Archmaester Drew Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Who are the three five most important characters in ASOIAF? Who is the most important? Please explain your choices and reasoning. :) Edit: changed the number to increase the scope of the question. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckfield Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Apparently Dany, Tyrion and Jon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Guy Garlan Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Bran - IceDany - FireJon - Balance (to the Force) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dread pirate davos Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 If I had to pick three it would be tyrion, dany and jon I think.they get the most face time. But beans important too. Potentially more so than anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Apparently Lyanna and Rhaegar, given that almost everything in the series comes from their actions. Also Dany because dragons. Even if she dies without making any other substantial contribution, she hatched those babies and they will matter a lot. In reality I don't think we'll know the answer to this question before ADoS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicer Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Bran, Dany and Jon in that order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archmaester Drew Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 I added another question to the OP to spark some debate. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckslayer1981 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Dany, Jon, and Tyrion.Wild cards: bran, Jamie, and arya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igrewupinKL Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 What do you mean by important? As in who will the heroes of the story? I think that will be Bran and Dany, maybe Jon if he survives. As in who has been most important to forwarding the story so far? I'd have to say Littlefinger and Varys. Both of them have made plans lasting decades and so far most of the are coming to fruition. Varys greatly influenced robert's rebellion and littlefinger the WotFK. They have had devastating and large impacts on the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archmaester Drew Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 What do you mean by important? As in who will the heroes of the story? I think that will be Bran and Dany, maybe Jon if he survives. As in who has been most important to forwarding the story so far? I'd have to say Littlefinger and Varys. Both of them have made plans lasting decades and so far most of the are coming to fruition. Varys greatly influenced robert's rebellion and littlefinger the WotFK. They have had devastating and large impacts on the story. Important by whatever criteria you feel significant! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Dany, Jon, and Bran. It's hard to pick a most important out of those three, but I have always had the feeling it might be Bran. The reason being I think those three will play the largest parts in the fight against the Others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Northman Reborn Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Jon, Bran, Daenerys, Arya, Tyrion.Tyrion more from an entertainment point of view than a world saving point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ummester Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Agree with Dany, Jon and Bran - they are the three primary Monomyths. Secondary Monomyths are Arya and Sansa. Tyrion, I feel, is primarily the political narrator, who occasionally doubles as a mentor. Other characters either have mentor or plot development roles. For the record, I find the mentors far more engaging characters than the Monomyths and am judging character importance on narrative roles, not personal interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjcha314 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Just another vote on Dany, Jon and Tyrion with Bran as the wildcard. No doubt Bran is going to be very important. I'm reading the Dunk and Egg stories and you definitely get a lot more of who the Bloodraven was, which, at least on its face, casts a very dark light light on what's been going on North of the Wall and what's to come for Bran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joluoto2 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Bran is most important. While I don't think he will survive to the end, he will do most to influence the end game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Vaes Tolorro Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 WHy Three?Jon, Bran, Danerys, Tyrion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archmaester Drew Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 WHy Three? Jon, Bran, Danerys, Tyrion Good question. As soon as I posted it I realized I should have made it five (too much consensus). I'll edit it... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod The Impaler Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 In no specific order, since it's now 5 ... AryaDanyTyrionBranJon Snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordStoneheart Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 1. Dany Because GRRM called her along with Arya and Tyrion his favorites and also he basically said so when he called her the most dangerous because of the dragons. Literally everything released outside the main books aside from arms of the kraken and the woiaf is Targaryen-centric, and him writing FIRE AND BLOOD tells me he considers them extremely important. 2. Jon Possibly the archetypal Hero or even a Classical Achilles hero who will eventually go mad with rage. Plus, prologue was white walkers and he's fighting against them. 3. Bran Forgot to put him at #1 but I consider him the Hero since he started the whole thing and has the closest real connection to magic than any of the main POVs including Dany 4. Arya Because GRRM named her a favorite and spent so much time on her than others. 5. Tyrion Because he's arguably the only "good" Lannister in that he is now bent on fighting the Lannisters. and no matter what daydreams people have about Jaime, the story is about the Targs and the Starks. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igrewupinKL Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 mmm to answer your second question, i feel that Dany is the most important character in the series. Not because she may be AA or TPTWP. But because she brought about the birthing of dragons, that will in the end be the key to destroying the WW and saving westeros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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