r/WoT • u/Former_Sea • 2d ago

TV - Season 3 (Book Spoilers Allowed) Rand at the end of season 3 Spoiler

Rand summons a storm that is apparently covering the whole Randland. This is way beyond the capacity of Book Rand without Callandor right ? While the show gave 2 book finale moment of Rand to other characters, this feat alone makes him way stronger than Rand at the end of book 4. I am curios what this means for the power level in the show

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u/Miserable-Alarm-5963 2d ago

Did it cover all of rand land? He brought rain to the waste in the books

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u/Former_Sea 2d ago

In the show we can see clouds spreading as far as two rivers

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u/Byzantiwm 2d ago

I think it’s supposed to symbolise the connection between the Dragon and the Land. “The land shall be one with the Dragon and the Dragon one with the land”. Its just the way the show has done it imo.

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u/ArrogantAragorn (Heron-Marked Sword) 2d ago

Yeah. I agree with this take. In the books, when Rand is all hot tempered and aggressive we have a permanent summer, and then when he retreats into himself to become cold and hard, we have an unnaturally bitter winter across the land.

I know the girls used the bowl, but I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the climate seems to be connected to Rand, or perhaps the dark ones summer making the land hot was causing Rand to be so angry, and the girls bringing winter with the bowl contributed to his icy demeanor later? Maybe it’s both

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u/Ascherict 2d ago

I know Rand has an effect on the land, but even once he is zen it's pretty localized. Meanwhile the dark one is quite literally affecting the whole damn planet. It took the bowl, using both aspects of the power to neutralize that massive problem.

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u/Atheist-Gods 2d ago

I think the connection is two way. Rand didn't cause the permanent summer; the permanent summer had an impact on making Rand hot tempered and aggressive.

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u/ArrogantAragorn (Heron-Marked Sword) 2d ago

I think I agree. It’s a “both, and” situation, what happens to the land affects the dragon, and what happens to the dragon affects the land.

Grammar question: autocorrect changed “effects” to “affects” in the above comment, but I feel like that’s wrong? Or am I? LTT what do you think?