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Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.

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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
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Military Officer
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Science Fiction Writer
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
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Arent
Halen
Hasty

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