Corvo the Crow Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 This isn't gibberish. I may have done some typos but this is what the runes on House Royce's coat of arms say. Anyone knows what does it mean? First part is obviously "House Royce from" and perhaps "twe" could be "the" like "Roise" is Royce" but what about the rest? Elder Futhark - Wikipedia for the runes. House Royce - A Wiki of Ice and Fire (westeros.org) For House "Roise"s wikipedia page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universal Sword Donor Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 It's probably gibberish specifically because GRRM isn't a linguist and has gone out of his way to emphasize that. He has also gone to lengths to conceal or not reveal house words and sigils where it would reveal something in the long term plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 The depiction there is a fan-made one and is not based on anything from GRRM. George has not even indicated what the runes of the First Men look like, really. He did approve our take back in the day, with the runes being created by a friend (RIP, Andy) who based it loosely on Thai script and Irish ogham, but there's no meaning to them there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lannister Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 On 4/26/2022 at 8:13 AM, Universal Sword Donor said: He has also gone to lengths to conceal or not reveal house words and sigils where it would reveal something in the long term plot. Yeah, just imagine if the reader knew House Bolton's words were "Flay the Starks" in aGoT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universal Sword Donor Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 On 4/27/2022 at 11:25 AM, Lord Lannister said: Yeah, just imagine if the reader knew House Bolton's words were "Flay the Starks" in aGoT. Those aren't their words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lannister Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 45 minutes ago, Universal Sword Donor said: Those aren't their words Thank you for the obvious. I guess the tongue smiley wasn't ample evidence of my ironic intent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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