False Dragons
A man who claims to be the Dragon Reborn who is not truly the Dragon Reborn is called a False Dragon. As Tarmon Gai'don neared in the Third Age, the Pattern required that the Dragon be reborn, and so several abortive "near miss" attempts at the Dragon were born as the Pattern called out for the Dragon to return; each attempt came closer to the time of the birth of the true Dragon Reborn, until he was finally birthed on the slopes of Dragonmount, as prophecy foretold. Seven False Dragons of the Third Age have been discussed so far, many of them actually believing themselves to truly be the Dragon Reborn and doing what they thought was required of them by the Prophecies, but most were either simply after power and used the name of the Dragon in an attempt to acquire it, or were insane; a chronological list follows. Nearly all were men who could channel the One Power; many were captured by the White Tower and Gentled (the ability to channel extinguished in them). All of the False Dragons listed here could channel, unless otherwise noted.
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