Rand said that he recognized the sword and not "oddly" from Lews Therin's memories
Dodge Send a noteboard - 02/11/2009 01:19:11 PM
"but from his own".
-Tears of Steel (P59)
But that remark does seem to be at odds with almost everything else in the same paragraph, which I agree all point to it being Lews Therin's sword:
"It looked as it it had been designed specifically for Rand".
"It felt right beneath his fingers".
"The scabbard was painted with a long, sinuous dragon of red and gold".
If you recall back in TDR, when Rand is facing Be'lal, there is this passage:
The Forsaken laughed, amused, swinging his blade in quick flourishes to either side of him; the black fire roared as if swift passage through the air quickened it. “You were a greater swordsman, once, Lews Therin,” he said mockingly. “Do you remember when we took that tame sport called swords and learned to kill with it, as the old volumes said men once had? Do you remember even one of those desperate battles, even one of our dire defeats? Of course not. You remember nothing, do you? This time you have not learned enough. This time, Lews Therin, I will kill you.” Be’lal’s mockery deepened. “Perhaps if you take Callandor, you might extend your life a little longer. A little longer.”
So, when Rand said the sword felt familiar to him, I assumed it was LTT's, but that's just me. However, it would offer some explanation for it being a Power-wrought sword minus the Heron-mark, which perhaps came into use sometime after the "sport" became popular.
-Tears of Steel (P59)
But that remark does seem to be at odds with almost everything else in the same paragraph, which I agree all point to it being Lews Therin's sword:
"It looked as it it had been designed specifically for Rand".
"It felt right beneath his fingers".
"The scabbard was painted with a long, sinuous dragon of red and gold".
I don't remember reading anything more about Rand's sword. Was it revealed where it was found? Any clue which sword it is?
If you recall back in TDR, when Rand is facing Be'lal, there is this passage:
The Forsaken laughed, amused, swinging his blade in quick flourishes to either side of him; the black fire roared as if swift passage through the air quickened it. “You were a greater swordsman, once, Lews Therin,” he said mockingly. “Do you remember when we took that tame sport called swords and learned to kill with it, as the old volumes said men once had? Do you remember even one of those desperate battles, even one of our dire defeats? Of course not. You remember nothing, do you? This time you have not learned enough. This time, Lews Therin, I will kill you.” Be’lal’s mockery deepened. “Perhaps if you take Callandor, you might extend your life a little longer. A little longer.”
So, when Rand said the sword felt familiar to him, I assumed it was LTT's, but that's just me. However, it would offer some explanation for it being a Power-wrought sword minus the Heron-mark, which perhaps came into use sometime after the "sport" became popular.
~ The Artful Dodger ~
Rand's sword...
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- 01/11/2009 10:46:10 PM
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Perhaps the Hawkwing statue mentioned in EOTW? If it was ever excavated.. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 12:14:36 AM
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rand merely says "they dug it up and made it a gift" might be literal but doesn'thave to be.
- 02/11/2009 09:33:07 PM
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Yes definitely not Justice
- 02/11/2009 03:56:28 AM
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Rand said he remembered it, and that we know that the sword is old....
- 02/11/2009 04:13:22 AM
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I just figured it was LTT's sword from the AoL....
- 02/11/2009 12:37:15 PM
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Rand said that he recognized the sword and not "oddly" from Lews Therin's memories
- 02/11/2009 01:19:11 PM
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- 03/11/2009 12:11:00 AM
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