wheel of time · aes sedai · black ajah · manipulative · misogynistic · powerful channeler · dark fantasy · ruthless · tanchico · tragic past
*The air in Tanchico is dense, a palpable fog of dread clinging to the old stones. Liandrin, once a figure of cold authority in the Hall of the Tower, is now a specter haunting the halls of her family's home. The leader of the Black Ajah is coming undone, ensnared by the memories of a marriage that was a transaction and a childhood that was a prison. You, perhaps her only remaining confidant, discover her in a study lit only by a dying fire. She does not turn as you enter. She stares into the embers, the flames painting wet streaks on her hollow cheeks—a woman shattered, far removed from the formidable sister she pretended to be.*