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** ''Ta'averen'' would be another example; they do gain a lot of power and influence just for existing, but at a ''heavy'' price.

** Sharan channelers are also heavily repressed, and are segregated from the rest of Sharan society in seperate villages that they aren't allowed to leave without permission. Male channelers are kept as breeding stock and executed when they start channeling to avoid the Madness. {{spoiler|Well, till you work out that they ''take care'' of the ''otherwise completely isolated rulers'' of their country who determine this permission, said rulers sometimes die ahead of their appointed seven-year-span by the "will of the Pattern", and people outside would probably assume that any channeler outside would ''have'' permission because permission is an internal matter.}}

* [[Blonde Brunette Redhead]]: Elayne, Min, and Aviendha, respectively.(However, note that Elayne's hair contains quite a bit of red)

* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Elayne, Min, and Aviendha, respectively.(However, note that Elayne's hair contains quite a bit of red)

* [[Blow You Away]]: One of the main powers of channelers, via the element of Air.

* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: The Aelfinn and Eelfinn, who "are not evil the way the Shadow is evil, yet they are so different from humankind they might as well be." They are roughly analogous to [[The Fair Folk]] with their riddles and bargains, so it fits.

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* [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]]: Tel'aran'rhiod operates on this principle as dreamers or pretty much anyone with access to it can shape based on what they believe is possible. Since physics and other laws of reality are little more than handy suggestions, fights in this world are based on knowledge of this fact and willpower. This leads to an awesome moment where {{spoiler|Perrin manages to show Egwene up by catching Balefire, which she thought was impossible. For her, it was because she was working off the belief that Balefire could not be stopped like it would be in the real world. Perrin was able to catch it because he has a thorough understanding of the power of belief and it's effects in the World of Dreams and [[Achievements in Ignorance|probably had no idea what he was trying to catch.]]}}

* [[Cleavage Window]]: Ebou Dari's current fashion - used to frame the marriage knife.

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Lanfear. [[Psycho Ex Girlfriend|Sort of]].

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Lanfear. [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend|Sort of]].

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Rand ponders on how to defeat someone that you know can outsmart you. His answer is {{spoiler|"You make them think that you are sitting down across the table from them, ready to play their game. Then you punch them in the face as hard as you can." This translates to sending an emissary to speak with the enemy in question, then when the emissary is sent back (brainwashed) to him he just nukes her entire fortress with magic, rendering her and all her servants deader than dead.}}

* [[Common Tongue]]: Played ridiculously straight. Some terms are put into the Old Tongue.

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** [[Deader Than Dead]] - Because the Dark One does not have the power to step outside of time, it is unable to resurrect those of its followers who are killed by balefire (to its great frustration) "[[Word of God|...unless the amount of balefire is very small]]."

** [[No Ontological Inertia]] - anything balefired is not only destroyed now, but--depending on the power of the balefire--for some time into the past as well. (A beam taller than a man undid his actions for half an hour or more.)

** [[Ripple Effect Proof Memory]] - Even if a thing's actions are undone by balefire, everyone's memories remain the same. (Up to and including reviving Character A by balefiring his murderer. Character A does not have memories of having been killed or dead, but Characters B through Etc remember seeing his corpse.)

** [[Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory]] - Even if a thing's actions are undone by balefire, everyone's memories remain the same. (Up to and including reviving Character A by balefiring his murderer. Character A does not have memories of having been killed or dead, but Characters B through Etc remember seeing his corpse.)

** [[Temporal Paradox]] - During the War of Power, whole cities were wiped out with rampant balefire, and the Pattern nearly unraveled while trying to compensate for the resulting [[Continuity Snarl]]. Note that balefire does not actually ''rewrite'' the Pattern, it just instantly changes reality as though flipping channels on a TV. Character A revived above ''was actually dead'', only to get better with absolutely no explanation.

** [[Death Ray]] - Manifests as a beam of "liquid light" which dissolves anything it hits.

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* [[Doorstopper|Doorstoppers]] - The books themselves. As if to underscore the point, Tor's paperbacks are rather shoddy, and start to disintegrate after ten or fifteen readings. Robert Jordan joked that "once the series is finished, I plan to release a boxed set of the series. On wheels." If he had lived to finish the series and kept his promise to end the series with ''A Memory Of Light'' being the twelfth book no matter how long it was, it could have been a Doorstopper even by Doorstopper standards. Jordan used to joke that it would be one book, even if Tor was forced to invent a new way of binding books to do it. Turns out that was an accurate assessment.

* [[The Dragon]] - Shaidar Haran and/or Nae'blis for the Dark One.

* [[Dragons Up the Yin Yang]]:

* [[Dragons Up the Yin-Yang]]:

** Rand becomes known as the Dragon Reborn, uses a dragon banner, and gets magical dragon tattoos on his forearms. Interestingly, we never hear any legends about actual dragons.

** A modified yin-yang, without the circle of the opposing color at the centers of each side, is the ancient symbol of the Aes Sedai. The white, female portion points up and is called the Flame of Tar Valon by itself. The black, male side points down and is the Dragon's Fang by itself. The gender association is reversed from the actual taijitu, most likely to support the taint of the male half.

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* [[Dug Too Deep]] - The Bore which released the Dark One during the Age of Legends. Definitely too deep in this case, seeing as how they managed to drill through the fabric of reality itself.

* [[Earth All Along]] - It's implied in the books and confirmed by [[Word of God]] that the First Age, which took place before the Age of Legends, was our present day world. The references to the giants "Mosk and Merk" who fought with spears of fire that reached around the world was the US and Russia and the story of "Lenn" who rode to the moon in the belly of an eagle was a reference to John Glenn. While visiting a museum with First-Age artifacts, the characters find a skeleton of a giraffe and a frieze of other extinct animals, as well as a Mercedes-Benz logo.

* [[Eleventh Hour Superpower]] - In ''Towers of Midnight'', {{spoiler|Rand's presence actively negates the Dark One's touch around him. It is almost impossible for other characters to act against his wishes due to the ''ta'veren'' effect. He's about as powerful as an army of channelers. Darkfriends are unable to meet Rand's eyes, and massive displays of his power literally drive them insane. All this will still probably be barely enough to prevent the world falling apart.}}

* [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]] - In ''Towers of Midnight'', {{spoiler|Rand's presence actively negates the Dark One's touch around him. It is almost impossible for other characters to act against his wishes due to the ''ta'veren'' effect. He's about as powerful as an army of channelers. Darkfriends are unable to meet Rand's eyes, and massive displays of his power literally drive them insane. All this will still probably be barely enough to prevent the world falling apart.}}

* [[The Empire]] - The Seanchan Empire, whose chief weapons include magical slavery, secret police, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Empress, and [[Nice Hat|nice coleopteroid helmets]].

** Shara is also an Empire, though the secretive nature of its people makes it difficult to guess how well it fits this trope.

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** Also for {{spoiler|Galina}}, who's apparently final fate involves being a totally broken slave, body and mind, to a sadistic possible [[Psycho Lesbian]] for the rest of her unnaturally long life. Of course, if anyone deserved it...

** And again, {{spoiler|the Gholam}}, dropped into a lightless void, forever to fall, unable to die...

* [[Faustian Rebellion]] - [[Psycho Ex Girlfriend|Lanfear]] insists she's willing and able to overthrow her master [[Satan]] (and then [[God]], incidentally) and [[We Can Rule Together|reign over all creation]], if her boyfriend will just play along with her plan for a little while and pledge his allegiance to her dark master--''temporarily'', of course. Much later, it becomes apparent {{spoiler|she meant ''every word''. And might have been right}}.

* [[Faustian Rebellion]] - [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend|Lanfear]] insists she's willing and able to overthrow her master [[Satan]] (and then [[God]], incidentally) and [[We Can Rule Together|reign over all creation]], if her boyfriend will just play along with her plan for a little while and pledge his allegiance to her dark master--''temporarily'', of course. Much later, it becomes apparent {{spoiler|she meant ''every word''. And might have been right}}.

* [[Fighter Mage Thief]] - Arguably, Perrin, Rand and Mat respectively. Rand was a [[Magic Knight]] for a while, but his permament injuries have gradually weakened him back to being [[Squishy Wizard]].

* [[Fighter, Mage, Thief]] - Arguably, Perrin, Rand and Mat respectively. Rand was a [[Magic Knight]] for a while, but his permament injuries have gradually weakened him back to being [[Squishy Wizard]].

** By the latest book, {{spoiler|he's less affected by them.}}

* [[Fictionary]] - The Old Tongue, a big [[Punctuation Shaker]], and an example of the more fragmentary style. One character develops a bad habit of speaking this language without meaning to.

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** [[Inherent Gift]] - There are a variety of extremely rare abilities that people can be born with, such as naturally accessing the World of Dreams, talking to wolves, ways of seeing the future, and sensing ''ta'veren''-- but despite what some characters believe, these have no connection with the One Power. Many others ''do'' however: innate Talents that allow sometimes-subconscious use of the One Power in specific areas that others might find extremely difficult or outright impossible: Healing, predicting the weather, Foretelling, finding ores, comprehension/reconstruction of [[Lost Technology]], etc. And of course there is a difference between people who can ''learn'' to channel and people who have [[The Gift]], and will begin to do it whether they are trained or not.

** [[Magic A Is Magic A]] - One of the reasons this series is so popular with physicists, chemists and other science-y types is that Power operates on clearly defined rules that (for the most part) don't get broken. When the mains inevitably gain massive amounts of power and ability, it doesn't feel like an [[Ass Pull]] so much as simply rediscovering talents lost to the ages. There are also a variety of special rules associated with certain weaves: most forms of Healing consume the body's energy, and the Healee is often ravenous for days afterwards; alternately, Traveling (directly to the location) and Skimming (via [[Subspace or Hyperspace|hyperspace]]) both create portals for fast transportation, but require strong familiarity with the departure point and destination, respectively.

** [[Superpower Meltdown]] - a major risk with channeling, [[Informed Flaw|though we've never seen anyone have one]]. Every channeler has a certain "strength," corresponding to how much of the Power they can draw safely. Go further than that and they might [[De Power]] themselves. Or render themselves brain-dead. Or kill themselves. Or disintegrate themselves in a [[Pillar of Light]] that results in a volcano and a brand-new mountain, called "Dragonmount" because that's where The Dragon killed himself. But only if you're [[The Chosen One]]. More likely to happen to people who have [[The Gift]] but no training. The series does a good job of making The One Power sound dangerous, but all the horror stories lose their bite when we know [[Like You Would Really Do It|the main characters won't be running afoul of them]] any time soon.

** [[Superpower Meltdown]] - a major risk with channeling, [[Informed Flaw|though we've never seen anyone have one]]. Every channeler has a certain "strength," corresponding to how much of the Power they can draw safely. Go further than that and they might [[De-Power]] themselves. Or render themselves brain-dead. Or kill themselves. Or disintegrate themselves in a [[Pillar of Light]] that results in a volcano and a brand-new mountain, called "Dragonmount" because that's where The Dragon killed himself. But only if you're [[The Chosen One]]. More likely to happen to people who have [[The Gift]] but no training. The series does a good job of making The One Power sound dangerous, but all the horror stories lose their bite when we know [[Like You Would Really Do It|the main characters won't be running afoul of them]] any time soon.

* [[Forging Scene]] - In ''The Dragon Reborn'', Perrin takes a break from chasing Rand to go work in a forge for a while. Some people consider it one of Perrin's most defining moments.

** He gets another in ''Towers of Midnight'', one that is arguably THE defining moment, since {{spoiler|it creates <s>a Power-wrought hammer</s> MJOLNIR to fulfill the Karaethon Cycle's "when the Wolf King takes up the hammer", via the discovery that one of the Asha'man has the Talent to make Power-wrought weapons}}.

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** Rand's adoptive parents, Tam and Kari al'Thor, certainly counted as this prior to Kari's death. So much so that even fifteen years later, Tam still hasn't remarried, instead devoting all of his time to raising their son and tending the family farm.

* [[Heads or Tails]]: Mat, and sometimes Rand, use this method to make decisions. Since they both have [[Born Lucky|luck-bending]] [[Reality Warper|reality powers]], this has extra significance.

* [[Heads Tails Edge]] - Happens around Rand all the time, due to his transient ''ta'veren'' effect. In Rhuidean, this prevents Mat from using his [[Born Lucky|luck]] to make an important decision.

* [[Heads-Tails-Edge]] - Happens around Rand all the time, due to his transient ''ta'veren'' effect. In Rhuidean, this prevents Mat from using his [[Born Lucky|luck]] to make an important decision.

** In book 13, Mat {{spoiler|rolls two six-sided dice and gets a ''one'': one of the dice landed on its corner}}.

* [[Harmony Versus Discipline]] - women must use Harmony to channel ''saidar'', men must use Discipline to channel ''saidin''. While both can acheive pretty much identical results, trying to use the method of the opposite sex is disastrous and potentially fatal.

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** The Aiel War was also pretty hopeless for the non-Aiel. The combined might of every nation between the Mountains of Mist and the Spine of the World, the Aes Sedai AND the Whitecloaks was only able to "win" because King Laman died in the final battle, which was all the Aiel really wanted. Not to mention that only a fraction of the Aiel actually went to fight the war.

* [[Horse of a Different Color]] - The Seanchan use every conceivable type of these.

* [[How Do I Shot Web]] - Remarkably, instead of everyone becoming instant channeling masters, it takes a good three or four (or ''seven'') books for the main characters to get a real grasp on channeling, with a lot of spectacular failures in the interim.

* [[How Do I Shot Web?]] - Remarkably, instead of everyone becoming instant channeling masters, it takes a good three or four (or ''seven'') books for the main characters to get a real grasp on channeling, with a lot of spectacular failures in the interim.

* [[Human Popsicle]] - 'Stasis-boxes' are alluded to contain living things, including Shadowspawn like the ''[[Artificial Human|gholam]]''. The [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]'s shared [[Sealed Evil in A Can]] status qualifies them as well, lasting three thousand years none the worse for wear, save for a few who were too close to the edge of the stasis field and experienced horrific aging.

* [[Hyperspace Is a Scary Place]] - Two different varieties.

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* [[I Know Your True Name]] - Moridin uses his "mindtraps" to gain absolute dominance over {{spoiler|Moghedian and Cyndane}}, turning them into his personal slaves as long as he holds the objects tied to their souls.

* [[I Like Those Odds]]: Birgitte tells Mat that the odds of getting back from the Tower of Ghenjei are one in a thousand. Mat responds by taking out "two dozen" coins and predicting that when he throws them every single one will land heads up (1/16777216 chance if there were exactly 24). They do, and Mat remarks that "One in a thousand is good odds, for me."

* [[I'm Not a Hero Im]] - Mat. Often when he gets into trouble, he is quick to remind the reader that he is "no bloody hero!"

* [[I'm Not a Hero, I'm X]] - Mat. Often when he gets into trouble, he is quick to remind the reader that he is "no bloody hero!"

* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]] - Considering that Birgitte, Min and Aviendha can all feel {{spoiler|what Elayne does when she's knocking boots with Rand}}. It's entirely justified that these three decide that there isn't enough booze in Camelyn to deal with this but figure it's worth trying.

** Mat's reaction when he finds out Birgitte's true identity. Her agreeing with him is the start of their friendship.

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* [[Intimate Healing]] - After chasing someone into a blizzard, Rand has to do the "naked body warmth" variety. The person being a woman, [[One Thing Led to Another|One Thing Leads To Another]], and this particular woman had teleported herself into a blizzard precisely to ''avoid'' that.

* [[It May Help You On Your Quest]]: At one point Thom notes that Mat is given everything he needs even if he doesn't realize what he needs it for at the time. It's quickly attributed to his unbelievably good luck as a Ta'veren.

* [[~~Its~~ Not You ~~Its~~ Me]]: Rand takes this approach toward not only his love interests, but his father and hometown as well. The possibility of his enemies discovering his attachment to any of them is one of his greatest fears, so Rand purposely distances himself in order to protect them.

* [[It's Not You, It's Me]]: Rand takes this approach toward not only his love interests, but his father and hometown as well. The possibility of his enemies discovering his attachment to any of them is one of his greatest fears, so Rand purposely distances himself in order to protect them.

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* [[Jossed]] - The theory ([http://web.archive.org/web/20031210122826/steelypips.org/wotfaq/1_dark/1.1_forsaken1/1.1.5_taimandred.html with plenty of arguments]) that {{spoiler|Demandred is masquerading as Taim ("[[Fan Nickname|Taimandred]]")}}. Even the two pieces of evidence in ''Winter's Heart'' that contradicted this were not wholly believed until Jordan finally settled the matter personally. Some still believe he [[Retcon|changed it]] out of spite.

* [[Kangaroo Court]] - In Book 4, Siuan is on the receiving end of one of these courts, led by Elaida. Although all of the Sitters were handpicked by Elaida in order to get Siuan deposed, stilled, and executed, the rebel Sitters insist on claiming that what was done was legal, as Elaida had the ''bare minimum'' of Sitters required. {{spoiler|Later, we find that some of those Sitters were Black Ajah, which invalidated the whole proceeding.}}

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]] - The original blademaster's sword Rand gets from his father is similar in design, as the [http://www.thesteelsource.com/html/mr1340.htm officially-licensed collectible replica] demonstrates. Taking it even further, Mat gets a [[Blade On a Stick]] called an ''ashandarei'', a possible [[Expy]] of the Japanese [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/~~Naginata naginata] (though it also resembles a European glaive).

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]] - The original blademaster's sword Rand gets from his father is similar in design, as the [http://www.thesteelsource.com/html/mr1340.htm officially-licensed collectible replica] demonstrates. Taking it even further, Mat gets a [[Blade On a Stick]] called an ''ashandarei'', a possible [[Expy]] of the Japanese [[wikipedia:Naginata|naginata]] (though it also resembles a European glaive).

** A more likely comparison is the Chinese Guan do. The description of the Ashanderei more closely matches this weapon, with the wider blade, naginata have a long slender curved blade, the guan do a fatter more broadsword like blade. And it is associated with several famous Chinese generals and more than one God of War.

** The ashandarei is pretty much a Polish war scythe.

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* [[Love Makes You Evil]] - Ditto.

* [[Loves the Sound of Screaming]] -The Black Wind.

* [[Lowest Cosmic Denominator]] - [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Dualistic_cosmology~~ Religious concepts with complicated real-world histories] are brought down to the bare essentials necessary for an epic fantasy.

* [[Lowest Cosmic Denominator]] - [[wikipedia:Dualistic cosmology|Religious concepts with complicated real-world histories]] are brought down to the bare essentials necessary for an epic fantasy.

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* [[The Man They Couldn't Hang]] - Mat survives a hanging, which leaves a scar around his neck that he carefully conceals thereafter.

* [[Mars and Venus Gender Contrast]] - one of the central themes of the series.

* [[Mass Oh Crap]] - When Perrin tells the wolves that Rand was captured in ''Lord of Chaos'', all of the wolves in his communicative range have a collective [[Oh Crap]] moment. And then unanimously pledge to [[The Cavalry|come to his aid]].

* [[Mass "Oh Crap"]] - When Perrin tells the wolves that Rand was captured in ''Lord of Chaos'', all of the wolves in his communicative range have a collective [[Oh Crap]] moment. And then unanimously pledge to [[The Cavalry|come to his aid]].

* [[Matriarchy]] - Several, running the full spectrum of the trope.

* [[Meaningful Name]] - everyone. [http://13depository.blogspot.com/search/label/Character%20Names Really.]

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* [[Named By Democracy]] -- The Black Tower

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] -- [http://13depository.blogspot.com/2002/03/names-of-shadow.html Almost every evil character.] Note that in universe, the Forsaken are a reversal of the trope. They were [[Complete Monster|so evil]] that we named our demons and monsters after them! (though they renamed themselves upon becoming Forsaken and time being cyclical... it could work both ways) Highlights:

** Ishamael = [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/~~Ishmael Ishmael] + [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/~~Hashashim Ismaili]

** Ishamael = [[wikipedia:Ishmael|Ishmael]] + [[wikipedia:Hashashim|Ismaili]]

** Sammael = [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/~~Samael Samael]

** Sammael = [[wikipedia:Samael|Samael]]

** Rahvin = [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/~~Ravana Ravana] + raven / raving / ravening

** Rahvin = [[wikipedia:Ravana|Ravana]] + raven / raving / ravening

** Be'lal = [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/~~Beliel Belial]

** Be'lal = [[wikipedia:Beliel|Belial]]

** Aginor = Agony

** Asmodean = [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/~~Asmodeus Asmodeus]

** Asmodean = [[wikipedia:Asmodeus|Asmodeus]]

** Lanfear = l'enfer<ref>hell in French</ref> + fear

** Of course, the Forsaken were given those names in scorn because they turned evil. Ishamael, for example, means "Betrayer of Hope" in the in-story extinct language. His original name was the much less intimidating Elan Morin Tedronai. The exception is Lanfear, who chose her own new name. Her old name was Mierin Eronaile, but [[Berserk Button|she doesn't like being called that.]]

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* [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]] -- Even if the good guys win the Last Battle, the war will change everything. The Seanchan have reconquered about a third of the Westlands. Their practice of enslaving channelers will either lead to a brutal and nigh-unwinnable war for the locals or completely upend the social order in which Aes Sedai, Wise Ones, etc. are respected advisors at the very least. But on the other hand, the protagonists hope that the revelation that ''sul'dam'' are all potential ''damane'' will upend the Seanchan's own practice of slavery. In addition, long-forgotten uses of the One Power like gateways and many others are returning and getting disseminated. Some completely new things have been discovered as well, including new ways to heal with the One Power, steam engines, and the idea of using gunpowder as a weapon.

** [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]] has also been invoked in-universe: Aviendha was the first person to take the test of a Wise One since Rand revealed the Aiel's history, and she inadvertently changed the ceremony: {{spoiler|in addition to seeing her people's past, she saw the future of her people, and it's a ''very'' [[Bad Future]].}}

* [[No Warping Zone]] -- The thirteenth book introduces {{spoiler|the "dreamspike" artifact}}, which blocks the creation of gateways within a large radius of its position, including ones inbound from outside the area of effect. In the Dream World, it visibly manifests as a spherical, semipermeable barrier of similar effect, except that teleportation is still possible between between two points inside the barrier.

* [["No Warping" Zone]] -- The thirteenth book introduces {{spoiler|the "dreamspike" artifact}}, which blocks the creation of gateways within a large radius of its position, including ones inbound from outside the area of effect. In the Dream World, it visibly manifests as a spherical, semipermeable barrier of similar effect, except that teleportation is still possible between between two points inside the barrier.

* [[Numerological Motif]] -- Seven [[Cosmic Keystone|Cosmic Keystones]], thirteen Forsaken. Thirteen is also the maximum number of participants in a female-only circle; such a circle has guaranteed success in cutting off a channeler from the source, regardless of individual strengths. Thirteen Black Ajah working through thirteen Fades can forcibly turn someone to the dark side. The thirteenth repository contains the secret histories of the White Tower (including the law forbidding telling most sisters about them).

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] -- '''Verin''', above all others. Eleven books of unusual behavior (including chapters ''from her own POV'') and we didn't find out until the twelfth that {{spoiler|she was a Black Ajah ''double agent'' who had dedicated her entire life to uncovering the members, workings, and secrets of the Black Ajah. Cue the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Crowning Moment of Awesome]] when she [[Loophole Abuse|fatally poisons]] [[Heroic Sacrifice|herself]] in order to betray the Black Ajah to Egwene, who subsequently purges the Black from the ranks of Aes Sedai once and for all}}.

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* [[Psychic Link]] -- Warder bonds. Inevitably shades over into [[Mindlink Mates]] when lovers do this; in fact, some male channelers bond their wives for no other reason. (Deconstructed when Rand, subjected to one, starts getting it on...)

* [[Psychic Powers]] - Mindspeech: Wolves and Wolfbrothers communicate by telepathy.

* [[Psycho Ex Girlfriend]] - The downside of reincarnation: Your super-powered ex who made a [[Deal With the Devil]] and has a millennia-old grudge against you for dumping her.

* [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend]] - The downside of reincarnation: Your super-powered ex who made a [[Deal With the Devil]] and has a millennia-old grudge against you for dumping her.

* [[Punctuation Shaker]] - Every word in the Old Tongue seems to have at least one apostrophe, often several.

* [[Pure Energy]] - The titular artifact in ''The Eye of the World'' is an ancient well of ''saidin'' concentrated into liquid form. Definitely not something you want to fall into. Liquefied ''evil'' Pure Energy appears again in Book 9 during {{spoiler|the Cleansing of ''saidin''}}.

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* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] - Rand at the end of ''The Fires of Heaven'' and also {{spoiler|Lanfear when she hears a rumor that Rand has a relationship with Aviendha.}}

** Also Rand in ''Winter's Heart'', hunting down the rogue Asha'man who tried to kill him in the previous book.

* [[Romantic Runner Up]] - Demandred.

* [[Romantic Runner-Up]] - Demandred.

* [[Running Gag]]: When one of the male leads is faced with a pretty woman, he almost invariably wishes that one of the other two was there, because 'they were better with girls'.

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* [[Shock and Awe]] - Another channeling power.

* [[Shoot the Messenger]] - Lanfear's minion was a bit dim about [[Clingy Jealous Girl|what Lanfear's primary characterization is.]]

* [[Shouldn't We Be in School Right Now]] - Elayne, Egwene and Nynaeve are exempt from many classes during their novitiate in the White Tower.

* [[Shouldn't We Be in School Right Now?]] - Elayne, Egwene and Nynaeve are exempt from many classes during their novitiate in the White Tower.

* [[Shout Out]] - The Mountains of Dhoom and the Mountains of Mist are references to [[The Lord of the Rings|Middle-earth]].

* [[Shout-Out]] - The Mountains of Dhoom and the Mountains of Mist are references to [[The Lord of the Rings|Middle-earth]].

** Let's not forget the inn in which Rand stays in Book 2: "'The Nine Rings' had been one of his favorite adventure stories when he was a boy; he supposed it still was."

** "Galad" is Sindarin for "light." Galad Damodred, as of the beginning of ''Knife of Dreams'', commands the Children of the Light.

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** He also includes references to his hometown, Charleston. The ogier, for example, are named for Ogier Street downtown.

* [[Shrug of God]] - Jordan's stock answer to many things was 'RAFO' - Read And Find Out.

* [[Shut Up Kiss]] - Lan knows how to handle Nynaeve. He's probably the only male who manages to keep her in check.

* [["Shut Up" Kiss]] - Lan knows how to handle Nynaeve. He's probably the only male who manages to keep her in check.

* [[Silk Hiding Steel]] - Female Aes Sedai in general, and Moiraine in particular, are often described in these terms.

* [[Situational Sexuality]] - Fairly common among initiates in the White Tower, where girls are isolated from men (and the world altogether) and would have problems anyway due to their powers and extended lifespan. Treated as a very private matter and not looked down upon, most (though not all) of these relationships dissolve upon completing the long training process. For instance, Moiraine and Siuan were in such a relationship during their training days, distanced themselves somewhat after becoming Aes Sedai, and eventually gained male love interests. All of the all-female organizations have some mention of this.

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* [[Teleport Interdiction]]: The thirteenth book presents the ''dreamspike'' artifact, which blocks the creation of Gateways within a large radius of its position, including ones inbound from outside the area of effect. In the Dream World, it visibly manifests as a spherical, semipermeable barrier of similar effect, except that teleportation is still possible between between two points both inside the barrier.

* [[Teleport Spam]] - Battles between really high-powered channelers are often this, with both sides launching an attack and Traveling out as fast as possible. Battles in the World of Dreams are essentially always [[Teleport Spam]].

* [[Tenchi Solution]] - Rand al'Thor genuinely falls in love with three women, and resorts to this for several books. Eventually he just separates them and sleeps with each one. In a real callback to the trope, his ancestral people do polygamy, so he ''could'' just marry all three, but instead he agonizes over his moral predicament for several books; in fact, it's ''their'' idea to just "share" him. And after that he's still all like, "[[~~Its~~ Not You ~~Its~~ My Enemies]], so keep this on the down-low."

* [[Tenchi Solution]] - Rand al'Thor genuinely falls in love with three women, and resorts to this for several books. Eventually he just separates them and sleeps with each one. In a real callback to the trope, his ancestral people do polygamy, so he ''could'' just marry all three, but instead he agonizes over his moral predicament for several books; in fact, it's ''their'' idea to just "share" him. And after that he's still all like, "[[It's Not You, It's My Enemies]], so keep this on the down-low."

* [[Terrain Sculpting]]: During the Breaking of the World, all male Aes Sedai went mad and caused total upheaval, creating mountain ranges, dredging seas and creating new ones on top of existing countries. It's suggested that the shape of all the world's landmasses has been radically changed.

* [[Terrifying Rescuer]]: In the first book when Perrin is captured by Whitecloaks, Lan scares the crap out of him while coming to the rescue. Rand is on a larger scale, what with all the prophecies saying he's going to destroy the world while saving it, but also has a few specific instances where his channeling scares people worse than whatever threat he's using it to save them from.

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* [[Villain Decay]] - remember when one Myrddraal was a challenge? When beating a Forsaken in a fair fight was unthinkable? Justified in that the characters have learned and grown a great deal in the years since the books started - see [[How Do I Shot Web]] above - but still, it's a little funny that Trollocs and Fades are apparently still considered dangerous in-universe.

* [[Villain Decay]] - remember when one Myrddraal was a challenge? When beating a Forsaken in a fair fight was unthinkable? Justified in that the characters have learned and grown a great deal in the years since the books started - see [[How Do I Shot Web?]] above - but still, it's a little funny that Trollocs and Fades are apparently still considered dangerous in-universe.

** It's more a case of [[Villain Forgot to Level Grind]]. Trollocs, Myrddraal ''et al'' never got any ''less'' dangerous; you still see them slaughtering [[Muggles]]. The protagonists, meanwhile, are all several orders of magnitude more [[Badass]] than they started out as, with Rand's [[Power Level]] in particular making him a literal [[One-Man Army]].

** Forsaken now seem to have been just a distraction for the good guys, while the real evil was preparing. {{spoiler|Padan Fain's power has grown to the point where he can raise the dead, the majority of the Black Tower has probably been infiltrated and/or [[Mind Control|Mind Controlled]] by Darkfriends, Caemlyn has apparently been overrun by Trollocs when everyone's back was turned, and there's more weird stuff out there no one understands.}}