Demandred
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"Almost" would be the word to describe Barid Bel Medar's life. Born a day after Lews Therin Telamon, almost handsome, close to Lews Therin in power, almost as skilled. He once desired Lews Therin's wife Ilyena which is possibly one more reason for him to hate the Dragon.
[edit] History
During the War of Power, he finally was the equal of Lews Therin at something; a great military commander, he won important victories for the Light. However, when Lews Therin was appointed commander of the forces of Light, he was furious. Believing himself the superior, he calculated that with Lews Therin at the command of the Light, the Shadow would triumph. Ironically, Demandred was right, if Lews Therin Telamon and The Hundered Companions had not sealed up the Bore, The Shadow would have indeed been victourious. In jealousy and contempt, the logical move was to proclaim for the Shadow, siding with the other Chosen in the third year of the War. Graendal herself took him into the Pit of Doom to take his oaths for the Dark One. During the War, he fed two entire captured cities to the Trollocs, feeling that they had slighted him when he was still fighting for the Light.
Believing himself also the superior of the other Forsaken, he put himself in conflict with particularly Sammael, both wanting to be the one to personally defeat Lews Therin.
Leading forces together with Be'lal, he approached the constuction sites of the Choedan Kal. Barely holding the forces of Shadow at bay, Lews Therin decides to strike at Shayol Ghul itself together with the Hundred Companions. Sealing the Bore, the Companions also by happenstance managed to trap the thirteen most powerful of the Forsaken, among them Demandred, in a deep sleep for three thousand years.
[edit] Release
Since his release, very little is known of what Demandred has done. It is known that he has been spoken to by the Dark One about him becoming nae'blis. Allying himself with Mesaana and Semirhage, he is following the orders of Moridin. Other than ordering the death of Rand al'Thor at least once, his plans have yet to be revealed.
The only open action he has taken so far was to appear at Shadar Logoth when al'Thor cleansed saidin, nearly getting himself killed by some of Rand's guards.
It was once widely suspected that Mazrim Taim was Demandred, but Robert Jordan has stated to the contrary. Also, during the cleansing of saidin, Demandred saw Damer Flinn, one of Taim's first Black Tower recruits, and didn't recognize him.
Demandred is the only Forsaken whose whereabouts and cover identity are totally unknown.
Graendal once thought to herself that "events to the south" were almost certainly the work of Demandred; she was in Arad Doman at the time. This could mean the presence of the Seanchan in Tarabon (although, at the risk of making assumptions about the role of the Forsaken, the Seanchan seem to be Semirhage's domain so far), the upheaval within the Children of the Light, or the Prophet Masema and his Dragonsworn.
