| Major Event | Book |
| Rand defeats a blademaster in single combat | |
| Elayne is kidnapped by a group of Black Ajah in Caemlyn | |
| Moghedien is captured, first instance | |
| Moghedien is captured, second instance | |
| Nynaeve is raised to Accepted | |
| A Gray man is found dead in the White Tower | |
| Gawyn Trakand becomes a blademaster | |
| Cleansing of Saidin | |
| 'The unstained tower breaks and bends knee to the forgotten sign' | |
| Bethamin and Seta admit to being able to channel | |
| Mat, Aviendha, and Asmodean are 'killed' by Rahvin | |
| 'And at its center, the blind man shall stand upon his own grave. There he shall see again and weep for what has been wrought' | |
| Rand kills a woman for the first time | |
| Rands first encounter with Moridin | |
| Rand attempts to bring a dead girl back to life | |
| The founding of the Black Tower | |
| Perrin frees Gaul who will eventually become a trusted friend | |
| Couladin is killed and the Shaido suffer a major defeat | |
| Channelers are unable to fully control the One Power | |
| Mat finally asks about Moiraine's letter to Thom | |