.  THE WHEEL OF TIME TURNS...

FORWARDLION

.  ... and ages come to pass.  .

independent &. semi selective multimuse writing blog featuring characters from the wheel of time
explored by jill. she/her. 29. CET. _©

muse count: three

elayne trakand is by the grace of the light, queen of andor and cairhien, defender of the realm, protector of the people, high seat of house trakand, and aes sedai of the green ajah.
elayne was born to queen morgase trakand and prince taringail damodred, and was daughter-heir of andor from birth. as was tradition, she was sent to the white tower for her education as daughter-heir, where she was enrolled as a novice after it was discovered that she had the potential to be one of the most powerful channelers of the era. she grew close to egwene al'vere, nynaeve al'meara and min farshaw, and had their first encounter with the seanchan and black ajah in falme. elayne was raised to accepted at the behest of the amyrlin seat, siuan sanche, and decided to hunt the black ajah in tear with egwene and nynaeve.in the stone of tear, egwene declared her love to rand al'thor, the dragon reborn. she and nynaeve then ventured to tanchico to save the panarch of tarabon from the black ajah. the pair subsequently made their way to salidar while chased by moghedien, and elayne was forced to bond birgitte silverbow as her warder after she was ripped from tel'aran'rhiod. in salidar, elayne discovered her talent for ter'angreal creation and made an a'dam to leash moghedien, where she and nynaeve had the forsaken teach them about lost weaves from the age of legends. she was raised to full aes sedai by egwene as rebel amyrlin, and though andor was in chaos after the presumed death of elayne's mother, she chose to seek the bowl of the winds in order to combat the unnatural seasons.in ebou dar, elayne worked with a group of aes sedai, kin, windfinders and one wise one in order to use the bowl of the winds and defeat the seanchan. with her mission complete, she returned to caemlyn to claim the throne, and although she secured the capital, many houses would not support her due to her link with the white tower, and the perceived tyranny of morgase in her last year of reign. before she secured the lion throne through her skill with daes dae'mar, she bonded aviendha as her first-sister, and bonded rand as her second warder, falling pregnant with his twins. elayne, min, and aviendha all chose to love rand and to respect each other's love for him.after her coronation as queen of andor, she was also accepted as queen of cairhien due to her paternal ancestry of the royal damodred line, and to her great surprise, she learned that her mother still lived, but had privately chosen to abdicate to elayne following her escape from rahvin. as the last battle approached, elayne was the first ruler to sign the dragon's peace, and was given command of the forces of all nations of the westlands. elayne was greatly wounded by an attack led by darkfriends, but was saved when the horn of valere was sounded.perrin aybara also known as perrin goldeneyes and young bull, is one of the main protagonists in the series. he, together with mat cauthon and rand al'thor, is a strong ta'veren. He is also a wolfbrother, and has exceptional skills in manipulating Tel'aran'rhiod.he is married to faile bashere and held (unofficially) the title of lord of the two rivers and later (officially) lord steward of the dragon in the two rivers.perrin is the eldest of four children born to con and joslyn aybara and born in within a week of Rand al'Thor. his family were farmers and lived on a sprawling family farm more than half a day beyond emond’s field.at the age of twelve, he was apprenticed as a blacksmith to master luhan, after which he had only seen his family on feastdays, the distance being too great for casual travel, he was a shy child. he grew up together with mat & rand where they got into trouble quite a bit, mat generally being the force behind it. he also knows egwene al'Vere and nynaeve al'meara since he was young and has a close relationship with them. during the events of the story, he meets his two rivers friends on various occasions.Perrin's defining characteristic is that of being a wolfbrother.Perrin first meets Elyas Machera and begins to sense the wolves a few days before he makes a full transformation to wolfbrother and gains the distinctive wolf-like yellow eyes. It seems likely that the triggering event is the first contact with wolves and their acceptance of him among them.The name given to Perrin by the wolves is Young Bull. Note that this name is assigned by the wolves, not chosen by Perrin himself, and reflects his "true essence". An interpretation of his name could be one of great strength and a degree of caution about the world.Being a wolfbrother gives him a host of special abilities. These include:• Psychic communication: With more than one wolf or wolfbrother over a large distance.
• Psychic location: He can tell how far away wolves and other wolfbrothers are.
• Better vision: This includes both being able to see farther in normal conditions and being able to see in the dark.
• Augmented sense of smell: Not only is his sense of smell extremely sensitive, but he can smell things that would not logically have an origin such as human emotions and other states such as distrust or madness.
• Connection with Tel'Aran'Rhiod: The ability to enter the Dreamworld in his sleep and in the flesh. The latter seems to require channeling in most of humans (known exceptions are Lanfear and Isam Mandragoran)
• Prophetic Dreams: Distinct from the Dreamwalking ability, he also has abilities similar to a Dreamer in that he has dreams that predict the future. It is not clear whether this is strongly connected with the wolfbrother ability and something which all wolfbrothers (and possibly wolves) possess, or something more unique to Perrin.Perrin meets a girl in the company of two Hunters of the Horn. She called herself "Mandarb" which means "blade" in the Old Tongue. This was a source of amusement to Perrin as it was also the name of Lan's horse. The girl, revealing her true name to be Zarine Bashere, then adopted the name "Faile", which means "falcon". It is this name by which the readers will know Perrin's soon-to-be lover and later wife. Perrin is also immediately reminded of the viewing which Min had of him regarding a falcon and a hawk.Faile's kidnapping by the Shaido in Amadicia begins period of frustration and self-reflection for Perrin where the lengths he will go to in order to resue her reveal a darker side to his character. After the Last Battle, Perrin is set to become the prince consort of Saldaea, as Faile became heir apparent to the Broken Crown via the deaths of Queen Tenobia and both her parents.