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The Severed Hand
The "severed hand" controversy centers around several of Min's visions. For
Elayne, she has seen:
- A severed hand, not hers (TGH: 24, 362, New Friends and Old Enemies, 305)
- A red-hot iron and an axe (TGH: 43, 605, A Plan, 511)
For Rand, we have:
- A bloody hand and a white-hot iron (TEotW: 15, 216, Strangers and Friends, 181)
Here are the theories:
- (TFoH: 16, 316, An Unexpected Offer, 224):
The
punishment for stealing in Amadicia is: First offense -- branding (with
a red-hot iron?) Second offense -- right hand chopped off. Scenario:
Somebody Elayne knows gets accused of stealing in Amadicia
(Morgase? Galad? Lini?) and is branded. Gets into more trouble, and has
a hand chopped off. Rand has nothing to do with it. His bloody
hand is something else. (Pam Korda)
- Elayne gets captured and leashed by the Seanchan. Rand, or somebody else,
is somehow forced to wear the bracelet (recall that little Seanchan game?
(TGH: 40, 573, Damane, 484)). Somebody then chops of Rand's hand (with an
axe) to save the two of them. The wound is then cauterized with a hot iron
that happens to be lying around. (Contributed by: Judy G, Arthur Bernard Byrne, John Novak)
- Joe Shaw suggests: During Rand's battle with Ba'alzamon at the
end of TGH, we have "Rand screamed as he felt [Ba'alzamon's staff]
pierce his side, burning like a white-hot poker." (TGH: 47, 666, The Grave Is No Bar To My Call,
564) At the same time, he gets a second heron branded onto his hand. I still think this was the
fulfillment of Min's viewing about Rand, and that Elayne's similar viewing is completely unrelated.
- Galad's hand gets chopped for having stolen the boat in Samara
from the loony Prophet (according to the Prophet's new law, thieves
get their hands chopped). Problem: I see this having more to do
with Ny than with El, since she was the one who told both Galad
and the Prophet to get a boat for them. (Judy G., again)
RJ said, at a signing, that he deliberately made Rand like Tew/Chew, the Norse god of strife, who lost a hand.
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Will Rand lose a hand?
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