Potential Spoilers Below
“The trumpets of war shall
sound at his footsteps, the ravens feed at his voice, and he shall wear a crown
of swords. The Prophecies of the Dragon gave little hope for anything except
victory over the Dark One, and only a chance of that”
“Rand blinked, and
snatched one hand from the crown to suck on a pricked finger. Almost buried
among the laurel leaves of the crown were the sharp points of swords. How long
ago had he commanded the Tairens to sell grain to their ancient enemy, sell it
or die for refusing? He had not realized they kept on after he began preparations
to invade Illian. Maybe they feared to bring it up but they had feared to
stop, too. Maybe he had earned some right to this crown. Gingerly he set the circle
of laurel leaves on his head. Half those swords pointed up, half down. No head
would wear this crown casually or easily.”
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| Rand wearing the Crown of Swords |
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| The Crown of Swords |
“One fact, though, turned
up again and again in those tales. The Laurel Crown of Illian had been given a
new name. The Crown of Swords.”
“Her son’s
crown was fresh from the forge, and it seemed to Catelyn Stark that the weight
of it pressed heavy on Robb’s head.
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| Catelyn and Robb |
The ancient
crown of the Kings of Winter had been lost three centuries ago, yielded up to
Aegon the Conqueror when Torrhen Stark knelt in submission. What Aegon had done
with it no man could say. Lord Hoster’s smith had done his work well, and
Robb’s crown looked much as the other was said to have looked in the tales told
of the Stark kings of old; an open circlet of hammered bronze incised with the
runes of the First Men, surmounted by nine black iron spikes wrought in the
shape of longswords. Of gold and silver and gemstones, it had none; bronze and
iron were the metals of winter, dark and strong to fight against the cold.
As they waited in Riverrun’s Great Hall for the prisoner to
be brought before them, she saw Robb push back the crown so it rested upon the
thick auburn mop of his hair; moments later, he moved it forward again; later
he gave it a quarter turn, as if that might make it sit more easily on his
brow. It is no easy thing to wear a crown, Catelyn thought, watching,
especially for a boy of fifteen years"
Some will say that so what both series of books have a
crown of swords. If that were the only
thing they had in common I would say the same thing. I am just getting started and this was an
easy one to get out there. There are
plenty of other bigger similarities. I
am just building my case as to why I believe the Game of Thrones will end in a
fashion that mimics the Wheel of Time. Rome wasn't built in a day. Stay Tuned!!!
Comments
encouraged. Love to hear the idea’s 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.
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