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 Aelfinn and Eelfinn. 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 Eye of the World Captain Bayle Domon speaks of the "tower of metal" that Matrim Cauthon and Rand al'Thor see off in the distance, stating that he has been up close to it and that river traders use it as a travel marker. In The Shadow Rising, Birgitte Silverbow tells Perrin Aybara 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. It is also interesting to note that it is similar to the children's game Snakes and Foxes which is impossible to win if played according to the rules.
In Knife of Dreams, the contents of Moiraine's letter to Thom Merrilin tells the reader that she has not been killed by her falling through the ter'angreal doorway, but she is trapped in the Tower of Ghenjei. Mat Cauthon, Thom Merrilin, and a third person she does not know have the chance to return her from it. Noal Charin asked if he could accompany Thom and Mat on their journey to save Moiraine. It is implied in Knife of Dreams that rescuing Moiraine from The Tower Of Ghenjei will be a real life version of Snakes and Foxes in which Mat's extraordinary luck will play an extremely important part.
In [[Towers of Midnight[Wheel of Time books 1] ]], Matrim Cauthon, Thom Merrilin and Noal Charin enter the Aelfinn and Eelfinn realm through the Tower of Ghenjei. Apparently both races live in a different world and the tower is somewhat a gateway to and from that world, just as the doorway ter'angreals are.
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