Here is the quandary we are currently in: Rand's new sword was made in the Age of Legends and was made with fancier ornamentation than any other sword we have seen from the AoL. This means the sword was made for someone important. Lan claimed that the sword that Tam gave to Rand was made for someone such as a general, while Lan's non-heron marked blade was made for more of a common soldier.
Extrapolating from this, if Tam's blade was made from someone important than Rand's new dragon blade must have been made for someone very important during the AoL. Due to the dragon on the sword, it would have to be for either the Dragon, LTT himself, or for one of his close confidents.
Rand's sword has a much deeper history than just being Artur Hawkwing's Justice.
Extrapolating from this, if Tam's blade was made from someone important than Rand's new dragon blade must have been made for someone very important during the AoL. Due to the dragon on the sword, it would have to be for either the Dragon, LTT himself, or for one of his close confidents.
Rand's sword has a much deeper history than just being Artur Hawkwing's Justice.
If Lews Therin was wearing it during his death scene, then it is impossible. I doubt even a Power wrought blade could have survived that, then being buried in the heart of an active volcano.
If he was not wearing it, then it is feasible it could have survived. Good chance, but Rand only recognized it as Hawkwing's.
If he was not wearing it, then it is feasible it could have survived. Good chance, but Rand only recognized it as Hawkwing's.
The swords of the Age of Legends have an air of minimalism. They are very basic and simplistic. The only ornament we see them having is a small heron, marking high rank. A sword decorated with a big colorful dragon break this mold.
I believe it would be more realistic to assume that the False Dragon in Hawkwing's time created this sword for himself, perhaps as a Callandor replacement since he didn't manage to obtain that sword. It was such a marvelous and one of a kind sword that Hawkwing kept is as his own. Perhaps after defeating the F. Dragon in a duel (while AS shielded him?)
It also explains why Rand is reluctant to tell anyone what he knows about this Sword's history.
The Sword has been apparently been confirmed as Justice
- 20/11/2009 08:55:40 PM
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Re: The Sword has been apparently been confirmed as Justice
- 20/11/2009 09:05:23 PM
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Didn't Rand see Hawkwing's ghost, summoned by the Horn of Valere? *NM*
- 20/11/2009 09:14:35 PM
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It can't be Turak's sword as that had a heron on it and Rand's new sword doesn't
- 20/11/2009 10:40:24 PM
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Lews Therin did not wield Callandor (probably).
- 20/11/2009 11:02:26 PM
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No, IIRC he didn't use it when creating the Seal.
- 21/11/2009 01:54:41 AM
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Maybe I'm wrong, but I think Callandor was made after the Breaking.
- 27/11/2009 01:13:02 PM
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Re: Maybe I'm wrong, but I think Callandor was made after the Breaking.
- 30/11/2009 10:42:13 PM
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Perhaps it would've been more accurate to say, "during the Breaking. "
- 01/12/2009 06:07:58 AM
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Rand didn't recognize it from LTT's memories though, he said.
- 20/11/2009 09:28:51 PM
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Very true, but he also wasn't fully integrated with LTTs memories at that time
- 20/11/2009 10:36:03 PM
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Which makes me wonder. What is Hawking fighting with when the Horn of Valere is blown? *NM*
- 21/11/2009 12:42:04 AM
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Re: Which makes me wonder. What is Hawkwing fighting with when the Horn of Valere is blown?
- 21/11/2009 03:06:31 AM
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Iffy at best
- 21/11/2009 06:11:24 AM
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LTT wasn't wearing the sword in the prologue of EOTW
- 21/11/2009 06:37:51 AM
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There's the false dragon
- 21/11/2009 06:58:09 AM
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I don't see why he needed another sword
- 21/11/2009 02:52:13 AM
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If it is LTT's sword, or Hawking's Justice. Then it is a powerful symbol to rally the people. *NM*
- 21/11/2009 03:32:40 PM
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I don't think anyone in 3rd Age Randland really cares about Lews Therin
- 21/11/2009 06:13:13 PM
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Not likely. But it might have an effect on the forsaken. Those who remain.
- 21/11/2009 11:58:41 PM
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