History TheWheelOfTime / TropesSToZ

* YinYangClash: For every weave, there is an equal and opposite. This comes into play a lot, with varying degrees of violence. There's also [[TheForce the One Power]], the opposite to [[TheDarkSide the True Power]].

* ShamefulStrip: When Moghedien surprises Nynaeve in ''Tel'aran'rhiod'', she suspends her prey in the air and disintegrates her clothing, rendering her nude. This is seen to be a common trick by many Forsaken to break a victim's confidence.

** When the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Maiden of the Spear]] Aviendha begins training as a [[MagicalSociety Wise One]], her first task is to throw away all her battle gear as a renunciation of her old allegiances. Stoic as she is, it moves her to the brink of tears.
** TheChosenOne Rand's EpiphanyTherapy in Book 12 inspires him to face his [[TheProphecy prophesied destiny]] and save the world. He then [[spoiler:destroys the incredibly powerful AmplifierArtifact he owns rather than [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum destroy the planet]] with it, deciding it's [[NoManShouldHaveThisPower too dangerous to possess]].]]

* TakenDuringTheEnding: At the end of ''Crossroads of Twilight'', [[spoiler:Egwene is captured by the Tower Aes Sedai, who have a vested interest in [[MakeAnExampleOfThem making a public example of her]]. The next book reveals that she isn't executed or [[DePower De-Powered]], but she isn't rescued until the book after that]].
* TakenFromADream: A [[TheArchmage Forsaken]] somehow magically expels the [[EternalHero Hero of the Horn]] Birgitte's soul from the [[DreamLand World of Dreams]] where she was resting between reincarnations. It takes emergency magical intervention to keep her new body alive in the physical world, and she's quietly terrified that the unnatural act might have broken her ReincarnationRomance.

* TerminalTransformation: The [[TheAntiGod Dark One]]'s power begins to leak into the world as his [[LeakingCanOfEvil prison weakens]], causing reality-warping "bubbles of evil" with deadly effects. One unlucky man turns into a swarm of beetles from the inside out.

* ThinDimensionalBarrier: In the [[TheTimeOfMyths Age of Legends]], one such site turned into the volcanic EldritchLocation Shayol Ghul after scientists accidentally touched the power of [[TheAntiGod the Dark One]], who was trapped outside reality. Millennia later, it's misremembered as the physical site of the Dark One's prison. [[spoiler:When places like these start temporarily manifesting, it's a sign that the Dark One is almost ready to break free completely.]]

* {{Transmutation}}: The [[FunctionalMagic One Power]] has limited ability to transform substances beyond simple physical changes; however, midway through the series, Egwene reinvents the long-lost spell to transmute iron into the [[MadeOfIndestructium indestructible]] substance ''cuendillar''.

* WizardsWar: The war that ended [[TheTimeOfMyths the Age of Legends]] had global {{Magical Societ|y}}ies throwing the full force of their powers against each other. In particular, Balefire, an attack which retroactively burns away the victim's past actions, became a DangerousForbiddenTechnique because its indiscriminate use almost caused reality to unravel from the strain.

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