Marin al'Vere

General

Marin is married to Bran al'Vere, the mayor of Emond's Field and owner of the Winespring Inn, and has four daughters, including Egwene (The Eye of the World, Chapter 2).

She is slender, with a thick, grey braided hair (The Eye of the World, Chapter 2).

She is best cook in Emond's Field, famous for her crusty bread loaves (The Eye of the World, Chapter 2).

Timeline

• Offers Rand and Mat honeycakes when they come into the Inn (The Eye of the World, Chapter 2).
• She takes care of Tam, Rand's father, after Trollocs attack Rand's farm and Emond's Field (The Eye of the World, Chapter 8).
• She and Bran inform Perrin that his family was killed by Trollocs (The Shadow Rising, Chapter 29).
• Takes Perrin, Faile, Loial, Chiad, Bain, and Gaul to the old sickhouse to hide (The Shadow Rising, Chapter 30).
• Gives Perrin over to Verin Sedai and Alanna Sedai. They tell her that she did the right thing (The Shadow Rising, Chapter 31).
• She takes care of Perrin when he is wounded. She tries to keep him in bed, but he convinces her and Faile that he is all right (The Shadow Rising, Chapter 43).
• She and the rest of the Women's Circle marry Perrin and Faile (The Shadow Rising, Chapter 54).
• Fights to protect the children when Emond's Field is attacked again by Trollocs (The Shadow Rising, Chapter 56).

Relationships

• Treats Rand like a son (The Eye of the World, Chapter 2).
• Her motherliness extends to the young men in Emond's Field (The Eye of the World, Chapter 2).
• Her husband is Bran al'Vere and her four daughters are Alene, Berowyn, Egwene and Loise.

Miscellaneous

She appears in Nynaeve's accepted test, begging her to stay in Emond's Field (The Great Hunt, Chapter 23).

Quotes

"You have to know when to rein them short," the older woman replied absently, "and when there's nothing to do but give them their head. Letting them have their way when it isn't important makes it easier to check them when it is." She was frowning after Cenn, not really paying attention to what she was saying, except maybe when she added, "And some should be tied in the stall and left there." (The Shadow Rising, Chapter 30).

She was one of the few married women in the area who never tried to play matchmaker with Tam. Toward Rand her motherliness extended to warm smiles and a quick snack whenever he came by the inn, but she did as much for every young man in the area. If she occasionally looked at him as if she wanted to do more, at least she took it no further than looks, for which he was deeply grateful. (The Eye of the World, Chapter 2).