Editing The Wheel of Time (section)

=== Backstory ===
In the [[backstory]] of the series, the Wheel of Time and the universe were forged at the dawn of time by a deity known as the Creator, simultaneously imprisoning its antithesis, the Dark One. The One Power itself is divided into both male (''saidin'') and female (''saidar'') halves, and originally both genders could wield it. In the Age of Legends, the Aes Sedai was made up of both men and women who could channel. An Aes Sedai experiment inadvertently drilled what would become known as the Bore into the Dark One's prison, and his influence began to seep out into the world. In response to the threat of his eventual release, the Wheel produced the Dragon, [[Lews Therin Telamon]], a channeler of immense power. Lews eventually rose to command the Aes Sedai and their allies in the struggle against the Dark One's forces. Seven Seals were created, made of an unbreakable substance called ''cuendillar'', to be used as focus points to reseal the Dark One's prison for good. Lews and a host of 99 male channelers managed to imprison the Forsaken with their master, but at the moment of victory, the Dark One was able to taint ''saidin'', driving male channelers insane. Lews killed his friends and family, and then himself. Other male channelers devastated the world with earthquakes and tidal waves, an event called the Breaking of the World, before destroying themselves. The female Aes Sedai guided humanity out of this dark time, living in the shadow of a prophecy that the Dark One would break free from his prison and the Dragon would be reborn to fight him once more. And though the [[Dragon Reborn]] is humanity's only hope against the Dark One, he would break the world a second time in the process.<ref name="sr origin"/><ref name="nerdist origin"/><ref name="time butler">{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/6121275/wheel-of-time-books-explained/|title=What to Know About ''The Wheel of Time'' Books|date=18 November 2021|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|first=Leigh|last=Butler|access-date=7 November 2023|archive-date=7 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107234516/https://time.com/6121275/wheel-of-time-books-explained/|url-status=live}}</ref>