- Padan Fain:
Once a peddler trading into the Two Rivers, and a
Darkfriend, he was transformed at Shayol Ghul, not only to enable
him to find the young man who would become the Dragon Reborn as a
hound finds prey for the hunter, but to ingrain the need to find
him. The pain of this transformation induced in Fain a hatred of
both the Dark One and of Rand al'Thor. While following al'Thor,
he encountered the trapped soul of Mordeth in Shadar Logoth, and
his soul tried to take Fain's body. Because of what had been made
of Fain, though, the result was an amalgamation that was mostly
Fain and that has abilities beyond what either man had
originally, though Fain does not understand them fully yet. Most
men feel fear at a Myrddraal's eyeless gaze; Myrddraal feel fear
at Fain's gaze.
- Pattern of an Age:
The Wheel of Time weaves the threads of
human lives into the Pattern of and Age, often called simply the
Pattern, which forms the substance of reality for that Age. See
also ta'veren.
- Prophet, the:
More formally, the Prophet of the Lord Dragon.
Once known as Masema Dagar, a Shienaran soldier, he underwent a
revelation and decided that he had been called to spread the word
of the Dragon's rebirth. He believes that nothing-nothing!-is
more important than acknowledging the Dragon Reborn as the Light
made flesh and being ready when the Dragon Reborn calls, and he
and his followers will use any means to force others to sing the
glories of the Dragon Reborn. Forsaking any name but "the
Prophet," he has brought chaos to much of Ghealdan and
Amadicia, large parts of which he controls.
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