Jon Fossoway

If Jon is declared dead and then revives, he should be relieved of his duty as a brother of the Night's Watch, no? When Beric died and then got revived by Thoros, he basically cut ties with the Dondarrions, to the point of even barely remembering his bethroted, his castle and lands. This is set to be because of how Rahloo's magic works, sure, but the thing is that dying and reviving certainly brings something different back to life. In the case of Jon's vows, IF he actually died, and somehow gets revived, again: he should be relieved of his vows.

I don't think he'll go for a throne in the northern theme. An Iron Throne feels more neutral than, say, having a weirwood Throne, or a driftwood Throne or a Throne in the seven pointed star fashion. It supposedly englobes the whole continent. If he was to remove the Iron Throne and forge a new one, I'd say he'd go for the byzantine automata Throne fashion. That throne had a mechanism that made it elevate itself and shine with the lights reflecting on the palace windows. Here's some info. It does fit with the three eyed crow prophetic: 'you will never walk again, but you will fly'. Tried to find some artwork depicting these automatons but couldn't find any. But picture this one dude flying and shining up near the ceiling. Apart from this, I'm sure Bran the king would introduce more first men'ish and ironborn imagery in some halls. The Red Keep is all about the Targs, and Targs will surely be gone for good if Brandon is king.

Didn't he utter 'Ghost' when he was falling to the snows? I do remember when I read AGoT for the first time, and that Bran dream, to me, just meant Bran seeing Jon in his new environment. The Wall is a cold, hard place, and Jon did want to go there and take the vows, even though in reality he had some late hour problems with it. The vision presented Jon in the process of leaving his past (life and warmth) behind as a brother of the Night's Watch. Again, that's my interpretation. I read AGoT more 20 years ago for the first time and I found it very literal in a lot of aspects that nowadays are interpreted over and over to absurdity.

Sounds to me Domeric was a lot of things Roose wasn't. For example, a person that actually desired something and worked hard until he got it. His feats (a reader, a good horseman, a good jouster) are not natural talents: they are get after hard and sustained focused work. Two things: either Roose couldn't stop him as much he tried but also he didn't care much. He is a detached dude, after all. Even dealing with how reckless and stupid Ramsay is, he just "advises him", whereas a normal parent would be more persuasive or caring.

Hmm, let me think about this. Yeah: Euron is both Benjen and Daario at the same time.

In my native tongue, Bittersteel sounds better to me ('Aceroamargo'). Bloodraven has a convoluted translation to spanish ('Cuervo de Sangre'). In english, reading as a spanish native speaker, Bloodraven sounds more fluid than Bittersteel, so I prefer it over Aegor.

Euron Greyjoy and his teleporting abilities: - He is Urrathon Night Walker. - He is the sorceror lord in Carcosa. - He is Daario Naharis.

Nah. Some parents that have "disfunctional" kids try a lot of stuff on 'em to "make them right". Normal for Randyll Tarly is a strong, martial kid that grows up to be a commander or a warrior, apt enough to wield the ancestral sword of the family. I don't think he was into magic, but running out of ideas. He's got this fat, timid, book loving cowardly kid as his heir and for him the future of the family is not looking good. Tha Tarlys are a marcher bunch, frontier people, honed in battle and always prepared to take up arms. To me, Randyll is one of those black and white characters Martin likes to write up. He doesn't have a hidden side. What you see is what you get.

I was never actually convinced he died. He is stabbed a lot of times, sure enough, but I can't even recall his death being reported in another POV. If he warged out of his body the moment he was falling to the snows he probably will stay in a Bran-like coma.

I don't find it that strange. The Wall shouldn't rely on small openings on its base to go north, they could be easily blockaded. Same as the bridge, sure, but at least that one is easy to defend. In a time, say, when lord commander Hoare had 10,000 fighting men at his disposal, that bridge could very well be guarded on a daily basis. In the end, the Wall is more a defensive position, from which the Watch can stage agressive movement towards the north if needed. And for this they actually need paths to go north. So they got the tunnels, the bridge, both ports and that weird computerized underground passage (I still think it is a computerized door that opens with a password, heh).

Heh, I once dreamed that Jon wakes up (with Mel's fire magic) and yeah, he is transformed. Red eyed, even, like Mel. Inspires fear to all around him, but also a strange magnetism. Instead of marching south, he goes north, finds Bran, kills Bloodraven, goes into the lands of always winter, finds the tomb of the Night's King (thought to be legendary just as the barrow of the First King), does something I forget, plugs a dying Bran there (who turns into a Bloodraven kinda ice tree), returns south with the handful of followers (all dying due to starvation and frostbite) AND THE OTHERS, and goes to a now Bolton commanded Winterfell (Stannis is the new Reek, the battle on the ice happened some years ago; Jon promptly kills the poor bastard). Massacres the Boltons there, razes Winterfell and goes down the crypts to get something I forgot. He begins to mass wights at his back with the Others marching with him and some deranged humans-servants and then he goes further south. Woke up then. This, of course, happens only if the 5 years gap was a thing, and probably if we never get a Jon POV during Winds.

Oh. Now I see. I shouldn't post so early in the morning with the sleeping pills still kicking. For a single confused moment I thought you were inquiring on why Eddard choose Beric to capture Gregor and not other person.

As per Eddard choosing or trusting Beric Dondarrion the mission of capturing Gregor: Eddard did have some ties with the Dondarrions, at least indirectly. The Daynes and the Dondarrions are linked via the younger sibling of Arthur and Ashara, both very known to the Starks. Even though Allyria never did got to marry Beric, the bethrotal at least says that the marcher family and the dornish one were close. So Eddard treats Beric with some familiarity and trusts him enough to give him a hard mission. This interpretation may seem convoluted, though. The more close one to me is that George envisioned a half-alive and mysterious knight called the lord of thunder and lightning and then slowly went on seeding the figure until he fleshed it out in Beric of House Dondarrion. Then he put him in motion when Eddard needed to capture Gregor. Myself being a short story writer, I do have that kind of method: you catch the idea and slowly integrate into the main story you are building. There are a lot of more "cerebral" writers that are more architects when building a plot, but some of us are guided by ideas that sometime assault your mind. I do actually believe this is also George's case.

Wow. Finally found something I completely forgot about the series. Can you point me to more info so I can look it up on the wiki?

The lazhareen were to be carried into slavery after being ravaged. Daenerys intended the women to be a part of the khalasar instead of being slaves and instead of being raped senseless.

Patchface kills Melisandre, then canibalizes her. Melisandre is afraid of him, not because of what he represents, but because of a specific life threatening reason. He saw him with "red lips [presumably bloody] sorrounded by skulls" in the flames. This happens after Mel gets Shireen burned, in the middle of the mindfuckfest at the Wall that develops after Jon "dies" and before he gets revived or just wakes up or wargs back from Ghost. Well, that's how the theory goes. It enmarks in the, as I mentioned, many grotesque events that happen when the lord Commander is murdered in the mutiny.

Both have similar narrative roots (although inversed and mirroring one another) but I wouldn't call Ramsay "evil Jon". Since both characters mirror each other, the next logical step is that Jon is "good Ramsay". Doesn't make sense. Antagonists? Sure. The pink letter made that clear.

I mean, to me they were like the jewish Zealots (the group historically known as Zealots, I mean) that died during the roman siege of Jerusalem in the 70ish CE. The ones that that killed themselves in Masada before the romans could get to them. I remember, about 20 years ago, reading the account of Flavius Josephus about that siege (although a bit more keen on the roman side), particularily how he depicted the zealots. George's imprinted vibe on the Faith Militant is not that far. I would actually think that he got some inspiration from them to paint the Faith Militant. Although, in reality, fanatical militarized groups do resemble one to the others over and over.

Is inbreed receeding feats a thing in ASOIAF? I can't remember any case of it, and considering that a lot of families marry into their own close family members and produce people like Cersei and Jaime... Well.

I don't see it impossible, from a speculative view, that Robin favours the invention of a plane device much like Watchmen's Mothman, who uses wings to fly... But actually makes use of air currents (so the craft is kinda risky in the end). Robin is not a martial man, though, so I see this device more like a regional trademark thing, than having a military use. Although it is true that Mothman is a recon hero in the comics, not really a shock trooper.

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I picture a bunch of sweaty old dudes in a dark room full of smoke bent on doing an alliance out of "malicious reasons".

You know, not every minor character in the novels are actually that deep...

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Thing is not that they are distant or not, but the Lonely Light Farwynds are very off limits, considering there's not much else around them... or so we are led to think . But yeah, I am talking about the ones who we actually see during some POV, which are the Farwynds of the Lonely Light. Not a great sample to evaluate the whole family, though.