Zarine Bashere

Chapter 7 - The Way Out of the Mountains

Mandarb

Mandarb is Lan’s black warhorse, used for scouting the path ahead of the group while they follow his signs through the mountains and into Ghealdan.

Chapter 35 - The Falcon

Zarine / Mandarb / Zarine Bashere / Faile — aliases: girl, Hunter of the Horn

Zarine Bashere leaps onto the Snow Goose, reveals she is a Hunter of the Horn looking for the Horn in the Mountains of Mist, and adopts the names Mandarb and Faile for her travels, insisting on accompanying Perrin’s group.

Chapter 36 - Daughter of the Night

Zarine

Zarine sits on a coil of rope near the railing, sharpening a knife and watching Perrin walk by.

Chapter 41 - A Hunter’s Oath

Zarine / Faile — aliases: falcon, Hunter of the Horn

Zarine, insisting she is called Faile, boldly negotiates her place in the group by swearing a Hunter’s oath to Moiraine to heed commands and ask no questions. She then attempts to mount Perrin's horse, requiring him to lift her onto Stepper's back.

Chapter 42 - Easing the Badger

Zarine — aliases: the falcon

Zarine travels with the group, mocking Perrin's shyness and eating her fish with disgust. She retrieves a knife from a dead Gray Man during the fight and argues with Moiraine about her lack of information regarding the danger they face.

Chapter 43 - Shadowbrothers

Zarine / Faile — aliases: girl, Hunter of the Horn

Zarine listens to the group's discovery of the Darkhound and initially challenges Lan's severity. She stays with Perrin in their room, questioning his identity and ta'veren status, before watching him wake from his dream.

Chapter 44 - Hunted

Zarine — aliases: Mandarb

Zarine refuses to swear an oath to go another way, choosing to follow the group. She mounts a bay gelding offered by Lan and rides alongside Perrin. She questions Moiraine about the threat and the power she used, expressing shock that Mat sounded the Horn of Valere.

Chapter 50 - The Hammer

Zarine / Faile — aliases: mistress

Zarine, who insists on being called Faile, questions the group about their destination and the danger of the Forsaken. After reaffirming her commitment to the hunt despite her fear, she remains with the group.

Chapter 53 - A Flow of the Spirit

Zarine / Faile — aliases: Fai, falcon

Zarine walks with Perrin toward the inn and eagerly runs into their private dining room to find Moiraine. She collapses on the floor, trapped by a hedgehog ter’angreal, appearing lifeless with a stopped heartbeat while her consciousness is pulled into the World of Dreams.

Chapter 54 - Into the Stone

Faile

Faile appears in Perrin's dream as a vision chained to a stone block, smiles at him as he frees her, and then fades away as the dream shifts.

Chapter 55 - What Is Written in Prophecy

Faile — aliases: falcon, falcons

Faile appears in the dream chained to a perch, protected by the falcons. Perrin breaks her chain, and she kneels over him in the waking world, wiping blood from his face and calling him her poor blacksmith. She is physically present in the dining room of the Star inn, unconscious in the dream but awake in reality.