Mat Cauthon

Mat Cauthon is the reluctant rogue of the Two Rivers trio — a charming, gambling, luck-touched young man who would rather avoid destiny entirely and yet keeps finding himself at the center of world-altering events. Cursed with memories of a thousand dead soldiers' battle experiences and blessed with preternatural luck, Mat is the series' most beloved comic relief who is also one of its most brilliant military commanders. His voice — irreverent, self-deprecating, perpetually surprised by his own competence — provides essential levity in a fourteen-volume epic, and his friendship with Rand and Perrin is the emotional bedrock of the series.