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"Yes, Betrayer of Hope. They gave me the name to revile me, but I will yet make them kneel and worship it."
— Ishamael to Lews Therin Telamon
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Ishamael (ih-SHAH-may-EHL; Old Tongue: Betrayer of Hope), previously known as Elan Morin Tedronai, was the most powerful of the Forsaken and their de facto leader. He was incredibly intelligent, and had profound insight into the nature of the Wheel of Time and the struggle between the Dark One and the Dragon. Before the War of Power, he had been a philosopher and theologian of great renown, and was noted for his extraordinarily logical demeanor and way of thinking. He was unique among the Forsaken in that he was the only member of the group who did not join for the promise of power or immortality (at least not per se), but because his logic concluded that the Dark One must inevitably win against the Dragon, and therefore the only path was to join him and rule for a time. All of the other Forsaken believed him to be insane, though some of Ishamael's statements, which were taken to be mad, were in fact simply esoteric beyond what the other Forsaken were capable of understanding (his brief talk on Chaos Theory for example). However, by the time of the Third Age, he was in fact completely mad, and may have even believed that he himself was the Dark One at times. He was also fairly disdainful of the other Forsaken, regarding them all as fools for not understanding the nature of the Dark One, and for believing that he would hold to his promise of giving them power and immortality. When he was later re-incarnated as Moridin, it was said of him that, though he had much more control over himself than before, this self-control hid a greater madness than before. The only external manifestation of this was that Moridin tended to have violent mood swings; for instance going from curious to murderously enraged to calm all in the span of a few seconds when he saw Aviendha unravel her gateway. Several comments from Graendal suggest that, before his conversion to the Shadow, he may have been much like Rand al'Thor. It would appear that his single greatest desire (at least after his re-incarnation) was to die so completely that he never would be reborn again, due to his despair over what he believed to be the Dark One's inevitable triumph.
Ishamael - A Wheel of Time Wiki
— Ishamael to Lews Therin Telamon
http://www.fantasy-fan.org/files/Jordan/Seamas_Ishamael.jpg
Ishamael (ih-SHAH-may-EHL; Old Tongue: Betrayer of Hope), previously known as Elan Morin Tedronai, was the most powerful of the Forsaken and their de facto leader. He was incredibly intelligent, and had profound insight into the nature of the Wheel of Time and the struggle between the Dark One and the Dragon. Before the War of Power, he had been a philosopher and theologian of great renown, and was noted for his extraordinarily logical demeanor and way of thinking. He was unique among the Forsaken in that he was the only member of the group who did not join for the promise of power or immortality (at least not per se), but because his logic concluded that the Dark One must inevitably win against the Dragon, and therefore the only path was to join him and rule for a time. All of the other Forsaken believed him to be insane, though some of Ishamael's statements, which were taken to be mad, were in fact simply esoteric beyond what the other Forsaken were capable of understanding (his brief talk on Chaos Theory for example). However, by the time of the Third Age, he was in fact completely mad, and may have even believed that he himself was the Dark One at times. He was also fairly disdainful of the other Forsaken, regarding them all as fools for not understanding the nature of the Dark One, and for believing that he would hold to his promise of giving them power and immortality. When he was later re-incarnated as Moridin, it was said of him that, though he had much more control over himself than before, this self-control hid a greater madness than before. The only external manifestation of this was that Moridin tended to have violent mood swings; for instance going from curious to murderously enraged to calm all in the span of a few seconds when he saw Aviendha unravel her gateway. Several comments from Graendal suggest that, before his conversion to the Shadow, he may have been much like Rand al'Thor. It would appear that his single greatest desire (at least after his re-incarnation) was to die so completely that he never would be reborn again, due to his despair over what he believed to be the Dark One's inevitable triumph.
Ishamael - A Wheel of Time Wiki
