Mistress Shimel
From Tar Valon Library
Author: Kyria d'Oreyn
General
Mistress Shimel is a merchant in Far Madding. She is stout with a round face and black hair in a tight roll atop her head.
While in The Golden Wheel inn, she advises Master Posavina against traveling to Tear for the winter, because she heard the Stone of Tear is under siege.
(Reference: Winter's Heart, Chapter 32)