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I hear that. None of my friends are into ASOIAF except my ex-boyfriend. Thank the old gods and the new for this forum.

Your comment is amazing. I am currently mapping out Arya and Lady Stoneheart's respective travels to see if it's a possibility - but either way, I've already added your little scene to my personal version of ASOIAF. So thanks for sharing.

That is what I love about this series! There are so many little things to catch every time I read. They may not even be important to the overall plot, but they still make you think.

Perhaps we need a thread that serves as an outlet for these "little wow moments" that we cannot share IRL because no one gets it.

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That is what I love about this series! There are so many little things to catch every time I read. They may not even be important to the overall plot, but they still make you think.

Perhaps we need a thread that serves as an outlet for these "little wow moments" that we cannot share IRL because no one gets it.

Search for the "How'd I miss that?" threads there are many.

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Well, there is Arriane, who earnestly tried to avoid engagements with Walder Frey and other eldery lords.

Of course Doran was planning on marrying her with such grooms, but she didn't know it at a time.

Interesting to note, runaway grooms seem to be evenly split - we have one from the north (Robb), and one from the south (Blackfish) :P

i believe jaime might have as well when he avoided Lysa Tully and joined the KG. Does Lancel count?? he ran after he got married... haha

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Technically those are small questions, but they're kind of lacking substance. :)

were u answering my question?? bcuz i still dont understand.

im always reading about someone being someone else's NISSA NISSA and have no clue what it means

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were u answering my question?? bcuz i still dont understand.

im always reading about someone being someone else's NISSA NISSA and have no clue what it means

According to legend, Nissa Nissa was Azor Ahai (the original one)'s wife.

To forge Lightbringer, he had to temper it in her heart.

Since the prophecy announces that Azor Ahai will be born again, people (both in Westeros and RL) assume there needs to be a "new" Nissa Nissa.

ETA:

Davos was remembering a tale Salladhor Saan had told him, of how Azor Ahai tempered Lightbringer by thrusting it through the heart of the wife he loved. He slew his wife to fight the dark. If Stannis is Azor Ahai come again, does that mean Edric Storm must play the part of Nissa Nissa?

From aSoS, Davos V.

Davos' line of thought here is pretty much the gist of the usual assumption that there must be a new Nissa Nissa.

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were u answering my question?? bcuz i still dont understand.

im always reading about someone being someone else's NISSA NISSA and have no clue what it means

According to legend, Nissa Nissa was Azor Ahai (the original one)'s wife.

To forge Lightbringer, he had to temper it in her heart.

Since the prophecy announces that Azor Ahai will be born again, people (both in Westeros and RL) assume there needs to be a "new" Nissa Nissa.

ETA: From aSoS, Davos V.

Davos' line of thought here is pretty much the gist of the usual assumption that there must be a new Nissa Nissa.

This, sorry, I didn't get what you were asking. Put simply she was sacrificed to forge Lightbringer.

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1. Nevertheless, Aemon sees fit to refer to them in such a manner. He clearly singles out Bloodraven (one of the prisoners) as man of significant stature in the context of speaking about the pomp and circumstance of his arrival to the Wall, "no less a man than Brynden Rivers." Even if the use of the phrase "honor guard" was a tongue-in-cheek reference it was still part of the pomp of his arrival. Aemon was sent to the Wall escorted by Egg's "friend" Dunk (who isn't said to be Lord Commander or even a member of the Kingsgaurd at the time) and "no less a man than" Bloodraven (clearly an imposing figure still remembered despite the passage of time and his fall from grace), plus whoever else happened to be in the dungeons at the time (a time, it's worth noting, of significant unrest seeing as Maekar had just been killed by a rebellious lord in what, may, or may not, have been another Blackfyre rebellion). And we don't know who was in the dungeon at the time, they may not have been dangerous criminals (e.g. Rorge and Bitter) so much as political adversaries (e.g. Ned and Tyrion). If it's the latter than they may indeed have added prestige to Aemon's honor guard. Aemon is making a very grand comparison, one that sounds more fitting IMO if Bloodraven were to be wielding DS, and if other high born prisoners were also part of the honor guard.

2. We don't know the context of Bloodraven's imprisonment for that matter. He could have willingly gone to the Black Cells and willingly accepted exile at the Wall. All we do know is that Bloodraven is the last person known to wield Dark Sister, and it's never said to have been in Maekar's possession, nor Egg's, nor any of his son's, nor any of his knights of the kingsguard.

All of that said until more is revealed RT is correct we sadly don't know the whereabouts of Dark Sister.

I think you're reading quite a lot into it, but this has long stopped being a small question, so let us leave the location of Dark Sister as "who knows?"

On a different matter, do we have any assumption about Euron's patched eye? We have never seen it, but might there be an indirect quote that hints to its nature, or perhaps an SSM about it?

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I think you're reading quite a lot into it, but this has long stopped being a small question, so let us leave the location of Dark Sister as "who knows?"

On a different matter, do we have any assumption about Euron's patched eye? We have never seen it, but might there be an indirect quote that hints to its nature, or perhaps an SSM about it?

Crowfood . Theon remembered. An old man, huge and powerful, with a ruddy face and a shaggy white beard. He had been seated on a garron, clad in the pelt of a gigantic snow bear,its head his hood. Under it he wore a stained white leather eye patch that reminded Theon of his uncle Euron. He'd wanted to rip it off Umber's face, to make certain that underneath was only an empty socket, not a black eye shining with malice. Instead he had whimpered throughhis broken teeth and said, "I am"

A mention is made here/

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Small question -



On page 330 of my Feast paperback in Jaime II, Targaryen is hyphenated. The exact passage is



"The sight had filled him with disquiet, reminding him of Aerys Targ-aryen and the way a burning would arouse him."



I don't recall ever seeing it hyphenated otherwise.



Simple typo?


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It is the pillaging of a city, after it has fallen. The conquerors are allowed to some spoils, but sadly things often get out of control. Men have "the blood in them" and tend to plunder and rape.

The Sack of King's Landing is remembered as particularly terrible, whereas you gotta give it to Dany, she tried her best to keep the raping, thieving and murdering to a minimum when she took Meereen.

What Ramsay did to Winterfell is also often referred to as the Sack of Winterfell.

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What is a sack? Many even in book call what Dany did in Asper a sack but the only other use of sack I can recall is Tywins sack of Kingslanding and Cerci telling Sansa that Stanis's men will probly rape them when they sack the city. These seem different.

What Roddy said, but I'd add sack is short for ransack

1.

go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage.

"burglars ransacked her home"

synonyms:

plunder, pillage, steal from, raid, rob, loot, rifle, sack, strip, denude; More

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Thanks you guys! Forgot about Meereen and Winterfell. With that definition I dont think it really aplies in Aspor. Now I just need a Dany hate thread to deffend her in. Shouldent be long, never is :(

Never knew how to make those little face thingies, just scared the crap outa me!

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Prior to marrying Lysa Tully, did Jon Arryn know that she had been pregnant and forced to abort the child? And if yes, did he know that Littlefinger was the father of that child?

The way Catelyn thinks, it seems she think he knew she had been pregnant, imo.

He needed a young wife if House Arryn was to continue . . . a young wife known to be fertile.

(From aSoS, Catelyn II)

I doubt he knew who the father was, though. Hoster probably wouldn't have wanted it known, and I doubt Jon Arryn would have been so kind to Littlefinger if he knew. I mean, giving him important positions and whatnot.

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