![]() ![]() Tam recognized her for what she was, though it is not known if he let this on to the council. First, there were surprising visitors, a supposed noblewoman and her guard, actually an Aes Sedai and her Warder, who served to entertain the public at large by their very presence. In 998 NE, after a particularly hard winter, many interesting things happened to the isolated community. Rand and Tam after the attack on their home At an annual sheep-shearing, he told the children of the village the story of the War of Power and the Dragon. He joined the Emond's Field Village Council, and was known to be a respectable, thoughtful council member. This concentration technique later helped Rand focus his combat skills, and to incidentally control the One Power. The technique, though meditative in nature and not combat oriented, helped Rand to improve his archery skills. Kari al'Thor died before she could see her son grow up, and Tam never remarried, despite the best efforts of the Women's Circle.ĭuring Rand's childhood, Tam taught him the trick of "the flame and the void", known as ko'di, or Oneness. He returned to the Two Rivers with his wife and the baby, whom he named Rand. The mother was dead, and remembering his wife's desire for a child, he adopted him. Near the end of the Aiel War, Tam found a baby alone on the slopes of Dragonmount. Robert Jordan indicated during a 1994 Q&A Session that Tam was given the sword by the King of Illian. Lan mentions to Rand that his sword is exceedingly valuable, being both heron-marked and power-forged, suggesting that Tam could have never acquired it from a merchant. Before returning home, he married a red-haired woman from Caemlyn, Kari al'Thor.Īt some point during his time as a soldier, Tam acquired a power-wrought, heron marked blade. ![]() He rose to the status of blademaster by defeating one in single combat, an action that he expressed some regret over, despite saying that it needed to be done. During this time, he was able to rise in rank to Second Captain of the Companions. While serving Illian, he fought through the Whitecloak War, two wars with Tear, and the Aiel War. In 956 NE, Tam al'Thor ran away from his home in the Two Rivers and joined the army of Illian, eventually becoming a member of the Companions. Tam a'Thor cradles an infant Rand during the battle of the Shining Walls He essentially never misses a shot, and his capabilities with a blade were such that even Al'Lan Mandragoran saluted his skill. He has been shown to be a superbly skilled warrior, both with a sword and perhaps even more so with a bow. He is described as being solid in virtually every conceivable way. His hair was gray with sprinkles of black at the beginning of 998 NE, but by the middle of 1000 NE, it is completely gray. He lives on a farm in the Westwood near Emond's Field, where he raised Rand from a baby. Tamlin al'Thor, more commonly known as Tam, is the adoptive father of Rand al'Thor. First Captain For others with the same surname, see al'Thor. ![]()
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