An interesting phenomenon occurred when Ishamael was sealed with the other Forsaken inside the Dark One's prison at [[Shayol Ghul]]. Many people theorize that he was only half sealed, (in contrast to [[Aginor]] and [[Balthamel]] who were merely sealed too close to the edge, and thus susceptible to the passage of time), and his soul was allowed to be released in the world from time to time. InAran son of Malan, an [[Concepts in the Wheel of Time series#Ogier|Ogier]] historian, had a theory based on Ishamael being thrown out and touching the world for specific periods of timeIn fact, Ishamael may not have been initially bound at all, since, at the beginning of The Eye of the World, he told Lews Therin that he had killed his family. He then gave him the moment of sanity so that he understood what he had done. He started calling himself Ba'alzamon during the breaking of the world and was revered by trollocs, and feared by Myrddraal. He ravaged the world when he sent trollocs forth, causing the trolloc wars. He is also cretided of founding the [[Aes Sedai#Black Ajah|Black Ajah]]. Which shows that he was out" from the prison on multiples of forty years. He was not at Shayol Gul when the other Forsaken were bound. In FY 973, Ishamael came to Artur Hawkwing's court as Jalwin Moerad. He became Hawkwing's highest counsellor by summer 974, and held that position until Artur's death in FY 994. He set about wrecking that which Hawkwing had built. He had Artur do the following:
not at Shayol Gul when the other Forsaken were bound. The leading expert on this theory was Aran son of Malan, an [[Concepts in the Wheel of Time series#Ogier|Ogier]] historian, who deduced that Ishamael was "spun
