The Stranger has three heads?
At first Sansa did not notice the third stranger. ...
"The king is gone hunting, but I know he will be pleased to see you when he returns," the queen was saying to the two knights who knelt before her, but Sansa could not take her eyes off the third man. He seemed to feel the weight of her gaze. Slowly he turned his head. Lady growled. A terror as overwhelming as anything Sansa Stark had ever felt filled her suddenly. ...
The Hound, ever faithful, bowed and slid away quietly through t
@By Odin's Beard pointed out the probable wordplay on "stranger" and "strangler." In the past, I have wondered whether GRRM intended us to compare "strangers" and "rangers."
Pondering your idea of the "6 + missing 1," I decided to check Benjen, to see if the First Ranger (Fur stranger?) fit the 6+1 pattern.
Three days after their arrival, Jon had heard that Benjen Stark was to lead a half-dozen men on a ranging into the haunted forest. . . .
"...You're no ranger, Jon, only a gree