Berelain

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Berelain sur Paendrag Tanreal of House Paeron is a character in the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. She is the First of Mayene (a small land southeast of Tear) and High Seat of House Paeron. She is described as young and very beautiful, being tall and pale with long black hair and large, dark eyes.

Berelain makes her first appearance at the end of The Dragon Reborn when she demands the appearance of Rand al'Thor to join her at supper after he proclaims himself the Dragon Reborn. At the beginning of The Shadow Rising, she again tries to seduce Rand al'Thor (probably in an effort to obtain political influence) with disastrous results, and then Perrin Aybara with no better apparent effect. She does earn the enmity of Faile Bashere, a woman interested in Perrin, however; Berelain believes that it will "amuse" her to take Perrin away from Faile.

Later in the series, Rand places Berelain in a position of stewardship over the city of Cairhien after it is ravaged by the Shaido Aiel. Upon re-encountering Perrin in Lord of Chaos, Berelain renews her attempts at seducing Perrin which results in interpersonal problems with Faile, now his wife. Faile's subsequent kidnapping by the Shaido has thrown this entire dynamic into even greater chaos. A viewing by Min Farshaw indicates that she will fall in love with a man in white. This, combined with a viewing of the two most beautiful people falling in love, seems to indicate that she will marry Galad Damodred. Another possible interpretation is that Berelain will fall in love with a gai'shain Aiel.

Berelain is described to be a "beautiful and willful young woman, and a skilled ruler" with shoulder length dark hair and often known to wear scandalously revealing clothes to attract the attention of the male portion of her peers.