Will Tam and Rand at last reunite in aMoL?

[Dragon21]

So, will Tam finally get to see Rand again before this is all over with? I would certainly expect so, but then again I was expecting them to meet up before now.

Wonder how Tam will feel seeing Rand again?

Will he be a proud dad, or will he not quite be sure what to think of it all? Will Tam know that Rand knows who his real parents are now? Of course Tam will love Rand still, but it might be hard to deal with. And I am betting Rand will always see Tam as his father. Who knows?

I hope Rand gets to see Tam in action at TG.

 

What do you all think will happen?

 

 

 

 

[Morindin]

I am thinking/hoping Tam will help humanize Rand a bit... especially if Rand does not expect to see Tam... it might just be what is needed to crack the very think shell around him...

 

Rand has been so long without feeling emotions, at seeing his father might open the flood gate of emotions within him... and thus finally making him stronger than harder...

[elmis]

I'm about 100 percent sure they'll meet up in aMoL. I just hope it's not like the Logain/Rand meet in CoT. That was a disappointment IMO.

[Moiraine_Damodred]

oh, they will meet for sure, that is almost certain...I mean...it would almost be a crime for them to not meet...

[Paviel]

I have this weird feeling that Rand is going to meet up with both Tam and Moiraine, though not necessarily at the same time.

 

Maybe I think of Tam and Moiraine just because Tam was recovering from Moiraine's Healing the last time Rand saw him. Or maybe it's the fact that as Tam was a father figure to Rand before Rand left the Two Rivers, Moiraine was sort of a mother figure after.

[Elwinn Taron]

I think they will meet again, and it will be very emotional for both.

 

I also think Tam had better watch his back--with the way he is described, and add in the fact that he is a blademaster--and I bet there will be Aes Sedai lined up wanting to bond him :o

[vinay87]

Tam a warder? lol. That sounds funny.

 

Anyway yeah, it would be killer if they met. But I do hope that proper justice is done for that scene. I think Tam will be shown fighting. Well, it was mentioned far too frequently that he is a Blademaster for him not to. Most possibly, like Thom did about his flute, Tam might ask Rand where his sword went. And when he finds out about it, he might mention how he got it. And Rand will obviously still picture him as his true dad. But whether Tam will feel the same, I don't know. I think Tam will be vital to Cadsuane showing Rand "laughter and tears".

[Paviel]

Tam knew what Mazrim Taim had said about Rand, and when Perrin didn't deny it, he smelled Tam's sadness.

 

I'd say that Tam still has to come to terms with the fact that his son is the Dragon Reborn.

[RobertAlexWillis]

In Wotmania's painfully unsourced quotes section, RJ is reported to have said:

 

Tam has basically put together all the stuff he's heard, and knows that Rand is the Dragon Reborn, although he hasn't admitted it to himself yet.

 

http://www.wotmania.com/faqtopic.asp?ID=58

 

So, it seems its a case of knowing it, but not really wanting to admit it or consciously think about it.  Whether this quote pre-dates Knife of Dreams or not, I don't know.