Tower of Ghenjei

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The Tower Of Ghenjei is a location in the Wheel Of Time book series by Robert Jordan.

The Tower of Ghenjei is a shining column of metal some 200 feet (60 meters) tall, and as big around as a house. Despite this, it has no apparent seams or an entrance. Through the Tower of Ghenjei it is possible to reach both worlds of the 'elfinn. One must use a bronze knife and make a sign: a triangle drawn in the air and then a wavy line through it, anywhere on the side of the tower, and a door will open. The tower is referred to many times throughout the Wheel Of Time series. Firstly, in The Shadow Rising Birgitte Silverbow tells Perrin that Slayer has fled into it, but not to enter as it is 'all but impossible' to return from. Birgitte tells him that inside, is the world of the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn

[edit] Moiraine's Entrapment

In Book Eleven, Knife of Dreams, the contents of Moiraine's letter to Thom Merrilin, with whom she shares a romantic bond, tells us that she has not been killed by her falling through the ter'angreal doorway, rather she has been trapped inside somewhere she can't get out of. Presumably, this is the Tower of Ghenjei, and Mat Cauthon, along with Thom has vowed to return her from it.