The name given to thirteen of the most powerful Iyes Shedai since the Age of Legends, thus among the most powerful ever known, who embraced the Power of the Forbidden during the First Divine War in return for the promise of Eternal Soul.
According to legend and fragmentary records, their power were imprisoned alone with the Dark One when his prison was resealed. How the Forsaken came back to Avalon is one of the most guarded secrets in the Higher Hierarchy and Council of Magic. It is rumoured that the Forsaken now wield a much diminished power as a price for their freedom.
