"All the great houses of the ironborn claim descent from the Grey King and his sons save, curiously, the Goodbrothers of Old Wyk and Great Wyk, who supposedly derive from the Grey King’s leal eldest brother."
Hello everyone. I had been on a hiatus from the forums and returned fairly recently with some thoughts that are somewhat bold. What I am suggesting stems from a some ideas coming together (1, 2 and 3 and of course 4) which I had postulated a few years back. I’ve had some assumpti
Yes the blood is central. The blood sacrifice is both holders of mana (it is a Polynesian concept) and a way to manipulate mana for the purposes of seeing the physical result that is magic, answered prayers, favorable luck, etc. etc. etc. Blood is power and in the series, regardless of how blood is taken it still results in power acquisition or loss of power which are two sides of one coin.
Take Varys and Tyrion's conversation on power. I have colored coded which instances of power. Knowled