Moghedien

What We Know of Moghedien

  • name: Lillen Moiral
  • occupation: advisor for investments
  • aka: the Spider

    Lillen turned to the Dark One during the Age of Legends. She was called the Spider because of her unwillingness to commit to open confrontation, prefering to instead control and kill from the shadows. Her abilities in Tel'aran'rhiod far surpass those of Lanfear, but she was not willing to lay claim to that title.

    She did head a "very effective intelligence and sabotage network, one which may in fact have been under her control well before her allegience to the Dark One became known.

    After her emergence from the Bore, Moghedien assumed the identity of Marigan, a servent in Tanchico and Amador. Captured by Nynaeve al'Meara, she was forced to reveal (some) secrets to her captor, but she was freed by the Chosen named Aran'gar.

    She currently serves Moridin, the Nae'blis, who holds her captive body and mind by the cour'souvra, or mindtrap, that he wears around his neck.

    Clues from the Text

    [TSR: 46, Veils, 524-5]

  • The woman who stepped into the Chamber of Falling Blossoms, in a shimmering silk gown of unfamiliar cut, was no one Elayne had ever seen before. Dark hair spilling loose to her shoulders framed a sturdily handsome face with large, dark eyes and smooth cheeks, but not with Aes Sedai agelessness.

    [TSR: 54, Into the Palace, 628]

  • Sturdily handsome, framed by dark braids, smiling in an almost friendly fashion, but not really paying her any mind.

    <[TSR: 52, Need, 599]

  • "Facing Moghedien is difficult, and not only because she is Forsaken. She hides and takes no risks. She attacks only where she sees weakness, and moves only in shadows. If she fears defeat, she will run; she is not one fo fight to the last, even when doing so has the chance of victory. A chance is not enough for Moghedien. But do not take her lightly. She is a serpent coiled in high grass, waiting her own moment to strike, with less compassion than the snake. Especially here [in Tel'aran'rhiod] to not take her lightly. Lanfear always claimed Tel'aran'rhiod for her own, but Moghedien could do things here far beyond Lanfear, though she has not Lanfear's strength in the world of flesh. I think she would not take the risk of confronting Lanfear."

    The Chosen Speak

    [LoC: 6, Threads Woven of Shadow, 133]

  • Of course, Moghedien always hid herself; the Spider was forever popping up just when you were sure she was finally dead.
    --Sammael

    Updated 06/28/99