Maybe the house of Andor has some connection to Hawkwing? This Rand-seed connection is useful because the penultimate line speaks of the 'seed slay ancient wrong'. Of course, this raises the question, could Rand be of the seed of the Hammer (the Hammer I'm assuming is Artur Hawkwing). Also, if Rand could in some way be the seed of the Hammer, then it could have been fulfilled literally when Rand actually burned the tree in Rhuidean. The second line may allude to the fact that the Seanchan are burning up the Almoth Plain, which apparently has some sort of tree emblem. The first line seems answered by the end of The Great Hunt. The second and third stanzas seem pretty straight forward. Maybe the walls of Tar Valon (but was she involved in that attack?)? Someone else? Finally, what are the Shining Walls? The capitalization leads me to think that is a proper name. If so, is there another character that can be said to be her lover, who has died and served her before and after death? Asmodean (maybe serving her after death through the doubt he raised in Rand's mind?). On the other hand, maybe her 'new lover' is NOT Rand. Something that might be hinted at with the scene in the epilogue pertaining to Lanfear's soul. Maybe this is something that will come true in the future. If it is Rand, then how has he 'serve her and die, yet serve still'? He's not dead yet, and as far as I can tell has not served her before his death. However, in what sense can he be called her 'lover'? Rand clearly did not choose Lanfear.yet. On the one hand, the 'new lover' may be Rand, 'new' because although he still is Lews Therin, he is a new person. I think we can be fairly confident that the Daughter of the Night is Lanfear, and the ancient war is the battle between the Dark Lord and the forces of light. Now, I also have a few questions about a few of those lines. Is this like the end of Bill and Ted's Bogus journey, where only the winners get to go back in time and plant the props? My instinct is that that is not the case that the Dark Prophecies should be given as much respect as any other prophecy. My first, overarching question, is whether we should give this prophecy the same respect that we give the Light-side prophecies. The seed of the Hammer burns the ancient tree.ĭeath shall sow, and summer burn, before the Great Lord comes.ĭeath shall reap, and bodies fail, before the Great Lord comes.Īgain the seed slays ancient wrong, before the Great Lord comes. One did live, and one did die, but both are.
The Shadow's hounds now course, and kill. Which will he choose? Which will he choose? Two roads before him, one to death beyond dying, one to life eternal.
Her new lover she seeks, who shall serve her and die, yet serve still.īlood is, and blood was, and blood shall ever be.
0 kommentar(er)
