The Creator is the name given to the entity who created the universe, the Wheel of Time and reality itself. It is unclear if The Creator also created the Dark One; it is suggested that The Creator imprisoned the Dark One, its antithesis, at the moment of Creation, very probably in order to give his creations free will without allowing the Dark One to directly influence anything in the Pattern.
Virtually nothing is known of The Creator. He is not worshiped as a god in the traditional sense, although his name and the term "the Light" appear to be interchangeable. By the Third Age it is common knowledge that The Creator will not directly intervene in the affairs of humankind. Consequently, there are no organized religious bodies that have anything to do with him, with the strange exception of the Children of the Light.
Despite his lack of a presence in the Pattern, he may have spoken to Rand al"Thor twice in the series. The first time is after Rand has first learned to channel after killing Aginor at the Eye of the World. In this instance, the voice remarked that it would not interfere, and that only Rand could undertake the struggle to help humankind[1]. The second occurred immediately before Rand went to confront the Dark One at the Last Battle, when Rand was doubting whether or not he had prepared carefully enough for his confrontation with the Dark One. As Rand is about to step into the Pit of Doom, the same voice (as confirmed by Rand's thoughts) spoke aloud that the time for Rand to confront the Dark One was ripe. [2]
The closest thing to the intervention of the Creator was through Nakomi, a woman of the surviving Jenn Aiel. Her purpose was to be the latest in a line of Jenn who acted as something close to a vessel or avatar of the Creator. Nakomi was not the Creator, but close to the Creator, and inhabited in part by something of the Creator.[3]
Interestingly, Rand hypothesized at one point that if the Dark One did break free of its prison then only that one world would be affected, not all of time and space[verify] (in contradiction of other prophecies[verify]). He suggested that The Creator had created many worlds as a gardener had grown many grapes on a vine, and if one of the grapes shriveled and died, then the gardener would be regretful but would move on. Lews Therin Telamon, or at least the voice representing his personality within Rand's mind, seemed to agree with this conclusion.
One particular issue that the people of the world take with the Creator is that, despite the Dark One clearly being willing and able to meddle in the affairs of humans, the Creator is not. This is perceived by many, including a despairing Rand himself at one point, to have been an indifferent abandonment of humanity to a force of evil it cannot possibly defeat. It is only at the very end of the series that the reason for this is approach by the Creator is made, albeit indirectly. Due to the impregnable nature of the Dark One's prison, he ultimately has absolutely no power over reality outside of indirectly influencing humans to make evil choices. He only can directly touch the world if humanity, whether out of pride, hate, hopelessness or malice, allows him to. It was humanity that drilled into his prison in their arrogance, and humanity that wrought all the evils of the War of Power. It was ultimately humans, and only humans, that were responsible for the suffering that the Dark One is blamed for during the time the Bore was drilled to the time it was sealed again, and humans that ultimately managed to fix their mistakes. But due to the Dark One's inability to learn or change and the cyclical nature of time and history, the Dark One can't actually win unless humans permit him to by fully surrendering to him. Ultimately, it is entirely the choice of humanity whether to allow evil into their lives or not. The nature of the reality that the Creator incepted allows humans to make of the world what they will, for good or ill.
Fan Theories[]
A running joke among fans is the idea that Bela is The Creator in disguise. The reason is because Bela appears more than any character but the central ones, along with the fact that she has gone into several battles and other hostilities and always come back into the story.
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