As for Tam, there isn't any confusion or mistake, except for the fact at the end of TOM he's back with Perrin, and we're given absolutely no explanation how and when this happened. Perrin's thoughts at the end don't indicate any recent encounter with Rand (or discussion of Rand's plans and news with Tam) since the epiphany, and Tam didn't return to Perrin before he left Ghealdan, so it's quite unclear when Rand sent Tam back to Perrin... or why he didn't pass messages to Perrin through Tam when he did. Perhaps this is a mistake, and Tam shouldn't have been mentionned has having returned (like Sulin, in TGS who appeared by mistake in Rand's storyline) Brandon will have to clear this out.
In Return to Bandar Eban, we are told that "Rand had sent his father-along with one of the Asha'man-to the Two Rivers to prepare and gather them for the Last Battle." This might explain why Perrin says in Gateways that "Tam's been gathering what extras he can from the Two Rivers." Of course, I'm not entirely sure how Tam knew where to send them.
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Theory - time line
- 10/11/2010 11:50:40 AM
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Of course not...
- 10/11/2010 12:52:09 PM
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Re: Of course not...
- 10/11/2010 01:35:04 PM
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