Ta'veren is a term used in the Wheel of Time

The Wheel of Time

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. Originally planned as a six-book series, the length was increased by increments; at the time of Rigney's death, he expected it to be 12, but it will actually...

 series by Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. , under which he was best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Reagan O'Neal and Jackson O'Reilly.-Biography:Jordan was born in Charleston, South Carolina...

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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." (TEotW, Glossary)

Notable Ta'veren

• Current
  • Rand al'Thor
    Rand al'Thor
    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.Rand al'Thor has many other titles within the series:...
    
    
  • Perrin Aybara
    Perrin Aybara
    Perrin t'Bashere Aybara, or Goldeneyes, is one of the main characters of Robert Jordan's epic fantasy The Wheel of Time. Character is largely based on Slavic god Perun. In addition to the name similarity Perrin's choice of weapons include the axe, hammer, and bow...
    
    
  • Matrim Cauthon

• Historical
  • Mabriam en Shereed
  • Lews Therin Telamon
    Lews Therin Telamon
    Lews Therin Telamon is a fictional character in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He was the Dragon of the Age of Legends. He is the most powerful, most hated, and most feared man in history, for his part in the Breaking of the World and killing his loved ones, earning him the...
    
    
  • Artur Hawkwing

NOTE: Rand is the strongest of the three current ta'veren and as such, has a greater pull on Mat and Perrin.

Ability

• No one is born ta'veren, they are made as the Wheel needs them.
• Ta'veren affects those around them inadvertently i.e. 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. Any action that occurs to someone because of being in the proximity of someone who is Ta'veren is only what they might have done, however improbable. For instance, if said person would never have jumped off of a building, then being close to Ta'veren would not change it. However, if said person would have jumped off the building once in million times, then being near a Ta'veren might make the person jump off of the building because however improbable the action is, it is possible for such an event to occur.
• It is said that ta'veren can be tracked and located by their effect on the Pattern.

People with Talent to see Ta'veren

• Siuan Sanche
  Siuan Sanche
  Siuan Sanche is a character of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan.The sharp-tongued daughter of a fisherman from Tear, Siuan Sanche joined the White Tower at the same time as Moiraine Damodred...
  
   - sees a glow around Rand in Fal Dara.
• Logain Ablar
  Logain Ablar
  Logain Ablar is a fictional character in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.-False Dragon:Logain Ablar was a False Dragon who could channel the One Power. He proclaimed himself shortly before the events of Winternight in the Two Rivers...
  
   - sees a glow around Rand in Caemlyn.
• Nicola Treehill sees a glow around Mat in Salidar.
• Alar, the Eldest Elder of Stedding Tsofu (an Ogier), can sense ta'veren, though dimly.

The Seanchan

The Seanchan

Seanchan

In the fictional world of Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time, Seanchan is the name of a continent, the empire that occupies it, and the people that live in the empire...

 do not believe in the pattern or ta'veren and attribute the affects of the web to omens. Tuon

Tuon

'Fortuona Athaem Devi Paendrag', formerly known as Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag is a fictional character in Robert Jordan's popular Wheel of Time fantasy series. As the heir-designate to the Seanchan empire, she is titled the Daughter of the Nine Moons...

interprets such beliefs as superstitions.