Wednesday, February 10, 2016

ASOIAF: what are the top ten mysteries you're fairly confident you've solved? Top ten that have you scratching your head?--bonus



  Don't take these too seriously.....

Spoilers if you haven't read all the books:
Things which I'm either FAIRLY confident about or just want to believe
1. Jon is Rhaegar and Lyanna's son.
2. Tyrion is  a Chimera , the son of Tywin, Aerys and Joanna. This will never be revealed because...who would have the knowledge to reveal it? Unless Bran sees it or something.
3. The Sphinx that is the riddle not the riddler? Tyrion.
4. The Hooded Man in Winterfell is basically no one. Whether he's Hollis Mollen, some random Cerwyn or Theon's alter-ego is immaterial. He's served his purpose.
5. Benjen is alive and working for the Children of the Forest/Bloodravensomehow.
6. Stannis is not dead; and will survive the Battle in the Snow, though he may fake his death.
7. Big Walder killed Little Walder. And will be one of the few or the only Frey's to survive the series.
8. Jojen is paste happily residing in Bran's bowels.
9. HIzdahr is innocent. Shavepate is the Littlefinger of Meereen.
10. Dany had a miscarriage. But will never have children.
11. Aegon is fake but doesn't know it...this may not revealed.
12. Tyrek Lannister is alive and well, held by Varys.
13. Sansa's 'giant' is Littlefinger. She's gonna slay him.
14. I think STannis wrote the Pink Letter, not only to goad Jon Snow into taking on the role of cavalry but maybe also as a code to Melisandre to initiate 'Operation Kill Shireeen."(Actually I go back and forth on this between Ramsay and Stannis.)
15. Sandor Clegane is not only alive but will re-enter the story in Sansa's story arc. One of the three knights that Sansa and Littlefinger meet is, in fact, the Elder Brother of the Isle, investigating. Sandor is close.
16. Oathkeeper is Lightbringer. Gendry will reforge it after Jaime kills Brienne and then plunges it into Stoneheart's heart.
17Darkstar's blade was poisoned; Myrcella is dead; Doran Martell is telling NO ONE, not even those closes to him.0. Summer hall: Aegon was trying to hatch a dragon. Unborn babies are a crucial element in the ritual that hatches dragons. He was basically trying to sacrifice unborn Rhaegar. Dunk screwed it up, perhaps intentionally.
18. The Maesters are directly responsible for the extinction of the dragons and the extinguishing of magic from the world.
20. Faceless Man #241(aka Jaqen 'Sammy' H'ghar) is after the Dragon Book. I think he wants to KEEP THE  DRAGONS alive and Marwyn the Mage is his natural ally.Jaqen H'ghar has been hired by Euron. And Euron's goal may be to hatcch the dragon egg he claims was thrown in the sea.
24. Quaithe is connected to Marywn.
25. Marwyn's deal is that he wants to bring back a world of magic.
26. Frey's final resting place will be the belly of a wolf.
27. Arya will die but her soul will live on in Nymeria...Other Stark kids may suffer the same fate. The story may end with the pack all together. I think this would be a 'bittersweet' ending that GRRM goes on about.
Mysteries that have me stumped:
1. Was the curly-headed WEsterosi guy who died in the House of the One Faced God anyone significant? Whose death did he wish for?
2. Not sure about the valonqar. Jaime seems so uncharacteristically predictable.
3. The Prophecy. How could anybody figure that out, though?.
4. Alleras' game.
5. Doran's master plan. If he has one. I can't believe it's as involved as Preston Jacob's, but he seems to have some plan.
6. Was Shae anything more than  just a whore? A spy for Tywin or for Doran Martell or a Faceless Man...?
7. Who is the Corsair King?
8. What's Gerion's fate? Is he the Corsair King? Or the Shrouded Lord?
9. Just how injured is Loras? I quite like the idea that he's disfigured, Hound-style, but wonder if he's as badly off as the Tyrell's are making out.
10. Is Bloodraven good or bad? Or is he on the side of fire and maybe Bran will somehow buck against that?
11. What's the significance of Bran's wolf's name being Summer? What is Summer's role? Other than accompanying Bran to meet the children, like the Last Hero did with his dog?
12. I'm pretty sure Azor Ahai and the Last Hero were the same person historically.. But I'm not sure if the Prince that Was Promised is the same.Although Melisandre and Aemon seem to act like they are.
13. If Dany is a force of fire that ravages Westeros, which character represents the force of Ice that ravages Westeros and fights her? Jon Snow? Wight-Stannis? Bran-warged Hodor? Who is the blue-eyed king she sees fighting on the Trident?
14. What is the deal with Hodor?

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