Ishamael

Character from The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan

The most powerful of the Forsaken — a philosopher who chose the Shadow because he believed the Dark One's victory was mathematically inevitable, then went mad enough to think he was the Dark One himself.

Also known as: Ishamael, Ba'alzamon, Moridin, Elan Morin Tedronai, the Betrayer of Hope, Nae'blis

What They Know

• The True Power — he channels the Dark One's own essence, which is more addictive than saidin and eventually fatal
• Three thousand years of manipulating world history — the Trolloc Wars, Hawkwing's empire, the Black Ajah's founding
• Age of Legends channeling at the highest level plus unique weaves developed over three millennia of semi-freedom
• The philosophical argument for the Dark One's inevitable victory — the logical despair that drives his loyalty
• How the bond between himself and Rand works and what it means for the Last Battle

Connections

• serves — dark_one
• enemy_of — rand
• enemy_of — lews_therin
• commands — lanfear

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