S'redit
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S'redit are elephants. They are used by the Seanchan in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time books.
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Elephants are almost unknown in the Westlands, but they are used as war animals in Seanchan where they are known as s'redit. Valan Luca calls them giant boar-horses to make them more pronounceable and interesting.
There are three giant boar-horses in his circus:
Mer - the bull Sanit - the cow Nerin - the calf
References TGH,Ch47 - The Seanchan army pours out of Falme accompanied by raken, grolm, corlm, torm, and s'redit.
TFoH,Ch13 - Mer tears a hole in the front of The King's Lancer in Sienda costing Valan Luca most of his cash and a hasty departure from the town.
TFoH,Ch17 - Cerandin introduces Elayne and Nynaeve to Mer, Sanit and Nerin.
TFoH,Ch24 - Cerandin handled s'redit for the Empress in the Court of the Nine Moons.
TFoH,Ch38 - Cerandin leads her s'redit in a performance at Valan Luca's circus.
TFoH,Ch47 - Cerandin says that some prefer lopar or grolm for battle but she thinks properly handled s'redit are better.
TFoH,Ch47 - Cerandin refuses to leave the circus because she could not take her s'redit with her.
WH,Ch18 - The Seanchan bring many of their exotic creatures to Ebou Dar including torm, corlm, raken, to'raken and s'redit. S'redit are mainly used for carrying heavy loads.
