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The Wheel of Time FAQ (v7.0) 1

The Wheel of Time FAQ

“Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn’t it?” –Rand al’Thor

I of course have zero evidence for this, but since when has that stopped any of us? [David Wren-Hardin]

0.01 Introduction, Credits, and Contents

This version of the WOTFAQ was initially published in January 2004.

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Introduction to the WOTFAQ – a word from the FAQueen

This is the Wheel of Time Wondrous Masterpiece of Assembled Knowledge, Theories, and Discussion (a.k.a. the Frequently

Asked Questions compendium). ’Tis edited and maintained by me, Leigh Butler. The FAQ is based on discussion of The

Wheel of Time series on the Usenet group rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan, as well as some personal correspondence,

and a few other sources on the Web. This version of the WOTFAQ contains lots of SPOILERS for all books of The Wheel of

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Index (see section 0.08).

This version of the WOTFAQ (v7.0) has been updated to include information and theories from Crossroads of Twilight.

Standard reference format: [Book Abbreviation: Chapter Number, Chapter Name, Tor HC page number].

Credits

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exhaustive proofread of the entire FAQ. You rock, Steven… A plethora of kudos also go to my crack team of nitpickers and

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Contents

Note on changes since the last version:

Items marked (NEW) are sections which are, well, new.

Items marked (UPDATED) are sections which include significant new information and/or discussion.

Items marked (REVISED) are sections which contain some minor new info or discussion, but no major changes.

The “Sources”section has been completely reorganized, with the old entries redistributed appropriately, but all sections

marked “new,” “updated,” or “revised”do also contain new material.

0Administrivia

0.01 Introduction, Credits, and Contents (UPDATED)

0.02 RJ says the FAQ is only 1/3 right. Why should I bother reading it?

0.03 Acronyms and abbreviations (REVISED)

0.04 What are these Jordan Wheel of Time books? (UPDATED)

0.05 What should I do if I’ve become obsessed?

0.06 What’s the deal with those shoddy Tor covers that keep falling off? (UPDATED)

0.07 Who is Robert Jordan, really? What else has he written? (REVISED)

0.08 What other resources are out there besides the FAQ?

0.09 How can I contact Robert Jordan?

0.10 Is there a downloadable version of the FAQ?

1The Dark Side

1.1 The Forsaken: The Old Guard

1.1.1 Who are the Forsaken? Where are they now? (UPDATED)

1.1.2 Who is Mesaana in the Tower? (UPDATED)

1.1.3 Who was Silvie? (REVISED)

1.1.4 Why did Sammael claim he had a truce with Rand?

1.1.5 How do we know Demandred is not Taim? (UPDATED)

1.1.6 The death of Asmodean (UPDATED)

1.1.7 Could Lanfear be good (not just in bed, Roy)?

1.1.8 Was Ishamael really bound? (REVISED)

1.1.9 Why do we think Anath is Semirhage in disguise?

1.2 The Forsaken: New Kids on the Block

1.2.1 Who are Aran’gar and Osan’gar? (REVISED)

1.2.2 What is the deal with Halima and Egwene’s headaches? (UPDATED)

1.2.3 Who is Moridin? Why do we think that he is the Watcher and the Wanderer? (REVISED)

1.2.4 Who is Cyndane, and where did she come from?

1.2.5 Moridin’s nine sha’rah players

1.3 How’s That Work for the Dark?

1.3.1 What are those black threads on the male Forsaken?

1.3.2 The True Power

1.3.3 Are Black Ajah bound by the Oath Rod? (UPDATED)

1.3.4 Are the seals connected to the Taint? (UPDATED)

1.3.5 What is the deal with Black Ajah and Warders?

1.4 What’s Up and Who’s Who in the Dark?

1.4.01 Who ordered Melindhra and why?

1.4.02 Slayer: the Luc-Isam connection (REVISED)

1.4.03 Can Slayer channel?

1.4.04 Who is Slayer’s mystery employer? (REVISED)

1.4.05 Shaidar Haran, Superfade (UPDATED)

1.4.06 Who will be the new dreadlords? (UPDATED)

1.4.07 What’s the deal with the ‘Aiel’attack on Demira Sedai? (REVISED)

1.4.08 Did Shaidar Haran violate Moghedien?

1.4.09 Who killed Adeleas and Ispan? (UPDATED)

1.4.10 The “kill Rand”order and the TPOD attack (UPDATED)

1.4.11 What was up with the Forsaken at the Cleansing? (UPDATED)

1.4.12 Who will meet Rand in Ebou Dar? (NEW)

1.5 Black? Or Not?

1.5.1 Is Aram a Darkfriend? (REVISED)

1.5.2 Why Moiraine is not Black Ajah

1.5.3 Why Elaida is not Black Ajah

1.5.4 Is Sheriam Black Ajah? Who’s beating her up? (UPDATED)

1.5.5 Is Chesa a Darkfriend? (UPDATED)

1.5.6 Is Taim a Darkfriend? (NEW)

1.5.7 Who is not a Darkfriend? (UPDATED)

1.5.8 Who is a Darkfriend? (NEW)

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1.6 Ghoulies and Ghosties and Long-Leggedy Beasties

1.6.1 Where do Trollocs and Myrddraal come from?

1.6.2 Fifty ways to kill a gholam (REVISED)

1.6.3 What’s up with the ghosts? (NEW)

1.6.4 What’s up with Darkhounds? Who are the big pack in COT hunting? (NEW)

1.7 Shadar Logoth, Mashadar, and Fain

1.7.1 More of the Fain (UPDATED)

1.7.2 Mordeth, Mashadar, and Machin Shin

1.7.3 Is Mordeth a gholam?

1.7.4 What was up with Liah in Shadar Logoth?

2Things Not Necessarily of the Dark

2.1 The Ta’veren

2.1.1 What’s up with Mat’s ring? (REVISED)

2.1.2 Is there a connection between Mat’s luck and the dice ter’angreal?

2.1.3 Is Mat still linked to the Horn? (UPDATED)

2.1.4 When was Rand’s Power Acquisition Fever Syndrome?

2.1.5 What’s up with Mat and his memories? (UPDATED)

2.1.6 LTT –is he for real, or is Rand loony? What happened to him in ACOS? (UPDATED)

2.1.7 The Third Man (UPDATED)

2.1.8 What’s the deal with Mat and bells? (UPDATED)

2.2 The Rest

2.2.1 Can Thom channel?

2.2.2 What was up with Gawyn during the Tower coup?

2.2.3 Who was the geezer on the barrel? (REVISED)

2.2.4 What’s the deal with Setalle Anan? Is she “the one who is no longer”?

2.2.5 Where is Gaidal Cain now? (UPDATED)

2.2.6 How do we know that Moiraine is not dead?

2.2.7 Verin: Black, Brown, or Purple? (What’s up with Verin, how old is she, is she bound by the Oath Rod?) (UPDATED)

2.2.8 Can Tuon channel? (REVISED)

2.3 The Power and Power-Related Objects

2.3.01 What’s up with the male-female a’dam link where they both die screaming?

2.3.02 The “Sad Bracelets”/male a’dam (REVISED)

2.3.03 Effects of the Oath Rod: binding, agelessness, and death

2.3.04 How do One-Power-forged blades work? (UPDATED)

2.3.05 What is the range on sensing other channelers?

2.3.06 Can you make horizontal gateways?

2.3.07 How does balefire work? (REVISED)

2.3.08 What is the difference between Skimming and Travelling? (REVISED)

2.3.09 What do Dreamers and Dreamwalkers do?

2.3.10 How does Mat’s medallion work? (UPDATED)

2.3.11 What are “involuntary rings”?

2.3.12 What caused the One Power weirdness in Ebou Dar?

2.3.13 Is Cadsuane’s hair-thingy a ter’angreal?(UPDATED)

2.3.14 The seven seals: status report (UPDATED)

2.3.15 What’s the deal with Healing stilling/gentling?

2.3.16 Cleansing the Taint and what came of it (UPDATED)

2.3.17 Is saidar failing? (NEW)

2.3.18 What’s the difference between inverting and reversing? (NEW)

2.3.19 What’s the deal with bonding and Compulsion? Can the Warder bond be released? (NEW)

2.4 Days Of Yore

2.4.01 Who was Beidomon?

2.4.02 Did LTT balefire himself?

2.4.03 The Green Man, the Aiel, and the Song

2.4.04 Jain Farstrider: where is he now?

2.4.05 The Old Tongue and the New Tongue

2.4.06 Who or what was (the) Tamyrlin? (UPDATED)

2.4.07 What did Ogier do of old?

2.4.08 Were there Ajahs in the Age of Legends?

2.4.09 Was the Sharom the Dark One’s prison?

2.4.10 Tigraine = Shaiel: an analysis

2.4.11 What was the vileness after the Aiel War?

2.5 True Love and Families

2.5.1 Who’s Who in the families?(REVISED)

2.5.2 Who is Juilin’s honey?

2.5.3 Why do we think that Thom will marry Moiraine?

2.5.4 Is Thom the father of Elayne or Gawyn?

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2.5.5 Kari al’Thor: what do we know about her?

2.5.6 Is Aviendha pregnant?

2.5.7 What’s the deal with Seanchan marriage customs? (NEW)

2.6 What’s Up? (Non-Dark section)

2.6.1 What is the deal with Callandor? Who will use it?

2.6.2 The severed hand

2.6.3 Who are the Aelfinn and Eelfinn?

2.6.4 Where do the Aes Sedai get their money?

2.6.5 The mystery of the “too-young” Sitters?(UPDATED)

2.6.6 Military roundup: situation report (UPDATED)

2.6.7 What did Toveine’s note say? (NEW)

2.6.8 Who betrayed Egwene? (NEW)

2.7 Absurd Trivia and Generalities

2.7.1 How does one sniff, anyway? What about snorting?

2.7.2 How tall is everyone?

2.7.3 How old is everyone?

2.7.4 Is there religion in Randland?

2.7.5 Iconography (REVISED)

2.7.6 Missteps (Errors along the way)(UPDATED)

2.7.7 When Rand and Mat are travelling to Caemlyn in TEOTW, why does the scene with the scarves happen twice?

3Sources of Knowledge

3.01 Judeo-Christian and Biblical parallels (UPDATED)

3.02 Norse mythology (REVISED)

3.03 Greek and Roman mythology (UPDATED)

3.04 Celtic myths (NEW)

3.05 Arthurian legend (REVISED)

3.06 The Fisher King

3.07 Dragon legends

3.08 Asian influences (NEW)

3.09 Shadowspawn

3.10 Miscellaneous references (UPDATED)

3.11 Similarities between The Wheel of Time and other SF (including Dune)(UPDATED)

3.12 Is the world of Randland a future Earth? (REVISED)

3.13 The Aiel, Native Americans, and the Zulu (UPDATED)

3.14 Real nations’ influence on Randland (UPDATED)

4Prophecy

4.1 Egwene’s dreams (UPDATED)

4.2 Min’s viewings (UPDATED)

4.3 Miscellaneous prophecies (UPDATED)

4.4 The Dark Prophecy (REVISED)

4.5 The Karaethon Cycle (UPDATED)

4.6 Perrin’s dreams

4.7 Fourth Age histories (UPDATED)

99 Publishing Stuff

99.1 When is the next book going to be out? (UPDATED)

99.2 What is the Guide? What is “New Spring”? What are these “Young Adult”volumes? (UPDATED)

0.02 RJ says the FAQ is only 1/3 right. Why should I bother

reading it?

RJ’s standard comment on the FAQ is that it’s “about one-third correct, one-third close but not quite, and one-

third dead wrong”[e.g. post-ACOS signing in Charleston, South Carolina, 21 June 1996, report by Brian

Ritchie]. If it’s so incorrect, why bother reading it? Bill Garrett explains:

1) The FAQ isn’t intended as a benchmark of absolute truth. It’s a collection of frequently asked questions and our

best answers to them, right or wrong. It’s there so people with questions can find out what our answers and ideas

are, all organized in one convenient place.

2) Of course the FAQ isn’t 100% correct. Much of it is devoted to describing opposing viewpoints on key questions.

For example, consider the “Who killed Asmodean?”entry. Numerous theories are presented, but at most one of

them is correct and the rest are wrong –unless Asmodean was killed by a posse consisting of various Forsaken,

Myrddraal, darkfriend Aiel, Padan Fain, and Bela.

You should read the FAQ because it will give you an idea of what has been said before by many people. Chances are,

if you want to know what people think about a given theory, it’s in here. Familiarizing yourself with other people’s

arguments will help you make your own more interesting and persuasive.

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0.03 Acronyms and abbreviations used in the FAQ

Abbreviations referring to books, newsgroups, etc.

TWOT/WOT: The Wheel of Time

TEOTW: The Eye of the World

TGH: The Great Hunt

TDR: The Dragon Reborn

TSR: The Shadow Rising

TFOH: The Fires of Heaven

LOC: Lord of Chaos

ACOS: A Crown of Swords

TPOD: The Path of Daggers

WH: Winter’s Heart

COT: Crossroads of Twilight

L:NS: Legends: “New Spring”

Guide: The World of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time

RAFO: “Read and Find Out.”This is RJ’s most common response to questions which fans ask him.

RJ: Robert Jordan

FAQ/WOTFAQ: WMAKTD, Wonderful Masterpiece of Assembled Knowledge, Theories, and Discussion (but FAQ is easier

to say and makes for better puns)

rasfw: rec.arts.sf.written

rasfwrj: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan

Abbreviations and jargon referring to stuff in TWOT

AM: Asha’man

AOL: Age of Legends

AS: Aes Sedai

SAS: Salidar Aes Sedai (Egwene’s faction)

TAS: Tower Aes Sedai (Elaida’s faction)

Asm/Asmo: Asmodean

BA: Black Ajah

BF: Balefire

BT: Black Tower

Dashivan’gar: Dashiva/Osan’gar

Dem: Demandred

DO: Dark One

DF: Darkfriend

DFS: Darkfriend Social

DotNM:Daughter of the Nine Moons

Eg/Egw: Egwene

El: Elayne

Finn: A/Eelfinn (Snakes and Foxes)

Finnland: the world(s?) where the Finn live

FS: Forsaken

Gars: Aran’gar and Osan’gar

Ish/Ishy: Ishamael

Mog/Moggy: Moghedien

Moi/Moir: Moiraine

MPS: Mad Passionate Sex, Mad Purple Stegosaurus, Many Purple Straws

MT: Mazrim Taim

Ny/Nyn: Nynaeve

OP: One Power

OR: Oath Rod

Randland: 1) The world where the series takes place;2) The portion of the world shown on the Map.

Sam/Sammy: Sammael

Sem/Semi: Semirhage

SG: Shayol Ghul

SH: Shaidar Haran

SS: Siuan Sanche

TAR/T’A’R: Tel’aran’rhiod

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TP: True Power (Dark One’s Power)

TV: Tar Valon

WCs: Whitecloaks

WOs: Wise Ones

WT: White Tower

YKYBRTMRJW: You Know You’ve Been Reading Too Much Robert Jordan When…

0.04 What are these Jordan Wheel of Time books?

The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan: U.S. hardcover editions, from Tor Books:

The Eye of the World,ISBN 0-312-85009-3

The Great Hunt,ISBN 0-312-85140-5

The Dragon Reborn,ISBN 0-312-85248-7

The Shadow Rising,ISBN 0-312-85431-5

The Fires of Heaven,ISBN 0-312-85427-7

Lord of Chaos,ISBN 0-312-85428-5

A Crown of Swords,ISBN 0-312-85767-5

The Path of Daggers,ISBN 0-312-85769-1

Winter’s Heart,ISBN 0-312-86425-6

Crossroads of Twilight,ISBN 0-312-86459-0

U.S. paperback editions, from Tor:

The Eye of the World,ISBN 0-812-51181-6

The Great Hunt,ISBN 0-812-51772-5

The Dragon Reborn,ISBN 0-812-51371-1

The Shadow Rising,ISBN 0-812-51373-8

The Fires of Heaven,ISBN 0-812-50974-9

Lord of Chaos,ISBN 0-812-51275-4

A Crown of Swords,ISBN 0-812-55028-5

The Path of Daggers,ISBN 0-812-55029-3

Winter’s Heart,ISBN 0-812-57558-X

Crossroads of Twilight,ISBN 0-812-57133-9 (release date November 25, 2003)

Related Books, all from Tor:

The World of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson,ISBN 0-312-86219-9

Legends, ed. Robert Silverberg,ISBN 0-312-86787-5 (contains the WOT novella “New Spring,”by RJ)

Legends 3, ed. Robert Silverberg,ISBN 0-812-56664-5 (The hardcover Legends was split into three sections for the

mass market paperback format. Volume 3 contains “New Spring”)

New Spring (A Wheel of Time Prequel Novel),ISBN 0-765-30629-8 (a fleshed-out version of the “New Spring”

novella, to be published in January 2004)

U.S. trade paperback editions, from Tor:

The Eye of the World,ISBN 0-812-50048-2

The Great Hunt,ISBN 0-812-50971-4

The Dragon Reborn,ISBN 0-765-30511-9

In January of 2002, The Eye of the World was split into two volumes and republished as part of Tor’s youth-oriented line of

books:

From The Two Rivers,ISBN 0-765-34184-0

To The Blight,ISBN 0-765-34221-9

The text from the original is not abridged. FTTR has a new prologue chapter that features some of the characters a few years

before the start of TEOTW; TTB includes a new glossary. Both books are illustrated.

In January of 2004, The Great Hunt will be similarly published as two YA mass market paperback volumes by Starscape:

The Hunt Begins: The Great Hunt, Volume 1,ISBN 0-765-34843-8

New Threads in the Pattern: The Great Hunt, Volume 2,ISBN 0-765-34844-6

The books are illustrated by Charles Keegan, who also did the art for the YA TEOTW books. There are no extra chapters that

I’m aware of.

The Wheel of Time FAQ (v7.0) 8

0.05 What should I do if I’ve become obsessed?

[Judy Ghirardelli]

Judy G. gives us intelligent advice on treatment of Jordan fanaticism:

1. Stop calling the nice lady at your local bookstore to harass her about when the next book will be out.

2. Lay down.

3. Stay laying down.

4. Try to not think about things like wheels, knives, spears, swords, doorways, Piglets, fire, severed hands, plucked out

eyes, tattoos, leashes, calendars, irons, pincers, still images, gentle breezes, FAQs, Towers, wolves, falcons, hawks,

hammers, axes, Roy, and lastly, DON’T THINK ABOUT RIVERS!

5. Now, pick up a copy of The Tao of Pooh and become an uncarved block.

(P.S. That will be 50 bucks…)

(P.P.S. The idea of not thinking about Roy while laying down is just a generally good practice, and might be applied to all the

rest of you who won’t admit you have a problem…)

0.06 What is the deal with those shoddy Tor covers that keep

falling off?

[Eric Ebinger, Aaron Gray]

No, you are not alone in having the cover fall off of your paperback copy of TDR. What can you do about it?

Patrick Nielsen Hayden says that you can send the book to Tor, and they will send you a new copy. You can also write a

(snail-mail) letter of complaint to Tor. The address is on the inside of the books. DO NOT SEND MEAN E-MAIL TO THE

NICE TOR BOOKS MAN!!!! IT IS NOT HIS FAULT!!! If you want to have a go at repairing them yourself, Eric Ebinger

provides instructions:

Materials needed:

dry sandpaper 220 grit

Walthers Goo (available at finer model train stores everywhere)

one or more Wheel of Time books, Tor edition,with loose or detached covers

Instructions:

1. If cover(s) are not yet completely detached, GENTLY and carefully detach them. A small, sharp knife may be

helpful.

2. Take sandpaper and briskly sand the back of spine of the book (on the glue that failed to hold). Continue until

the surface is slightly rough (don’t over-sand). This should only take 10-20 seconds of sanding.

3. Lay the cover down on a flat surface with the outside DOWN. Gently sand the inside of the binding (where the

spine of the book would be, if the book was still in its cover) until the wax coating is removed. Do not over-

sand! The objective is to remove the wax coating so that the glue can get a grip.

4. Following directions on the package of Goo, spread glue on the binding area of the cover. Orient the book so

that it’s orientation matches that of the cover. Press the book binding down on the cover, lift, wait two

minutes, press the book binding back down on the cover, and hold for two minutes.

5. Let dry overnight. The book should be better than new.

Aaron Gray offers a slightly simpler solution:

Ironing. You just stand the book on its edge (spine up), cover it with a towel, and iron the towel covered spine of the

book. This will melt the glue underneath the cover without damaging the cover. I set my iron on high. So good luck…

0.07 Who is Robert Jordan, really? What else has he written?

“Robert Jordan”is actually a pseudonym for James Oliver Rigney, Jr., under which he has written the Wheel of

Time fantasy series as well as several books of the “Conan”series (Conan the Invincible, Conan the

Unconquered, Conan the Magnificent, Conan the Victorious, Conan the Triumphant, Conan the Destroyer,

Conan the Defender).

Other pseudonyms which he has used are Reagan O’Neal (the “Fallon”series of historical novels), Jackson O’Reilly

(Cheyenne Raiders, a Western), and Chang Lung (contributions to various periodicals including Library Journal) [Source:

Contemporary Authors,vol. 140].

Many, if not all of the Conan books are still in print. Tor Books has re-released the Fallon books under the “Forge” imprint,

with covers done by infamous fantasy artist Darrell K. Sweet.

The Wheel of Time FAQ (v7.0) 9

RJ has told several people, at signings and in letters, that if when he completes TWOT, he plans to write another fantasy tale

set in a Seanchan-like culture. The main character will be a more mature figure than Rand, and the tale involves him being

shipwrecked in pseudo-Seanchan, where whatever is cast up on the shores of one’s estate becomes one’s property, even

people. Doubtless, there’ll be many changes from RJ’s description to the actual story, but it gives us something to look

forward to.

0.08 What other resources are out there, besides the FAQ?

With so much time in between books, we need something to occupy our time, right? Fortunately, there are

many, many WOT-related web sites, newsgroups, chat rooms, mailing lists, ftp sites, fanzines, MUDs, and so

forth. Since this FAQ is updated about as often as RJ puts out new books, I won’t list URLs here; they’ll just

become outdated.

Instead, I will list one URL, for the Compleat Wheel of Time Index –the original (and still the best) index of WOT-related

stuff on the Net. The site is updated much more frequently than this FAQ. The site changed hands in 2002, and is now

maintained by Zeynep Dilli. The new URL is:

http://www.ece.umd.edu/~dilli/WOT/WOTindex/

0.09 How can I contact Robert Jordan?

RJ is not on the net.

You can send mail to RJ in care of his publisher, Tor Books. The address is given on the copyright page of the

books:

Robert Jordan

c/o Tor Books

175 Fifth Ave.

New York, NY 10010

Tor forwards mail which they receive for RJ to him. They’ve been known to forward printed-out copies of e-mail which

they’ve received for RJ. However, the Tor Books FAQ specifically says, “Don’t send us email meant for our authors.”So,

you’re taking your chances if you try to contact RJ that way. (You can read the Tor Books FAQ on their web site:

http://www.tor.com/.)

0.10 Is there a downloadable version of the FAQ?

If you would like a copy of the HTML version of the FAQ to keep on your own computer, there is a zip file

you can download. This file is for personal use only. This means that you can keep the files on your personal

computer and look at them whenever you want, but you may not distribute it. Among other things, you may

not put it up on a web site. If you are interested in maintaining a mirror site for the FAQ, contact Pam Korda

and Leigh Butler.

If we find bootleg copies of the FAQ on the web, we will reconsider our decision to distribute the FAQ in this way. Don’t ruin

things for everybody else.

The HTML version of the FAQ can be downloaded from http://www.linuxmafia.com/jordan/COT-WOTFAQ.zip. There is no

plain text version available.

The Wheel of Time FAQ (v7.0) 10

1THE DARK SIDE

This section contains information on and discussion of the Shadow, and also the evil of Shadar Logoth.

1.1 The Forsaken –The Old Guard

This subsection contains information on and discussion of the thirteen Forsaken, in their original guises.

1.1.1 Who are the Forsaken? Where are they now?

[Mark Looi, Erica Sadun, Pam Korda, Leigh Butler]

During the AOL, many Aes Sedai turned to the Dark Side. The Guide tells us that:

… the best of them were given power and ability beyond that of others. … Among

themselves they were known as ‘Those Chosen to Rule the World Forever,’ or simply

‘the Chosen.’[Guide: 5, The Dark One and the Male Forsaken, 49]

In the Third Age, the term “Forsaken”is used to refer to the thirteen who were caught in the sealing of the Bore. According to

the Guide [Guide: 5, The DO and the Male Forsaken, 50], those thirteen were the most powerful of the Chosen.

The thirteen Forsaken (in alphabetical order) are:

Aginor (M)

Real name: Ishar Morrad Chuain. Aliases: Osan’gar, Dashiva. Before turning to the Shadow, he was a famous biologist. He

was the second most powerful of the male Forsaken. He created the various Shadowspawn, and was apparently never involved

in military operations (RJ said that the guy who created the Trollocs had no combat experience [Correspondence]). Killed at

the Eye of the World by drawing too much of the One Power during a confrontation with Rand [TEOTW: 51, Against the Shadow,

634-635]. He was recycled into the body of a middle-aged Borderlander by the Dark One, and called Osan’gar. Revealed to be

masquerading as the Asha’man Dashiva [WH: 35, With the Choedan Kal, 645]. Killed, again, by Elza at the end of WH [ibid., 653].

Asmodean (M)

Real name: Joar Addam Nesossin [TFOH: 45, After the Storm, 516]. Alias: Jasin Natael. Before turning to the Shadow, he was a

composer and musician; claimed to have joined the Shadow for the promise of eternal life, in which to practice songs and

music. Thought by many to be the weakest and most cowardly of the Forsaken. Captured by Rand and shielded by Lanfear at

Rhuidean [TSR: 58, The Traps of Rhuidean, 674-677]. Toast at the end of TFOH… twice! No body was found, so most people in

Randland do not know he is dead, just that he has vanished. The DO is likely either unwilling or unable to recycle him, since:

…THOSE WHO BETRAY [the DO] WILL DIE THE FINAL DEATH.

The identity of his killer is unknown (see section 1.1.6).

Balthamel (M)

Real name: Eval Ramman. Aliases: Aran’gar, Halima. In the AOL, he was a historian before turning to the Dark Side. The

Guide [Guide: 5, The DO and the Male Forsaken, 54] indicates that he may have run a spy network for the Shadow during the War of

Power. He was notorious for being an utter lecher. Killed by the Green Man at the Eye of the World [TEOTW: 50, Meetings at the

Eye, 630-631].He has been recycled into the body of an attractive woman, and is called Aran’gar. Currently, she has infiltrated

the Salidar Aes Sedai, and is acting as Egwene’s masseuse.

Be’lal (M)

Real name: Duram Laddel Cham. Aliases: Netweaver, High Lord Samon of Tear. He was a lawyer in the AOL. After turning

to the Shadow, he served as a general and governor. He was balefired by Moiraine in the Stone of Tear [TDR: 55, What is Written

in Prophecy, 557].

Demandred (M)

Real name: Barid Bel Medar. During the AOL, played second fiddle to the Dragon until he got tired of being continually

thought second-best to LTT [TFOH: 3, Pale Shadows, 76-77; LOC: Prologue, The First Message, 56-57], who he considered to be his

intellectual inferior. He went over to the Shadow, where he served as a general. He hated and envied LTT intensely, and has

transferred that feeling to Rand [TSR: 58, The Traps of Rhuidean, 677]. Knows how to block gateways. Current location unknown,

though he is definitely involved in some manner with the Black Tower, either working through Mazrim Taim or independently

(see section 1.1.5).

Graendal (F)

Real name: Kamarile Maradim Nindar. Alias: Lady Basene. Steven Cooper notes:

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