Balthamel
Forsaken and former historian, later reborn as Aran'gar.
Balthamel is a former historian who became one of the Forsaken for the promise of immortality. He ran an extensive spy network for the Dark One and oversaw camps where humans were used to feed the carnivorous Trollocs.
Lore & Background
With the Forsaken Aginor he confronts Rand and his companions in The Eye of the World; their long imprisonment has left Balthamel horribly disfigured, with rotting skin and no voice. He burns Someshta, the Green Man, nearly to death, but Someshta uses the last of his life to consume Balthamel with fungi and invasive plants. In Lord of Chaos the Dark One brings him back in a female body as Aran'gar.
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