History Characters / TheWheelOfTimeTaveren

* JerkassFacade: Is annoyingly fond of assuming these in order to [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies protect his loved ones]], particularly in the older books but spread throughout.

* RealityWarper: By the end of Literature/{{AMemoryOfLight}}, Perrin's ability to manipulate the "Wolf Dream" is second to none, including Egwene, Amys, Slayer, and any of the Forsaken. In fact, he is so {{Overpowered}} there that he becomes one of the most powerful characters in general, particularly once he learns to leverage "shifting" to jump himself around in the waking world as well. In fact, by this point in the story, he is a SuperWeight at the least.

* RealityWarper: By the end of {{AMemoryOfLight}}, Perrin's ability to manipulate the "Wolf Dream" is second not none, including Egwene, Amys, Slayer, and any of the Forsaken. In fact, he is so OverPowered there that he becomes one of the most powerful characters in general, particularly once he learns to leverage "shifting" to jump himself around in the waking world as well. In fact, by this point in the story, he is a SuperWeight at the least.

* ''UpbringingMakesTheHero: True to some extent for all WoT protagonists, but particularly the Two Rivers characters, whose idealic/character-building rural upbringing seems to have prepared them to handle real power with humility and perspective. Or so the plot seems to scream, anyway.

* TheMenFirst: Life is a precious commodity to Perrin: he's not very fond of people being willing to lay down their life for his and he agonizes over decisions that put the soldiers serving under him at risk, though he is capable of making a HardChoice.

* RealityWarper: By the end of AMoL, Perrin's ability to manipulate the "Wolf Dream" is second not none, including Egwene, Amys, Slayer, and any of the Forsaken. In fact, he is so OverPowered there that he becomes one of the most powerful characters in general, particularly once he learns to leverage "shifting" to jump himself around in the waking world as well. In fact, by this point in the story, is a SuperWeight at the least.

* DistractedByTheSexy: He was raised in a community where even kissing was a bit of a big deal, so he ends up in plenty of awkward situations that leave him blushing furiously in the first few books, especially when [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Lanfear]] or [[NoNudityTaboo the Aiel]] are involved. Once he gets used to it, however, he becomes able to IgnoreTheFanservice.

* EyepatchOfPower: Book 13. Rather than winning a battle or sacrificing others, he allows the Eelfinn to rip out his eye, permanently removing half the "light" of the world and dooming half of his vision to eternal darkness. He gets an eyepatch for it in Book 14.]]

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->"He is born again! I feel him! The Dragon takes his first breath on the slopes of Dragonmount! He is coming! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun!"

-> Suddenly she saw [Mat] in a new light. A buffoon? No. A lion stuffed into a horse-stall might look like a peculiar joke, but a lion on the high plains was something very different. He was loose on the high plains, now. She felt a chill. What sort of a man had she entangled herself with?

->If he was the leader, it was time to start leading.

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-->"He is born again! I feel him! The Dragon takes his first breath on the slopes of Dragonmount! He is coming! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun!"

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--> Suddenly she saw [Mat] in a new light. A buffoon? No. A lion stuffed into a horse-stall might look like a peculiar joke, but a lion on the high plains was something very different. He was loose on the high plains, now. She felt a chill. What sort of a man had she entangled herself with?

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-->If he was the leader, it was time to start leading.

* GoodParents: And despite the early loss of Kari, Rand is the first to admit that Tam gave him a good upbringing and after seeing Tam's [[HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming]] [[SoProudOfYou interactions]] [[BerserkButton and]] [[PapaWolf fierce]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome protectiveness]] of his son in the latest books, it's ''very'' clear why Rand loves his [[BadassNormal father]] so much.

-->'''Rand''': Come against me, if you dare! I am the storm! [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulu Come if you dare, Shai'tan!]] I am the Dragon Reborn!

* IgnoreTheFanservice: Starting around the fourth and fifth book, he shows a lot of progress in dealing with the [[DistractedByTheSexy distracting]] situations he finds himself in. He's put around a bunch of Aiel women with no sense of privacy, his or theirs, and gets over it. When a political [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] sends women to try to seduce him, he makes an [[BadassBoast intimidating speech]] and scares them away. When Aviendha [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn strips down in front of him]], he looks away. (And finds a way to use it to embarrass ''her'' instead, prompting her to put her clothes back on at light-speed.) When Min, in a sort of inexperienced seduction attempt, begins planting herself in his lap while he's on his throne, he's still perfectly able to rule (though not without some initial internal discomfort). [[spoiler:When Lanfear uses her powers to give him an EroticDream of a TwoPersonPoolParty with her, he doesn't even flinch.]]

* BroughtDownToBadass: [[spoiler: Perhaps. After he survives the final battle by a FreakyFridayFlip, he is no longer able to channel the One Power or the True Power and (as with both Perrin and Mat) he is no longer ta'veren. Unlike most channelers who are burned out, however, he does not seem to suffer from any withdrawal effects. However, moments after verifying that he can no longer channel, Rand imagines his pipe being lit, and it is. There is no explanation given, and what exactly it means is left intentionally ambiguous.]]

* DistractedByTheSexy: He was raised in a community where even kissing was a bit of a big deal, so he ends up in plenty of awkward situations that leave him blushing furiously in the first few books, especially when [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Lanfear]] or [[NoNudityTaboo the Aiel]] are involved. Once he gets used to it, however...
** NotDistractedByTheSexy: He's put around a bunch of Aiel women with no sense of privacy, his or theirs, and gets over it. When a political [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] sends women to try to seduce him, he makes an [[BadassBoast intimidating speech]] and scares them away. When Aviendha [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn strips down in front of him]], he looks away. (And finds a way to use it to embarrass ''her'' instead, prompting her to put her clothes back on at light-speed.) When Min, in a sort of inexperienced seduction attempt, begins planting herself in his lap while he's on his throne, he's still perfectly able to rule (though not without some initial internal discomfort). [[spoiler:When Lanfear uses her powers to give him an EroticDream of a TwoPersonPoolParty with her, he doesn't even flinch.]]

* NotDistractedByTheSexy: When he's put around a bunch of Aiel women with no sense of privacy, his or theirs, he gets over it. When a political chessmaster sends women to try to seduce him, he makes an [[BadassBoast intimidating speech]] and scares them away. When Aviendha [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn strips down in front of him]], he looks away. When Min, in a sort of inexperienced seduction attempt, begins planting herself in his lap while he's on his throne, he's still perfectly able to rule (though not without some initial internal discomfort). [[spoiler:When Lanfear catches him bathing and grabs him, pressing her nakedness into him while talking about how she's going to do him, he doesn't even flinch.]]
** Much progress considering an earlier book revealed he was raised in a community where kissing was a bit of a big deal.

* ButtMonkey: His "luck" has more to do with random events favoring him when he desperately needs it than with being fortunate or happy (he is still the luckiest man pertaining fortune, the other facet is just stronger still). If you were to hear described everything that happens to him in the series without luck being mentioned, you wouldn't think he was lucky at all. [[spoiler: Almost as soon as the adventure starts, he catches a HatePlague that nearly kills him on four separate occasions before he's finally cured of it. Then he risks his life to save three young female channelers who use the One Power to treat him terribly when he rescues them. Then he gets hanged and left for dead (possibly even dies) before Rand resuscitates him. As a result of the hanging he gets saddled with thousands of years' worth of unwanted memories of battle, which cause him to become the general of his own army when it's the last thing in the world he wants. Then he has to [[TearJerker kill in self-defense a woman he's slept with when she tries to kill him.]] Then he has to look after two of the three same female channelers from last time, and ends up getting raped by a queen for it. [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale (Others in-universe]] [[UnfortunateImplications think this is]] [[BlackComedyRape very funny.)]] Then he gets caught in the middle of an invasion that leaves him seriously injured and forced to spend more "quality time" with his rapist. ''[[OverlyLongGag Then]]'' [[OverlyLongGag he is]] [[SuperPersistentPredator stalked by an invincible killer,]] [[AccidentalMarriage accidentally gets married,]] and [[EyeScream loses an eye.]]]] And, in general, since this is a WorldOfBadass, his own BadAss qualities are usually unnoticed and unappreciated by his fellow main characters. Additionally, while both he and Perrin get one book off, Perrin's absence is for his honeymoon, while Mat's is because he was hit with a collapsing building.