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YOUTH In every age, the Wheel of Time occasionally spins out a few very special people: ''ta'veren''. These people are the loci of destiny, the focal points around which all other lives whirl. They will shape the course of history, merely by breathing. Perrin Aybara had no idea. Perrin is a broad-shouldered, shaggy-haired man who was training to be a Blacksmith before being forced to leave Emond's Field with Moiraine Damodred and his friends, Rand Al'Thor and Matrim Cauthon . Unbeknowest to anyone except Moiraine Sedai, all three were ''ta'veren'', and under the Dark One's eye. Moiraine intended to bring them to the White Tower for safekeeping. Perrin, for his part, was hardly interested in adventure; a methodical, placid man of great strength and equal gentleness, he would have been happy living out his days in the Two Rivers as a blacksmith. WOLFBROTHER Unfortunately, the journey went afoul, as most do when the Dark One takes interest, and Perrin and Egwene Al'Vere found themselves separated from their friends. The two were travelling to Caemlyn (or attempting to) when they met a man in the woods named Elyas Machera . Elyas was a Wolfbrother, a man with unusual connections to Wolves . He recognized the latent ability in Perrin as well, and introduced him to a pack of wolves, which included Hopper and Dapple. Perrin's wolf name is Young Bull. Communicating with the wolves changed Perrin somewhat. The irises of his eyes are now gold; he can see, hear and smell better than any man, even to the point of smelling the emotions people are feeling. He can communicate in a form of telepathy with other wolves, using them for reconnaissance and occasionally as irregular shock troops in battle. And he has a natural affinity with '' Tel'aran'rhiod '', the World of Dreams. The number of people whom Perrin has told about the full extent of his abilities can be counted on one hand. Being a Wolfbrother has its costs, though. While following Rand's trail to Tear with Moiraine, Lan Mandragoran , and the Ogier Loial , he met a man in a small town whose brother was a Wolfbrother. The man had gone feral, losing all touch with his human side; to his own mind, he was, in fact, a wolf. Perrin fears the same fate. THE HAWK AND THE FALCON Perrin soon became friends with one of Rand's companions, , who eventually accompanied the party to Tear. Originally known as ''Mandarb'', the Old Tongue word for "blade," she changed her nickname to ''Faile''—"falcon"—when she found out a horse in Perrin's party was called Mandarb. In Tear he also made acquaintance with Berelain sur Paendrag, the First of Mayene, the latest in a long line of Mayener rulers descended from Artur ''Hawk''wing. Both showed romantic interest in Perrin, and though he did not return Berelain's sentiment, jealousy and possessiveness brought the two women to conflict several times. LORD OF THE TWO RIVERS After Rand, Perrin's childhood friend, conquered the Stone of Tear and was declared the Dragon Reborn, Perrin heard rumors that The Children Of The Light had been terrorizing the Two Rivers . They were actually trying to get Rand to return, but Perrin did it instead, bringing Loial, Faile and their Aiel friends Gaul, Bain and Chiad. After a harrowing passage through the Ways, they arrived at Emond's Field to find Perrin's family dead, and not only Whitecloaks but Trolloc s in the area. While the Two Rivers folk waffled, Perrin took charge, not because he wanted to ''be'' in charge but because he knew what to do. He united the Two Rivers region and repelled both forces. During the campaign, however, the Two Rivers unanimously accepted him as their new lord and ruler; this, combined with his yellow eyes, has lead to the style Lord Perrin Goldeneyes of the Two Rivers. Perrin, a blacksmith at heart, thought it madness. He was much more pleased when Faile agreed to marry him. After spending '' The Fires Of Heaven '' on his honeymoon (he was not present in that book's narrative at all, the first but not the last time a main character would disappear so), he raised an army and led them to Cairhien to help Rand, taking part in the battle of Dumai's Wells. THE PROPHET OF THE DRAGON Rand, always in need of trustworthy commanders, sent Perrin, Faile, the Two Rivers army, Berelain, her Mayeners, some Aiel Wise Ones, oathsworn Aes Sedai , and two Asha'man , to Ghealdan. There a man named Masema Dagar , the so-called Prophet of the Dragon, was causing all sorts of trouble. Perrin's orders were to find Masema (all three were old pals from The Great Hunt ) and bring him to heel. Tempers flared immediately, not the least between Faile and Berelain. The task was harder than expected: Masema insisted on bringing his own army, and refused the use of a gateway, which would have reduced the months-long journey to an hour or two. Even worse, Perrin's forces were attacked by the Shaido , and Faile taken captive along with several of her guests and retainers (including Queen Alliandre of Ghealdan and, unbeknowest to almost everyone, Queen Morgase Trakand of Andor ). Perrin abandoned his task in order to rescue her, eventually joining forces with the Seanchan during '' Knife Of Dreams '', and in the process totally dissolved the Shaido threat. He has reunited with his wife, but with '' A Memory Of Light '' and ''Tarmon G'aidon'' looming, it his questionable how long the two will have in each other's company. THE AXE AND THE HAMMER The night Perrin left the Two Rivers, he received his signature weapon: a moon-bladed hand Axe crafted by Master Luhhan. He has acquitted himself well with it, using muscles well-accustomed to swinging ten pounds of steel. In Tear, however, just before Rand took the Stone, Perrin stopped for an unplanned night's work at a Tairen forge, and in payment (and gratitude) the blacksmith gave him the Hammer he had used. These signature implements perfectly encapsulate Perrin Aybara, a man of peace forced to lead his people to war. Perrin prefers the hammer; he prefers the creative, constructive aspects of blacksmithing, and hates the axe's capacity for bloodshed. Not long after meeting Elyas Machera, he asked if he should throw the axe away, but Elyas told him only to do so once he found himself enjoying its use. Perrin never has; when he eventually discarded it, just before meeting with the Seanchan, it was in renouncement of his position of Lord Goldeneyes, abandoning his people for the sake of his wife. Ironically, this has left him with only his hammer as an implement of violence on the battlefield, He is now known as the Wolf King PERUN REFERENCES
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