Pronunciation: AGH-ih-nohr 
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aka: Ishar Morrad Chuain

One of the [Forsaken]. His real name is Ishar Morrad Chuain.

! Physical Description
He is as tall and strong as [Rand|Rand alThor], harder than [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], with the face of a strong man in his prime. ([TEotW,Ch51])

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!! Chronology


* During the [Shadow War] Aginor creates the [Shadowspawn]. He tests over a hundred [Myrddraal|Fade] to destruction but cannot learn how they travel in shadows. ([LoC,Ch6])
* The thirteen [Forsaken] meet with the [Great Lord|Shaitan] in the [Pit of Doom|Shayol Ghul]. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] and his companions seal the [Bore|Creator], trapping the [Forsaken] for over three thousand years. Aginor experiences a long sleep of endless nightmares. ([LoC,Prologue])
* Aginor and [Balthamel] are trapped near the surface of the [Bore|Creator]. Time touches them and they grow immensely old, but they are the first to escape in the current Age. ([TEotW,Ch50])
* Aginor and [Balthamel] arrive at the [Eye of the World].  Aginor knocks aside [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] and [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and starts after [Rand|Rand alThor]. ([TEotW,Ch50])
* Aginor follows [Rand|Rand alThor] and begins using the [Eye of the World]. He brags that he faced [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] in the Hall of the Servants. When [Rand|Rand alThor] starts using it also, Aginor draws too much and burns himself up. ([TEotW,Ch51])
* All that is left of Aginor is some oily ashes and burned cloth. ([TEotW,Ch52])
* The [Great Lord|Shaitan] captures Aginor's and [Balthamel]'s souls giving them new bodies and new names, [Osan'gar|OsanGar] and [Aran'gar|AranGar]. ([LoC,Prologue])


!! Other References


## [TEotW,Ch1] - The dark rider was so scary [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] thought he might have been Aginor, [Ishamael|ishamael] or even the [Dark One|Shaitan] himself.
## [TEotW,Ch42] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] says the [Forsaken] do not have a tenth the power of the [Dark One|Shaitan] naming several of them - Aginor, [Lanfear|lanfear], [Balthamel], [Demandred|demandred] and [Ishamael|ishamael].
## [TEotW,Ch52] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] says Aginor and [Balthamel] must have been trapped near the surface of the bore so they escaped first.
## [TGH,Ch23] - During [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]'s [Accepted] test in the first of the [three arches|../items/three_arches], Aginor chases [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] through a stone maze.
## [LoC,Ch6] - [Graendal|graendal] points out to [Sammael|sammael] how many of the [Forsaken], including Aginor, have died.
## [LoC,Ch23] - [Graendal|graendal] thinks only a mad man like Aginor would have made the ''[gholam|../creatures/gholam]''. He also made the [cafar|../creatures/cafar] and [jumara|../creatures/jumara]. She had an almost fatal experience with one of his creations.
## [ACoS,Ch8] - Wondering who freed [Moghedien|moghedien], [Egwene|Egwene alVere] eliminates Aginor because [Rand|Rand alThor] killed him.
## [TPoD,Ch12] - Aginor thought [Myrddraal|Fade] were not quite in the world the same way everything else was; "slightly out of phase with time and reality."
## [KoD,Ch3] - Aginor also created ''[zomaran|../creatures/zomara]'' as servants.