Character from The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
Queen of Altara who pursued Mat Cauthon with an aggressiveness that reversed their expected power dynamic — witty, bold, and killed by a gholam during the Seanchan occupation.
Tylin ruled Altara — a nation where the queen's authority extended about as far as her palace walls — through personal charisma and political skill. Her pursuit of Mat Cauthon was one of the series' most controversial dynamics, reversing the expected gender roles of pursuit and resistance. She was killed by a gholam during the Seanchan occupation of Ebou Dar.
Dark-haired and handsome rather than beautiful, with sharp features and the confident bearing of a queen who holds power through force of personality in a nation that barely acknowledges royal authority.
Also known as: Tylin, Queen Tylin