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ACCEPTED In Robert Jordan‘s “Wheel of Time” series, accepted is the term for a woman who’s training to become an Aes Sedai (see below), a kind of magic wielder. Read more in the Wheel of Time Repository
AES SEDAI In Robert Jordan‘s “Wheel of Time” series, an Aes Sedai is a woman who has trained to become a wielder of magic power, passed her final test, and chosen her Ajah (see below). Read more in the Wheel of Time Repository
AGE OF LEGENDS In Robert Jordan‘s “Wheel of Time” series, the Age of Legends was a period some 3,000 years before the events in the series when the Aes Sedai (see above) worked together, using their magic powers for the greater good of mankind. Read more in the Wheel of Time Repository
AIEL In Robert Jordan‘s “Wheel of Time” series, the Aiel are a reclusive race of extremely skilled male and female warriors. Read more in the Wheel of Time Repository
AIEL WAR In Robert Jordan‘s “Wheel of Time” series, the Aiel War was a two-year-long armed conflict that set the wheels leading up to the series in motion. Read more in the Wheel of Time Repository
AJAH In Robert Jordan‘s “Wheel of Time” series, the Aes Sedai (see above) are organised into seven Ajah. The system is similar to the Houses or Schools seen in many school and college-based books. Read more in the Wheel of Time Repository
AMYRLIN SEAT In Robert Jordan‘s “Wheel of Time” series, the Amyrlin Seat is the head of the Aes Sedai and, as such, the most powerful person in the world. Her full title is “Watcher of the Seals. The Flame of Tar Valon. The Amyrlin Seat.” It is also the name of the throne she holds. Read more in the Wheel of Time Repository
ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE (AU) n. Alternative Universe is a term normally relating to fan fiction, where the writer takes another writer’s characters and places them in a different context. It can be a different location, a completely different universe or a different period of time.
Examples of AUs are titles like “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” (which exists) and “50 Shades of Grey and Lilac set in Elizabethan London” (which presumably doesn’t).
AU n. See Alternative Universe.
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