Nakomi

:This page contains spoilers for Origins of the Wheel of Time
Nakomi is a mysterious woman, appearing when Aviendha Travels to the Waste for her second path into Rhuidean and camps nearby for the night. Nakomi looks like an Aiel and Aviendha could not sense the ability of Channeling in her. 
== Appearance ==
Nakomi is middle aged with furrowed skin and graying hair. In her encounter with Aviendha, she is wearing the normal garb of an average female Aiel: a dark skirt, a tan blouse and shawl, and a kerchief on her hair. She wasn't carrying any weapons. She did not wear the clothing of a Wise One, but "there was something about her..." so Aviendha felt.
== History ==
Nakomi was born to the Jenn Aiel after they were believed to be extinct by the other Aiel clans. She was the latest in a line of those destined to provide a vessel of the Creator, as part of the purpose, lore, and identity of the clan.
== Activities ==
Nakomi was traveling alone (which was not unusual) carrying a pack but asking water from Aviendha. Despite the strange circumstances, Aviendha offers her shade and shares food and water with the woman. Nakomi pulls small branches for the fire from her pack, tea leaves, a teapot, several deepearth roots, and a small ceramic baking box. At some point, Aviendha realizes that now there are coals on the fire, and she does not understand where they came from. Nakomi takes the roots from the box when Aviedha is sure they are not done, and yet they smelled and tasted wonderful. Nakomi pulled seasoning from her pack and also a pair of tin plates.
During the baking Nakomi shares contemplative insight, questioning the future of the Aiel once the Last Battle is over and the Aiel have fulfilled the purpose of their existence.
When Aviendha asks Nakomi about her sept, her answer is:
Right after they start to eat, Nakomi leaves to "see to nature" but she never returns. Aviendha finishes the meal and being worried goes to search for her but finds not even a trace of her. When she returns to her camp she sees that the plates and Nakomi's pack are also gone. She waits some more but the woman does not return. She goes to sleep being troubled.
Nakomi's words are most likely the vital catalyst that makes Aviendha try to do something with the glass columns ter'angreal in Rhuidean. (Perhaps Nakomi is even responsible for the recent changes in the effects of the columns, though this is just speculation.)
Who exactly Nakomi is is uncertain, although it is likely no coincidence that she appeared before Aviendha to deliver her words to her. 
Nakomi may have appeared a second time, as a mysterious, gray-haired woman in Aiel garb speaks to Rand as he exits Shayol Ghul.
== Nature ==
Nakomi is the counterpart of Shaidar Haran as an avatar of the Creator. She is not actually the Creator—she is something else, something close to the Creator, and inhabited in part by something of the Creator. Her purpose was linked to the secret destiny of her clan, the Jenn Aiel.
This was decided upon by Brandon Sanderson, though the idea for Nakomi's true nature has its origins in the notes of Robert Jordan.
== Theories ==
Before the reveal of Nakomi's true nature in Origins of the Wheel of Time, there was much speculation about her. This is archived at Nakomi/Theories.
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