I thought the great sword means it is a very long two-handed sword.
redhand Send a noteboard - 07/09/2009 01:35:32 AM
If you look at The Great Hunt, it was described as a 'great sword' and 'shone like a mirror'. Neither tells us much, but if you look at the prophecy at the end of the book, well it gets more interesting.
And men cried unto the Creator, saying: O Light of the Heavens, Light of the World, let the Promised One be born of the mountain, according to the Prophecies, as he was in Ages past and will be in Ages to come,. Let the Prince of the Morning sing to the land that green things will grow and the valleys give forth lambs. Let the arm of the Lord of the Dawn shelter us from the Dark, and the great sword of Justice defend us. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.
He relaxed his hand on his sword, though he did not release it. He ?ngered the cloth-tied hilt. The weapon was long, slightly curved, and the lacquered scabbard was painted with a long, sinuous dragon of red and gold. It looked as if it had been designed speci?cally for Rand—and yet it was centuries old, unearthed only recently. How odd, that they should ?nd this now, he thought, and make a gift of it to me, completely unaware of what they were holding. . . .
He had taken to wearing the sword immediately. It felt right beneath his ?ngers. He had told no one, not even Min, that he had recognized the weapon. And not, oddly, from Lews Therin’s memories—but Rand’s own.
He had taken to wearing the sword immediately. It felt right beneath his ?ngers. He had told no one, not even Min, that he had recognized the weapon. And not, oddly, from Lews Therin’s memories—but Rand’s own.
Like a Zweihander, which is so long you have to wear it behind your back. In that interpretion, it would be very difficult for Rand to use it at all.
This message last edited by redhand on 07/09/2009 at 01:36:10 AM
spoilers from first chapter and a question
05/09/2009 04:55:30 AM
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It was probably from his time in Rhuidean in the glass pillars *NM*
05/09/2009 04:57:58 AM
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That was my first thought too, though I can't think where the Aiel would encounter it *NM*
05/09/2009 05:05:13 AM
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I couldn't say which of the scenes it would be, but it's the only place I could imagine it being
05/09/2009 05:11:22 AM
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I assumed he remembered it because it was Lews Therin's *NM*
05/09/2009 05:18:39 AM
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But he specifically says that it is from his memories and not Lews Therin's *NM*
05/09/2009 05:20:29 AM
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Was it just the scabbard or a new sword too? *NM*
05/09/2009 05:30:11 AM
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Good question, I'm not sure, tho if I had to guess I'd say just the scabbard *NM*
05/09/2009 05:33:08 AM
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So think the scabbard is an angreal/ter'angreal? *NM*
05/09/2009 06:15:45 AM
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God I hope not, they are entirely too common. *NM*
05/09/2009 06:21:28 AM
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It must be...
07/09/2009 04:37:59 AM
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My thoughts on the PoV character
05/09/2009 05:42:42 AM
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Re: spoilers from first chapter and a question
05/09/2009 06:27:49 AM
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I'd bet it's answered in the prologue. *NM*
05/09/2009 06:28:47 AM
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My thoughts exactly. The sword is the only part that makes sense as coming from the Prologue. *NM*
06/09/2009 12:09:39 PM
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Hmmm... not Rhuidean - I'm betting the farm on it being Guaire Amalasan's scabbard
05/09/2009 08:07:10 AM
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Re: Hmmm... not Rhuidean - I'm betting the farm on it being Guaire Amalasan's scabbard
05/09/2009 11:03:54 AM
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Re: Hmmm... not Rhuidean - I'm betting the farm on it being Guaire Amalasan's scabbard
05/09/2009 11:55:30 PM
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How about something simpler?
05/09/2009 05:16:09 PM
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Re: How about something simpler?
05/09/2009 11:42:01 PM
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Re: How about something simpler?
08/09/2009 06:25:49 PM
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Re: How about something simpler?
08/09/2009 11:22:06 PM
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It's in the Prophecy. Hawking's sword Justice.
06/09/2009 12:37:13 AM
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I like that a lot. Seems the most likely out of all of these, too.
06/09/2009 05:24:08 AM
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I think you might be correct.
06/09/2009 07:45:17 AM
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I thought the great sword means it is a very long two-handed sword.
07/09/2009 01:35:32 AM
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