forsake (STOP) verb [T] forsook, forsaken FORMAL to stop doing or having something: He decided to forsake politics for journalism.

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forsake (LEAVE) verb [T] forsook, forsaken LITERARY to leave someone forever, especially when they need you: Do not forsake me!

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In the fictional world of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time fantasy series, the Forsaken (or Chosen, as they would prefer to be called) are thirteen of the most powerful servants of the Dark One. At the end of The War of Power they were all at meeting at Shayol Ghul when Lews Therin Telamon and his Hundred Companions sealed the hole in the Dark One's prison, and the Forsaken in it. They were all formerly Aes Sedai, but they became corrupted by the desire for power and immortality. Robert Jordan is the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. ... For the philosophical concept, see vedic philosophy. ... The Dark One is the primary antagonist of The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. ... This article is about the fictional world history of Robert Jordans the Wheel of Time fantasy fiction series. ... In the Wheel of Time fantasy novel series, Shayol Ghul is a mountain beyond the Great Blight in the north of the known world. ... Lews Therin Telamon is a fictional character in Robert Jordans The Wheel of Time fantasy series. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Aes Sedai are a society from the fictional universe of Robert Jordans Wheel of Time series of books. ...

The eight male Forsaken are:

• Aginor, killed by Rand al'Thor, resurrected as Osan'gar and later killed again
• Asmodean, deceased (killer unknown)
• Balthamel, resurrected as Aran'gar
• Be'lal, deceased (killed irrevocably with balefire by Moiraine Sedai)
• Demandred
• Rahvin, deceased (killed irrevocably with balefire)
• Ishamael, killed by Rand al'Thor, resurrected as Moridin
• Sammael, deceased (killed by Mashadar)

The five female Forsaken are: Aginor is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... Rand alThor is the protagonist and main character of The Wheel of Time, a series of fantasy novels by Robert Jordan. ... Aginor is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... Asmodean is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... Balthamel is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... Balthamel is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... Belal is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... For a fire made of bales of straw or wood, see Bonfire. ... Moiraine Damodred is one of the main characters of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... Demandred is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... Rahvin is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... For a fire made of bales of straw or wood, see Bonfire. ... Ishamael is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... Ishamael is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... Sammael is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... Mashadar is a force deep within the depths of Shadar Logoth in the Wheel of Time book series. ...

• Graendal
• Lanfear, killed by unknown means, resurrected as Cyndane
• Mesaana
• Moghedien
• Semirhage

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