Yeah take away Saidin and Rand is still a master swordsman. He was shielded and killed was able to kill 2 warders, one of them unarmed and the other with the first one’s weapon.
I think GRRM did admit he was taking the piss a bit with that one to be fair to him
He also wrote a short story in which 1 armed Jaimie bested Rand al Thor. You can’t take him seriously
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Rand would no diff him even if he was still locked in the depression box
Hadn’t read this before, link for anyone else interested: https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2010/04/10/trial-of-seven/
Jaimie besting Rand doesn’t really make sense there tbh, even with the conceit of taking away Saidin
Yeah take away Saidin and Rand is still a master swordsman. He was shielded and killed was able to kill 2 warders, one of them unarmed and the other with the first one’s weapon.
I think GRRM did admit he was taking the piss a bit with that one to be fair to him