After Each Age in Wot Does the Dark One Rise Again

The Dark One attempting to break into the earth of human.

The Nighttime One is a primordial, sentient, cosmic force of evil in the universe. The Dark One's goal is to pause the spirits and hearts of whatsoever sentient beings he can influence, and, if freed from his prison, eventually to remake Cosmos in his own epitome. His actions announced to indicate that he is also a force of chaos, destruction, and discord, every bit many of his underlings, likewise as Shaidar Haran, seemed to place a bang-up bargain of accent on increasing the amount of chaos in the globe at any opportunity. His beingness is revealed to be an integral function of human free will, as his malign influence encourages humanity to make selfish choices. If destroyed, humans (and likely other sentient beings) would possibly become completely incapable of evil, violence, or selfishness in whatsoever respect. He is said to have been imprisoned by the Creator at the get-go of time in a separate dimension outside of normal reality, and exterior of the Pattern, and has sought ever since to pause gratuitous of his prison house and destroy the Wheel of Fourth dimension and remake the world co-ordinate to his prototype and purpose, or alternatively, to destroy creation completely. He is currently imprisoned, exterior of the Pattern.

True name

His true name is Shai'tan, (pronounced: SHAY-ih-TAN), although many people believe that speaking that proper name volition bring misfortune to the speaker, which is why he is referred to as the Night One. However, there are many other alternative names for him, such as:

• Father of Lies
• Ba'alzamon
• Sightblinder (used past the Aiel)
• Lord of the Grave
• Lord of the Twilight
• Shepherd of the Nighttime's flocks
• Heartsbane
• Soulsbane
• Heartfang (used past the wolves)
• Sometime Grim
• Grassburner
• Leafblighter (used by the Aiel)
• Father of Storms (used by the Atha'an Miere)
• Caisen Hob ("Former Hob", used by people from Shandalle and the Seanchan)
• Lighteater (used by the Seanchan)
• Soulblinder (used by the Seanchan)

In addition, with the exception of Moridin, his ain followers consider information technology blasphemy to speak his true name, ^[1] then they most ordinarily refer to him by more flattering titles, such as:

• Great Lord of the Dark (or only 'the Great Lord')
• Lord of the Grave
• Lord of the Evening - a proper noun used in the Prophecies of the Shadow

The name Ba'alzamon (meaning "Eye of the Dark" in the Trolloc language) was used by Ishamael before his expiry; humans, including Darkfriends, learned it and assumed that it was the Trolloc name for the Nighttime I, which led to the assumption for the duration of the get-go three books and for much of the world's history that Ishamael was actually the Dark One himself - a falsehood which he did zero to repudiate, and in fact encouraged the misconception, choosing his words advisedly, and so as non to really merits to be the Dark One.

The Bore

In the Historic period of Legends Aes Sedai inquiry scientists, including Mierin Eronaile and Beidomon, believed they have discovered a new source of Power, 1 which can exist used past both men and women. What they were discovering was the prison of the Night 1 and drilling into information technology they have created the Bore ^[2] , partially freeing the Dark One, equally he was able to touch and influence the world. The moment of the drilling is described in 1 of the visions of Rand al'Thor in Rhuidean in the Aiel Waste. While he walked through the glass columns ter'angreal, he learned and experienced the history of the Aiel, seeing and living moments of it through his ancestors' optics. ^[iii] There Rand as well learns of a time when the Nighttime I held no sway and at that place were no shadowspawn nor armies in the past as said in The Shadow Ascension, "The Dark One had been spring away and no one knew his name nor the word 'state of war.'" ^[3]

Power

When encountered by Rand during the concluding attack on Shayol Ghul, the Nighttime One is described every bit being powerful across measure out; a universe-spanning force of evil that is both incomprehensible in its nature and infinite in its existence. His presence is described every bit beingness beyond space, size, and time, and his essence is said to be utterly empty, yet infinite. Though the Night One is beyond the concept of fourth dimension, he is constrained by it in his interactions with the Design but because it is an integral office of reality. The situation is described as being akin to an creative person's imagination exceeding the limits of the material they have to work with. It is for this reason that he cannot call back people's souls that have been burned from the Blueprint past balefire. Time does not be for the Dark One, just since it does exist for a person's soul, he is unable to achieve outside of fourth dimension itself to touch souls burned from the design. However, the Dark Ane tin can call back souls that die by virtually any other means, and transmigrate them into new bodies. Nevertheless, he has only been known to do this with individuals who accept pledged their souls to him, such as the Forsaken, which indicates that he has less power to manipulate souls non pledged to him. Other than balefire, being consumed by Mashadar may also place a soul across his accomplish, as Mashadar is implied to have the ability to devour souls, and Sammael was never reborn afterwards existence killed in this manner. However, no direct evidence is given across Sammael'due south decease to validate this, as the Nighttime Ane seems to have decided that some souls are not worth bringing back, including some Forsaken, such as Aginor after his 2d death by conventional means. The Dark One is as well unable to give people the power to channel the One Ability, or to alter the amount of the One Ability that a channeler tin can draw.

Verin Sedai has noted the Night One is the "apotheosis of paradox and chaos, destroyer of reason and logic, breaker of balance, the unmaker of order". She too states that, while she believes she understands the Forsaken, she has no thought what the Dark One'southward goal is, what he wants, or even what he is. Moridin has stated that the Dark One's eventual goal will not be to destroy reality and remake it, but rather to simply destroy everything. However, the Night One's goal is later revealed to be remake the design in his own epitome, although he would exist content to destroy creation, giving Moridin the oblivion he craves. He has no specific preference as to how the world would exist after his victory, as long as no i other than himself is in command. To Rand al'Thor, he presents various possibilities, from a completely tortured, ruined world and people, to a world in which he has simply removed the capacity for people to feel pity or empathy for each other. The only constant with regards to his desire to remake the world is an emphasis on his own prominence in that world, whether the earth's population is aware of it or non (one of the most mutual things he says to Rand al'Thor when describing how would change reality is, "THERE IS Just ME"). The concept of just destroying cosmos however, is also stated to exist something that he would be satisfied with. The Dark One seems to have a sense of humor, laughing at the end of The Lord of Chaos afterward hearing Demandred's unknown news. Because he wishes to break his foes, destroying them is not necessarily part of his plans. To that stop, he often ordered that none of his followers were to attempt to kill Rand al'Thor earlier he could reach the Last Battle (though many of them flouted this command). His strategy seems to be to plough the Dragon Reborn to the Shadow, which would give him the best hope of defeating the Lite. Although destroying the Dragon Reborn ever seems to be a close secondary program. As a catholic apotheosis and source of evil, he is completely incapable of agreement concepts like dignity and compassion, and is also evidently incapable of performing or experiencing anything that could be considered good. Additionally, despite his vast, catholic knowledge, and his innumerable contingency plans, he appears to exist incapable of learning from past mistakes, having failed to defeat the Light throughout many ages past. He appears to lack the understanding necessary to succeed.

The Nighttime I is capable of warping reality to certain degrees inside the Blueprint without existence able to actually touch it, so long as his prison is non completely sealed. Around and inside the area of Shayol Ghul, he is capable of changing the height of the stalactites on the ceiling of the tunnel that leads to the Pit of Doom without actually seeming to make them move. He can also warp distances and perceptions within Shayol Ghul. How he does this is not known, simply Rand al'Thor demonstrated the power to counter this meddling through force of volition combined with his ta'veren nature. Additionally, the lands around Shayol Ghul, at least those lands that aren't completely devoid of life, are filled with unnaturally deadly creatures and plant life, much of which is in an accelerated state of decay. If one is really inside the Pit of Doom, 1 tin hear the Dark Ane'south "vocalization", as information technology were, as a telepathic projection of immense ability. With the possible exception of Ishamael/Moridin, the Dark One is not capable of straight communicating with anyone in the Blueprint unless they are nowadays at the Pit of Doom. Why Moridin seems to exist exempt from this may be due to his continual, high level utilize of the Truthful Power. The Dark One'due south power to manipulate the Design has grown as the patch over the Bore has weakened. This has been the crusade of numerous destructive, cluttered events that seem to occur at random over time, but increase in frequency every bit the seals weaken;

• The Forsaken began to escape, starting with Aginor and Balthamel.
• Bubbles of evil, likened past Moiraine to a miasma in a swamp, emanate periodically from the Night One, twisting reality in the Blueprint to lethal effect, particularly nigh ta'veren.
• The Nighttime One oft uses the surround against his enemies. In The Eye of the World, he attempted to cause widespread starvation through prolonged winter. The unnatural winter was cleaved by Rand al'Thor, as he unintentionally uses the shop of pure saidin at the Eye of the World. He also causes unnatural heat but this is too stopped by Elayne and Nynaeve when they use the Bowl of the Winds. Currently, the earth is shrouded in perpetually overcast skies, merely it is unknown if the Nighttime One is responsible for this virtually recent abnormal weather.
• Images of the dead/ghosts have begun to appear as the Terminal Battle approaches.
• The earth in general dying and decaying; plants going into hibernation-like, death-similar states, food spoiling, animals hibernating, etc.

The Night One is the source of the True Power, which is analogous to the One Power. However, one can simply draw on the Truthful Power with the Dark One's blessing. Use of the True Power creates saa; piddling flecks of blackness that move horizontally across the eyes of the wielder. Furthermore, it is much more addictive than either saidin or saidar, and information technology is believed that not even the strongest willpower can fight the desire to use it one time the saa have begun to manifest. The more a channeler uses the Truthful Power, the more saa are seen. Saa doesn't affect the channeler's vision. The True Ability is demonstrated to be centered effectually death and destruction; for instance Moridin uses information technology accidentally to crush the life out of a retainer. It is also highly destructive to its user, the saa will eventually plough the user's eyes completely blackness, at which point caverns of fire may manifest at times where the mouth and eyes of the channeler would be. This is a highly avant-garde phase of True Power usage and the user will die shortly after unless they have been granted immortality by the Night 1. This power is given to only the Dark One'southward near favored servants, and in quantities reflecting the particular individual's favor. Rand al'Thor later discovers the ability to access the True Power by ways of a link that he and Moridin accidentally created between their souls. Using Callandor, information technology is possible to use the True Power against the Dark One himself, as it is a True Ability sa'angreal, and the Night Ane can't immediately cut off access to the True Power if one is wielding information technology in such big quantities as Moridin could while wielding Callandor.

Despite his catholic levels of power, it is possible to kill the Dark 1 by bringing him into the Pattern. This is due to the fact that time exists inside the Design, and as such, things tin can be brought to an finish within the Pattern. Rand al'Thor managed to achieve this by using the One Ability in improver to the True Ability; the Dark One's own energy. Ultimately notwithstanding, in light of his noesis of the Dark One'due south impact on human free will, he chose to just seal the Dark One back up once more. Additionally, so long as his prison is completely intact, the Night One patently cannot breach it without outside assistance. Nonetheless, he can chisel abroad at existing holes to further widen them.

While the Dark One appears to be the source of all evil with regard to the choices of sentient beings, there are evils that exist that take nothing to do with the Night One, and can even be seen every bit being in opposition to him. The nearly prominent example of this is the being that somewhen became known as Shaisam, who was noted to want to kill the Dark I if it had had an opportunity to do so.

Etymology

The name Shai'tan is likely taken from Satan the Hebrew discussion for the antagonist, later translated to Shaitan, or Sheytaan, the Standard arabic word ordinarily referring to "devil". The name Ba'alzamon is also taken from the Old Testsment Hebrew Bible where the proper name for the pagan god Baal and the heathen god of the Philistines is Beelzebub, in Hebrew written Ba'al Zəbûb, two Kings 1:1–18 and in the Greek Christian New Testament it is applied to Satan the Devil at Matthew 12:25-28 and in other verses.

Possible Cosmological Function (speculative)

The purpose of the Creator in bringing the Dark 1 into being is an upshot that is occasionally pondered past a few of the characters in the series, due mostly to the widely perceived idea that the Dark One seems to serve no apparently functional purpose in the thousand scheme of Creation. He appears only to exist to cause misery and suffering that seems not to be countered by any direct influence from the Creator. Nevertheless, it is shown past Rand al'Thor during his metaphysical conflict with the Dark One during the Last Battle that the Dark One functions equally the sole enabler of whatever sentient tendency towards selfish behavior of any kind. Given that fact, and given the fact that the Creator seems to have at least some interest in safeguarding his Creation (assuming that the disembodied, telepathic "voice" that Rand heard twice outside of Shayol Ghul was in fact the Creator), it is possible that the Creator made the Nighttime One specifically for the purpose of allowing his creation to have free will.

Information technology is also commonly believed that the Dark One' prison being breached by humanity is a cyclical, inevitable role of the Wheel of Time and the Pattern. Ishamael in particular, who was an extremely accomplished philosopher and theologian, believed that the Wheel of Fourth dimension continually provided the Dark One with opportunities to exist freed throughout history because of the Design's requirement for balance. However, particularly given the extra-realistic nature of the Dark Ane, there is evidence to suggest that the cyclical inevitability of this event might exist wrong, or at least might not be nigh as regular an event as Ishamael believed it to be.

After Rand sealed the Bore permanently, he came to realize that the havoc that the Dark One was able to wreak on the earth was ultimately all facilitated, enabled, and carried out past human beings; that the Dark One was, ultimately, not the true enemy in the sense that humanity'due south collective suffering is always entirely due to the decisions of individual humans. With regard to human being behavior, the Dark One ultimately had no more power inside the Pattern, even with the presence of the Bore, than humanity allowed him to accept. Despite his utterly malicious nature and his cosmic levels of power, he was not straight responsible causing whatever of the issues attributed to him; he could not destroy humanity without the cooperation of humanity itself. As to the more straight influence of the Dark Ane through the Bore, the residue of the Blueprint was shown to intrinsically counter the extra-realistic meddling of the Dark 1 through various mechanisms. Additionally, the negative elements of the world that the Blueprint might require to residuum itself can be seen to insert themselves into reality without requiring any directly influence from the Night One. For example, Rand believed that because the world regime during the Age of Legends seemed unwilling to admit that the "utopian" gild of the time had a considerable number of social problems, and that a societal plummet of one kind or another may accept been inevitable fifty-fifty without the drilling of the Bore. Such a collapse and descent into war would take provided the disastrous destruction necessary to remainder out the accomplishment of the Historic period of Legends without requiring the Night 1's prison to exist breached. Also, equally the Dark I exists exterior of the Blueprint, his direct influence may not be considered to be a part of the "remainder" that the Blueprint inevitably weaves into itself. What is more, the Dark One is completely incapable of learning from by mistakes due to his inability to empathise anything good, and he cannot intermission out of his prison house without help from humanity itself. Equally such, if the breaching of the Nighttime One's prison house is indeed inevitably cyclical in nature and seemingly brought near past human pick, there would be no reason to assume that the re-sealing of his prison fourth dimension and over again is any different. This is highlighted when Rand brings the Dark One physically into the pattern and the beings true form is so pocket-sized and weak that Rand can pinch him between his fingers, with Rand even condescendingly calling him a mite.

External links

Notes

1. ↑ The Shadow Ascent, Chapter 9
2. ↑ The Wheel of Time Companion, Bore
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Shadow Rising, Affiliate 26

grahamseallegaid.blogspot.com

Source: https://wot.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_One

Share this post