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• Rand al'Thor: Shepherd from the Two Rivers. He is a head taller than his father Tam, and has grey eyes and reddish hair, both of which are rare in the two rivers. Tam claims they come from his mother, Kari, who died when Rand was five. Rand is now twenty years old, and good friends with Mat Cauthon and Perrin Aybara. He and Egwene al'Vere have been all but promised to each other since they were young. He looks like an Aiel.
• Matrim "Mat" Cauthon: A young man from Emond's Field, and a good friend of Rand al'Thor. He likes to gamble, and has considerable luck with random events, such as dice games. When he was traveling from Emond's Field to the Eye of the World, he picked up a dagger from Aridhol, more commonly known as Shadar Logoth, which was tainted with evil. He was partially healed by Moiraine.
• Perrin Aybara (aka Young Bull): A young man from Emond's Field, and a good friend of Rand al'Thor and Mat Cauthon. While he was staying with Elyas Machera, he found that he has the ability to talk to wolves. Once this ability manifested itself, his eyes took on the yellowish color of wolves' eyes. He is bigger than most people, a fact which greatly helped him as a blacksmith's apprentice, but the fact that he often underestimates his strength has caused him to be very cautious. He carries a large half-moon ax at his belt.
• Moiraine Damodred (aka Alys): Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah. She came to the Two Rivers and found three young men who she thought may be the one she sought. She is bonded to Lan and is an old friend of The Amyrlin Seat. Due to the nature of her life's work, she has not been back to the White Tower in a long time.
• Egwene al'Vere (aka Tuli): A young woman from Emond's Field. She was all but promised to Rand from a young age, but they both feel somewhat uncomfortable now that they know that Rand is the Dragon Reborn. Like Nynaeve, Egwene is told that she can channel the One Power, and that she has the capability to be the strongest Aes Sedai in a thousand years (besides Nynaeve). She is on her way to Tar Valon to become a novice in the White Tower.
• Shai'tan (aka Dark One, Father of Lies, Grassburner, Heartsbane, Heartfang, Leafblighter, Lord of the Grave, Shepherd of the Night, Sightblinder, Sight Burner, Soulsbane, Great Lord of the Dark): Source of all evil, antithesis of the Creator. He was imprisoned by the Creator at the moment of Creation at Shayol Ghul. This prison was bored into during the Age of Legends, which led to the War of the Shadow, the Time of Madness, the Breaking of the World, and the end of the Age of Legends. Since naming him by his true name brings ill fortune or disaster, many euphemisms exist. The Dark One is most common name and is used in every land. Great Lord of the Dark is the name used by Darkfriends; they claim that to use his true name would be blasphemy.
• Lews Therin Telamon (aka Lord of the Morning, The Dragon, Kinslayer, Breaker of the World): He is a tall man just into his middle years. He was handsome once, but now he has more white hair than brown, and his face is lined from strain and worry. He has dark eyes. Known as the Dragon during the War of the Shadow. He killed his entire family in the madness that seized him after resealing the Dark One's prison.
• Ellaine Marise'idin Alshinn: Chief Librarian at the Court of Arafel in 231 NE. She translated the Karaethon Cycle.
• Bors: Pseudonym assumed by a Darkfriend present at a conference with Ba'alzamon.
• Creator: Maker of the Universe, the stars, Earth, the True Source: everything in existence. At the moment of Creation, He imprisoned Shai'tan, the Dark One, believed to be his complete opposite, in a prison to prevent him from touching the world He had made. The Creator prefers not to interfere in worldly events.
• Elan Morin Tedronai (aka Ishamael, Betrayer of Hope, Ba'alzamon): Man who appears to Lews Therin Telamon shortly after he killed his entire family. He Healed Lews Therin from his madness, allowing him to finally realize what he had done. Elan Morin is now known as Ishamael, which means ''Betrayer of Hope'' in the Old Tongue. He claims to follow a ''different power'' now, that of the Dark One himself. He was once humbled by Lews Therin in the Hall of Servants, and defeated by him at the gates of Paaren Disen. However, Lews Therin fled and killed himself before Elan Morin could do with him as he had planned. He is one of the Forsaken, the thirteen Aes Sedai who dedicated their lives to serving the Shadow during the War of the Shadow. His name is still used to frighten children. Ba'alzamon is an ancient name from the Trolloc Tongue, believed to be the Trolloc name for the Dark One. It means ''Heart of the Dark,'' and is actually the name used by Ishamael. He claims to have sent the Trollocs during the Trolloc Wars for over three hundred years, told Artur Hawkwing to send armies across the Aryth Ocean, and told the same Hawkwing to refuse the Aes Sedai Healing that could have saved his life and proclaim with his last breath that Tar Valon must fall.
• al'Lan Mandragoran (aka Andra, Lan): A Warder, bonded to Moiraine. He is the uncrowned king of Malkier, a nation now swallowed by the Great Blight. He teaches Rand how to use his sword. He is stolid and shows little emotional, but he has taken a liking to Nynaeve al'Meara.
• Tamlin al'Thor (aka Tam): Father of Rand. Tam served as a soldier in the Illianer army during one of the wars with Tear, and then as an officer in the army against the Aiel in the Aiel War. During his tenure as an officer, he attained Blademaster status and was awarded a heron-mark sword. During the Battle of the Shining Walls, he found an infant boy on the slopes of Dragonmount. His mother was dead, and Tam could not let the child freeze to death.
• Nynaeve al'Meara: A young woman from Emond's Field. She was the Wisdom of Emond's Field prior to leaving to help four members of her village return home after they left with Moiraine. Moiraine tells her that she has the ability to channel the One Power with great strength, and that it is this ability that allows her to ''listen to the wind.'' While traveling with Moiraine and company, Nynaeve develops feelings for Lan. He shares her feelings, but is unable to act on them due to his duties as a Warder.
• Elmindreda Farshaw (aka Min): Woman from Baerlon who Egwene met in the inn they were staying at there. She dresses in clothing normally seen on men and has her hair done in a boyish manner--probably the closest thing to a ''tomboy'' that exists in The Great Hunt. She has a talent to ''see'' things about people, and these images can often foretell the future.
• Lord Ingtar of House Shinowa: Shienaran Lord. His sign is the Gray Owl.
• Elansu Shatayan: The shatayan of Fal Dara keep.
• Amalisa Jagad: Sister of Lord Agelmar. She is the one who actually delivers clothes to Rand, Mat, and Perrin. She is also the one who leads the search for the three boys when commanded by Liandrin.
• Agelmar Jagad: Lord of Fal Dara. He is perhaps the only person in Fal Dara that Elansu cannot bully into doing what she wants him to do--and even he yields more often than not. His sign is three running red foxes.
• Alwyn al'Van: Cobbler of Emond's Field. It was he who made Rand's boots.
• Thomdril Merrilin (aka Thom): Former court bard in the Royal Court of Andor, then a gleeman. He came to Emond's Field on Winternight, and left with Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene, Lan, and Moiraine on their journey. He saved Rand's life by facing a Myrddraal and is presumed to be dead at the hands of that Myrddraal. However, Moiraine believes him to be alive.
• Ronan: The shambayan of Fal Dara keep. He is described as being ''an age-withered but still tall'' man.
• Tema: Leathery-faced head groom (i.e. head stable hand) of Fal Dara keep.
• Red: Rand's stallion.
• Ragan: A Shienaran warrior, and guard of the gates in Fal Dara.
• Masema Dagar: A Shienaran Soldier, and the other guard at the gates of Shienar. Masema is one of the worst at refusing to treat Rand as anything more than an outlander.
• Uno Nomesta: A Shienaran officer, second in command to Ingtar. He is missing one eye, has a long scar across his face, and has a hairstyle like the typical Shienaran warrior--a topknot tied together and the rest of the head shaved clean.
• Loial Kiseran: Ogier from Stedding Shangtai, son of Arent son of Halan. He is quite fond of books. Loial is about ninety years old, which (by Ogier standards) is hardly old enough to leave the stedding alone.
• Padan Fain: Former peddler, now found to be a Darkfriend.
• Changu: Guard on Padan Fain's dungeon cell for one watch. Changu and Nidao almost always hold watch together, even if it meant extra work.
• Nidao: Guard on the gate. Changu and Nidao almost always hold watch together, even if it meant extra work.
• Mordeth: Spirit of the last leader of the city of Aridhol who used evil as a weapon against the Shadow. Eventually that evil destroyed Aridhol and everyone who lived there, tainting the very ground it rested on. Mordeth is always on the lookout for innocent passers-by that come into Shadar Logoth (the new name for Aridhol)--it is said that if he ever accompanied anyone to the city walls, he would be able to consume that person's soul.
• Anaiya Sedai: Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah, one of the two Aes Sedai to greet Moiraine upon entering Fal Dara. She has dark hair.
• Liandrin Sedai: Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah. She was the other Aes Sedai to greet Moiraine at the gates of Fal Dara.
• Logain Ablar: The false Dragon who created war in Ghealdan before he was gentled by Aes Sedai. Not only could he channel, but he was of strength greater than most other male Aes Sedai, living or dead.
• Easar Togita: King of Shienar, the only person with authority over Lord Agelmar in Fal Dara. His captiol is in Fal Moran.
• Morgase Trakand: Queen of Andor, mother of Elayne and Gawyn. She was trained, as all queens of Andor have been for centuries, in the White Tower by Aes Sedai. She is one of the only monarchs to openly admit to having an Aes Sedai advisor, Elaida.
• Gareth Bryne: Captain-General of the Queen's Guards in Andor. Since Morgase had no living brothers, she chose Bryne to be her First Prince of the Sword in place of a brother.
• Elayne Trakand: Daughter-Heir of Andor. She is the daughter of Queen Morgase and her late husband, Taringail Damodred. She was discovered to have a considerable potential to channel the One Power, and will no doubt become one of the strongest Aes Sedai in thousands of years.
• Gawyn Trakand: Brother to Elayne. He will become the First Prince of the Sword when Elayne becomes queen of Andor.
• Verin Mathwin: Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah. Verin is old, even for an Aes Sedai, but the only indication that she is as old as she is is the slight tinge of gray in her hair.
• Serafelle: Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah.
• Carlinya: Aes Sedai of the White Ajah.
• Alanna Mosvani: Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah.
• Leane Sharif: Keeper of the Chronicles under Siuan Sanche. She is as tall as most men, has coppery skin, and short, dark hair. She was raised in Arad Doman, and was raised from the Blue Ajah.
• Siuan Sanche: The Flame of Tar Valon, Watcher of the Seals, the Amyrlin Seat. She is from Maule, Tear's port district, and was born with the spark of saidar in her. She was the youngest Amyrlin ever chosen, being only thirty when she was given the position.
• Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan: Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah, and advisor to Queen Morgase of Andor. She sometimes has the Foretelling, and had a strong vision of Rand al'Thor when he was brought before the Queen after falling over the palace wall.
• Basel Gill: The innkeeper of The Queen's Blessing, the inn where the travelers from Emond's Field stayed while they were in Caemlyn.
• Maigan: Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah.
• Galadedrid Damodred (aka Galad): Half-brother to Elayne and Gawyn, son of their father Taringail Damodred and his first wife, Tigraine. Galad always does what he thinks is right, even if it would hurt his family and friends. He has extreme skill with a sword, learning everything the Warders teach him after one demonstration. He is strikingly handsome, even more so than his half-brother Gawyn.
• Tetsuan: One of only two Amyrlins to be deposed in the history of the White Tower.
• Bonwhin Meraighdin: One of only two Amyrlin Seats to be stripped of the stole.
• Ellisande: Name given to Eldrene, wife of Aemon al'Caar al'Thorin, king of Manetheren. The name means ''Rose of the Sun.'' Her country was betrayed by Tetsuan, who was then the Amyrlin Seat, out of jealousy over her abilities.
• Artur Paendrag Tanreall (aka Artur Hawkwing, The Hammer of the Light): Full name of Artur Hawkwing, ancient king who conquered much of the world hundreds of years ago. He is believed to be the most strongly ta'veren individual in recorded history.
• Mazrim Taim: False Dragon from Saldaea. Not only can he channel the One Power, but he is allegedly of great strength. He is still at large.
• Geofram Bornhald: Lord Captain of a band of the Children of the Light. He is a principal conspirator in the plot to overthrow Queen Morgase. Like all Children of the Light, he despises anyone trained in the White Tower.
• Pedron Niall: Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light. He is the most powerful man among the Children, and even posesses king-like powers in Amadicia, where the Whitecloaks are based.
• Eamon Valda: Whitecloak left in charge of the small army left behind in Caemlyn.
• Dain Bornhald: Son of Geofram Bornhald. He is full of zeal, and will most likely follow any orders Eamon Valda gives him without thinking them through first.
• Einor Saren: Second-in-command of the Hand of the Light, more commonly known as the Questioners. He meets Geofram Bornhald in a field to deliver new orders to him. Bornhald was suspicious of the fact that a Questioner was sent with his new orders.
• Jaichim Carridin: Officer of the Hand of the Light (the Questioners) in Tarabon. As a Questioner, he wears the golden sunburst of the Children of the Light with the red shepherd's crook of the Hand of the Light behind it.
• Jaret Byar: Second to Geofram Bornhald in the army of two thousand Whitecloaks that Bornhald commands.
• Teven Aerwin: Author of The Dance of the Hawk and the Hummingbird, a book about the conduct of men toward women and women toward men.
• Lord Kajin: An officer in Fal Dara.
• Lord Luc of House Mantear: Brother of Tigraine.
• Isam Mandragoran: The missing son of Breyan and Lain Mandragoran.
• Lady Salene: A stunningly beautiful woman. She says she's from Caemlyn
• Ilyena Therin Moerelle: Wife of Lews Therin Telamon.
• Tigraine Damodred: Daughter-Heir of Andor prior to the Third War of Andoran Succession, after which Morgase took the throne. In fact, it was her disappearance that sparked the war. She fled Caemlyn and was never seen again. She was the first wife of Taringail Damodred, and the mother of Galad.
• Breyan Mandragoran: Mother of Isam. Her attempt to seize the throne of Malkier for her husband caused the Trolloc hordes to come crashing down.
• Lain Mandragoran: Father of Isam and husband to Breyan.
• Timora: One of Lady Amalisa's attendants.
• Jon Thane: Miller of Emond's Field. Rand describes Leane as similar in personality--a ''do it right, and do it now'' sort of man.
• Lenn: According to Lan, a man who flew to the moon.
• Nisura: One of Amalisa's attendants. She is described as a very ''round-faced'' woman.
• Tomas: A Warder, bonded to Verin.
• Alric: A Warder, bonded to Siuan Sanche, the Amyrlin Seat, for almost twenty years.
• Raolin Darksbane: False Dragon who declared himself the Dragon Reborn between 335 and 336 years after the Breaking of the World. He was able to channel the One Power, and developed a large group of followers.
• Guaire Amalasan: False Dragon who commanded a large army during the time period from Free Years 939-943. He was able to channel the One Power with great strength. During his campaigns, he laid siege to the Stone of Tear in hopes of taking Callandor, and tried to take Tar Valon as well. Unfortunately for him, another young king came to power during his life, a young man named Artur Paendrag Tanreall, later known as Artur Hawkwing. Hawkwing put an end to Amalasan's conquest of the world, and conquered it for himself.
• Yurian Stonebow: False Dragon who declared himself circa 1300 AB and was captured and gentled circa 1308 AB. He also had great potential with the One Power.
• Laman of Cairhien: King of Cairhien before the Aiel War. In order to build his new throne, Laman cut down Avendoraldera, a Chora tree that grew in the center of the city of Cairhien. This act, known as Laman's Sin, prompted three clans of the Aiel to cross the Spine of the World and avenge the death of the tree by taking his life. The tree had been a gift from the Aiel in gratitude for the hospitality the people of Cairhien had displayed to them in the past. It is unknown whether Laman knew of the significance of Avendoraldera, or of the reason the Aiel allowed the people of his kingdom to cross the Waste. The fact that he cut the tree down and brought the Aiel over the Dragonwall allowed Prophesy to be fulfilled and the Dragon Reborn to be born on the slopes of Dragonmount, born of the ancient blood (Aiel) and raised by the old (Manetheren). Laman is Moiraine's uncle.
• Gitara Moroso: Keeper of the Chronicles during the Aiel War. When she had the Foretelling, it was strong. Perhaps her strongest Foretelling occurred in front of Siuan Sanche and Moiraine Damodred (then Accepted) in the Amyrlin's chamber when she Foretold the birth of the Dragon Reborn. She died immediately after this Foretelling. It is due to Gitara that both Moiraine and Siuan chose the Blue Ajah and dedicated their lives to finding the boy who would grow up to become the Dragon Reborn.
• Kari al'Thor: Tam's wife. She died when Rand was very young. She grew up in Caemlyn.
• Mavra Mallen: Wisdom of Deven Ride. She takes over for Nynaeve in Emond's Field when Nynaeve leaves to find Rand, Mat, Perrin, and Egwene.‚Ä®
• Mandarb: Lan's stallion. He is black and fierce-eyed.
• Aldieb: Moiraine's mare. She is white.
• Bela: The horse that Egwene rides. She was originally Rand's farm horse back in Emond's Field.
• Hurin: A ''sniffer,'' one who can ''smell'' evil. His ability has nothing to do with the One Power, but Aes Sedai always seem nervous around abilities they do not understand, especially in men, so he usually keeps quiet around them.
• Bayle Domon: Illianer, captain of the Spray. He collects old things, and includes in his collection a seal on the Dark One's prison. He does not know that the item is a seal on the prison, only that it is made of cuendillar, heartstone, and that all heartstone objects are very rare and valuable.
• Nieda Sidoro: Innkeeper of Easing the Badger, an inn in Illian.
• Bili: Serving boy and nephew of the innkeeper of Easing the Badger, an inn in Illian.
• Yarin Maeldan: Doman's ''broodling, stork-like second'' on the Spray.
• Carn: Member of Bayle Domon's crew.
• Galldrian su Riatin Rie: King of Cairhien, Defender of the Dragonwall.
• Master Padwhin: The carpenter in Emond's Field.
• Sheriam Bayanar: Mistress of Novices in the White Tower. She is an Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah.
• Alviarin Freidhen: Aes Sedai of the White Ajah. She is cool and business-like.
• Melia: Wife of Hurin.
• Elyas Machera (aka Long Tooth): A man Perrin met when he and Egwene got separated from the rest of the group on the way to Fal Dara. Elyas helped Perrin discover his ability to communicate with wolves. He behaves wolfishly and has the same bloodthirst
• Smoke: One of the wolves.
• Two Deer: One of the wolves.
• Winter Dawn: One of the wolves.
• Haral Luhhan: Blacksmith of Emond's Field. His apprentice was Perrin Aybara. He is a very large man.
• Whatley Edlin (aka What): Person in Emond's Field who paints the carts for Sunday.
• Elder Haman: One of the Elders in Stedding Shangtai.
• Mistress Madwen: Innkeeper of The Nine Rings, an inn in Tremonsien, Cairhien. She was married to the late Barin Madwen.
• Barin Madwen: Late husband of Maglin. She describes him as tricksome and scheming, like every man she ever new, especially those from Cairhien.
• Catrine: Serving girl in The Nine Rings.
• Aldrin Caldevwin: The officer in the Nine Rings (an inn in Cairhien). He is a captain in the Cairhienin army.
• Mother Caredwain: Person in The Nine Rings that has a hand with soothing herbs.
• Lidan: Serving girl at The Nine Rings, an inn in Tremonsien, Cairhien.
• Elricain Tavolin: Commander of the escort that Caldevwin assigns to Rand and company on their way from Tremonsien to Cairhien.
• Adeleas Namelle: Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah, one of two Aes Sedai who went into voluntary retreat many years ago to Tifan's Well, a village located in the grassy plains of Arafel. Their goal is to someday write the complete history of the world since the Breaking, and some even before that.
• Vandene Namelle: Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah, one of two Aes Sedai who went into voluntary retreat many years ago to Tifan's Wells, a village located in the grassy plains of Arafel. Their goal is to someday write the complete history of the world since the Breaking, and some even before that.
• Myrelle Berengari: Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. She currently has three Warders, and treats each of them as a husband.
• Jaem: Warder bonded to Vandene.
• Santhra: Author of an old book on the Forsaken. The book is part of Adeleas and Vandene's collection.
• Aginor: One of the Forsaken. He was bound very close to the surface of the Bore during the Age of Legends; he was the second Forsaken to be released. Aginor was killed by Rand at the Eye of the World.
• Brandelwyn al'Vere (aka Bran): Innkeeper of the Winespring Inn in Emond's Field, and Egwene's father.
• Cenn Buie: Member of the Village Council of Emond's Field. He is quite old, and quite fond of stories.
• Nela al'Caar: Woman from Emond's Field.
• Marin al'Vere: Wife of Bran, mother of Egwene.
• Malena Aylar: The Wisdom of Watch Hill.
• Alsbet Luhhan: Wife of Haral. She is almost as big as her husband.
• Paet al'Caar: Man from Emond's Field, husband of Nela. In the world of the testing ter'angreal, Nynaeve finds that he hanged himself the day that Malena, the Wisdom, scrawled the Dragon's Fang on his door and proclaimed him to be the Dark One.
• Corin Ayellin: Woman from Emond's Field.
• Sharina: An Aes Sedai.
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• Elnore Mandragoran
• Elnore al'Meara: Nynaeve's mother.
• Pedra: One of the Accepted. She is a short, wiry woman, slightly older than Nynaeve.
• Else Grinwell: Novice in the White Tower. Elayne describes her as a ''lazy chit.'' She was one of the people who allowed Rand and Mat to stay in her house (actually her parents' house) while they were traveling from Emond's Field to Caemlyn on the way to Fal Dara.
• Master Fitch: Innkeeper of an inn in Baerlon. The inn was burned down by Darkfriends.
• Master Cuale: Innkeeper of The Defender of the Dragonwall, the inn where Rand and company stay while in Cairhien.
• Asan Sandair: Officer who comes with Tavolin with instructions for Rand, Hurin, and Loial to write the name of the inn they are staying in on the roster.
• Teva: Man who, according to Hurin, once got so angry at a hornet buzzing around his head that he kicked the nest.
• Dunsinin: Heroine of Legend who plants a single rose on the piled stones of a grave in Shara Pass. She keeps the bargain of Rogosh Eagle-Eye in one of Thom's stories.
• Rogosh Eagle Eye: Hero of Legend, Rogosh of Talmour. Involved in many gleemen's tales and old stories.
• Dena: A beautiful young woman aspiring to be a gleeman of sorts.
• Zera: Innkeeper of The Bunch of Grapes.
• Seaghan: Man from Cairhien, the one who hires entertainers for The Bunch of Grapes.
• Blaes: Character out of legend who will be called back from the dead by the Horn of Valere.
• Gaidal Cain: Character out of legend who will be called back from the dead by the Horn of Valere. A swarthy man, he carries two swords and can use them both from horseback. He is always linked to Birgitte in the stories.
• Arent: Ogier, father of Loial, son of Halan.
• Halan: Ogier, father of Arent and grandfather of Loial.
• Ivon: Bladesmith in Cairhien.
• Owyn Merrilin: Nephew of Thom. He was able to channel saidin, and was gentled by the Red Ajah. According to Thom, he stopped wanting to live shorty afterward. However, he was able to hold off the madness for three years before that--but he was beginning to show signs of it when the Aes Sedai gentled him. He used the One Power sparingly, and then only to help his village, but the villagers were starting to become fearful of him.
• Arilyn Dhulaine: Noble in Cairhien.
• Tammuz: An Illuminator, the person responsible for preparing the fireworks for the festival in Cairhien.
• Aludra: An Illuminator. She is concerned that Tammuz is not as prepared for the display as he says he is.
• Urien: Aiel of the Two Spires sept of the Reyn Aiel. He is a Red Shield. He is searching for He Who Comes With the Dawn, a man who will come from west of the Spine of the World but be of Aiel blood. This man is most likely Rand al'Thor, since Rand is often mistaken for an Aiel, and was raised in the Two Rivers.
• Muadh: Member of Geofram Bornhald's legion.
• Earwin: Member of the Children of the Light. He is a big man, with gray eyes and a long mustache.
• Wuan: Member of the Children of the Light. He is young, is left-handed, and has a yellow beard.
• Jeral: Soldier for the Children of the Light.
• Egeanin Elidar: Captain of a Seanchan ship.
• Caban: Seanchan soldier. He has nothing but contempt for anyone from east of the Aryth Ocean.
• Lord Turak: Leader of Those Who Come Before (i.e. the Seanchan raiders). His head is shaved bald, and his fingernails are about an inch long. He wears a long, blue silk robe brocaded with birds that drags on the floor for a long distance behind him. He has a collection of cuendillar figurines, including a seal from the Dark One's prison. It is these seals that Moiraine finds broken after the battle at Falme.
• The Empress of Seanchan: Leader of the empire built by Artur Hawkwing's son Luthair. She lives in Seanchan, on the far side of the Aryth Ocean.
• Barthanes Damodred: High Seat of House Damodred, the most powerful house in Cairhien besides House Riatin, the king's house. His sign is a charging boar.
• Mistress Tiedra: Mistress of the Great Tree, an inn in Cairhien where Verin takes everyone after The Defender of the Dragonwall burns down. She is acquainted with Verin already, since she stays there whenever she is in Cairhien.
• Jain Farstrider: A hero of legend about which The Travels of Jain Farstrider, a popular book, is written. In the book, he goes to the lands beyond the Aiel Waste, journeys among the Sea Folk, and many other epic adventures.
• Ashin: Guard at the gates of Lord Barthanes's manor. He is the guard assigned to Rand, Verin, and their ''escort'' to guide them to the party.
• Alaine Chuliandred: A guest at Barthanes'.
• Belevaere Osielline: A guest at Barthanes'.
• Breane Taborwin: A guest at Barthanes'.
• Goodwife Mili: The focus of a gleeman's tale, Goodwife Mili and the Silk Merchant.
• Mara: Character from a gleeman's story, "Mara and the Three Foolish Kings."
• Susa: The man who tamed Jain Farstrider in gleeman's stories.
• Anla: The Wise Counselor from a gleeman's story. Note: It is speculated that Anla is a shortening of the name Ann Landers, from our century. It may indeed be the inspiration for the name.
• Ella: Serving girl in The Bunch of Grapes, an inn in the Foregate of Cairhien.
• Luthair Paendrag Mondwhin: Son of Artur Hawkwing who led some of his armies across the Aryth Ocean to the lands of the Seanchan.
• Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag: Second daughter of the Empress of Seanchan, and her chosen successor.
• Huan Aladon: Seanchan officer, assistant to High Lord Turak. He was born and raised in House Aladon. He sports the typical Seanchan officer's hairdo: one side is shaved clean, the other quite long and done in a braid.
• Erith: Daughter of Iva daughter of Alar, an Ogier from Stedding Tsofu.
• Iva: Ogier from Stedding Tsofu, daughter of Alar and mother of Erith.
• Alar: Eldest of the Ogier Elders in Stedding Tsofu. She is Erith's grandmother and Iva's mother.
• Dalar: Ogier who, according to Loial, spent ten years among the Sea Folk (i.e. away from the stedding) and experienced no ill effects.
• Rhian: An Aiel staying at Stedding Tsofu.
• Juin: An Ogier from Stedding Tsofu, son of Lasel son of Laud.
• Lacel: Ogier from Stedding Tsofu, son of Laud and father of Juin.
• Laud: Ogier from Stedding Tsofu, father of Lacel and grandfather of Juin.
• Trayal: Ogier from Stedding Tsofu.
• Marisa Ayellin: Girl from Emond's Field who thinks Mat Cauthon is handsome. Perrin says that Marisa has a face like a goat, but this was just to spite Mat. She is actually about as pretty as Egwene, according to Rand.
• Neysa Ayellin: Woman from Emond's Field, mother of Marisa. Neysa is mistakenly named as the girl who finds Mat handsome in some editions of the books; Neysa is of course the mother, and Marisa the daughter near Mat's age.
• Irella: A skinny Accepted.
• Takima: Sitter for the Brown Ajah. She teaches the history of the White Tower and of the Aes Sedai, and recognizes all of her students.
• Tarlomen: Historical figure after which Tarlomen's Gate in Tar Valon is named.
• Suroth Sabelle Meldarath: Seanchan dignitary.
• Renna: A sul'dam who trains damane.
• Zaired Elbar: Assistant to Suroth.
• Deain: Aes Sedai that lived in the era of Artur Hawkwing and Luthair. She decided that her cause would be better served by serving Luthair, so she created an a'dam, a silver leash with bracelet and collar that can be used to control women who can channel. It is this device that is used by sul'dam to control damane.
• Alwhin: A blue-eyed sul'dam.
• Lini Eltring: Nurse to Elayne, as well as Morgase, in the Royal Palace in Caemlyn.
• Atuan: Namesake of the town Atuan's Mill, a village on Almoth Plain.
• Mulaen: Seanchan woman who Min considers to be an ''old hag'' and who says, ''Everyone has a place in the Pattern, and the place of everyone should be readily apparent.''
• Ryma Galfrey (aka Pura): Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah.
• Marith: Someone Elayne threw a cup at once.
• Seta: A sul'dam.
• Aedwin Cole: Member of Bayle Domon's crew on Spray.
• Caralain: Man Ingtar says he went to ''useless oblivion,'' a fate he did not wish to share.
• Hardan: Man Ingtar he says went to ''useless oblivion,'' a fate he did not wish to share.
• Birgitte Trahelion: One of the heroes of Legend supposed to be called back from the dead by the Horn of Valere. She has golden hair, and carries a silver bow and arrows with which she never misses. She is always linked to Gaidal Cain in the stories.
• Mikel (aka Michael): One of the heroes of Legend supposed to be called back from the dead by the Horn of Valere.
• Paedrig (aka Patrick): One of the heroes of Legend supposed to be called back from the dead by the Horn of Valere.
• Otarin (aka Oscar): One of the heroes of Legend supposed to be called back from the dead by the Horn of Valere.
• Sheriam Sedai
• Lord Rand
• Draghkar
• Amyrlin Seat
• Moiraine Aes Sedai
• Selene
• Lady Amalisa
• Lan Dai Shan
• Lord Captain Commander
• Lord Agelmar
• Elaida Sedai
• Shadowkiller
• Luthair Paendrag Mondwin
• Leane Sedai
• Thom Mer-rilin
• Taren
• Thorn Merrilin
• Daes
• Black Ajah
• Toman Head

Quotes edit see section history

• “It is every man's right to choose when to Sheathe the Sword.”

  Ingtar Shinowa

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• It was all of one piece, neither woven, nor dyed, nor painted. A banner, white as snow, big enough to be seen the length of a field of battle. And across it marched a rippling figure like a serpent scaled in gold and crimson, but a serpent with four scaled legs, each tipped with five golden claws, a serpent with eyes like the sun and a golden lion’s mane. He had seen it once before, and Moiraine had told him what it was. The banner of Lews Therin Telamon, Lews Therin Kinslayer, in the War of the Shadow. The banner of the Dragon.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Two Rivers
• Paaren Disen
• Amyrlin
• Illianer
• Logain
• Emond's Field
• White Tower
• Uno
• Cairhienin
• Fal Dara
• Caemlyn
• Falme
• Shienaran
• Andor
• Aiel
• Borderlands
• Aryth Ocean
• Tar Valon
• Tarabon
• Fat Dara
• Avendesora
• Erinin
• Shadar Logoth
• Saldaea
• Shayol Ghul
• Tanchico
• Almoth Plain
• Tro Hoes
• Stedding Tsofu

Organizations edit see section history

• Darkfriends: Humans who dedicate themselves to the Great Lord of the Dark.
• Ajah: Societies among the Aes Sedai to which all Aes Sedai except the Amyrlin Seat belong. They are designated by colors: Blue, Red, White, Green, Brown, Yellow, and Gray. Each follows a specific philosophy of the use of the One Power and the purposes of the Aes Sedai.
• Aes Sedai: Wielders of the One Power. Since the Time of Madness, all surviving Aes Sedai are women. Widely distrusted and feared, even hated, they are blamed by many for the Breaking of the World, and are thought to meddle in the affairs of nations. At the same time, few rulers will be without an Aes Sedai adviser, even in the lands where the existence of such connections must be kept secret.
• Children of the Light/Whitecloaks: Add a description of this organization.

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Identity: Describe this theme.
• Learning

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Eye of the World, and followed by The Dragon Reborn.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Robert Jordan (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Darrell K. Sweet (Cover Artist)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Violence, Complex Plot

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Authors, A-Z › ( J ) › Jordan, Robert
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Series › Wheel of Time
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Epic

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