Champion of the Light

The so-called Champion of the Light, occasionally The Light's Champion, is a fan term for any one of the souls reborn to herald in the end of an Age. The Second and Third Ages involve the defeat and subsequent rebirth and victory of what has been termed the "Dragon soul" by fans. In the Turning we read about in the books, this would be Lews Therin Telamon and Rand al'Thor respectively. In Ages where a female champion is needed, the role can be fulfilled by Amaresu. 
Since there are seven Ages, it would not be unreasonable to suggest that there may be other (unnamed) souls that perform a similar role. The only thing we know is that the Dragon soul ends at least two Ages and Amaresu at least one. It is not known whether the ends of Ages always involve the Dark One in some way or some other cataclysmic or transformative event. One common theory, for example, is that the Ring of Tamyrlin signalled the end of the First Age by inventing or discovering channelling. Any other possible Champions, however, were not passed down by Robert Jordan.
Robert Jordan envisioned these souls as coming from an archetype, a pattern from which each rebirth is drawn. Each instance of rebirth is different from the others. He used the example of Jesus and King Arthur as being drawn from the same archetype as the Dragon/Dragon Reborn. It is also the case that each archetype has a fixed gender. Amaresu is woven into the Pattern whenever a female champion is needed.
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