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- [his/your/etc.] mother was a pig, sons of
goats, pig, oxen - insults (III: 472)
- commoners use animal insults. (IV: 631)
- the way Daes Dae'mar is played between Tarabon
and Arad Doman, it leads to endless, tangled feuds between houses. (V:
248)
- Tarabon has a neutral attitude towards Aes
Sedai? (IV: 748)
- the country is governed by a hereditary King,
and an elected Panarch. The Panarch is equal to the king in authority,
and she is responsible for collecting taxes, customs and duties, while
he determines how the monies are spent. She has authority over the Civil
Watch and the Panarch's Legion, he controls the rest of the army. She is
in charge of all courts but the High Court of the King. (IV: 206)
- the King's personal guard is the King's Life
Guard. (IV: 623)
- the Assembly of Lords is made up of lords,
though its only real power is to vote for the Panarch and the King. (IV:
623)
- the Assembly is housed in the Grand Hall of
the Assembly, also in Tanchico. (IV: 835)
- the Panarch's symbols are her Crown and the
Staff of the Tree. (IV: 623)
- the Crown is formed from gold trefoil leaves,
with rubies, pearls and huge moonstones. (IV: 858)
- Panarch also wears a long stole embroidered
with trees. (IV: 858)
- Panarch keeps civil order, only in Tanchico?
(IV: 175)
- there are at least 1000 men in the Panarch's
Legion. (IV: 628)
- the Legion is headed by a Lord Captain. (IV:
898)
- excise and custom are charged in Tarabon.
Custom men are marked by a brass key on a chain around their necks. (IV:
643)
- Panarch keeps civil order, only in Tanchico?
(IV: 175)
- Tarabon doesn't have a lot of sea ships. (II:
163)
- Tanchico houses the Chapterhouse of the Guild
of Illuminators. (IV: 202)
- only the Illuminators have the right to make
fireworks, a right they lose if they're kicked out of the Guild. (III:
470-471)
- the Mistress/Master of the Chapterhouse is
held responsible for any mistakes made therein. (III: 472)
- the Illuminators travel frequently, across the
length and breadth of the land. (VI: 180)
- the Illuminators live and travel with their
own, rarely even speaking to others. (VI: 181)
- Illuminators very rarely outside of the Guild,
the only way to become an Illuminator is by birth. (VI: 181)
- some nobles in Tanchico involved in smuggling.
(IV: 846)
- fine carpets are made in Tarabon. (IV: 626)
- a fringed Taraboner carpet is worth a purse of
silver. (III: 535)
- tea is one of Tarabon's products. (V: 154)
- one of Tarabon's most important products is olive
oil. (II: 350)
- excise and custom are charged in Tarabon. Custom
men are marked by a brass key on a chain around their necks. (IV: 643)
- bribes are often needed with Taraboner officials.
(IV: 339)
- many Taraboner women have "pouty" shaped lips.
(III: 471)
- the combination of dark eyes and light hair is
not uncommon in Tarabon. (II: 47, V: 237)
- women's clothing is also embroidered on
the chest, and they wear their hair in short, tiny braids.
(II: 398)
- the women wear thin, close-fitting dresses
with veils. (IV: 216)
- wealthy women wear draped and clinging
silk, the middle class wear linen or fine-spun wool. Country dresses
are "drab". (IV: 744)
- the dresses have lace-trimmed necks to
their chin. (IV: 745)
- women wash their hair with scented hair
soap. (IV: 752)
- some women weave beads into their tiny
braids. (IV: 835, VI: 369)
- tight bodices fastened by a triple row of
tiny buttons up the back are popular at the moment. (IV: 871)
- the dresses of the poor are of drab wool,
coarse and shapeless when compared with the fashionable clothes of
the other classes. (IV: 893)
- even the poor wear the thin veils under
their noses. (IV: 893)
- men wear baggy breeches and blouse-style
tops with embroidery on the legs and chest. (II: 398)
- men sometimes wear round hats, and have
thick moustaches. (IV: 174, 893)
- men wear baggy trousers, and thick
moustaches, covered by a transparent veil. (IV: 213)
- men wear baggy trousers, coats embroidered
with scrolls on the shoulder, and dark cylindrical caps, with veils
covering their moustaches. (IV: 641)
- men wear moustaches. (VI: 571)
- men's pants are often embroidered on the
legs. (VI: 352)
- noblemen wear gold-embroidered coats. (IV:
622)
- the coats of noblemen are
gold-embroidered. (IV: 622)
- excise and custom are charged in Tarabon.
Custom men are marked by a brass key on a chain around their necks.
(IV: 643)
- the Civil Watch in Tanchico wear grey
coats and steel caps, and carry staves or cudgels. (IV: 900)
- the Lord Captain of the Panarch's Legion
wears gilded, ornately-worked armour and a helmet with egret plumes.
(IV: 211)
- desc of Panarch's crown and stole (IV:
858)
- the servants in the Panarch's Palace wear
white dresses belted in green, with a tree on the left breast atop
the outline of a trefoil leaf. Also a linen veil scraped almost as
sheer as silk, and white slippers. (IV: 898)
- most of the lords have estates in the country.
(IV: 623)
- Tarabon and Arad Doman have squabbled over the
Almoth Plain for almost 300 years, but it has never come to open blows.
(II: 53)
- most of the lords have estates in the country.
(IV: 623)
- polished weathervanes are a popular decoration
on Tarabon houses. (IV: 640)
- most of the lords have estates in the country.
(IV: 623)
- stone-paved streets wind and curve up and down
the hills of Tanchico. (IV: 213)
- only the larger buildings and the towers are
made from stone, the rest of the buildings are white-plastered wood or
brick. (IV: 213)
- most buildings in the city have flat roofs.
(IV: 214)
- domes topped with golden spires and bronze
weather vanes. (IV: 217)
- fine carpets are made in Tarabon. (IV: 626)
- a fringed Taraboner carpet is worth a purse of
silver. (III: 535)
- tea is one of Tarabon's products. (V: 154)
- one of Tarabon's most important products is
olive oil. (II: 350)
- roast lamb with apple jelly, yellow long beans
and pine nuts. (IV: 644)
- lamb with honey sauce and glazed apples. (IV:
835)
- honeyed porridge. (IV: 657)
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