The Dragon Reborn the real one, this time is revealed in Wheel of Times penultimate episode.
No, that’s not a blanket tucked under her tunic.
And, no, she’s notGame Of Thrones' Ygritte.
Josha Stradowski as Rand al’Thor.Jan Thijs/Amazon Studios
Black as pitch and constructed from crumbling stone, the Ogier pathways are rife with terrors of their own.
This doesn’t sit well with Rand, who’s still fiercely protective of his friend.
The Trolloc is dead, but the Black Wind is awakened.
Kae Alexander (Min Farshaw).Jan Thijs/Amazon Studios
Egwene is an imposter, it says.
Perrin (Marcus Rutherford) wanted Layla dead.
It tells Nynaeve (Zoe Robins) her friends will die screaming, just like her parents.
Daniel Henney (Lan Mondragoran), Zoë Robins (Nynaeve al’Meara).Jan Thijs/Amazon Studios
Free from its maddening swirl, our heroes stumble into the sickly shadow of Fal Dara.
They’re alive, but shaken.
Thankfully, the city welcomes them, offering them sanctuary.
Josha Stradowski (Rand al’Thor), Madeleine Madden (Egwene al’Vere).Jan Thijs/Amazon Studios
The Amyrlin Seat, she portends, will be her “downfall.”
Lan, meanwhile, is well-received in Fal Dara.
In the evening, Nynaeve follows him as he sits for dinner with a local family.
Rosamund Pike (Moiraine Damodred).Jan Thijs/Amazon Studios
He spots her in no time, sneaks up on her, and invites her in.
It’s a nice evening, but Nynaeve still doesn’t understand how these people know Lan.
It pains Lan to discuss it; he’d be its king if it still existed.
But it also brings the pair closer, given that both lost their parents at a young age.
It’s a big step for him.
Of course, multiple things can give a life meaning.
By letting Nynaeve in, he’s allowing himself to accept that.
But not everybody is getting along as well as Lan and Nynaeve.
It’s their choice, she says, not the Wheel’s.
With Moiraine gone, Nynaeve questions why any of them should believe such an ancient prophecy.
For her, it’s about doing what’s right, not what the Wheel demands.
Their argument soon sparks another, this time between Perrin and Rand.
Rand curses her dismissiveness of Mat.
Rand accuses Perrin of pining for Egwene.
A decision isn’t reached.
Rand and Egwene patch things up in the late hours.
And if she becomes an Aes Sedai, he’d be honored to be her Warder.
Such a future is not in the cards, however.
That night, his dreams remind him of what he’s long been suppressing.
It’s become unavoidable since the Black Shadow whispered it in his ear.
He’s the one.
He’s the Dragon Reborn.
We flash back to Tam’s feverish memory of Rand’s birth.
To Dana’s shock when he crashed through the iron door.
He can touch the One Power.
This revelation brings him to Min.
The Aiel died after the baby was born and Tam raised it as his own.
Min calls that baby “something impossible.”
Rand, absorbing all of this, asks if he makes it back from the Eye of the World.
Her refusal to answer speaks volumes.
“I didn’t think so,” Rand sighs.
In the morning, Nynaeve, Egwene, and Perrin discover that Moiraine is gone.
Rand is, too.
Rand and Moiraine are already on their way.
The road won’t be easy.
