A character of moderate importance in the
Wheel of Time book series. Before
Rand al'Thor fulfilled certain parts of the
Prophecies of the Dragon, Taim declared himself the
Dragon Reborn. When al'Thor defeated
Ishamael and the
Seanchan at
Falme, Taim (along with two other
false Dragons) fell off his horse and was captured by
Davram Bashere, General of the army of
Saldaea. He later escaped and came into al'Thor's service. Under al'Thor's orders, he trains men to
channel saidin.
I had written here that Taim might be Demandred in disguise, but a friend on LiveJournal reminded me of a reason he can't be. During the battle going on while Rand and Nynaeve are attempting to get rid of the Dark One's taint, Demandred did not recognize and was nearly killed by Flinn, one of the first Asha'man. Taim most certainly would have recognized him.
In any case, Taim ordered several Asha'man who were Darkfriends to kill al'Thor, as revealed in Winter's Heart. So he may be a Darkfriend or Dreadlord himself, or simply want Rand dead for his own reasons.