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Ned didn't say Wylla was Jon's mother. Robert did. Ned gave Wylla as the name of the woman Robert was thinking of, whom Robert thought was Ned's 'one time', his 'bastard's mother. Answering the question may be seen as confirming the associated assumptions, but it is not in fact doing such.

The truth is, Rhaegar did have full command when he returned. He was the one giving dispositions to the KG and leading the army, he was the one whom Jaime turned to swap with Darry and it was Rhaegar who indicated that he 'dared not' relieve Aerys of that 'crutch' (keeping Tywin's son in hand) - which, in that manner and context, to me says he had the power to but didn't feel that was a wise or safe use of his power. I think he could assign the KG how he chose, but one of the factors influencing his choices was the King's mental health, and having Jaime nearby was a crutch the King, and therefore the realm, needed - at least as Rhaegar saw it. I think the problem here is that you (and many others who probably lead you in that direction) have formed a wrong impression about the relationship between Aerys and Rhaegar. Yes, Aerys and Rhaegar were often at odds, made worse before the rebellion by factionalism within the court. And yes, there were times when Aerys didn't trust Rhaegar fully. But ultimately, they are on the same side and can absolutely trust that they are both working for the continuation of the Targaryen dynasty. When other options failed, Aerys did return to Rhaegar as the one person who was absolutely as invested as he was in the continuation of Targaryen power and the one person capable of pulling the royalists together. The evidence says Rhaegar was in charge, even of the Kingsguard. Thus it is not necessary that Aerys 'know where they are' or approve of what they are doing. Rhaegar was the boss. Aerys still had KG protection. There is no issue here except those made up by people who favour their own conclusions over the evidence. Heck, look at Harrenhal, where supposedly Aerys got wind of Rhaegar making a political move against him and came out of his fearful self-imprisonment to bust that up. Yet when Aerys is scared/wroth with the KotLT, who did he get to investigate? Rhaegar. The two fight, metaphorically speaking, because Aerys is a paranoid nutter and Rhaegar is able and popular. But when shit gets real, Aerys leans on Rhaegar because he's the one person he knows he can trust the family business too.

No, Edric Dayne has light blonde hair and dark blue eyes. Ashara Dayne had dark hair and purple eyes. Gerold Dayne has silver hair with a streak of black, and purple eyes. There is not enough information to define a 'typical' Dayne colouring.

Well, I guess the Mystery Knight quote says they are from the royal demenses around KL and technically Stonedance appears to be within the Crownlands of KL. The other quotes show that before the Targaryens they were sworn to Storms End but had closer ties to Dragonstone, after seem to be aligned mostly to Dragonstone as you suggest. Note that Dragonstone itself is part of the crownlands. I'd suggest that perhaps for large (but not all) parts of the Targaryen reign alignment with Dragonstone was alignment with KL. Lastly, its a wiki. It can't be said to be entirely wrong, as per TMK.

Probably this from the Mystery Knight This from tWoIaF, pre-conquest post-conquest The Princess and the Queen asearchoficeandfire.com is your friend.

'My' Lord shows you are Lord over me, higher rank than me. It doesn't make sense to use 'your Lord', though sometimes 'your Lordship' might be used (because the reference is now being to the power etc, owned by the Lord) because this is about the relationship of the speaker to the Lord. "Your" Grace is because, like 'your lordship', it is referring to the state of being of the other. The "grace" (of god) is owned by the King (anointed by God), so its his.

Its too cold for some people to go out, I suspect. And they just don't care. Plus, GRRM is emphasising that the current inhabitants of Winterfell are... the arse-end of humanity.

Thats in AFFC. It is also used more than half a dozen times in TWoIaF.

Arya, Jon and Robb do. So probably, but not that we've seen I guess.

Crassus also comes to mind. Huns seem to fit better. The Mongols were pretty organised and administratively adept. The Dothraki (and Huns), not so much.

We don't have a good description - the most information we have is that they were "belching death" from the walls of Kings Landing during Stannis' attack. From that and the name I'd guess they are primitive flamethrowers. Something like this.

Well, now you've seen the 'textual evidence', you can make your own mind up.

Normally, the proportion of black/dark and white (colour lost). 'Silver' is normally much higher proportion white than 'grey'. In Targaryen terms, it seems to me to be more shiny/metallic (sparkly-shiny more than glossy-shiny. No, I think it should have been more of a sparkly-shiny pale yellow.

Its Man-rock, caves of piled stone, stone dens or burrows. As far as I can see, its always castle-rock, not statues.

Yes. Clear your cache. I was exactly where you were, yesterday, with the answer on the previous page of the thread then, now on the last two pages.

Chrome is working for me, but I've been unable to post in the forum since the update on monday with firefox. The bits where you actually write text in for posting won't open up the box to write in. It just stays dark grey and unable to enter anything into. The insert other media box would open up a place to type in a link or attachment but then do nothing when clicking the "Insert into post" button. ...and the answer is on the previous page in this thread - clear your cache. Fine for me now - this edit from firefox.

Why not do both? I think he's doing an incredibly good job of writing books heavily grounded in reality, with just a touch of suitably unknowable, and rare, magic, with deeper fantasy elements at the core that have yet to be fully explored. Ambiguity? Perfect. How the heck are we, or even an in-world expert, supposed to know and understand instantly the details and depths behind a magical event? Why wouldn't her skin be the limit of protection? its a natural limiting barrier that the hair is 'outside'? It seems to better represent a 'real' magical effect than the more usual effects given by authors. I like his way better than yours. So far at least.