Oh... I think we might be talking about slightly different things here. You're thinking of Ishamael being resurrected as Taim, the way Aginor & Balthamel were resurrected as Osan'gar & Aran'gar, right? No, I don't think that's likely, indeed. What we're talking about (or at least I am and I...
I think someone who could pull off posing as the Dark One himself might also be a good actor. Anyway, I don't think he'd need to have Taim's mannerisms right or anything like that; simply knowing those details would satisfy Bashere. And I think any Forsaken would know how to extract information...
I always thought this was an affectation of Ishamael's madness (that he chose to appear that way, all evil-like) and his thinking he was the Dark One himself.
Re: Favorite random minor characters for no good reason
One thing I love most about this series is precisely that there are so many memorable characters outside the main cast of heroes. Of course, it also adds heartbreak when they get killed off... Anyway.
Tam al'Thor - one kickass farmer...
Re: About Taim, 100th time - pls respond, it's driving me cr
I'm not a huge fan of the idea of Taim being any of the Forsaken in disguise. But that aside, there's at least one thing I can think of off the top of my head that nobody has mentioned here yet. The Raefar Kisman PoV in... was it...