[TWoW Spoilers] The Winds of Winter - OUR PREDICTIONS -

[CBroome1979]

Aryagonnakill, I did mean that Brienne was still alive, only that there is some hidden development in her's and Jaime's storyline. I don't think she would lure him away just to lead him into a trap. Stoneheart only said to kill him, so if that's her game, why not kill him and be done with it? Why prolong the inevitable? We don't know what's happened between her being almost-hung by the BWB and her showing up to gather up Jaime. She could possibly actually have information about Sansa (or it could be a trap, I grant you). The Mad Mouse, Ser Shadrich is in the Vale, and I believe he popped up in Brienne's POV in A Feast for Crows, so it's a possibility. I think there's something else afoot.

I'm with you on Euron, and Roose Bolton, for that matter. While infinitely more clever than Victarion and Ramsay, respectively, they are nowhere near omnipotent.

With that being said, I do think Roose will put up more fight than expected. He clearly knows Manderly is plotting against him (to what degree, we don't know), so he's not like to be caught unawares by that. The ravens will end up doing him in, as he surely doesn't suspect that the Karstarks have been found out through the idiotic actions of Arnolf Karstark's son at the Wall.

To add on, I believe Jon will die, as prophecied by Bran's dreams in AGoT. I also believe the whole Jon/Ghost/Jon thing will happen, and that he will become Azor Ahai reborn.

Sansa will continue to play the good little girl, and will be spirited away by Ser Shadrich.

Arya = Anyone's guess. My guess is she's going to kill/attempt to kill Dany.

Bran will continue to grow more powerful and we will explore the Lands of Always Winter with him as he seeks to understand the Others.

Cersei will win her trial by battle and take back over, to disastrous results.

I lean towards Aegon being a Blackfyre, but I don't think it matters, since I believe he will die a tragic death.

Tyrion will hook up (not THAT hook up) with Dany and become an advisor. Jorah will die soon after being forgiven.

[TheeMikeHoncho]

My prediction conserning the Battle for Ice, and Stannis' endevor in the North.

Well, it's mostly Patchfaces prediction. - Patchface jumped up. “I will lead it!” His bells rang merrily. “We will march into the sea and out again. Under the waves we will ride seahorses, and mermaids will blow seashells to announce our coming, oh, oh, oh.” -

I've been reading through the Patchface topics on this forum, and this is one of his unanswered prophecies. After doing some research I came across a couple of sigils, the merman of House Manderly, and the seahorse of of House Velaryon. Also, keep in mind that he uses the phrase under/beyond the sea as a metaphor for death, in reference to his own near-death experience by shipwrecking of the coast of Storm's End.

In this particular prophecy, I believe that when he mentions marching into, and out again of the sea, he talks about a near fatal march, just like the one Stannis have been through recently from Deepwood Motte to Winterfell. The mermaids are refering to the true allegience of House Manderly, who are currently waiting for the perfect moment to turn cloak on House Bolton. The part about seahorses was tricky though, but after quite a bit of research I came across the minor lordly house of Driftmark on Dragonstone. They are sworn to Stannis, but their lord died during the battle of Blackwater Bay. Their current head is a yound boy. Their importance thus would seems miniscule. Anyone remember Aurane Waters? He's a devil in the details :) The Master of Ships until Cercei's imprisonment. He is a bastard-born member of house Velaryon who survived Blackwater Bay, and swore allegiance to Joffrey. Last news of him and Cercei's fleet is that he fled King's Landing, presumably to turn privateer. I'm thinking he's heading north, in order to once again join up with Stannis. Why? Could be he always was loyal to Stannis, could be he wants a king's approval to erase his bastardy, and thus claim the seat of Driftmark.

I'm currently blank conserning "I will lead them!", which is out of place for him to say. And the bit about seashells. The Westerlings perhaps? There are conflicting descriptions of Jeyne Westerling made by Catelyn and Jaime, opening up the possibility of her having an impostor.

Not part of the prophecy, but still important to the Stannis story arc, is the Bravoosi banker. There is a lot of power heading north towards Stannis, and I believe the tide is turning. The reign of House Bolton is coming at an end.

Interesting. To help- if the mermaids mean maderely then couldnt the seahorses represent the oft mentioned heavy cavalry that is under his command? Seashells could mean war horns that signal the proposed Frey slaughter that we are all hoping for. I still have a feeling that Patchface might be referring to the "dead things in the water" that Cotter Pyke has written in his messages to Jon. I like what you are on too, keep it up!

[Hustle]

The Vale - Sansa and LittleFinger will be joined by the Blackfish and a pregnet Jeyne Westerly. Sansa will meet Harry the Heir who is a complete jerk. Sansa becomes a player and gets Harry to march on Winterfell and reclaim the North for her and the Starks before she marries him. The Vale armies march and encounter a retreating Bolton-Frey army leaving the North. They capture Roose and bring him back to Winterfell. On the night when Robb's son is born, Roose Bolton is beheaded in the Godswood, by Stannis.

Winterfell - The letter was sent by Melisandre, it is a non-factor in this situation. The Manderly's turncloak on the Frey's and bring Stannis to Winterfell as a prisoner. Ramsey is to arrogent to see through this, but Roose is clever and has already left Winterfell. Ramsey and all his bastard boys are killed, Ramsey by Manderly himself. Theon provides important information in this victory. Before Sansa arrives with Roose, Davos returns with Rickon from Skagos, also with the man who saved both their lives...Aeron Greyjoy.

Skagos - Most important reason we are going to see Skagos, it was the home of Eddard Stark's Mother. We know nothing about her, but it makes perfect sense as a place to hide Rickon. We learn more about the children of the forest through Eddard's mother, who I believe is still alive. Aeron meets Davos who was sent by the Drowned God to return Rickon to Winterfell. Aeron's ultimate plan is to defeat Crow's Eye, by returning Rickon to Winterfell he can prove Theon didn't kill the two Stark boys and perchance keep Theon from dieing. With Theon not being at the kingsmoot, and perhaps a plan involving Stannis, Theon can be placed as Iron Island King after Euron is defeated. I belive Stannis will agree, only so far as to make Theon a King and then sacrifice him.

The Riverlands - Brienne is not trapping Jaime, she is testing him. She shouted sword and agreed to slay the Kingslayer. Similar to the Hound dieing, but Sandor Clegan being alive, Jaime will come with Brienne and face the fake Hound and prove that the Kingslayer is dead and that Jaime Lannister has changed. Some of the BWB are confinced, but not unCat. Jaime proves his loyalty to his oath by helping the BWB kill some Freys. I have a very strong notion that (A) unCat will sacrifice her lifeforce for Arya in the final book and (B) There will be a interesting confrontation with between Edmure Tully's pregnet Frey wife and unCat. She might kill her brother's unborn child because it is a Frey. Once Brienne and Jaime have proven their debt to Lady unCat, they depart with Gendry and Thoros to Casterly Rock to release Edmure from his prison. Note - I believe Jaime burning Cersie's letter is the final act of the Kingslayer, he is now Jaime Lannister. On their way to Casterly Rock they hear word that Aegon is marching on King's Landing...with the Golden Company, the forces of Dorne,...and Highgarden.

Storm's End/Dorne - Arianne is going to meet Aegon and I believe she will discover he is a fake. Jon Con will have her imprisoned, but then strike a deal with her. Marry Aegon and become queen of Westeros in exchange for Dorne's support and her silance. Arianne sends word, in secret, to her father about the truth reguarding Aegon. Doran now makes one final play. He wants to crown Trystan, his son, king of Westeros by having Myrcella declared queen by dornish law. He sends word to his sand snake on the high council to have Tommen killed and they will turncloak on the Golden Company and Highgarden when they reach King's Landing. The note to the Sand Snake also says that Tommen's death must appear done by Highgarden. Tommen is killed and blamed on Highgarden.

King's Landing - Trial by combat, Robert Strong kills Lancel Lannister, champion of the faith. Trial by combat, Ser Loras of the Kingsguard, kills a knight of the faith. Both queens are proven innocent. Cersie is more paranoid then ever with Kevan and Pycell dead and now Ser Loras guarding her son. She keeps Rober Stron around Tommen at all times. She wants to have Margery killed in some kind of accident. She plots and schemes, but ultimatly fails. Tommen dies and in her grief she sides with Dorne and attempts to get Myrcella crowned Queen. I believe she will abandon all tact and have Robert Strong kill Margary and several of her handmaids. The Tyrells flee to join Aegon on his march to King's Landing. Cersie becomes so paranoid she has many in the Red Keep put to death, and puts all her faith in Dorne. I belive WOW ends with Dorne ready to turncloak as the forces of Aegon are at the city's gate.

The Wall and Beyond - The wall will fall. The Night's Watch and the Wildling's will civil war as the wights march towards the wall. John, either repaired of revived by Melisandre, becomes AA reborn, not one of the Dragons 3 heads, and heads to Winterfell with what remains of the NW and Wildlings. WOW ends with the wall falling and the wights heading south. Jon's parentage will not be revealed until a Dream for Spring. The group getting ready to battle the wights...the Vale, the North, the NW, Wildlings, and Stannis's forces. I really don't see very much happening here and it might be that this all takes place in the Proulog and Epilog. Melisandre was introduced and I believe will be the only POV at the wall. Jon Snow died in book 5 and now I believe we have a reborn King, who will not have a POV.

Meeran - Iron Fleet attacks and Meeran is defeated. Barriston knows Victorian and saves lives by yielding to the Iron fleet. The Dragon Horn blows and I believe the dragons will head to their masters. Drogan is Dany's, Viserian is Tyrion, and Rhageral is Bran. Tyrion is not a Taragren. Euron gets away and uses his black magic to try and control the other's. I believe he is a servant of the great other.

Arya - Continues her Training.

[edwardlannister]

im expecting big things from brans abilities to view westeros thru the trees and warg into people, i think he will ultimately become hodors body and speak and become a knight

presumably davos will find Rickon on skagos and deliver him to stannis, but i think davos as one of the good characters will have a really sad death

i think stannis will beat roose with the help of the manderlys, and roose may escape but ramsay will be slain by theon and/or asha as a reward they get to be the iron island rulers if stannis wins, but the freys will still be an issue to crop up later, davos returns and stannis wants to make rickon his warden of the north

Arianne and Aegon get married despite jon connigton wanting him to marry Dany as Aegon gets restless and dorne wnats war, they take the south from the tyrells/lannisters and kings landing is taken with no real oppostion since the leadership in dissaray, with the help of the sand snakes infiltration of kings landing and old town, they wont have to go to war, they are allowed into kings landing as reinforcements from dorne. Also aegon isn’t really aegon, but he doesn’t even know, since he’s been raised as aegon.

sansa will marry harry the heir and despite littlefinger will reveil herself to the lord of the veil, she becomes very much a player and out of his control, near the end of the book she has to decise whether to declare the veil for stannis (who beleives aegon to be a sellsword pretender) or aegon

Victarion is not that intelligent, he is eurons puppet from afar somehow, i think he will help barristan win the war for meereen, and with danys new kalasar the three of them will have a large enough army to defeat the volantenes and yunkish, hizdar will be killed maybe by dany or barristan or victarion, and tyrion will somehow prove himself invaluable in the battle and dany will take him into her court, but not jorah who she executes for returning, somehow something that victarion does, involving the horn, means that he dies and euron gains control of a dragon or maybe victarion does

the back story of the starks suggests that Lyanna (Eddards sister) had an affair with Rhaegar Targaryen, and no-one knows how she died, but Eddard remembers being with her as she died in a castle somewhere in secret with Howland Reed (presumably Jojen/meeras father), who is the only person (i think) in westeros alive who knows the truth that Jon is actually Rhaegars trueborn eldest son and heir to the iron throne! it may be that melisandre also secretly knows and this is why she revives him like how thoros does

perhaps its up to bran to shephard meera (jojen dies) back to the safety of the neck (with hodor) but on the way she passes castle black and learns jon is dead, then when she tells her father, he goes to the wall to investigate and convinces melisandre to dig up his body

this is my own speculation now!

as for Arya, i think she will become a master assasin and kill the iron banker when he returns to Bravos (for some reason) and Cersei... eventually, she survives the trial, and maybe she gets robert strong to kill Aegon in a last ditch attempt to keep Tommen king

also Jamie sacrifices himself to save brienne/pod and Cat blows up the twins with magic

2nd bit not likely

Jon Targaryen is the true Azor Ahai reborn not Dany, and that it is his destiny to rid the world of evil and ride a dragon, and logic would say that Dnay, aegon and Jon as the targs be the 3 dragon riders, but since i think aegon could be a fake or dies, maybe Tyrion does just for shits and giggles. Actually Tyrion could be a Targ as well if Aerys raped Tywins wife/cousin who he was more than fond of! That would not make him the true heir over Jon and Dany,, because he is presumably younger than Rhaegar.

Varys we now know planned with Illyrio and the golden company, which means he wanted Aegon and Dany to return to westeros, it may be he is a Blackfyre, one of the bastards or descendents or bastards of targaryens who got sent to Essos

I also think that Tyrions other uncle Gerion Lannister who mysteriously dissapeares whilst travelling the east (mentioned a few times) may turn up, or maybe he is one of the characters in disguise as Barristan was

also i think the doom that killed the valyrians was at least partly to do with volcanic activity, this would make sense with Tyrion seeing the sky above it as red all the time

[gingerpunk]

In my reread of ASOS, I came across the chapter where Arya is speaking with Beric Dondarrion, and he swears an oath that he will see her safely in her mother's arms. Is this the reason why Dondarrion resurrected Catelyn? If so, I have the sneaking suspicion that Arya will be the one to kill Lady Stoneheart.

[bent branch]

My prediction conserning the Battle for Ice, and Stannis' endevor in the North.

Well, it's mostly Patchfaces prediction. - Patchface jumped up. “I will lead it!” His bells rang merrily. “We will march into the sea and out again. Under the waves we will ride seahorses, and mermaids will blow seashells to announce our coming, oh, oh, oh.” -

I've been reading through the Patchface topics on this forum, and this is one of his unanswered prophecies. After doing some research I came across a couple of sigils, the merman of House Manderly, and the seahorse of of House Velaryon. Also, keep in mind that he uses the phrase under/beyond the sea as a metaphor for death, in reference to his own near-death experience by shipwrecking of the coast of Storm's End.

In this particular prophecy, I believe that when he mentions marching into, and out again of the sea, he talks about a near fatal march, just like the one Stannis have been through recently from Deepwood Motte to Winterfell. The mermaids are refering to the true allegience of House Manderly, who are currently waiting for the perfect moment to turn cloak on House Bolton. The part about seahorses was tricky though, but after quite a bit of research I came across the minor lordly house of Driftmark on Dragonstone. They are sworn to Stannis, but their lord died during the battle of Blackwater Bay. Their current head is a yound boy. Their importance thus would seems miniscule. Anyone remember Aurane Waters? He's a devil in the details :) The Master of Ships until Cercei's imprisonment. He is a bastard-born member of house Velaryon who survived Blackwater Bay, and swore allegiance to Joffrey. Last news of him and Cercei's fleet is that he fled King's Landing, presumably to turn privateer. I'm thinking he's heading north, in order to once again join up with Stannis. Why? Could be he always was loyal to Stannis, could be he wants a king's approval to erase his bastardy, and thus claim the seat of Driftmark.

I'm currently blank conserning "I will lead them!", which is out of place for him to say. And the bit about seashells. The Westerlings perhaps? There are conflicting descriptions of Jeyne Westerling made by Catelyn and Jaime, opening up the possibility of her having an impostor.

Not part of the prophecy, but still important to the Stannis story arc, is the Bravoosi banker. There is a lot of power heading north towards Stannis, and I believe the tide is turning. The reign of House Bolton is coming at an end.

I really like the connection you have made here. On another thread I had speculated about Aurane combining his ships with Manderly's navy because it seemed like the simplest solution to a problem. By connecting the two in interpreting Patchface's prophecy it makes my idea seem not so wild after all.

[Hustle]

Uncat has already died once, horrificly. I believe she will ultimatly sacrifice her lifeforce for another. I was thinking one of her children...but possibly Jon Snow. Maybe she finds out the truth about him (R+L) and feels remorse for how she treated him. She heads to the wall and gives him the gift of life, resurrecting him. So far, the BWB are the only group which has shown this resurrection ability. Thoros and Dondarian. I'm not sure other Red Priests are able to do it. Maybe Melisandre can't do it. I think it is this lifeforce which is needed to resurect Jon Snow. I think Jon Snow will be the "Dream for Spring" and will be resurrected by Uncat.

[evita mgfs]

With Martin employing so many allusions to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, I ‘reinvented’ Antony’s famous funeral oration, but now delivered by Tormund Thunderfist. I also apologize for my efforts to suggest Tormund's dialect - I tried. I hope it makes someone laugh - for the right reasons. So I offer a ‘tongue-in cheek’ contribution for WOW:

Tormund Thunderfist’s Funeral Oration for Jon Snow

(A/N: What follows is a parody of Marc Antony’s funeral oration, from Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Caesar. In this version, Tormund Thunderfist speaks at Jon Snow’s funeral, in the vein of Antony and employing all his literary and psychological manipulations. Through verbal irony, saying one thing and meaning another, Antony/Tormund will refer to the ‘Honorable Men/Honorable Crows’ [respectively] who killed Jon Snow, with the sarcasm mounting throughout the oration. Like Antony, who was detained by Cicero outside the Senate so as not to interfere, Tormund was in the Shieldhall, yet both seemingly know where each conspirator stabbed. Both exaggerate – and lie. Antony/Tormund attempt to arouse the emotions of their audience: 1) Make them feel guilty for believing Caesar/Snow a tyrant/ for believing Jon Snow a traitor; through offering evidence to the contrary; 2) Make them sad/sympathetic by revealing Caesar/Snow’s garment rent with tears from the daggers; 3) Make them ANGRY by showing them Caesar/Snow’s body and reading Caesar/Snow’s will. Keep in mind that I know Tormund cannot read – he, like Antony, is performing; he exaggerates and makes things up. So read on – and I hope you get a good laugh!)

Scene 2. (In front of Castle Black, an enormous funeral pyre prepared for the Lord Commander’s body. A distressed crowd of men of the Night’s Watch, Freefolk, King and Queensmen, and others. Tormund enters After Bowen Marsh speaks, explaining ‘reasonably’ why he and others killed Jon Snow: “For the Watch.”)

(Enter Tormund Thunderfist, carrying the shrouded corpse of Jon Snow. The crowd gasps as he places the body on the funeral pyre; then the wasps start buzzing as Tormund prepares to speak.)

Tormund: Freefolk, Crows, Bearded Queen, and the Rest o’ you,

(Tormund pauses to blow his horn loudly to quiet the unruly group)

Hush up and listen so your ears may hear!

I am here to speak o’ Lord Commander Jon Snow, not to sing his praises, Har.

The treasons that the Lord Crow has done lives after him;

Any good he did will burn with his bones;

So be it with Jon Snow.

Steward Bowen Marsh says Jon Snow was a turncloak.

If this lie is true, it is a dreadful mistake, and gravely has Jon Snow paid for it.

Here, with permission of Marsh and the rest o’ his Crows,

Am I allowed to speak at Jon Snow’s funeral.

He was my friend, loyal and true.

But Bowen Marsh and his Crows call Jon Snow a traitor and a turncloak,

a warg and a skinchanger, an upstart and a base-born Bastard,

And Marsh and his Crows are, as we know, all honorable men.

Commander Snow spoke in the Shieldhall, with me at his side.

Do you remember? He asked for volunteers

to march with him against the Flaying Bastard of Bolton?

(Wildlings and brothers shake their heads, cross arms, mutter to one another in angry tones)

Was this treason? He gave no orders to the Night’s Watch to march with him!

If you all remember, none o’ the Crows even volunteered!

Not one offered to protect the bearded queen, her gray faced daughter,

the red bitch [cough] witch, the Wildling Princess Val, and Mance Rayder’s babe.

Yet the Lord o’ Crow did not force his men to join –

Did he?

Har! Did this in Jon Snow mark him as a turncloak?

When the Freefolk crossed the Wall, some sick, injured, and crippled,

Lord Snow wept for them.

Treason needs be made o’ sterner stuff.

Yet Steward Marsh names him a turncloak,

And this black brother is a courageous, honorable man.

Har! The red sorceress told me in secret that thrice (holds up three fingers and waves them about dramatically)

I repeat three times

Commander Crow refused the Kingly King

who offered to forgive Snow’s Crow words,

to give him Winterfell, to name him Lord Jon Stark,

trueborn son and heir of Lord Eddard Stark, Warden of the North.

Aye, to sweeten the pot, he even offered Snow

The Wilding Princess Val to wife!

And Thrice did Jon Snow refuse. Was this a turncloak?

Yet Ides of Marsh says Snow was doing treason;

And, sure, you bet, he is an honorable man o’ the Watch.

I am speaking not to turn you against the steward and his Crows –

I am but a man of few words

who speaks no falsehoods, just salts the truth with a stretcher now and then.

Har, ‘twas you Crows who voted Jon Snow your Lord Commander –

So once upon a time you had faith in him, and not without good reasons.

I ask you why now, that he is dead and gone,

No one weeps for him?

Arg! I hope the Others and their soldier corpses take you dry-eyed,

black hearted folk with your empty heads.

Hold up! (Tormund retrieves a handkerchief from his sleeve. He is overcome with emotion, and he roars through his nose into the cloth. He then dabs the corners of his eyes).

Forgive me -

My heart is broken and bleeding beside Jon Snow’s,

There on the funeral pyre.

I t’was a second father to the boy,

and many a time he called me “father” on accident,

mistaking me for his own dear sire the honorable Lord Ned Stark,

just as once he mistook me for the-king-beyond-the wall Mance Rayder. Har!

Tormund is always getting mistaken for Lords and Kings.

Arg. Give me a moment to dry my eyes

before my tears soak the wood on the pyre.

(Tormund turns, his back to the crowd; beneath the shadow across his face a smile of satisfaction, maybe even pride, tugs at the corners of his lips. The crowd at his back whisper loudly in defense of Snow, and Tormund’s smugness shows he is pleased by the results of his funeral oration).

Dolorous Edd Tollet: Methinks he has a strong argument with much and more truth. But most people lie about the truth, especially the people who are my friends; but if they lie about the truth, they are liars, deceivers, betrayers, certainly not friends. Maybe I should jump on that pyre when it is lit because with my luck that dream I had about becoming Lord Commander will come to pass, and I will be surrounded with non-friends. But if I dive into the flames, the red witch might glamor me into a worm; or I might not fully cook and die a long, painful death. Alas, Alack! Jon Snow has been wronged!

Leathers: He’s been wronged.

Queen: Has he, savage? If I were you, I would pray that a worse Lord Commander may NOT replace him?

Mormont’s Raven: Corn, Corn, Corn.

Val: Heed Thunderfist’s words. Jon Snow refused ME, the Stark name and Winterfell to stay true to the Watch and his Crow vows. Therefore, ‘tis false that he is a turncloak.

Toregg: Aye! Any man to refuse Val must be a loyal brother – or blind.

Borroq: If this is true, then some will pay a blood price. Vengeance for the boy! (Borroq returns to sharpening the tusks of his boar.)

Melisandre: (A mist rises from the pores of her skin not concealed beneath yards and yards of the mysteriously swirling red fabric of her garments, even though no wind blows.)

Only life can pay for death.

(Her ruby glows at her throat. Tormund turns back to the audience, and Melisandre gasps).

Gasp! Look! (Mel points at Tormund)

Poor soul. His eyes are red as R’hollor’s fires with his weeping.

Toregg: There’s not a nobler Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch than Jon Snow!

Mormont’s Raven: Snow. Snow. Jon Snow.

Leathers: Shut your hole. Thunderfist speaks.

Tormund: Only yesterday Jon Snow’s wisdom might

Have held the Wall against the foes beyond. Look at him now!

There he lies with no one to pray for him.

Oh! If I had the powers of the red witch, or Bowen Marsh,

I would stir up your emotions, calling you to mutiny and rage.

But if I incite a riot at the Wall,

I should wrong Steward Marsh and Wick Littledick,

who, you all know, are honorable men: I vow I will not do them wrong;

I’d rather wrong the Dead, to wrong you, and maybe me –

But I will not wrong such honorable men.

(Mormont’s Raven quorks, as if on cue, strutting out from Jon Snow’s funeral shroud. In his beak he carries a sealed scroll, which he drops to speak).

Mormont’s Raven: Snow. Jon Snow. Snow.

(The bird steadies beady black eyes on Tormund. Tormand slams his palm onto his forehead so hard his neck jerks back, his bottom lip drops open, and his eyes widen).

‘Tis Lord Crow’s tricksy bird! And look what he has!

(Tormund emotes recognition as false as a Kingslayer who is sworn to protect the King).

It is Jon Snow’s will! I near forgot!

Mormont’s Raven: King. Jon Snow. King. Jon Snow.

Tormund: No – I am not a King, although I am oft mistaken for such.

Now, bring me the parchment with the seal o’ Jon Snow,

and I will give you corn.

(Mormont’s Raven eagerly snatches up the scroll, flies to Tormund’s shoulder, and Tormund reverently takes the will from the bird’s beak.)

Mormont’s Raven: Corn! Corn! Corn! (Tormund finds a handful of corn).

Tormund: Looky here!

(Tormund displays the seal and cracks it to unroll the scroll, his eyes devouring the grammatically correct, comprehensive last wishes of Lord Commander Snow . . . even though we all know Tormund never learned to read. Tormund moans as if in pain, rolling up the parchment, hanging his head low and shaking it back and forth.)

This tricksy bird, you all know, once sat on Mormont’s shoulder,

Then Jon Snow’s. And now to me he flies with what he found

in the Lord Crow’s pocket;

‘Tis his will!

Allow me to share this testament - - Which, pardon me,

I do not intend to read – for if you knew the contents herein written,

you would kneel before Jon Snow,

you would kiss dead Jon Snow’s wounds, aye.

Take a drop o’ his blood, and unroot a hank o’ his hair

– get a piece o’ Snow as a token to help you remember

the greatest Crow that ever walked the Wall.

And when, and even if you pre-plan your own funeral

and think up words to speak your legacy,

and even if you have a horse, or piece o’ armor, or golden dragons,

and even if you get it writ before you pass on –

which could be any day, for even those who pretend to be a friend

might stab you in the back.

Or, someone nearby may secretly envy you;

jealous of your fine Valyrian steel, o’ your woman, o’ your name.

As for me, I suffered jealousies o’ men who coveted my big . . .er . . . weapon. (The tricksy, bossy bird cuts off Tormund’s all-too-familiar boast, screeching in his ear from his death grip on Tormund’s shoulder.)

Mormont’s Raven: Will! Read will! Will. Read Tor Mund.

Val: We’ll hear Snow’s will! Read it, Tormund Giantsbane!

All: The will, the will! We will hear Jon Snow’s will!

(In the distance, a direwolf howls, his ear-splitting cry echoes the keening of the Old Gods who watch carefully the affairs of men through the weirnet that prides itself on a thousand and one eyes.)

Tormund: Patience, all of you. (Tormund speaks a bit softer, sighing strategically, giving the impression that the will has sucked out his spirit and left him riddled with guilt and pain).

I strongly advise you, I must not read the will.

Trust me, please. If you could see inside my mind,

you might learn the painful truth –

‘Tis a good thing you have no clue that the Bastard Jon Snow has made US

– you and me - his heirs.

O, if you ever found out what’s safely guarded in my brain,

I will tremble like a bride on her first wedding night –

so afeared of what may come of it.

O! You will be enraged! It will make you go mad!

All: Read the will; read the will; read the will.

You shall read it to us, Jon Snow’s will.

Tormund: Enough! You force me to read the will?

But, oh dear, I have talked too much.

May the Old Gods forgive me. And the Others take me.

I fear I wrong those honorable men, the Crows and queen’s men,

whose daggers stabbed Lord Snow. O – I do fear it.

Melisandre: They were the traitors: honorable men!

All: The will! The Will! What’d he leave us!

Borroq: They are villains, murderers! Read the will!

We’ll burn the traitors later. First, the will!

Tormund: You really want me to read the will?

Then come closer – make a ring around the corpse of Snow,

and let me show him that writ the will.

Move! Out of my way, Bearded Queen.

(Tormund lifts Queen in air and moves her aside. He winks at her slyly and whispers so softly she cannot tell if Tormund Thunderfist speaks or the raven bobbing drunkenly on his thick, bulging shoulder).

Tormund: I never had me a woman with a mustache.

And you have never had a man like me

with a weapon unlike any other in size and width.

Queen: O dear. [Blushes coyly] My husband’s weapon is Lightbringer.

Tormund: I never thought of lighten the way. Never got lost, myself.

But if you be liking things on fire . . . er . . .

Leathers: Get back!

Toregg: Make room for Tormund Thunderfist, most valiant!

Tormund: Watch it! Nay – do not press upon me – stand far off!

A few voices: Get Over. Back. Don’t touch me!

He said to make a ring. Get out of the pyre, Stupid.

Tormund: If any of you have held back your tears,

prepare to let them fall.

(Tormund gently removes Jon Snow’s funeral shroud, once his cloak, which Tormund shakes out dramatically; this garment is peppered with gaping holes, stained with dry, and wet blood still dripping from fabric)

You all recognize the Lord Crow’s cloak:

I recall the first time I saw Snow in these black wings

when he did fly down from the Wall

to live with the Freefolk.

Looky here – note this blood splatter,

a crusty ring around the collar:

In this place Wick Whittlestick ran his dagger through.

See this big hole? Devious Alf of Runnymudd made this tear.

Through this [Tormund looks through a large jagged opening, impressed with the reaction of horror his words has had on his attentive audience].

Bowen Marsh, who Jon Snow loved

as if he were his own beloved father, stabb’d.

Har! And as Jon Snow plucked Marsh’s cursed steel from his stomach,

Mark you how Jon Snow’s blood did follow it.

For Bowen Marsh, as you know,

was Jon Snow’s idol –[ aside - in my absence] –

Judge all o’ you and the gods how dearly

Jon Snow loved him.

Bowen Marsh’s cut was the most deepest and most hurtful o’ them all.

For when the Lord Crow did see this traitor,

whom Jon Snow loved as if he were his own long lost-beyond-the wall

Uncle Benjen, or as his now dead true-born brothers

the Young Wolf, Bran, and Rickon o’ House Stark.

Upon the vision o’ his own dear brother of the Night’s Watch

who stuck him in the gut –well-

Jon Snow dropped to his knees, his wounds smoking,

and then he toppled over, burying his face in the snow.

O, what a racket assaulted our ears as Jon Snow fell,

Him masked by snow, his cuts running boiling blood.

With him we too fell, whilst bloody traitors flourish

like weeds to strangle us.

Har! Now you weep! Do you feel pity?

O. Now I hear you sniffle and cry –

Feel o’bit of pity, you do?

These are precious drops.

Prepare, tender o’ heart, sob when you behold

Our Lord Commander Snow maimed by traitors’ daggers.

Look – Now!

Here is himself, marr’d, as you all do witness,

By traitors.

(Tormund reveals Jon’s corpse to expose a bloody spectacle. At the same time, Jon Snow’s wounds bleed anew, a thin curtain of mist rises slowly from his body.)

Random Spearwife: O! Hideous sight!

Mully: O honorable Lord Snow!

Iron Emmett: Butcher’s work!

Queen: O most bloody sight! (Queen faints)

Shireen: Is he dead? What happened to his face?

Leathers: Traitors! Villains.

PatchFace: Oh, oh, oh, no! Poor Jon Snow.

Toregg: We will be avenged!

All: Revenge! Burn! Kill! Slay! Castrate! Blind!

Let not a traitor live.

Tormund: Wait a minute! (Blows horn to call to order angry mob bent on destruction and vengeance)

Doloros Edd: Hear the Thunderfist.

Flea: We’ll hear him; we’ll follow him. We’ll die with him!

Tormund: Good friends – loyal friends – I did not speak to get you all fired up

so that you mutiny.

Them Crows who done this deed are honorable.

I am near convinced none o’ them had personal griefs with Jon Snow (eye roll):

they are too wise and loyal,

And will no doubt answer you with this reason:

“For the Watch! For the Watch!”

I am here not to win your hearts –

For I am no mummer, no twister o’ words and lies – like Bowen Marsh.

But, as most o’ you know me, a simple, blunt man

Who loved my friend; and the Ides o’ Marsh knew this well, and

they still gave me permission to speak o’ Snow.

For I lack the wit, the talent, the tricksy moves,

The speaking power to stir men’s blood.

I call it as I see it.

I will tell you a secret wish of mine own:

Take a hard look at Jon Snow’s wounds.

They look like poor, dumb mouths,

But if I could conjure a spell, I would give tongues to Jon Snow’s wounds –

And I would ask these bloody mouths to speak on my behalf –

There would be a Voice that would anger your spirits.

With mine own words and Jon Snow’s wounds talking with me –

All together we will move the stones and ice and snow to rise and mutiny!

All: We’ll mutiny?

Shireen: What’s a mutiny?

Satin: Come away, then. Come, tie up the conspirators.

Tormund: Hear me, good folk. Hear me till I finish.

(Blows horn to recall angry mob ready to rape and pillage and kill.)

Tormund: Why, friends, you are running about like chickens with your heads cut off.

You know not what you do.

You forgot the will I mentioned.

All: Most true. The will. Let’s stay to hear the will.

Tormund: Here is Jon Snow’s will, under his personal seal –

It says here –

To Tormund Thunderfist, that’s me,

Jon Snow does leave me his tricksy bird so long as I don’t eat him;

his Ghost; and his Longclaw.

To every Freefolk , and to some Crows not traitors,

he gives a golden dragon.

Shireen: A golden dragon? With wings?

Mormont’s Raven: Dragon Jon Snow. Dragon! Dragon!

Mully: Most noble Commander Crow!

Iron Emmett: We’ll revenge his death!

Random Spearwife: O woe is me. No more handsome Jon Snow!

Tormund: Patience. I’m not done!

Moreover, Jon Snow has left the Freefolk

The land he calls the Gift, on this side o’ the Wall.

He has left this boon to you,

And to your heirs forever. Land for all.

You can walk about and recreate yourselves.

Here lies Lord Commander Jon Snow! When comes such another?

Dolorus Edd: Never, Never. He is the only Jon Snow I know.

Leathers: Burn his body in holy fires –

Iron Emmett: Tie the Conspirators to stakes – and with brands of fire lit from Jon Snow’s funeral pyre, cook them!

We’ll burn their bodies justly.

Wun Wun: Fire!

Mully: Pull the bindings tighter.

Mormont’s Raven: Burn! Burn! Burn!

Melisandre: If you wish, but at great risk,

If I feed these honorable men to my flames,

The Lord of Light may cast them from the warmth of his fire.

I cannot disguise hearts made of black ice from Rh’ller

(Melisandre lights Jon Snow’s funeral pyre, and once the flames taste the King’s blood from the dagger rents, the flames shoot into the sky like rockets, then explode. Sparks of blazing color burst, sending bands of light that magically formed a bouquet of roses, turning red, then yellow, and blue. The billowing petals flashed and winked and then fell away, spent ash darkening the layer of powdery snow.)

Tormund: (an aside) Aye! I planted trouble –

which will like as not cause great damage

to these traitorous crows flapping about their Wall!

Payback! Take whatever form you will! Be off!

Har! I need a drink. All this tall talking has left me parched.

[Timebean]

The Ides of Marsh! Loved it!

[Tyrion_is_Omar]

Very unlikely prediction

twow will have the first reunion of stark's children and will be Jon and Sansa

[MamaStark]

When that horn is blown, I think it will not only call the dragons but also bring down the wall. Every plan in this story has unexpected consequences. If the wall comes down, the others will be able to cross into Westeros. Jon will wake up from a coma and find the wall gone and Nights Watch disbanded. He’ll lead an army of wildlings and northern common folk in a battle against the others. The battle will seem lost until Dany and Drogon will fly into the middle of the battlefield and rein fire on the others.

[NotSoSilentSister]

Very unlikely prediction

twow will have the first reunion of stark's children and will be Jon and Sansa

I could see it.

[qixoticneurotic]

the mountains men that are in kings landing in the epilogue will be sent to the wall. rotten bastards but fighters. tyrelll wont let cersei have the las lannisters in kings landing

[scorpionspupil]

I was gonna do this for each POV character, but it's late so here's my thoughts for Dany, will add other POV's another day.

Daenerys Targaryen: Drogon will abandon her again with the khalasar where she will have to be something she hasn't been in her life, a commoner. This will serve to humble her, get her to win over the people of the khalasar, causing a conflict with Jhago and Mago, Drogon will return and roast them (for Eroeh). She will take her new khalasar and connect with her old in the hinterlands and sweep through the threats surrounding Mereen, rescue Jhogo, Groleo (who she apologizes to for treating him so poorly), and Daario (who dies). During the battle Dany is almost killed by a Yunkish general, when Jorah saves her life and the Second Sons rally around her aswell. Attracted by the chaos Rhaegal and Viseron join the fight causing a new "field of fire". Barriston throws open the gates to Mereen welcomes her back, Hizdahr is executed for treason, the three dragons are sicked on the ships surrounding mereen. Enter Victarian; sees the dragons, has the horn blown, the dragons bend to his will, he raises Mereen and subdues everyone. Dany agrees to marry him at Pyke on the condition that no more mereenese are hurt, that the green grace is left in charge of mereen, and that her court and council goes to westeros with them and the iron fleet. the khalasar is left to her bloodriders, the unsullied are left to the green grace. Tyrion escapes his bondage aboard victarians ship, frees dany, she blows the horn, the dragons return to her power, victarian is overthrown and killed, Dany and her compatriots escape on Victarians ship and the dragons roast any pursuiters.They change course for Dragonstone, where they are confronted with a perfectly fine and fully armoured Loras Tyrell with a battlement ready for war, end book six.

[MamaStark]

Remember in the beginning of ASOIF Dany told her she didn’t care about being Drogo’s queen, that she just wanted to go home. The way I see it is the only way she’s make it to the end of the story is if she gives up her quest for the Iron Throne. I think it is her destiny to save Westeros from the others and nothing more.

[ElanaK]

Stannis sacrifices Theon to the Old Gods before besieging Winterfell.

Why would Stannis of all people make a sacrifice to the Old Gods?

[Men in their cups say...]

Brava Evita. Brava.

[TheTizer]

Bran will be in the last scene of the series.

[MarianneSnow]

The Vale - Sansa and LittleFinger will be joined by the Blackfish and a pregnet Jeyne Westerly. Sansa will meet Harry the Heir who is a complete jerk. Sansa becomes a player and gets Harry to march on Winterfell and reclaim the North for her and the Starks before she marries him. The Vale armies march and encounter a retreating Bolton-Frey army leaving the North. They capture Roose and bring him back to Winterfell. On the night when Robb's son is born, Roose Bolton is beheaded in the Godswood, by Stannis.

Winterfell - The letter was sent by Melisandre, it is a non-factor in this situation. The Manderly's turncloak on the Frey's and bring Stannis to Winterfell as a prisoner. Ramsey is to arrogent to see through this, but Roose is clever and has already left Winterfell. Ramsey and all his bastard boys are killed, Ramsey by Manderly himself. Theon provides important information in this victory. Before Sansa arrives with Roose, Davos returns with Rickon from Skagos, also with the man who saved both their lives...Aeron Greyjoy.

Skagos - Most important reason we are going to see Skagos, it was the home of Eddard Stark's Mother. We know nothing about her, but it makes perfect sense as a place to hide Rickon. We learn more about the children of the forest through Eddard's mother, who I believe is still alive. Aeron meets Davos who was sent by the Drowned God to return Rickon to Winterfell. Aeron's ultimate plan is to defeat Crow's Eye, by returning Rickon to Winterfell he can prove Theon didn't kill the two Stark boys and perchance keep Theon from dieing. With Theon not being at the kingsmoot, and perhaps a plan involving Stannis, Theon can be placed as Iron Island King after Euron is defeated. I belive Stannis will agree, only so far as to make Theon a King and then sacrifice him.

The Riverlands - Brienne is not trapping Jaime, she is testing him. She shouted sword and agreed to slay the Kingslayer. Similar to the Hound dieing, but Sandor Clegan being alive, Jaime will come with Brienne and face the fake Hound and prove that the Kingslayer is dead and that Jaime Lannister has changed. Some of the BWB are confinced, but not unCat. Jaime proves his loyalty to his oath by helping the BWB kill some Freys. I have a very strong notion that (A) unCat will sacrifice her lifeforce for Arya in the final book and ( B) There will be a interesting confrontation with between Edmure Tully's pregnet Frey wife and unCat. She might kill her brother's unborn child because it is a Frey. Once Brienne and Jaime have proven their debt to Lady unCat, they depart with Gendry and Thoros to Casterly Rock to release Edmure from his prison. Note - I believe Jaime burning Cersie's letter is the final act of the Kingslayer, he is now Jaime Lannister. On their way to Casterly Rock they hear word that Aegon is marching on King's Landing...with the Golden Company, the forces of Dorne,...and Highgarden.

Storm's End/Dorne - Arianne is going to meet Aegon and I believe she will discover he is a fake. Jon Con will have her imprisoned, but then strike a deal with her. Marry Aegon and become queen of Westeros in exchange for Dorne's support and her silance. Arianne sends word, in secret, to her father about the truth reguarding Aegon. Doran now makes one final play. He wants to crown Trystan, his son, king of Westeros by having Myrcella declared queen by dornish law. He sends word to his sand snake on the high council to have Tommen killed and they will turncloak on the Golden Company and Highgarden when they reach King's Landing. The note to the Sand Snake also says that Tommen's death must appear done by Highgarden. Tommen is killed and blamed on Highgarden.

King's Landing - Trial by combat, Robert Strong kills Lancel Lannister, champion of the faith. Trial by combat, Ser Loras of the Kingsguard, kills a knight of the faith. Both queens are proven innocent. Cersie is more paranoid then ever with Kevan and Pycell dead and now Ser Loras guarding her son. She keeps Rober Stron around Tommen at all times. She wants to have Margery killed in some kind of accident. She plots and schemes, but ultimatly fails. Tommen dies and in her grief she sides with Dorne and attempts to get Myrcella crowned Queen. I believe she will abandon all tact and have Robert Strong kill Margary and several of her handmaids. The Tyrells flee to join Aegon on his march to King's Landing. Cersie becomes so paranoid she has many in the Red Keep put to death, and puts all her faith in Dorne. I belive WOW ends with Dorne ready to turncloak as the forces of Aegon are at the city's gate.

The Wall and Beyond - The wall will fall. The Night's Watch and the Wildling's will civil war as the wights march towards the wall. John, either repaired of revived by Melisandre, becomes AA reborn, not one of the Dragons 3 heads, and heads to Winterfell with what remains of the NW and Wildlings. WOW ends with the wall falling and the wights heading south. Jon's parentage will not be revealed until a Dream for Spring. The group getting ready to battle the wights...the Vale, the North, the NW, Wildlings, and Stannis's forces. I really don't see very much happening here and it might be that this all takes place in the Proulog and Epilog. Melisandre was introduced and I believe will be the only POV at the wall. Jon Snow died in book 5 and now I believe we have a reborn King, who will not have a POV.

Meeran - Iron Fleet attacks and Meeran is defeated. Barriston knows Victorian and saves lives by yielding to the Iron fleet. The Dragon Horn blows and I believe the dragons will head to their masters. Drogan is Dany's, Viserian is Tyrion, and Rhageral is Bran. Tyrion is not a Taragren. Euron gets away and uses his black magic to try and control the other's. I believe he is a servant of the great other.

Arya - Continues her Training.

I really enjoyed reading this especially what you wrote about what happens in the Vale. Do I feel like everything is going to work out like this...not really. Do I have any ideas what is going to happen...no but this is great!

[Men in their cups say...]

Bran will be in the last scene of the series.

I've thought the same thing for a long time. He was the first POV of the series and now he has the ability to see through time and possibly live beyond a normal human lifespan.