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What is the Wheel of Time ?The
Wheel of Time, is a huge series of fantasy novels written by Robert Jordan
and published by Tor Fantasy.
Today, the series is 9 books long, with the most recent book being Winter’s
Heart.
The best way to introduce this series is by what Robert Jordan has said : "Imagine
a world that never was. Imagine the late 17th century where gun
powder is a secret of the Illuminator's Guild. Imagine Tolkien's
Middle Earth without elves, no unicorns, no dragons, no hobbits, and with
people who actually grow and change. Imagine a world that was
destroyed 3,000 years ago by men channeling the One Power. Imagine a
world where, for 3,000 years, the worst thing that anyone could imagine
was a man who could channel the One Power; touch the male half of the True
Source. Because he will go mad, and he will die. Before he
dies he will be a madman who can touch the One Power which turns the Wheel
of Time which drives the universe. So they have been hunted down for
3,000 years. The prophecy says that the Dark One will break free and
enter the world. The Dark One who was bound away by the Creator at
the moment of creation. The prophecy says that a boy child will be
born to grow up to face the Dark One in the Last Battle. That boy
child, that man, will be able to channel and he will face all of the doom
that those men face. The prophecy says that he will save the
world and destroy it. And that is the beginning. That will set you
up to begin reading The Eye of the World." A brief summery of the Story : The
driving force within this universe is called the One Power. It turns the
Wheel of Time, which makes time happen and events run their course. The
One Power is divided into two halves: saidar, the female half,
and saidin, the male. They are alike, yet very different, working
for and against each other at the same time. Certain rare
people can channel the One Power and create wonders with it. Only women
can touch saidar, and only men can touch saidin. At
the moment of creation, the Creator imprisoned the Dark One within a
mountain called Shayol Ghul. As time passed and Ages came and went, he
tried to break out. 3,000 years previous to the series, he was nearly
freed when a man, called the Dragon, came and resealed his prison. The
Dragon was a man who could channel saidin and along with his
Hundred Companions, saved the world from the Dark One. The
Dark One had a counter stroke however. Right as he was resealed into his
prison, he struck back and tainted saidin. From that moment on,
every man who channeled saidin was doomed to go horribly mad and
destroy everything they saw. The Dragon himself was the first to go and he
and his Companions destroyed the world. They sank continents and scattered
every living soul across the globe. The series takes place in a time where the Dark One again is preparing to break out of his prison. The prophecies say that the Dragon must be there to fight him in the Last Battle or else all will be lost. The prophecies also say that the Dragon Reborn will destroy the world as he did long ago. So now the world waits for its savior...who is destined to bring chaos, destruction, and salvation to all.
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