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Hello! This is my first topic :)

I read one of GRRM's interviews. Someone asked him why Jaqen was in the dungeon and he answered that it's a mystery. This made me think of how many such mysteries there are in the books and I was wondering:

1)Can we gather them all up? I can think of a few but I am quite sure that I will barely find half of them. Also if we add when and where they get resolved or more info on them, we could have a nice list. (The hubby would add that I'm a list maniac...)

2) Do you think GRRM will try to resolve them all in the end? I personally think he will tie the loose ends that are important to the main story and leave the rest for us to speculate. Although I would love to have all the answers i do not mind being left with a lot of questions either.

A)People

Identity

1)Jon Snow's parents

  1. link outside the forum with several theories: http://www.angelfire...es/faq/jon.html
  2. R+L=J currently (v.42) http://asoiaf.wester.../81679-rlj-v42/
  3. a reread with lots of quotes http://asoiaf.wester...entage-re-read/

2)Aegon (Targaryen or Blackfyre?)

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...eve-aegon
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...-illyrio-aegon/
  3. http://asoiaf.wester...-right-long-op/
  4. http://asoiaf.wester...g-illyrios-son/
  5. http://asoiaf.wester...-evidence-ever/
  6. just a point of discussion (a very long one) currently at its second thread: http://asoiaf.wester...s-fake-v2/ and first one can be found here: http://asoiaf.wester...-aegon-is-fake/

3)Who was Ned Stark's mother 1)http://asoiaf.wester...-starks-mother/

4)Aegon V's unknown third son 1)http://asoiaf.wester...son-of-aegon-v/

5)Tywin's children (are Targaryens?)

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...are-targaryens/ (Cersei and Jamie)
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...as-a-targaryen/ (Tyrion)
  3. http://asoiaf.wester...ions-targaryen/ (Tyrion)

6)Coldhands

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...d-benjen-stark/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...he-nights-king/ and its more recent little brother http://asoiaf.wester...he-nights-king/
  3. (a little list of possible identities from outside this forum) http://www.towerofth.../coldhands.html

7)The Night's King

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...6/#entry2976253
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...on-the-builder/
  3. http://asoiaf.wester...nnis-baratheon/

8)Who is Robert Strong 1)http://asoiaf.wester...r-cleg-obvious/

9)Hooded Man (in Winterfell)

  1. 1)http://asoiaf.wester...letter-threads/

  2. and a more recent discussion http://asoiaf.wester...sible-spoilers/

10)Septa Lemore - part one and part two

11)Unknown Umber with Roose

  1. http://asoiaf.wester....    and Â
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...gs/page__st__40 (in the 3rd page)

12)The Harpy

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...e-is-the-harpy/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...o-is-the-harpy/

13)The Knight of the Laughing Tree

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...-laughing-tree/
  2. from the Citadel http://www.westeros...._Laughing_Tree/

14)Doran's friends in court (KL) 1)http://asoiaf.wester...-doran-martell/ and an older one here http://asoiaf.wester...martells-spies/

15)Dunk's ancestors and descendants

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...ks-father/ (on Dunk's father)

  2. http://asoiaf.wester...s-progeny/ and a more recent one here http://asoiaf.wester...cal-evidence/ (on Dunk's descendants)

16)The six spearwives

  1. a post here http://asoiaf.wester...60#entry3616474

  2. a post here on their possible role in Mance's plan http://asoiaf.wester...80#entry3546102

  3. general speculation here http://asoiaf.wester...heonspearwives/

Plans/Motivations

1)The Others

  1. the first heresy thread here http://asoiaf.wester...h-and-a-heresy/ and the current one here (LOTS of info, brace yourselves)
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...640-the-others/
  3. GRRM's quotes: http://asoiaf.wester...others-roundup/
  4. Others and Wights: http://asoiaf.wester...-clarification/
  5. http://asoiaf.wester...y-appear-to-be/
  6. http://asoiaf.wester...are-the-others/
  7. http://asoiaf.wester...s-or-as-people/

2)Jaqen at the Citadel

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...at-the-citadel/
  2. a very nice theory on Jaqen in general
  3. a more recent discussion

3)Darkstar..?(Too little info on him so..) 1)http://asoiaf.wester...otline-in-twow/

4)Howland Reed (a little like Darkstar so..)

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...s-true-purpose/
  2. and a more recent discussion

5)Quaithe

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...-of-the-shadow/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...-what-are-they/

6)Patchface

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...chface-project/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...ce-a-greenseer/
  3. http://asoiaf.wester...-and-patchface/

7)Lord Rickard Stark (and his Southron ambitions)

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...warlyss-father/
  2. link outside the forum http://towerofthehan...ions/index.html

8)Euron 1) http://asoiaf.wester...is-eurons-deal/

9)Shae's story

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...-spy-all-along/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...and-tywin
  3. http://asoiaf.wester...about-her-past/

10) a)Illyrio Mopatis

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...ysterious-game/
  2. Illyrio and the eggs
  3. and http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/79902-how-illyrio-got-the-eggs/

b)Varys

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...rio-conspiracy/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...ys-varys-varys/
  3. http://asoiaf.wester...as-a-blackfyre/
  4. a comparison of Varys and Littlefinger

11)Littlefinger

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...llyrio-mopatis/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...lefingers-plan/
  3. http://asoiaf.wester...fingers-motive/
  4. link outside the forum (in 3 parts) http://towerofthehan...h-as/index.html and http://towerofthehan...-and/index.html and http://towerofthehan...came/index.html
  5. on Littlefinger and money

12)Mandon Moore ('s attempt to kill Tyrion) 1)An old discussion here http://asoiaf.wester...e-catspaw/ and a more recent one here http://asoiaf.wester...ing-blackwater/

13)Aurane Waters (with connections to Loras, Dragonstone and a possible Tyrell conspiracy) 1)http://asoiaf.wester...ll-to-the-bone/

Conspiracy Theories

1)on Manderly's "songs" 1) http://asoiaf.wester...idden-meanings/

2)Speculation on the Warrior's Sons http://asoiaf.wester...trial-by-magic/

3)On Mance Rayder (starting with his story of how he left the NW) http://asoiaf.wester...rnishmans-wife/

4)A theory about Septon Barth being from the north (also read the third link under Books for his Unnatural Story Book) http://asoiaf.wester...nnatural-story/

Mysterious Deaths and the events that might have caused them

1)Sandor Clegane 1)http://asoiaf.wester...plete-analysis/

2)Balon Greyjoy

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...-balon-greyjoy/
  2. a nice analysis here http://asoiaf.wester...plete-analysis/

3)Tywin Lannister

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...poisoned-tywin/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...-he-die-sooner/

4)Little Walder 1)http://asoiaf.wester...ed-walder-frey/

5) a) Rhaegar Targaryen

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...siting-rhaegar/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...arwife-princess
  3. http://asoiaf.wester...up/page__st__80

b)Lyanna Stark 1)http://asoiaf.wester...ainst-her-will/

2)http://asoiaf.wester...rhaegar-lyanna/

6)Domeric Bolton

  1. generally http://asoiaf.wester...domeric-bolton/

  2. a theory on Roose's hand in the matter http://asoiaf.wester...al-lady-dustin/

  3. on Roose's revenge http://asoiaf.wester...e/#entry2961066

7)I see dead people!

  1. Syrio Forel here http://asoiaf.wester...ing-fight/ and a more recent one here http://asoiaf.wester...72-syrio-forel/

  2. Opinions (dead or alive?) http://asoiaf.wester...-dead-or-alive/

Location/Other

1)Where is a)Benjen Stark? 1)http://asoiaf.wester...k-benjens-gone/

b)Tyrek Lannister 1) http://asoiaf.wester...tyrek-lannister

c)Gerion Lannister 1)http://asoiaf.wester...erion-lannister

2)Why was Jaqen in the Black Cells? 1)http://asoiaf.wester...he-black-cells/

3)Where do whores go?

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...lefinger-tyrion (connected to Tysha)
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...e-sailors-wife/ (connected to the sailor's wife)

4)Mormont's Raven 1)http://asoiaf.wester...aven-a-re-read/

5)Haldon's secret

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...ut-young-griff/
  2. thoughts on what Tyrion had figured out here http://asoiaf.wester...rince-spoilers/

B)Places

General

1)Skagos (mostly about Osha, Rickon and Davos)

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...g-on-in-skagos/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...s-another-clue/
  3. http://asoiaf.wester...avoss-timeline/
  4. http://asoiaf.wester...sha-and-rickon/

2)The Isle of Faces 1)http://asoiaf.wester...e-isle-of-faces

3)Asshai (with connections to the Wall) 1) http://asoiaf.wester...p-adwd-spoiler/

4)Sothoryos (very little info) 1) http://asoiaf.wester...5053-sothoryos/

Secrets

1)The Tower of Joy

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...e-tower-of-joy/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...the-other-guys/
  3. http://asoiaf.wester...lly-at-the-toj/
  4. http://asoiaf.wester...ere-lyanna-was/

2)The Black Cells

3)Dragonstone 1)http://asoiaf.wester...-actually-fall/

4)Summerhall

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...d-at-summerhall
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...-of-summerhall/
  3. http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/61306-hatching-a-dragon-my-summerhall-theory/

5)Tunnels to Chataya's 1)(seems to be almost certain according to most posters) http://asoiaf.wester...ht/page__st__20

6)The Winterfell Crypts

  1. people interested http://asoiaf.wester...-of-winterfell/
  2. on Lady Dustin http://asoiaf.wester...nterfell-crypt/
  3. on ghosts of winterfell http://asoiaf.wester...terfell-crypts/

Magic

1) a) Valyria

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...7-faceless-men/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...ce/page__st__20
  3. with connections to the moon/moonsingers http://asoiaf.wester...wl-at-the-moon/
  4. A theory on how the Doom might have happened several times http://asoiaf.wester...king-the-world/

b)Hardhome 1)http://asoiaf.wester...ilers-hardhome/

2)The Wall

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...under-the-wall/ (on dragons and the wall)
  2. The Heresy threads (first link on the Others category)

3)the Heart of Winter 1)http://asoiaf.wester...eart-of-winter/

4)Bridge of dreams

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...-dreams/ and a more recent one here http://asoiaf.wester...ridge-of-dream/
  2. the Old man of the river

Creatures

1)Direwolves 1)a theory on their disappearance south of the wall http://asoiaf.wester...a-bit-of-barth/

2)Dragons 1)can they be warged? http://asoiaf.wester...will-it-happen/

3)grumkins and snarks 1) http://asoiaf.wester...ins-and-snarks/

C)Items/Magic

Items

1)the Kraken Horn 1)http://asoiaf.wester...-a-kraken-horn/

2)The Horn of Winter 1)http://asoiaf.wester...horn-of-winter/ and a more recent one here http://asoiaf.wester...found-by-ghost/

3The Dragon Horn 1)http://asoiaf.wester...rs-dragon-horn/ and a more recent one http://asoiaf.wester...he-dragon-horn/

4)The Horn that wakes the sleepers (not necessarily an item but it fits with the other horns :P 1) http://asoiaf.wester...s-the-sleepers/

5)the dragonglass stash 1)http://asoiaf.wester...eyond-the-wall/

6)Glass candles 1)http://asoiaf.wester...-glass-candles/

7)Weirwood doors 1)http://asoiaf.wester...s-of-parallels/ and a more recent one http://asoiaf.wester...weirwood-doors/

8)The Pink Letter (same as the hooded man link) 1)http://asoiaf.wester...letter-threads/

9)Robb's will 1)http://asoiaf.wester...476-robbs-will/

10)Dragon eggs

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...he-dragon-eggs/ and a more recent one http://asoiaf.wester...ng-dragon-eggs/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...his-dragon-egg/

11)weirwood paste and shade of the evening 1)http://asoiaf.wester...s-of-parallels/

12)Cyvasse 1)speculation here (in the first three pages) http://asoiaf.wester...oreshadowing/ and quotes from the books at the bottom of this link from outside the forum http://skitzinc.wikispaces.com/Cyvasse

13)Valyrian weapons

  1. a list from the citadel http://www.westeros....n_steel_swords/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...alyrian-blades/

14)Dragonsteel

  1. in general http://asoiaf.wester...of-dragonsteel/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester.../ (dragonsteel is not valyrian steel)
  3. http://asoiaf.wester...entry3326709 a theory on dragonsteel and meteorites

13)Books

  1. generally http://asoiaf.wester...-dragons-magic/
  2. the book that Roose Bolton burns here http://asoiaf.wester...burning/ and also a post here http://asoiaf.wester.../page__st__60 and one in the "generally" link here http://asoiaf.wester...-dragons-magic/
  3. Dragons, Wyrms, and Wyverns: Their Unnatural History by Septon Barth http://asoiaf.wester...ngs-on-dragons/

14)Gems 1)Sapphires http://asoiaf.wester...c-of-sapphires/

15)Littlefinger's tapestries 1)http://asoiaf.wester...apestries/ and a more recent one here http://asoiaf.wester...s-speculations/

Magic

1)Magic as a natural cycle 1)http://asoiaf.wester...c-comming-from/

2)Theories on Magic

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...agic-in-asoiaf/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...eory-long-read/

D)Dreams, Visions, Prophecies

Bran

1)Bran's first dream (three shadows) 1)http://asoiaf.wester...-three-shadows/

2)Bran through Summer's eyes (the winged snake) 1)http://asoiaf.wester...does-this-mean/

3)Visions through the winterfell heart tree 1)http://asoiaf.wester...what-bran-sees/

Dany

1)The Stallion that mounts the world

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...unts-the-world/

2)Rooms in the HotU

  1. general discussion http://asoiaf.wester...of-the-undying/
  2. on HotU and the Red Wedding http://asoiaf.wester...ding-or-did-it/
  3. the three heads of the dragon http://asoiaf.wester...-of-the-dragon/

3)The Undying prophecy

  1. in general http://asoiaf.wester...s/#entry3407444 and http://asoiaf.wester...phecy-and-adwd/
  2. the stone beast http://asoiaf.wester...he-stone-beast/
  3. Child of Three http://asoiaf.wester...child-of-three/
  4. Bride of Fire http://asoiaf.wester...e-not-husbands/
  5. Three fires must you light etc http://asoiaf.wester...must-you-light/

The ghost of high heart

1)Quotes and their possible meaning 1)http://asoiaf.wester...-of-high-heart/

2)Sansa and the giant in the castle 1)http://asoiaf.wester...-in-the-castle/

Melisandre

1)visions http://asoiaf.wester...nterpretations/

2)The towers by the sea http://asoiaf.wester...rs-by-the-sea/and a more recent one here http://asoiaf.wester...ers-by-the-sea/

3)on Melisandre seeing dragons http://asoiaf.wester...-danys-dragons/

Azor Ahai Prophecy

1)General speculation

  1. bits and pieces of the prophecy http://asoiaf.wester...he-aa-prophecy/ and continues here http://asoiaf.wester...aa-prophecy-v2/

  2. Azor Ahai as a red herring 1)http://asoiaf.wester...ue-red-herring/
  3. Azor Ahai and Jon 1)http://asoiaf.wester...r-ahai-and-jon/ and a more recent one here http://asoiaf.wester...he-text-proofs/

2)Lightbringer

  1. The Night's Watch http://asoiaf.wester...e-nights-watch/ and also here http://asoiaf.wester...fice-semantics/

  2. Dawn

3.Dragons

Jon

1)dream of the crypts

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...ew-explanation/
  2. (connecting Jon's and Jaime's dream) http://asoiaf.wester...99

2)Jon's dream of the weirwood http://asoiaf.wester...rans-abilities/

Moqorro

1)Dragons old and young http://asoiaf.wester...orros-prophecy/

Quaithe

1)The Warning (glass candles are burning)

  1. http://asoiaf.wester...aithes-warning/
  2. http://asoiaf.wester...spective-maybe/

Jamie

1) dream of his mother http://asoiaf.wester...verything-else/

Other

1)Possible foreshadowing in the Ironborn Kingsmoot http://asoiaf.wester...__hl__kingsmoot

If you can help me gather more such questions, and where to find info or theories about them I can keep updating the list

Thanks in advance :)

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My opinions:

1) Why was Jaqen H'ghar in the Black cells? - He just got caught doing something wrong

2) What happened in the Tower of Joy? - Short answer: Jon was born

3) Who are Jon Snow's parents? - Rhaegar and Lyanna

4) Is Sandor Clegane alive? - Yes, he is the gravedigger on the Quiet Isle

5) What really happened to Valyria? - Abuse of magic and dragons, combined with a lot of mining under volcanoes, and a pinch of help from the faceless men and slaves - BOOM!

6)What happened in Hardhome? - No clue, will check the thread you provided

7)What happened to benjen Stark? - He is in the lands of always winter, doing something important, maybe he will be our POV there.

8)How did Balon really die? - He was killed by a Faceless man hired by Euron, possibly paid for with a dragon egg

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Thank you for the answer!

However the idea was to find such questions that dont have definite answers and make a list of them, along with threads and info with speculation on them. I mean that i am not looking for the answers, but for the questions :)

I thought it would be a good idea to have them all in one place that can be updated and it would help people who have these questions to find answers or theories through the provided links :D

Also my second question was if people expect GRRM to solve all these mysteries and if yes, which ones (if not all)

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As per the mistery series... I have a plethora of questions about the White Walkers, but I guess the most important is "What do they want?"

And per the "guess who" series: "Is Aegon a Blackfyre?" "Who's the Hooded Man in Winterfell?" and every single theory I dismantle in my signature.

Even the one about Ramsay, he's not that bad. We just don't understand him.

Also my second question was if people expect GRRM to solve all these mysteries and if yes, which ones (if not all)

No, he won't. Some "minor" misteries will remain (such the one about the Hound I guess).

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I don't know if that is a mystery or not, but Jaime's vision at the end of FFC was strange. His mother appears to him, a mysterious character, and he thinks that he is dreaming. But she points out that his right hand is still missing unlike his dreams where he had two hands. Why would Jaime have a vision? If I am not wrong only Dany and Bran had visions but Bran has a gift and Dany was at the House of undying. Is Joanna a ghost? Why did she appear to him at Riverrun?Is there a significance? Jaime is the only of Tywin's children who will not spare a thought for his mother. Tyrion bitterly admits that he killed both his parents, Cersei tells Sansa that after Joanna'a death she prayed to the Seven to bring her back. But Jaime?

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Thank you for the answer!

However the idea was to find such questions that dont have definite answers and make a list of them, along with threads and info with speculation on them. I mean that i am not looking for the answers, but for the questions :)

I thought it would be a good idea to have them all in one place that can be updated and it would help people who have these questions to find answers or theories through the provided links :D

Also my second question was if people expect GRRM to solve all these mysteries and if yes, which ones (if not all)

Yes I know, I just couldn't resist but to give my opinion where it was not wanted :D

Is Robert Strong Gergor Clegane reanimated (not much of a mystery to me, but still)

Is Tywin the other hand that went to the brothel that Varys speaks of?

Is Jaqen after the book "Death of the Dragons" and if yes, why is he still in Oldtown?

Is Alleras the Sphynx Sarella Sand - Oberyn Martel's bastard daughter? (Not much of a mystery)

Who received the trebuchet treatment at the end of ADWD.

Who is Darkstar? Is he just a random douche, or is he signifficant in some way? Why is he the most dangerous man in Dorne?

Who betrayed Arianne and told her plans to Doran?

Oh, how could I forget - Who is the Hooded man in Winterfell?

Who are Doran's friends in Kings Landing he speaks of?

Who is Quaithe and what the hell does she want?

Pick any of these you consider mysteries :)

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I think a lot of things, like Jaqen, aren't really supposed to be mysteries. Ultimately you've got to stop somewhere when telling the story of these characters lives, if we were told why Jaqen was there we could then ask "why did he do that?" then "What was he doing before?", right up to his birth.

In terms of things which 1) are intended as mysteries and 2) I don't think will be resolved in the natural course of the books, what springs to mind is Patchface. What happened to him and why Melisandre sees death around him.

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I think a lot of things, like Jaqen, aren't really supposed to be mysteries. Ultimately you've got to stop somewhere when telling the story of these characters lives, if we were told why Jaqen was there we could then ask "why did he do that?" then "What was he doing before?", right up to his birth.

In terms of things which 1) are intended as mysteries and 2) I don't think will be resolved in the natural course of the books, what springs to mind is Patchface. What happened to him and why Melisandre sees death around him.

Yes, I know some of these cannot be considered mysteries, I agree, I just put a list of some stuff, some of them could be considered mysteries.

As for Patchface - I disagree with you, I think we will find out why Mel saw him with the skulls.

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Re: Jaimes dream - don't know answer but it was snowing and he was sleeping by a Godswood. Not even clear if the woman he saw was his mother since she dodges his question.

Re: Patchface... in Damphairs early chapters he talks about one of Stannis ships destroying his ship Golden Storm... maybe the Damphairs revival and Patchfaces' are somehow linked?

The mystery i'm most curious about (although i think it's probably nothing) is: What is going on in the cells beneath the Black Cells? Why does Varys want to keep it dark when he walks through with Tyrion? If it's just unused torture devices or blood and guts all over the place i'm not so sure Tyrion would find it that horrific... for that reason i'm wondering if there might be something else going on down there? The only other things i can recall that are too terrible to look upon are:

The dead dancing in MMD tent - MMD says no mortal man can look upon them and live. (The shadows of a 'great wolf' and 'burning' man are described)

When Mel looks into her fires and remarks that BR and BS are not the Great Other because his visage would be too terrible to behold.

Is it something similar down in these dark cells? Did Jahaerys I and his Queen bring back something from North of the Wall that they shouldn't have? Is this where Qyburn was conducting his 'experiments?' and Varys didn't want Tyrion to know..?

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Where is Tyrek Lannister?

What happened to Gerion Lannister?

Did the arrow Jon found in his leg after escaping the wildlings belong to Ygritte?

What is up with Mormont's raven (how can he talk that much, what it all means, is he being warged into)?

Is Rickon really at Skagos?

What happened to Tysha - is she the Sailor's Wife - is Lanna Tyrion's or Gerion's daughter?

Who is Septa Lemore?

ETA: What happened between Eddard and Ashara?

I think some of them will remain to be speculated about, bust most should be cleared or at least hinted.

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Aaaaand updating, thanks Danelle :)

You are welcome!Interesting post btw.

Re: Jaimes dream - don't know answer but it was snowing and he was sleeping by a Godswood. Not even clear if the woman he saw was his mother since she dodges his question.

I think that you are referring to the dream he had in SoS. He was sleeping in a weirwood when he had the weird dream about Brienne, Cersei, Joffrey and Tywin, It was his first dream since he lost his hand and in the dream he was whole again.I was talking about the vision in his last chapter in FFC. He had it in Riverrun, after the siege.

That night he dreamt that he was back in the Great Sept of Baelor, still standing vigil over his father's corpse. The sept was still and dark, until a woman emerged from the shadows and walked slowly to the bier. "Sister?" he said.

But it was not Cersei. She was all in grey, a silent sister. A hood and veil concealed her features, but he could see the candles burning in the green pools of her eyes. "Sister," he said, "what would you have of me?" His last word echoed up and down the sept, mememememememememememe.

"I am not your sister, Jaime." She raised a pale soft hand and pushed her hood back. "Have you forgotten me?"

Can I forget someone I never knew? The words caught in his throat. He did know her, but it had been so long . . .

"Will you forget your own lord father too? I wonder if you ever knew him, truly." Her eyes were green, her hair spun gold. He could not tell how old she was. Fifteen, he thought, or fifty. She climbed the steps to stand above the bier. "He could never abide being laughed at. That was the thing he hated most."

"Who are you?" He had to hear her say it.

"The question is, who are you?"

"This is a dream."

"Is it?" She smiled sadly. "Count your hands, child."

One. One hand, clasped tight around the sword hilt. Only one. "In my dreams I always have two hands." He raised his right arm and stared uncomprehending at the ugliness of his stump.

"We all dream of things we cannot have. Tywin dreamed that his son would be a great knight, that his daughter would be a queen. He dreamed they would be so strong and brave and beautiful that no one would ever laugh at them."

"I am a knight," he told her, "and Cersei is a queen."

A tear rolled down her cheek. The woman raised her hood again and turned her back on him. Jaime called after her, but already she was moving away, her skirt whispering lullabies as it brushed across the floor. Don't leave me, he wanted to call, but of course she'd left them long ago.

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Re: Jaimes dream - don't know answer but it was snowing and he was sleeping by a Godswood. Not even clear if the woman he saw was his mother since she dodges his question.

Wasn't he resting his head againt a weirwood tree stump? (It's been tossed around that weirwoods can cause strange dreams,etc--I think someplace it's been mentioned one of the characters sleeping in a weirwood bed and having a weird dream---was it Theon after he took Winterfell??? I don't have the books handy ATM.)

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Wasn't he resting his head againt a weirwood tree stump? (It's been tossed around that weirwoods can cause strange dreams,etc--I think someplace it's been mentioned one of the characters sleeping in a weirwood bed and having a weird dream---was it Theon after he took Winterfell??? I don't have the books handy ATM.)

He dreamt of Rhaegar/Kingsguard and Brienne when he slept on a weirwood stump on the road from Harrenhal to KL. The dream of his mother happened during the siege of Riverrun. Does one have to physically touch a weirwood to get the dream or just being in the vicinity?

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