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winter’s heart, chapter 34, the hummingbird’s secret

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Jarna Malari notes that Taringail is disqualified from making a claim on the Sun Throne by virtue of having married Morgase, and Elayne is presumably yet unborn so he can't make a claim on her behalf. That leaves Anvaere, Innloine and Moiraine as potential claimants. As I noted in my feudalism essay, if Cairhien uses primogeniture Anvaere's claim SHOULD be the best, but the White Tower doesn't view Moiraine being the youngest as an obstacle to putting her on the throne which implies a different succession law, most likely designated. We also don't hear about sisters of Laman as potential claimants (and Moiraine never mentions any aunts)- which implies there aren't any since Cairhien's succession law is also gender equal.

That leaves us with two questions: where did Barthanes come from and where did Caraline come from?

We don't hear about any direct issue from Anvaere but Moiraine dose note that Innloine already has children (plural)- whom she dotes on to the exclusion of all else. By the time of The Great Hunt the High Seat of the House is Barthanes Damodred and after his death he is replaced by Caraline- who resembles Moiraine so much that it actually freaks out Rand when he meets her in Lord of Chaos, which strongly implies she is a close blood relative. The most likely explanation is that she is Moiraine's niece and one of Innloine's doted upon children. That by extension makes it likely that Barthanes is either her older brother or maternal cousin via Anvaere.