History of the world of the Wheel of Time

This article relates to the history of the world Fiction nel of the series of Fantasy the Wheel of Time of Robert Jordan

Creation of the world

The world was created by the Creator, was pulled by the Wheel of Time, and the existences appearing and disappearing in a cyclic way with the 7 Eras. As the introduction of each original book affirms it: The Wheel of Time turns, the Eras follow one another, leaving memories which become legend. The legend is melted in myth, and even the myth is for a long time forgotten when reappears the Era which gave him birth.

The Wheel of Time is maintained and pulled by the two halves of the Single Pouvoir: male Saidin and Saidar female. Certain human have the capacity to handle this Single Capacity, a capacity which seems to be transmitted genetically and mystically.

During creation, the Creator locked up the Ténébreux in a separate prison of the world. The nature of Dark is not known.

The Era of the Legends

The Ère of the Legends is the name given to the Era preceding that in which seat the books of the Wheel of Time take. It precedes Time by the Madness and the Destruction of the World. At that time, the company was advanced on an unimaginable level today. In this company, the canaliseurs were much more common than now, and the Aes Sedai were extremely powerful, able to create angreals , sa' angreals and ter' angreal , in addition to being very influential in the company. One of the most powerful institutions of the world of then was the Room of the Parliament of the Servants, to which all the canaliseurs were to answer. Aes Sedai most powerful of the Room was Lews Therin Telamon, called the Dragon by its partisans.

The Era of the Legends is seen like a company utopian without war or crime, and reserved for the culture and the training. Aes Sedai often carried out academic experiments, from one from which a hole " resulted; foré" in the prison of the Dark one. The immediate effects were not recognized, but the Dark one gained gradually in being able on humanity, attracting itself many those who would become its faithful partisans.

The War of Being able

The War of Being able started when those attracted by the influence of Dark entered in war for its account with an aim of destroying the capacity in place. At that time, the concept of war not being familiar to humanity, the forces of Dark thus succeeded of rapids conquests before a war of attrition is set up.

Thanks to their capacity to channel the Single Capacity and being important figures, Aes Sedai became frequently the leaders of the forces of the Light. However, of many Aes Sedai - of which some of most powerful - passed on the side of the forces of the Shade, becoming by there the Élus of Dark, called the Réprouvé S by the forces of the Light, and directing the forces of the Shade. Some of Réprouvés were also responsible for the creation of armies entirely reserved for the Shade: Trollocs, Myrddraals and Draghkars.

Finally, the forces of the Light started to decrease, particularly thanks to the eagerness of the enemy to use manufactured creatures, like Trollocs, the Room of the Parliament of the Servants not knowing how to face this threat. Taking the businesses in hand, most powerful of the men Aes Sedai, Lews Therin, its honest partisans - more than one hundred of Aes Sedai masculines gathered: the Hundred Companions - and travelled until Shayol Ghul. There, it contained the Dark one and Réprouvés in its prison, by closing again the hole dug in this one with 7 seals of Cuendilar . That cost the life of 45 of the Companions in addition to the 20.000 soldiers of the army accompanying them, but the true defeat was caused by the counter-attack of the Dark one: it placed a stain on Saidin, which returned instantaneously insane Lews Therin and the remainder of his/her Companions. Other Aes Sedai masculines, as for them, succumbed gradually to the Stain, making them insane and making rot their bodies, lasting the few following years.

Destruction of the World

During the period which is also known under the name of Temps of the Madness, Aes Sedai masculines changed the face of the world. Their madness made them use the Single Capacity to create great earthquakes, destroying and creating whole mountains. They raised grounds where the seas were and transfomaient ground moors in seas. Whole cities were destroyed and civilization did not exist any more during this time, it réétablit in a primitive form only when the last of Aes Sedai male had died.

A great part of the world was completely transfigured, and the majority of the world population had been killed during this disturbed period. This destruction is still present in the stories, legends, and in the history even under the name of Destruction of the World.

The Trolloques Wars

The Guerres Trolloques are a series of wars between the humanity and the creatures of Darkness (Trollocs, Myrddraal,…) not being held only in Devastation, but also more with the Southern. Ishamael was free prison of Dark during forty year at that time, and it is supposed that it ordered the Seigneurs of Darkness (of the canaliseurs devoted to Dark), which carried out the trolloques armies and those of the Friends of the Dark one. These armies weakened the Ten Nations largely.

This time marks a change of the culture and company of the world, many nations were destroyed like Manetheren, and those which were not it underwent the pangs of the political and social disturbances. The Trolloques Wars also marked the end of the Pact of the Ten Nations, which had formed the situation Géopolitique of the world shortly after its Destruction.

Arthur Wing-of-Falcon and War the One hundred year old

Arthur is a king who linked all the territories in the west of the Spine of the World like certain grounds beyond the Desert of Aiel. It even sent armies of the other with dimensions of the ocean of Aryth. They will be at the origin of Seanchans.

With its death, the 100 year old war burst to know which would inherit the Empire. The nations of the time of the Wheel of Time of it result. The damage caused by this war was enormous.

The War of Aïels

The war of Aiels is regarded by Aiels as an execution, started by the King of Cairhien, Laman Damodred. It had made kill a kid of the Tree of life, gift of Aiels, to make its throne of it. Four clans aiels crossed the Spine of the world to take the life of Laman, burning the cities and overcoming any army launched against them. They seemed to be overcome in front of the walls of Tar Valon, but they simply left after having killed Laman. Battle of Dumai' S Wells

The Cleansing off saidin

Tarmon Gai' gift

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