Ta'veren
tah-VEER-ehn
Contents
General
Ta'veren are people chosen by the Wheel to mend the Pattern at need, making someone who is already alive one, people are not born ta’veren (Robert Jordan's Blog, Friday, January 20th, 2006). When the Pattern seems to be drifting too quickly, and especially if it is in the wrong direction, one or more ta’veren are created. As such, people such as Darkfriends are unlikely to be ta'veren as the aim of the Dark One is to break the wheel and destroy the Pattern (Robert Jordan's Blog, Wednesday, October 5th, 2005).
Unlikely events happen around ta'veren, both good and bad. which tend to balance each other out (ACoS, Ch. 35). It is also possible for Aes Sedai to duplicate the effects of ta'veren, though this has not been seen in the books Robert Jordan's Blog, Wednesday, October 5th, 2005). Some channelers, such as Siuan (TGH, Ch. 5), Nicola (LoC, Ch. 38) and Logain (TEotW, Ch. 39; LoC, Ch. 30) have the ability to see ta'veren, though the talent is rare, supposedly more so than ta'veren themselves (This passage needs a reference). Some Ogier are also able to see ta'veren, though Loial is not one of them (TGH, Ch. 3). It is also possible to find ta'veren using the Power, though few people know how (KoD, Ch. 18).
Ta'veren Effects
Effects on People
Effects on Chance
Interrelationships between Ta'veren
Known Ta'veren
Quotes
The Wheel of Time weaves the Pattern of the Ages, and the threads it uses are lives. It is not fixed, the Pattern, not always. If a man tries to change the direction of his life and the Pattern has room for it, the Wheel just weaves on and takes it in. There is always room for small changes, but sometimes the Pattern simply won't accept a big change, no matter how hard you try...
...And sometimes the Wheel bends a life-thread, or several threads, in such a way that all the surrounding threads are forced to swirl around it, and those force other threads, and those still others, and on and on. That first bending to make the Web, that is ta'veren, and there is nothing you can do to change it, not until the Pattern itself changes. The Web - ta'maral'ailen, it's called - can last for weeks, or for years. It can take in a town, or even the whole Pattern. Artur Hawkwing was ta'veren. So was Lews Therin Kinslayer, for that matter, I suppose (Loial to Rand, The Eye of the World, Chapter 36).
"I could almost feel the Pattern swirl just listening to you tell your tale, and I have no Talent there. You are ta'veren, all right. You, and maybe your friends, too." (Loial, to Rand, The Eye of the World, Chapter 36)
