Give Rand a Hand!

[Myndrunner]

Another shameless AMOL speculation topic:

 

What signifigance does, and will be made of, Rand's missing hand have from his "DOH!" meeting with Hemorrhage?  He claims he can still feel it yet it is not there.  Will he have some kind of SAIDEN hand made of the power? Will it become a sort of Balefire hand?  I am sure that it was not Jordan's intention, but Rand is slowly becoming more a more like a certain Lord Skywalker I've heard of. 

 

-Mynd

 

One could hope he puts a Chain-Saw on it a-la Bruce Campbell! 

[balefire]

I think Elayne will make him some sort of cuendillar-terangreal/angreal saidin well type hand thing. ;D

[Jehaine]

That would be fun. Being able to catch a power-wrought blade with one hand.

 

I vote Elayne would reshape the Choeden Dal as its new middle finger though, for some extra win while sealing him ^^

[Bob T Dwarf]

Certainly.

 

Luke had dead guys in his head long before Rand did.

 

"Use the Force, Rand.  Use the Force."

 

Both the Force and LTT, and the protagonist's problems mastering both ( to borrow from the other side of a different thread ), are metaphors for a young man's uncertainties and fears.

 

Like Luke, when Rand finally reaches the point of being able to trust himself he too will become a Jedi Master.

[Myndrunner]

Ahh, perhaps an angreal hand made in Camelyn by Trankand.  Perhaps it will become a fourth age treasure for future heroes and heroines to seek.  Behold, the Grand Hand of Rand from the Last Stand! 

 

-Glad to have two,

Mynd Runner

[Majsju]

He should of course get a hook. The Dragon Reborn might be powerful, but the Pirate Dragon Reborn? The DO would get so freaked out It sealed the bore from the inside just to keep Rand out ;D

[Myndrunner]

Arrrrrghhh!  The Dark One would be shivering in his timbers!!!  The Pirate Dragon Reborn!!  But what ship would said pirate be sailing since a pirate needs a ship to be a pirate.  Without a ship, a pirate is a mere brigand, but still a scallywag, savvy?  And he would need an able bodied crew.  He couldn't sail all the way to TG all by his onesie, now can he?  But a hook is a good idea.

 

I still contend that he will be given the Grand Hand of Rand for the Last Stand, made by Elayne Trankand.  Tis with this Hand he will Command his Band across the sand into the tainted Land, just as he planned.

 

But what of his Herron brand?

 

-Myndrunner (doesn't rhyme with Hand) 

 

 

[Guest Dreadlord]

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I still contend that he will be given the Grand Hand of Rand for the Last Stand, made by Elayne Trankand.  Tis with this Hand he will Command his Band across the sand into the tainted Land, just as he planned.

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And? Will he then Break the land, and once more male channellers be banned? I laughed when I read that. Good stuff.

 

The idea of Elayne making a hand for Rand (here we go again) does sound appealing, but I wonder if it will have any extra functions.

 

Rod of Balefire for the index finger, Choeden Kal access key for the middle finger (that made me laugh as well), Saidin well, and a sa'angreal to boot? It'd be great to see all that. Realistically though, I just think she will make it a metal hand, somehow using a new type of Bond that will make the fingers move as a normal one.

 

Heres another thought.

 

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Into the heart he thrusts his sword,

into the heart, to hold their hearts.

Who draws it out shall follow after,

What hand can grasp that fearful blade?

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On another thread, I asked what people thought of the fourth line. I personally thought it meant something about Narishma. But as the debate went on it was mentioned that maybe Elayne WOULD make a hand for Rand a Hand that would enable him to safely wield Callandor without meeting the usual requirements (being in a circle with a woman in control). Some people disagreed as Saidin has been Cleansed and there would be no need anymore, but the way I see it, while Saidin was Cleansed the effects the Taint already had on male channeler were not removed. Now, Cadsuane said that while Callandor magnified the Taint it also encouraged the wildness of the mind, so the Cleansing only prevents one side effect and not the other. I believe that Rand will just as likely lose it post-Cleansing as pre-Cleansing, so the most likely thing about this hand Elayne makes would be for it to enable Rand to use Callandor safely. If anything else maybe a well, due to the problems they have had with Saidin.

[Jehaine]

Realistically though, I just think she will make it a metal hand, somehow using a new type of Bond that will make the fingers move as a normal one.

 

Come on, give the poor man a break here... He's half-mad, hearing dead people, and you want him to Bond his hand as a Warder? What if the thing developed a mind of its own?

 

*imagines RandHand stabbing Rand with Callandor*

 

Hand *makes hand puppet* "...I win again, Lews Therin."

[aevogt]

What I'm more concerned about is...where is the old hand.  Was it destroyed or just blown off. 

 

Is it still out there, crawling around, looking for the master that abandonded it, indiscriminately killing everyone it encounters as it creeps ominously towards Shayol Ghul where it knows it will eventually find Rand and claim it's vengence!!!!!

 

AHHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

 

Sorry, got a little carried away there.  I watched 1408 on disc last night.

[Guest Dreadlord]

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Come on, give the poor man a break here... He's half-mad, hearing dead people, and you want him to Bond his hand as a Warder? What if the thing developed a mind of its own?

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Learn to read, come back on here, read my post, and then tell me what you think

[aussie_ashaman123]

wouldnt int be coolif they made a clockwork, or steam driven hand? I know its anlikely, but that would look so freaky!

[Myndrunner]

What about the spyglass guys?  They are always tinkering around with stuff....maybe they could make Rand a Hand that is blessed by Elayne Trankand, for the Last Stand in the Land.....oh, bollox!

 

-Mynd

[Majsju]

To take the Pirate Dragon Reborn one step further...

 

Give Rand a hook. We know Mat will lose an eye -> eyepatch. Then all that is needed is for Perrin to lose a leg, and get a pegleg. Voila! One super pirate ;D

 

And perhaps Valan Luca can be a parrot, he certainly is colourful enough ;D

[42Bonzo88]

    aevogt, do we now have thing (from the Addams family)? Would be quite a diversion during TG if it pinched Graendal's ^(% at the right time when she was going to send some nasty OP against Rand!

[irondan]

I got the impression that the hand essentially disentigrated when the fire ball hit, so there is no hand crawling around.

 

I think it unlikely Rand will get a new hand, a new body maybe, but not a new hand. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the thought of a power wrought hand, but it seams unlikely.

[Myndrunner]

Groovy!

[Crayak]

I'm trying to picture Rand thumbing his earlobe with a hook... Elayne will be making him an earing next.

[mrabbott]

Rand Al'Thor with the Kung-Fu Grip; coming to a store near you!

[RAND AL THOR]

Myndrunner, ur pirate comments made me fall off my chair laughing! Three cheers to you! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Myndrunner]

*the gleeman bows and grins* 

 

Always a pleasure to entertain!

 

 

Will Rand demand miss Trankand create his ter'angreal hand for his last stand across the three fold land, full of sand, in the Blight Land as he planned?  And, it would be grand if Rand met up with the Band of the Red Hand. 

[aussie_ashaman123]

Why does Perrin need to lose a leg, hes already a pirate, he just need to have that falcon perched on his shoulder dress as a parrot and teach her to say "Faile wanna cracker"

[Myndrunner]

hahahahah Faile want a cracker!!  Brooooooookk!!  Rand is also kinda acting all Jack Sparrow with his hearing voices, savvy?

[aussie_ashaman123]

and hes got the tatts. "Arggh, see me ink, theys Dragons!"

 

Can you imagine the Bargain made between the Sea Folk and Pirate Rand? "I wants me a ship, tha farstest ship ye got! An i wants a tropic island to bury me treasure, an i wants a chest full of pieces of eight!"

[trakand_01]

Surely he wouldnt deign to do it himself - he'd have Rafela do it for him.