[Jughead of the Round]

The Davos 2 summary is on page 3 of the Davos 1 summary topic.

It's not much. I recorded it when GRRM read it on Second Life. On Word it's about a page long, and simply the set up for the good stuff that should happen in the chapter. (I printed off the sample chapters from GRRM's website using Word as well, and Jon Snow's first chapter was 9 and 1/2 pages long, so if that's any benchmark, the sample read from Davos 2 should be about 1/9 of the actual Davos 2 chapter).

(For those of you who may want the chapter, it can't be given out for legal reasons. GRRM has said that you can record his readings for personal use, but not to publish online like at YouTube or here. He's fine with summaries. Apologies. )

Go Davos!

This post has been edited by Jughead of the Round: 14 August 2009 - 12:21 PM

[BoiledLeather]

Datepalm, on Aug 12 2009, 11.24, said:

I really think the Reeds have no chance at all in both making it alive back to the wall. Jojens "Today is not the day..." sounded tetchy and given by rote, rather than his earlier mystical conviction.

I don't see Jojen dying of hypothermia. But I can GUARANTEE that at some point he will say "today IS the day I die". I'm hoping for some heroic self-sacrifice. But i agree, the Reeds seem doomed. Probly won't survive aDwD

[Andhaira]

Hope the Reeds both pass away. They are boring and annoying.

Anyhow, theres a good chance the 3 eyed crow could be Bloodraven. As to CH, it could very well be Waymar Royce; he was wearing ringmail in the AGOT prologue.

[TimTheEnchanter]

Andhaira, on 12 February 2010 - 01:33 PM, said:

As to CH, it could very well be Waymar Royce; he was wearing ringmail in the AGOT prologue.

Isn't that the common gear for rangers that patrol beyond the wall? I wouldn't take that as an indication for Waymar being Coldhands. It just seems to harden the fact that he is a former member (or to be more precise... a ranger) of the Night's Watch. But that was pretty clear before we knew he's wearing ringmail, wasn't it?

[Balerion the Cat]

TimTheEnchanter, on 16 February 2010 - 03:28 PM, said:

Isn't that the common gear for rangers that patrol beyond the wall? I wouldn't take that as an indication for Waymar being Coldhands. It just seems to harden the fact that he is a former member (or to be more precise... a ranger) of the Night's Watch. But that was pretty clear before we knew he's wearing ringmail, wasn't it?

I think (pure speculation, no evidence) that in the end the difference between who can have a chance to survive to the Others and who becomes a wight will be made by the protection of the Old Gods... The brothers who made their vow near the Weirwoods will be protected more, in some way (and before the end this will maybe prove useful for both Jon and Sam).
So, if I'd to bet I still think CH is Benjen, who managed to survive in some way (and not completely living, see the cold and black hands) after an encounter with the others, protected by the same magic which opens the Black Gate (sensitive to the NW vow).

[Benjen]

I keep coming back to this part of the Bran DWD reading.

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Ravens quork around them. By day, six stay with them, while the rest of the murder fly ahead and behind. They all come back at night. The ravens are the ranger’s eyes and ears

And this one from the Mystery Knight preview:

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He gave Thunder a touch of the spur, and he and Egg rode through the gates of Stoney Sept, listening to the soft sound of the rain. How many eyes does Lord Bloodraven have? the riddle ran. A thousand eyes, and one. Some claimed the King's Hand was a student of the dark arts who could change his face, put on the likeness of a one-eyed dog, even turn into a mist. Packs of gaunt grey wolves hunted down his foes, men said, and carrion crows spied for him and whispered secrets in his ear. Most of the tales were only tales, Dunk did not doubt, but no one could doubt that Bloodraven had informers everywhere.

Hmmmm

This post has been edited by Benjen: 13 March 2010 - 06:39 PM

[LordNedsHead]

I just got back from Leprecon in Mesa, Arizona where George was the guest of honor. He reread this chapter on Friday afternoon. There were some changes, most noticeably a much better ending to it.
Bran accuses Coldhands of being a monster. Coldhands answers "I am your monster" One of his ravens echos the word "Your". The call is picked up by other ravens in the trees and they are all soon cawing "Your! Your! Your!"
It was spooky. It reminded me a little of an evil homage to Finding Nemo as I thought about it later.
Also, it got me to thinking. Coldhand's ravens act suspiciously like the Old Bear's bird. I wonder if that one serves as Coldhand's eyes on the Wall?

This post has been edited by LordNedsHead: 16 May 2010 - 10:20 PM

[nategator]

Is it just me or has Bran's story line been pretty boring lately? I can't say I'm inspired by this reading and I hope Martin can pump it up a little. Otherwise, I think that this POV can be trimmed in favor of some more interesting ones.

[Dogsaint]

nategator, on 04 June 2010 - 07:55 PM, said:

Is it just me or has Bran's story line been pretty boring lately? I can't say I'm inspired by this reading and I hope Martin can pump it up a little. Otherwise, I think that this POV can be trimmed in favor of some more interesting ones.

Well, Im sure it's not just you. I for one can't get enough Bran... and the Reeds are interesting to me as well. Load em up! I wan't to see Bran fly!

[wolf spider]

So the thread seems to have died out, but I'll post anyway.

I can't wait to read Bran's chapters. For some reason, I thought things would go easier for them after they met up with CH... you'd think I forgot who was writing the book.

But I wonder where the 3EC lives. Does he lives in a village, maybe with the last of the Children of the Forest, or does he live alone in a cave like a hermit? I also wonder how his dwelling is fortified against the Others- it seems like the farther north they go, the more danger they should be in from the Others.

[Dawn Winter]

I think that is interesting that 3EC talked with Bran around the same time Benjen was missing. Someone thinks that is impossible because it talked with Bran "the whole time" he is in coma, but dreams last only short time, and maybe it is the same with green dreams and nobody say how long green dream last.
Was it last two hours or two minutes? Who knows? We only knows that the conversation was around the same time Benjen missed and I feel that very strange. Before I read this chapter I was remember something Osha said to Bran. I don't have exactly quote but Osha tell Bran that she don't want to meet 3EC, and I think about dreams Bran have about 3EC (violent dreams). It doesn't seems that it is good creature, but in this chapter only monster is CH but not 3EC. Maybe it seemed that 3EC was Yoda in third book, and in this book Dark Yoda, but only because atmosphere not 3EC.
It is strange that 3EC not come to Bran&co. but we do not know 3EC's master&student rules of behavior or it's general behavior at all.
I agree that this chapter was disappointment big as Himalaya but I am very happy to hear more about Bran&co.