Pronunciation: ih-SHAH-may-EHL 
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aka: Ba'alzamon, Betrayer of Hope, Elan Morin Tedronai
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Pronunciation: bah-AHL-zah-mon 
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The wolf name for Ba'alzamon is Heartfang.

One of the [Forsaken]. His original name was Elan Morin Tedronai.

! Physical Description

He is not as tall as [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] ([TEotW,Prologue]). He is handsome and in his prime. His mouth and eyes sometimes appear as endless caverns of flame ([TEotW,Ch14]). He has pitch-dark eyes. ([TGH,Ch41])

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)
* [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] defeats Ishamael at the gates of [Paaran Disen]. ([TEotW,Prologue])
* 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.
* Ishamael is only partially caught when the [Bore|Creator] is sealed. He pays a call on [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon], partly [Heals|Weaves] his madness and taunts him into killing himself. ([TEotW,Prologue])
* Ishamael plots and plans for the next three thousand years. He runs the [Trolloc Wars] and starts the [Black Ajah] at that time. ([TEotW,Ch14], [TEotW,Ch43])
* Ishamael advises [Artur Hawkwing] into making war on the [Aes Sedai] and sending his sons across the [Aryth Ocean]. ([Guide], [TEotW,Ch14])
* When Ishamael learns that [Jarna Malari] set the [Black Ajah] to hunt and kill the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor] he kills her in a fit of rage. He replaces her with [Alviarin Freidhen] as head of the [Black Ajah]. ([ACoS,Prologue])
* He intensely questions the High Council of the [Black Ajah] on the death of [Sierin Vayu] before he is convinced they were not responsible. ([ACoS,Prologue])
* Ba'alzamon selects [Padan Fain] and compels him to hunt for the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. ([TEotW,Ch46])
* Ishamael causes [Rand] to dream of [Shayol Ghul] and the [White Tower]. ([TEotW,Ch9])
* Ba'alzamon confronts [Rand] in a dream and makes numerous claims. ([TEotW,Ch14])
* Ba'alzamon appears "like a flickering candle, never twice in the same place" to drive the [Fades|Fade] and [Trollocs] into [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)]. ([TEotW,Ch47])
* In a dream Ba'alzamon chases [Perrin] through a maze. ([TEotW,Ch23])
* He and [Rand] meet in a dream. ([TEotW,Ch24])
* Ba'alzamon breaks into [Perrin]'s dream again, killing the guarding wolf. ([TEotW,Ch27])
* He and [Rand] meet in a dream at [The Dancing Cartman]. ([TEotW,Ch33])
* In another dream he tells [Rand] that they have met many times before and that he started the [Black Ajah] during the [Trolloc Wars]. ([TEotW,Ch43])
* [Rand] faces Ba'alzamon once again. Ba'alzamon tells him he directed [Rand] to the [Eye of the World] and shows him his mother in distress. [Rand] burns Ba'alzamon and he disappears. ([TEotW,Ch51])
* Ba'alzamon hosts the [Darkfriend|Darkfriends] social. He shows images of [Rand], [Mat] and [Perrin] and gives detailed instructions to all his guests including [Bors|Jaichim Carridin]. ([TGH,Prologue])
* [Egwene] meets Ba'alzamon in her dreams. At first he is surprised, then he laughs at her. ([TGH,Ch12])
* Ba'alzamon appears to [Rand] in a black shadow. He commands [Rand] to serve him and, when he refuses, engulfs him in flame causing the first heron mark. ([TGH,Ch15])
* Ba'alzamon laughs at [Egwene] when she meets him in her dreams. ([TGH,Ch18])
* When [Egwene] meets him in her dreams in the [Ways], he no longer wears his mask and his burns are nearly healed. ([TGH,Ch39])
* Ba'alzamon confronts [Rand] and orders him to submit. He notes the [Dragon Banner] but does not seem impressed. ([TGH,Ch41])
* [Rand] meets Ba'alzamon above [Falme]. Ba'alzamon again commands him to submit and offers to teach him. When [Rand] refuses, he stabs [Rand] in the side and [Rand] stabs him through the heart. ([TGH,Ch47])
* Ba'alzamon confronts [Perrin] in a dream and asks him if he will give up the axe. ([TDR,Ch4])
* Ishamael meets with [Be'lal] and [Rahvin] in a place resembling the [Ways]. They argue violently. ([TDR,Ch4])
* In %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%, Ba'alzamon meets with some [Darkfriends]. He kills a man from [Tar Valon] for letting [Mat] escape. [Lanfear] arrives, says %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% is her domain, and says she serves none but the [Great Lord|Shaitan]. ([TDR,Ch36])
* Ba'alzamon attacks [Rand] in the [Heart of the Stone|Stone of Tear] trying to rip out his soul. [Rand] gets %%ot [Callandor]%% and chases Ba'alzamon through %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%. [Rand] finally kills him, stabbing him through the chest with %%ot [Callandor]%%. ([TDR,Ch55])
* Ba'alzamon's body rots really fast. ([TDR,Ch56])
* The [Great Lord|Shaitan] captures Ishamael's soul and gives him a new body and a new name, [Moridin].
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch1] - The dark rider was so scary [Mat] thought he might have been [Aginor], Ishamael or even the [Dark One|Shaitan] himself.
## [TEotW,Ch9] - The [Trolloc|Trollocs] army that overwhelmed [Manetheren] carried Ba'alzamon's banner.
## [TEotW,Ch15] - [Thom] tells [Rand] that the names Ba'alzamon mentioned are dangerous and he should forget them.
## [TEotW,Ch25] - When the wolves begin guarding [Perrin]'s dreams Ba'alzamon no longer enters.
## [TEotW,Ch33] - [Rand] has nightmares of Ba'alzamon following him.
## [TEotW,Ch42] - [Rand], [Mat] and [Perrin] finally tell [Moiraine] about their dreams of Ba'alzamon.
## [TEotW,Ch42] - [Moiraine] says the [Forsaken] do not have a tenth the power of the [Dark One|Shaitan] naming several of them - [Aginor], [Lanfear], [Balthamel], [Demandred] and Ishamael.
## [TEotW,Ch50] - [Aginor] says "the [seals|Seals] weaken, some of us are bound no longer, like Ishamael we walk the world again."
## [TEotW,Ch52] - [Aginor] was close behind Ishamael and [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] in strength.
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch7] - [Moiraine] believes [Lanfear] was the most powerful of the [Forsaken] after Ishamael.
## [TGH,Ch8] -  [Rand] tells [Siuan] that Ba'alzamon is dead.
## [TGH,Ch11] - [Padan Fain] thinks about what Ba'alzamon did to him at [Shayol Ghul].
## [TGH,Ch41] - [Suroth] notes that she and [Liandrin] serve the same master.
## [TGH,Ch48] - [Lanfear] tells [Min] that Ishamael thinks he runs things but she really does.
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch2] - [Rand] knows that he must face Ba'alzamon again.
## [TDR,Ch6] - [Rand] leaves the others leaving behind a note saying Ba'alzamon is after him again.
## [TDR,Ch20] - [Mat] tells [Mat] that he can follow her instead of being used by [Aes Sedai] or chased by Ba'alzamon.
## [TDR,Ch21] - [Verin] shows [Egwene] a scrap of paper from just after the [Breaking] that seems to equate Ba'alzamon with Ishamael.
## [TDR,Ch27] - "[Egwene]" tells [Egwene] that Ishamael is a fool.
## [TDR,Ch43] - [Perrin] asks [Hopper] why he showed him Ba'alzamon and [Lanfear]. [Hopper] calls them Heartfang and [Moonhunter|Lanfear]. 
## [TDR,Ch48] - In a dream [Egwene] learns that Ba'alzamon desperately wants [Rand] dead.
## [TDR,Ch56] - [Egwene] tells [Moiraine] about [Verin]'s scrap of paper that seems to indicate that Ba'alzamon and Ishamael were one and the same.
## [TDR,Ch50] - [Moiraine] mentions that he and [Lanfear] are the strongest [Forsaken].
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch26] - Shortly after the breaking, a half mad [Aes Sedai] tells [Jonai] that Ishamael was not fully trapped in the Bore and is still around.
## [TSR,Ch38] - [Liandrin] reminds [Jaichim Carridin] of their meeting with Ba'alzamon to prove her identity.
## [TSR,Ch46] - [Moghedien] learns from [Elayne] and [Nynaeve] that [Be'lal|BeLal] and Ishamael are dead. She makes several comments about Ishamael - he was only half caught in the bore. That left him loose, but at a price. When she met him again he was only half human and had delusions that he was the [Great Lord|Shaitan] himself.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Prologue] - [Sammael] thinks Ishamael was more than half mad and less than half human.
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch2] - [Rand] tells [Mazrim Taim] that the vision in the sky was not the [Dark One|Shaitan], but Ba'alzamon who is Ishamael.
## [LoC,Ch6] - [Sammael] worriedly recalls Ishamael's philosophy that the [Great Lord|Shaitan] and [Rand] have battled many times. The [Great Lord|Shaitan]'s greatest goal is to turn [Rand] and, if so, he might make [Rand] [Nae'blis|Forsaken].
## [LoC,Ch6] - [Graendal] enumerates the dead [Forsaken] including Ishamael.
## [LoC,Ch23] - [Graendal] has no intention of facing [Rand] directly after he was able to take out Ishamael and [Rahvin].
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Ch8] - Wondering who freed [Moghedien], [Egwene] eliminates Ishamael because [Rand] killed him. 
## [ACoS,Ch15] - [Sammael] tells [Jaichim Carridin] that someone is making sure some of Ishamael's commands are still being carried out.
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Ch3] - [Aran'gar|AranGar] is certain that [Moridin] is actually Ishamael.
## [KoD,Ch18] - [Rand] believes that Ishamael and [Lanfear] were able to track ''[ta'veren|Wheel of Time]'' by their influence on the [Pattern|Wheel of Time].
## [KoD,Ch20] - After the [Trolloc|Trollocs] attack [Rand] wonders if another of the [Forsaken] knows Ishamael's way of tracking through the [Pattern|Wheel of Time] or perhaps [Moridin] can locate him.
## [KoD,Ch20] - The [True Source] is now clean but, with his wounds from Ishamael and [Padan Fain], [Rand] wonders if he is.
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch5] - [Rand] believes that the wounds from [Padan Fain] and Ishamael will spill his blood at [Shayol Ghul].
## [TGS,Ch15] - [Rand] tells [Min] that Ishamael is back.
## [TGS,Ch29] - [Rand] wonders if [Lanfear] is back like Ishamael.
## [TGS,Ch47] - [Rand] remembers seeing Ishamael in his dreams during his trek from the [Mountains of Mist] to the [Stone of Tear].
# In [A Memory of Light]
## [AMoL,Ch4] - [Rand] remembers Ishamael pulling him into dreams.
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