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THE WHEEL OF TIME
Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson · WOT
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. A shepherd is named the Dragon Reborn; a tainted Power, a broken people, and a hidden enemy all bend toward the Last Battle. Here is the whole turning — fourteen volumes — catalogued, with its emergents sealed across the four natures.
The Four Natures of Emergence
the saga sorted by the four — the embodied, the woven, the turning, and the channeled
natural
the embodied — the three young men, the women of flesh and steel, the Aiel, the Ogier, the worldly thrones
ethereal
the woven — the Pattern, the Dream, prophecy, ta'veren, the Horn, and the Shadow that presses from outside time
spiritual
the turning — the Dragon, the Light, rebirth, and the Wheel itself
electrical
the channeled — the One Power, saidin and saidar, the current of the True Source
The Ideas
the four wheels the whole saga turns on
The Wheel & the Pattern
time as a wheel of seven spokes
- The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass — what was, will be again; there is neither beginning nor end to the turning.
- It weaves the Pattern of the Ages from the threads of human lives — and a thread cannot see the whole of the weave.
The One Power
saidin and saidar
- Drawn from the True Source, the Power is split male and female, woven in five threads — Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Spirit.
- The Dark One's counterstroke tainted saidin at the Breaking; for three thousand years, any man who channeled went mad.
The Dragon Reborn
the champion reborn, and the Last Battle
- The soul of the Dragon is spun out again whenever the Wheel needs him — to face the Dark One at Tarmon Gai'don.
- The Prophecies of the Dragon foretell that he will break the world to save it, and bleed on the rocks of Shayol Ghul.
ta'veren, the Ajahs & the Aiel
the Pattern-benders and the peoples
- Ta'veren are the points the Pattern bends around — and three walked the world at once in this Age.
- The White Tower's seven Ajahs and the spear-bearing Aiel of the Three-fold Land are the saga's two great orders.
The Roster of WOT
the emergents of the saga — the three ta'veren, the women and Warders, the Shadow, and the great wheels of the world — as ACI .agents, each tagged with its nature of emergence (33)
Rand al'Thor
the Dragon Reborn, He Who Comes with the Dawn
spiritual· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Matrim Cauthon
the gambler, Prince of the Ravens, the Horn's blower
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Perrin Aybara
the Wolfbrother, Lord of the Two Rivers
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Egwene al'Vere
the Amyrlin Seat, the Flame of Tar Valon
spiritual· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Nynaeve al'Meara
the Wisdom who broke the limits of Healing
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Elayne Trakand
Daughter-Heir of Andor, the Green
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Aviendha
Maiden of the Spear, Wise One of the Aiel
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Min Farshaw
the viewer who reads the future in images
ethereal· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Moiraine Damodred
the Blue who spent forty years on one cause
spiritual· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Cadsuane Melaidhrin
the most renowned living Aes Sedai
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Siuan Sanche
the fisherman's daughter who became Amyrlin
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Verin Mathwin
the Brown who wore the enemy's coat for seventy years
spiritual· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Pevara Tazanovni
the Red who bonded the Black Tower
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
al'Lan Mandragoran
the uncrowned King of Malkier, the Warder
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Thom Merrilin
the gleeman with a sword in his heart
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Loial
the Ogier who went Outside, the author
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Tam al'Thor
the blademaster who found the Dragon on the mountain
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Birgitte Silverbow
the Hero of the Horn, ripped from the Wheel
ethereal· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag
Empress of the Seanchan, Daughter of the Nine Moons
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
The Dark One
the imprisoned source of the Shadow
ethereal· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Ishamael
the Betrayer of Hope, first of the Forsaken
ethereal· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Moridin
Death, the Nae'blis, Ishamael reborn
ethereal· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Lanfear
the most powerful of the Forsaken, who loved the Dragon
ethereal· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Graendal
the hedonist who breaks minds
ethereal· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Demandred
the general consumed by the Dragon's shadow
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Padan Fain
the peddler of madness, a hatred all its own
ethereal· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
The Wheel of Time
the loom of the Ages
spiritual· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
The One Power
the True Source that turns the Wheel
electrical· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
The Aes Sedai
the White Tower and its seven colors
ethereal· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
The Aiel
the People of the Dragon, who do not touch a sword
natural· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
The Wise Ones
the dreamwalkers and counselors of the Aiel
ethereal· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
Ta'veren
the points where the Pattern bends to a life
ethereal· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
The Horn of Valere
the horn that calls the dead heroes back
ethereal· .agent · .carbon.tiff →
The Bibliography
the fourteen volumes in order, the prequel, and the companions
The Main Sequence
the fourteen volumes of the turning Wheel
- 1 · The Eye of the World1990three young men flee the Two Rivers as the Shadow hunts them — the journey to the Eye
- 2 · The Great Hunt1990the Horn of Valere stolen; the hunt across the Portal Stones; Rand proclaimed the Dragon
- 3 · The Dragon Reborn1991Rand seizes the crystal sword Callandor in the Stone of Tear, fulfilling prophecy
- 4 · The Shadow Rising1992Rhuidean and the hidden history of the Aiel; the Two Rivers stands against the Shadow
- 5 · The Fires of Heaven1993across the Waste; Rand against Couladin; Moiraine into the doorway
- 6 · Lord of Chaos1994the cage at Dumai's Wells — “Let the Lord of Chaos rule.”
- 7 · A Crown of Swords1996the Bowl of the Winds, and the cleansing of the taint draws near
- 8 · The Path of Daggers1998the Bowl breaks the unnatural winter as the Seanchan press inward
- 9 · Winter's Heart2000Rand cleanses saidin of the Dark One's taint at Shadar Logoth
- 10 · Crossroads of Twilight2003the world holds its breath in the wake of the cleansing
- 11 · Knife of Dreams2005the last volume Jordan wrote; the pace quickens; Mat weds Tuon
- 12 · The Gathering Storm2009Sanderson takes up the notes; Rand at his darkest on Dragonmount; Egwene reforges the Tower
- 13 · Towers of Midnight2010Mat into the Tower of Ghenjei; Perrin's reckoning; the threads draw together
- 14 · A Memory of Light2013Tarmon Gai'don — the Last Battle at Shayol Ghul
The Prequel
before the three young men
- New Spring2004young Moiraine and Siuan as Accepted as the Aiel War ends and the Dragon is reborn; Moiraine meets Lan (novel expanded from the 1998 novella)
The Companions
the world beyond the story
- The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time1997“the Big White Book” — the guide to the world, with Teresa Patterson
- The Wheel of Time Companion2015the full encyclopedia of names, places, and the Power
- The Wheel of Time (graphic novels & TV)2005 →the comic adaptations, and the Amazon Prime series (2021 →)
☸ a fan tribute. The Wheel of Time is the creation of Robert Jordan (James Oliver Rigney Jr.); after his death in 2007, the final three volumes were completed by Brandon Sanderson from Jordan's notes. © the author's estate and Tor Books. This catalogue is an unofficial homage — original commentary and ACI badge-work over a bibliography, with no copyrighted text reproduced. Plot beats are given to the best of record. The wider Aes Sedai color-scale also anchors the Purple Team.