The Old Tongue Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Briefly, I was really looking forward some more info on House Dayne. My crackpot theories hinge on the information being withheld! Their minimal inclusion in a book documenting the history of GRRth only further fuels my belief that the Daynes are crucial to much of the prophecy and secrecy in the story. sidenote:only a mention of the FM, and I'm not sure if the rumored origin of the organization is new or I just overlooked it (it's juicy nonetheless). Again, this tidbit serves only to polish my tinfoil hat. (index lists the wrong page for FM, by the way) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Creighton Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 It is kind of sad that we got next to nothing on the Dayne' in fact Ser Kermit and Ser Elmo got more backstory added then the Dayne'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Hanna Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Probably because we will learn more about both in the last 2 books, especially the FM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 We didn't even get his House words. :/ Probably because we will learn more about both in the last 2 books, especially the FM. Or rather this information is spoilerish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 No one would have wanted more Dayne info than Linda and I, believe you me, but alas, George did not allow us to pry it out of him. But we do have a little bit, at least... and that gorgeous Sword of the Morning depiction by José Cabrera. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Is the info spoilerish? Does their house words are something like "we defeated the Others with Dawn"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 George did some house words that he shared with us, but he also said that he wasn't quite happy with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konradsmith Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 The Starfall/main branch's words could just be "Of the Morning". You know, so they could be the opposite of the High Hermitage branch's.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 argh... that's my only discontent with the book, tbh. I was hoping to get some house words: Freys, Daynes, Griffins and Cleganes. Of the important houses, I think those are the only ones missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konradsmith Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 The Frey words ought to just be "Mayhaps..." with a sinister ellipsis behind them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 The Frey words ought to just be "Mayhaps..." with a sinister ellipsis behind them. ...mayhaps. I would said the words are "mayhaps...", "of the morning" for Dayne and "woof woof woof" for Clegane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Faceless Bard Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 The sword of morning picture was awesome. And I have always concluded since the beginning that "morning" and "dawn" both relate to the long night somehow ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konradsmith Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 The Clegane words should be "You Only Live Twice". (Sean Connery would naturally have to play Sandor and Gregor's unnamed daddy to suit the house words...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maia Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Well, at least the Daynes get all the best names and monikers - Dorian Dayne, the Sword of the Evening, Samwell Dayne the Starfire...Funny, how Samwell turned-out to be such a storied name and all of them except for our Sam were bad-ass warriors ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AryaNymeriaVisenya Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 No one would have wanted more Dayne info than Linda and I, believe you me, but alas, George did not allow us to pry it out of him.But we do have a little bit, at least... and that gorgeous Sword of the Morning depiction by José Cabrera. :) The bit where the maester says that they are little more than their sword had me chuckling. They have great nicknames though 'The Evening Star' and 'Starfire' are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingmonkey Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Is the info spoilerish? Does their house words are something like "we defeated the Others with Dawn"? Something somewhat more conventional like "We End the Night" could be deemed similarly spoilerish, though only if the name of their sword is spoilerish anyway. Mottos and heraldry often uses bad puns, so maybe something like "We End All Nights" for a knight/night punning threat. Somehow though I get the impression that the Dayne's would be more boast than threat, so I'd go for "The Day is Ours", or "We Carry the Day" which are Dawn-ish, suitably boastful, and have the day/Dayne thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Red Widow of Coldmoat Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Oddly enough House Dayne's words are "We Like to Fake Our Deaths and Pose as Septas" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 No one would have wanted more Dayne info than Linda and I, believe you me, but alas, George did not allow us to pry it out of him.But we do have a little bit, at least... and that gorgeous Sword of the Morning depiction by José Cabrera. :) I really wonder why there is so much secrecy about House Dayne, and whether there actually is something to that, or that it's just never meant to be a relevant house or a relevant part of the story, and that George just don't have too much to say about the Daynes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I'll say this much about the importance of the family, or lack of it: George has made a small family tree for the Daynes. Not something he tends to do if a family is irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frey family reunion Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I'll say this much about the importance of the family, or lack of it: George has made a small family tree for the Daynes. Not something he tends to do if a family is irrelevant. Can you divulge whether he did the same for House Redwyne or House Blackwood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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