II: 370)
- desc of Cairhien (VI: 294)
- few farms or villages around the city. (II: 500)
- Cairhien once called Al'cair'rahienallen, Hill of
the Golden Dawn. (I: 551)
- a stage magician is passed off as an Aes Sedai in the entertainments of Foregate. (II: 376)
- desc of buildings in Foregate (II: 376)
- the Foregate is a warren of streets
surrounding the city. Once there was a market village in front of each
city gate, but gradually they grew into one sprawling group of dirt
streets and slapdash wooden buildings, some up to seven stories tall.(I:
367-368)
- ruler of Cairhien keeps the masses in the
Foregate quiet with entertainments like parades of giant puppets, horse
races and fireworks. The King's Gift is given to gleemen and other
entertainers to keep them performing there. (II: 369)
- Foregaters wear shabby but colourful clothing.
(II: 368)
- Foregaters are known to like drinking and
carousing. (II: 315)
- visitors to the inner city must sign in at the
gate, and let them know which inn they're staying at. A record is kept
of all foreigners entering the city. (II: 370, 439)
- the Janghai Gates are huge, three tall stone
arches in the Cairhien wall. (V: 526)
- the streets of Cairhien are very broad and
paved, laid out in a regular grid across the terraced hills of the city.
(V: 527)
- the centre of the city is a square built on
the highest hill of the area, so dark and massive it almost doesn't look
like a natural hill. (V: 529)
- a long, broad ramp leads up to tall bronze
gates and the courtyard beyond. (V: 529)
- desc of Cairhien docks (VI: 666)
- desc of other side of river from Cairhien (VI:
668)
- city docks are reserved for the pleasure
crafts of nobles and grain barges, no others are allowed there without
permission. (II: 438)
- the river at Cairhien is filled with ships and
barges stopping at the granaries on the far bank. (II: 367)
- these are known as the Topless Towers of
Cairhien, and were burned in the Aiel War. (II: 370)
- the Towers of Cairhien mark the points of the
city grid. (V: 464)
- the Topless Towers are visible above the
forest at least five miles east of the city. (V: 458)
Sun Palace - residence of the king or queen
- desc of Royal Palace (V: 528)
- desc of Sun Palace (VI: 283)
- desc of study in Sun Palace (VI: 287)
- desc of stable in Sun Palace (VI: 293)
- desc of Grand Hall of the Sun, with a 50 pace
high ceiling (V: 531)
- desc of the Sun Throne (V: 531-532)
- a long, broad ramp leads up to tall bronze
gates and the courtyard beyond. (V: 529)
- students come to study at the Royal Library.
(VI: 297)
- the Sun Palace has miles of corridor. (VI:
299)
- the Royal Library is the greatest library
outside of Tar Valon. (II: 258-9)
- the library is considered one of the greatest
in the world. (III: 302)
- inn in Foregate: Bunch of Grapes, near the
Janghai Gate. (II: 378)
- inn has Ogier furnishings. (II: 405)
What inn?
- inner city inn: Defender of the Dragonwall.
(II: 372)
- inn has Ogier furnishings. (II: 405)
What inn?
- inn has Ogier furnishings. (II: 405)
What inn?
- Cairhienin inn: The Long Man. (VI: 365)
- desc of the Long Man (VI: 381)
- inn has Ogier furnishings. (II: 405)
What inn?
- the Illuminators have built a chapter house in
Cairhien, the only one outside of Tarabon. It is a mile outside the
city, and carefully locked and guarded. Illuminators will go so far as
to kill intruders to protect their secrets. (II: 369, 396, 398)
- "players" (actors) being tried in Cairhien, a
new idea. (II: 383)
- a stone bridge lies at the heart of the town. (V:
349)
- there are two fountains in the town. (V: 349)
- stones pave the streets. (V: 349)
- the streets are laid out in a strict grid, even if
they have to cut through terraced hills to keep straight. (V: 357)
- most buildings are made of stone, with slate
roofs. (V: 357)
- the merchant houses are three stories tall, of
marble, with balconies. (V: 357)
- there are two town squares. (V: 357)
- desc of Jangai Pass (V: 262)
- desc of monument at Jangai Pass (V: 263)
- desc of land around Jangai Pass (V: 296)
- Silk Pass was paved through the Jangai Pass? (V:
289)
- it takes four days to travel through Jangai Pass.
(V: 290)
- there are dozens of towns and villages between the
Jangai Pass and the capital. (V: 480)
- Jurene is on the Cairhien side. (III: 428)
- Jurene is located on the Erinin, and has wooden
houses with thatched roofs, and a small, single stone dock. (III: 458)
- dirt streets, a small village of wooden houses,
none more than a single story. (V: 653)
- this small town is across the Erinin from Aringill.
(VI: 63)
- Maerone is unwalled, an overgrown village with
brick and stone buildings, with roofs of wooden shingles, thatch, slate and
tile. (VI: 115)
- most of the streets are hardpacked dirt. (VI: 115)
- the village is a transit point of trade between
Cairhien and Tear, and has almost as many inns and taverns as it does
houses. (VI: 116)
- there are over 17 inns in Maerone. (VI: 120)
- inns: the Fox and Goose, The Wagoneer's Whip, the
River Gate, the Erinin
- Inn, the Three Towers, the Silver Horn. (VI: 116,
120)
- desc of Golden Stag inn (VI: 108)
- a well-established road leads south out of Maerone,
piercing through forest and open country. (VI: 127)
- it's about 20-22 days from Maerone to Tear. (VI:
336)
- lies near the southernmost border of Cairhien. (V:
604)
- at the other end of Janghai Pass. (V: 266)
- a bridge spans a stream near the west side of the
Pass, the stream connects to the River Gaelin. (V: 289)
- the town is a considerable size, though it's
population has dramatically decreased since the Aiel War. (V: 291)
- the walled town is surrounded by farms. (V: 291)
- a high-walled town located at the Janghai Pass, a
remnant of when Cairhien allowed into the Waste. (V: 263)
- it posts no guards, only sentries at the gate. (V:
263)
- a huge male sa'angreal is buried near village of
Tremonsien. (II: 303-6)
- the village of Tremonsien is very precisely laid
out, and the hills near it are terraced for farming. (II: 306)
- inn at Tremonsien is called the Nine Rings, based
on an adventure story. (II: 306)
- traders travel to Tremonsien to buy oats and
barley. (II: 309)
- few nobility travel to Tremonsien. (II: 313)
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