The novel was never published, but Jordan went on to write the immensely successful Wheel of Time series for a different publisher.

* Robert Jordan's Old Tongue in The Wheel of Time

* A setting in which the primary world does not exist ( e. g. The Lord of The Rings, The Prydain Chronicles, The Inheritance Cycle, The Wheel of Time, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Name of the Wind )

Some examples of this are: R. A. Salvatore's Drizzt of " The Legend of Drizzt ", Kathryn Lasky's Soren of Guardians of Ga ' Hoole, David Eddings ' Belgarion in the Belgariad and Malloreon, Terry Brooks ' Shea and Wil Ohmsford of The Sword of Shannara and The Elfstones of Shannara, Terry Goodkind's Richard Cypher, Robert Jordan's Rand al ' Thor of The Wheel of Time, Pug and Arutha of Raymond Feist's Riftwar Saga, Philip Pullman's Lyra Belacqua of His Dark Materials, Ursula K. Le Guin's Ged, Aerial of the Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce, and Christopher Paolini's Eragon of The Inheritance Cycleand Ashalind of the " Bitterbynd Trilogy ".

Examples would be: Tolkien's Gandalf of The Lord of the Rings, Dumbledore of Harry Potter series, Merlin of Arthurian Legends, Lasky's Ezylryb of Guardians of Ga ' Hoole, Brooks ' Allanon of The Sword of Shannara, Eddings ' Belgarath and Polgara of The Belgariad, Feist's Macros the Black of the Riftwar Saga, Jordan's Moiraine of The Wheel of Time ( who at least starts out as this kind of character ), Goodkind's Zeddicus Zu ' l Zorander of The Sword of Truth, Dart-Thornton's Thorn / Angaver, and Paolini's Brom and Oromis of The Inheritance Cycle.

Examples would be: Tolkien's Morgoth of The Silmarillion as well as Sauron, the King of the Nazgûl and the others of the Nine Riders from The Lord of the Rings, Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter series, Lasky's Kludd and Nyra of Guardians of Ga ' Hoole, Brooks's Warlock Lord of The Sword of Shannara, Jordan's Dark One of The Wheel of Time, and Eddings ' Torak of The Belgariad and Zandramas of The Malloreon, Rick Riordan's Kronos of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Goodkind's Darken Rahl and Emperor Jagang of The Sword of Truth, Dart-Thornton's Moragon, and Paolini's Galbatorix of The Inheritance Cycle.

In some works, as in large parts of Jordan's The Wheel of Time, the struggle between good and evil is mainly used as a backdrop for more intricate conflicts of interest, such as conflicts between different factions formally on the same side in the good vs. evil conflict.

From Tolkien to the modern day, authors in this genre tend to create their own worlds where they set multi-tiered narratives such as the Belgariad, Malloreon, Wheel of Time, Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Black Company, The Sword of Truth, A Song of Ice and Fire, and Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn.

Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. ( October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007 ) He used this pseudonym for fantasy novels, including the bestselling The Wheel of Time series for which he was best known.

Responding to queries on the similarity of some of the concepts in his Wheel of Time books with Freemasonry concepts, Jordan admitted that he was a Freemason.

Jordan published eleven books of a total fourteen in the main sequence of the Wheel of Time series.

" On December 7, 2007, Tor Books announced that Brandon Sanderson had been chosen to finish the Wheel of Time series.

The Wheel of Time series consists of:

* The Shadow Rising, the fourth book in American author Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time

* In Robert Jordan ' Wheel of Time the Tree of Life – " Avendesora " – as the last of its kind plays a pivotal role.

* Wheel of Time ( 2003 )

* Channeler ( The Wheel of Time ), fictional characters in the Wheel of Time fantasy book series by Robert Jordan

* Horn of Valere a fictional horn in Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time, that calls heroes back from the grave

The Wheel of Time or Kalachakra is a Tantric deity that is associated with Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, which encompasses all four main schools of Sakya, Nyingma, Kagyu and Gelug, and is especially important within the lesser-known Jonang tradition.

In an interview included with the audio book editions of his novels, author Robert Jordan has stated that his bestselling fantasy series The Wheel of Time borrows the titular concept from Hindu mythology.

The Wheel of Time is a series of epic fantasy novels written by American author James Oliver Rigney, Jr., under the pen name Robert Jordan.

Fellow fantasy author and long-time Wheel of Time fan Brandon Sanderson was brought in to complete the final book, but during the writing process it was decided that book would be far too large to be published in one volume, and would instead be published as three volumes as large as, or larger than, any previous book in the series.

The Eye of the World ( abbreviated as tEotW or EotW by fans ) is the first book of The Wheel of Time ( WoT ) fantasy series written by American author Robert Jordan.

The Great Hunt ( abbreviated as tGH by fans ) is the second book of The Wheel of Time fantasy series written by American author Robert Jordan.

A Crown of Swords ( abbreviated as aCoS by fans ) is the seventh book of The Wheel of Time fantasy series written by American author Robert Jordan.

Winter's Heart ( abbreviated as WH by fans ) is the ninth book of the Wheel of Time fantasy series written by American author Robert Jordan.

* The Wild Hunt appears frequently in modern fantasy fiction, as in Alan Garner ( in The Moon of Gomrath ), Peter Beagle ( in Tamsin ), Penelope Lively in The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy, Uladzimir Karatkievich ( in The Wild Hunt of King Stakh ), Susan Cooper in The Dark is Rising, Guy Gavriel Kay's trilogy The Fionavar Tapestry, Raymond E. Feist's ' Faerie Tale ', Laurell K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry series, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings ( as the Dead Men of Dunharrow ), Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( Novel Child of the Hunt ), Andrzej Sapkowski's Geralt of Rivia cicle and Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, among many others.

In The Wheel of Time, a fantasy series by Robert Jordan, the Band of the Red Hand that resembles the Red Branch Knights makes its appearance.

* Sea of Storms ( Wheel of Time ), a location in the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan

* Rand al ' Thor, the main character in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time fantasy fiction series

Demandred ( deh-MAN-drehd ) ( Originally known as Barid Bel Medar ) is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan.

Rand al ' Thor, also known as the Dragon Reborn, is the fictional main character and protagonist of The Wheel of Time, a series of fantasy novels by Robert Jordan.

* The fantasy series The Wheel of Time contains a city named Far Madding.

This article is about countries, cities, towns, and other important locations in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time fantasy series.

" Randland " is a name adopted by fans to refer to the imaginary world of The Wheel of Time fantasy book series by Robert Jordan during the time period he calls the New Era, and is derived from the name of the central character Rand al ' Thor.

This article contains information on minor characters in Robert Jordan's extensive The Wheel of Time fantasy fiction series who do not have their own article or appear on other pages.

Masema Dagar is a character in the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan.

( Merzpicture 29a, Picture with Turning Wheel, 1920 for instance, combines a series of wheels that only turn clockwise, alluding to the general drift Rightwards across Germany after the Spartacist Uprising in January that year, whilst Mai 191 ( 9 ), alludes to the strikes organized by the Bavarian Workers ' and Soldiers ' Council.

Like Mario Kart DS, it includes on-line play ; it also allows racers to play as user-created Miis ( after unlocking the Mii character ) as well as Mario series characters and comes packaged with the Wii Wheel peripheral, which can act as the game's primary control mechanism when coupled with a Wii Remote.

* With Apologies to Jesse Jackson, an episode of an animated comedy series, South Park, in which Stan's dad, Randy becomes a social pariah after saying " niggers " on Wheel of Fortune

The online game Wheel of Time Multi-User Dungeon is the oldest authorized game based on the series, started in 1993 ; however, older, offline games have been in existence since as far back as the series started.

Dynamite Entertainment have since published 25 issues of the The Wheel of Time: Eye of the World comic book series as of March 2012.

The German power metal band Blind Guardian have written two songs dedicated to the Wheel of Time series as part of their 2010 album At the Edge of Time: " Ride Into Obsession " and " Wheel of Time ".

In the tradition of the literature-inspired symphonic poem, American composer Seth Stewart produced a full-scale orchestral work entitled Age of Legends, inspired by the eponymous era of myth and magic described throughout The Wheel of Time series.

On 17 March 2009 they showcased ten pages of art from the prelude to the series " The Wheel of Time: Eye of the World # 0-Dragonmount " on their website.

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