Rand's Other Question

[Angel of Death]

I could find anything on this via the search bar so I'll put it here.

 

We know two of Rand's questions.

 

1) Cleansing the Taint

2) Surviving TG.

 

And I had a thought on the third.

 

Rand knew the symbol to get to Ruihedan sp?. How? I can't recall any one telling him or him mentioning how to get it. And for that matter how and why did he decided to go to Ruihedian in the first place?

[Pub]

I believe rhaurc showed rand the symbol or maybe it was aviendha mat also helped pick the correct direction. As for going to rhudiean i dont think it was a question he asked i think he was probably told by rhaurc that he needed to go there plus with the prophecies would have help him reach that decision.

 

Also can you point me to where it says that cleansing the source was one of the question he asked?

[Tyrell]

According to the big WoT FAQ page thingie the third one was something along the lines of "should I go home to protect the two rivers from fain" but I can't vouch for its authenticity.

[Luckers]

Tyrell's one is the most common suggestion--its what i believe--but theres no evidence except in the fact that everyone else was concerned Rand might do that.

[RobertAlexWillis]

I personally think it was, "How in the #*&$^#&* do I seal the Bore?".

 

Now ... we know that questions dealing with the Shadow can have bad consequences ... but he got away with asking about the Taint, so ...

 

 

[The Dragon Reborn]

I personally don't think that Rand's 3rd question had anything to with whether or not he should help the Two Rivers. I think Rand genuinely realized the he would do more damage than good if he did try to help. He was also very anxious that nobody be able to predict his next move, so I'm sure he was not fond of walking into what was obviously a trap set to lure him to Fain.

Also, when compared to his other 2 questions, it's sounds a bit of a trivial question to ask, when there were so many more vastly important questions that needed answers.

[zshadez]

"Why do hot dogs come in packages of 10 when hot dog buns always come in packages of 8?"

[Ahaz Flagg]

"Why do hot dogs come in packages of 10 when hot dog buns always come in packages of 8?"

 

The meat-packing side of this is easiest to understand. Your standard-issue hot dog, a product that generations of consumers have found to be convenient, comes ten to the pound. Jumbo hot dogs come eight to the pound, and occasionally you'll see some symptom of wretched excess that comes four to the pound. If you've got 10,000 pounds of hot dogs, therefore, you know you've got 10,000 packages. A few packers deviate from this rule and give you, say, eight standard dogs per 12-ounce package, but they're in the minority.

 

The situation with bakers is a bit murkier. Here are some of the "explanations" you'll hear: (1) We do it that way because everybody else does. If we started doing ten to the package we'd have to charge more, consumers wouldn't notice they were getting more, and we'd lose business. Fine, but why did the first guy start packing eight? (2) There is something inherent in baking tray or oven design that makes ten impractical to produce. Not true. Continental Baking, maker of the Wonder brand and one of the largest companies in the industry, sells both eight-packs and ten-packs, depending on "consumer preferences and local market conditions." What this means is that if enough people want ten-packs and everybody else is selling them, Continental will too. St. Louis, for one, is said to be a big ten-pack town. (3) Ten-packs are a clumsy shape and tend to get broken up when they're tossed around on supermarket shelves. This is close to the truth, I think (see below), but obviously not that close, since Continental somehow manages to cope.

 

 

 

[Davian93]

Continental Baking, maker of the Wonder brand and one of the largest companies in the industry, sells both eight-packs and ten-packs, depending on "consumer preferences and local market conditions."

 

They also almost went under a couple of years back and have almost no market share in the northeast part of the U.S. as

[DemandredFO]

Personally, I think he asked about the "Foresaken City".  As I recall Moiraine and Rand both thought it was Illian.  No one knew that there was a city in the waste, except the Aeil.  Remember, Rand is Ta'veren which is apparently bad for the finns and he had Fire to Blind, so I don't necessarily believe he need fear

[Kadere]

We know that Rand didn't ask anything about Rhudiean because he tells us when Mat says that the Aelfinn probably tell everyone to go to Rhudiean, that he didn't. Plus Rand already knew about Rhudiean from the Prophecies of the Dragon wich state "The Reborn One, marked and bleeding, dances the sword in dreams and mist, chains the Shadowsworn to his will from the city, lost and forsaken, leads the spears to war once more, breaks the spears and makes them see, truth long hidden in the ancient dream." He also knew from the Prophecies that he needed to get the Aiel, and from the fact that he was guessing he was probably their He Who Comes with the Dawn. He didn't see any need to ask about that, it was already decided.

 

I doubt that he would have asked about the Two Rivers either because a) he knows it's a trap by Fain already and b) constantly worries throughout TSR, TFoH, and LoC that the Two Rivers might have been destroyed without ever thinking of any kind of answer from the Finns.

 

My guess is we simply don't know, and it'll be revealed in the last book. Maybe it was about his love life with Elayne, or how to defeat the Forsaken, or how much he'll need Perrin and Mat in the Last Battle.

[Wayhey]

Rand's Questions:

 

1) How do I cleanse the Taint?

2) How do I survive TG?

3) Are you kidding me?  No, wait!  #$%*!

 

[Angel of Death]

Or maybe it was how do i get 3 women to fall for me?

[Luckers]

Catnip.

[zshadez]

"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck...?"

 

"How do I clenase the taint?

How do I survive the last battle?

So I'm pretty much screwed then, eh?"

 

"Are any of the three girls who will fall for me going to turn out to be distant cousins? I know it sounds odd, but I'm from a small farming village and we..."

[cloglord]

I stumbled across something that might answer this question about questions.

 

We know that Rand asked how to cleanse Saidin, and how to win TG and survive, but we don't know what the third question is, then I read the part where Moraine names the three questions she would have asked, if she wasn't worried about asking the wrong questions.  Do you know what they were?

 

How Rand could survive and triumph, how to hold off the madnees long enough that he could do what he must, and how to defeat the DO and the forsaken.  Sound's like the 2 questions we know Rand did end up asking.  I think this was RJ's way of telling us what Rand asked for.  A way to fix the taint, a way to win and survive, and how to defeat the DO.

[Cillian]

I stumbled across something that might answer this question about questions.

 

We know that Rand asked how to cleanse Saidin, and how to win TG and survive, but we don't know what the third question is, then I read the part where Moraine names the three questions she would have asked, if she wasn't worried about asking the wrong questions.  Do you know what they were?

 

How Rand could survive and triumph, how to hold off the madnees long enough that he could do what he must, and how to defeat the DO and the forsaken.  Sound's like the 2 questions we know Rand did end up asking.  I think this was RJ's way of telling us what Rand asked for.  A way to fix the taint, a way to win and survive, and how to defeat the DO.

 

Your last two are pretty much the same thing though.

[Davian93]

Your last two are pretty much the same thing though

 

Maybe he was stupid.  Perhaps the questions were as follows:

 

1. How do I rid Saidin of the taint?

 

2. How do I defeat the DO?

 

A: By dying dummy!

 

3. Okay...how do I win AND survive then?

 

A: To live you must die. Next!!!

[Angel of Death]

 

3) Are you kidding me?  No, wait!  #$%*!

 

 

Why, yes. Yes we are.

[bjclinton]

Rand's Questions:

 

1) How do I cleanse the Taint?

2) How do I survive TG?

3) Are you kidding me?  No, wait!  #$%*!

 

 

lol

[darvick]

Question? How do I live through Tarmon Gai'don?

Answer. "To live you must die."

[cloglord]

I don't think that they are the same questions at all.  If you define TG as the war that will surround the DO's escape.  One question asks how to prevent being overrun by Trollocs, the other question asks how to return the bore to its pre-bore state. 

[Cocaloch]

What the Hell does Fa'shizzle mean?

[DemandredFO]

Can I use the Choedan Kal to balefire the White Tower?:lol

[TDF]

I'm relatively new to the series, but i have read all the books.

 

and i'll be the first to admit i missed some plots from the books.

 

but i always thought that Rands 3rd question was to do with elayne.

 

maybe i missed something but he went from trying to distance himself from her to going all out to have her crowned monarch of andor and cairhein.

 

not sure of the exact question, but when i think of elaida's foretelling of the house of andor - the importance of the house trakand (wasn't it) - i think there was something more behind Rand's acts.

 

(suddenly attacking rhavin, giving elayne throne of cairhein etc.)

 

i'm not sure if i have made my point fully, but i didnt really want to type an essay. ::)and i dont have the books anymore, so no quotes.

 

or maybe im not giving Rand enough credit - but i dont think that he has the mental prowess to have come up with this by himself.