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- High Lords announced with a gong, commoners
lie down and kiss the floor to honor the blood, and never turn back to a
noble. (II: 429, 430)
- commoners also avoid using certain
words/phrases with nobility, such as "must". (II: 496)
- there are a great many rules and customs
governing the behavior of every segment of society. (II: 595)
- Seanchan insist on protocol before comfort.
(II: 600)
- servants may receive visitors in their own
quarters. (II: 605)
- even a noble considers having to apologize to
the Empress an ultimate humiliation, the more so if one is denied death
afterwards and has to continue to live with the public embarrassment.
(IV: 45)
- it is unacceptable to avoid answering a
question asked by one of the Blood, or to imply/state that one of the
Blood speaks an untruth. (IV: 46)
- the mere touch of a Channeler is considered
defiling to a Seanchan. (IV: 48)
- the so'jhin learn to respond to subtle
gestured commands of the Blood. (IV: 48)
- the Seanchan have a tight social hierarchy,
but believe all should have their basic needs of life met. Only
the Blood of Seanchan is "allowed" to help the poor, anyone else doing
so rises above his station. (IV: 622)
- a member of the Blood would rather suicide
honorably than beg, etc. (IV: 761)
- the Seanchan offer a reward of 1000 gold to
those who turn over an Aes Sedai, and kill those who shelter one. (III:
248)
- desc of Seanchan attitude to a High Lady (V:
236)
- being allowed to look at the Empress is a gift
or a boon. (V: 372)
- Everyone has a place in the Pattern, and the
place of everyone must be readily apparent. (II: 596)
- few but nobles can afford to own a damane,
most are property of the throne. (II: 422)
- it is a feastday in a Seander village when the
sul'dam come to test the girls and find those who are damane or
who could be sul'dam. (II: 648)
- no sul'dam has ever before been raised to the
level of so'jhin, let alone to a Voice of the Blood. (IV: 46)
- the mere touch of a Channeler is considered
defiling to a Seanchan. (IV: 48)
- the power of the Seanchan and the Crystal
Throne is built on control of damane. (IV: 46)
- the Seanchan believe female Channelers are
dangerous animals who Broke the World. (IV: 638)
- when someone becomes damane, she is struck
from the rolls of citizens and removed from family records. (IV: 639)
- women are tested once a year to see if they
are damane until the age of twenty or so. (IV: 639)
- the Seanchan offer a reward of 1000 gold to
those who turn over an Aes Sedai, and kill those who shelter one. (III:
248)
The crown and nobility
Crime
- no man's hand may slay one of Artur's
blood, noble executions are by being placed alive in a silken bag
and hung over the side of the Tower of Ravens. (II: 497-8)
- kaf - a drink, plant only grown in Seander? (II:
432)
- High Lady has both sides of head shaved
leaving narrow strip in the middle. (II: 564)
- High Lady wears a white gown with hundreds
of tiny pleats. (IV: 44)
- High Lord has head completely shaved,
inch-long fingernails, with the first two on each hand lacquered
blue. (II: 429)
- the Seanchan wear markings on their
cloaks? (V: 369)
- military armour looks insectile, and is
painted and gilded to increase the effect.(II: 421)
- lower ranks have plainer armour. (II: 423)
- solder who works with grolm has three eyes
painted on his armour. (II: 426)
- soldier carries two-handed sword with a
curved blade. (II: 421)
- the Deathwatch Guards have black-tasselled
spears and black-lacquered shields. (IV: 44)
- high servant has half of head shaved, the
rest braided over one ear. (II: 429)
- slightly lower level servant only has
temple shaved. (II: 591)
- certain servants of the nobility are
chosen for their good looks, and dressed in sheer white silk robes
embroidered with flowers. (II: 432)
- lower ranked servants wear dark clothes
with matching cloaks and ribbons (for women). Plain, dark
woollens. (II: 596, 643)
- cooks wear all white wool? (II: 641)
- sul'dam wear a blue dress inset with red
panels on the breast and sides of skirt. The panels are marked with
silver forked lightning. The hem comes to just above the ankles.
(II: 422)
- kaf - a drink, plant only grown in Seander?
(II: 432)
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