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The Great Blight

A region in the far north, entirely corrupted by the Dark One. A haunt of Trollocs, Myrddraal, and other creatures of the Dark One.

Locations

• Mountains of Dhoom
• Shayol Ghul
• Thakan'dar

Denizens

• jumara
• Myrddraal
• Stick
• Trollocs
• Worms: see jumara

References

• NS,Ch12 � After the Aiel War, Lan agrees to spend a few months in the south with Bukama before returning to his battle with the Blight.
• NS,Ch15 � Lan and Bukama flip coins and choose to travel through Kandor to the Blight.
• NS,Ch21 � In the Borderlands it is common for raging thunderstorms to come out of the Blight.
• NS,Ch22 � Lan and Brys saved each other's lives in the Blight.
• ]NS,Epilogue] � Lan agrees to forego his battle with the Blight to be bonded to Moiraine and fight a larger battle.
• TEotW,Ch46 - Scouts report that the Blight is unusually active with many new Trolloc camps.
• TEotW,Ch48 - Moiraine and her party ride through the Blight.
• TEotW,Ch49 - Denizens of the Blight viciously attack Moiraine's party.
• TEotW,Ch53 - The Blight is greatly weakened after Rand's victories.
• TSR,Ch17 - The Blight has retreated two miles across all the Borderlands.
• TSR,Ch53 - Lord Luc claims to have spent many days fighting Trollocs in the Blight.
• TFoH,Prologue - Alviarin comments to Elaida and her Council that the Blight seems to be unusually quiet.
• LoC,Ch20 - Two Ogier stedding, Stedding Chandar and Stedding Sherandu, were swallowed by the Blight.
• LoC,Ch23 - Sammael comments that jumara are loose in the Blight.
• TPoD,Prologue - The Borderlands leaders note that the Blight has been very quiet lately.
• WH,Ch9 - Halwin Norry reports to Elayne that the Blight is still unusually quiet.
• WH,Ch27 - The Borderlanders believe that the Last Battle will be fought in the Blight.
• KoD,Ch20 � In the Trolloc Wars the Shadow used Tarwin's Gap to move armies of Trollocs from the Blight.
• TGS,Prologue � Moridin brings Graendal, Demandred and Mesaana to a fortress of black stone in the far northeast Blight. There is a garrison of soldiers there.
• TGS,Ch22 � Rand inspects the Blight in northern Saldaea. The Blight is moving south.
• TGS,Ch42 � There are reports that Trollocs are massing in the Blight so they are probably at Tarwin's Gap as well.

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