Cadin'sor

Cadin'sor is the uniform of the Aiel warrior societies, worn by all Aiel men and by all Maidens of the Spear. The word translates roughly as working clothes in the Old Tongue. It is a coat and loose breeches in grey and brown tones that blend into the country of the Waste, worn with soft laced knee-high boots and a shoufa, a scarf-like garment wrapped around head and neck so that only the face is left bare. Preparing to kill, an Aiel pulls the black veil attached to the shoufa over nose and mouth as well. The difference between a warrior's garb and a craftsman's is subtle, and the cut denotes clan, sept and society in ways an outsider rarely sees.