Game of Thrones predictions: The Great Other, the Lord of Light and dragonglass… (Theory)

In game of thrones and a song of ice and fire, two divine figures have been playing as the driving force behind the end game. One of them being the most popular god in the series, (for the viewers at least) the Lord of Light, who represents the living. Other being the least discussed god in the series, the Great Other, who directly represents the white walkers. But what is the mystery behind them? Let’s find out….

R'hllor vs. The Great Other (picture credit)

 The Lord of Light and dragonglass.

The mysterious god of flame and shadow had been the most curious god in the entire series. He has also shown the most miracles. Making shadow babies, killing kings for Melisandre, reviving Beric Dondarrion 6 times, and reviving yet another person, Jon snow, halting winter so that Stannis and his army could march to Winterfell and more. And mostly all of it stems down to one thing – blood magic.

Blood magic has been previously used by the witch who Dany freed in first season to semi-revive Khal Drogo. And we have also seen Melisandre use blood magic several times. So, it can be concluded that the Lord of Light favors blood. 

Another thing that his power does is giving people visions. Melisandre saw many visions in the fire through the power of the Lord of Light. She even showed them to Stannis. But it wasn’t just limited to her. Hound saw the vision in the flames that turned out to be true. Varys heard a voice in the flames when a sacrifice quite similar to a blood sacrifice was done in his childhood. The high priest Kinvara knew about the voice that Varys heard so it’s safe to assume she saw something too.

So, clearly Lord of Light loves playing the role of a crystal ball that shows future and whatnot.

Apparently, fire lit in his name isn’t the only thing that does this.

Enters dragonglass.

Or more specifically glass candles.

Now what exactly is a glass candle? Despite its name, it is basically a twisted spherical piece of dragonglass. Twisted as in like the pointy end of a screw. It’s called a candle because it glows or burns. Yes, you heard that right, dragonglass that glows. If you are getting some Lightbringer vibes here, you are not the only one.

These glass candles emit bright light that does strange things to colors. White becomes as bright as fresh fallen snow, yellow shines like gold, reds turns to flame, and shadows become so black that they look like holes in the world. Quite fascinating.

What is even more interesting about these glass candles is that these pieces of dragonglass that look like they have fire inside them are actually capable of showing visions to people when they are glowing. Exactly like how Melisandre sees visions in flames. Not only this, they have the power to go beyond that. however these candle haven’t burnt or glowed in recent memory (recent here means before the events of game of thrones start) but it is claimed that  when the glass candles burned the sorcerers could see across mountains, seas and deserts, give men visions and dreams and communicate with one another half a world apart. 

These candles which supposedly originated from Essos were sent to Westeros as well. 4 of them to be exact. A green one and 3 black ones. All of them were sent to the citadel.  However, just like the other glass candles, they didn’t burn.

But the glass candles are burning…

This is the phrase used by Quaithe in the book when she appears to Dany at her terrace in the form of a vision. It is a good guess that Quaithe uses a glass candle to see future and visit Dany in her visions.

Xaro Xhoan Daxos, the guy who tricked Daenerys in Quarth, reports that glass candles are burning in the house of Urrathon Night-Walker(whoever he is), which hasn’t been burned in hundreds of years.

It was again reported that a glass candle is burning in the study of a man named Marwyn, which later Samwell also sees. So, it is clear that these glass candles have begun burning once again. Is it because of the birth of dragons and the supposed return of magic in the world? Or the return of white walkers? Maybe something else?

An interesting conversation takes place between Samwell and the above mentioned Marwyn. After telling Sam that the glass candles can show people visions and be used to communicate with one another miles and worlds apart, Marwyn asks Sam whether he thinks these candles are useful. Sam replies, “there would be no more use for the ravens” to which Marwyn gives his cryptic comment, “only after battles”

Before I go on, it is to be noted that Marwyn is a very educated Maester who has travelled across the world and met and learned from wizards and witches and all. His knowledge in these matters can be taken as supreme.

“Only after battles” why did he say that? He possibly meant that the candles can be used in such a way only once a battle has taken place. The use here being referred to as using the candles like phones for video calling. So, to use multiple glass candles for high magic, we supposedly need to fight a battle first? Why? Because battle results in lots and lots of blood. This suggests that glass candles require blood sacrifice before you can use them for great magic.

Now we have established that dragonglass candles can be used like how Melisandre’s flames work, for visions. They also require blood sacrifices if you want to achieve something big.

Safe bet? The power of Lord of Light is at play. His power is in those glass candles which would explain how dragonglass could kill the white walkers, cold children of the Great Other.

But wait… there’s more.

 The Great Other… and dragonglass.

There is not much known about the Great Other and we have only heard about him from red priest of R’hllor aka the Lord of Light. It is said by the red priests that there are only two gods, who are eternally at war since the beginning of time, the Lord of Light- R’hllor and the Lord of Darkness- the Great Other, the soul of ice and god of night and terror. According to Melisandre, he is the god of death and the dead are his soldiers.

Once in a vision, Melisandre sees a corpse white wooden face with a thousand red eyes and a boy with a wolf’s head beside him. She believed that they are the champions of the Great Other. This vision most likely referred to the three eyed raven aka Bloodraven and Bran. It is interesting how Melisandre thinks of them as the champions of darkness as there is an excerpt from the books where the three eyed raven suggest something similar to Bran.

There he sat, listening to the hoarse whispers of his teacher. 'Never fear the darkness, Bran.' The lord's words were accompanied by a faint rustling of wood and leaf, a slight twisting of his head. "The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.

Here, the three eyed raven tells Bran that darkness is his ally. Most curious.

Also, we know that Bran and the Bloodraven’s powers come from the Weirwood trees. Weirwood trees represent the old gods in the series and unlike many other gods, have proved that their power is real via Bran, the three eyed raven, and the children of the forest.

Another thing to note is how the first white walker or the Night King was created. The children of the forest performed some kind of ritual where they used dragonglass and the power of the old gods through a Weirwood tree to create the Night King.

Thus, it could be concluded that the white walkers are the cold children of the old gods.

Or

The Great Other is the old god.

Enters dragonglass.

The aim of the children of the forest was to get help from their god to help them protect themselves and the nature against the first men. The result was Night King. We know they chose the Weirwood tree for this because they wanted the divine help of the old gods. But why the dragonglass? 

Because dragonglass acted as some sort of catalyst. If you think carefully regarding the vision Bran had about the children of the forest creating the Night King, you will remember that a man was tied to the Weirwood tree. Then, one of the children named Leaf pressed a dragonglass dagger through the tied man’s heart as deep as it would go. Looking at the size of the dagger and the man, I couldn’t help but think that the dagger’s tip possibly went past the man’s back and into the tree. Following this, the man became the night king. I think what happened here is that the power of the Great Other entered the man through the dragonglass.

But we already established that glass candles made of dragonglass can store the power of the Lord of Light.

What does this mean? And if dragonglass created the Night King, why can it be used to kill the white walkers?

Because dragonglass is a magical stone that can absorb magic or divine power of the gods.

During the creation of the Night King, the dragonglass dagger absorbed the powers of the Great Other through the Weirwood tree and transferred it to the tied man. The terrible power of the Lord of Darkness took over the man, turning him into the very essence of the Great Other. I mean, think about it. The Night King is the very soul of ice, he brings the night, terror and winter with him and in the first episode of season 7, we see him bringing a dark storm with him as well. He checks all the things that represent the Great Other.

This is also why the Night King didn’t simply become a puppet soldier of the children. He went on to do the will of the Great Other. Bringing back nature, winter and death.


As for why dragonglass can kill the wights and the white walkers in one shot, it is exactly because of the fact dragonglass can absorb magic. When it comes in contact with a wight or white walker, the magic that is inside them gets absorbed. The undead becomes dead again and the white walkers burst into nothingness.

But, what about Valyrian steel? It also kills white walkers, right? True, and there is possibly a very good explanation for that. And it lies in the process of forging a Valyrian steel sword that no one knows. I can make 2 guesses.

1. 1)    The most common theory regarding the creation of Valyrian steel. That it’s made using dragonglass it its core. After all, dragonglass is supposed to be as sharp as Valyrian steel.

1. 2)    Valyrian steel is made using blood magic. It is rumored that Valyrian steel has been forged by using dragon fire and blood magic which ties in with the motto of House Targaryen “fire and blood”. Some people also believe that Valyrian steel needs to be fed with blood to hold the magic.

1. 3)    Actually, there is a chance both of them are true.

One last note before wrapping this up: Azor Ahai is said to have forged his legendary sword Lightbringer by plunging it in the heart of his beloved Nissa Nissa. It is said that doing so, trapped Nissa Nissa’s soul to the sword, causing it to burst into flames. If Azor Ahai used dragonglass to forge the sword, it would explain how it could have trapped Nissa Nissa’s soul. Hmm… maybe someone would have to drive a dragonglass sword into Dany’s heart to harness the fire in her and forge a new Lightbringer? Doubtful.

That’s all for now, but stay tuned as we are going to analyze the implications of this in our future blogs. Share your thoughts on this in the comments and help us provide better content. 



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GAME OF THRONES : SHOCKING REVEALS IN THE CAVE BENEATH DRAGONSTONE THAT YOU MISSED (THEORY)

Game of thrones thrives on complex characters. Many a times it becomes difficult for the viewer to decide who the bad guy is. But since season 1, there is one existence that has always been portrayed as the big bad – Night king and the white walkers.

Thousands of years ago, first men came to Westeros from Essos and inhabited it. They began cutting down trees to form establishments. However, it didn’t go well with the original inhabitants of Westeros. The children of the forest worshipped these trees and couldn’t stand by, as the first men mercilessly destroyed them. This led to an open war between the two species.

As the war dragged on, children of the forest began losing and realized that they needed a weapon against their fight with the first men. In their desperations to prevent the Weirwoods trees and their species from becoming extinct, they created the first white walker. The aim of this first white walker was to fend of humanity and save nature. But along the road, something happened and the white walkers went rogue, destroying everything in their path and bringing the long night with them. Soon they were unstoppable. Everyone believed the end of the world is evident.

Then, a hero emerged. Various legends speak of a hero that rose and defeated the Night king and the white walkers and brought dawn to the world. There are several accounts of this hero that differ from each other and after 8000 years later, all that is left of him and the long night is a myth. No one knows what actually happened or who this hero was.

But what if the people who did know what happened and who this hero was left clues about the truth? The people being the children of the forest and the first men?

In episode 4 of season 7, Jon and Daenerys descended down to the cave below Dragonstone and saw symbols and drawing made by the children of the forest during or after the long night. Most people thought that they were random symbols, whose significance we might see in future or that they were just a way to show Dany that the children of the forest and the first men fought the white walkers together. But what if there were some huge hints in this cave that we all missed at first glance?

1)    The identity of the legendary hero revealed!?

 When we saw Jon showing Dany the drawings of first men and the children of the forest, we believed it was just random drawings showing how they both joined hands. But on a closer examination, we found the shocking revelation that the identity of the hero might have been given away. And it is not what most people think.

Notice how the leftmost man is holding the weapon which is presumably a dragon glass dagger in his left hand while the other two are wielding it in their right?

Now look closely on the right hand of the left most man. See a line between the hand and the arm? And how the hand itself looks a little weird? Like a prosthetic hand has been attached to his right arm? Doesn’t it sound a lot like someone we know? In our previous blog, we showed how there are numerous hints that can be used to predict that Jamie Lannister is going to be the prophesied hero and how Azor Ahai actually means “golden hand”

Now think about it. If Azor Ahai was “golden hand” then that would mean he would have had a fake golden hand originally, right? Well this drawing of the first men proves just that. This confirms Azor Ahai reborn is in fact going to be Jamie Lannister. Check out the link to our previous post where we showed how the prophecy refers to Jamie Lannister. And now this confirms that.

Link - Jamie Lannister is the prophesied hero (THEORY)

2)    The Night King that we know is not the original Night King!?
 

When we looked at the drawing of the white walkers in the cave below Dragonstone, we were surprised to see how detailed they were. From sunken bodies to blue eyes to the detailed crown of the Night king. On second glance though, we found another detail that didn’t made sense at all.

The normal white walkers looked exactly like the ones we have seen. With some long strands of white hair and short beard and all but the Night King himself had a shocking difference from the one we have seen.

Notice the unnaturally long beard the Night king has? The Night king we have seen doesn’t have a single strand of hair on his face. Then why would the children of the forest, who went into so much detail in their drawings, make such a stupid mistake?

Because it is not a mistake and the Night king that they fought had a long beard after all. This would suggest a game changing reveal that the Night king that is bringing the long night 8000 years later is in fact someone else and not the same king who led the white walkers 8000 years ago.

This theory is also supported by the fact that in the legend it is said that the hero defeated the Night king and brought dawn to the world. If the original Night king hadn’t perished back then, the long night would not have ended. And it is also curious that the white walkers decided to start showing up after 8000 years ago.  It is also curious that the white walkers decided to show up around the time when the supposedly prophesied hero had been born. But what could this mean to the story? Who is this new night king? And why did he decide to show up now?

Stay tuned so that you wouldn’t miss it when we try to find the answer to these question in our upcoming blogs.


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GAME OF THRONES PREDICTION : JAMIE LANNISTER IS THE PROPHESIED HERO

Game of thrones is undoubtedly the greatest TV series of our time. The sheer amount of content and scale is breathtaking to say the least. From its complex characters to its branching plot, it has continually proven to be the most unique and unexpected treat.

But the greatest proof of its success is the insanely huge and dedicated fan base. There are literally a ton of theories that unbelievably make sense when you invest your time in them. Some of them are so uncanny that even the writers find it hard to surprise us now.

One of the most discussed aspects of the series among fans is the prophesied hero. Whether it is the prince that was promised, Azor Ahai reborn, the last hero, the stallion that will mount the world or the Volunqar.

While there are many contenders for this prophesied hero, some more unlikely than others(*cough* Ser Pounce *cough*), two of them are most widely believed to be the hero, namely, Jon Snow, the recently revealed son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark and Daenerys Targaryen, the mother of dragons. There is much evidence that supports this but what if they are red herring, planted to distract us from realizing the true hero? LikeJamie Lannister? Episode 4 of season 7 just gave us huge evidence that that is the case.

Throughout the series, Jamie had undoubtedly the most interesting arc. He was probably the most despised character in the beginning of the series. But he has grown into such a character that we found ourselves rooting for him rather than Dany in the recent episode, spoils of war.

But what if his arc of redemption is more important than we initially thought?

Below are my analyses as to why I think Jamie Lannister is the top contender to be the prophesied hero.

1. HIS JOURNEY FROM KINGSLAYER TO FORGING HIMSELF INTO A BETTER MAN.

Jamie Lannister had always been a morally grey character. But throughout the series, his character has started leaning more towards the light side.

He had made many morally wrong decisions in the starting of the series. But what were reasons that made him take such action? His pride, his family and his one true love.

• His pride

Jamie Lannister always prided himself in being the best swordsman in the realm. Going as far as stating that there are maybe only 3 people who may have a chance at beating him. He also shown how much his pride held him back when he let Ned Stark live because it wouldn’t have been “clean”

So when he lost his sword hand, the hand that defined him, he lost his purpose in life. In fact, he himself once stated, he would rather die than be a cripple. Later, in the bath scene at Harrenhall with Brienne, his character did a redefining turn when he confessed about king Aerys and how he felt about being the kingslayer. That day he took his first step in his journey. He shed his pride.

Interestingly, it happened in water. When he passed out after his confession and saying his name is Jamie, it can be said that he broke.

Now what was the prophecy regarding Azor Ahai and his legendary sword again?

“He labored for thirty days and thirty nights until it was done. However, when he went to temper it in water, the sword broke. He was not one to give up easily, so he started over.”

 Another point to note, there was quite a gap between when he lost his hand and then went in the hot bath. And in that unspecified gap, he “labored” quite a lot mentally.

• His family

While that event in the hot bath changed Jamie quite a lot, there were still things that were holding him back from realizing his true destiny. One of them being his family. His manipulative father Tywin, who on multiple occasions forced Jamie into doing things he did not want, his dear brother Tyrion, whom he loved and did not mind starting a war over and to some extent his children.

After returning to Kings landing, among his family, he started diverting back to his older self. But he didn’t lose himself, his oath to Catlyn, Brienne and the transformation in the hot bath kept him questioning himself. He mentally labored for quite a while again, longer than last time, until the deciding moment when Tyrion was sentenced to death. That night, he defied his father and his sister and broke Tyrion out.

In the books, Jamie confessed to Tyrion about his previous wife Tysha, who Tyrion believed was a whore, was actually not a whore but truly loved Tyrion and that Tywin had Jamie lie to him about it. Also, Tywin made his guards gang rape Tysha while Tyrion watched and made him think that Tysha was a whore who would fuck all the guards for money. This truth broke Tyrion, who was “a captured lion” at the moment. It was like Jamie had pierced a sword in his heart. Tyrion then kills Tywin which as Cersei states later on was Jamie’s fault and it was not Tyrion but Jamie who had actually killed Tywin(and hence the lion) unknowingly.

With that, Jamie cuts off his ties with his family as he loses his father and his love for his brother.

Now what was the second part of the prophecy?

“The second time he took fifty days and fifty nights to make the sword, even better than the first. To temper it this time, he captured a lion and drove the sword into its heart, but once more the steel shattered”

• His love

Now Jamie was more reformed than ever. But one last thing was holding him back. His one true love, Cersei.

Since episode one, all the evil acts that Jamie haddone were because of his love forCersei. As he himself stated in first episode “the things I do for love” and as long as Cersei is holding him back, he cannot move forward as we see when Jamie continues to follow her even after finding out about Tommen and Sept Baelor and still thinking that Cersei will build a peaceful world. Cersei is without a doubt the last obstacle in Jamie’s arc of redemption.

Now for the third part of the prophecy-

“The third time, with a heavy heart, for he knew beforehand what he must do to finish the blade, he worked for a hundred days and nights until it was finished. This time, he called for his wife, Nissa Nissa, and asked her to bare her breast.

He drove his sword into her breast, her soul combining with the steel of the sword, creating Lightbringer, while her cry of anguish and ecstasy left a crack across the face of the moon”

 Finally, Azor Ahai had to kill his love to forge Lightbringer. There is strong evidence that Cersei will die by Jamie’s hand, mainly in the volunqar prophecy which Maggy the witch made for Cersei. In this prophecy, Maggy says that Cersei will be a queen, the king will have 20 children but she will have 3 and none of them would be from the king. All of this has been proved true. Maggy further says that a younger, more beautiful queen will come and take her title. This is most likely a reference to Daenerys. Lastly, she says, her “little brother” would strangle her to death.

Cersei always believed, the little brother is Tyrion but interestingly, Jamie is also some minutes younger than her. In episode 3 of season 7, we see the queen of thorns planting doubts in Jamie’s head. Jamie’s arc is now pushing him to face the inevitable situation when Cersei will opt for an insane and destructive plan to win against Daenerys, possibly the exact same the mad king intended to use.

In season six, we see Qyburn confirming some kind of rumor for Cersei. The rumor turns out to be the fact that the mad king had wildfire hidden underneath many parts of the city. The mad king intended to burn the city to defeat Tywin’s army but Jamie killed him before that and gained the title of kingslayer.

Now Cersei is heading down the same path and Jamie will face the same situation yet again.

Another thing to note are these words that Tyrion once said to Cersei, “the day will come when you think you are happy and the joy will turn into ashes in your mouth.”

If Cersei thinks she will win by burning Dany’s army with wildfire, she would be happy. Jamie would be unable to accept this and as the volunqar prophecy goes, strangle Cersei to death and thus fulfill the final part of the prophecy regarding Azor Ahai and the Lightbringer.

2.   WHAT IS JAMIE’SLIGHTBRINGER? A POSSIBLE MISINTERPRETATION IN THE PROPHECY?

You might be thinking this right? Jamie can’t even use a sword; much less wield a legendary fire sword. But just like the other parts of the prophecy, the Lightbringer itself could possibly be metaphorical. But there this very interesting thing I found which points to something else.

Azor Ahai is the champion of lord of light. The Valyrian words for lord and light are aeksio and onos. And, the Valyrian words for gold and hand are aeksion and ondos. See how similar they sound? What if a translation error that happened somewhere throughout the centuries caused this mistake? Just like meastor Aemon once said, such things are common.  As we all know, Jamie has a golden hand. What if his hand is the Lightbringer? While it could be metaphorical, very interesting evidence suggests something else.

Remember Jojen Reed? When he was captured by the rogue men of the nights watch at Craster’s keep, Mira asked him, “When will we know it’s the end?”  And Jojen said, “You will know” or something. All the while staring at his hand, probably using his greensight. His hand was on fire.

Below are the two passages from the books that connect this to Jamie’s hand.

“His hand burned. Still, still, long after they had snuffed out the torch they’d used to sear his bloody stump, days after, he could still feel the fire lancing up his arm, and his fingers twisting in the flames, the fingers he no longer had. –ASOS, Jaime IV”

 And

“In his dreams Jaime always had two hands; one was made of gold, but it worked just like the other. –AFFC, Jaime”

What if Jojen was seeing the prophesied hero? The hand on fire could be metaphorical or it could be literal. While I think Jamie’s golden hand bursting into fire after killing Cersei is a little farfetched, it could happen.

Another evidence that i found supporting this theory is some similarities game of thrones has with Norse mythology. One could say a song of ice and fire is  inspired from it in several places.  But what does that have to do with Jamie? Jamie has similarities with the Norse god and hero called Tyr also lost his sword hand and is thus known as one handed god. In fact, Tyr once bound a wolf named Fenrir with shackles, who later tore his hand with its mouth. And as Jojen once pointed out, Bran is also a “wolf bound to earth in grey stone shackles” as a direct result of Jamie pushing him out of the window.

3.   REBORN AMIDST SALT AND SMOKE. UNDER THE BLEEDING RED STAR.

The prophecy of the chosen one further state that the hero will be reborn amidst salt and smoke. In the end of episode 4 of season 7, we see Jamie Lannister drowning in water. The water had plenty salt and Drogon made sure that there would be plenty smoke too. If Jamie lives and comes out of the Blackwater bay, he would be “reborn” amidst literal salt and smoke. Just like how rulers in iron islands do the crowning ceremony. They drown the king and the drowned god revives him. Thus the saying “what is dead may never die”

As for the bleeding red star, it could be the bleeding Drogon, or we may see something else referencing towards that in the next episode.

With this much evidence supporting him to be the prophesied hero, my bets are on Jamie Lannister. We will see how it turns out in the next episode.

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