Knife of Dreams characters

Appears from the start

The Dragon Reborn, fated to face the Dark One at the Last Battle. Having cleansed the male One Power of its ancient taint, he now seeks to force the nations and the invading Seanchan into a peace before the end, and to bring the scattered channelers under his banner. Years of war, betrayal, and the burden of prophecy have made him hard, secretive, and increasingly ruthless, trusting fewer and fewer of those around him.

Appears from the start

A ta'veren gambler and reluctant commander from the Two Rivers, lucky beyond reason, carrying the battle-memories of dead generals and a medallion that turns aside the One Power. Still on the run in the north with his own soldiers, he keeps close company with Tuon, the Seanchan heir he carried from Ebou Dar, as their wary, prophecy-bound courtship goes on and enemies hunt them both.

Appears from the start

A blacksmith, wolfbrother, and reluctant lord from the Two Rivers, able to speak with wolves. Grimly focused on freeing his captive wife, Faile, he has allied his forces with the Seanchan against the Shaido Aiel who hold her, and stands ready to storm their stronghold whatever the cost.

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The rebels' young Amyrlin Seat, now a prisoner inside the White Tower she meant to conquer, treated as a runaway novice and punished for it. Disciplined and unbroken, she has begun a quiet campaign from within, refusing to yield her authority and steadily turning the Tower's own sisters against the usurper Elaida.

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The former Wisdom of Emond's Field, an Aes Sedai and gifted Healer, wife to Lan. Fierce and stubborn, she remains among the handful who will challenge Rand directly, and she is determined to see her husband's long-delayed cause honored even as the Last Battle draws near.

Appears from the start

The Daughter-Heir of Andor and an Aes Sedai, one of the women bound to Rand, fighting to claim the Lion Throne in Caemlyn against rival houses and hidden enemies. Proud and clever, she presses her contest for the crown amid the intrigues and dangers of a realm on the edge of civil war.

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The uncrowned king of Malkier, a northern land long swallowed by the Blight, and one of the deadliest swordsmen alive. Once the Aes Sedai Moiraine's Warder and now bonded to his wife, Nynaeve, he is grim, honorable, and reconciled to dying in battle against the Shadow when his time comes.

Appears from the start

A practical young woman who reads glimpses of the future in the auras she alone sees around people. One of the three women fated to love Rand, she stays at his side as adviser and confidante, uneasy at the darkness she watches settling over him.

Appears from the start

The Daughter of the Nine Moons and heir to the Seanchan Crystal Throne, small, composed, and formidable, carried from Ebou Dar by Mat Cauthon. Watchful and proud, she travels with him still, testing him against the customs of her people even as prophecy and their own guarded feelings draw them together.

Appears from the start

Half-brother to Elayne and Gawyn, a young man of rigid, uncompromising honor and an exceptional swordsman, who has taken up with the Children of the Light. He always chooses what he believes is right, whatever the cost to himself or others, a trait that makes him both admirable and hard to live beside.

Appears from the start

Perrin's wife, a bold Saldaean noblewoman with a fierce temper, held captive among the Shaido Aiel. Resourceful and unbroken, she survives and maneuvers within the Shaido camp as her husband's forces close in to free her.