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That's reasonable speculation, I think ... Shishka Send a noteboard - 12/10/2010 07:58:23 PM
If Rand does as you outlined, I guess he could get by, most of the time, looking as he currently does. And I suppose if he ever did have to go out in public where he might be recognized, he could always use a Mask of Mirrors disguise.

But, I have another reason for thinking Rand will look different.

In your theory (I just finished reading it), you mentiond Egwene's dream of a "man lay dying in a narrow bed, and it was important he not die, yet outside a funeral pyre was being built, and voices raised songs of joy and sadness". My take on that dream is, Rand's old/dead body is on the funeral pyre (as you suggested), and the "man who lay dying" is Rand in his new incarnation (having just been yanked from TAR looking different, or having just somehow survived in Moridin's body). And the fact that he looks different explains why Egwene doesn't recognize the dying man as Rand. As for why the new Rand lays dying ... either it's just after he was ripped from TAR, like Birgitte was dying before she was bonded, or he's only barely surviving in Moridin's body, and Nynaeve has some work to do to save him.

Also, the other dream of Egwene's you mentioned - "Rand wearing many masks, until one of the masks is no longer a mask, but him", is easily explained if Rand's final incarnation(mask) looks different from his original appearance.
Rise and fall, turn the Wheel,
'cause all life is
is really just a circle.

-BHT&tM
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attn: Etzel re: theories on the fulfillment of Rand's death prophecies - 12/10/2010 12:35:42 AM 1550 Views
You never noticed the Noteboard feature, did you? - 12/10/2010 03:37:53 AM 798 Views
Actually, I made it a survey. - 12/10/2010 03:42:16 AM 743 Views
Horn Double Death - 12/10/2010 05:30:47 AM 1000 Views
If he dies when called by the Horn... - 12/10/2010 05:34:56 AM 677 Views
Re: If he dies when called by the Horn... - 12/10/2010 05:53:53 AM 667 Views
Re: If he dies when called by the Horn... - 12/10/2010 05:55:28 AM 707 Views
I just don't see that as Nynaeve's "area of expertise" - 13/10/2010 10:09:39 PM 755 Views
Nynaeve was the one who witnessed the weave, not Egwene. - 14/10/2010 12:38:14 AM 738 Views
Another Variation on the Horn - 13/10/2010 04:28:38 AM 702 Views
There's also the "ripped from TAR after death" theory, ala Birgitte (re how Rand lives again). - 12/10/2010 04:37:26 PM 810 Views
That be my theory - 12/10/2010 04:45:55 PM 838 Views
and from all other people - 12/10/2010 05:33:45 PM 936 Views
And your point is? *NM* - 12/10/2010 05:35:35 PM 357 Views
It's not specifically your theory. or a theory that you thought of first..... *NM* - 13/10/2010 04:32:48 PM 352 Views
Nobody said I thought of it first. - 13/10/2010 04:36:45 PM 670 Views
Re: Nobody said I thought of it first. - 13/10/2010 06:27:29 PM 761 Views
It's the truth. - 13/10/2010 06:29:56 PM 688 Views
Think of it this way, Emma... - 13/10/2010 06:00:11 PM 797 Views
Re: Think of it this way, Emma... *NM* - 13/10/2010 06:26:09 PM 414 Views
You could at least try not to contradict yourself. - 13/10/2010 06:29:11 PM 660 Views
Me being childish? - 13/10/2010 06:52:24 PM 712 Views
Some more thoughts ... - 12/10/2010 05:03:58 PM 837 Views
I don't think it is necessary that Rand be a public figure as Elayne's husband. - 12/10/2010 05:08:10 PM 713 Views
It's not that I think it's necessary, per se ... - 12/10/2010 05:44:03 PM 826 Views
On that particular point... - 12/10/2010 06:05:59 PM 811 Views
That's reasonable speculation, I think ... - 12/10/2010 07:58:23 PM 737 Views
I don't know that Egwene's lack of recognition necessarily means anything... - 12/10/2010 08:07:11 PM 645 Views
Yep, I agree ... - 12/10/2010 09:18:57 PM 726 Views
By the way ... - 12/10/2010 10:07:49 PM 650 Views
But that is not the only prophecy of Rand's death. - 12/10/2010 10:13:50 PM 652 Views
Just playing devil's advocate here ... - 12/10/2010 10:58:40 PM 806 Views
That raises an interesting question: - 13/10/2010 04:01:17 PM 737 Views
Re: That raises an interesting question: - 13/10/2010 05:57:39 PM 768 Views
IIRC... - 12/10/2010 07:58:39 PM 847 Views
That is unfortunate. - 12/10/2010 08:02:18 PM 748 Views
Switching bodies with Logain is mine. *NM* - 13/10/2010 05:03:43 AM 379 Views
Are we doing that now? I call dibs on Be'laim. - 14/10/2010 04:32:59 PM 799 Views
Body swap or Nynaeve heal seem the best bets to me. - 14/10/2010 04:42:16 PM 725 Views

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