I have read all of the books and think they are great, it is difficult to pick a favourite character, but it would be Lan, Moiraine, Rand al'Thor, Perrin, Min, Mat or Nynaeve, even Aram is quite cool.
The are several site theoryland
this one list the prequels to wheel of time and on the questions of the week answered by RJ there are links to other stuff too.
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Originally posted by MasterWizard
I think that Rand is a better character then Mat. My list goes Perrin, Lan, Rand, Mat. Also, if you want go get technical about it, it's book 0(or -1). It comes before book 1. According to Robert Jordan, right from his mouth, there is going to be 2 more prequels, and 2, possibly 3, more books.
If u havent noticed he bases his races in the book on real live people
so it doent wreck the surprise ill Spoiler it if that doent work dont look
Spoiler:
for example Many of the Aiel Ways are closley similar to plains indians especially there Ji Eh Toh
Chilren of Light=later age Catholic Crusaders
I think its Tarboners but whoever has the Con that is a big chinese custom
Im still looking for more resemblances please message me