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The Asha'man are male channellers trained by Rand al'Thor as weapons for the Last Battle, based at the Black Tower near Caemlyn. Their name means "guardian" or "defender" in the Old Tongue. Where the Aes Sedai spend years learning to channel safely, the Asha'man are trained at brutal speed - the taint on saidin means many go mad or burn themselves out. They are organised in military ranks: Soldier, Dedicated, and the full Asha'man. Mazrim Taim runs the Black Tower in Rand's name, though his loyalties and methods are a source of growing unease. The Asha'man represent a fundamental shift in the world's power balance - for the first time in three thousand years, male channellers are organised, trained, and dangerous rather than hunted and killed.

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Rand al'Thor The central protagonist of the Wheel of Time and the Dragon Reborn - the reincarnation of Lews Therin Telamon, the channeller who sealed the Dark One's prison three thousand years ago and in doing so tainted the male half of the One Power, driving himself and every male channeller of his age to madness and destruction. Rand begins the series as a sheepherder from Emond's Field with no knowledge of his heritage or destiny, and the fourteen books follow his transformation from a frightened young man running from his fate into someone capable of facing the Dark One at the Last Battle. His arc is one of the most developed in fantasy literature - a sustained examination of what prophecy, power, and the weight of being necessary does to a person. He can channel saidin, the male half of the One Power, and slowly goes mad from the taint as the series progresses, making him simultaneously the world's greatest hope and its greatest danger.	Leader

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Rand al'Thor

The central protagonist of the Wheel of Time and the Dragon Reborn - the reincarnation of Lews Therin Telamon, the channeller who sealed the Dark One's prison three thousand years ago and in doing so tainted the male half of the One Power, driving himself and every male channeller of his age to madness and destruction. Rand begins the series as a sheepherder from Emond's Field with no knowledge of his heritage or destiny, and the fourteen books follow his transformation from a frightened young man running from his fate into someone capable of facing the Dark One at the Last Battle. His arc is one of the most developed in fantasy literature - a sustained examination of what prophecy, power, and the weight of being necessary does to a person. He can channel saidin, the male half of the One Power, and slowly goes mad from the taint as the series progresses, making him simultaneously the world's greatest hope and its greatest danger.

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