Chapter summaries and a glossary for Robert Jordan's fantasy novel series The Wheel of Time.
Glossary
1. The Eye of the World
- Prologue. Dragonmount
- 1. An Empty Road
- 2. Strangers
- 3. The Peddler
- 4. The Gleeman
- 5. Winternight
- 6. The Westwood
- 7. Out of the Woods
- 8. A Place of Safety
- 9. Tellings of the Wheel
- 10. Leavetaking
- 11. The Road to Taren Ferry
- 12. Across the Taren
- 13. Choices
- 14. The Stag and Lion
- 15. Strangers and Friends
- 16. The Wisdom
- 17. Watchers and Hunters
- 18. The Caemlyn Road
- 19. Shadow's Waiting
- 20. Dust on the Wind
- 21. Listen to the Wind
- 22. A Path Chosen
- 23. Wolfbrother
- 24. Flight Down the Arinelle
- 25. The Traveling People
- 26. Whitebridge
- 27. Shelter From the Storm
- 28. Footprints in Air
- 29. Eyes Without Pity
- 30. Children of Shadow
- 31. Play for Your Supper
- 32. Four Kings in Shadow
- 33. The Dark Waits
- 34. The Last Village
- 35. Caemlyn
- 36. Web of the Pattern
- 37. The Long Chase
- 38. Rescue
- 39. Weaving of the Web
- 40. The Web Tightens
- 41. Old Friends, and New Threats
- 42. Remembrance of Dreams
- 43. Decisions and Apparitions
- 44. The Dark Along the Ways
- 45. What Follows in Shadow
- 46. Fal Dara
- 47. More Tales of the Wheel
- 48. The Blight
- 49. The Dark One Stirs
- 50. Meetings at the Eye
- 51. Against the Shadow
- 52. Neither Beginning nor End
- 53. The Wheel Turns
2. The Great Hunt
- Prologue. In the Shadow
- 1. The Flame of Tar Valon
- 2. The Welcome
- 3. Friends and Enemies
- 4. Summoned
- 5. The Shadow in Shienar
- 6. Dark Prophecy
- 7. Blood Calls Blood
- 8. The Dragon Reborn
- 9. Leavetakings
- 10. The Hunt Begins
- 11. Glimmers of the Pattern
- 12. Woven in the Pattern
- 13. From Stone to Stone
- 14. Wolfbrother
- 15. Kinslayer
- 16. In the Mirror of Darkness
- 17. Choices
- 18. To the White Tower
- 19. Beneath the Dagger
- 20. Saidin
- 21. The Nine Rings
- 22. Watchers
- 23. The Testing
- 24. New Friends and Old Enemies
- 25. Cairhien
- 26. Discord
- 27. The Shadow in the Night
- 28. A New Thread in the Pattern
- 29. Seanchan
- 30. Daes Dae'mar
- 31. On the Scent
- 32. Dangerous Words
- 33. A Message From the Dark
- 34. The Wheel Weaves
- 35. Stedding Tsofu
- 36. Among the Elders
- 37. What Might Be
- 38. Practice
- 39. Flight From the White Tower
- 40. Damane
- 41. Disagreements
- 42. Falme
- 43. A Plan
- 44. Five Will Ride Forth
- 45. Blademaster
- 46. To Come Out of the Shadow
- 47. The Grave Is No Bar to My Call
- 48. First Claiming
- 49. What Was Meant to Be
- 50. After
3. The Dragon Reborn
- Prologue. Fortress of the Light
- 1. Waiting
- 2. Saidin
- 3. News from the Plain
- 4. Shadows Sleeping
- 5. Nightmares Walking
- 6. The Hunt Begins
- 7. The Way Out of the Mountains
- 8. Jarra
- 9. Wolf Dreams
- 10. Secrets
- 11. Tar Valon
- 12. The Amyrlin Seat
- 13. Punishments
- 14. The Bite of the Thorns
- 15. The Gray Man
- 16. Hunters Three
- 17. The Red Sister
- 18. Healing
- 19. Awakening
- 20. Visitations
- 21. A World of Dreams
- 22. The Price of The Ring
- 23. Sealed
- 24. Scouting and Discoveries
- 25. Questions
- 26. Behind a Lock
- 27. Tel'aran'rhiod
- 28. A Way Out
- 29. A Trap To Spring
- 30. The First Toss
- 31. The Woman of Tanchico
- 32. The First Ship
- 33. Within the Weave
- 34. A Different Dance
- 35. The Falcon
- 36. Daughter of the Night
- 37. Fires in Cairhien
- 38. Maidens of the Spear
- 39. Threads in the Pattern
- 40. A Hero in the Night
- 41. A Hunter's Oath
- 42. Easing the Badger
- 43. Shadowbrothers
- 44. Hunted
- 45. Caemlyn
- 46. A Message Out of the Shadow
- 47. To Race the Shadow
- 48. Following the Craft
- 49. A Storm in Tear
- 50. The Hammer
- 51. Bait for the Net
- 52. In Search of a Remedy
- 53. A Flow of the Spirit
- 54. Into the Stone
- 55. What Is Written in Prophecy
- 56. People of the Dragon
4. The Shadow Rising
- 1. Seeds of Shadow
- 2. Whirlpools in the Pattern
- 3. Reflection
- 4. Strings
- 5. Questioners
- 6. Doorways
- 7. Playing With Fire
- 8. Hard Heads
- 9. Decisions
- 10. The Stone Stands
- 11. What Lies Hidden
- 12. Tanchico or the Tower
- 13. Rumors
- 14. Customs of Mayene
- 15. Into the Doorway
- 16. Leavetakings
- 17. Deceptions
- 18. Into the Ways
- 19. The Wavedancer
- 20. Winds Rising
- 21. Into the Heart
- 22. Out of the Stone
- 23. Beyond the Stone
- 24. Rhuidean
- 25. The Road to the Spear
- 26. The Dedicated
- 27. Within the Ways
- 28. To the Tower of Ghenjei
- 29. Homecoming
- 30. Beyond the Oak
- 31. Assurances
- 32. Questions to Be Asked
- 33. A New Weave in the Pattern
- 34. He Who Comes With the Dawn
- 35. Sharp Lessons
- 36. Misdirections
- 37. Imre Stand
- 38. Hidden Faces
- 39. A Cup of Wine
- 40. Hunter of Trollocs
- 41. Among the Tuatha'an
- 42. A Missing Leaf
- 43. Care for the Living
- 44. The Breaking Storm
- 45. The Tinker's Sword
- 46. Veils
- 47. The Truth of a Viewing
- 48. An Offer Refused
- 49. Cold Rocks Hold
- 50. Traps
- 51. Revelations in Tanchico
- 52. Need
- 53. The Price of a Departure
- 54. Into the Palace
- 55. Into the Deep
- 56. ???
- 57. A Breaking in the Three-Fold Land
- 58. The Traps of Rhuidean
5. The Fires of Heaven
- Prologue. The First Sparks Fall
- 1. Fanning the Sparks
- 2. Rhuidean
- 3. Pale Shadows
- 4. Twilight
- 5. Among the Wise Ones
- 6. Gateways
- 7. A Departure
- 8. Over the Border
- 9. A Signal
- 10. Figs and Mice
- 11. The Nine Horse Hitch
- 12. An Old Pipe
- 13. A Small Room in Sienda
- 14. Meetings
- 15. What Can Be Learned in Dreams
- 16. An Unexpected Offer
- 17. Heading West
- 18. A Hound of Darkness
- 19. Memories
- 20. Jangai Pass
- 21. The Gift of a Blade
- 22. Birdcalls by Night
- 23. "The Fifth, I Give You"
- 24. A Message Sent
- 25. ???
- 26. Sallie Daera
- 27. The Practice of Diffidence
- 28. Trapped
- 29. Memories of Saldaea
- 30. A Wager
- 31. The Far Snows
- 32. A Short Spear
- 33. A Question of Crimson
- 34. A Silver Arrow
- 35. Ripped Away
- 36. A New Name
- 37. Performances in Samara
- 38. An Old Acquaintance
- 39. Encounters in Samara
- 40. The Wheel Weaves
- 41. The Craft of Kin Tovere
- 42. Before the Arrow
- 43. This Place, This Day
- 44. The Lesser Sadness
- 45. After the Storm
- 46. Other Battles, Other Weapons
- 47. The Price of a Ship
- 48. Leavetakings
- 49. To Boannda
- 50. To Teach, and Learn
- 51. News Comes to Cairhien
- 52. Choices
- 53. Fading Words
- 54. To Caemlyn
- 55. The Threads Burn
- 56. Glowing Embers
6. Lord of Chaos
- Prologue. The First Message
- 1. Lion on the Hill
- 2. A New Arrival
- 3. A Woman's Eyes
- 4. A Sense of Humor
- 5. A Different Dance
- 6. Threads Woven of Shadow
- 7. A Matter of Thought
- 8. The Storm Gathers
- 9. Plans
- 10. A Saying in the Borderlands
- 11. Lessons and Teachers
- 12. Questions and Answers
- 13. Under the Dust
- 14. Dreams and Nightmares
- 15. A Pile of Sand
- 16. Tellings of the Wheel
- 17. The Wheel of a Life
- 18. A Taste of Solitude
- 19. Matters of Toh
- 20. From the Stedding
- 21. To Shadar Logoth
- 22. Heading South
- 23. To Understand a Message
- 24. An Embassy
- 25. Like Lightning and Rain
- 26. Connecting Lines
- 27. Gifts
- 28. Letters
- 29. Fire and Spirit
- 30. To Heal Again
- 31. Red Wax
- 32. Summoned in Haste
- 33. Courage to Strengthen
- 34. Journey to Salidar
- 35. In the Hall of the Sitters
- 36. ???
- 37. When Battle Begins
- 38. A Sudden Chill
- 39. Possibilities
- 40. Unexpected Laughter
- 41. A Threat
- 42. The Black Tower
- 43. The Crown of Roses
- 44. The Color of Trust
- 45. A Bitter Thought
- 46. Beyond the Gate
- 47. The Wandering Woman
- 48. Leaning on the Knife
- 49. The Mirror of Mists
- 50. Thorns
- 51. The Taking
- 52. Weave of the Power
- 53. The Feast of Lights
- 54. The Sending
- 55. Dumai's Wells
- 56. The Answer
7. A Crown of Swords
- Prologue. Lightnings
- 1. High Chasaline
- 2. The Butcher's Yard
- 3. Hill of the Golden Dawn
- 4. Into Cairhien
- 5. A Broken Crown
- 6. Old Fear, and New Fear
- 7. Pitfalls and Tripwires
- 8. The Figurehead
- 9. A Pair of Silverpike
- 10. Unseen Eyes
- 11. An Oath
- 12. A Morning of Victory
- 13. The Bowl of the Winds
- 14. White Plumes
- 15. Insects
- 16. A Touch on the Cheek
- 17. The Triumph of Logic
- 18. As the Plow Breaks the Earth
- 19. Diamonds and Stars
- 20. Patterns Within Patterns
- 21. Swovan Night
- 22. Small Sacrifices
- 23. Next Door to a Weaver
- 24. The Kin
- 25. Mindtrap
- 26. The Irrevocable Words
- 27. To Be Alone
- 28. Bread and Cheese
- 29. The Festival of Birds
- 30. The First Cup
- 31. Mashiara
- 32. Sealed to the Flame
- 33. A Bath
- 34. Ta'veren
- 35. Into the Woods
- 36. Blades
- 37. A Note from the Palace
- 38. Six Stories
- 39. Promises to Keep
- 40. Spears
- 41. A Crown of Swords
8. The Path of Daggers
- Prologue. Deceptive Appearances
- 1. To Keep the Bargain
- 2. Unweaving
- 3. A Pleasant Ride
- 4. A Quiet Place
- 5. The Breaking Storm
- 6. Threads
- 7. A Goatpen
- 8. A Simple Country Woman
- 9. Tangles
- 10. Changes
- 11. Questions and an Oath
- 12. New Alliances
- 13. Floating Like Snow
- 14. Message from the M'Hael
- 15. Stronger than Written Law
- 16. Unexpected Absences
- 17. Out on the Ice
- 18. A Peculiar Calling
- 19. The Law
- 20. Into Andor
- 21. Answering the Summons
- 22. Gathering Clouds
- 23. Fog of War, Storm of Battle
- 24. A Time for Iron
- 25. An Unwelcome Return
- 26. The Extra Bit
- 27. The Bargain
- 28. Crimsonthorn
- 29. A Cup of Sleep
- 30. Beginnings
- 31. After
9. Winter's Heart
- Prologue. Snow
- 1. Leaving the Prophet
- 2. Taken
- 3. Customs
- 4. Offers
- 5. Flags
- 6. The Scent of Madness
- 7. The Streets of Caemlyn
- 8. The Sea Folk and Kin
- 9. A Cup of Tea
- 10. A Plan Succeeds
- 11. Ideas of Importance
- 12. A Lily in Winter
- 13. Wonderful News
- 14. What a Veil Hides
- 15. In Need of a Bellfounder
- 16. An Unexpected Encounter
- 17. Pink Ribbons
- 18. An Offer
- 19. Three Women
- 20. Question of Treason
- 21. A Matter of Property
- 22. Out of Thin Air
- 23. To Lose the Sun
- 24. Among the Counsels
- 25. Bonds
- 26. Expectation
- 27. To Surprise Queens and Kings
- 28. News in a Cloth Sack
- 29. Another Plan
- 30. Cold, Fat Raindrops
- 31. What the Aelfinn Said
- 32. A Portion of Wisdom
- 33. Blue Carp Street
- 34. The Hummingbird's Secret
- 35. ???
10. Crossroads of Twilight
- Prologue. Glimmers of the Pattern
- 1. Time to Be Gone
- 2. Two Captains
- 3. A Fan of Colors
- 4. The Tale of a Doll
- 5. The Forging of a Hammer
- 6. The Scent of a Dream
- 7. Blacksmith's Puzzle
- 8. Whirlpools of Color
- 9. Traps
- 10. A Blazing Beacon
- 11. Talk of Debts
- 12. A Bargain
- 13. High Seats
- 14. What Wise Ones Know
- 15. Gathering Darkness
- 16. The Subject of Negotiations
- 17. Secrets
- 18. ???
- 19. Surprises
- 20. In the Night
- 21. A Mark
- 22. One Answer
- 23. Ornaments
- 24. A Strengthening Storm
- 25. When to Wear Jewels
- 26. In So Habor
- 27. What Must Be Done
- 28. A Cluster of Rosebuds
- 29. Something Flickers
- 30. What the Oath Rod Can Do
- Epilogue. An Answer
11. Knife of Dreams
- Prologue. Embers Falling on Dry Grass
- 1. When Last Sounds
- 2. The Dark One's Touch
- 3. At the Gardens
- 4. A Deal
- 5. Something... Strange
- 6. A Stave and a Razor
- 7. A Cold Medallion
- 8. Dragons' Eggs
- 9. A Short Path
- 10. A Village in Shiota
- 11. A Hell in Maderin
- 12. A Manufactory
- 13. Siege
- 14. Wet Things
- 15. A Different Skill
- 16. The New Follower
- 17. A Bronze Bear
- 18. News for the Dragon
- 19. Vows
- 20. The Golden Crane
- 21. Within the Stone
- 22. To Make an Anchor Weep
- 23. Call to a Sitting
- 24. Honey in the Tea
- 25. ???
- 26. As If the World Were Fog
- 27. A Plain Wooden Box
- 28. In Malden
- 29. The Last Knot
- 30. Outside the Gates
- 31. The House on Full Moon Street
- 32. To Keep the Bargain
- 33. Nine Out of Ten
- 34. A Cup of Kaf
- 35. ???
- 36. Under an Oak
- 37. Prince of the Ravens
- Epilogue. Remember the Old Saying
12. The Gathering Storm
- Prologue. What the Storm Means
- 1. Tears from Steel
- 2. The Nature of Pain
- 3. The Ways of Honor
- 4. Nightfall
- 5. A Tale of Blood
- 6. When Iron Melts
- 7. The Plan for Arad Doman
- 8. Clean Shirts
- 9. Leaving Malden
- 10. The Last of the Tabac
- 11. ???
- 12. Unexpected Encounters
- 13. An Offer and a Departure
- 14. A Box Opens
- 15. A Place to Begin
- 16. In the White Tower
- 17. Questions of Control
- 18. A Message in Haste
- 19. Gambits
- 20. On a Broken Road
- 21. Embers and Ash
- 22. The Last That Could Be Done
- 23. A Warp in the Air
- 24. A New Commitment
- 25. In Darkness
- 26. A Crack in the Stone
- 27. The Tipsy Gelding
- 28. Night in Hinderstap
- 29. Into Bandar Eban
- 30. Old Advice
- 31. ???
- 32. Rivers of Shadow
- 33. ???
- 34. Legends
- 35. A Halo of Blackness
- 36. ???
- 37. A Force of Light
- 38. News in Tel'aran'rhiod
- 39. ???
- 40. The Tower Shakes
- 41. A Fount of Power
- 42. Before the Stone of Tear
- 43. Sealed to the Flame
- 44. Scents Unknown
- 45. The Tower Stands
- 46. To Be Forged Again
- 47. The One He Lost
- 48. Reading the Commentary
- 49. Just Another Man
- 50. Veins of Gold
- Epilogue. Bathed in Light
13. Towers of Midnight
- Prologue. Distinctions
- 1. Apples First
- 2. Questions of Leadership
- 3. The Amyrlin's Anger
- 4. The Pattern Groans
- 5. Writings
- 6. Questioning Intentions
- 7. Lighter than a Feather
- 8. The Seven-Striped Lass
- 9. Blood in the Air
- 10. ???
- 11. An Unexpected Letter
- 12. An Empty Ink Bottle
- 13. For What Has Been Wrought
- 14. A Vow
- 15. Use a Pebble
- 16. Shanna'har
- 17. Partings, and a Meeting
- 18. The Strength of this Place
- 19. Talk of Dragons
- 20. A Choice
- 21. An Open Gate
- 22. The End of a Legend
- 23. Foxheads
- 24. To Make a Stand
- 25. Return to Bandar Eban
- 26. Parley
- 27. A Call to Stand
- 28. Oddities
- 29. A Terrible Feeling
- 30. Men Dream Here
- 31. Into the Void
- 32. A Storm of Light
- 33. A Good Soup
- 34. Judgement
- 35. The Right Thing
- 36. An Invitation
- 37. Darkness in the Tower
- 38. Wounds
- 39. In the Three-Fold Land
- 40. A Making
- 41. An Unexpected Ally
- 42. Stronger than Blood
- 43. Some Tea
- 44. A Backhanded Request
- 45. A Reunion
- 46. Working Leather
- 47. A Teaching Chamber
- 48. Near Avendesora
- 49. Court of the Sun
- 50. Choosing Enemies
- 51. A Testing
- 52. Boots
- 53. Gateways
- 54. The Light of the World
- 55. The One Left Behind
- 56. Something Wrong
- 57. A Rabbit for Supper
- Epilogue. And After
14. A Memory of Light
- Prologue. By Grace and Banners Fallen
- 1. Eastward the Wind Blew
- 2. The Choice of an Ajah
- 3. A Dangerous Place
- 4. Advantages to a Bond
- 5. To Require a Boon
- 6. A Knack
- 7. Into the Thick of It
- 8. That Smoldering City
- 9. To Die Well
- 10. The Use of Dragons
- 11. Just Another Sell-sword
- 12. A Shard of a Moment
- 13. What Must Be Done
- 14. Doses of Forkroot
- 15. Your Neck in a Cord
- 16. A Silence Like Screaming
- 17. Older, More Weathered
- 18. To Feel Wasted
- 19. The Choice of a Patch
- 20. Into Thakan'dar
- 21. Not a Mistake to Ignore
- 22. The Wyld
- 23. At the Edge of Time
- 24. To Ignore the Omens
- 25. Quick Fragments
- 26. Considerations
- 27. Friendly Fire
- 28. Too Many Men
- 29. The Loss of a Hill
- 30. The Way of the Predator
- 31. A Tempest of Water
- 32. A Yellow Flower-Spider
- 33. The Prince's Tabac
- 34. Drifting
- 35. A Practiced Grin
- 36. Unchangeable Things
- 37. The Last Battle
- 38. The Place That Was Not
- 39. Those Who Fight
- 40. Wolfbrother
- 41. A Smile
- 42. Impossibilities
- 43. A Field of Glass
- 44. Two Craftsmen
- 45. Tendrils of Mist
- 46. To Awaken
- 47. Watching the Flow Writhe
- 48. A Brilliant Lance
- 49. Light and Shadow
- Epilogue. To See the Answer