Sunday, August 27, 2017

And the Wall came tumbling down

Potential Spoilers Below

The Wheel of Time: The Prophecy

And it shall come to pass that what men made shall be shattered,’ ” Moiraine whispered. “ ‘The Shadow shall lie across the Pattern of the Age, and the Dark One shall once more lay his hand upon the world of man. Women shall weep and men quail as the nations of the earth are rent like rotting cloth. Neither shall anything stand nor abide.’


The Wheel of Time / The Pattern

Representation of the Dark One
The people shuffled their feet. Perrin looked questioningly at Rand.

Perrin


‘Yet one shall be born to face the Shadow,’

“Moiraine said more loudly. “ ‘Born once more as he was born before and shall be born again, time without end! The Dragon shall be Reborn, and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth at his rebirth. In sackcloth and ashes shall he clothe the people, and he shall break the world again by his coming, tearing apart all ties that bind!

“ ‘Like the unfettered dawn shall he blind us, and burn us, yet shall the Dragon Reborn confront the Shadow at the Last Battle, and his blood shall give us the Light. Let tears flow, O ye people of the world. Weep for your salvation!’ ”

Artist rendition of where the Last Battle was fought
Would you say it looks like an arrowhead?

Like I keep saying Rand – the Dragon Reborn was too large a character to be given to one character in ASOIAF so he was broken up between Jon Snow, Daenerys and now Bran.

Daenerys and Jon Snow

Bran

A Song of Ice and Fire:

And it shall come to pass that what men made shall be shattered – This is the Wall plain and simple.  Everyone knew it was coming down they have foreshadowed it:

The Wall - Eastwatch by the Sea



This is exactly what is going to happen
















But not this time!

The Shadow shall lie across the Pattern of the Age, and the Dark One shall once more lay his hand upon the world of man – This is the Night King with his Army of the Dead crossing the barrier that stood to protect the realms of me.  For those of you who have been paying attention the Hound told you that they will pass the wall because he saw it himself.

Night King

Army of the Dead




















Tormond Giantsbane is screwed







Past tense.  They are marching past the Wall






Women shall weep and men quail as the nations of the earth are rent like rotting cloth – This is the people learning the truth that has been hidden for so long

Yet one shall be born to face the Shadow – This is both Jon Snow and Daenerys who represent the Dragon Reborn in ASOIAF - When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone.





Born once more as he was born before and shall be born again, time without end! The Dragon shall be Reborn, and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth at his rebirth. In sackcloth and ashes shall he clothe the people, and he shall break the world again by his coming, tearing apart all ties that bind


Like the unfettered dawn shall he blind us, and burn us, yet shall the Dragon Reborn confront the Shadow at the Last Battle, and his blood shall give us the Light  

Doesn't this look like TWOT mountain where the Last Battle was fought?  Part of the Battle in ASOIAF has been fought here.

Same mountain before it was covered with snow
This I believe is Bran’s ultimate fate in all of this as he will give his blood to give us the Light

What it means that Bran was touched by the Night King

I have never thought Dany would live or her dragons when all was said and done.  I still feel that her and Jon will come to see things differently and they will end up on opposite sides when all is said and done. 

Why I believe Daenerys is “Breaking Bad


I believe we also have been shown Jon Snow’s path when everything is said and done:

The time has come for you to become me


Let tears flow, O ye people of the world. Weep for your salvation! – GRRM isn’t going to be as nice as Robert Jordan so with that said will the peoples of this world survive when it’s all over?

Will it really?  Read my comments in 

What it means that Bran was touched by the Night King 

It may not be the case


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.