Prophecies of the Dragon

(tEotW pg 158-159 ch 13 Choices)


• Thom saying "One of the the Propecies says that the Stone of Tear will never fall until the People of the Dragon come to the stone. Another says the Stone will never fall till the Sword that Cannot be Touched is wielded by the Dragon's hand."

  (tGH beginning)
  

• And so it shall come to pass that what men made shall be shattered, and the Shadow shall lie across the Pattern of the Age, and the Dark One shall once more lay his hand upon the world of man. Women shall weep and men quail as the nations of the earth are rent like rotting cloth. Niether shall anything stand nor abide . . .

  Yet one shall be born to face the Shadow, born once more as he was born before and shall be born again, time without end. The Dragon shall be Reborn, and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth at his rebirth. In sackcloth and ashes shall he clothe the people, and he shall break the world again at his coming, tearing apart all ties that bind. Like the unfettered dawn shall he blind us, and burn us, yet shall the Dragon Reborn confront the Shadow at the Last Battle, and his blood shall give us Light. Let tears flow, O ye people of the world. Weep for your salvation.

  tGH pg 275 ch 22 Watchers)
  

• Five will ride forth, and four return. Above the watchers shall he proclaim himself, bannered cross the sky. . . .

  (tGH pg 325-326 ch 26 Discord)
  

• Twice and twice shall he be marked, twice to live, and twice to die. Once the heron, to set his path. Twice the heron, to name him true. Once the Dragon, for rememberance lost. Twice the Dragon, fo the Price he must pay.

  Twice dawns the day when his blood is shed. Once for mourning, once for birth. Red on black, the Dragon's blood stains the rock of Shayol Ghul. In the Pit of Doom shall his blood free men from the Shadow.

  (tDR pg 57 ch 6 The Hunt Begins)
  

• Moiraine saying "Rand has yet to break the nations, or shatter the world. Even scholars who have studied the Prophecies for their entire lives do not know how to interpret them all. What does it mean that he shall 'slay his people with the sword of peace, and destroy them with the leaf'? What does it mean he shall bind the nine moons to serve him? What 'wound of madness and cutting of hope' has he healed? What chains has he broken, and who put into chains?"

  (tDR pg 373 ch 41 Threads in the Pattern)
  

• On the slopes of Dragonmount shall he be born, born of a Maiden wedded to no man.

  (tSR pg 71 ch 3 Reflections)
  

• His blood on the rocks of Shayol Ghul, washing away the Shadow, sacrifice for man's salvation.

  (tSR pg 93 ch 6 Doorways)
  

• Power of the Shadow made flesh, wakened to turmoil, strife and ruin. The Reborn One, marked and bleeding, dances the sword in dreams and mist, chains the Shadowsworn to his will, from the city, lost and forsaken, leads the spears to war once more, breaks the spears and makes them see, truth long hidden in the ancient dream.

  (tSR pg 244 ch 21 Into the Heart)
  

• Into the heart he thrusts his sword, into the heart, to hold their hearts. Who draws it out shall follow after. What hand can grasp that fearful blade?

  (tFoH beginning)
  

• With his coming are the dread fires born again. The hills burn, and the land turns sere. The tides of men run out, and the hours dwindle. The wall is pierced, and the viel of parting raised. Storms rumble beyond the horizon, and the fires of heaven purge the earth. There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death.

  (LoC end)
  

• The unstained tower breaks and bends knee to the forgotten sign. The seas rage, and the stormclouds gather unseen. Beyond the horizon, hidden fires swell, and serpents nestle in the bosom. What was exalted cast down, what was cast down is raised up. Order burns to clear his path.

  (aCoS beginning)
  

• There can be no health in us, nor any good thing grow, for the land is one with the Dragon Reborn, and he one with the land. Soul of fire, heart of stone, in pride he conquers, forcing the proud to yield. He calls upon the mountains to kneel, and the seas give way, and the very sky to bow. Pray the heart of stone remembers tears, and the soul of fire, love.

  aCoS pg 324 ch 18 As the Plow Breaks the Earth)
  

• As the plow breaks the earth shall he break the lives of men, and all that was shall be consumed in the fire of his eyes. The trumpets of war shall sound at his footsteps, the ravens feed at his voice, and he shall wear a Crown of Swords.

  (aCoS pg 533 ch 34 Ta'veren)
  

• The north shall he tie to the east, and the west shall be bound to the south.

  (aCoS end)
  

• Master of lightning, rider on the storm, wearer of the crown of swords, spinner out of fate. Who thinks he turns the Wheel of Time, may learn the truth to late.