History Characters / TheWheelOfTimeIndependentCharacters

* TookALevelInBadasss: From pacifistic NonActionGuy who jumps when someone shouts at him, to a MasterSwordsman probably worthy of the heron-mark in his own right. Pity there was some SanitySlippage in the process.

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!!Berelain sur Paendrag Paeron
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->''No, not beautiful, '''gorgeous'''. Lustrous black hair streamed down past her neck; it seemed to shine. She wore a red gown, thin enough to accentuate her form and deeply cut enough to expsose swelling bosom. And those eyes. So dark, with long beautiful lashes.''

Berelain sur Paendrag Paeron, Blessed of the Light, Defender of the Waves, High Seat of House Paeron is the "First" (leader) of Mayene, a small province bordering Tear. Tear always threatens to absorb or conquer this little nation; consequently the First of Mayene has to be adept at politics, bargaining, posturing and administration. She also happens to be sexy beyond all reason, which (of course) she has used to her advantage.

* AttemptedHomewrecker: Berelain repeatedly makes advances at Perrin over the course of six books, persisting even after he gets married and starts [[GetOut shouting her away]]. It's implied that him being ForbiddenFruit is part of the appeal for her.

* HeroicSeductress: A lot of her political maneuvering and dealmaking in Tear apparently involved sex, or least implied promises of sex (see above) - which is a good way to compensate for being the ruler of a tiny country with little economic power and still less military power.

* ManipulativeBastard: Especially toward Perrin for most of the series, and has a long history of it towards the High Lords of Tear (in ''that'' case, for noble reasons).

* InMysteriousWays: People suffer from horrible fates and are forced to go through lives again and again with no end but for the fact that EvilOnlyHasToWinOnce. This causes some instances of DespairEventHorizon by way of RageAgainstTheHeavens.

->''"So there I have an Aes Sedai, a Warder and an Ogier - and you. A countryman, by first look at you. Only you free a caged Aielman, hold a long talk with him, then help him chop a dozen Whitecloaks into sausage. I assume you do this regularly; you certainly looked like it was nothing out of the ordinary for you. I scent something strange in a party of travelers such as yours. and strange trails are what Hunters look for."''

%%* BadassBookworm

* NeutralNoLonger: In Book 14, the Ogier decide to fight in the Last Battle, with impressive results.

Self-proclaimed Sheinaran "Prophet of the Dragon" after seeing the battle between Rand and Ba'alzamon above Falme, Masema was a former soldier who ends up causing more trouble for the Light in his attempts to help the Dragon Reborn.

* CorruptionOfAMinor: Mat and the Band of the Red Hand do this to him, though [[PapaWolf Mat]] thinks it's just the latter, and is annoyed by them.

* NoBiolgicalSex: Like the Dark One, the Creator is usually referred to as "he" but is really a non-physical being who is neither male nor female.

* {{God}}: References to "the Creator" as the antithesis of the Dark One are everywhere in the series through phrases like "the light of the Creator", but, Inquisition aside, there doesn't seem to be much religion involved, and the Creator itself never directly appears in the series. The lack of religion has been explained by the fact that in-universe Creator and Dark One are real, and everyone knows that (for example, saying the Dark One's true name aloud will have dire(ct) consequence). The Creator seems to be a very hands-off kind of deity. In one of the books, it's implied that he created all worlds, but doesn't particularly care if one of them dies in the way that a gardener plants all the flowers in a garden, but doesn't care if one of them wilts. The characters seem to acknowledge and accept this. That doesn't explain why prayers and catechisms are addressed to him, though.

* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: Especially toward Perrin for most of the series, and has a long history of it towards the High Lords of Tear (in ''that'' case, for noble reasons).

* ReallyGetsAround: Subverted. Everyone in-universe ''assumes'' she does, not least because she herself invokes it liberally for her own (or rather, her country's) ends (see TheVamp below), but she claims to Perrin to have only actually slept with two men before, which seems plausible given that, contrary to a lot of people's assumptions about her, her use of her sex appeal is usually purely calculating.

* TheVamp: A heroic example. A lot of her political maneuvering and dealmaking in Tear apparently involved sex, or least implied promises of sex (see above) - which is a good way to compensate for being the ruler of a tiny country with little economic power and still less military power.

* BadassInCharge: Leader of the Saldaean military.

%%* BadassInCharge

%%* AnAxeToGrind

* StrangledByTheRedString: InUniverse, this is how she views it. She saw a vision of her falling in love with Rand in book 1, and spent the next book complaining about it. She first expresses attraction to Rand near the end of Book 2, but at the beginning of Book 3 is PutOnABus by Moiraine. That bus arrives at The White Tower at the beginning of Book 4, where she stays (essentially) until arriving at Rand's location at Book 6. TheirFirstTime is SexForSolace. (She even ''describes'' it as "comforting each other," with Rand giving her "IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow" eyebrows.)

* NiceHat: A flat-topped cap.

* KnifeNut: Carries a ridiculous number of knives on her person. Perrin fears he may puncture himself if he holds her too tight.

* AchillesHeel: Both variants are weak to iron weapons, music, and sources of fire. [[spoiler:Therefore, the trio who end up StormingTheCastle bring [[KnifeNut iron]], a WanderingMinstrel for [[MusicalAssassin music]], and [[StuffBlowingUp fire]].]]

* KnifeNut: When she does fight, it's generally with throwing knives.

* KnifeNut: Throwing knives, specifically. He teaches this skill to Mat and Min.

%%* BaldOfAwesome

* FanNickname: For their realm, known as ''Sindhol'' in the Old Tongue, we have [[{{Pun}} Finn]][[UsefulNotes/{{Finland}} land]].

* FatalFireworks: she basically invents cannons, called "dragons" based on her previous experience as an illuminator.
* {{Revenge}}: what she wants, and why she joins Mat who at that point fights against the Seanchan.

** TheMaze: Their realm is very like a maze in an InteractiveFiction or VideoGame, complete with CutAndPasteEnvironments and non-euclidean room navigation.

"The Snakes and the Foxes", these extradimensional beings live in the EldritchLocation through the Tower of Ghenjei. The Aelfinn answer three questions, whereas the Eelfinn grant three wishes, each of these counting as PowerAtAPrice. Although they come into contact with several people over the course of the series, the Finn are most connected to Mat Cauthon, due to him visiting twice at least before StormingTheCastle in Book 13.