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As the story unfolds, Rand, Mat, and Perrin started being able to sense the tugging of ''ta'veren'' to ''ta'veren''. Each were eventually able to see what either of the others were doing by merely thinking about them. |
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*Eldest [[Alar]] says she feels that Rand is ta'veren even though the Talent does not run strong in the [[Ogier]] in [[Stedding Tsofu]] |
*Eldest [[Alar]] says she feels that Rand is ta'veren even though the Talent does not run strong in the [[Ogier]] in [[Stedding Tsofu]] |
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Revision as of 00:23, 19 February 2010
- For the chapter in A Crown of Swords called "Ta'veren", see A Crown of Swords/Chapter 34.
Ta'veren are people whom the Wheel of Time specifically weaves the Pattern around.
Ta'veren : "A person around whom the Wheel of Time weaves all surrounding life-threads, perhaps ALL life-threads, to form a Web of Destiny."[1]
Noted Ta'veren
- Rand al'Thor - Current
- Perrin Aybara - Current
- Matrim Cauthon - Current
- Mabriam en Shereed - Historical
- Artur Hawkwing - Historical
- Lews Therin Telamon - Historical
Commentary
Rand is the strongest of the three current ta'veren and as such, has a greater pull on Mat and Perrin. It is also hinted, that Rand is probably the strongest ta'veren in known history. Moiraine Damodred commented, though she didn't realize Rand would have "companions", she thought it significant that Mat and Perrin were born near the same time together with Rand.
As the story unfolds, Rand, Mat, and Perrin started being able to sense the tugging of ta'veren to ta'veren. Each were eventually able to see what either of the others were doing by merely thinking about them.
Ability
- No one is born ta'veren, they are made so as the Wheel needs them to be.
- Ta'veren changes the probability of something happening, e.g. they can cause a person to fall off a house and then get up without a scratch on them, yet someone else can easily trip over a stick and break their neck. This implies that ta'veren do not make the impossible happen, though the improbable may be perceived as "impossible". Several characters have made comments to this effect.
- Rand al'Thor thinks that for all the "good" ta'veren effects, there are equal amounts of "bad" ta'veren effects.
- It is said that ta'veren can be tracked and located by their effect on the Pattern.
- Certain ter'angreal may replicate or influence the probability-changing effects of ta'veren, such as the six spotted dice ter'angreal used by the Black Ajah in Tear.
- Moraine speculated that ta'veren attracts the "bubble of evil" due to the Dark One's influence on the Pattern.
People with Talent to see Ta'veren
- Siuan Sanche - sees a glow around Rand in Fal Dara
- Logain Ablar - sees a glow around Rand in Caemlyn
- Nicola Treehill sees a glow around Mat in Salidar
- Eldest Alar says she feels that Rand is ta'veren even though the Talent does not run strong in the Ogier in Stedding Tsofu
Parallels
Descriptions of ta'veren and their effects on the Pattern resemble that of Strange Attractors.