Prophecies from Randland

Randland Prophecies


Listed below are most of the prophecies from the Wheel of Time. Included are fragments of the Prophecies of the Dragon, the Jendai Prophecy, the Aiel Prophecies, as well as various commentaries and histories.

If you find a prophecy in tWoT that isn't listed here, please send me an email specifying the book and chapter number. Thanks.

The prophecies are split into the seven books: Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn, The Shadow Rising, The Fires of Heaven, Lord of Chaos, and A Crown of Swords.

Eye of the World


EotW: Prologue, Dragonmount


"And the Shadow fell upon the Land, and the World was riven stone from stone. The oceans fled, and the mountains were swallowed up, and the nations were scattered to the eight corners of the World. The moon was as blood, and the sun was as ashes. The seas boiled, and the living envied the dead. All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon."

(from Aleth nin Taerin alta Camora, The Breaking of the World. Author unknown, the Fourth Age)

EotW: Prologue, Dragonmount


"And it came to pass in those days, as it had come before and would come again, that the Dark lay heavy on the land and weighed down the hearts of men, and the green things failed, and hope died. And men cried out to the Creator, saying, O Light of the Heavens, Light of the World, let the Promised One be born of the mountain, according to the prophecies, as he was in ages past and will be in ages to come. Let the Prince of the Morning sing to the land that green things will grow and the valleys give forth lambs. Let the arm of the Lord of the Dawn shelter us from the Dark, and the great sword of justice defend us. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time."

(from Charal Drianaan te Calamon, The Cycle of the Dragon. Author unknown, the Fourth Age)

The Great Hunt


tGH: page ix


"And it shall come to pass that what men made shall be shattered, and the Shadow shall lie across the Pattern of the Age, and the Dark One shall once more lay his hand upon the world of man. Women shall weep and men quail as the nations of the earth are rent like rotting cloth. Neither shall anything stand nor abide...

Yet one shall be born to face the Shadow, born once more as he was born before and shall be born again, time without end. The Dragon shall be Reborn, and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth at his rebirth. In sackcloth and ashes shall he clothe the people, and he shall break the world again by his coming, tearing apart all ties that bind. Like the unfettered dawn shall he blind us, and burn us, yet shall the Dragon Reborn confront the Shadow at the Last Battle, and his blood shall give us the Light. Let tears flow, O ye people of the world. Weep for your salvation."

(from The Karaethon Cycle: The Prophecies of the Dragon, as translated by Ellaine Marise'idin Alshinn, Chief Librarian at the Court of Arafel, in the Year of Grace 231 of the New Era, the Third Age.)

tGH: Ch5, The Shadow in Shienar


"For he shall come like the breaking dawn, and shatter the world again with his coming, and make it anew."

tGH: Ch8, The Dragon Reborn


"When the winds of Tarmon Gai'don scour the earth, he will face the Shadow and bring forth Light again in the world."

tGH: Ch22, Watchers


"Five ride forth, and four return. Above the watchers shall he proclaim himself, bannered cross the sky in fire."

tGH: Ch26, Discord


"Twice and twice shall he be marked,
Twice to live, and twice to die
Once the heron to set his path,
Twice the heron, to name him true
Once the Dragon for remembrance lost,
Twice the Dragon for the price he must pay."

tGH: Ch26, Discord


"Twice dawns the day when his blood is shed
Once for mourning, once for birth
Red on black, the Dragon's blood stains the rock of Shayol Ghul
In the Pit of Doom shall his blood free men from the Shadow."

tGH: Ch28, A New Thread In The Pattern


"He will come from the west, beyond the Spine of the World, but be of our blood. He will go to Rhuidean, and lead us out of the Three-fold Land."

The Dragon Reborn


tDR: page ix


"And his paths shall be many, and who shall know his name, for he shall be born among us many times, in many guises, as he has been and ever will be, time without end. His coming shall be like the sharp edge of the plow, turning our lives in furrows from out of the places where we lie in our silence. The breaker of bonds; the forger of chains. The maker of futures; the unshaper of destiny."

(from Commentaries on the Prophecies of the Dragon, by Jurith Dorine, Right Hand to the Queen of Almoren, 742 AB, the Third Age.)

tDR: Ch56, People of the Dragon


"And it was written that no hand but his should wield the Sword held in the Stone, but he did draw it out, like fire in his hand, and his glory did burn the world. Thus did it begin. Thus do we sing his Rebirth. Thus do we sing the beginning."

(from Do'in Toldara te, Songs of the Last Age, Quarto Nine: The Legend of the Dragon Composed by Boanne, Songmistress at Taralan, the Fourth Age)

The Shadow Rising


tSR: page 9


"The Shadow shall rise across the world, and darken every land, even to the smallest corner, and there shall be neither Light nor safety. And he who shall be born of the Dawn, born of the Maiden, according to Prophecy, he shall stretch forth his hands to catch the Shadow, and the world shall scream in the pain of salvation. All Glory be to the Creator, and to the Light, and to he who shall be born again. May the Light save us from him."

(from Commentaries on the Karaethon Cycle Sereine dar Shamelle Motara Counsel-Sister to Comaelle, High Queen of Jaramide (circa 325 AB), the Third Age)

tSR: Ch3, Reflection


"His blood on the rocks of Shayol Ghul, washing away the Shadow, sacrifice for man's salvation."

tSR: Ch6, Doorways


"Power of the Shadow made human flesh, wakened to turmoil, strife and ruin. The Reborn One, marked and bleeding, dances the sword in dreams and mist, chains the Shadowsworn to his will, from the city, lost and forsaken, leads the spears to war once more, breaks the spears and makes them see, truth long hidden in the ancient dream."

tSR: Ch19, The Wavedancer


"The White Tower shall be broken by his name, and Aes Sedai shall kneel to wash his feet and dry them with their hair."

tSR: Ch21, Into the Heart


"Into the heart he thrusts his sword,
Into the heart, to hold their hearts,
Who draws it out shall follow after,
What hand can grasp that fearful blade?"

tSR: Ch25, The Road To The Spear


"The Stone that never falls will fall to announce his coming. Of the blood, but not raised by the blood, he will come from Rhuidean at dawn, and tie you together with bonds you cannot break. He will take you back, and he will destroy you."

tSR: Ch34, He Who Comes With The Dawn


"He shall spill out the blood of those who call themselves Aiel as water on sand, and he shall break them as dried twigs, yet the remnant of a remnant shall he save, and they shall live."

tSR: Ch57, A Breaking in the Three-fold Land


"Born of the Blood, but raised by those not of the Blood."

tSR: Ch58, The Traps of Rhuidean


"And when the blood was sprinkled on ground where nothing could grow, the Children of the Dragon did spring up, the People of the Dragon, armed to dance with death. And he did call them forth from the wasted lands, and they did shake the world with battle."

(from The Wheel of Time by Sulamein so Bhagad Chief Historian at the Court of the Sun, the Fourth Age)

The Fires of Heaven


tFoH: page 9


"With his coming are the dread fires born again. The hills burn, and the land turns sere. The tides of men run out, and the hours dwindle. The wall is pierced, and the veil of parting raised... Storms rumble beyond the horizon, and the fires of heaven purge the earth. There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death."

(fragment from The Prophecies of the Dragon believed translated by N'Delia Basolaine First Maid and Sword fast to Raidhen of Hol Cuchone (circa 400 AB))

Lord of Chaos


LoC: Beginning


"The lions sing and the hills take flight,
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule."

(chant from a children's game heard in Great Aravalon, the Fourth Age)

LoC: Epilogue, The Answer


"The unstained tower breaks and bends knee to the forgotten sign. The seas rage, and stormclouds gather unseen. Beyond the horizon, hidden fires swell, and serpents nestle in the bosom. What was exalted is cast down; what was cast down is raised up. Order burns to clear his path."

(The Prophecies of the Dragon translation by Jeorad Manyard, Governor of the Province of Andor for the High King, Artur Paendrag Tanreall)

A Crown of Swords


aCoS: Beginning


"There can be no health in us, nor can any good thing grow, for the land is one with the Dragon Reborn, and he one with the land. Soul of fire, heart of stone, in pride he conquers, forcing the proud to yield. He calls upon the mountains to kneel, and the seas to give way, and the very skies to bow. Pray that the heart of stone remembers tears, and the soul of fire, love."

(From a much-disputed translation of The Prophecies of the Dragon by the poet Kyera Termendal, of Shiota, believed to have been published between FY 700 and FY 800)

aCoS: Ch18, As the Plow Breaks the Earth


"As the plow breaks the earth shall he break the lives of men, and all that was shall be consumed in the fire in his eyes. The trumpets of war shall sound at his footsteps, the ravens feed at his voice, and he shall wear a crown of swords."

aCoS: Ch??, ?


"The north shall he tie to the east, and the west shall be bound to the north."

aCoS: Ch41, A Crown of Swords


"Master of the lightnings, rider on the storm,
Wearer of a crown of swords, spinner-out of fate,
Who thinks he turns the Wheel of Time,
May learn the truth too late."

(from a fragmentary translation of The Prophecies of the Dragon, attributed to Lord Mangore Kiramin, Sword-bard of Aramelle and Warder to Caraighan Maconar, into what was then called the vulgar tongue. (circa 300 AB))