Renna is a Seanchan woman and Egwene’s sul’dam, who aims to train Egwene to follow her commands. The character is played by Xelia Mendes-Jones.
The Seanchans leash all women channelers with a magical collar called an a’dam, and it is controlled by a sul’dam, a “leash holder”. When Egwene is collared, Renna becomes her a’dam and is in charge of training her.
She takes her back to a cell and when Egwene tries to strike Renna, she is repelled by a strong force. Renna explains that any pain a sul’dam feels, her damane feels twice over.
She also tells Egwene that the collar is not coming off on its own. Renna uses a gauntlet and chain to inflict pain on Egwene whenever she doesn’t listen to orders and leaves it in the cell overnight.
When Egwene tries to go after it herself, she is stopped from doing so by a strong magical force.
A tough taskmaster
Renna comes in the next day and Egwene tries to strike her with the jug of water in the room. However, Egwene is once again stopped from doing so due to a magical force. Renna says that a damane cannot pick up any object that she considers a weapon.
She then asks Egwene to pour herself a glass of water, but Egwene keeps thinking about using the jug to hit Renna so she isn’t able to lift it. Renna is frustrated and keeps punishing Egwene for failing.
Renna is very contradictory since she wishes to have a friendly, cordial relationship with Egwene as her damane but is extremely harsh when Egwene doesn’t see it as a good thing.
She tries a different approach, deciding to show Egwene how well they can work together. She puts on the brace and tells Egwene to channel her power into a tree outside and then burn it to the ground.
Renna feels genuine joy during this moment but it doesn’t last for long as Egwene once again fails to pick up the jug. Eventually, Renna is able to break Egwene who pours a glass of water, only for Renna to pour the water out onto the ground and leave.
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