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<div class="submitted">Posted on July 13th, 2010 by Jennifer Liang</div>
<p>Rand, Mat, Perrin, Elayne, Egwene, Nynaeve, and Min - have all shown by points of view too numerous to note, and their actions, that they are on the side of good. For everyone else a quote or an explanation is given, in alphabetical order.</p>
<p><strong>Adelorna Bastine</strong></p>
<p>According to Alviarin, no Tower Ajah Head was Black Ajah, apart from Galina Casban. "The great "secret" of who headed the Ajahs was none to her – every Black sister was required to relay to the Supreme Council every whisper inside her own Ajah – but only Galina among them had been Black." [TPoD 25: An Unwelcome Return]</p>
<p><strong>Adrielle</strong> Member of the expedition to the Black Tower so obviously doomed that Alviarin decided no Black sisters would go on it. <span style="font-style: italic;">[</span>ACoS Prologue : Lightnings]</p>
<p><strong>Aiden</strong> considered drawing Zemaile to some secluded corner where she could be questioned and disposed of, but then she noticed another Brown, a round woman even darker than Zemaile, watching them from farther down the hall. Aiden and Zemaile were weak in the Power, yet overcoming both at once would be difficult if it was possible at all...' [COT 21: A Mark] Alviarin knows who all the Black Ajah are so she wouldn't need to kill a Black sister for information, let alone take the risk of killing two.</p>
<p><strong>Aisling Noon</strong> Member of the expedition to the Black Tower so obviously doomed that Alviarin decided no Black sisters would go on it. <span style="font-style: italic;">[</span>ACoS Prologue : Lightnings]</p>
<p><strong>Akoure Vayet </strong>Member of the expedition to the Black Tower so obviously doomed that Alviarin decided no Black sisters would go on it.</p>
<p><strong>Andaya Forae</strong> A Sitter who raised Egwene, she released herself from the Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend [TGS 43, Sealed to the Flame].</p>
<p><strong>Annharid</strong> A rebel infiltrator in the Tower who released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend. <span style="font-style: italic;">[</span>ACoS Prologue : Lightnings]</p>
<p><strong>Arel Malevin</strong> Asha’man of Logain’s faction who bonded a non-Darkfriend Aes Sedai, something Taim does not approve of or permit in his followers.</p>
<p><strong>Aviendha</strong> Her thoughts: "...no Shadowsouled or Shadowrunner could know that clearing; only she, Nynaeve and Elayne did…One of the Shadowsouled would not simply stand there watching, but that creature, that <i>gholam</i>…Ice formed in her belly. No shame in knowing fear." [TPoD 1: To Keep the Bargain]</p>
<p><strong>Ayako Norsoni</strong> Member of the expedition to the Black Tower so obviously doomed that Alviarin decided no Black sisters would go on it.</p>
<p><strong>Bayle Domon</strong> His thoughts show he is not a Darkfriend: Darkfriends had been after him since before he left Maradon to come back down river. Darkfriends and Trollocs...Darkfriends or Aes Sedai, I’ll no run the way they want me. [TGH 9: Leavetakings]</p>
<p><strong>Beonin</strong> She was bound by the Three Oaths and couldn’t lie that she betrayed nothing [KOD 24: Honey in the Tea] so she isn’t Black Ajah.</p>
<p><strong>Berana</strong> A Sitter in the rebel Hall, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend. [TGS 43, Sealed to the Flame]</p>
<p><strong>Bernaile Gelbarn</strong> A rebel infiltrator in the Tower who released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend.</p>
<p><strong>Black Tower Expedition</strong> Alviarin decided the expedition to the Black Tower was too risky and made sure that no Black was included (thus saving Black sisters, and increasing the ratio of Black Ajah to non-Darkfriends in the Tower by removing fifty non-Darkfriends.) "But she would still see that no Black sisters went with Toveine." <span style="font-style: italic;">[</span>ACoS Prologue : Lightnings]</p>
<p>The sisters in this group named so far are Toveine Gazal (Red, bonded by Logain), Jenare (Red, bonded to Welyn Kajima), Lemai (Red), Akoure (Grey), Desandre (Yellow), Ayako (White, bonded by Donalo Sandomere), Gabrelle (Brown, bonded by Logain), Carniele (Yellow), Adrielle (Gray, bonded by Mezar Kurin), Aisling Noon (Green, bonded by Arel Malevin) and Nelavaire Demasiellin (possibly) (Green, bonded by Naeff). It can be assumed that all the Asha’man who have bonded Aes Sedai are not Darkfriends either, since the bonding was done without Taim’s approval or permission and since then likely Darkfriend Asha’man are raised as quickly as possible to full Asha’man who are exempted from being bonded. They are also listed individually in this article since they are moving about more now.</p>
<p><strong>Cabriana Mercandes</strong> She had no idea who Semirhage was and never considered her torturer was a Forsaken (Lord Of Chaos, Threads Woven of Shadow), but just kept calling her a Darkfriend.</p>
<p><strong>Cadsuane Melaidhrin</strong> Her thoughts: Cadsuane did not like losing two of her people in return for no more than a few singed Forsaken and one dead renegade. -<i>Winter’s Heart</i>, With The Choedan Kal She wasn’t on Verin’s list either, and Verin identified over 90% of the Black Ajah.</p>
<p><strong>Carniele</strong> Member of the expedition to the Black Tower so obviously doomed that Alviarin decided no Black sisters would go on it. <span style="font-style: italic;">[</span>ACoS Prologue : Lightnings]</p>
<p><strong>Celestin</strong> A rebel infiltrator in the Tower who released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend.</p>
<p><strong>Dain Bornhald </strong> His task as he thinks of it was: to root out Darkfriends, or course, and spread the Light; that went without saying. -<i>The Shadow Rising</i>, Seeds of Shadow</p>
<p><strong>Davram Bashere</strong> His thoughts: In truth, Tenobia did worry him. The Light only knew why Easar and the others had decided to leave the Blightborder together, much less strip away as many sldiers as hearsay said they had brought south…She should be in Saldaea guarding the Blightborder, but so should he…Worst of all, who was behind it? The White Tower? The Forsaken? -<i>Crossroads of Twilight</i>, Prologue: Glimmers</p>
<p><strong>Desandre</strong> Member of the expedition to the Black Tower so obviously doomed that Alviarin decided no Black sisters would go on it. <span style="font-style: italic;">[</span>ACoS Prologue : Lightnings]</p>
<p><strong>Doesine Alwain</strong> A hunter of the Black Ajah, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend.</p>
<p><strong>Donalo Sandomere</strong> Asha’man of Logain’s faction who bonded a non-Darkfriend Aes Sedai, something Taim does not approve of or permit in his followers.</p>
<p><strong>Eamon Valda</strong> His thoughts: With enough tame witches, he could drive al’Thor out of Andor, out of Illian and everywhere else he had settled like the Shadow itself. -<i>Crossroads of Twilight</i>, Prologue: Glimmers</p>
<p><strong>Egeanin</strong> Her thoughts: This was beyond shoal waters. She was riding close on a lee shore, and Soulblinder himself rode that gale, coming to steal her eyes…The Dark One was coming to steal her eyes. -<i>Winter’s Heart</i>, A Matter of Property</p>
<p><strong>Elaida do’Avriny a’Roihan</strong> Elaida’s thoughts: Next she [Alviarin] would be spouting the Sanche woman’s nonsense about the Forsaken being loose -<i>A Crown Of Swords</i>: Prologue, Lightnings Verin also checked Elaida out carefully: And Elaida's name wasn't on the list either. There was a notation at the end, explaining that Verin had looked very closely at Elaida, searching for proof that she was Black. But comments by Black sisters led her to believe strongly that Elaida was not herself Black. Just an unstable woman who was sometimes as frustrating to the Black as she was to the rest of the Tower. - The Gathering Storm, A Visit From Verin Sedai</p>
<p><strong>Queen Ethenielle of Kando</strong>r What good to guard the Blight if the world did crumble behind her?...Since the death of her husband twenty years before, Baldhere had commanded the armies of Kandor, and most of her soldiers would have followed him to Shayol Ghul itself. -<i>The Path Of Daggers</i>: Prologue, Deceptive Appearances Ethenielle thinks guarding the Blight is important and worries about whether she should leave off doing that to travel south. She thinks attacking Shayol Ghul is a good [if not reasonable] thing. I.e., she is not a Darkfriend.</p>
<p><strong>Elyas Machera</strong> Although there isn't any PoV of him, it's clear that Elyas can't be a Darkfriend. If he were, the wolves would know it and certainly not follow him. Wolves can read the minds of people eg when Perrin tells his faked story to Elyas in The Eye of the World.</p>
<p><strong>Faile Aybara</strong> Faile often lay awake herself, praying for rain, or better yet snow, trying not to think of what lurked behind the heat and drought. -<i>Lord of Chaos</i>, Prologue:The First Message Faile does not even want to think of the fact that the Dark One is causing the drought, because it scares her. She wants it to end. Therefore, she’s on the side of the Light.</p>
<p><strong>Ferane Neheran</strong> According to Alviarin, no Tower Ajah Head was Black Ajah, apart from Galina Casban. "The great "secret" of who headed the Ajahs was none to her – every Black sister was required to relay to the Supreme Council every whisper inside her own Ajah – but only Galina among them had been Black." [TPoD 25: An Unwelcome Return]</p>
<p><strong>Gabrelle</strong> Member of the expedition to the Black Tower so obviously doomed that Alviarin decided no Black sisters would go on it. <span style="font-style: italic;">[</span>ACoS Prologue : Lightnings]</p>
<p><strong>Gareth Bryne</strong> His thoughts: Whitecloaks? What would Children of the Light want with Mara? He would never believe she was a Darkfriend. But then he had seen a fellow hanged in Caemlyn, a Darkfriend who had been teaching children in the streets about the glories of the Dark One…<i>No, that girl is no Darkfriend, and I’ll stake my life on it.</i> - <i>The Fires of Heaven</i>, An Old Pipe</p>
<p><strong>Gawyn</strong> He wished he could have killed al’Thor. For his mother, dead by the man’s doing; Egwene denied it, but she had no proof…He was a fool. He should have killed al’Thor; he had to kill him. But he could not. Not because the man was the Dragon Reborn, but because he had promised Egwene not to raise a hand against al’Thor. - <i>A Crown Of Swords</i>, Prologue: Lightnings Darkfriends all have orders one way or the other about killing Rand, or not; Gawyn’s thoughts show he doesn’t, and his feelings concerning Rand are clearly personal.</p>
<p><strong>Geofram Bornhald</strong> He worries about whether Perrin is a Darkfriend or not: He was not entirely certain, himself, but surely a man who seemed to have wolves fight for him could be nothing else. -<i>The Great Hunt</i>,Five Will Ride Forth</p>
<p><strong>Jenare</strong> Member of the expedition to the Black Tower so obviously doomed that Alviarin decided no Black sisters would go on it. <span style="font-style: italic;">[</span>ACoS Prologue : Lightnings]</p>
<p><strong>Jennet</strong> A rebel infiltrator in the Tower who released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend.</p>
<p><strong>Jesse Bilal</strong> According to Alviarin, no Tower Ajah Head was Black Ajah, apart from Galina Casban. "The great "secret" of who headed the Ajahs was none to her – every Black sister was required to relay to the Supreme Council every whisper inside her own Ajah – but only Galina among them had been Black." [TPoD 25: An Unwelcome Return]</p>
<p><strong>Joline Maza </strong> Her thoughts: "She would not have admitted it under torture, but the heat made her afraid. The Dark One was touching the world and their only hope was a boy who was running wild." -<i>A Crown of Swords</i>, The Triumph of Logic</p>
<p><strong>Juilaine Madome</strong> A Sitter who raised Egwene, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend (The Gathering Storm, Bathed In Light).</p>
<p><strong>Kwamesa</strong> A Sitter in the rebel Hall, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend [TGS 43, Sealed to the Flame].</p>
<p><strong>Lan</strong> The entirety of <i>New Spring</i> shows that Lan clearly is not a Darkfriend.</p>
<p><strong>Laras</strong> Verin insists that Laras is not a Darkfriend (The Gathering Storm, A Visit From Verin Sedai). Certainly she has firm principles, especially on not breaking anyone's spirit with harsh treatment.</p>
<p><strong>Lelaine Akashi</strong> A Sitter in the rebel Hall, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend [TGS 43, Sealed to the Flame].</p>
<p><strong>Lemai</strong> Member of the expedition to the Black Tower so obviously doomed that Alviarin decided no Black sisters would go on it.</p>
<p><strong>Logain Ablar</strong> If he were a Darkfriend he would not have held himself separate from Taim at some personal cost or loathe Taim’s cronies, nor would he organise resistance to him.</p>
<p><strong>Magla Daronos</strong> A Sitter in the rebel Hall, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend [TGS 43, Sealed to the Flame].</p>
<p><strong>Masema Dagar</strong> His thoughts: "It was difficult to keep his thoughts on those future glories. The world around him was filthy. Men denied the Dragon and sought the Shadow…Even his own followers. Yes! That must have been why they had fallen. That must have been why so many died when assaulting the city of Malden and its Darkfriend Aiel." - The Gathering Storm, Prologue</p>
<p><strong>Meidani</strong> A rebel infiltrator in the Tower who released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend.</p>
<p><strong>Merana Ambrey</strong> "Were either of you involved in that…vileness…right after the Aiel War?" Despite herself, Merana gave a start. The other woman’s eyes spoke of the block and the headsman’s axe…Anyway, a twenty year old vileness, whatever it had been, certainly could not hold a candle to what the world confronted now." -<i>A Crown of Swords</i>, Diamonds and Stars Any Black sister would have known what Cadsuane meant - the deaths of two Amyrlins, many Aes Sedai and men who might be able to channel - yet Merana did not know, so she isn’t Black.</p>
<p><strong>Mezar Kurin</strong> Asha’man of Logain’s faction who bonded a non-Darkfriend Aes Sedai, something Taim does not approve of or permit in his followers.</p>
<p><strong>Moiraine Damodred</strong> Her thoughts regarding Rand: <i>I will not let you go to the Shadow. I have worked too long to allow that. Whatever it takes.</i> -<i>The Shadow Rising</i>, Into the Heart</p>
<p><strong>Morgase</strong> Morgase was Compelled seriously by Rahvin. Seriously enough to make her forget everything, or almost. If Morgase was a Darkfriend, there would have been no need for Rahvin to Compel her.</p>
<p><strong>Naeff</strong> Asha’man likely of Logain’s faction who bonded a non-Darkfriend Aes Sedai, something Taim does not approve of or permit in his followers.</p>
<p><strong>Nelavaire Demasiellin</strong> Likely member of the expedition to the Black Tower so obviously doomed that Alviarin decided no Black sisters would go on it.</p>
<p><strong>Nicola</strong> She swore the Oath against lying on the Oath Rod and declared herself not a Darkfriend The Gathering Storm, A Visit From Verin Sedai).</p>
<p><strong>Pedron Niall </strong> His thoughts: The White Tower was a sink of iniquity and the Shadow…the Shadow-spawned heat…There was no Black Ajah; all the witches were Darkfriends. -<i>A Crown of Swords</i>, Prologue: Lightnings</p>
<p><strong>Pevara Tazanovni</strong> A hunter of the Black Ajah, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend The Path of Daggers, The Extra Bit).</p>
<p><strong>Rhadam Asunawa</strong> His thoughts: Of course there was no connection, aside from the fact that she [ Morgase] was a witch and they Darkfriends. The witch was in the Fortress of the Light, after all. Still, he was troubled. -<i>Lord of Chaos</i>, Red Wax</p>
<p><strong>Rina Hafden</strong> A Sitter who raised Egwene, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend [TGS 43, Sealed to the Flame].</p>
<p><strong>Rodel Ituralde</strong> His thoughts: This last order was different, though…Why the Shadow might fear this order more than any other was a mystery, yet it was all the more reason to move swiftly. -<i>Crossroads of Twilight</i>, Prologue: Glimmers</p>
<p><strong>Romanda Cassin</strong> A Sitter in the rebel Hall, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend [TGS 43, Sealed to the Flame].</p>
<p><strong>Rubinde</strong> A Sitter who raised Egwene, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend [TGS 43, Sealed to the Flame].</p>
<p><strong>Saerin Asnobar</strong> A hunter of the Black Ajah, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend.</p>
<p><strong>Seaine Herimon</strong> A hunter of the Black Ajah, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend (The Path of Daggers, The Extra Bit).</p>
<p><strong>Serancha Colvine</strong> According to Alviarin, no Tower Ajah Head was Black Ajah, apart from Galina Casban. "The great "secret" of who headed the Ajahs was none to her – every Black sister was required to relay to the Supreme Council every whisper inside her own Ajah – but only Galina among them had been Black." [TPoD 25: An Unwelcome Return]</p>
<p><strong>Shevan</strong> A Sitter who raised Egwene, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend [TGS 43, Sealed to the Flame].</p>
<p><strong>Silviana Brehon</strong> She released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend [TGS 43, Sealed to the Flame].</p>
<p><strong>Siuan Sanche</strong> Siuan was bound by the Three Oaths until she was stilled therefore she wasn’t of the Black Ajah. She has since proven this on the Oath Rod in [TGS 43, Sealed to the Flame]</p>
<p><strong>Suana Dragand</strong> According to Alviarin, no Tower Ajah Head was Black Ajah, apart from Galina Casban. "The great "secret" of who headed the Ajahs was none to her – every Black sister was required to relay to the Supreme Council every whisper inside her own Ajah – but only Galina among them had been Black." -[TPoD 25: An Unwelcome Return]</p>
<p><strong>Teslyn Baradon</strong> She was shown to be bound by the Three Oaths when she tried to swear to Mat that she would do anything for him that didn’t betray the White Tower if he freed her, and couldn’t because the qualifier was a lie (Winter’s Heart, Three Women).</p>
<p><strong>Thom Merrilin</strong> Thom shows he is not a Darkfriend in essentially the entire first half of <i>The Shadow Rising</i>, Deceptions.</p>
<p><strong>Toveine Gazal</strong> Leader of the expedition to the Black Tower so obviously doomed that Alviarin decided no Black sisters would go on it. <span style="font-style: italic;">[</span>ACoS Prologue : Lightnings]</p>
<p><strong>Varilin</strong> A Sitter in the rebel Hall, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend [TGS 43, Sealed to the Flame].</p>
<p><strong>Welyn Kajima</strong> Asha’man of Logain’s faction who bonded a non-Darkfriend Aes Sedai, something Taim does not approve of or permit in his followers.</p>
<p><strong>Yukiri </strong>A hunter of the Black Ajah, she released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend.</p>
<p><strong>Zemaile</strong> "[Alviarin] considered drawing Zemaile to some secluded corner where she could be questioned and disposed of, but then she noticed another Brown, a round woman even darker than Zemaile, watching them from farther down the hall. Aiden and Zemaile were weak in the Power, yet overcoming both at once would be difficult if it was possible at all..." -Crossroads of Twilight, A Mark. Alviarin knows who all the Black Ajah are so she wouldn't need to kill a Black sister for information, let alone take the risk of killing two.</p>
<p><strong>Zerah Dacan</strong> A rebel infiltrator in the Tower who released herself from her Oaths and reswore on the Oath Rod that she was not a Darkfriend (The Path of Daggers, The Extra Bit).</p>
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