Youth
Perrin begins the series as a broad-shouldered, shaggy-haired apprentice to a blacksmith who is chased from Emond's Field with his friends, Rand al'Thor, Matrim Cauthon, and Egwene al'Vere. The group is led away from home by two outsiders, Moiraine Damodred Sedai and her Warder, al'Lan Mandragoran, and followed by their Wisdom, Nynaeve al'Meara.
Unbeknownst to anyone except Moiraine Sedai, the three boys are ta'veren, and under the Dark One's eye. Moiraine Sedai intended to bring them to the White Tower for safekeeping. Perrin, for his part, was hardly interested in adventure; a methodical, placid man of great strength and equal gentleness, he would have been happy living out his days in the Two Rivers as a blacksmith.
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