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Rand Al'Thor

One of three ta'veren found by Moiraine Sedai in Emond's Field of the Two Rivers, Rand Al'Thor is the principle protagonist of the Wheel of Time series. When Moiraine Sedai discovers him in Emond's Field, Rand believes himself to be the son of Tam Al'Thor, a local shepherd. Rand soon learns that he was not born in Emond's Field, but on the slope of the Dragonmount, at the end of the Aiel War, and that Tam, who was a soldier fighting for Andor, discovered Rand and brought him back to Emond's Field and raised him as a son. The prophecies about the Dragon Reborn say that he will be born on the slope of the Dragonmount, and this is one of the attributes Moiraine Sedai looked for in her quest to find the Dragon Reborn.

After Moiraine helps Rand...
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