Rainbow Guard symbolism - flowers, birds, bugs, fruit, lemons and indigo
I've been looking at passages involving Renly's rainbow guard, the individual members of that group, sigils and seats, people with similar or related names, people with strong opinions about the rainbow guard, green armor and other passages relating to rainbows. There is still a lot to analyze and some of the conclusions I've drawn are more tentative than others, but here are a few things that seem to be true about rainbows in ASOIAF:
Rainbows might be the opposite of shadows. (Hmm. Denys
I've been meaning to get back to this. I hope these remaining thoughts will be useful in identifying other characters who fit into the rainbow symbolism but who are not explicitly identified as members of the rainbow guard. I'll provide a few examples as we go along.
Flowers, birds
As indicated in the title, there are a number of associations between members of the rainbow guard and elements of nature. If you haven't reviewed the wiki summary about the rainbow guard members, you might