The Lord Dragon Reborn is a handsome, very tall, light-skinned half-Aielman. He has blue-gray eyes and dark reddish, unruly hair hanging just past his ears. Rand has the typical tall, broad shouldered Aiel physique, although he is more slender and not as heavily built as his friend Perrin. Rand is strong and muscular from arduous farm work, climbing skills, years of archery training, sword practice, and learning Aiel fighting techniques, with and without weapons.

His palms have brands in the shape of a heron that still burn like the day he got them (they name him the Dragon Reborn) and on his forearms are two scarlet and gold, metallic dragons, naming him the Car'a'carn, or Chief of Chiefs, to the Aiel people

Tam Al'Thor is my father. No matter who says otherwise, I am Rand Al'Thor from Emond's Field. Born on the slopes of the Dragonmount, born by an Aielwoman, Tam Al'thor foun Rand and raised him as his son, in a sheep farm outside Emond's Field, where every year they delivered apple cider and apple brandy for Bel Tine. But the real story is yet to begin, isn't it?