The Wheel Of Time =link= -

Jordan introduced the "magic user as disabled veteran." Rand’s arc involves losing a hand, developing PTSD, and becoming emotionally hollow. The "Voice" in his head (Lews Therin Telamon, his previous incarnation) is a hallucination. The series asks: Can the world be saved by a broken, paranoid schizophrenic wielding the power to unmake reality?

Jordan deliberately subverts the Fellowship of the Ring. While Frodo carries the ring, Rand carries the weight of cosmic responsibility. But unlike Frodo, Rand cannot sail to the Undying Lands. He has to live with what he did. The final book’s epilogue, where Rand rides off with a new body and a pipe lit by mere thought (no saidin ), is one of the most debated and satisfying endings in fantasy: the hero who finally stops channeling and starts existing . The Wheel of Time