Rand al'Thor

Is the dragon tied to the horn of valere? Like if someone would blow it after rand had died would he come back to its sounds? And is his method of rebirth is different then the way that the heroes are being span into the wheel or is it the same?

Battle Mage

Lord of Darktower

I've climbed so far down the rabbit hole by now I gotta get some feedback. So in the end of aMoL Rand lights the pipe without the power but with perceiving it as lit similar to how Perrin influences the Wolf dream. this had me sprinting to Google for an answer but there's really not one other than an overwhelming consensus that Rand still influences the pattern like the dark one and his bubbles of evil. This thought had me thinking about the Aiel saying of "this world is the dream and death is the waking from the dream" which ties into everyone's rebirth into the pattern but also leaves the question of "what world/timeline is the reality?" This question for me was elevated tenfold when in ch 46 of aMoL Perrin is striking the final blow on slayer and sees an alternative group of worlds/realities where Aiel wore Seanchan armor and fought at thakandar. Other worlds were discussed many times in the books with the Eelfin, Aelfinn, The world where heros waited for rebirth, as well as the wolf dream. This last part of the book which confused me and im sure others had me not just thinking about Rands influence on the pattern but the concept of the WoT. It was said when Rand reformed the bore and sealed the DO tomb as opposed to destroying him that the dragon reborn had been and would always be remade to fight the darkness alluding to the duality required by the WoT in order for it to continue normally but also semi-explaining the different worlds witnessed by Perrin when he killed Slayer. the multitude of possibilities led the different worlds to the same conclusions through different avenues effecting the pattern in different ways. In summary is Rand able to still affect the pattern due to his understanding of the strings in his single dimension of a multi dimensional weave? or is he able to effect the pattern because he and the DO are anchor points in the weave? I may be to far down the rabbit hole but needless to say the ending STILL has me perplexed and satisfied with the series.