Demandred
What We Know of Demandred
name: Barid Bel Medar
occupation: ???
The story of Barid Bel's life can be summed up by one word: "almost." Born one day after Lews Therin Telamon, Barid Bel Medar spent the rest of his life trying to live in the shadow of Lews Therin. He was a great military leader, but Telamon was better. Barid had great political power; Telamon had more.
Barid Bel Medar turned to the Shadow during the third year of the War, where his strategic vision and tactical flair served him well as one of the Dark One's best generals. He also served as governor as conquered territories.
With the weakening of the seal on the Bore, Demandred returned to the world, but his present whereabouts and schemes are unknown.
The Chosen Speak
[TFoH: Prologue, The First Sparks Fall, 23]
Demandred's hawk-nosed profile was handsome enough, though not quite the sort to make every woman's heart beat faster. In a way, "almost" and "not quite" had been the story of Demandred's life. He had had the misfortune to be born one day after Lews Therin Telamon, who would become the Dragon, while Barid Bel Medar, as he was then, spent years almost matching Lews Therin's accomplishments, not quite matching Lews Therin's fame. Without Lews Therin, he would have been the most acclaimed man of the Age. He had been appointed to lead instead of the man he considered his intellectual inferior, an overcautious fool who too often managed to scrape up luck, would he stand here today?
--Mesaana
[LoC: 6, Threads Woven of Shadow, 138]
Those three [Demandred, Mesaana and Semirhage] had worked together since before the War of Power. On the surface, at least. She was sure they had plotted against one another as assiduously as any of the Chosen, but whether Mesaana undercut Semirhage or Semirhage Demandred, she had never yet found a crack between them into which a wedge could be driven.
--Graendal
Updated 06/28/99