Who is Azor Ahai?
Who are the heads of the dragon?
We tackle the spoiler-filled, big questions of the Game Of Thrones novels…
Warning: contains spoilers forA Song Of Ice And Fire, all the way up toA Dance With Dragons.
Martins seventh or eighth, according to recent rumours book in the series finally hits the shelves.
Some are raised by prophecies (who will be the Valonquar?
Who is Azor Ahai?
Which three characters will form the three heads of the dragon?)
and others by the structure of the series itself (who will sit the Iron Throne?
Will the Seven Kingdoms still be united by the end of the saga?).
Without further ado then, here are some of the big questions ofA Song Of Ice And Fire…
But just who is meant by the valonquar?
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Possibilities:Valonqar, we learn, is High Valyrian for little brother.
Cersei herself thinks it refers to Tyrion and thats partly why she hates him so much.
However, there is another alternative.
Unlike either Jaime or Tyrion, FrankenGregor is currently in Kings Landing, with Cersei.
Did Qyburn give him Jaimes hand, and will he use it to kill Cersei?
Compared to that, the game of thrones is a mere playground punch-up.
Possibilities:Lets start with the strongest possibility: Daenerys Targaryen.
No other character currently has as many ticks in the Could they be Azor Ahai?
evidence column as the Khaleesi.
According to prophecy, …a warrior shall draw from the fire a burning sword.
Dany pulled no sword Red Sword of Heroes from the flames, only her dragons.
Images of flaming swords abound in A Song Of Ice And Fire.
Much more likely is a character whose anticipated rebirth is yet to come: Jon Snow.
Were eighty percent Dany, twenty percent Jon at the present time.
The man looks at Daenerys and tells her There must be one more… the dragon has three heads.
But which two others?
Possibilities:Theres some debate over whether the three heads of the dragon all need to be Targaryens.
But this is far from certain.
Jon Snow, for example.
Bran could either ride a dragon (if helped up) or, more likely, warg into one.
If its someone close to Bran, Meera Reed might fit the bill.
Victarion Greyjoy is currently bent on finding and controlling the dragons, so hes clearly a possibility.
Or perhaps it will be someone else entirely, someone new that Dany finds.
Maybe Missandei will really come out of her shell.
Wed bet on:Jon Snow and Dany seem almost certain bets at this point.
Jon, Dany and Bran are by far the most likely candidates for the three heads of the dragon.
But play it they do, and here are the most likely candidates for future occupants…
Possibilities:Lets consider the blood claims.
What about the legitimate Baratheon heirs?
Stannis is Roberts rightful heir, followed by his daughter Shireen.
Now for the most likely contenders to end the series on the Iron Throne: the Targaryens.
Daenerys, Jon Snow, and Young Griff/Aegon (if the latter isnt a fake).
We should also remember that blood claims have little to do with it when armies are involved.
Victarion Greyjoy is a strong possibility, Roose Bolton and House Tyrell certainly have ambition, but who knows?
), the significance of the Iron Throne is likely to change before the books are out.
If were forced to pick one sure bet though, our moneys on Dany.
Will there still be a Seven Kingdoms by the time winter has come and gone?
Alternatively, it could become a slightly more independent state with the Seven Kingdoms, like Dorne.
Another possibility is that the lands controlled by the Iron Throne might expand rather than contracting.
Daenerys currently rules in Meereen will she simply stay there?
Perhaps more likely is the addition of lands north of the Wall.
Insert your own political comment/reading here.
Read more spoiler-filled theories about the A Song Of Ice And Fire series,here.
