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I read the TWOW Theon Chapter... A few things we learned... Stannis isn't dead which most of us knew. This is my theory... I was wondering how GRRM was going to get everyone to the Wall realistically to fight the Others... The rest of the Kingdoms still believe the Others are children...

Don't read this thread if you haven't read aDWD Please raise any new questions you have about anything in aDWD here, specifically ones that relate to the overall series. I'm in the middle of a very slow re-read of aDWD. I just finished the part where Rattleshirt is executed. The...

There's a sample chapter from Winds of Winter up on GRRM's web site ... ! http://georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html If you don't mind spoilers, go read then we can discuss. :D

Well, I know there are other threads covering Varys since ADWD. Still, I'm intrigued and interested in further discussion. The epilogue to ADWD certainly got me speculating: ** In the epilogue there's mention of the "bad black" cat that kills ravens. Then there's the children with the...

Favored topic of mine was always destiny of the Stark kids. And here is how I see the future of the family unfortunate enough to provoke GRRM's interest: 1. Arya - Faceless Man with the flaw (or you might say improvement) in that she never forgets who she is. Will be overpowered as is, so I...

No, no, he's not. Quite the opposite, but I'm interested to see what people have to see about this character. I've seen threads on most of the other POV characters, yet Theon seems left out. Is he absolutely despicable? Redeemable? The most steadfast and heroic character in the series?

Hey guys, I loved the first few books i read and didnt have "too" much trouble with the book prior to the latest one. But I am really struggling to get through this one. Ok maybe not a struggle as such but compared to how addicted i got to the first few...this one i am not really that...

I just remembered something I read at the end of ASOS... While Jon was sparring the guy from the other segment of the night watch... I think his name is Ebes or something, he left his body and was in a trance... He was beating up on the guy and didn't realize what he was doing. And he became...

I've been thinking a lot about Varys since the end of ADWD, esp since the epilogue of that volume told us the most we've learned about him since Arya overheard his conversation with Illyrio in AGOT. We've hinted and touched on this subject here and there, but I'd really like to dedicate a...

Specifically, I'd like to closely examine Bran III We know that GRRM has used various devices to inject prophecy, foreshadowing and backshadowing into the story. Dany's visions in the House of the Undying, Maggie the Frog, Quaithe, various dreams in various POVs, flashbacks, etc, have all...

There will be spoilers for non-readers of aDWD and The Mystery Knight. We now know that Lord Brynden Rivers, former Lord Commander of the King's Guard, former Hand to the king, and former lord Commander of the night's Watch, is the Three Eyed Crow. We know that at least by reputation...

I know this is far fetched but could Brienne be AA? Wouldn't AA being reborn as a woman really throw everyone off and GRRM love doing that... It's something about the sword Jaime gave her. Valyrian Steel is usually dark steel... But for some reason the Valyrian sword Jaime gave Brienne was...

I think Jon had to die so he could infiltrate the Other's camp as an undead. I think he will use one of the three bodies he dragged in from the woods and warg into one of them. It was some reason those three bodies didn't turn to undead... Jon will do the Others like he did the Wildlings. He...

I was just reading the "Robert Strong" thread and the speculation that Ned might be the creation that Qyburn cooked up in the basement. I don't go along with that at all, there's no evidence to support it's anyone but the Mountain. The suggestion however does bring up an interesting...

Hi all, Just got around to finishing ADWD and now feel I can return to the threads without risking reading any spoilers! I think I can quite categorically say that in my opinion Ramsay Snow is quite possibly the nastiest bad guy I can ever remember featuring in any story I've ever read. This...

I didn't see this posted but I admittedly didn't read all the threads. The question isn't weather or not he is dead, but whos body he is going to claim. We know wargs can do this via Varamyr in the prologue. What would be cool is if he claimed Arnolf Karstarks body, and paid a visit to the...

The thought occurred to me when thinking about Arya warging into the cat (when she saw that the Kindly man was attacking her). There is no reason to believe that Sansa isn't a warg. I think we have been selling her short because of the death of Lady. Admittedfy, she isn't part of the Stark...

Is Varys a member of House Targaryen? Maybe I'm mad, and the "evidence" I have is really flimsy, but just think about it: 1. He is still a targ loyalist a decade and a half since they were overthrown despite the reign of Arys being a truly vile and viscous one. 2. He has one of the...

I have almost finished A Dance with Dragons and I am really starting to get furiously curious about who Jon's parents are. I am almost 100% convinced that (despite thousands of ppl agreeing with him being a Targaryen/Stark) that Ned is in fact Jon's father. All the facts surrounding the R+L=J...

Our little girl is growing up. I'm SOOO proud :D What do you all suppose we can expect from her in TWoW? We know that the "brotherhood" that she is "wroking" for gives people the gift of death. We know that she passed her novice "test" by very cleverly killing the man she was sent to kill...