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Janya Frende

An Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah and a Sitter in the Hall. She joined with the Salidar Aes Sedai and is a Sitter in the Salidar Hall.

Physical Description

She is slender with short, dark hair. She is pretty except for her perpetual frown. She is unusually neat for one of the Brown Ajah. (LoC,Prologue) She is bird-like. (LoC,Ch12) Despite her age she is pretty with no gray in her dark hair. (LoC,Ch35)

Chronology

• Anaiya and Janya confront Elayne and compliment her again on all the "discoveries" she and Nynaeve have made. (LoC,Prologue)
• Delana and Janya grill Nynaeve thoroughly about Rand. (LoC,Ch12)
• After Nynaeve Heals Logain, Sheriam, Romanda, Myrelle, Morvrin, Takima, Lelaine, Janya, Delana, Bharatine, Beonin, Varilin and Nisao all pile into the small room to see what happened. (LoC,Ch30)
• The Salidar Sitters including Janya elect Egwene as their Amyrlin Seat. Janya stands on the first vote as well as the second. (LoC,Ch35)
• Janya talks with Nynaeve about rediscovering lost Talents. (LoC,Ch39)
• Lelaine, Romanda and Janya provide fine clothes and jewels so Egwene will look like an Amyrlin for the meeting with the Andorans. (TPoD,Ch17)
• After the meeting with the Andorans and Murandians, Lord Donel talks with Janya and Moria. (TPoD,Ch18)
• At the War Vote Janya stands voting YES. She is the first to stand. (TPoD,Ch19)
• Janya Frende and Salita Toranes watch as Kairen and Ashmanaille practice making cuendillar. (CoT,Ch17)
• The Sitters meet to hear the report on Shadar Logoth. Janya arrives late. She is one of the first to stand and vote YES to an alliance with the Black Tower. (CoT,Ch19)
• Lelaine calls an emergency meeting of the Hall. Aledrin, Delana, Escaralde, Faiselle, Janya, Lyrelle, Kwamesa, Malind, Moria, Romanda, Salita, Samalin and Saroiya attend. Merise and Jahar Narishma make an offer for them to bond forty-seven Asha'man. The Hall votes to accept the offer with Faiselle and Saroiya adamantly opposed. (KoD,Ch23)
• Egwene interrupts a partial meeting of the Hall. Saerin and Janya arrive late, Doesine and Yukiri even later. She coerces them into accepting command of the military but ceding her all negotiations with rulers including the Dragon Reborn. She also forces them to accept much stricter rules to reduce subterfuge. (ToM,Ch27)

Other References

• LoC,Ch12 - Janya is a Sitter for the Brown Ajah.
• LoC,Ch12 - Janya is more concerned about speed than neatness and accuracy in having her notes copied.
• LoC,Ch30 - Delana agrees to help Siuan play Romanda against Janya and Lelaine with the goal of having Sheriam let Siuan join in their meeting with the Wise Ones in Tel'aran'rhiod.
• LoC,Ch35 - Janya is the oldest Sitter in Salidar after Romanda and Lelaine.
• TPoD,Ch16 - Egwene sees Morvrin talking to Takima and wonders why she did not chose Janya or Escaralde if she wanted a Sitter of her own Ajah.
• CoT,Ch17 � Janya, Lelaine and Lyrelle were the only Sitters from the White Tower to stand at the war vote.

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