The Gizzard of Oz

It's a Ben and Jennifer mystery. How much would you bet on the survival of a lone ranger? Weymar had no chance and it was three rangers.

Even this reduced list has questionable choices. I haven't seen the criteria but looking at the names on the lists who I think belong together. Arya and Joffrey should be on the same category. Near Pure Evil. And Craster is not a Pure Evil. Craster is his own man and living outside of Westeros and therefore outside its laws. Marrying his daughters deprive them of choice but how many children actually get to choose their husbands and wives until the modern age. His sacrifices to his gods is bad but the Starks do it too. Nothing Craster did is any worse than what Jaime Lannister does consistently. Craster never killed his king. He's not broken an oath as far as we know. Nor did he ever try to pass off his children as heirs to kings. Craster is cleaner than Jaime. Theon is dirtier than Craster by a large margin. Bronn is Near Pure Evil. Bronn and Arya are the same. Roose belongs to Pure Evil. The Green Grace and Ramsay join Roose on the list.

I could be persuaded to see it this way if the punishment is limited to Walder, Lothar, and Black Walder. And said punishment is exile to the wall for the boys and confiscating of some land for Walder. Not the bridge but the taking of a few acres of farmland is fair. You have to remember that Walder and his sons behaved honorably until Robb Stark betrayed them. That was shameful behavior on the part of Robb Stark.

You don't think that wiki was written by people with a bias? I will hold my opinions on the wiki itself until I have checked it out myself. Jaime Lannister is more evil. Lothar's family was insulted by the Starks and it was Tywin Lannister who wanted to stop the rebellion and bring order back to the kingdom. If Lothar is Near Pure Evil then Jaime should be on the Pure Evil list.

The giant weirwood in Whitetree had human remains inside. The two religions have the same ritual. It doesn't work or else too many of the walking dead will be around but it is the belief which gives the ritual importance. Like a Catholic mass. Do the wafers and wine really turn to flesh? No but it is still practiced to this day. A resurrection gone wrong is what it looks like. A try that went awry.

Bran has a lot on his plate to obsess over one little part of what looked like a dream. He saw Jon die. The curtains came down and Jon's tragic performance ended. It is as simple as that. Jon didn't have a clue how to manage and lead his own men. Killing Slynt was a stupid political move just to get his revenge. Now his dying wish is more revenge. Then he comes back to do that. It won't end well for Jon but he will stir the North into chaos before his time is up.

Jon will return and continue with his wreckless goal of finding Arya. It will be the final straw that leads to the complete collapse of the wall's defense. I am pulling for Ser Aliser being at a safe distance away from the wall when Jon gets wighted and starts killing the Brothers.

Dany, Jorah, Barristan, Varys, and Missandei.

Qaithe will provide convincing proof in Asshai. Dany will accept her Azor Ahai identity. Add one more title to the many she already has.

The Lannisters kicked the Starks butt. I guess that's how they roll in Westeros. So why would anybody get bothered. Robb Stark was rebelling. Folks would see that as bad. Tywin beat the Starks and got their sword and gave away their lands. Sad but the Starks were part of the rebels who took the throne from the Targaryens. What goes around sometimes do come around.

Qaithe pretty much tells Dany. She's guiding to where Dany will learn who she is, Azor Ahai. I don't think Dany will buy into it just from some dusty scrolls. Qaithe is showing Dany who she is. To go East to see Asshai. The once great city of the great Empire of the dawn.

It was a planned public assassination by the Harpy.

One of the better parts of the novels for me has to be the chapters in Qarth. Daenerys enters the House Of The Undying seeking answers. Pyat Pree was not expecting Daenerys to survive and what she saw inside were secrets meant to not come out. The warlocks and witches have no reason to lie. They didn't think the Targaryen princess would survive them. Dany beat the trap because she has a sharp mind and she had Drogon. Pyat instructed Dany to only take the doors to the right. Always the right. This is a physical impossibility given the size and design of the house as seen from the outside. It is not the Tardis with a bigger inside. She entered another realm where the physics and time are different. Which is why she can see the past as well as the future. Dany traveled through time and back again. The long, dark hallway repeats an earlier dream from A Game Of Thrones. The ancient kingly ancestors were not present this time but she had someone better to protect her this time. Drogon. Room 1. The woman and the four naked little men. These are Baratheon, Stark, Greyjoy, and Lannister raping Westeros. The naked woman is Dany's kingdom. The four villainous families are destroying the beautiful kingdom. This vision is the war caused by the dispute between Stannis and Renly. Robb and Cersei. Balon needing to bring back the old way of life for the Ironborn. The Lannisters wanting to keep the throne. Room 2. The Red Wedding. Dany seeing a picture of the wedding at the twins. The dead man wearing the head of the wolf is Robb Stark begging for justice. Room 3. The room describes a child's play room. Her room in Braavos. She dodged the lure of the trap. Room 4. Her father's throne room in Kings' Landing. Aerys ordering the pyromancers to burn the city. Room 5. Rhaegar's failure. Rhaegar thought his boy will be the prince who was promised. He looked at Dany and said there must be one more. I know Rhaegar failed because he began messing around with Lyanna. He didn't stay on course. Dany fulfills the needed third. Rhaegar looked in Dany's direction like Robb did earlier. Aegon and Rhaenys are dead. Rhaegar failed to father his three dragons just like he failed to become the next king. Rhaegar got the prophecy wrong. Dany is the three-headed dragon. She is the dragon with three heads, Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion. The lights in the Hallway are starting to go out. The Long Night is approaching. Drogon sensed the darkness and urged Dany on. Dany's sharp mind figured out the trick and took the door. More doors to the right finally took her back to the light. Pyat Pree tried to push Dany back but she was not fooled. She saw the real Pyat Pree for the pale wormlike creature that he is. Reminds me of what Bran is becoming. She ignored Pyat and walked through the door to the place of the undying. The Undying have been waiting for Dany, the Prince Who Was Promised. "Long have we awaited you. We knew you were to come to us. A thousand years ago we knew, and have been waiting all this time. We sent the comet to show you the way." "We have knowledge to share with you. And magic weapons to arm you with." The man in the emerald armor was talking about Lightbringer. Mother of dragons, child of storm, child of three. They recognize Daenerys of House Targaryen, the Mother of dragons. She was born on Dragonstone during a storm. She is a Targaryen, the child of ancestors Aegon, Rhaenys, and Visenya. The Three Fires. Executions. She will order three executions by fire. Mirri was a traitor and was the first execution. Three treasons. Mirri was the first. She murdered Khal Drogo and engineered the death of Prince Rhaego. Related to the fires. Two more traitors will be burned to death. Mother of dragons, daughter of death. Rhaella, Aerys, Rhaegar, Viserys, Rhaenys, Aegon, and Rhaego are dead. Dany is the last of the Targaryens. She is the only heir to the kingdom. Mother of dragon, slayer of lies. Stannis, Aegon, and the stone beast are frauds. Dany is Azor Ahai. Aegon is not the heir to Westeros. He's not a Targaryen. The third, a man will come pretending to be a Targaryen and he will get burned. Mother of dragons, bride of fire. Drogo was not a Targaryen. He was not fire. So the fire is Dany herself. She is a bride made of fire. This is true because dragons are said to be fire made flesh. Dany will give three men to the flames. She will light three funeral fires for three men. Drogo was the first after Mirri murdered him. The corpse on the prow of the ship might be a Greyjoy but I think it's the body of Maester Aemon who will be brought to Dany by the Ironborn. The Greyjoy warship will be transporting the body to be burned. The blue rose is Jon Snow. Jon betrayed the Nights Watch and caused a crack in the wall. Jon's inept leadership weakened the military order. The blue flower has taken roots in the cracks he made. Jon will never leave the wall even though he is a Targaryen bastard. Dany will go to the wall and burn Jon's body per Targaryen custom.

Jon is stuck to that wall like a fungus. He ain't leaving. He is the blue flower growing on a crack that he made on the wall. He might come to some sense later on and but that is doubtful because he died. Only the white walkers and their magic can bring him back as a wight in their service.

A few will say Arya is already living a life of punishment and want to go easy on her. She is crazy and allowances will need to be given for her mental incapacity. Life imprisonment for Arya is a good compromise solution which even ardent Stark sympathizers should agree with.