Foretelling is the ability to tell the future with unerring accuracy, if not always great clarity. The ability is believed to be linked to the One Power by Aes Sedai, and is thus classified as a Talent even though it requires no active use of the Power. Indeed, it is usually not under the control of the speaker as to when it comes upon her (or him), and sometimes they do not remember what they themselves have Foretold.
List of Foretellings[]
New Spring[]
The Dragon Reborn[]
—Gitara Moroso[1]
The Eye of the World[]
Andor[]
This, too, I Foretell. Pain and division come to the whole world, and this man [Rand] stands at the heart of it."
—Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan[2]
The Shadow Rising[]
Andor[]
— Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan, while she was still an Accepted [3]
Tigraine Mantear[]
When Rand asks Amys about his mother after he returned from Rhuidean, Amys tells him the story of Shaiel and one part is a Foretelling of Gitara Moroso.
Lord of Chaos[]
Dreams and nightmares[]
—Nicola Treehill[5]
Likely interpretation of Nicola Treehill's Foretelling
Aviendha tells to Rand:
"Melaine and Bair dreamed of you on a boat, with three women whose faces they could not see, and a scale tilting first one way then the other. Melaine and Amys dreamed of a man standing by your side with a dagger to your throat, but you did not see him. Bair and Amys dreamed of you cutting the wetlands into two with a sword. They cannot interpret the dreams, but they thought you should know. [6]
[...]
All three had this dream, which makes it especially significant. Rain, coming from a bowl. There are snares and pitfalls around the bowl. If the right hands pick it up, they will find a treasure perhaps as great as the bowl. If the wrong hands, the world is doomed. The key to finding the bowl is to find the one who is no longer." [6]
A Crown of Swords[]
The Black Tower[]
- Main article: Black Tower Foretelling
—Elaida a'Roihan[7]
Crossroads of Twilight[]
Secrets[]
In Crossroads of Twilight, Nicola Treehill claims to foretell a battle with the Seanchan or the Asha'man, the imprisonment of the Amyrlin, the Dragon Reborn doing nine impossible things, and visions that might be Tarmon Gai'don.
Knife of Dreams[]
Tuon reveals that Lidya had a Foretelling about her marriage to Mat Cauthon:
—Lidya
Towers of Midnight[]
The Dragon test[]
—Recited by King Paitar of Arafel[8]
The prophecy was given to Reo Myershi, the ancestor of King Paitar, and was held in secret by his line until Paitar told it to other Borderlands rulers. They decided to test Rand and try to kill him if they must. The meeting took place in the Far Madding Guardian. First all four rulers struck Rand, bloodying him, then Paitar asked Rand about the death of Tellindal Tirraso, being ready to kill him right there. When Rand answered properly, they relaxed.
If Rand didn't have Lews Therin's memories, he wouldn't be able to answer the question. And before his epiphany, according to Rand himself, he would "return those slaps with balefire", because the Guardian cannot block the True Power. The Borderlander armies had orders to attack in that case.
The phrase"He will break what he must break, ..." refers, in Rand's opinion, to the breaking the remaining Seals.