red sox, you gave three possible scenarios for Rand to win, but which of those, given his personality, is he likely to actually do?
Darth Rand opens with balefire immediately. TOM Rand would probably opt for cutting off Voldemort from magic first, if the super vague fry-all-evil-beings-near-him thing doesn't work. And it is vague, because it doesn't fit into normal mechanics of the series, and no one in the WoT universe knows how or why it works, other than that Rand is the Dragon Reborn, the fulfillment of thousands of years (or an eternity, depending on how you look at it) of prophecy.
I don't see TOM Rand being hit by a surprise AK even if his evil frying powers don't manifest themselves here. He does have incredibly good luck/destiny, and he would in all probability block AK by moving a physical object in front of him like Dumbledore, or dodging, or blocking with both a magical and a physical shield to be safe.
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