EWoT: Pedron Niall

Pedron Niall Biographical information Nationality Unknown nationality Date of death 1000 NE Current status Dead Physical description Gender Male Build Lean Hair color White Chronological and political information First mentioned NS 12 First appeared TDR Prologue Last mentioned TOM 45 Affiliation Children of the Light Occupation Soldier Rank Lord Captain Commander
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Pedron Niall (pronounced: PAY-drohn NEYE-awl) was the Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light.

AppearanceEdit

He was a white-haired old man. His voice was thin and reedy with age. His body seemed all bone and sinew with thin skin like scraped parchment. Despite his age, there was nothing frail about him.

HistoryEdit

He was one of the Five Great Captains.

He personally swore Geofram Bornhald into the ranks of the Children of the Light in 962 NE.

He instigated the beginning of the Whitecloak War in 957 NE by trying to expand into Altara. He won a number of battles against coalition forces led by Mattin Stepaneos den Balgar and even managed to capture him at the battle of Sormaine. After ransoming Mattin back to Illian, Mattin managed to force the Whitecloaks to reaffirm the prewar borders between Altara and Amadicia.

During the Aiel War, he was one of the more noteable generals that made up the Grand Alliance. When the Aiel returned to the Waste, he held the army at the foothills of Kinslayer's Dagger.

ActivitiesEdit

He was one of the first to realize that the Last Battle was approaching but misinterpreted that he would be the leader of the forces of good and that they would all be under the banner of the Children of Light. He sent Geofram Bornhald to the Almoth Plain with a legion of Children of the Light. There he tried to put that area under Whitecloak control. From there he could have easier access to capture Arad Doman and Tarabon, and put them under his control. He later sent Padan Fain, under the command of Dain Bornhald, to the Two Rivers.

He committed treason by sending men to protect the Dragon Reborn in order for him to create chaos which Pedron would capitalize on to make his dream reality. He also gathered all other Children of the Light back to Amadicia.

He entered the Royal Palace of Amadicia to place Morgase Trakand under his protection. He promised to help Morgase take back Andor with his help. He also told her the news of Rahvin (Lord Gaebril) dying at the hands of the "false" Dragon, Rand al'Thor. This was all part of his plan to add Andor to his rule. She finally agreed to an alliance with Niall allowing the Children of the Light to be immune to Andor's laws when they finally ride into Andor. However he held back his invasion and also kept his men from attacking the Salidar Aes Sedai.

He kept Galadedrid Damodred in the dark about Morgase being a "guest" in the Fortress of Light and sent Jaichim Carridin while he was acting as a diplomat in Ebou Dar to track down Elayne Trakand when she also arrived there.

He received confirmation about the Seanchan invading Tarabon but before he could do anything with this information he was killed by his spymaster, Abdel Omerna, on Taisham 15, 1000 NE.^[1]

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