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Re: Take two Terez Send a noteboard - 18/05/2010 01:45:24 AM
The question that has occurred to me is that since Rand KNOWS what balefire is and what it does, if Rand were to be critically injured by Gawyn, WHY would Rand retaliate at that point rather than just hedge his bet and let Gawyn go on living in the hope that Cadsuane or someone will hopefully hunt him down and balefire Gawyn and revive him that way.


Rand knows that he has to die, so I doubt his mind will run to things like balefire to solve the problem of his death. But in any case, I think he will probably kill Gawyn in self-defense, and that Gawyn will return with HIS last bit of strength to kill Rand. I think that's a relatively recent thought on my part - the details change a lot, as I find that mutable ideas are more sound than rigid ones - but I did cover that in the post on Dragonmount.

Beyond that, it's not even necessary that Rand kill Gawyn; he could easily be killed by a Maiden or some such after the duel is finished and it's clear Rand is dead. It may be that no one with knowledge of balefire happens to be hanging around.

Rand and Gawyn will injure each other simultaneously the way Rand did with Ishamael at Falme. But this explanation is weak in that given how sickly&injured Rand is, I don't really believe that Rand is capable of such a feat anymore with someone as skilled with the sword as Gawyn.


I don't believe there is any evidence whatsoever as to what Rand is capable of, with the sword. For all we know, Lews Therin had quite the one-handed sword technique, and now that the integration is complete, Rand's loss of a hand is completely meaningless. It could be that Rand has been working on his technique so hard that he's already overcome the weakness; he did, after all, become a blademaster in the first place rather quickly. His wounds have never stopped him from being capable in a fight; he ignores the pain.
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