• Go to The Eye of the World
• Go to The Great Hunt
• Go to The Dragon Reborn
• Go to The Shadow Rising
• Go to The Fires of Heaven
• Go to Lord of Chaos
• Go to A Crown of Swords
• Go to The Path of Daggers
• Go to Winter's Heart
• Go to Crossroads of Twilight
• Go to Knife of Dreams
• Go to The Gathering Storm
• Go to Towers of Midnight

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First published in 1990, Robert Jordan began an epic series called The Wheel of Time. For the next seventeen years, readers experienced eleven books of rich and expansive storytelling. However, on September 16th, 2007, Robert Jordan passed away due to cardiac amyloidosis. His legacy is carried on by Brandon Sanderson, a fellow fantasy author and Wheel of Time fan. With the help of Harriet Rigney, Robert Jordan's wife and editor, Mr. Sanderson continues a journey over twenty years in the making.

• Go to Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn
• Go to Perrin Aybara, Lord of the Two Rivers
• Go to Matrim Cauthon, Prince of the Ravens
• Go to Aviendha, Wise One
• Go to Elayne Trakand, Queen of Andor
• Go to Min Farshaw
• Go to Faile ni'Bashere t'Aybara, Lady of the Two Rivers
• Go to Fortuona Athaem Devi Paendrag, Empress of Seanchan
• Go to el'Nynaeve ti al'Meara Mandragoran, Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah
• Go to Egwene al'Vere, the Amyrlin Seat
• Go to Moiraine Damodred, Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah
• Go to Al'Lan Mandragoran, King of Malkier
• Go to Thomdril Merrilin, Bard of Andor
• Go to Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, Ogier of Stedding Shangtai

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All manner of characters populate the vast world of the series. With thirteen books and a prequel so far, The Wheel of Time series contains thousands of characters, from Aes Sedai, Warders, and nobility, to humble farmers and maids, from powerful warriors to those sworn to peace in all they do.

Nations of the Westlands

An a'dam is a ter'angreal designed to hold a female channeler captive. It takes the form of a flexible silver collar and bracelet, usually joined by a long "leash" although that convention is not strictly necessary to its functioning. They form a basis for the "leashed channeler" social status in the Seanchan Empire; the leashed woman is called a damane ("Leashed one"), and the women who holds the bracelet a sul'dam ("Leash holder"). The first a'dam was made by Deain Sedai, a Seanchan woman who wanted to assist Luthair Paendrag Mondwin in his consolidation of the continent by giving him an instrument to control female channelers who opposed him. She was later collared herself by an a'dam, and it is said that her screams "shook the Towers of Midnight". While the exact timing of this event is unclear, it must have occurred in Luthair's lifetime, so sometime in the later days of the Free Year calendar. An a'dam will only work to collar a woman who can channel saidar (called a marath'damane before her capture), and - unknown to most Seanchan - can only be operated by a woman who can be taught to channel; the irony here is that while the damane is viewed by most as dangerous, subhuman property to be controlled, the sul'dam are valued members of society, due to their skill in working with the women who actually wield the One Power. At some point in the past, then, the a'dam's nature as a ter'angreal that required a woman who is capable of channeling to control it was lost. The recent rediscovery of this fact by certain members of Seanchan society (including some sul'dam) has the potential to rock their society to the core. (more...)