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The Dark One, true name Shai'tan ((pronounced /ˈʃaɪθɑːn/^{[WoT 1]}), is the main antagonist of The Wheel of Time series. In universe, he is considered to be the supreme personification of evil, and the dark counterpart to The Creator (Light)^{[WoT 2]}, who imprisoned him out of space and time, in an other reality^{[WoT 3]}. He is described as paradoxical, utterly chaotic, and destructive^{[WoT 4]}. He is the archenemy of Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn. Much of the Dark One's intentions are unclear; although it is assumed that he seeks to break out of his prison, Shayol Ghul, destroy The Pattern, break the Wheel of Time, and remake the world in his own image, or, alternatively, destroy existence as a whole.

When few humans in the Age of Legends located Shayol Ghul, and, mistaking it for an immense amount of energy, attempted to bore a hole in it, resuling in the Dark One being able to touch The Pattern. This resulted in a large amount of causalities, and many decided to join the Dark One for immortality, and power. Lews Therin Telamon, the Dragon, and other men who could channel (wield magic, or touch the True Source), sealed the hole in the prison, but the Dark One's counterstroke resulted in saidin, the male half of the True Source, being tainted. This made any man who could channel go insane, causing them to break the world with their power^{[WoT 5]}. In A Memory of Light, the final book of the Wheel of Time, it is revealed that the Dark One is integral to the human free will, as his existence allows for humans to make selfish choices and decisions, which is why The Creator did not attempt to destroy him, and only imprisoned him.^{[WoT 6]} The Dark One also is the source of the True Power, something similar to the True Source, but accessible to all genders, while being accessible only to those who the Dark One deems worthy.

Robert Jordan has stated The Wheel of Time was his retelling of The Lord of the Rings, but with a much more realistic approach. He drew inspiration from Sauron, in the Lord of the Rings, to create the Dark One, as well as similar figures in mythology.

It is unknown how much of the character's history, viewed through humans, is reliable. In the human versions, the Dark One is usually there alongside the Creator, and was bound by the Creator in Shayol Ghul, during the moment of Creation. Shayol Ghul^{[WoT 7]}