Lady Sansa Lannister

[Boaz]

Raven, thanks for the reminders of the Whents and the Hornwoods. One more thought on the wife's inheritance concept... what about Dalla, Mance's wife? Isn't Stannis trying to get someone to inherit as King of the North just by marrying her? Now going back to the female blood inheritors Dany, Arianne, and Asha... to some degree this explains male interest in them, but like you said they inherit on blood not marriage.

I agree the Casterly Rock angle is slim to begin with, but I like the very thought of trying to look at Sansa in a different light. But just thinking along these lines brings me to the thought that this angle could be played by more people than Sansa. And here's where I delve into the realm of crackpotism...

What about Tysha? Where is she? Was she really a crofter's daughter? What if she was a Sand Snake sent by Oberyn to try to undermine the Lannisters?

Or think about the Sparrows... what if the High Septon forged a document that declares that Cersei secretly married some knight of the Warrior's Sons (the newly reinstated knightly order of the Faith) and proclaims this holy knight as the new lord of Casterly Rock and Warden of the West? I think Cersei might sign anything to get out of jail, she'd think she could reverse the document after she's freed.

Still, a very interesting tangent, Kiwi.

Agreed.

 

[Raven]

Raven, thanks for the reminders of the Whents and the Hornwoods. One more thought on the wife's inheritance concept... what about Dalla, Mance's wife? Isn't Stannis trying to get someone to inherit as King of the North just by marrying her?

No, I think you're confused there. Dalla is dead. Stannis wanted Jon to marry Val. Val is Dalla's sister, so in one sense this case is even more interesting, because it suggests an 'inheritance' of sorts through the marriage line.

But this had nothing to do with holding or inheriting lands: it had to do with winning political support and legitimacy among the wildlings who would be Jon's subjects as the putative Lord of Winterfell. So here we have an example of a relation by marriage being used to confer legitimacy.

But again, Val was highly visible and popular among the wildlings, where no-one in the West has much idea who Sansa is or has much love for her if they do. So while it's possible Sansa could fill a similar role, it wouldn't be nearly as effective.

What about Tysha? Where is she? Was she really a crofter's daughter? What if she was a Sand Snake sent by Oberyn to try to undermine the Lannisters?

I think any sign of Dornish blood in a woman supposed to be a Westerlands peasant would have been commented on, and the whole thing took place fifteen years or so ago, so I doubt it. Besides, it's too complex, with all the layers of lies about her identity piling on top of one another, and there are no hints about it anywhere. Doesn't fit GRRM's style, really.

Or think about the Sparrows... what if the High Septon forged a document that declares that Cersei secretly married some knight of the Warrior's Sons (the newly reinstated knightly order of the Faith) and proclaims this holy knight as the new lord of Casterly Rock and Warden of the West? I think Cersei might sign anything to get out of jail, she'd think she could reverse the document after she's freed.

For that matter, the High Septon (being, well, a Septon ) could simply actually marry her to such a knight as the price of her freedom...

 

[TK-421]

For that matter, the High Septon (being, well, a Septon ) could simply actually marry her to such a knight as the price of her freedom...

Lancel in his new found piety would be a good catch. She's already bedded him anyways. Moon Boy would be high on my list as well...

 

[Boaz]

No, I think you're confused there.

Well, this sums up most of my theories.