GRRM swears fealty to Tolkien in this ASOIAF Easter Egg
Hi everyone, I want to share something fun again in the maps.
If you haven't read the first one, "Rhaegar's Metaphorical Rubies", please read it first or you will be confused.
It requires an open mind and a very very unconventional analysis of ASOIAF.
Let's say that post is "Map Theory 101", this post is "Map Theory 102"
And you will automatically hate this post if you haven't read 101 yet.
A summary from 101: Given a blank piece of paper to d
Maybe.
But what if:
Publisher: GRRM, what artworks you want in the inside covers of TWOIAF?
GRRM: I thought we were putting maps there, like we always do?
Publisher: No, we need to sell books. No maps, pick two artworks.
GRRM: No maps huh? How about a picture of Rhaegar at the Trident (the starting point of the Ruby Map Theory), and a picture of Dragonstone (the confirmation point of the Ruby Map Theory)
Publisher: Cool, now what do you want in the back outsi