Cyndane
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Cyndane is the name of a character in the Wheel of Time series, by Robert Jordan. She is a very powerful female channeller, and an agent of the Dark One.
Although it has not been stated directly, Cyndane's hatred for Rand al'Thor and memories she has been shown to have, make it extremely likely that she is the reincarnation of Lanfear, the most powerful of the female Forsaken, and the only one to have been dead at the time. This is buttressed by the fact that Cyndane means "Last Chance" in the Old Tongue.
For reasons unknown, it has been demonstrated that Cyndane's strength in the One Power is much less than Lanfear's was. However, her desire to prevent her former lover Lews Therin Telamon (in his current incarnation as the Dragon Reborn) from ever being happy with another woman has transferred intact. She is currently being controlled by Moridin by means of a mindtrap, which may be preventing her from acting on her previous notions of confronting the Dark One and the other Forsaken by acting in concert with al'Thor.
In Chapter 35 of Winter's Heart, there are instances of Cyndane's perspective where it states she was more powerful before her encounter with the Aelfinn and Eelfinn, who Lanfear certainly met if she survived fighting Moiraine through the twisted red door ter'angreal, and mentions her intent to challenge both the Dark One and the Creator at the Dragon Reborn's side, which Lanfear proposed to him.
