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Who are all these Wheel of Time characters?


Earlier today I was shown the following picture in chat, some fan art of various Wheel of Time characters:


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Some of them, of course, are easy to identify: Rand, Mat, Tuon, Thom Merrilin, and Elayne are all almost instantly identifiable. But I struggled with some of the others, including many of the women.


Who are all these characters?


For ease of reference, here's a numbered version of the image.



Answer






  1. Moiraine Damodred.


    Moiraine's description the first time Rand sees her:



    The wide hood of her cloak framed her face and dark hair, hanging in soft ringlets. He had never seen a grown woman with her hair unbraided; Her clothes were just as strange. Her cloak was sky-blue velvet, with thick silver embroidery, leaves and vines and flowers, all along the edges. Her dress gleamed faintly as she moved, a darker blue than the cloak, and slashed with cream. A necklace of heavy gold links hung around her neck, while another gold chain, delicate and fastened in her hair, supported a small, sparkling blue stone in the middle of her forehead. -Eye of the World



    Note the heavy use of blue in her clothing, the gem on her forehead, and the brown hair.


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  2. Egwene al'Vere.



    She was about 5'3" tall, with large brown eyes and dark hair. -Companion



    Egwene is described as being short, with darker skin, most likely tanned, She has long dark hair, usually referenced as being not braided (this is an oddity because she wanted to braid her hair her whole life till she met Moiraine). As noted in comments, we can see the dream ter'angreal around her neck, symbolic of her ability as a Dreamer, and past owner.


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  3. Fortuona Athaem Devi Paendrag.




    she was 4'11" tall and almost boyishly slim. Her face was heart-shaped and quite beautiful, with large, liquid eyes of a chocolate brown; her hair was silky black and straight. She had full lips and a very dark complexion. Her personality was quiet, reserved and thoughtful; -Companion



    Note her dark skin, hair, and full lips. Her position next to Mat also helps. The artist's depiction is not the best since she typically shaves her head.


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  4. Matrim Cauthon



    Approximately 5'11" tall and weighing 170 pounds, he had brown eyes and brown hair long enough to reach his coat collar. -Companion




    Note his characteristic wide brimmed hat; that alone sells this as Mat.


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  5. Uno Nomesta



    a thick fellow with his head shaved except for a grizzled topknot. [...] The shaven-headed man had a villainous look; a long scar sliced down his left cheek, and a patch over that eye was painted with a scowling red replacement. Few of the men she had seen here were armed with more than a belt knife, but he wore a sword strapped to his back, the long hilt rising above his right shoulder. -The Fires of Heaven



    Bald with topknot, red eye-patch on his left eye.



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  6. Thomdril Merrilin



    The white-haired man whirled, cloak flaring. His long coat had odd, baggy sleeves and big pockets. Thick mustaches, as snowy as the hair on his head, quivered around his mouth, and his face was gnarled like a tree that had seen hard times. He gestured imperiously at Rand and the others with a long-stemmed pipe, ornately carved, that trailed a wisp of smoke. Blue eyes peered out from under bushy white brows, drilling into whatever he looked at. -The Eye of the World



    Note how he appears to be juggling, and has white hair and long white mustaches.


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  7. Aviendha



    Blue-green eyes and reddish hair cut short except for a narrow tail that hung to her shoulders. -The Dragon Reborn



    With red hair, and a white shirt/blouse indicative of a Wise One, here we have the lovely Aviendha.


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  8. Berelain sur Paendrag Paeron




    Her black hair swept to pale shoulders, and her dress of the finest red silk left those shoulders bare, along with a considerable expanse of what Mat noted as an admirable bosom. - The Shadow Rising



    She appears to fit the bill: she is regarded as one of the most attractive women in the series, other then Lanfear.


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  9. Zarine ni Bashere t'Aybara(Faile)



    She was young - no older than he was, perhaps - and tall for a woman, with black hair to her shoulders. A nose that just missed being too large and too bold, a generous mouth, high cheekbones, and dark, slightly tilted eyes. He could not quite decide whether she was beautiful or not. -The Dragon Reborn




    Notice the sharp nose, tilted eyes, and high cheek bones.


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  10. el'Nynaeve ti al'Meara Mandragoran



    Nynaeve was about 5'4" tall, with big dark eyes (though not so big as Egwene’s) and dark hair which she normally wore in a braid as thick as a man’s wrist which hung to her waist. She was undeniably pretty, and some thought her beautiful. -Companion



    Another defining feature is the ki'sain, the red dot on her forehead, traditionally to show she was married to a Malkier, aka Lan.



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  11. Perrin Aybara



    Half a head shorter than Rand. the curly-haired blacksmith's apprentice was so stocky as to seem a man and a half wide, with arms and shoulders thick enough to rival those of Master Luhhan himself. -Eye of the World



    Large chest and arms, curly hair, and a beard. Check!


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  12. Logain Ablar



    He was tall and handsome, short of middle years, with long, dark curling hair. -The Great Hunt



    Long dark hair, appears to be a tall man. Notice the dragon pin on his lapel to signify Asha'man.


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  13. Elmindreda_Farshaw




    Moiraine was standing at the end of the hall with a slender girl not much taller than herself. At least, Rand thought it was a girl, though her dark hair was cut short and she wore a man's shirt and trousers. [...] the crop-haired young woman who had been with Moiraine when he came out of the bath chamber, still dressed in a boy's coat and breeches. She was a little older than he was, he thought, with dark eyes even bigger than Egwene's, and oddly intent. -Eye of the World



    Short hair and pants: totally Min, though the artist seems to have ignored her curly hair.


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  14. Elayne Trakand



    long, red-gold curls [...] tall for a girl, and beautiful, her face a perfect oval framed by that mass of sunburst curls, her lips full and red, her eyes bluer than he could believe. -The Eye of the World




    Red-gold curly/wavy hair. Check!


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  15. Siuan Sanche



    About 5'5" tall, she was fair-skinned, blue-eyed and more than handsome but less than beautiful. After she was deposed and stilled, she looked young, about twenty-two or twenty-three, and no longer like an Aes Sedai. Men in Lugard considered her pretty, which astonished her. Her eyes could flash fire and bore holes in stone when she wanted them to. -Companion



    Fair-skinned, with eyes that bore holes into stone. Check!




    Next to her eventual Warder also helps.



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  16. Gareth Bryne



    A bluff, blocky man stood bareheaded by the Queen's right hand in the red of the Queen's Guards [...] His temples were heavy with gray, but he looked as strong and immovable as a rock. -Eye of the World




    Older military man, with a lion on the chest to symbolize Andor, plus being next to Siuan.


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  17. Al'Lan Mandragoran



    His clothes were a dark grayish green that would have faded into lead or shadow, and his cloak swirled through shades of gray and green and brown as it shifted in the wind. It almost seemed to disappear, that cloak, fading into whatever lay beyond it. His hair was long, and gray at the temples, held back from his face by a narrow leather headband. That face was made from stony planes and angles, weathered but unlined despite the gray in his hair. -Eye of the World



    Blocky face, long hair, headband, Warder's cloak - must be Lan.


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  18. Lanfear



    She was all in white, her dress divided for riding and belted in silver, and her boots, peeking out from under her hems, were tooled in silver, too. Even her saddle was white, and silver-mounted... But it was the woman herself—she was perhaps Nynaeve’s age, he thought—who held his eyes. She was tall, for one thing; a hand taller and she could almost look him in the eyes. For another, she was beautiful, ivory-pale skin contrasting sharply with long, night-dark hair and black eyes. - The Great Hunt



    Creamy white skin, dark hair, in her signature white dress with silver jewelry - must be Lanfear.


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  19. Rand al'Thor, The Dragon Reborn



    Rand was approximately 6'6" tall and weighed 235 pounds, with broad shoulders, a deep chest and a narrow waist. He had dark reddish hair, and eyes that seemed now gray, now blue; women could get quite lyrical about his eyes. He was very good-looking; many women thought him either pretty or beautiful. -Companion



    Red hair, blue/grey eyes, dragon tattoos on his arms, and the never healing wound on his side, this must be the one and only, the Dragon Reborn!


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