cuendillar Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 While going through the numbers, some kind of picture emerges. It seems that Tyrion and Jon Snow are the (clearly) most important characters thus far, while Arya's sideplot have been given more focus than Daenerys'. I'd count Arya as a main character too, if the gap wasn't so large - she appears "more primary" than Daenerys, at least.PoV Chapters:1. Tyrion - 462. Jon Snow - 423. Arya - 334. Daenerys - 315. Catelyn - 256. Sansa - 247. Bran - 218. Jaime - 179. Ned - 15Mentions by name1. Jon Snow - 30092. Tyrion - 29323. Arya - 17674. Jaime - 17015. Daenerys - 15946. Sansa - 15247. Bran - 14398. Eddard - 13679. Catelyn - 1229 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthanis Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Well... Dany and Jon are both outside the core events in heart of Westeros. There is no main protagonist or antagonist, it's more about entire world from different perspectives, then someones adventures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 -Jon-Arya-Tyrion-Dany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthanis Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 PoV Chapters:1. Tyrion - 462. Jon Snow - 423. Arya - 334. Daenerys - 315. Catelyn - 256. Sansa - 247. Bran - 218. Jaime - 179. Ned - 15Mentions by name1. Jon Snow - 30092. Tyrion - 29323. Arya - 17674. Jaime - 17015. Daenerys - 15946. Sansa - 15247. Bran - 14398. Eddard - 13679. Catelyn - 1229Number of mentions and POVs is important value - but more important is TOTAL LENGTH of these POVs. Three 10-page POVs are less then one 40page POV... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Gathers Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Surprised no one suggested Hodor yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneBastard Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Samwell Tarly will save all of Westeros.....or, Sandor Clegane. :bowdown:Seriously, the Turncloak is being kept around for some reason. Reek, reek, it rhymes with sneak! I see him as playing a very pivotal role still. GRRM sneak peak at the new novel is a chapter called "Theon."The beauty of the series is the mosaic of characters working toward their own ambitions, or "for the good of the realm." However, there seems to be the invisible characters, i.e. the "gods," that have a determining role as well. They are ultimately, sovereignly, and arbitrarily manipulating the outcome for the mortals.Who will be Azor Ahai? Jon? If he is not dead......This is a key plot point. The showdown with the Others. Winter is coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickStormborn Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I wouldn't take the number of mentions too seriously, really. Daenerys is only mentioned by one POV outside of her own once before AFFC, so it's a surprise that she's as high as she is. Tyrion, Jon and Arya, on the other hand, interact with a number of other POV characters and are frequently in the thoughts of POV characters.Jon Snow's total is also brought up a lot by the overload of Ygritte's "You know nothing, Jon Snow", I'd imagine. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Lannister Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 1. Jon Snow - 3009To be fair, half of that is thanks to Ygritte... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser_Patreck Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Bran, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grail King Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Collectively the Stark Children:One is too young to do much at the moment but future wise...Two are in training to do battles and two in training to do political work along with what Fantasy said above about morality, justice, ambition, love All of which we could place a Stark name to each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben amido Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I think Skeksi has the right of it.... all the major characters thus far have played significant role.... and the amount of time invested in their character development would be to waste if one character jumos up and saves the day.... though that senario is all together not completely pausible cuz you see this is fantasy and in fantasy generally there is one major hero saving the damsel in distress but i think in this series if one and i hope it is Jon Snow who saves westros the other characters will lend a major hand into this saving.Cuz we must realize one major aspect of the past legends so far told.... the legend of the last hero that old nan was reciting to bran told of a hero who took with him strong and brave souls to fight the others and bring the light back to westros..... so i think one of these characters will rise, rally other characters and with there help defeat the others....and before the series will conclude we will finish with the most important war that has been being fought since the starting of the first novel..... The politics....and the manner of succession passing either to jon or dany or someone else would be a fine ending for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zefsfonseca Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 It's Hot Pie,or Hodor... they are hidding something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houseHB Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Rickon Stark, he will make Littlefinger look like a punkazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Paramount of Essos Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Hodor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. Baratheon Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Paramount of Essos Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Deathgood one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASOIAF best series ever Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I think it is Jon because it is a song of Ice (jon) and Fire (also jon because R+L=J) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valyrian Breakdancing Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Suggest all you want, there is no protagonist. Its not a matter of opinion, its fact. Im fairly sure Ive heard Martin state more than once that the lack of a clearly defined 'hero' was completely intentional.The idea of having one undermines the entire series, especially considering the well-established nature of killing off any and all major characters.He doesn't want to tell you who to pick over everyone else, its one of the functions of good literature, to learn more about yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Barristan Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I think there is no "main" character, but rather a list of many-BranAryaSansaTyrionJonDanyTheonJaimeCerseiSamwellDavosThen you have people who are soooooo important but do alot of work off screen but are pulling so many strings- Littlefinger, Varys, Illyrio, Stannis, Roose... These five are destined for HUGE things in the next two booksThough if I had to pick a most important character it's hard to not say Ned... He is the father of Bran, Arya, and Sansa (3 main povs), and he raised two more- Jon (who may have fathered) and Theon... Plus he is important to the stories of:Jaime- caught him on the throne after he killed arys... Their fight in KLCersei- uncovered her secret, started the whole processStannis- stannis felt he should have been congratulated for holding storms end but Robert have the credit t Ned for breaking siege... Later he beat the iron fleet but Ned got credit for leading the attack on pyke, Ned was named handAnd most importantly Littlefinger- his whole plan for revenge is against Ned's family and the TullysSo IMO Ned is the most Imporant character he has affected s many other lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-Wolf Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Patchface!But in all honesty, Jon Snowgaryen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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