Balthamel

The Wheel of Time is a series of high fantasy novels by American author Robert Jordan, which began with The Eye of the World in 1990. Jordan wrote the first 11 novels of the series, and the prequel novel New Spring (2004), before his death in 2007. The final three novels—The Gathering Storm (2009), Towers of Midnight (2010), and A Memory of Light (2013)—were co-written by American author Brandon Sanderson. The series features 2787 distinctly named characters.