Aludra
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Aludra, a young and pretty Illuminator.
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[edit] Appearance
She is slender and wears her hair in multiple braids. She is pretty, with large, dark eyes and a small, full mouth. She is in her mid thirties. She is slender. Her dark hair is no longer in braids. She has waist-length dark hair.
[edit] Cairhien
She is kicked out of the Guild of Illuminators in Cairhien when Rand al'Thor destroys her fireworks in order to escape from Shadowspawn. While on the run, Mat Cauthon and Thom save her from members of her former guild who are trying to kill her for selling fireworks independently. As a reward she gives a few fireworks to Mat, which prove useful later on.
[edit] Joining the circus
Aludra then joins Valan Luca's Travelling Circus and meets Nynaeve al'Meara and Elayne Trakand while they flee the Seanchan in Tanchico.
When Luca's traveling show stops in Ebou Dar, she encounters Mat again, along with Tuon, Selucia, Thom, Juilin, Thera, and a number of freed damane and sul'dam. The show again flees the Seanchan, this time with Mat and his companions as well. Mat tries to find out the secrets of Aludra's fireworks and even steals a few kisses from her, but she sends him on his way to find out how she could use a bellfounder.
[edit] Dragon eggs
Aludra is also currently working on a new type of weapon, her "dragons" and "dragon eggs," to avenge herself against the Seanchan. Dragons are bronze lofting tubes that launch powerful fireworks at a target and do great damage. They seem to be similar in design to early Turkish bombard cannons, though much smaller in size and delivering an explosive round instead of a round of solid metal or stone as was common in early cannons. Mat works out what she is doing with the bellfounder and in return she starts to give him the secrets to fireworks. She decides to leave Luca's show and continue travelling with Mat.
She has created weapons from fireworks, such as an archaic form of grenade. She lights these, which are then thrown into the Seanchan army chasing Tuon for the one hundred thousand gold crown reward. The force is decimated.
