The Signs of The Last Battle vs The Signs of The War or The Great War

Potential Spoilers Below

In The Wheel of Time (TWOT) they show the signs that will mark Tarmon Gai'don or the Last Battle. If you look at these in the light of The Game of Thrones you can see how they are very similar:

The Last Battle

According to the Prophecies of the Dragon there are certain signs that will proclaim the imminence of the Last Battle. The rebirth of the Dragon is the earliest such sign, and others include the breaking of the Aiel and their return to the Westlands and the splitting of the Aes Sedai. It is also prophesied that the Seanchan and the Dragon Reborn will come to an accord, but the Prophecies are unclear in this regard: some have the Dragon Reborn kneeling in subjugation to the Crystal Throne, others say that he will bind the Nine Moons (the sigil of the Seanchan Imperial Court) to him; it is possible these conditions are not exclusive of one another. It is also possible that Ishamael may have tampered with the Seanchan version of the prophecies, or that Seanchans turned them into propaganda themselves.

Rand, the Dragon Reborn, found born in the snow.  This is the reason I believe that Jon's last name is Snow.

Aiel warriors

Aes Sedai

Tuon; the Daughter of the Nine Moons

Tuon sitting on the Crystal Throne

However, the Prophecies specifically state that the clearest sign of the Last Battle will be the return of the dead to plague the living. Early in 1000 NE inhabitants of the Westlands, possibly the whole world, began to see images of people long dead, sometimes just individuals but sometimes entire long-destroyed cities or towns that appear and then vanish. Around this time 'ripples' in the fabric of reality were detected, suggesting that the entire Pattern could unravel if the Dark One broke free of his prison altogether.

The Patter; aka The Wheel of Time

The White Walkers lay the dead out in a pattern.  Notice that it looks like the spokes of a wheel similar to the Wheel of Time

Representation of the Dark One; To me this is the reason behind the shape of the "Fist of the First Men"

In ASOIAF it is Melisandre who mentions “The War” and describes what it means to humanity.  In the TV show they call it “The Great War”.

Melisandre

“The way the world is made. The truth is all around you, plain to behold. The night is dark and full of terrors, the day bright and beautiful and full of hope. One is black, the other white. There is ice and there is fire. Hate and love. Bitter and sweet. Male and female. Pain and pleasure. Winter and summer. Evil and good.” She took a step toward him. “Death and life. Everywhere, opposites. Everywhere, the war.”

“The war?” asked Davos.

Davos

“The war,” she affirmed. “There are two, Onion Knight. Not seven, not one, not a hundred or a thousand. Two! Do you think I crossed half the world to put yet another vain king on yet another empty throne? The war has been waged since time began, and before it is done, all men must choose where they will stand. 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.  Ours is not a choice between Baratheon and Lannister, between Greyjoy and Stark. It is death we choose, or life. Darkness, or light.” She clasped the bars of his cell with her slender white hands. The great ruby at her throat seemed to pulse with its own radiance. “So tell me, Ser Davos Seaworth, and tell me truly—does your heart burn with the shining light of R’hllor? Or is it black and cold and full of worms?” She reached through the bars and laid three fingers upon his breast, as if to feel the truth of him through flesh and wool and leather.”

In TWOT “The Eye of the World” prologue it is told to the reader that the battle between the light and the dark has gone on since the beginning of time:

Lews Therin raised his head, and the black-clad man took an involuntary step back from that gaze. “Ten years, Betrayer,” Lews Therin said softly, the soft sound of steel being bared. “Ten years your foul master has wracked the world. And now this. I will. . . .”

Lews Therin

 

“Ten years! You pitiful fool! This war has not lasted ten years, but since the beginning of time. You and I have fought a thousand battles with the turning of the Wheel, a thousand times a thousand, and we will fight until time dies and the Shadow is triumphant!” He finished in a shout, with a raised fist, and it was Lews Therin’s turn to pull back, breath catching at the glow in the Betrayer’s eyes.

The signs broken down and how they relate to the Game of Thrones:

1. The rebirth of the Dragon - this plays itself out metaphorically with the rebirth of dragons into this world (ASOIAF).  The real sign is the rebirth of the Azor Ahai.  In TWOT it was Moiraine that had searched for the Dragon Reborn for the majority of her life.  In ASOIAF it is Melisandre that has searched for a champion to defeat the darkness.

The rebirth of dragons

The rebirth of dragons

Moiraine

Jon Snow birth.  IMO his last name is Snow because in TWOT the hero Rand aka the Dragon Reborn was found born in the snow.

2. The breaking of the Aiel and their return to the Westlands - if you have been following my blog you know that I believe that the Dothraki are based upon the Aiel. Daenerys broke the Dothraki in the TV show by killing all the khals and assuming command of all the Dothraki. I believe it will play itself out a little differently in the books but the end result is the same. The Dothraki are now going to Westeros; this is the metaphorical Westlands from TWOT

Dany overthrows the khals by burning them all.  Mad Kingish??

3. The splitting of the Aes Sedai to me are the Red Priestesses of R'hllor. They are now taking sides between Jon Snow and Daenerys who are going to be key to this battle.

Team Daenerys

Kinvara.  In the books it is Benerro who takes the side of Daenerys.

Team Jon

Jon Snow

4. The Seanchan and the Dragon Reborn will come to an accord - The Seanchan are represented by Daenerys.  The Seanchan believed that they had the right to rule the Westlands because the Empire’s rulers’ ancestors hailed from there and once ruled it. 

Note: Both Daenerys and Jon Snow fit the Azor Ahai prophecy although I believe one of them will be Ishamael and it will be revealed that these two have battled each other over the millennia as the champion of the light and champion of the dark.

This simply means that Jon and Daenerys will come to an agreement to fight the White Walkers.

White Walkers

5. The Dragon Reborn kneeling in subjugation to the Crystal Throne; other say that he will bind the Nine Moons - Both came to pass in TWOT. Spoiler: I think Jon Snow is Azor Ahai.  So with that said he will pledge his support to Daenerys. Daenerys was described thusly: “She had been born on Dragonstone nine moons after their flight,”. I think Jon will give as good as he gets in this support and "bind the Nine Moons."

Daenerys at Dragonstone???

6. The clearest sign of the Last Battle will be the return of the dead to plague the living. - Can you say the Night’s King raising the dead to plague the living?

  

It was said that the finding of the Horn would be one of the indications of the arrival of the Last Battle.  In TWOT the Horn was called “The Horn of Valere” in ASOIAF it is called “The Horn of Winter or The Horn of Joramun”. Click here to read my breakdown of this.

The Horn of Valere

The Horn of Winter.  In the TV show it is found by Sam; In the books Jon finds it.

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.