Stupid question: What sword was Rand wearing in The Gathering Storm ? It was implied that he knew its story.
It was Justice, Hawkwing’s sword. The real one—not the one ghost-Artur was wearing at Falme. ;)
And it’s not a stupid question because there was some debate over it before the word was leaked at Dragonmount .
Many thought it was Guaire Amalasan’s sword, and it may be that they were right, and that Hawkwing kept it as a trophy.
That might explain the scabbard, which we know is the original scabbard. And another Excalibur parallel in addition to Callandor .
I haven’t answered that, I don’t think, but fans have a couple of really solid theories.
I like this answer. It fits with the assumption that Hawkwing kept Amalasan’s sword as a trophy.
Brandon did confirm that Rand’s new sword was Justice in an email with his beta readers, but there was apparently a bit of controversy over the revelation so the beta reader who leaked it deleted their post and the incident gets glossed over a bit by Brandon.
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