I'm sure that is part of it, but I very much doubt he is thinking in terms of succession
darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 27/05/2012 01:41:37 PM
I think Rand's epiphany made him realize that saving the world is meaningless if it isn't able to build itself back after the LB. That was the reason he needed his epiphany! Before, he thought the LB was all that mattered, and what happened after wasn't his issue. Now he knows different, and feels different.
What else do you think his "terms" for going to SG are going to be about? He expects opposition from the rulers, because he's going to ask them to do something onerous. A treaty with the Seanchan may be a part of it, but not all. And right there, you can see that Rand has plans for the future. For one, a temporary peace with the Seanchan till the LB will barely get any opposition. That he expects some shows that he has plans for them into the post-LB future.
What else do you think his "terms" for going to SG are going to be about? He expects opposition from the rulers, because he's going to ask them to do something onerous. A treaty with the Seanchan may be a part of it, but not all. And right there, you can see that Rand has plans for the future. For one, a temporary peace with the Seanchan till the LB will barely get any opposition. That he expects some shows that he has plans for them into the post-LB future.
Or really cares all that much about which rulers take control of what land etc... He wants peace to come out of the LB and there is no way he can dictate who rules and expect peace to follow. We see the result of that ... In just a handful of generations the Seanchan conquer the world.
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
aMoL UK cover and Blurb (SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!)
- 21/05/2012 06:44:26 PM
3112 Views
Thoughts...
- 21/05/2012 06:46:41 PM
1589 Views
Re: Thoughts...
- 21/05/2012 08:45:41 PM
1479 Views
Re: Thoughts...
- 21/05/2012 09:04:09 PM
1590 Views
Re: Thoughts...
- 21/05/2012 09:35:29 PM
1500 Views
Mat and the madness...
- 21/05/2012 10:30:09 PM
1451 Views
Nynaeve's revelation may make the AS even more worried of Rand being mad
- 21/05/2012 10:58:37 PM
1461 Views
Not Egwene though...
- 21/05/2012 11:02:41 PM
1261 Views
Maybe, maybe not ... Nynaeve just gave everyone proof of the extent of his possible madness
- 21/05/2012 11:26:41 PM
1256 Views
Re: Maybe, maybe not ... Nynaeve just gave everyone proof of the extent of his possible madness
- 22/05/2012 01:14:05 AM
1339 Views
Re: Mat and the madness...
- 22/05/2012 02:29:31 AM
1413 Views
Rand's dreams...
- 22/05/2012 02:42:36 AM
1266 Views
She assumes he's mad just like most people assume a 19 year old boy is horney
- 22/05/2012 03:47:49 AM
1459 Views
Everything Egwene's little pea-brain does not grasp has always been a sign of madness to her.
- 21/05/2012 11:05:44 PM
1418 Views
Oh read the books will you?
- 21/05/2012 11:12:06 PM
1435 Views
I'd rather not. For different reasons, it's kind of painful to read those by either author.
- 22/05/2012 04:46:20 AM
1431 Views
What caught my eye there was "Trollocs seize Caemlyn."
- 22/05/2012 02:12:25 PM
1326 Views
As much as I would love Moiraine to go with him to Ebou Dar
- 22/05/2012 07:20:40 PM
1475 Views
At this stage, all roads lead to Rand.
- 22/05/2012 09:08:42 PM
1261 Views
Re: At this stage, all roads lead to Rand.
- 23/05/2012 08:07:56 PM
1334 Views
Well, like I say, there is no reason they could not ALL meet up with Tuon.
- 23/05/2012 08:53:53 PM
1261 Views
Re: Well, like I say, there is no reason they could not ALL meet up with Tuon.
- 23/05/2012 09:01:10 PM
1410 Views
It all depends on whether the actual Crystal Throne is, as many suspect, a ter'angreal.
- 23/05/2012 09:22:47 PM
1333 Views
Re: It all depends on whether the actual Crystal Throne is, as many suspect, a ter'angreal.
- 24/05/2012 07:34:40 AM
1244 Views
Re: It all depends on whether the actual Crystal Throne is, as many suspect, a ter'angreal.
- 25/05/2012 01:23:21 AM
1388 Views
Re: Well, like I say, there is no reason they could not ALL meet up with Tuon.
- 24/05/2012 02:41:55 PM
1441 Views
Aviendha's visions from Rhuidean indicate he will kneel...
- 24/05/2012 07:04:02 PM
1667 Views
Re: Aviendha's visions from Rhuidean indicate he will kneel...
- 26/05/2012 09:42:20 PM
2037 Views
Agreed...
- 26/05/2012 09:57:06 PM
1349 Views
I think you are extrapolating some of his actions into more than he intends
- 26/05/2012 10:37:44 PM
1194 Views
Re: Agreed...
- 27/05/2012 04:26:15 AM
1299 Views
I think you're both wrong...
- 27/05/2012 08:41:50 AM
1302 Views
I'm sure that is part of it, but I very much doubt he is thinking in terms of succession
- 27/05/2012 01:41:37 PM
1244 Views
I can't believe Galad will be accepted as a ruler since he is the Lord Captain Commander
- 28/05/2012 02:48:26 AM
1318 Views
Re: I can't believe Galad will be accepted as a ruler since he is the Lord Captain Commander
- 28/05/2012 04:54:46 PM
1280 Views
That makes no sense
- 28/05/2012 05:50:16 PM
1331 Views
Taringail was Laman's heir...
- 28/05/2012 07:20:07 PM
1343 Views
You are answering the wrong question
- 29/05/2012 02:19:48 PM
1238 Views
No. I've answered the exact question. You seem to have missed it.
- 29/05/2012 04:40:17 PM
1265 Views
Yet not one of these things actually happened
- 29/05/2012 10:13:35 PM
1290 Views
You're being absurd...
- 30/05/2012 01:04:36 AM
1247 Views
Explain why Taringail didn't become King after Laman's death then
- 30/05/2012 05:48:48 AM
1329 Views
- 30/05/2012 06:11:02 AM
1181 Views
- 30/05/2012 06:11:02 AM
1181 Views
Why then would Taringail, an ambitious man, renounce a Throne?
- 30/05/2012 06:22:08 AM
1325 Views
We don't fully know...
- 30/05/2012 06:43:30 AM
1114 Views
You just flipped your last statement
- 30/05/2012 06:55:36 AM
1351 Views
You seem extremely confused...
- 30/05/2012 09:56:30 AM
1284 Views
Not confused, simply not satisfied with the information we have
- 30/05/2012 12:15:59 PM
1246 Views
Re: Not confused, simply not satisfied with the information we have
- 30/05/2012 03:34:06 PM
1415 Views
I am not contesting the information we have
- 30/05/2012 04:48:08 PM
1429 Views
You're impossible...
- 30/05/2012 10:02:59 PM
1266 Views
Re: Explain why Taringail didn't become King after Laman's death then
- 30/05/2012 02:22:21 PM
1461 Views
See this maps back to my original stance ... Thanks for pointing out that Fionwe invented that
- 30/05/2012 05:09:14 PM
1194 Views
Good, now you have one last thing (a few inches long) to remember so everything becomes clear....
- 30/05/2012 10:50:33 PM
1203 Views
Re: That makes no sense
- 29/05/2012 04:39:45 PM
1401 Views
Only one other thing...
- 29/05/2012 04:53:29 PM
1123 Views
No. If that was the case Taringail would have been King of Cairhien and not have married Morgase *NM*
- 30/05/2012 05:52:18 AM
735 Views
Bryne was Captain General not First Prince and Taringail was Prince Consort not FP
- 30/05/2012 06:07:48 AM
1261 Views
Bryne was First Prince Regent.
- 30/05/2012 06:19:33 AM
1161 Views
No Forsaken will go near that Ter'angreal
- 26/05/2012 10:33:20 PM
1121 Views
Re: No Forsaken will go near that Ter'angreal
- 27/05/2012 03:23:12 AM
1200 Views
Aviendha reprogrammed the ter'angreal
- 27/05/2012 01:50:19 PM
1174 Views
Re: Aviendha reprogrammed the ter'angreal
- 27/05/2012 06:44:41 PM
1405 Views
I'd have to re-read to be 100% certain, but the way I read the passage
- 28/05/2012 02:10:14 AM
1283 Views
Re: I'd have to re-read to be 100% certain, but the way I read the passage
- 28/05/2012 03:33:18 PM
1438 Views
I think we are going to have to agree to disagree on this one *NM*
- 28/05/2012 05:18:40 PM
648 Views
He might not literally kneel before the ter'angreal, but almost certainly must meet with Tuon soon.
- 25/05/2012 03:40:54 AM
1562 Views

*NM*