Rhuidean The Wandering of the Aiel ended at the site of what would become Rhuidean. The Jenn began to build a city.
Outside the city, the Aiel began to spread out and lay claim to the Waste. Their numbers grew such that they began to contest with one another for the resources of the land. They forgot that they had ever followed the Way of the Leaf, they forgot that they had ever been related to the Jenn Aiel. The Aes Sedai with the Jenn realized they had made a mistake. As the Aiel grew and the Jenn slowly disappeared, it became clear that the child of the Aiel who would eventually face the Dark One would come from the warriors. To save the prophecy, it became necessary to find a way to remind the Aiel of their roots without destroying them. These Aes Sedai spoke to the Wise Ones through their dreams. They told the Wise Ones that all the clan chiefs , and all future chiefs, would have to come to Rhuidean or risk the destruction of the Aiel. If the clan chiefs came to Rhuidean, they would be able to save the Aiel people.
In the heart of Rhuidean, the Aes Sedai constructed a ter’angreal that contained all the history of the Aiel. All potential clan chiefs were required to enter these great glass
Unlike the men, the women who would be Wise Ones had to enter Rhuidean twice. On the first visit, they passed through a ter’angreal
ring similar to the one used by the Aes Sedai to test Accepted. This ter’angreal showed the Eventually the last of the Jenn died. The Aes Sedai protected Rhuidean from outsiders, and also to preserve it for the Aiel. Wetlanders knew nothing of Rhuidean - the penalty for any wetlander entering the valley of Rhuidean was death. Even among the Aiel, only the chiefs and Wise Ones ever entered the inner city. So it was that for almost three thousand years the clan chiefs and Wise Ones kept the secret of the Aiel’s history, lest their people be destroyed. These leaders guided their people while protecting them from a destructive truth. |
columns, and learn their history. Only one in three men who entered Rhuidean ever returned;
those who did had proved themselves to have the strength to face both the truth of the Aiel’s heritage and knowledge of the prophecy that would be fulfilled through them. These men could enter Rhuidean only once.
young women their possible futures. On their second
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