Rahvin
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Rahvin is one of the Forsaken, the most powerful Dreadlords in service of the Dark One. (Note: the term Dreadlords didn't appear until after the sealing of the Bore, so technically he is not a Dreadlord.)
[edit] Appearance
He is tall and extremely handsome, with an insatiable appetite for the company of beautiful women. He has black hair, which is white at the temples. He is dark and slender with nearly black eyes.
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[edit] History
Born Ared Mosinel, Rahvin always loved power, and was envious of anyone who held more than him. Much preferring diplomacy over outright attack, Rahvin would most frequently use Compulsion and subtle manipulation instead of force. He was stronger in the One Power than Lanfear and almost as strong as Lews Therin Telamon.
Rahvin turned to The Shadow because of his thirst for power; through his manipulations he had several regions surrender without invasion. He was an efficient governor, but showed a lack of attention to detail that undermined productivity during the War of Power.
[edit] Release
Upon being freed from the Dark One's prison after the hard winter of 998 NE, he moved to Caemlyn and styled himself Lord Gaebril, a nobleman apparently from the Mountains of Mist, and plotted to build a base of power for himself in Andor. When riots broke out in the city, he became the leader of the faction supporting Queen Morgase. He put the riots down, and Morgase promoted him to Elaida's old post of chief advisor.
Through the use of Compulsion, he persuaded Morgase to accept him as her lover and consort as well as advisor, insinuating himself into the palace political structure. He urged her to banish or arrest many of her most loyal supporters, most notably removing Gareth Bryne from his post as Captain-General and sending him into exile, and set in motion actions to afford him the opportunity to control both Andor and Cairhien, through Morgase if not directly.
When Mat Cauthon arrived in Caemlyn with a letter from Elayne Trakand to her mother the Queen, he unknowingly overheard a conversation between two Darkfriends, plotting the death of the Daughter-Heir. Only later did he discover that the mastermind of this plot was none other than "Lord Gaebril" himself. Mat took it upon himself to thwart this plot, following the assassin to Tear and killing him there.
[edit] On the throne
Rahvin experienced more trouble maintaining control over Morgase than he expected. News of the supposed revolt in the Two Rivers region, and a conversation with her old nurse Lini, snapped Morgase out of her besotted state and she managed to escape the palace, planning to coalesce support behind her again. The rumors of Morgase's death at his hands led Rahvin to make his own claim upon the throne earlier than planned, with his personal brigade of soldiers, the White Lions, as enforcers. He also made plans to invade Cairhien and claim that throne as well. This plan formed part of his arrangement with Graendal, Sammael, and Lanfear, to lure the Dragon Reborn into attacking Sammael, at which point the four Forsaken would link in a circle and defeat Rand.
[edit] Demise
When Rand heard of Morgase's presumed death, he assaulted Caemlyn intent on obtaining revenge for Elayne, Morgase's heir. He killed Rahvin with balefire, which inadvertently undid the deaths of Asmodean, Aviendha and Mat Cauthon. Having died from balefire, Rahvin is unable to be resurrected even by the Great Lord of the Dark, and is therefore permanently deceased.
