Potential Spoilers Below
One of the things that was
never resolved IMO was the Tuatha'an and their search to find their lost song.
The Tuatha'an |
The search for their lost song was the primary
goal of the Tuatha'an by the time of the events in the series. It
has been theorized that the song might have been known to Lews
Therin Telamon and thereby to Rand Al'Thor, and it has likewise been
suggested that the Aiel could have learned the song
through the use of the pillars ter'angreal at Rhuidean. While this could potentially
be true, co-author Brandon Sanderson responded on his personal Facebook page to
the question of whether the Tuatha'an ever discovered their lost song. He
responded, "[Robert Jordan] said specifically this was something that did
not happen, at least not in the scope of the novels." (February 4th, 2013)
Lews Therin Telamon |
Aiel Warriors |
Rhuidean columns |
Rhuidean |
I have been saying all along
that A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF) is a mirror world of The Wheel of Time
(TWOT) so will we find the song in the pages of its books?
First Mirror World encountered by Rand |
AS THE FIRST
MEN established their
realms following the Pact, little troubled them save their
own feuds and wars, or so the histories tell us. It is also from these
histories that we learn of the Long Night, when a season of winter
came that lasted a generation—a generation in which children were born, grew
into adulthood, and in many cases died without ever seeing the spring. Indeed,
some of the old wives’ tales say that they never even beheld the light of day,
so complete was the winter that fell on the world. While this last may well be
no more than fancy, the fact that some cataclysm took place many thousands of
years ago seems certain. Lomas Longstrider, in his Wonders Made by Man, recounts meeting
descendants of the Rhoynar in the ruins of the festival
city of Chroyane
who have tales of a darkness that made the Rhoyne dwindle and disappear, her
waters frozen as far south as the joining of the Selhoru.
According to these tales, the return of the sun came only when a hero convinced
Mother Rhoyne’s many children—lesser
gods such as the Crab King and the Old Man of the River—to put aside
their bickering and join together to sing a secret song that brought back the day.
The Long Night |
Since everything is coming
full circle in ASOIAF will the secret song be sung giving us a glimpse into
what the song may have represented in TWOT.
Who is the third voice?
“I thought I could build, Lews
Therin murmured in his head. I was wrong. We are not builders, not you, or I, or the other one.
We are destroyers. Destroyers. Rand shivered, and scrubbed his hands
through his hair. The other one? At
times, the voice sounded sanest when it was the most mad.”
For the longest time, I kept
thinking that this was referring to either Jon Snow or Daenerys since they were the
characters who most line up with Rand. But
as I sit here thinking now it jumps out at me that the third voice is none
other than Bran;
Bran the Builder to be more
precise. Since IMO Bran is all the famous
Bran’s throughout their history and the fact that it is inevitable that the Wall
is going to come down because he has been marked by the Night
King and therefore the destroyer of his greatest
creation. Everything that he has tried
to build will get torn down because of him but he still has a chance to fix
some things before humanity itself could be destroyed.
Jon Snow |
Daenerys |
Bran |
Bran the Builder Notice that both Bran's seem to be cripple |
The Wall When will it come crumbling down? |
Bran being marked by the Night King |
Will these 2 mysteries be resolved
in ASOIAF and also tie the two series together once and for all?
Comments
encouraged. Love to hear the ideas of others. Most believe that
since I present my idea’s as “fact like” I’m not open to change my viewpoints
which is far from the truth. I simply look at the information presented
and go from there. If you can shine a light on another way of thinking
that opens the door to debate.
“On one side is R’hllor, the Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God of Flame and Shadow. Against him stands the Great Other whose name may not be spoken, the Lord of Darkness, the Soul of Ice, the God of Night and Terror.”
ReplyDelete“I thought I could build, Lews Therin murmured in his head. I was wrong. We are not builders, not you, or I, or the other one. We are destroyers. Destroyers. Rand shivered, and scrubbed his hands through his hair. The other one? At times, the voice sounded sanest when it was the most mad.”
Bran is going to be shown to be Bran the Builder and ultimately it will be him that causes the Wall, his greatest feat, to come down. So when Lew Therin say "We are not builders, not you, or I. or the other one - he is referring the the "Great Other" (i.e. Bran).