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Davorian
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So, of the Forsaken, Balthamel, Be'lal, Rahvin, Semhirage have been balefired, Mesaana is totally incapacitated (maybe if an assassin could get to her she could be reincarnated, but she might be snapped too far). Asmodean and Sammael seem to be dead for good. Aginor might be coming back, although he still managed to get killed a second time, and Egwene saw something that renders that unlikely IIRC. The three remaining women are all being punished in some way, leaving the only Forsaken from the AoL still free and in play as Demandred and Ishamael.
But what I really want to talk about is the psychology of the forsaken and the Last Battle. I'm not entirely convinced they're all going to fight for the Shadow.
Demandred: He joined the shadow because he was always forced to play second fiddle to LTT. He is almost as powerful as LTT, and therefore almost as powerful as Ishamael. He was one of the possible candidates to become Nae'Blis, but then Ishamael, who we should note had already gotten himself killed, was appointed to the position. In other words, the path of his life after release seems to be insulting him the same way he was insulted before. He might well turn again...
Ishamael: Although he's the first of the Forsaken, he seems to only have turned because of a logical argument in his head that the Light would eventually lose. I think his name (Betrayer of Hope) has symbolic significance not only in that he betrayed the world's hope, but that he never had any himself. If he could be convinced that there was a way for the world to move forward, or that there was meaning to it all...
Lanfear is of course an obvious candidate for some sort of Salvation, or just as a trap.
But what I really want to talk about is the psychology of the forsaken and the Last Battle. I'm not entirely convinced they're all going to fight for the Shadow.
Demandred: He joined the shadow because he was always forced to play second fiddle to LTT. He is almost as powerful as LTT, and therefore almost as powerful as Ishamael. He was one of the possible candidates to become Nae'Blis, but then Ishamael, who we should note had already gotten himself killed, was appointed to the position. In other words, the path of his life after release seems to be insulting him the same way he was insulted before. He might well turn again...
Ishamael: Although he's the first of the Forsaken, he seems to only have turned because of a logical argument in his head that the Light would eventually lose. I think his name (Betrayer of Hope) has symbolic significance not only in that he betrayed the world's hope, but that he never had any himself. If he could be convinced that there was a way for the world to move forward, or that there was meaning to it all...
Lanfear is of course an obvious candidate for some sort of Salvation, or just as a trap.