<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/22/AmyrlinSeat.jpg)</div><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/22/AmyrlinSeat.jpg)</div><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">"Mother" Raine Alvare</span><br/>By Moraline</span></div><hr/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Retired by player. If needed, can be NPC'ed by GM. Contact Aysande</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatright"><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">image</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/84/WoT_Amyrlin_001.jpg)</div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Age:</strong> 42<br/><strong>Nation:</strong> Tear<br/><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br/><strong>Orientation:</strong> Hetero<br/><strong>Talent:</strong> Stilling/Gentling (it's not much of a talent but she's frighteningly good at it)<br/><br/><strong>Position:</strong> Amyrlin Seat (previously of the Blue Ajah)<br/><strong>Spheres:</strong> <br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc">Air:  Strong</li><li type="disc">Earth:  Average</li><li type="disc">Fire:  Above Average</li><li type="disc">Water:  Strong</li><li type="disc">Spirit:  Strong</li></ul><strong>Skills:</strong> <br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc"> Sewing</li><li type="disc"> Gardening</li><li type="disc"> Painting, she's an artist</li><li type="disc"> Sailing</li><li type="disc"> History Expert by virtue of her role</li><li type="disc"> Daes Dae'mar</li></ul><strong>Appearance:</strong> Raine has long wavy dark brown hair, she often wears it in different styles based on the impression she wishes to make. Her skin is a dark complexion and bares the marks of many scars including a somewhat prominent one on her left eye brow that splits her eyebrow. Her eyes are a dark brown and somewhat sulty for a Blue Ajah and someone in her position as Amyrlin Seat. She is a woman of average height with youthful features and supple skin despite the several scars on her torso, arms, and hands. The dresses she wears are almost always simple cuts, made of fine silks and embroidered with delicate intricate patterns on the hems. They are often more revealing then is considered customary. She does nothing to hide her slender feminine physique and ample breasts. This is a dress style common among the elite of Tear. When she travels to foreign lands she'll opt for a more simple cut without the delicate embroidery works but still made of silks. But always she wears the stole with all seven Ajah colors as a symbol of her office, Amyrlin. She who is of no Ajah and of all.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong> Raine is fair but stern when it comes to White Tower business and administration of her duties. Those that know her though, know the other side of her. Raine is full of compassion and has a personal mission to see to it that children are cared for. Her pet project was the founding of several orphanages across the lands and several more in the city of Tar Valon itself. She has known war and battle and it haunts her from time to time but she is not so lost as to forget to smile freely and enjoy simple things. Sometimes when she is feeling a bit trapped she'll slip out of the White Tower with her Warder and a few of the Tower guards so she visit the children in the orphanages their in the city, unannounced. She always brings them gifts.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong> <br/>Raine was born to a wealthy merchant family in Tear long ago. Most of her direct family have long since passed away. But she still has personal ties with the merchant association in the city and keeps tabs on the comings and goings of the sea folk and all who travel the ports. <br/><br/>When she was very young she began to exhibit symptoms of the One Power and was rushed by her family up the river to Tar Valon to join the Tower.  After excelling in almost every aspect of her training she was immediately given charge of a group of young Aes Sedai to travel north to Saldea, Kandor, Arafel, and Shienar. There was rumor of trouble brewing and the then Amyrlin wanted to send a contingent to inspect and report back. When Raine got there it was much worse then they thought. Trollocs were raiding along the mountain sides deeper then they had in centuries. There was no armies or organization to it but still the young Aes Sedai wanted to investigate and look for influences of Myrdraal. As they traveled along and tended to wounded soldiers and helped evacuate some small villages they encountered Trollocs for the first time. The first band was small, consisting of no more then a dozen of them. The young Aes Sedai and their warders made short work of them. Against teh better judgement of some of the older Warders the young and brash Raine took her Warder deep into the mountains to track the source of the Trolloc movements.<br/><br/>Caught in a trap, Raine was taken prisoner and ordered her Warder to stop fighting and run for back up. He was already wounded and if he stayed they were both going to die. The camp of the Aes Sedai was not far but by the time they returned, Raine was already under attack from all sides by the beasts trying to put her into their cook pots. Beaten, bleeding, and somewhat humiliated the young Raine learned a painful lesson that day about brashness and not heeding the advice of those wiser or more experienced. It would also be the first time that she lost a Warder, the older man was skilled but he had taken grave wounds before rushing to get the others. With no time to stop and heal him, they returned to the fight to free Raine and he fell in battle. Raine was devastated and the scarring emotional effects of losing him weighed on her mind for a long time after. <br/><br/>In time Raine built connections within the northern borderlands, she often traveled to the north and that's when she first started to take a special interest in the children that were left orphans after their fathers and mothers died in battles. So she built her first orphanages there and left Aes Sedai in charge of checking on the care takers to ensure nothing was ever needed by them. The very first orphanage she built bares the name of her Warder on a plaque in the corner stone of the building. His cloak and sword contained within it.<br/><br/>In her travels she returned to her home, the land of Tear, and the southern shores where she renewed old contacts for the purpose of gathering information and of course on official White Tower business. The intention of the White Tower was to help guide the governing rulers of Tear to come to the decisions the Tower wanted them to make. During those travels she collected on her own personal inheritances and family businesses. The business of mercantile was well suited to information gathering and wealth collecting. Not that she had any personal interest in the wealth but she redistributed it all into trust funds to care for orphanages along the southern shores and funneled money into trusts far up north for her project there as well.<br/><br/>Now engaged to be married to a new Warder, a young Arafelan man. She traveled far to the Western coast. During that time a new false Dragon rose up with an army of mercenaries and near crazed cultists. Raine and her Warder joined with other Aes Sedai to confront the false dragon but they were ambushed. The Warder's were all slain, the Aes Sedai tortured and put on display as signs to ward off other attempts. The Aes Sedai all managed an escape and together they took down the false Dragon and gentled him on the spot with Raine's guidance.<br/><br/>Losing her second Warder was very trying on Raine and she returned to the Tower for some time, aiding in teaching novices and taking a place as sitter for the Blue Ajah. When her predecessor passed on, she was surprised to learn that the Blues wanted her as their choice for Amyrlin. The First Selector spoke to her and explained that Raine was highly skilled, strong in the One Power, and had the fortitude needed to take the seat and hold it. With the blessing of her Ajah, she accepted the nomination. On her day of raising to Amyrlin, all stood in the first vote accept the Red sitters. After one round of foot washing and Raine asking for them to accept her service, they stood. It was generally considered a smooth transition.<br/><br/>In her first year as Amyrlin, Raine set about the task of ensuring all the Ajahs had what they needed to fulfill their duties and appease the membership of their ranks. It was a solid year and one that cemented her authority. She had garnered favors and made allies among all the Ajahs. Because of her past dealings with the rogue false Dragon even the Reds had a respect for her that very few Blues were ever given. She has ruled during a time of peace and prosperity ever since, but the shadows are looming and her advisers are all on edge. The Wheel Turns and a new age is approaching. She must prepare the Aes Sedai for what is to come.<br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">OOC Notes:</span></span></div><hr/><strong>O&amp;O:</strong> click me (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=137494.0) (She's a bit Dom in personality but only moderately so in the bedroom.)<br/><strong>Available for bonding:</strong> Yes, but she'll bond only one and he'll need to be ready for a hard road of it. Ready to follow orders, and ready to spend every minute of the rest of his life on his toes. Guarding the Amyrlin is no easy job and she's already lost two good Warders. </div></div></div>