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Body swap or Nynaeve heal seem the best bets to me. Joel Send a noteboard - 14/10/2010 04:42:16 PM
They aren't mutually exclusive either. For that matter, they don't exclude other theories; Rand could die, go to Tel'aran'rhiod, and then be brought back to Moridins body through the agency of Nynaeve, possibly informed and/or assisted by Elayne. But Rand in a new body has been foreshadowed too many times in too many ways for me to believe it's just a red herring Jordan threw out because he knew people would go fishing. The same can be said to a great degree about Nynaeve healing him, but, once again, the two aren't mutually exclusive, and the scenario I used to illustrate that is just one of many possible ones.

If I have to pick just one, I'll go with body swap if only because it seems like an open question how much longer Rand could survive in his current body even if Tarmon Gaidon never came, though it would also allow him the only shot at the return to obscurity he craves. It's hard to keep a low profile when there are pictures of you fighting the devil in the sky floating around an entire continent. ;) Faking your own death is one thing; Rand needs a plastic surgeon, or a Mask of Mirrors that can survive a handshake.
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attn: Etzel re: theories on the fulfillment of Rand's death prophecies - 12/10/2010 12:35:42 AM 1744 Views
You never noticed the Noteboard feature, did you? - 12/10/2010 03:37:53 AM 996 Views
Actually, I made it a survey. - 12/10/2010 03:42:16 AM 929 Views
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Re: If he dies when called by the Horn... - 12/10/2010 05:55:28 AM 885 Views
I just don't see that as Nynaeve's "area of expertise" - 13/10/2010 10:09:39 PM 956 Views
Nynaeve was the one who witnessed the weave, not Egwene. - 14/10/2010 12:38:14 AM 937 Views
Another Variation on the Horn - 13/10/2010 04:28:38 AM 882 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 995 Views
That be my theory - 12/10/2010 04:45:55 PM 1062 Views
and from all other people - 12/10/2010 05:33:45 PM 1163 Views
And your point is? *NM* - 12/10/2010 05:35:35 PM 448 Views
It's not specifically your theory. or a theory that you thought of first..... *NM* - 13/10/2010 04:32:48 PM 441 Views
Nobody said I thought of it first. - 13/10/2010 04:36:45 PM 871 Views
Re: Nobody said I thought of it first. - 13/10/2010 06:27:29 PM 945 Views
It's the truth. - 13/10/2010 06:29:56 PM 866 Views
Think of it this way, Emma... - 13/10/2010 06:00:11 PM 1005 Views
Re: Think of it this way, Emma... *NM* - 13/10/2010 06:26:09 PM 504 Views
You could at least try not to contradict yourself. - 13/10/2010 06:29:11 PM 876 Views
Me being childish? - 13/10/2010 06:52:24 PM 910 Views
Some more thoughts ... - 12/10/2010 05:03:58 PM 1069 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 904 Views
It's not that I think it's necessary, per se ... - 12/10/2010 05:44:03 PM 1024 Views
On that particular point... - 12/10/2010 06:05:59 PM 1028 Views
That's reasonable speculation, I think ... - 12/10/2010 07:58:23 PM 927 Views
I don't know that Egwene's lack of recognition necessarily means anything... - 12/10/2010 08:07:11 PM 833 Views
Yep, I agree ... - 12/10/2010 09:18:57 PM 952 Views
By the way ... - 12/10/2010 10:07:49 PM 830 Views
But that is not the only prophecy of Rand's death. - 12/10/2010 10:13:50 PM 837 Views
Just playing devil's advocate here ... - 12/10/2010 10:58:40 PM 1034 Views
That raises an interesting question: - 13/10/2010 04:01:17 PM 960 Views
Re: That raises an interesting question: - 13/10/2010 05:57:39 PM 973 Views
IIRC... - 12/10/2010 07:58:39 PM 1092 Views
That is unfortunate. - 12/10/2010 08:02:18 PM 921 Views
Switching bodies with Logain is mine. *NM* - 13/10/2010 05:03:43 AM 470 Views
Are we doing that now? I call dibs on Be'laim. - 14/10/2010 04:32:59 PM 1001 Views
Body swap or Nynaeve heal seem the best bets to me. - 14/10/2010 04:42:16 PM 919 Views

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