John Suburbs Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Skimming through Davos III in DWD, a snippet of conversation with Ser Bartimus caught my eye: Bartimus: Edrick Snowbeard's great grandson, him that men called Ice Eyes. He took the Wolf's Den back, stripped the slavers naked and gave them to the slaves they found chained up in the dungeons. It's said they hung their entrails in the branches of the heart tree, as an offering to the gods. The old gods, not these new ones from the south. Your Seven don't know winter, and winter don't know them. Then: Davos could not argue with the truth of that. From what he had seen at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, he did not care to know winter either. Davos is from Cape Wrath and spent most of his life smuggling the Narrow Sea, even up to Eastwatch IIRC, but he's never seen a winter? That's probably the clearest evidence yet that the long winters and long summers are not a natural, global phenomenon but something that is unique to the northern half of Westeros. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Daario Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 It just means that Davos is a southron, is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutch Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 As he was apparently a good smuggler, it would reason to guess that he stayed out of northern waters during winter. Smugglers, the snow birds of Westeros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Suburbs Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 But then that would mean the winters that supposedly freeze castles and hovels to their cores do not stretch across the entire continent, so therefore are not the all-consuming forces that people like Old Nan make them out to be. Plus there is the absence of any talk of the coming winter even in northern cities like Braavos, which means they are not simply part of the natural weather patterns of an alien/alternate planet. And if that is the case, then who or what is causing these Westerosi winters, and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kinkslayer Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 People are worrying about winter in the riverlands and the vale. In dorne nobody seems to care. The ports of Braavos are seeing less traffic because of the coming winter. Nobody on Slaver's bay cares about winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanless Mace Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 When I saw the title of this topic, I thought, "I knew this was coming!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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