Deane Aryman
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Deane Aryman (FY 920-1084) is credited as one of the greatest Amyrlin Seats in Aes Sedai history. She was born in or around FY 920 in the village of Salidar in what was then the kingdom of Shiota. She made her way to Tar Valon and became Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah.
[edit] History
In FY 992 Aryman discovered damning evidence proving that the incumbent Amyrlin Seat, Bonwhin Meraighdin, had manipulated nations into attacking Artur Hawkwing after he allegedly embarrassed her by saving Tar Valon from destruction by the followers of the false Dragon Guaire Amalasan during the War of the Second Dragon. Those actions, and her subsequent manipulations of Hawkwing as he ruled as High King, were to blame for Hawkwing's siege of the city beginning in FY 975, endangering the existence of the sisterhood. Aryman accused Bonwhin of negligence, incompetence and being unfit to hold the staff and shawl. Bonwhin was deposed and stilled, sentenced to muck out the Tower's stables until she died a few years later. Aryman was raised to the Amyrlin Seat in Bonwhin's place.
Aryman's attempts to make peace with Hawkwing, even offering him a Healing that could have saved his life as he lay dying, were rebuffed. After his death in FY 994, Aryman negotiated with General Souran Maravaile, commander of the besieging forces, and also with his lover Ishara Casalain, the daughter of the Imperial Governor of the province of Andor. The outcome of these discussions was Maravaile lifting the siege and attaching the remnants of his army to Ishara's, who was crowned Queen of Andor. Andor and Tar Valon immediately signed a treaty of friendship that was to last for more than a thousand years. These were immense diplomatic successes, cementing Aryman's position as Amyrlin.
Aryman continued to lead through the chaos of the height of the War of the Hundred Years. In FY 1084 she was on the cusp of achieving her greatest success, a conference between all of the most powerful factions that may have hammered out a treaty to end the violence, when she died in a fall from her horse. Her successor, Selame Necoine, failed to capitalise on her this and the opportunity was lost. The war continued for another thirty years.
[edit] Legacy
Deane Aryman is counted as a prime example of what it means to be a Blue sister and occupies a similar legendary position amongst the Blue Ajah to that of Rashima Kerenmosa among the Green. Her home village of Salidar, which remarkably survived the War of the Hundred Years to become a town in Altara before being abandoned during the Whitecloak War and never resettled, became a meeting point and mustering ground for Blue sisters outside the White Tower. In 999 NE it became the rallying point for the Aes Sedai opposed to the election of Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan as Amyrlin.
