A character i can't wait to see more of

[Wil]

...In all seriousness, the 4 characters I want to read the most about: Snow, Tyrion, Jaime (yes I know we just got a full dose of him), and Arya (ditto).

I also would like to state for the record I would most like to read about Cersei suffering horrible and mind numbing acts of torture and abuse. Okay that may be harsh, but it’s the truth…

*snow*

Hello JohnSnow, you read my mind (get out of my head!). These are my picks as well.

Add a little Benjen POV so that we can finally get all the details of what's happening beyond the wall, and a little Sansa suffering horribly to pay her back for getting her father killed, and I'd be well satisfied.

 

[sophocles]

I am also perplexed at the lack of desire to see an Eddard POV. We have all concluded that he was not truly beheaded, correct!

I must have seriously missed something if the consensus is that Eddard Stark is still Alive.

and as for my post on the thread topic ... hmm GRRM has a lot of parallels running between the current POV's .. but if I had to commit to any one character .. my vote is for the Queen of Thorns.

Now there's an interesting character.

 

[Boaz]

I want to read the most about: Snow, Tyrion, Jaime (yes I know we just got a full dose of him), and Arya (ditto).

I also would like to state for the record I would most like to read about Cersei suffering horrible and mind numbing acts of torture and abuse. quote]You know something, JohnSnow.

 

[AryaUnderfoot]

I must have seriously missed something if the consensus is that Eddard Stark is still Alive.

I think that theory is merely wishful thinking. Seriously, the author would need a reason to bring him back beyond simply the fact that he's a favorite of the fans. And there was no reason for anyone to keep him alive. Especially at this point. The Lannisters have pretty much sh** the bed when it comes to the Starks. There's nobody around who would be able to pay a ransom for Ned Stark, and they've already got their pawns in place to take over the North- the Boltons and their "Arya."
Littlefinger has no need to keep Ned alive- he's already played his part very well by releasing the information about Cersei's offspring.
Varys and Illyrio have bigger fish to fry. The Lannisters have been weakened in the eyes of the people by Ned's discovery. Other than that, he really has nothing left to offer. Except, of course, Jon's parentage. Which Ned would never divulge to anyone, even on pain of death.
He's dead, friends. I'm sorry. I just don't see an alternative.

 

[TK-421]

What if Ned came back in a "flashback" POV (either his own or as part of someone else's).

But yes, he is D-E-A-D. (although I think Sophocles wasn't really serious about this).

 

[sophocles]

I think that theory is merely wishful thinking...

Right

But yes, he is D-E-A-D. (although I think Sophocles wasn't really serious about this).

Also Right

 

[JohnSnow]

tongue, cheek, humor....

One of the earliest debates regarding aSoIaF was whether or not Eddard was still alive. Directly after the first book came out, it still seemed slightly plausible. Eddard was barely recognizable at his beheading. He was gaunt, dirty, and broken legged.

I believe after the third book, all potential of an Eddard return was unequivocally silenced.

Hey Boaz,

I don’t know any more than anyone else. But Cersei is gonna bite it!

*snow*

 

[Gazz]

I think that Coldhands is actually Howland Reed.

And a Ned flashback PoV would be amazing and better than anything else I could come up with, so you win there!

 

[Werthead]

The chances of Coldhands being Howland Reed I'd say are somewhat less than 1%. It wouldn't make much sense. OTOH, it would be a good (if surreal) Martinesque twist.

Coldhands is much more likely to be Bloodraven than anyone else, even Benjen, though Benjen is a possibility. To be honest, I think more than anything else, Coldhands is just going to turn out to be some random mystical bloke working with the Children of the Forest.

 

[Trey Greyjoy]

I like the whole Bloodraven idea....for another author though, not for GRRM. Once he crosses the line of introducing a "nigh-immortal" character I think he cheapens the experience we've had to date, and ASOIAF becomes closer to being just another fantasy series.
Just my personal opinion though.
Martin being Martin, Rhaeger could be Coldhands

 

[the smiling weirwood]

Who is Bloodraven and why would he have cold hands wandering around in the wilderness north of the wall?

 

[Funky Cthulu]

Who is Bloodraven and why would he have cold hands wandering around in the wilderness north of the wall?

Cos everything goes cold that far of the wall! Seriously, I am still a little sceptical of the Wildlings ability to live there for that long...
Bloodraven was a Targ ******* as I recall, mentioned in the Hedgeknight story who was rumoured to be a sorcerer with unnatural powers - but even at that time he would have been 70 +. But there might have been another Bloodraven - its a popular name.

 

[the smiling weirwood]

How did we come by the idea that Coldhands is Bloodraven? No offense, but where the hell did that come from?

 

[timekiller]

who the hecks bloodraven?

 

[AryaUnderfoot]

Cos everything goes cold that far of the wall! Seriously, I am still a little sceptical of the Wildlings ability to live there for that long...

Hey, if primitive peoples survived the Ice Ages and did the whole land bridge walk from Siberia to Alaska, I think the Wildlings can hack it, too.

 

[TK-421]

Cos everything goes cold that far of the wall! Seriously, I am still a little sceptical of the Wildlings ability to live there for that long...

Have you ever been to the Arctic, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, the Yukon? I have. There are people who live up there. They are mostly called Inuit. I guess in Australia, they don't get those kinds of temperatures as in the great white north. I'm not the least bit skeptical.

 

[Funky Cthulu]

Have you ever been to the Arctic, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, the Yukon? I have. There are people who live up there. They are mostly called Inuit. I guess in Australia, they don't get those kinds of temperatures as in the great white north. I'm not the least bit skeptical.

Yes, I have travelled, but I freely admit I'm not an expert. The thing is, those places have 4 seasons in a year - I understand some of those peoples mentioned were nomadic, so they could move to better places and areas after stockpiling fish and foodstuffs for the winter. If a winter in Westeros sets in and lasts for 10 years or longer, the waters there would all be frozen to a deep level - thus, no fish. Sure, they could eat shadowcats and their dogs, I suppose, and any birds they could take down. Did GRRM mention any other food sources? Been a while since I read those chapters.
Its not that I'm doubting the concept - I'm sure GRRM has done his home work, I guess what I'm trying to say is I would have liked to hear more about where the wildlings came from and how they lived - specifically, how they survived the really long winters. We probably won't hear about it, but I sometimes wonder how they'll adapt to living in Westeros. And hopefully they can give some decent advice to Jon about the Others.

 

[AryaUnderfoot]

Well, I think that may be part of the reason that many of them raided below the wall when they could.

 

[TK-421]

It's OK. King Bran will settled them in the Gift.

 

[the smiling weirwood]

NO! Death to the Wildlings!