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1[[center: [-[[Characters/TheWheelOfTime Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/TheWheelOfTimeTaveren Ta'veren]] | [[Characters/TheWheelOfTimeOthersFromTheTwoRivers Others from the Two Rivers]] | [[Characters/TheWheelOfTimeRoyalLineOfAndor Royal Line of Andor]] | [[Characters/TheWheelOfTimeTheWhiteTower The White Tower]] | [[Characters/TheWheelOfTimeTheBlackTower The Black Tower]] | '''Independent Characters''' | [[Characters/TheWheelOfTimeTheAiel The Aiel]] | [[Characters/TheWheelOfTimeTheWhitecloaks The Whitecloaks]] | [[Characters/TheWheelOfTimeSeanchan Seanchan]] | [[Characters/TheWheelOfTimeHeroesOfTheHorn The Heroes of the Horn]] | [[Characters/TheWheelOfTimeTheShadowAndDarkfriends The Shadow & Darkfriends]] ]]-]
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6[[folder:Berelain]]
7!!Berelain sur Paendrag Paeron
8[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wot_berelain_sur_paendrag_paeron_by_reddera_d4vmiyz.jpg]]
9->''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.''
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11Berelain 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.
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13* 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.
14* BeastAndBeauty: Galad seems unable to comprehend why someone as beautiful as this would follow someone who is [[HeroWithBadPublicity so obviously a Shadowspawn]] as Perrin.
15* TheBeautifulElite: Frequently described in this way.
16* CoolCrown: The Diadem of the First, when she decides to wear it.
17* EveryoneHasStandards: After [[spoiler: Faile is taken by the Shaido]], she very quickly realizes that Perrin's in a lot of anguish and that it might not be wise or kind to continue their normal "game" with him struggling to keep it together at all, deciding to put it aside while they pursue the Shaido.
18* 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.
19* LadyKillerInLove: GenderFlip version with [[spoiler:Galad]].
20* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Came into the story at the end of Book 3, the end of the "trail to the true proclamation of the Dragon Reborn" arc that lasted the first three books, and the defeat of then-ArchEnemy "Ba'alzamon" by [[TheChosenOne Rand]]. Her arrival signified the political maneuvering to come for much of the later books.
21* LoveAtFirstSight: [[spoiler:For Galad.]]
22* LoveTriangle: Sets her sights on Perrin, which--regardless of the fact that Perrin isn't interested in her ''at all''--sets off Faile's possessive streak. Berelain, who is kind of a {{troll}}, seems to enjoy doing this as much to cause them pain as to achieve her own goals. Mayene claims to be descended from Artur Paendrag Tanreall, and their sigil is a hawk--you know, the bird Min saw fighting with a falcon (the meaning of Faile in the Old Tongue) for control of Perrin?
23* 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).
24* {{Stripperiffic}}: Known to wear very sheer material often.
25* RavenHairIvorySkin: And she tries to use her looks to get what she wants as well.
26* 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 HeroicSeductress above), 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.
27* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Take a look at the name above.
28* WellDoneSonGuy: Somewhat to the mystification of the Two Rivers folk, the Aiel ''really'' take a liking to Berelain. Being the intelligent, hard-working, determined ruler of a land constantly under threat of conquest and ''never'' giving up is probably part of it. By the sixth book, Rhuarc and the Wise Ones have very nearly adopted her, and she ''really'' values her father-daughter relationhip with Rhuarc.
29[[/folder]]
30
31[[folder:The Creator]]
32!!The Creator
33
34As the {{God}} of the world of the Wheel of Time, the Creator serves as TheGhost to the setting (except for possibly a few lines in the first book). The Creator formed the eponymous Wheel that is powered by the True Source, along with [[BigBad the Dark One]] accidentally at the dawn of Creation itself before immediately sealing it away outside of the Pattern.
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36* TheGhost: Except for maybe one or two lines in Book 1, and another in Book 14.
37* {{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, the Whitecloaks' inquisition aside, there doesn't seem to be much actual 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 it 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 it, though.
38** GodIsGood
39* GodsHandsAreTied: Does not directly intervene to set the course of the pattern, apparently preferring to use mortal champions. It's unknown whether the Creator ''cannot'' or ''chooses'' not to interfere.
40* GoodCounterpart: To the Dark One.
41* 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.
42* LightIsGood: He is the source of "the Light".
43* TheMaker: Doesn't seem to interfere with the Pattern all that much, but for select cases of divine intervention.
44* NoBiologicalSex: 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.
45%%* PowersThatBe
46[[/folder]]
47
48[[folder:Davram Bashere]]
49!!Davram t'Ghaline Bashere
50
51One of the Five Great Captains, a Saldaean Marshal-General, and father of Faile, Davram Bashere is an important ally to the forces of the Light.
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53* ActionDad: Though he doesn't perform this duty up front, he still fulfills it somewhat for Faile.
54* BadassNormal: A non-channeler.
55* DaddysGirl: To Faile. Perrin, the dimwit, is blissfully unaware of this, not realizing that Faile is ''far'' too much like her mother for the two ever to get along. Except like cats in a sack.
56* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Dies along with his wife in the Last Battle.]]
57* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler:He and the other Captains put under Graendal's Compulsion early on in ''A Memory of Light'', causing him to make several tactical errors that result in heavy losses for the forces of Light. He is also the first of the agents to be found, and is arrested by Elayne under suspicion of being TheMole.]]
58* TheMasochismTango: Implied between him and his wife Deira.
59* OfferedTheCrown: [[spoiler:When his niece Tenobia dies in the Battle for Tarwin's Gap, he has the best claim for the throne of Saldaea. However, he tells his men to forestall talk about the throne until ''after'' the Last Battle so that there will actually be a Saldaea to protect.]]
60* PapaWolf: On learning that his wayward daughter has gone and gotten hitched to some backwoods blacksmith, the first thing he does is sit the boy down for a good old-fashioned TwerpSweating. He very quickly comes to approve of Perrin, though. "We need some new blood".
61* TheStrategist: One of the Five Great Captains.
62* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Davram t'Ghaline Bashere, Lord of Bashere, Tyr and Sidona, Guardian of the Blightborder, Defender of the Heartland.
63[[/folder]]
64
65[[folder:Elyas]]
66!!Elyas Machera / Long Tooth
67[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wot__elyas_and_hopper.jpg]]
68
69->''At least he was not a Trolloc, but he was the strangest fellow Perrin had ever seen. For one thing, his clothes all seemed to be made from animal skins, with the fur still on, even his boots and the old, flat-topped round cap on his head. His cloak was a crazy quilt of rabbit and squirrel; his trousers appeared to be made from the long haired hide of a brown and white goat.''
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71A Wolfbrother like Perrin, who teaches him about his abilities early in the series and reappears later on to aid him in his adventures.
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73* BackStory: Used to be a Warder to an Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah. When his Wolfbrother abilities began to manifest, the Red Ajah thought it was a sign of the Dark One and tried to have him gentled. He killed two other Warders while escaping and deeply regrets their deaths.
74* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:He and an army of wolves kidnap Ituralde to keep him from making the terrible decision to pull back in the defense of Shayol Ghul. The wolves then [[TheCavalry assault an army of Myrddraal]].]]
75* CoolOldGuy: Maybe not so old, but has certainly seen his fair share of winters, and has gray hair.
76* ExpositionFairy: Conveniently on-hand to explain to Perrin about being a Wolfbrother. Much later they meet up again essentially so he can tell Perrin "Your wife likes it rough, smack her around a bit!"
77* MacheteMayhem: His large hunting knife gave his wolf name.
78* MeaningfulName: Dubbed by the wolves as "Long Tooth" due to the large hunting knife he wields.
79* NatureHero: As a result of being chased into the wild for being assumed a Darkfriend on account of his eyes, Elyas is far more comfortable with wolves than with society, though he seems okay with being in Perrin's group (due to Wolfbrother kinship) or with [[PerfectPacifistPeople the Tuatha'an]] (due to not exactly being "society" and being more accepting of him).
80* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: A Wolfbrother, like Perrin. He leans more on his wolf side, liking them better, but still has his human side as well.
81* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Particularly adept since he's lived in the woods for 15 years.
82* SupernaturalGoldEyes: A consequence of being a Wolfbrother.
83* SuperSenses: Has heightened senses of smell, hearing, and sight.
84** TheNoseKnows: Like Perrin, can identify a person's emotional state from smell alone.
85[[/folder]]
86
87[[folder:Faile]]
88!!Zarine Bashere/Zarine ni Bashere t'Aybara/Faile
89[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wot__faile_bashere.jpg]]
90
91->''"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."''
92
93Introduced into the story as a Hunter for the Horn, she becomes Perrin's LoveInterest and later, his wife. She is described as taller than average, with long, dark hair, tilted eyes, and a prominent "Saldaean nose". Her real first name is Zarine, and she is the daughter of General Davram Bashere, commander-in-chief of Saldaea's armies, and cousin to Queen Tenobia.
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95* ActionGirl: A fantastic hunter who only needs her knives to launch a can of whoop-ass.
96* AnimalMotifs: Falcon (see MeaningfulRename). The name suits her temper, majesty and nose, and she takes that form while trapped in ''tel'aran'rhiod''.
97* BadassInDistress: While held prisoner by the Shaido.
98* BadassNormal: The only major female character who can neither channel the One Power nor has any other magical abilities like Dreamwalking or Min's viewings. Yet she still manages to survive, thrive, and lead in a [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack]] WorldOfBadass.
99* BladeEnthusiast: Carries a ridiculous number of knives on her person. Perrin fears he may puncture himself if he holds her too tight.
100* CannotSpitItOut: At least [[spoiler:when she is trying to propose to Perrin until he hits her with a [[BigDamnKiss Big Damn]] ShutupKiss.]]
101* CharacterDevelopment: Her big epiphany during her time as a prisoner is that, as a noblewoman, she has to be on the front lines ''leading'' her followers rather than sitting back and making them do all of the work.
102* TheConsigliere: To Perrin. While he doesn't want to be a ruler, it's made obvious that he's going to be one, like it or not. Faile then takes on this role and forces him to act like a proper leader, advising him on the best way to handle his new position.
103* EmbarrassingFirstName: "Zarine, It is a Saldean name. No woman would name her daughter that unless she expected her to be a great beauty. And a heartbreaker. One to lie on cushions in palaces, surrounded by servants and suitors." Her father readily agrees that Faile is a better name.
104* TheMasochismTango: With Perrin.
105* MeaningfulRename: Twice. After becoming a Hunter for the Horn she took on the name 'Mandarb' which means 'Blade' in the old language. However after Perrin laughs and tells her that is the name of Lan's stallion she decides on 'Faile' meaning 'Falcon'. The first rename is meaningful to her but the second is meaningful to Perrin who was told by [[{{Seers}} Min]] that she saw a falcon and a hawk sitting on his shoulders.
106* OneSteveLimit: Referenced in-universe. See MeaningfulRename.
107* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: With few exceptions, she almost always goes by the name of Faile.
108* SecretKeeper: Only she and her ''cha Faile'' know what happened to Masema after the Battle of Malden, promising to never tell Perrin.
109* SlapSlapKiss: While this does represent [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast the majority of relationships in the Wheel of Time universe]], it is especially poignant with her. Due to her cultural norms, she expects Perrin to play along with this. He, however, can't understand why she gets angry when he tries to calm her down and reason with her, rather than yell at her the way spouses do in Saldaea.
110* StalkerWithACrush: Gains one in Rolan. Gets worse when he saves her from AttemptedRape and she realizes she needs his protection for herself and her followers, and might need him to escape ([[spoiler:in the end she doesn't]]).
111* {{Tsundere}}: Comes from a culture where this is the norm, but made worse by a CultureClash with Perrin.
112[[/folder]]
113
114[[folder:The Finn]]
115!!The Finn (Eelfinn and Aelfinn)
116[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wot_the_finns_by_reddera_d53ed3p.jpg]]
117
118"The Snakes and the Foxes", these extradimensional beings live in the EldritchLocation through the Tower of Ghenjei. The snake-like Aelfinn answer three questions, whereas the fox-like 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.
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120* AchillesHeel: Both variants are weak to iron weapons, music, and sources of fire. [[spoiler:Therefore, the trio who end up StormingTheCastle bring iron, a WanderingMinstrel for [[MusicalAssassin music]], and [[StuffBlowingUp fire]].]]
121* BlueAndOrangeMorality: As Birgitte says, the Finn "are not evil the way the Shadow is evil, but they are so different from humanity that they may as well be so".
122* EldritchLocation: Sindhol (which literally means "Neverland"), where they are found. The reason is it's...
123** AlienGeometries: They inhabit one or more separate dimensions described by the author as having radically different natural laws. Successive windows do not show what one might expect, and doorways may go to completely different areas than expected. That the magic system in the series is heavily geometric likely has a great deal to do with why its use is explicitly forbidden there. The doorways into their realm also resemble this in the "real world", and are described as "twisted".
124** TheMaze: Their realm is very like a maze in an InteractiveFiction or VideoGame, complete with CutAndPasteEnvironments and non-Euclidean room navigation.
125* EmotionEater: The Finn seem to feed on visitors' emotions, sensations, experiences, memories, and [[spoiler:strength in the Power]].
126* FantasticFoxes: The Eelfinn, who are described as similar to foxes in look, and give Mat his [[AntiMagic foxhead medallion]].
127* JackassGenie: The Eelfinn all the way. Mat mistakes them for their answer-granting cousins, and when they won't answer his questions, he starts venting his frustrations on them instead, which they take as his wishes. They grant his wishes in the laziest way possible, and the wishes also come with a price that can be negotiated. Since he doesn't name a price and doesn't specify that he wants to leave their realm alive, they hang him. And, according to Book 13, [[spoiler:when Lanfear and Moiraine passed through the twisted redstone gateway, they granted their wishes. However, ''then'' they tortured them, draining their ability to channel. Lanfear was killed by Moridin before much could be taken (as revealed in Book 14), but Moiraine stayed for over a year. And when they grant Mat his wish of being allowed to get out of their realm again with her, they don't bother to tell the Aelfinn, who weren't explicitly mentioned in the deal, not to attack]].
128* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Or at least pain and loss. The Eelfinn call it "the savor".
129* MagicallyBindingContract: Any deal made in the "Chamber of Bonds" must be followed by the Eelfinn and Aelfinn.
130* PowerAtAPrice: If one seeks the Finn, deals come at a price.
131** The Aelfinn passively absorb the memories and experiences of the askers of the questions.
132** The Eelfinn require that the wisher make a price for their deal, or they will make one.
133* RuleOfThree: Applies to both types.
134** ThreeWishes: The Eelfinn, though it doesn't follow the typical structure, due to it not being the whole plot.
135* {{Seers}}: The Finn seem to be able to see into the Great Weave itself, because after Birgitte is torn from it, they can no longer see her lives, nor remember her.
136* SinisterScimitar: [[spoiler:The Aelfinn wield these when attacking Mat's group as they try to escape from the Tower of Ghenjei.]]
137* SnakePeople: The Aelfinn, who at least look similar to them.
138* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: Of a sort. "Snakes and Foxes", a game based on them, is explicitly unwinnable unless a player cheats. [[spoiler:When Mat's crew escapes the Tower of Ghenjei with Moiraine, Olver wins fair and square, shocking and confusing Talmanes.]]
139[[/folder]]
140
141[[folder:Gareth Bryne]]
142!!Gareth Bryne
143[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gareth.jpg]]
144
145One of the Five Great Captains and Captain of the Queen's Guard of Andor. Later in the series, having been thrust out by the {{Brainwashed}} Morgase, he becomes the leader of the guards of rebel Aes Sedai at the Little Tower, and later the leader of the guards in Tar Valon.
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147%%* BadassNormal
148* BodyguardCrush: Formerly Morgase's lover.
149* EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler:Has become Siuan's Warder as of Book 12.]]
150* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In Book 14, after Siuan dies, he does the typical "Crazy Orphaned Warder" thing.]]
151* LoveInterest: [[spoiler:Siuan Sanche.]]
152* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler:He and the other Captains put under Graendal's Compulsion early on in ''A Memory of Light'', causing him to make several tactical errors that result in heavy losses for the forces of Light.]]
153* MasterSwordsman
154* MindlinkMates: [[spoiler:With Siuan as of Book 12.]]
155* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Almost to RefugeInAudacity levels. In Fires of Heaven, Bryne tracks Suian, Leane, and Logain all the way to Salidar, about half a continent away. He manages this because Leane insisted on asking for directions barely a quarter of the way there. When he successfully finds them, a random soldier informs the women that he has arrived, which is the cue for Suian's priceless and dumbfounded reaction.
156* TheStrategist
157[[/folder]]
158
159[[folder:Hopper]]
160!!Hopper
161
162A wolf who dies early in the series, he acts as the mentor to Perrin in learning the ways of [[DreamLand the "wolf dream"]].
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164* BerserkButton: Slayer, for his wolf killing.
165* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:Killed by Slayer in the wolf dream in Book 13, which effectively strips him from the Pattern.]]
166* DeadToBeginWith: More or less. The majority of his influence in the plot takes place after his death in the waking world.
167* EccentricMentor: He doesn't seem to be a TricksterMentor, since he ''tries'' being straightforward. The problem is that wolves and men.... think differently.
168* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Twice.]]
169* SpiritAdvisor: Of a sort to Perrin in the wolf dream.
170[[/folder]]
171
172[[folder:Loial]]
173!!Loial Son of Arent Son of Halan
174[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wot_loial_by_reddera_d4jw4u4.jpg]]
175
176->''"I wish you humans wouldn't do that. So few of you remember us. It's our own fault, I suppose. Not many of us have gone out among men since the shadow fell on the ways."''
177
178An [[OurGiantsAreBigger Ogier]] who escaped his ''stedding'' in search of adventure and good books. The Ogier have GentleGiant and botany as their [[PlanetOfHats Hats]]; by their standards, Loial is considered quite hasty. After finding out who Rand is, he decides that his life's work will be to chronicle the life and times of The Dragon Reborn, but most of the time he ends up hanging out with Perrin.
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180%%* BadassBookworm
181* BewareTheNiceOnes: "To anger the Ogier and bring mountains down on your head." Does that mean that one's as impossible as the other, or as dangerous? [[MathematiciansAnswer Yes.]] [[spoiler:This is brought up in a brief passage in ''A Memory of Light''; the [[CurbstompBattle Ogier utterly butcher Trollocs]] while Galad and other Whitecloaks look on in shock. Loial even leads the attack and likens the fight to killing weeds.]]
182* TheBusCameBack: In Book 14, having succeeded.
183* {{Expy}}: The Ogier make a number of nods to the [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Ents]], particularly their affinity for trees and dismissal of humans as "hasty".
184%%* GentleGiant
185* GreenThumb: He has the Treesinging Talent, allowing him to strengthen trees or sing them into specific shapes.
186* MeaningfulName: As it sounds, he has UndyingLoyalty to his friends.
187* NeutralNoLonger: In Book 14, the Ogier decide to fight in the Last Battle, with impressive results.
188* OlderThanTheyLook: He's 90... which makes him the equivalent of a 15-year-old.
189* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In Book 14, [[spoiler:he is very quiet while taking orders from Mat during the Last Battle, instead of his characteristic long-winded responses]].
190* OurGiantsAreBigger: Ogier are a long-lived, isolationist race, who have great knowledge of nature and who stand about 8 feet tall. They're basically typical fantasy elves, upscaled.
191* OurElvesAreDifferent: The name sounds more like ogre, but he's fantastically long lived, loves nature, and is unusual for leaving the [[HiddenElfVillage ''stedding''.]] They aren't nimble and fast though, and are giant and strong.
192* PutOnABus: Has been arguing at the Great Stump since Book 11. Justified in that Ogier meetings are generally far longer than this one has to be.
193* RunawayFiance: This is the other reason Loial left home: to escape the ''possibility'' of an ArrangedMarriage. When he finally meets his betrothed, they go head-over-heels for each other.
194* TheSmartGuy: Loves reading, and is never far from books. Even Aes Sedai enjoy picking his brain for trivia and minutiae.
195* UndyingLoyalty: See MeaningfulName.
196* YouShallNotPass: Two times. One even happens entirely off-page.
197[[/folder]]
198
199[[folder:Masema Dagar]]
200!!Masema Dagar
201
202Self-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.
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204* AntiVillain: He honestly thinks he's following the word of the Dragon Reborn.
205* BaldOfEvil: Subverted. He's not really evil once he shaves his head, but he's very very unhelpful and a borderline villain at best.
206* TheCorruptible: He gets a vision of "the Dragon Reborn" (implied to be [[spoiler:Graendal, Moghedien, Cyndane, or Mesaana]]) who tells him to [[spoiler:kill Perrin]], leading to the death of [[spoiler:Aram]] in Book 11 by TheCorrupter by proxy.
207* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:After spending many books making himself out to be a credible threat, he is killed unceremoniously in Book 12's beginning by Faile's ''Cha Faile'' to wrap up his plotline.]]
208* EnemyMine: Allies himself with Perrin during Perrin's attempt to [[spoiler:rescue Faile]].
209* TheHorde: His Dragonsworn act this way, and go according to a theory of the ZergRush. This goes very very badly most times.
210* LightIsNotGood: Tries to help the Light, but allies himself with Darkfriends and Forsaken in the process, albeit unknowingly.
211* LikeAGodToMe: He views ''the Dragon Reborn'' as the source of Light. Hypocritically, he calls those who don't agree with him blasphemers.
212* ObliviouslyEvil: He has no idea that his methods benefit the Shadow far more than the Light.
213* SanitySlippage: His sanity degrades as the books go on, until [[spoiler:his last moments have him internally alternating between considering his men his loyal friends and traitors he needs to kill at complete random without realizing the contradictions]].
214* StrawmanPolitical: Of Communism. To a certain degree, as he forcibly redistributes everything in the territories he controls without any apparent regard for whether this is actually helpful to anyone. TruthInTelevision, as such proto-communist collectivisms were a common fixture in real historical snake person religious movements, such as the Taiping Rebellion in China or the most extreme branches of the Protestant Reformation.
215* VillainTeamUp: To a certain degree of villain. He allies himself with [[spoiler:[[EvilChancellor High Lady Suroth]] of the Seanchan]].
216* WeAreStrugglingTogether: His forces are more a hindrance to the Light than a boon, especially since they raid villages in the name of the Dragon without even bothering to ask him if he wants it.
217[[/folder]]
218
219[[folder:Min Farshaw]]
220!!Elmindreda "Min" Farshaw
221[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wot_min_by_reddera_d51frsi.jpg]]
222
223->''"She says I see pieces of the pattern. Sounds too grand, to me. I just see things when I look at people, and sometimes I know what they mean. I look at a man and a woman who've never even talked to one another, and I know they'll marry. And they do. That sort of thing. She wanted me to look at you. All of you together."''
224
225Min is a little older than Rand, and wears men's clothing and has short curly hair, which he finds pretty sophisticated. Moiraine consults her once she's managed to drag everyone out of the Two Rivers, wanting to know what Min's "viewings" say about her charges. It takes another six or seven books for her to become important to the plot, but becomes essential once she does for her viewings.
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227* ActionGirl: Occasionally fights, though she is well aware that far and wide she is sorely outmatched, and sticks to studies instead.
228* BatmanGambit: How she [[spoiler:uncovers the spy in the Seanchan command post in The Final Battle. Her viewings let her figure out that Captain Yulan is under Compulsion and that a servant is an important character (only those have more than one omen about them). She quickly accuses him of being a Darkfriend, but keeps an eye on how everyone reacts. Sure enough she forces the servant to blow her cover and reveal herself as Moghedien. The Forsaken escapes, but the Seanchan command is no longer compromised]].
229* BlessedWithSuck: Seems to view her "viewings" this way, having the limited and unique power to see into the Pattern and generally interpret it, but well aware of the fact that YouCantFightFate, and seeing [[NightmareFuel rather horrific things]] at complete random.
230* CassandraTruth: Usually [[AvertedTrope averted]], not that it [[YouCantFightFate matters]].
231* CreepyChild: When Rand first meets her, she comes across as this. Later chapters from her point of view paint [[IJustWantToBeNormal a rather different picture]].
232* EmbarrassingFirstName: Elmindreda, a storybook character who spends her time swooning over and being fawned on by men.
233* HintDropping: Combined with a little CanNotSpitItOut. When Min is finally reunited with Rand in Book 6, she doesn't know if he returns her feelings and resorts to increasingly blatant come-ons (flirtatious teasing, frequently sitting in his lap, even "fake" kissing) to try to get some sort of response. Rand, still mostly in CelibateHero mode, doesn't really understand what's going on and thinks Min is just messing with him. After a particularly traumatic day Min eventually snaps and just jumps his bones, which works much better.
234* ImprobableAimingSkills: [[spoiler: Manages to get a hit on Semirhage during the Forsaken's capture, and saves Tuon from a Gray Man in The Last Battle.]]
235* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: She's the only one on whom this doesn't work, following him around to many of his adventures and sticking close to him for a long time, [[spoiler:until her presence almost led to her death by Rand's forced hands by way of [[TortureTechnician Semirrhage]]]].
236* LoveAtFirstSight: To Rand. However, it is a SubvertedTrope, as she had a viewing that she knew meant she would love him, but she was not in love with him at the time.
237* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:In Book 14, upon being raised to the Seanchan Blood and named "Doomseer" for her skills, Tuon also renames her "Darbinda". However, this only is said amongst the Seanchan.]]
238* MindlinkMates: With Rand via Warder bond.
239* NiceJobBreakingItHero: ''Twice''--her horrifying viewing from the start of ''The Shadow Rising'' prompts her to rush to Siuan in warning...but in doing so she arouses not only Gawyn's suspicions, but also Elaida's, thus leading her to recall the connections between Min, Rand, and Siuan and thus orchestrate the very coup the vision had warned of. As one of Egwene's [[DreamingOfThingsToCome prophetic dreams]] put it, she "walked right through a steel trap, setting it off without even seeing it". Then in ''Lord of Chaos'', her panicked viewing of the Salidar embassy, pain and torture for Rand, and there being thirteen Aes Sedai, leads to Rand fleeing Caemlyn for Cairhien...[[YouCantFightFate where the exact thing she viewed comes to pass]] via Galina and the Tower delegation. Both cases also double as a SelfFulfillingProphecy--which Min is [[GenreSavvy aware often happens]] to those she tells of her viewings, [[GenreBlind yet she fell prey to it anyway]].
240* OracularUrchin: When Min looks at you, sometimes she'll see an image. About half the time she knows what it means. Whatever it is, and whether she knows what it means or not, it will ''always'' come true. ''Wheel of Time'' fansites will often have a WildMassGuess section devoted exclusively to Min's "viewings" (as they're called) and [[ChekhovsGun how they might play out]].
241* RealWomenDontWearDresses: [[InvokedTrope Which is why Min doesn't.]]
242* SadClown: A little, especially during the middle of the series. Min responds to almost everything with humor and jokes (she's described at one point as always having a little smile on her face, like she knows a joke that no one else does), but whenever we get chapters from her point of view it's clear that it's at least partly an act.
243* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: She, Aviendha, Elayne, Alivia, and Cadsuane are the only ones who know Rand survived The Last Battle.]]
244* 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 wiggling eyebrows.)
245* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: Indirectly, she can tell that a character's importance to the world by how many viewings she can get off that character. She uses this to spot a major character who's hiding among the servants.
246* TheSmartGuy: Her primary role has been to pore over the Prophecies and philosophical notes for anything that can give an edge to Rand in the Last Battle, considering that she [[{{Muggle}} can't channel]] and isn't nearly as good at combat as the [[MasterSwordsman Master Swordsmen]] in the majority of the BadassNormal soldiers of the cast. She's the one who comes up with the plan to [[spoiler:destroy the Dark One's seals]].
247* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Min is essentially both sides of this dichotomy -- especially when she goes into hiding at The White Tower and Siuan forces her to masquerade as an "Elmindreda" to throw people off the trail.
248* WaifProphet: In the series proper Min is a perfectly capable young woman (albeit not at the power level of most of the major characters), but she has a background as this. Min apparently had her oracular vision at a very young age, which caused quite a few [[CreepyChild problems]] for the three aunts that raised her, especially before she learned...
249* YouCantFightFate: Whatever Min sees, it comes true. No matter how she warns the victim, it comes true. ...[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption She's learned to keep certain viewings to herself]].
250[[/folder]]
251
252[[folder:Noal Charin]]
253!!Noal Charin ([[spoiler:a.k.a. Jain 'Farstrider' Charin]])
254
255An old man who follows Mat and the Band of the Red Hand for some time, Noal is the cousin of the famous author and traveler Jain "Farstrider" Charin. In truth, he ''is'' Jain, trying to atone for what is implied to be time as a Darkfriend.
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257* ActuallyIAmHim: [[spoiler:As revealed in Book 13, and suspected by the fandom for some time prior, he is in fact Jain Farstrider. He gives his true name to Mat before his RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]
258* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: His heroics in the Third Age allow him to ascend to the Heroes of the Horn posthumously.
259* BigDamnHeroes: Once saved Mat from the ''gholam'' by showing up and shouting for the others to come and help, when it needed to kill him in secret. [[spoiler:Book 14 reveals that he was such a badass in life that in death he was allowed to join the Heroes of the Horn, which by definition is about as Big a Damn Hero as it's possible to get. He starts by saving [[TagalongKid Olver]]'s life, and follows that by joining the Heroes in the Last Battle.]]
260%%* CoolOldGuy
261* FamedInStory: [[spoiler:Due to [[FictionalDocument his book]], ''The Travels of Jain Farstrider''. Given [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence what happens to him later]], this appears to have been accentuated for later Ages.]]
262* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Charges the Aelfinn with explosives to give Mat and Thom more time to escape with Moiraine.]]
263* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:He had previously been Compelled by both Ishamael and Graendal.]]
264* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:He sacrifices himself to help Mat and the others get back to the room with the portal, but it turns out Mat had the means to escape the labyrinth the whole time.]]
265* WalkingSpoiler: Not that you'd know or anything...
266* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:Unfortunately, they did.]]
267[[/folder]]
268
269[[folder:Olver]]
270!!Olver
271
272A TagalongKid whose father was killed by the Shaido Aiel, he joins Mat in his travels.
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274* BeyondTheImpossible: [[spoiler:When Mat escapes from the Tower of Ghenjei, he wins a game of the Snakes and Foxes ''without cheating'', utterly confusing Talmanes.]]
275* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Mat isn't the Hornsounder of the Last Battle, having [[DisneyDeath died temporarily]] before it in the fight with Rahvin. ''Olver'' is.]]
276* ChildrenAreInnocent: Why he doesn't understand certain things, and also how Mat tries to treat him.
277* 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.
278* FirstNameBasis: His surname isn't even known in-story, since he shows up as an orphan.
279* {{Gonk}}: He is referred to in descriptions as very ugly.
280* OrphansOrdeal: His mother died of illness, and his father was murdered by the Shaido.
281* PleaseDontLeaveMe: He doesn't say it outright, but [[spoiler:his POV chapter in ''A Memory of Light'' shows how lonely and scared he is by the time they are trapped in the Blight, especially after Faile is forced to leave him hiding with the Horn]].
282* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:''Everyone'' assumed Mat was the Hornsounder, including Mat himself and Birgitte. Olver's use of the Horn gave the forces of Light enough momentum to turn The Last Battle around.]]
283* StepfordSmiler: He seems upbeat and innocent, but he's doing as well as you'd expect from a child being trapped in the middle of a war.
284%%* TagalongKid
285* YouAreNotAlone: [[spoiler:It looks like he's about to die alone at the claws of the Trollocs, but Noal Charin - one the heroes Olver had just summoned - comes back specifically to save him.]]
286* YouKilledMyFather: He wants revenge on the Shaido for this reason.
287[[/folder]]
288
289[[folder:Rodel Ituralde]]
290!!Rodel Ituralde
291
292A Domani general and one of the Five Great Captains, Rodel Ituralde does not truly enter the series until the final three books.
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294%%* BadassNormal
295* {{Determinator}}: Of all the Great Captains, [[spoiler:he's the only one to fight Graendal's compulsion, at least enough to hesitate giving the wrong order]].
296* EarlyBirdCameo: Ituralde is mentioned as one of the Five Great Captains many books before he actually shows up.
297* FourStarBadass: He is practically TheGhost for most of the series while the other great generals have appeared, until ''The Gathering Storm'' where he holds his own with a ragtag, unsupplied army against the Seanchan, who have greater numbers, [[GiantFlyer air forces]], and ''[[FunctionalMagic damane]]''.
298* MacGyvering: Utilizes this the most out of the Great Captains, and to great effect. The man will resort to ''burning logs and brambles''.
299* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler:He and the other Captains are put under Graendal's Compulsion early on in ''A Memory of Light'', causing him to make several tactical errors that result in heavy losses for the forces of Light. Unlike the others, he manages to resist it long enough for Elyas to kidnap him and have someone else take command.]]
300* MasterSwordsman
301* OfferedTheCrown: [[spoiler:After The Last Battle, the Aes Sedai promptly ask him to rule Arad Doman, repeatedly and incessantly.]]
302* RedBaron: "The Wolf", though he's also called "the Little Wolf" derisively when he's not around. Actual wolves are amused by this nickname.
303* ScreamingWarrior: How he deals with [[MusicalAssassin Draghkar]].
304* TheStrategist
305* YouShallNotPass: Holds the line against Shadowspawn forces from assaulting the city of Maradon for an insanely long time with his men. Repeats it at [[spoiler:Shayol Ghul]], for a more reasonable time, [[spoiler:and fails]].
306[[/folder]]
307
308[[folder:Talmanes]]
309!!Talmanes Delovinde
310
311Mat's right-hand man in the Band of the Red Hand, Talmanes is a Cairhienin nobleman who travels with him, acting as the StraightMan to Mat's eccentric behaviors.
312----
313* AppropriatedAppellation: In Book 14, [[spoiler:he is given the title of "Dreadbane" by a Borderlander, that being the title bestowed to those who kill a Myrddraal in single combat in the Borderlands]].
314* BadassNormal: Unlike his fellow mostly-BadassNormal general, he's not even ''[[WindsOfDestinyChange ta'veren]]''. He's just that good.
315* BlueBlood: Of the [[DecadentCourt Cairhien nobility]].
316* ColonelBadass: Essentially what a Lieutenant-General is.
317* DeadpanSnarker: Increasingly in the last 3 books.
318* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:In the prologue for Book 14, he gets a cursed wound from a Myrddraal blade. However, he refuses to step aside from his mission or accept a mercy killing, despite the agonising pain as parts of his body turn black. In fact, He's so determined, that having killed the Myrddraal that cursed him, he goes on to kill a second one, a feat few living men can claim who are neither channelers, warders, or otherwise superhuman.]]
319* TheLancer: To Mat, balancing his calm behavior against Mat's occasional nervousness.
320* NotSoAboveItAll: He's Mat's StraightMan through the entire series, but [[spoiler: becomes increasingly loose and lets his dark sense of humor show after nearly dying in the prologue of ''A Memory of Light.'' He even shows his SlasherSmile when the Band starts firing the cannons through the Aes Sedai Gateways.]]
321* NumberTwo: To Mat.
322* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler:He is revealed to have one when he smiles during the final legs of the Last Battle.]]
323-->'''Daerid:''' [[spoiler:Blood and bloody ashes, Lord Talmanes... that expression is horrifying on you. ... You should probably do that more often.]]
324* StraightMan
325[[/folder]]
326
327[[folder:Thom]]
328!!Thomdril "Thom" Merrilin
329[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wot_card_teasers_3_thom_by_reddera_d3i4wpj.jpg]]
330
331->''"A man who, it was said, could play the Game of Houses in his sleep. It is a shame that such a man calls himself a simple gleeman. But such arrogance to keep the same name."''
332
333A traveling gleeman who happens to be in Emond's Field, Thomdril Merrilin gets caught up in the mad flight out of the Two Rivers. While Moiraine fits the "wise mentor" aspect, Thom has the "old man" side of it. He also has that [[ThemeNaming name that sounds suspiciously like "Merlin"]]. Of course, in true Gandalf fashion, he performs a Save-Yourself-style HeroicSacrifice (practically shouted "Fly, you fools!"), and then comes back later in Book 2, though via careful escape as opposed to reincarnation. He then becomes a peripheral character, eventually becoming trapped with Mat in Ebou Dar.
334----
335* AuthorAvatar: Although Moiraine and Lan seem to exemplify Jordan's philosophies the most, and he outright admitted that the library ''ter'angreal'' with a smiling bearded man was meant to be a ShoutOut to himself, as a storyteller Thom stands out as the character most like Jordan, particularly in his way of shepherding the three ''ta'veren'' (the younger generations), his relationships with the characters, and his literary propensities. The most Jordan-like moment of all occurs in ''A Memory of Light'', when he sits outside the Pit of Doom to defend it while he composes the epic of the Dragon Reborn--one that [[ScheduleSlip takes him forever to write]] because he keeps [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness dithering over the right words]] and the story has [[{{Doorstopper}} grown so great in the telling]].
336-->''When people started to [[{{Cliche}} expect you]]--when they started to [[SignatureStyle anticipate your flourishes]], to look for [[ChekhovsGun the ball you had hidden through sleight of hand]], or to [[TheUntwist smile before you reached]] the twist line of your tale--it was time to pack up your cloak, bow once more for good measure, and [[ButNowIMustGo stroll away]]. After all, [[DiedDuringProduction that was what they'd least expect you to do when all was going well]].''
337* BadassNormal: Despite having absolutely no special powers, and (as far as we know) not even any formal combat training, he's able to accomplish some truly outrageous feats.
338* BladeEnthusiast: Throwing knives, specifically. He teaches this skill to Mat and Min.
339* BodyguardingABadass: [[spoiler: Stands guard over the entrance to cave in Shayol Gul to make sure no one tries to kill Rand, Moiraine, and Nynaeve. Over the course of The Last Battle, he kills five would-be assassins who think they can fool an old man with just some face-changing magic spells.]]
340* CapeSwish: A gleeman technique to show off his multicolored cloak.
341* CoolOldGuy
342* GuileHero: He's handy with knives when he has to be, but what he really brings to the table is an intuitive knack for politics that lets him play the protagonists' opponents off against each other without anyone suspecting that he's responsible, and a gift for sifting through rumour and gossip to see larger patterns.
343* HandicappedBadass: Gets a limp from fighting a Fade, but this doesn't stop him.
344* HeroicSacrifice: Although he survives.
345* ImprobableAimingSkills: He can make really hard throws hit dependably.
346* MyGreatestFailure: His nephew, Owyn, was a male channeler whom he wasn't able to save.
347* MysteriousPast: An extremely talented performer with very expensive and well crafted instruments who is well-versed in politics... is wasting time traveling to backwater villages? Would this have anything to do with tales about Elayne's mother Morgase and her lover, a bard, whom she suddenly became angry with and had chased out? Is that why Elayne seems to find him familiar?
348** He wasn't just Morgase's lover and the court bard... it's never explicitly stated, but if you read between the lines, he's also responsible for [[spoiler:the deaths of at least two kings.]] He killed [[spoiler:Taringail Damodred (Galad, Gawyn and Elayne's father) upon discovering that he was plotting to take the throne of Andor]], and he also is strongly implied, and outright stated in the RPG, to have killed [[spoiler: Galldrian Riatin to avenge the death of his girlfriend.]] And Elayne ''knows'' - [[spoiler: her offer of a position as court bard in book 12 includes forgiveness for all crimes committed in Andor ''or Cairhien'']].
349* NervesOfSteel: The man tackles a [[TheDreaded Fade]] without even hesitating.
350* WanderingMinstrel: His cover story.
351[[/folder]]
352
353[[folder: Aludra]]
354!!Aludra Nendenhald
355
356A member and former mistress of the illuminator (=pyrotechnican) guild in Cairhien. She gets kicked out of the guild after their guild-house gets accidentally destroyed by Rand and has to run away. On the run, she meets Mat, becomes a part of Luca's circus, and later leaves again with Mat and his men. She seeks revenge - first against the guild of illuminators who wants to have her killed, and later against the Seanchan who dismantled the guild, and invents black-powder-based weapons for that.
357----
358* FatalFireworks: She basically invents cannons, called "dragons" based on her previous experience as an illuminator.
359* {{Revenge}}: What she wants, and why she joins Mat who at that point fights against the Seanchan.
360* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: According to one of Egwene's dreams, her "dragons" will kill thousands of innocent people.

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