Setting Info

This used to be "World Stuff." I decided that "Setting Information" was a better way of describing it. Here we have stuff describing Randland's history, culture, geography, politics, One Power usage, and other general topics.

• Aes Sedai
  • List of Amyrlin Seats: Color-coded!
  • The Ageless Look: a compendium of quotes on the Ageless Look, from books 1-6.
  • The Aes Sedai Indices: Listing of all Aes Sedai, the Amyrlin Seats, analysis of relative strengths, analysis of the various Halls of the Sitters. NEW !
• Aiel
  • The permanently-under-construction Aiel Guide

• The Age of Legends
  • A collection of information and speculation about the Age of Legends, by Sam "Asha'man" Curtis.

• Calendar: Calendar system used in Randland, depicted by Robert Oliver.

• Compendiums--Collections of information about Randland
  • The Illustrated Wheel of Time Worldbook: From the creator of the Concordance, The Worldbook provides lots of information about Randland, with many excellent illustrations. This is what Tor's The World of RJ's Wheel of Time should have been.
  • The Wheel of Time Concordance: A Guide to Geography, Culture, and other Setting Elements, by Rhonda Peters. Very comprehensive resource on all facets of Randland cultures, etc. Here is an ftp-able version: ftp://tales.ccs.yorku.ca/pub/Tav/WOT-concordance.txt
  • The WOT Codex: A listing of descriptions of objects, clothing, etc. seen in the books.
  • The Forge of Asha'man--The Black Tower: Contains info on the Age of Legends, Talents, and the TP.

• Geography of Randland
  • A List of Places in Randland
  • The Gazetteer of The Wheel of Time: List of places, current and historical. NEW !
  • MAPS
    • Map of Randland (GIF format)
    • Map of the Two Rivers

• Military Stuff
  • A list of active armies, as of the end of TFOH.
  • A list of military movements
  • A Compendium of Weapons and Military Costuming, compiled by Paul Postuma, current with Knife of Dreams.

• The Old Tongue
  • The Compleat Old Tongue: The original. Accept no plagiarisations.
  • The Old Tongue Dictionary: Seems to be the heir to Aaron's page.
  • A letter from RJ on the Old Tongue
  • Similarities between the Old Tongue and modern languages, by Qirien Dhaela.

• The One Power
  • The One Power: What's been said about how it is used--weaving flows, etc.
  • The One Power Model v1.1, by Ryan Bettens--an attempt at a quantitative analysis of the mechanics of the OP
  • A Tentative listing of OP strength, by Karl-Johan and Dave Rothgery.
  • A list of known Talents, compiled by Sam Curtis.

• The Sea Folk
  • Seafolk Info Page, by David Elm--very comprehensive

• The Seanchan
  • Seanchan Info Page

• Sword Forms
  • Sword Forms--a list of the "sword forms" named in the books.
  • Mahiro Shukosa's Guide to Sword-Forms--includes proposed description of what actions correspond to the names.

• Timelines
  • A Timeline, by Emma Pease.
  • The Seven Spokes: A Wheel of Time Chronology, by Robert Oliver.
  • Wheel of Time Timeline, by Ariam Ferro.
  • The Chronology of the Wheel of Time: Dates for all the events of the books, by Steven Cooper.
  • Brief Look at Wheel of Time History, by M. Carrier
  • The Annals of the Wheel of Time: chronology of events preceding the series, by John Hamby. NEW !

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