The Shaido are one of the twelve Aiel clans. There are eighty-three Shaido septs.^[verify][1] Amongst the other clans, the Shaido are reputed as sneaky thieves who push the bounds of honor. Although they do not have blood feud, Taardad and Shaido are not friendly toward one another.^[2]

Contents 1 The Fall of the Shaido 1.1 The Car'a'carn 1.2 The Brotherless 1.3 The Death of Couladin 1.4 Dumai's Wells 1.5 The Nar'baha 1.6 The Battle of Malden 2 Notable Members 3 Septs 4 Notes

The Fall of the ShaidoEdit

The Car'a'carnEdit

During Rand al'Thor's arrival at Chaendaer, the Shaido await the return of Muradin, a replacement to their deceased clan chief Suladric. Couladin, Muradin's brother, rejects Rand's blood right to enter Rhuidean.^[3][4] He also rejects Rand's return, and his marking as the Car'a'carn.

Without waiting for his brother, without entering the glass columns to test his worth as chief, Couladin assumes command of the Shaido and follows the Jindo to Imre Stand and Cold Rocks Hold. At Cold Rocks, "Jasin Natael" concocts a plot against the Dragon Reborn by marking Couladin as the Car'a'carn.^[5][6] Afterwards, Couladin races to Alcair Dal in an attempt to sway the other Aiel against Rand.^[7] Couladin allies with Sevanna and they both try to sway the Aiel but Rand's arrival, with all the Taardad, disrupts their plans. Rand and Couladin debate history of the Aiel, causing the other clan chiefs to accept him as the Car'a'carn. During Rand's fight with Asmodean, Couladin and Sevanna lead the Shaido away from Alcair Dal.

The BrotherlessEdit

Because of Rand's admission, the bleakness spreads through the Aiel, causing many to stare off into nothing before throwing down their spears and running away. Some, however, do not discard their spears; they join the ranks of the Shaido, running from the truth of their past by rejecting the wetlander Car'a'carn as the Shaido do.^[8]

The Death of CouladinEdit

Couladin leads approximately one-hundred sixty thousand Shaido^[9][10] across the Dragonwall, through the Jangai Pass, into Cairhien^[11][12] where they destroy Taien and Selean prior to the siege of the capital. While Rand's forces defeat the bulk of Shaido and harry them across the River Gaelin all the way to Kinslayer's Dagger^[13][14], Matrim Cauthon kills Couladin by tricking the Aielman into thinking that Rand is with his small force of Cairhienin and Tairen. With the death of Couladin, Sevanna assumes command of the survivors.

Dumai's WellsEdit

Sevanna plots with White Tower embassy to capture the Dragon Reborn.^[15] Her ultimate goal is to marry the Car'a'carn' and rule the Aiel as a queen.

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Forty thousand Shaido attack Galina Casban's camp with orders to secure Rand al'Thor. The Asha'man break them with the One Power. Sevanna retreats to Kinslayer's Dagger with the survivors.

The Nar'bahaEdit

Sevanna plots with a wetlander named Caddar, who gifts her with traveling boxes. The use of the boxes scatter the Aiel across the wetlands where they spread chaos for Sammael.

The Battle of MaldenEdit

Perrin Aybara and the Seanchan defeat Sevanna at Malden.

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After the defeat, Therava gathers the survivors and spreads the word that everyone is to flee to the Aiel Waste, where they will never leave again.

Notable MembersEdit

• Suladric (Former Clan chief, replaced by Sevanna upon his death)
• Alarys (Wise One)
• Belinde (Wise One)
• Desaine (Wise One)
• Dorailla (Wise One)
• Estalaine (Wise One)
• Jesain (Wise One)
• Masalin (Wise One)
• Meira (Wise One)
• Micara (Wise One)
• Modarra (Wise One)
• Norlea (Wise One)
• Rhiale (Wise One)
• Someryn (Wise One)
• Therava (Wise One)
• Tion (Wise One)

SeptsEdit

The Shaido consist of eighty-three septs, all of which crossed the Dragonwall into the Westlands. By the time of their defeat at the Battle of Malden, not all of these septs had been regrouped.

• Domai
• Green Salts (Sept chief is Bendhuin)
• Jonine
• Jumai
• Morai
• Moshaine, (Sept chief is Maeric and roofmistress is Dyrele)
• White Cliff

NotesEdit

1. ↑ Winter's Heart, Chapter 4
2. ↑ The Shadow Rising, Chapter 22
3. ↑ This rejection begins the Shaido's slow destruction, fulfilling the Prophecy of Rhuidean's warning that without the Car'a'carn, no Aiel would survive.
4. ↑ The Shadow Rising, Chapter 23
5. ↑ A reasonable assumption based on the fact that Asmodean spends a lot of time with the Shaido and that he admits to marking Couladin during his alliance with Rand.
6. ↑ The Shadow Rising, Chapter 48
7. ↑ The Shadow Rising, Chapter 50
8. ↑ The Fires of Heaven, Chapter 2
9. ↑ Confirmed by Mat's study of maps prior to the battle of Cairhien.
10. ↑ The Fires of Heaven, Chapter 42
11. ↑ Rhuarc reports to Rand that the Shaido are moving toward Jangai Pass.
12. ↑ The Fires of Heaven, Chapter 6
13. ↑ Rhuarc reports to Rand that Sevanna and the Shaido are building holds in Kinslayer's Dagger.
14. ↑ Lord of Chaos, Chapter 17
15. ↑ This is a combination of two Forsaken plots; Mesaana in the White Tower wants to capture the Dragon, and Sammael wants to spread chaos through the Shaido.