Xray the Enforcer Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 pg 605 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedsded Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 i felt quote sure that abel wasn't what he seemed to be, since he turned up with six women. This chapter pretty much confirmed my suspicions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark Swordsman Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I feel dumb for having not solved who Abel was before. Fun w/ anagrams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargantuanjon Old Chap Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I feel dumb for having not solved who Abel was before. Fun w/ anagrams.Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruka Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I had it puzzled out in the last chapter but confirmation is sweet, I hadn't tied the anagram but I knew when he changed the Dornish mans wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinevere Seaworth Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I still don't get it! Who is Abel and the girls? :dunce:Someone please spell it it out for me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Grifter Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I still don't get it! Who is Abel and the girls? :dunce:Someone please spell it it out for me....Mance Rayder and the spearwives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark Swordsman Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Step 1Abel anagrams to BaelStep 2Bael was a bard who sneaked into Winterfell according to an old songStep 3Mance was a bard and a fan of Bael's story. He set out with 6 spearwives to rescue "Arya". He's taken advantage of Winterfell's hospitality before as a bard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinevere Seaworth Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Mance Rayder and the spearwivesStep 1Abel anagrams to BaelStep 2Bael was a bard who sneaked into Winterfell according to an old songStep 3Mance was a bard and a fan of Bael's story. He set out with 6 spearwives to rescue "Arya". He's taken advantage of Winterfell's hospitality before as a bardThanks guys! It seems so obvious now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipsuel Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I posted this in another chapter it was relevant to, but does anyone else think that Bran is seeing all this? Interesting that Theon can (seemingly) hear him... Just imagine the show Bran is getting from the tree these day! Yeesh :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momo Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I posted this in another chapter it was relevant to, but does anyone else think that Bran is seeing all this? Interesting that Theon can (seemingly) hear him... Just imagine the show Bran is getting from the tree these day! Yeesh :-)Yes, I think that Bran is seeing this. There was a moment in the chapter when Theon thought the face in the tree was Bran's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipsuel Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Yes, I think that Bran is seeing this. There was a moment in the chapter when Theon thought the face in the tree was Bran's!Exactly. Wonder why Theon could 'hear' him, though? guess we'll find out at some point. More importantly to me is that Bran see that it was not his sister who married that day. And perhaps, at some point, Bran will be able to offer Theon some mercy, knowing that he is truly sorry for his actions earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanderpanda Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Mance is going all John Mclane on Winterfell, what a boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginor Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Exactly. Wonder why Theon could 'hear' him, though? guess we'll find out at some point. More importantly to me is that Bran see that it was not his sister who married that day. And perhaps, at some point, Bran will be able to offer Theon some mercy, knowing that he is truly sorry for his actions earlier.Maybe Bran can communicate through the trees in the present, just not into the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loras Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I don't know if its just me but Martin's writing seems to have reached a new level of brilliance in these Theon chapters. I was never a Theon hater, but seeing him reach this stage of self loathing is heartbreaking. I sort of understand when he pleads for death from Holly at the end of this chapter.My notes on this chapter:* The tensions between the Northern Lords seems to be at an all time high. I think that Abel chose the victims carefully to flame the situation more: a stout, a flynt, a frey and one of Ramsay's lads. Something keeps bringing me back to the 3rd Reek chapter where Roose Bolton says that Lady Dustin is the one who is holding his force of Northerners together, adding that to the snow sculpture of Dustin, I'm guessing that she is going to be Abel's next target.* Its good to hear Bran again in the weirwood. I really wish we had this scene from his perspective, is he angry at Theon or is he forgiving him? I like Theon's unconscious shift towards the old gods too.* I think the warhorns are Arnolf Karstark's host, we know that Stannis uses trumpets and not a warhorn.* Theon's discomfort at taking off his gloves was so pitiful. But his resolve that at least he wasn't naked, adds fuel to the fire that suggested he was gelded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyJeyneGrey Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I feel dumb for having not solved who Abel was before. Fun w/ anagrams. :laugh: I figured out who Abel was, but I totally missed the anagram. Good catch! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theano Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I liked the echo between Theon as "A Ghost in Winterfell" and Arya earlier thinking of herself as the ghost of Harrenhal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirazi Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I liked the echo between Theon as "A Ghost in Winterfell" and Arya earlier thinking of herself as the ghost of Harrenhal.And both happening under Roose Bolton's rule, ha. The 3EC said that he isn't able to communicate when warging as a weirwood tree, yet it seems that Bran is able to. Perhaps Bran will be more powerful than Bran? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherDeadStark Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Very cool chapter. Especially liked the parts with Theon by the weirwood. It does seem Bran has some ability to communicate, though whether anyone will ever realize who is truly speaking to them will be interesting to see.Also, I realized Abel was Mance earlier on but I never put the anagram together. Good stuff :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erodite Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 So if Bran can talk through the trees, can he also talk through the Crows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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