Forsaken (Wheel of Time)

In the fictional world of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time fantasy series, the Forsaken (or Chosen, as they would prefer to be called) are the most powerful and favored servants of the Dark One. They were formerly Aes Sedai, but became corrupted by the desire for power and immortality. At the beginning of the series there are thirteen Forsaken whose names are well known but originally there were more than this. Moghedien, one of the Forsaken herself, suggests twelve were killed during the The War of Power, due to arousing the Dark One's suspicions. She also suggests that there were many more chosen before this but they were killed in the War of Power. At the end of the war, those that remained were all meeting at Shayol Ghul when Lews Therin Telamon and his Hundred Companions sealed the hole in the Dark One's prison, and the Forsaken in it. [1]

The leader of the Forsaken is the Nae'blis, and that member of the Forsaken is counted as second only to the Great Lord of the Dark.

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"Original" Forsaken

Six more Forsaken were mentioned by Semirhage in Winter's Heart, but they were said to have been destroyed by the Dark One during the War of Power.[3]

"New" Forsaken

As of the end of Knife of Dreams, four of the Forsaken who have been killed have been reincarnated by the Dark One. They are, Ishamael, Balthamel, Aginor, and, presumably, Lanfear. Their reincarnated forms do not resemble their former identities at all. For example, Cyndane is described as having silver hair and light-colored eyes, whereas Lanfear possessed dark beauty. The reincarnated form of Cyndane who was once Lanfear is not as strong as she used to be, due to her time spent as a captive of the Aelfinn and Eelfinn. And Balthamel, a male Forsaken, was reincarnated into a female body, although Aran'gar continues to channel the male half of the True Source. [4]

Tracking

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Zomara

The Zomara are beautiful, androgynous human-looking creations in the Wheel of Time universe. They are described in Knife of Dreams as always smiling and having golden hair with black eyes without any white in them. They were created by Aginor in the previous age and are only kept by the Forsaken Ishamael. They are of little use besides as servants and are very trustworthy since they forget everything except command in a matter of minutes. Their skill as servants is augmented by their supposed ability to know what the people they serve need or want without asking.

References

  1. ^ Jordan, Robert, and Brandon Sanderson. Towers of Midnight. New York: Tor, 2010. Print.
  2. ^ Jordan, Robert, and Brandon Sanderson. Towers of Midnight. New York: Tor, 2010. Print.
  3. ^ Jordan, Robert. Winter's Heart. New York: Tor Fantasy, 2000. Print.
  4. ^ Jordan, Robert. Knife of Dreams. New York: Tor, 2005. Print.
  5. ^ Jordan, Robert, and Brandon Sanderson. Towers of Midnight. New York: Tor, 2010. Print.
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