The Eye of the World Characters

Rand al'Thor

A shepherd from Emond's Field, raised by Tam, who found him as a baby on Dragonmount. Hunted as one of three, he learns he can channel the tainted male Power—and ends the book as the Dragon Reborn, the last thing he wanted to be.

Appears in:

Part 1: Winternight: The Shadow Comes to Emond's Field

Part 2: Shadar Logoth: Separation and the Dagger

Part 3: Two Roads to Caemlyn: Wolves, Wolves' Eyes, and a Wall

Part 4: The Eye of the World: The Dragon Reborn

Themes:

The burden of being chosen

Power and how you use it

The loss of innocence

Duty versus desire

Prophecy and free will

Moiraine Damodred

An Aes Sedai posing as a Lady, hunting the Shadow's quarry before it does. She shields, guides, and manipulates the party—and at the end, she alone knows the truth of what Rand is, and tells only Lan.

Appears in:

Part 1: Winternight: The Shadow Comes to Emond's Field

Part 2: Shadar Logoth: Separation and the Dagger

Part 3: Two Roads to Caemlyn: Wolves, Wolves' Eyes, and a Wall

Part 4: The Eye of the World: The Dragon Reborn

Themes:

The burden of being chosen

Power and how you use it

Prophecy and free will

Matrim Cauthon

The village rogue and prankster of the three boys. His greed for a ruby-hilted dagger in Shadar Logoth leaves him corrupted by Mashadar, suspicious and hostile, needing Tar Valon's Healing.

Perrin Aybara

The quiet blacksmith's apprentice who gains yellow eyes and a telepathic bond with wolves. He resents the gift, kills two Whitecloaks defending it, and is sentenced to death for it.

Appears in:

Part 1: Winternight: The Shadow Comes to Emond's Field

Part 2: Shadar Logoth: Separation and the Dagger

Part 3: Two Roads to Caemlyn: Wolves, Wolves' Eyes, and a Wall

Part 4: The Eye of the World: The Dragon Reborn

Themes:

The burden of being chosen

The loss of innocence

Duty versus desire

Egwene al'Vere

The Mayor's daughter, tested by Moiraine and found able to learn to channel. She endures separation, Tinkers, and Whitecloaks, and reaches Caemlyn changed.

Appears in:

Part 1: Winternight: The Shadow Comes to Emond's Field

Part 2: Shadar Logoth: Separation and the Dagger

Part 3: Two Roads to Caemlyn: Wolves, Wolves' Eyes, and a Wall

Themes:

Duty versus desire

Nynaeve al'Meara

The village Wisdom who chases the boys to drag them home and stays. Fierce, stubborn, and secretly able to channel—she reveals it during the rescue of Perrin and Egwene.

Appears in:

Part 1: Winternight: The Shadow Comes to Emond's Field

Part 2: Shadar Logoth: Separation and the Dagger

Part 3: Two Roads to Caemlyn: Wolves, Wolves' Eyes, and a Wall

Themes:

Power and how you use it

Duty versus desire

Lan Mandragoran

Moiraine's Warder, an uncrowned king of a dead nation, all discipline and quiet warning. He leads the party through the Blight and is the only man Moiraine tells the whole truth.

Appears in:

Part 1: Winternight: The Shadow Comes to Emond's Field

Part 2: Shadar Logoth: Separation and the Dagger

Part 3: Two Roads to Caemlyn: Wolves, Wolves' Eyes, and a Wall

Part 4: The Eye of the World: The Dragon Reborn

Thom Merrilin

A gleeman who knows far too much for a simple entertainer. He teaches the boys to perform, then stays behind in Whitebridge to fight a Myrddraal so they can escape—last seen limping as it advances.

Appears in:

Part 1: Winternight: The Shadow Comes to Emond's Field

Part 2: Shadar Logoth: Separation and the Dagger

Themes:

The loss of innocence

Loial

A young Ogier librarian Rand meets in Caemlyn, who recognizes Rand as ta'veren. He warns Moiraine that the Eye of the World is threatened and guides the party through the Ways.

Appears in:

Part 3: Two Roads to Caemlyn: Wolves, Wolves' Eyes, and a Wall

Part 4: The Eye of the World: The Dragon Reborn