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* MarryThemAll: After trying and largely failing at ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies and some considerable angst, Rand begins to resign himself to this with his three love interests in Book 9. [[spoiler: However, Rand never actually ''officially'' marries any of them, at least before the end of the series.]]

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* MarryThemAll: After trying and largely failing at ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies and some considerable angst, Rand begins to resign himself to this with his three love interests (Elayne, Aviendha and Min) in Book 9. [[spoiler: However, Rand never actually ''officially'' marries any of them, at least before the end of the series.]]
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Obvious Judas is a YMMV trope; moving to YMMV.The Wheel Of Time.


* ObviousJudas: [[spoiler:Mazrim Taim]] is so obviously evil that it's not even a surprise when it turns out that [[spoiler:he's a Darkfriend and has been turning the Black Tower into a den of Darkfriends]]
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* PerfectionIsStatic: [[spoiler:In Rand's final confrontation with the Dark One, he discovers that if he were to kill the Dark One, taking away the source of temptation and evil, humanity would essentially lose free will and become robots.]]
--> '''Shai'tan:''' [[spoiler:PERFECT. UNCHANGING. RUINED. DO THIS, IF YOU WISH, ADVERSARY. IN KILLING ME, I WOULD WIN.]]
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* PunctuationShaker: Every word in the Old Tongue seems to have at least one apostrophe, often several. Some words are {{justified}} because the Old Tongue is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_language synthetic language]], where smaller words are stuck together into larger ones. For instance, ''Al'cair'rahienallen'', the full name of the city of Cairhein, means "Hill of the Golden Dawn".

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* PunctuationShaker: Every word in the Old Tongue seems to have at least one apostrophe, often several. Some words are {{justified}} {{justified|Trope}} because the Old Tongue is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_language synthetic language]], where smaller words are stuck together into larger ones. For instance, ''Al'cair'rahienallen'', the full name of the city of Cairhein, means "Hill of the Golden Dawn".
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* Preemptive Cavalry: [[spoiler: in ''Towers of Midnight'' the Whitecloaks see Perrin suddenly appear on a hill about to charge down and slaughter them. All hope seems lost and the Whitecloaks prepare for a final stand when a [[OhCrap whole army of Shadowspawn appear]]. The Whitecloaks feel like they're about to get crushed between both forces when [[BigDamnHeroes Perrin's army charges in]] and saves most of them, finally convincing them that he was [[EnemyMine their ally after all]].]]
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Not how that works. Balefire doesn't erase you from the Pattern.


** Every single person will eventually be reincarnated by the Pattern, unless they get burnt out of the Pattern by [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique balefire]]. It is unclear if "normal" people have any connection to their past lives or not.

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** Every single person will eventually be reincarnated by the Pattern, unless they get burnt out of the Pattern by [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique balefire]].Pattern. It is unclear if "normal" people have any connection to their past lives or not.
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* ObviousJudas: [[spoiler:Mazrim Taim]] is so obviously evil that it's not even a surprise when it turns out that [[spoiler:he's a Darkfriend and has been turning the Black Tower into a den of Darkfriends]]
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* PermanentElectedOfficial: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]]. The Amyrlin Seat of the Aes Sedai is elected for life, but the Hall of the Tower can vote to depose and DePower her. It's such an extreme measure that it's only been done thrice in 3000 years, and the third time is [[MiscarriageOfJustice a coup with the barest veneer of legality]].
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* PacifismBreakingPointThe Tuatha'an are {{Actual Pacifist}}s who won't do violence even to defend themselves. However, one of their number, Aram, abandons this philosophy after he sees [[BeastMan Trollocs]] kill his mother. He becomes an excellent swordsman, but his choice and the loss of his community cause serious SanitySlippage.

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* PacifismBreakingPointThe PacifismBreakingPoint: The Tuatha'an are {{Actual Pacifist}}s who won't do violence even to defend themselves. However, one of their number, Aram, abandons this philosophy after he sees [[BeastMan Trollocs]] kill his mother. He becomes an excellent swordsman, but his choice and the loss of his community cause serious SanitySlippage.
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* PacifismBreakingPointThe Tuatha'an are {{Actual Pacifist}}s who won't do violence even to defend themselves. However, one of their number, Aram, abandons this philosophy after he sees [[BeastMan Trollocs]] kill his mother. He becomes an excellent swordsman, but his choice and the loss of his community cause serious SanitySlippage.

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* MutantDraftBoard: The Seanchan enslave all channelers and periodically test all women under a certain age to root out any others who might show up. Before the collars were developed, their lands had been home to constant warring between rival channelers; they react with horror at the thought of such people roaming free in modern times.

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The Seanchan enslave all channelers and periodically test all women under a certain age to root out any others who might show up. Before the collars were developed, their lands had been home to constant warring between rival channelers; they react with horror at the thought of such people roaming free in modern times.


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* MyFistForgivesYou: The Aiel honor code codifies this as a relatively friendly way to settle some transgressions. Afterwards, the matter is considered settled and is never to be spoken of again.
** The Maidens of the Spear give Rand a painful but non-debilitating beating for keeping them away from a battle out of [[WouldNotHitAGirl chauvinism]].
** The Wise Ones take turns giving a round of corporal punishment to Egwene for misleading them about her rank in the Aes Sedai.


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* ObliviouslySuperpowered:
** A minority of [[FunctionalMagic channelers]] can wield the One Power with no {{training|TheGiftOfMagic}}, sometimes completely unawares. Unless they're taught, they tend to have limited PsychoactivePowers and a poor survival rate.
** The protagonist spends the first book unaware that he's intuitively channeling to save himself from danger. He doesn't even connect the dots when a man threatening him is struck by lightning ''indoors''.
** Nynaeve first used the One Power to {{heal|ingHands}} Egwene of a deadly fever. Since all she knew was that the fever broke, she didn't realize she was a channeler until years later.
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** The Eelfinn gave Mat his ''[[BladeOnAStick ashandarei]]'' after he went through the twisted doorway in Rhuidean. [[ChekhovsGun This turned out to be]] [[spoiler:the actual means by which they returned him to Rhuidean, and he later uses it to escape when he, Thom, and Noal rescue Moiraine from the Tower of Ghenjei]]. Mockingly lampshaded by Mat himself.

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** The Eelfinn gave Mat his ''[[BladeOnAStick ashandarei]]'' ''ashandarei'' after he went through the twisted doorway in Rhuidean. [[ChekhovsGun This turned out to be]] [[spoiler:the actual means by which they returned him to Rhuidean, and he later uses it to escape when he, Thom, and Noal rescue Moiraine from the Tower of Ghenjei]]. Mockingly lampshaded by Mat himself.

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