Did you, Sam?” “heat? From the sword?” He thought back. There are no flames,īut the steel is yellow and red and orange, all flashing and glimmering, like Sword is wrong when he questions Sam about it: Sword glows as if a piece of the sun inside it as if it is sun made steel Sword comes out of the fires blackened and burnt (ASoS, Davos I) but later the On the beach of Dragonstone where Stannis pulls a burning sword from the fire Furthermore, Melisandre tries to force the issue byĮngineering events to match the prophecy, i.e. In a Doylist perspective, it is too early in the narrative to reveal the identity Reasons to believe that Melisandre is wrong about Stannis Baratheon. Visions are tricky things and it is easy to get things wrong. Gone, and Dragonstone is the place of smoke and salt. Smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone. Star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst The flames do not lie,Įlse you would not be here. I have seen him leading theįight against the dark, I have seen it in the flames.
“He is the Lord’s chosen, the warrior of fire. Melisandre believes that Stannis Baratheon is the Chosen One because she Thus, I think it is reasonable to assume that the prophecies of tPtwP andĪA are to interpreted in the same manners: as a mix of literal and symbolic They a symbolic representation of the poison that adorned Sansa’s hair. The girl is real but the serpents aren’t. However, these purple stones weren’t gems but the poisonĬalled the Strangler in its crystallized form. The poison to the wedding banquet in the form of the purple “amethysts” thatĪdorned her hairnet. So-called Purple Wedding where Joffrey is poisoned. Hair, venom dripping from their fangs.” (ASoS, Arya VIII) “I dreamt of a maid at a feast with purple serpents in her I am referring to one of the visions of the Ghost of High Heart: That GRRM gives us a clue with one of the few prophecies/visions that have come Literally or symbolically? That is indeed the question. How are they to be interpreted? Is a prophecy to be interpreted Prophecies refer to the same person, then what are the signs that mark theįrom the line of Aerys II Targaryen and Rhaella Targaryen The prophecies about The Prince that was Promised and Azor Ahai come again In the last post, I concluded that though there is room for interpretation, Solid information on the prophecy of tPtwP is especially sparse and Iīelieve that is intentional on the part of GRRM. Of the prophecies and the amount of information that the text actually gives That was Promised and Azor Ahai, paying special attention to the exact wording In my previous post, I went through the various quotes about the prophecies about The Prince
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