The Forsaken

Note: The following entry has been compiled from the glossaries of "The Eye of the World" and "The Path of Daggers."

Forsaken:

Name given to thirteen of the most powerful Aes Sedai over known, who went over to the Dark One during the War of the Shadow in return for the promise of immortality. Their own name for themselves was "the Chosen." According to both legend and fragmentary records, they were imprisoned along with the Dark one when his prison was resealed. They were:

Aginor
Asmodean
Balthamel
Be'lal
Demandred
Graendal
Ishamael
Lanfear
Mesaana
Moghedien
Rahvin
Sammael
Semirhage

While is has long been believed that they alone abandoned the Light during the War of the Shadow, in fact others did as well; these thirteen were only the highest ranking among them. The Forsaken... are somewhat reduced in number since their awakening in the present day. The known survivors are Demandred, Semirhage, Graendal, Mesaana, Moghedien, and two who were reincarnated in new bodies and given new names, Osan'gar and Aran'gar. Recently, a man calling himself Moridin has appeared, and may be yet another of the dead Forsaken brought back from the grave by the Dark One. The same possibility may exist regarding the woman calling herself Cyndane, but since Aran'gar was a man brought back as a woman, speculation as to the identities of Moridin and Cyndane may prove futile until more is learned.

The New Chosen