Name: Cayana Alhi
Age she first started to channel: 17
Age when raised to Aes Sedai: 50
Current age: 63
Nationality: Saldaea
Height: 5'2'' (ca 1.58 m)
Weight: 119 pounds (54 kg)
Hair color/length: Waistlong thick black hair
Eye color: Dark brown almost black
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Base strength in the One Power: 40
Total strength: 80
Element:
Air: 8
Fire: 5
Earth: 3
Water: 7
Spirit: 10
Talents: Healing
Family; Mother: Avelia Ahli, 'Father': Moven Ahli, Brother: Bareth Ahli, Sister 1: Vacelia Ahli, Sister 2: Asena Ahli
History:
Cayana Alhi grew up in the company of nobles in Saldaea. A normal upbringing for a minor noble family. Cayana being the first of three sisters and one brother. Being only of a minor noble family and the oldest daughter her mother wanted to marry her off nicely, that is to a man of higher status then they were. In order to catch the young nobles eyes Cayana were taught the ancient (and during times forbidden) dance of sa'sara once she was old enough to marry.
Cayana learned the dance quite well, but didn't fancy getting married yet. Then suddenly she found out something about her mothers past that made her want to search her luck elsewhere. She found out that her mother once had been an Accepted of the Towers but she hadn't been able to or had failed the testing to Aes Sedai or something else she didn't want to talk about. Cayana, feeling she was tougher then her mother left to be tested for channeling abilities. At this point she was 17 years old.
Arriving at the now joined towers Cayana learned that if she hadn't arrived when she had she would eventually have started to channel of her own as she was born with the spark and quite strongly. So she began her training as a novice of the white tower.
She spent 18 years as a novice before being able to control her ability to channel enough to be raised to accepted. 15 years as Accepted being torn between joining the Greens or the Yellows as she had a talent for healing the Yellow desired. Her heart wasn't in the yellows though and so she eventually joined the green after being raised to Aes Sedai.
First after being raised did she get access to the records of what had put her mother out of the tower when she had been Accepted. Her mother had gotten pregnant with an unknown male of the tower. He hadn't stepped forward to claim responsibility and so she had been turned away not to return to the tower. The only association with the tower she was allowed was to become one of the Kin, but obviously she had returned home and gotten married off to the man Cayana had grown up believing being her father. This was most likely also why her time as a novice had been 18 almost 19 years. She had had to prove herself more worthy then her mother since her mother was so like herself.
Cayana spent about 6 years as Aes Sedai learning as a new member of her Ajah. She was still quite young as she got her position as the Mistress of Novices. Still she took her new appointment with all the seriousness it implied. She is still serving as Mistress of Novices. During this time she met a man by the name of Radgar al'Elexander. He was a soldier as they met and he got her into deep troubles with the Dark One's allies right away. Their relationship progressed into more then friendship at which point Radgar reveled to her why he was so sought by the Darkfriends. Cayanas life was shattered at that point, her entire view of life became completely different something that so far hasn't affected her job more then at one point. Before the Feast of Dragon, during which a ball was completely trashed by trollocks, Cayana was kidnapped.
During that ball a man was attacked. Gray men attempted to assassinate him. The mans name was Rialt Erydinan. Not long after becoming the Mistress of Novices did Cayana learn that this man was her true father. It had been a chance meeting and a off chance that Rialt had mistaken Cayana for Avelia and so the truth had been reveled to them both. From that time onwards they have been trying to get to know each other, something that has become harder and harder, especially with him trying to take on a fatherly role with a woman that is in her 60's. Cayana won't have that and so their relationship is still a bit rocky.
At the side of training novices pretty much daily Cayana has been continuing a work she had been very interested in through out her Accepted hood. She studies parallel worlds and their connection with the one she lives in. These studies do from time to time make Cayana use the One Power excessively while at other times she does barley use it for teaching. She had yet a long way to go to reach her full potential, but her strength is still growing at a slow pace.
I like that! Very nice, approved. :D