Robb Stark – Night’s Silver Wolf King
Robb Stark will return from the grave as Night’s Silver Wolf King. Find out more on raising Robb Stark.
Quirky Seasons: It’s always summer under the sea
Long Summers and Long Nights – Extremes of Sand and Snow. tl:dr – Podcast Summary Long Nights and Long Winters? How about the reality of Long Summers and their devastating effects on the planet? Are magically induced extremes of Summer the underlying cause of seasonal irregularity in George Martin’s fantasy world? Have there […]
Quirky Seasons: Under the sea, men marry fishes
Fertility Themes, the ultimate Key to a Song of Ice and Fire The fertility of the earth is tied to the seasonal cycle, and the latter, we know, is highly irregular in George Martin’s fantasy world. Why the seasons are asynchronous remains an unsolved mystery within the story. Ice and Fire are extreme forms of […]
Three Heads has the Dragon 2 – Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things
Welcome to part II of the true significance of the three-headed dragon. In this follow-up, I share my insights on how slavery and the exploitation of the elder races facilitated the harvesting of desirable traits, discuss the pros and cons of recombining the genes of different species and look at how all this is relevant to […]
Three Heads has the Dragon 1 – The Elder Races
Child of Three: how slavery, sorcery, genetics and the Elder Races contributed to the three heads of the dragon. Discover the secret behind “the dragon has three heads.”
Signs and Portents – What does the spiral motif mean?
An analysis of the spiral motif seen in the Game of Thrones TV-Series. Learn how it’s linked to the Mother Goddess, Night’s King and the White Walkers.
Patchface and the Mermaid’s Kiss Revisited
Patchface and the Mermaid’s Kiss How did Patchface survive the shipwreck when all others on board drowned? In this updated post, I take a more comprehensive look at the smallfolk’s explanation for his survival regarding the mermaid that taught him to breathe in exchange for his seed. I believe a mermaid did intervene, but not the […]
Stark Lineage – Catelyn’s Genetic Contribution
Warging, skinchanging and greenseeing is in the blood, implying a heritable trait. Catelyn is the source of magical traits in Stark lineage, replenishing the bloodline.
Frozen Fire and the Genetic Significance of Blue Winter Roses
Several theorists have published analyses dedicated to the symbolism of blue winter roses over the years. While I subscribe to many of them (great stuff), most deal with their significance in respect of Lyanna’s presumed relationship with Rhaegar and by extension, her child Jon. I do not recall reading a theory dealing with their significance […]
The Pearl Inheritance 2 – The Fisher Queens
The Fisher Queens are Daenerys’ maternal ancestors and their heritage lives on in a number of important characters of the current age. They were the first ‘pearls’, endowed with a magical ability to weave light into the fabric of life, conferring fertility on the land and longevity on the Emperors themselves. Further, they are the source of illusional magic including glamouring and possibly skinchanging.