Facts about The Eye of the World

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   Trollocs, the monstrous human-animal hybrid soldiers serving the Dark One, function as the primary antagonistic force pursuing the protagonists throughout The Eye of the World.

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   Moiraine Damodred, an Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah, serves as the primary guide and protector for the young protagonists throughout The Eye of the World.

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   Rand al'Thor and his companions journey from the Two Rivers to Caemlyn across roughly 1,500 miles throughout The Eye of the World's narrative arc.

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   In 1990, The Eye of the World's 814 pages made it substantially longer than most fantasy debuts of that era, establishing Jordan's approach to expansive worldbuilding.

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   Robert Jordan published The Eye of the World in 1990, the first book in his Wheel of Time series that eventually grew to fourteen main novels over thirty-four years.

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