Dreadlords

Dreadlords was the name given to men and women who could channel and sided with the Shadow in the Trolloc Wars (Tor Question of the Week, week 12 2004). Many would, of course, have liked to call themselves "Chosen" (like the Forsaken), but they were afraid to do so because once the thirteen trapped Chosen became free from the Seal they might disapprove. Some Dreadlords had positions equivalent to the Forsaken in the War of the Shadow. They ran the Shadow's side during the Trolloc War, but they hadn't received the mark that would have given them the command over the Shadowspawn. Even so, they worked together with Myrdraal as Commanders for the Shadow's armies. Many of the lesser of the original so called "Forsaken" were as week in the OP as most of the Dreadlords. There were in fact a huge number of Forsaken during the War of the Shadow, and all channelers that forsook the Light, from the strongest to the weakest, were called "Forsaken" during that time. Some of whom were every bit as high-ranking as the thirteen known to the afterworld.