If you could be in Westeros at the time of the War of Five Kings

[Narkalui]

Silly, I know. And a little childish too.
But who would you be, what would you do and how would you do it?

 

[The Big Peat]

A prosperous minor noble well out of the way of all the butchery!

 

[Eversummer]

Most likely, I'd be commoner...
Beyond-the-wall, I'd prolly be another wight
In the Riverlands, abused, tortured, beheaded or burned
Same thing if I would be anywhere in Westeros

Well, I realized there were other kingdoms that still lingers on peacefully...
I'd be a fishwife in the Iron Islands or a ******* kid playing along the noble kids in the Water Gardens in Dorne.

 

[ArstenWhitebeard]

I probably would have died at the Red Wedding. Definitely would have been a northerner and probably the son of a minor lord or mountain chieftan.

so yeah... either dead at the Red wedding (if not before) or currently sitting in a snow bank with Stannis (again... probably dead)

 

[Narkalui]

And suppose, at the start of the war, you had the same knowledge of events to come that you have now...

 

[Dan Jones]

And suppose, at the start of the war, you had the same knowledge of events to come that you have now...

I think I'd bugger off to the Quiet Isle and keep my head down.

 

[Narkalui]

OK, now let's say you can also give yourself one skill or attribute which you do not possess in this reality and a piece of knowledge which you could not possess in this reality...

 

[BAYLOR]

Even though I'm in relatively good health , Im too old to be a man at arms or solider and in any case , I have zero proficiency with swords or crossbow. I look for a quite place to ride things out.

 

[Anushka Mokosh]

I'd bugger off to Pentos or Braavos asap. XD

 

[ArstenWhitebeard]

I would get myself to the Vale and hide there.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

I'd turn around and leave. Stealthily. I only read the first book.

 

[Narkalui]

So no one is going to try to prevent the Red Wedding? Or at least turn it on its head?

 

[Eversummer]

On second thought, I'd like to become one of the Faceless Men tho...and prolly train Arya. teehee XD

 

[Narkalui]

OK, not me then. What about another character from another series of books? No magicians though, because magic working differently in different worlds will render them powerless.

Druss The Legend to fight for The North
As a foot soldier he goes with Lord Bolton to fight on The Green Fork and successfully turns the tide so that The North has the cream of The Westerlands in custody. The North marches on Kingslanding... With all their hostages does Cersie dare execute Sansa? I don't know... But I don't think it's inconceivable to imagine Druss going on ahead with a few chosen men and finding the secret passage into The Red Keep and taking Kingslanding from the inside...

 

[Boaz]

The War of the Five Kings? I'd be Lommy, or Hazzea, or Kevan, or Cressen...

 

[Narkalui]

Lommy "Think So?" Greenhands? I'd be a moderately comfortable merchant in the Vale

Edit: Gods! Younger Me started this thread! Present Me is disappointed in Younger Me...

 

[Boaz]

What I'm saying is... I'd be dead already. Probably like Jon Arryn... dead before the first chapter.

 

[BAYLOR]

I would master the written language , steal a few books her and there and I would pass myself off as learned man. In the seven Kingdoms , Im pretty sure I could pull that one off or , I might even be able to land a job Court Jester but I would be one who dispenses wisdom and much as humor.

 

[BAYLOR]

What I'm saying is... I'd be dead already. Probably like Jon Arryn... dead before the first chapter.

Yes , but look who John Arryn was married to. . Marriage to Lydia must have been hell on earth . He was lucky to be out it by the first chapter.

 

[Boaz]

@BAYLOR If you've never seen The Court Jester starring Danny Kaye, do it immediately.