The Wheel of Time

by Robert Jordan

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. In the Third Age, a young shepherd from the Two Rivers discovers he is the Dragon Reborn — prophesied to save the world and break it. Across fourteen epic novels, Robert Jordan (completed by Brandon Sanderson) weaves a tale of magic divided by gender, nations shaped by prophecy, and a final battle that will decide the fate of all existence.

120 characters, locations, and items in this world codex.

Characters

• Rand al'Thor — A shepherd from the Two Rivers who is the Dragon Reborn — prophesied to save the world and break it, destined to go mad from the taint on saidin, and
• Matrim Cauthon — A gambler, trickster, and reluctant hero who complains about every dangerous situation he gets into — and then wins it through impossible luck, tactic
• Perrin Aybara — A blacksmith who can talk to wolves — slow to anger, devastating when roused, and terrified that the wolf inside him will consume the man.
• Egwene al'Vere — The innkeeper's daughter who became the most powerful Amyrlin Seat in a thousand years — through sheer force of will, political genius, and a refusal
• Nynaeve al'Meara — The youngest Wisdom the Two Rivers ever had — a healer with a legendary temper, a braid she tugs when furious, and channeling strength that rivals the
• Elayne Trakand — Daughter-Heir of Andor, Aes Sedai, and queen who claimed her throne through civil war while pregnant with the Dragon Reborn's twins — regal, brave, an
• Moiraine Damodred — An Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah who spent twenty years searching for the Dragon Reborn — sacrificed herself to stop Lanfear, was rescued from the Finn,
• al'Lan Mandragoran — The uncrowned King of Malkier — the last of his nation, the finest swordsman alive, and a man who rides toward death with the calm of someone who acce
• Aviendha — A Far Dareis Mai spear-maiden turned Wise One apprentice — fierce, honorable to a fault, and deeply conflicted about her feelings for a wetlander who
• Min Farshaw — A woman who sees the Pattern's plans around people — auras and images that reveal destiny, usually violent — and who chose to love the most dangerous
• Zarine Bashere — A Saldaean noblewoman who married a blacksmith lord and became the Lady of the Two Rivers — fierce, politically sharp, and absolutely unwilling to let
• Loial — An Ogier scholar who left his stedding to see the world before the stedding was sealed — gentle, enormous, terrifying in battle, and writing a book ab
• Thom Merrilin — The greatest gleeman alive — a former Court Bard of Caemlyn who juggles, plays the harp, tells stories, and has killed more people than most soldiers.
• Siuan Sanche — The youngest Amyrlin Seat in history — deposed, stilled, and Healed, she rebuilt herself from nothing and proved that losing the One Power didn't mean
• Cadsuane Melaidhrin — The oldest and strongest Aes Sedai alive — a legend who has captured more male channelers than any sister in history and treats the Dragon Reborn like
• Lews Therin Telamon — The Dragon — the man who sealed the Dark One's prison and went mad from the taint, killed everyone he loved, and broke the world. His voice lives in R
• The Dark One — Shai'tan — the primordial force of evil imprisoned outside the Pattern, clawing at the seals on his prison, reaching through dreams and darkness to br
• Ishamael — The most powerful of the Forsaken — a philosopher who chose the Shadow because he believed the Dark One's victory was mathematically inevitable, then
• Lanfear — The most powerful female channeler in history — she helped drill the Bore into the Dark One's prison, loved Lews Therin with obsessive fury, and has b
• Moghedien — The Spider — a Forsaken who operates through manipulation, espionage, and indirect attack rather than direct confrontation, and who was humiliated by
• Graendal — A Forsaken who collects beautiful people through Compulsion — once the Age of Legends' greatest psychologist, now a hedonist who turns minds into her
• Sammael — A Forsaken general consumed by jealousy of Lews Therin — he seized Illian as his power base and fought the Last Battle as both the Dark One's servant
• Rahvin — A Forsaken who seized Andor through seduction and Compulsion of Queen Morgase — a predator who preferred to rule through proxies rather than reveal hi
• Demandred — The Forsaken who was always second-best to Lews Therin — brilliant, bitter, and so consumed by his rivalry that he built an entire nation's army just
• Semirhage — The Forsaken healer-turned-torturer — she has the most complete understanding of the human body in history and uses it to cause pain with surgical pre
• Mesaana — The Forsaken who infiltrated the White Tower — a failed researcher who found purpose in corrupting institutions from within.
• Asmodean — The musician Forsaken — he turned to the Shadow to guarantee immortality so he could perfect his art forever, and ended up teaching the Dragon Reborn
• Aginor — The Forsaken biologist who created the Trollocs, Draghkar, and other Shadowspawn — reborn as Osan'gar and destroyed at the Cleansing of saidin.
• Balthamel — A Forsaken spy reborn as a woman — originally an Age of Legends intelligence operative, killed at the Eye of the World and resurrected as Aran'gar to
• Be'lal — The Netweaver — a Forsaken swordsman and strategist who seized Tear to get Callandor, only to be balefired by Moiraine before he could claim it.
• Padan Fain — A peddler twisted by the Dark One and corrupted by Shadar Logoth — a unique horror that is neither Shadow nor Light, carrying a malice older than the
• Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag — The Daughter of the Nine Moons, Empress of Seanchan — a tiny, iron-willed ruler who married a gambler, commands damane without remorse, and considers
• Galad Damodred — Elayne's half-brother and the most beautiful man alive — a Whitecloak Lord Captain Commander who always does what is right, even when 'right' is the w
• Logain Ablar — A false Dragon who was gentled, Healed, and rose again — destined for glory by Min's viewing, he became the leader the Asha'man needed when their foun
• Gawyn Trakand — Elayne's twin brother and Egwene's Warder — a skilled swordsman torn between loyalty to his family, his Amyrlin, and his desperate need to protect the
• Tam al'Thor — Rand's adoptive father — a Two Rivers farmer who was once a blademaster and officer in the Illianer Companions, who found a baby on the slopes of Drag
• Mazrim Taim — A false Dragon turned Asha'man leader — given command of the Black Tower by Rand and revealed as a Darkfriend who corrupted it from within as the M'Ha
• Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan — The Amyrlin who split the Tower — she seized the stole through a coup, ruled through intimidation, and was captured by the Seanchan and made damane. A
• Verin Mathwin — The Brown Ajah scholar who was secretly Black Ajah for decades — not because she served the Shadow, but because she needed access to study it. Her fin
• Leane Sharif — Siuan's Keeper of the Chronicles — stilled in the coup, Healed, and reinvented herself as a Domani seductress because if you're going to rebuild from
• Liandrin Guirale — A Red Ajah sister revealed as Black Ajah — cruel, ambitious, and the first named Darkfriend Aes Sedai the girls encountered.
• Alviarin Friedhen — The head of the Black Ajah — she manipulated Elaida from the shadows, served as Keeper, and controlled the Tower's descent into chaos.
• Sheriam Bayanar — The Mistress of Novices who was secretly Black Ajah — she guided generations of novices while serving the Shadow, and was executed when Verin's list e
• Romanda Cassin — A Yellow Ajah Sitter and power broker in the rebel Hall — one of the two senior Aes Sedai who tried to control young Egwene and found themselves outma
• Lelaine Akashi — A Blue Ajah Sitter competing with Romanda for control of the rebel Hall — politically ambitious and skilled at the Game of Houses.
• Pevara Tazanovni — A Red Ajah sister who volunteered to bond Asha'man — the rare Red who could see past her Ajah's prejudices to forge an alliance with male channelers.
• Rhuarc — Clan chief of the Taardad Aiel — the first chief to accept Rand as the Car'a'carn and the steady, honorable warrior who became the Dragon's most relia
• Amys — A Wise One dreamwalker who trained Egwene in Tel'aran'rhiod — hard as the Waste, fair as its justice, and unwilling to tolerate weakness or dishonesty
• Sorilea — The oldest and most formidable Wise One — she can barely channel a trickle but commands more respect than any Aes Sedai alive, because among the Aiel,
• Gaul — An Aiel warrior who pledged himself to Perrin after being freed from a cage — loyal, laconic, and navigating a love triangle that he finds more confus
• Sevanna — A Shaido Wise One consumed by ambition — she shattered Aiel tradition, led her clan into ruin, and captured Faile in pursuit of power she was never me
• Couladin — A Shaido Aiel who falsely claimed to be the Car'a'carn — ambitious, violent, and killed by Mat Cauthon in a battle that proved the gambler's martial p
• Suroth Sabelle Meldarath — A Seanchan High Lady and secret Darkfriend — she commanded the Return while plotting with the Forsaken, and was made da'covale when her treachery was
• Egeanin Sarna — A Seanchan ship captain whose encounters with Aes Sedai destroyed her certainty that channelers were animals — she renounced her Blood name and chose
• Morgase Trakand — Queen of Andor who was Compelled by Rahvin, fled her throne, and survived through sheer Trakand stubbornness — only to discover that giving up power w
• Davram Bashere — Marshal-General of Saldaea and one of the Great Captains — he threw his lot in with the Dragon Reborn early and commanded armies with the brilliant im
• Berelain sur Paendrag Tanislao — The First of Mayene — a ruler who uses beauty and political cunning as weapons because her tiny city-state has no army worth the name.
• Gareth Bryne — Captain-General of the Queen's Guards and one of the Great Captains — he followed Siuan out of duty, fell in love with her out of stubbornness, and co
• Talmanes Delovinde — Mat's second-in-command in the Band of the Red Hand — dry-humored, absolutely loyal, and the steady hand that keeps Mat's chaotic genius operational.
• Pedron Niall — Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light and one of the Great Captains — a brilliant strategist tragically dedicated to fighting the wrong
• Rodel Ituralde — The Wolf — a Domani Great Captain who fought the Seanchan to a standstill with a fraction of their numbers and then held Maradon against a Shadowspawn
• Agelmar Jagad — Lord of Fal Dara and King of Shienar — a Borderlander Great Captain who has spent his life defending the world from the Blight and asking for nothing
• Darlin Sisnera — A Tairen High Lord who initially opposed Rand and then became his appointed King of Tear — pragmatic enough to recognize when resistance is futile and
• Elyas Machera — A former Warder turned Wolfbrother — a wild man who lives with wolves and taught Perrin what it means to hear the wolves without losing yourself.
• Birgitte Silverbow — A Hero of the Horn torn from Tel'aran'rhiod into the waking world — the greatest archer in any Age, now Elayne's Warder and slowly losing the memories
• Slayer — A merged entity of Luc Mantear and Isam Mandragoran — an assassin who hunts in Tel'aran'rhiod, kills wolves for sport, and serves the Shadow as its de
• Hopper — A wolf who died and lives again in the Wolf Dream — Perrin's guide and mentor in Tel'aran'rhiod, teaching the Young Bull to run with wolves without lo
• Masema Dagar — The Prophet of the Dragon — a soldier who saw Rand and went mad with religious fervor, leading a cult of fanatical followers who killed in the Dragon'
• Artur Paendrag Tanreall — Artur Hawkwing — the greatest king in history, who united the entire Westlands under one banner, sent armies across the Aryth Ocean to found Seanchan,
• Noal Charin — An old traveler who was secretly Jain Farstrider — the greatest explorer in the world, broken by the Forsaken, who redeemed himself by dying to save M
• Jahar Narishma — An Asha'man who drew Callandor from the Stone of Tear on Rand's orders — fulfilling ancient prophecy by being the one sent to fetch the Sword That Is
• Androl Genhald — An Asha'man weak in the Power but unmatched in Gateways — he can open portals with a precision and speed that turns the weakest combat weave into a de
• Tylin Quintara Mitsobar — Queen of Altara who pursued Mat Cauthon with an aggressiveness that reversed their expected power dynamic — witty, bold, and killed by a gholam during

Locations

• The Two Rivers — A remote farming region in western Andor that hasn't seen a tax collector in generations — it bred the Dragon Reborn, the Wolfbrother Lord, and the Am
• Tar Valon — The White Tower's city — a gleaming island metropolis on the River Erinin, center of Aes Sedai power for three thousand years, and the most politicall
• The White Tower — Seat of Aes Sedai power for three thousand years — a tower of bone-white stone that has shaped the destiny of nations and barely survived its own inte
• Caemlyn — Capital of Andor — a city of Ogier-built walls and rose gardens that has survived Forsaken infiltration, civil war, and a Trolloc invasion.
• Andor — The most powerful single nation in the Westlands — a matriarchal kingdom where the Lion Throne passes through the female line and the Queen's Guards a
• Cairhien — A nation defined by political intrigue — the Great Game of Houses (Daes Dae'mar) permeates every interaction, and nothing in Cairhien is ever what it
• City of Cairhien — The capital of Cairhien — a grid-planned city dominated by the Sun Palace and scarred by the Aiel War, where every street corner is a stage for the Gr
• Tear — A wealthy nation that banned channeling and denied the Dragon's prophecies — until the Dragon walked into the Stone of Tear and proved them all wrong.
• City of Tear — A port city dominated by the Stone of Tear — the greatest fortress ever built, which held Callandor for three thousand years.
• The Stone of Tear — The greatest fortress ever built — it held Callandor for three thousand years and fell only when the Dragon Reborn proved the prophecies true by walki
• Illian — A merchant nation ruled by a king and council, briefly seized by Sammael — famous for its Great Hunt of the Horn and its rivalry with Tear.
• City of Illian — Capital of Illian — a merchant city built on islands, famous for launching the Great Hunt of the Horn.
• The Aiel Waste — A vast desert that forged the hardest warriors in the world — the Aiel survived here for three thousand years, and the Waste made them what they are.
• Rhuidean — The Aiel's holy city — where clan chiefs and Wise Ones walk through the glass columns and learn the truth about their people's past, a truth that brea
• Shienar — A Borderland nation that lives in permanent readiness for Shadowspawn attack — every man is a soldier, every woman can defend a wall, and 'peace' is w
• Fal Dara — Shienar's northernmost fortress-city — the last line of defense before the Blight, and where the Eye of the World expedition began.
• The Great Blight — A corrupted wasteland stretching across the northern continent — the Dark One's influence made flesh, where every plant is poisonous, every animal is
• Shayol Ghul — The Dark One's prison — a mountain of black rock at the heart of the Blight where reality thins to nothing and the Last Battle will be fought.
• Shadar Logoth — A dead city consumed by its own hatred — Mordeth's paranoia transformed an entire civilization into a trap that kills anything that enters, friend or
• Dragonmount — The mountain Lews Therin raised when he killed himself — the tallest peak in the Westlands, where the Dragon was born and where Rand chose to live.
• The Black Tower — The Asha'man's training facility — built to mirror the White Tower for male channelers, corrupted from within by Taim, and rescued by Logain and Andro
• Ebou Dar — Capital of Altara — a hot, colorful port city where dueling is a casual pastime and the Seanchan Return landed with an occupying army.
• Amadicia — A nation dominated by the Whitecloaks — channeling is illegal, the Children of the Light are the real power, and the king is a figurehead.
• Altara — A fractious nation where the queen's authority barely extends past the capital — held together by tradition rather than governance.
• Seanchan — An empire across the Aryth Ocean that leashes channelers as weapons (damane) — founded by Artur Hawkwing's armies, it returned to conquer the Westland
• Tanchico — Capital of Tarabon — a port city where Nynaeve and Elayne hunted the Black Ajah among civil war and Seanchan invasion.
• Falme — A port town where the Horn of Valere was sounded and the Dragon Reborn fought Ba'alzamon in the sky — the battle that announced the Dragon to the worl
• Salidar — The rebel Aes Sedai's base — a small village where half the Tower gathered after Elaida's coup and raised Egwene as their Amyrlin.
• Tel'aran'rhiod — The World of Dreams — a reflection of the waking world where thought shapes reality, wolves run after death, and the strongest dreamwalkers can reshap
• Tower of Ghenjei — A smooth metal tower on the plains of Andor — the gateway to the realm of the Aelfinn and Eelfinn, where Mat rescued Moiraine at the cost of Noal's li
• The Ways — An extradimensional road network built by male channelers as a gift to the Ogier — now corrupted by Machin Shin, the Black Wind that devours minds.
• Stedding — The Ogier homelands — pockets of ancient forest where the One Power cannot be channeled, providing sanctuary and peace.
• Field of Merrilor — The gathering point for the Last Battle — where Rand met with every ruler and commander to plan the final campaign against the Shadow.

Items

• Callandor — The Sword That Is Not a Sword — a crystal sa'angreal that amplifies the One Power to devastating levels, but has a fatal flaw: it lacks a buffer, and
• Horn of Valere — The Horn that summons the Heroes of the Horn — legendary warriors bound to the Wheel who return to fight when the Horn sounds, regardless of which sid
• Choedan Kal — The most powerful sa'angreal ever created — a male and female pair that can channel enough Power to break the world. Rand and Nynaeve used them to cle
• Mat's Foxhead Medallion — A ter'angreal that dissolves direct channeling on contact — it makes Mat Cauthon immune to the One Power, which is why Aes Sedai find him so profoundl
• Mat's Ashandarei — A raven-marked spear given by the Eelfinn — it hides a concealed sword blade and carries an inscription that turned out to be the key to escaping the
• The Oath Rod — A ter'angreal that binds channelers to oaths they cannot break — the foundation of Aes Sedai trust and the chain that limits their lifespan.
• Seals on the Dark One's Prison — Seven discs of cuendillar that anchor Lews Therin's patch on the Dark One's prison — they've been weakening for three thousand years, and when the las
• A'dam — A Seanchan leash for channelers — a silver collar-and-bracelet connected by a chain that gives the holder (sul'dam) complete control over the wearer (
• The Dragon Banner — A banner bearing a serpentine dragon — when it flies, the world knows the Dragon Reborn has declared himself. It's not a magical artifact; it's a symb
• Cuendillar — Heartstone — the hardest substance in existence, indestructible by any known means. The Dark One's breaking of the cuendillar seals proves his growing
• Portal Stones — Ancient ter'angreal that allow travel between worlds — not just places, but parallel realities where the Pattern wove differently.
• The Great Serpent Ring — A gold ring shaped like a serpent eating its own tail — the mark of a woman who has reached the rank of Accepted in the White Tower, and the most reco
• Dream Ter'angreal — A twisted silver ring that allows a non-dreamwalker to enter Tel'aran'rhiod — dangerous for the untrained, invaluable for those who know how to use it
• Twisted Redstone Doorframe — A ter'angreal doorway to the realm of the Aelfinn and Eelfinn — ask them questions or make bargains, but know that the Finn always collect their price

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