Whats up with the Brotherhood Without Banners?
Who was that raven sent to?
And more points to ponder about the latest Game of Thrones…
Warning: contains spoilers for anyone not up-to-date withGame of Thrones season 6 episode 7, The Broken Man.
The Broken Man opened on an idyllic pastoral vision.
Men whistled while they worked, stew was cheerfully ladled out, a Septon preached pacifist repentance.
For once onGame of Thrones,something was being built instead of destroyed.
If weve learned anything from the past 50-odd episodes, its thatGame of Thronesis about the death of hope.
Goodness is despoiled, peace is made war, and innocence is burnt at the stake.
An all for naught, for the most part.
The recent history of the Seven Kingdoms is a story of thwarted plans and broken vows.
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Whats going on with the Brotherhood Without Banners?
Could another group be trying to frame the Brotherhood and damage their reputation among the common folk?
We know the Brotherhood has been causing trouble for the Frey army at Riverrun by raiding their supply lines.
And the Freys do love a massacre…
The Brotherhood formed to protect the smallfolk whose lives were destroyed by squabbling houses.
The Septons group werent fighters who preyed on the weak.
They were precisely the kind of people The Brotherhood had vowed to protect.
Could you explain it away as a religious conflict?
The Brotherhood follow The Lord of Light, and the Septons group worship the Seven.
If that were it though, youd think the group would have been burned as human sacrifices, Melisandre-style?
Those three could of course be a splinter group of murderous mavericks.
Or alternatively, something could have happened to make the Brotherhood change tack.
The sullied know whos under discussion, well say no more above the line.
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Who did Sansa write to?
Jon Snows army needs men to defeat Ramsay Bolton and take back Winterfell.
Two thousand wildlings and change from a few Northern houses isnt going to do it, Sansa fears.
To whom then, has she secretly written to request back-up?
Was it her great-uncle, the Blackfish, Brynden Tully?
Did he want Sansa to draw the Blackfish out of his hole, in service of the Lannisters?
Another option is her fellow Winterfell escapee, Theon Greyjoy.
The Iron Islands and the Starks werent allies, but they do share a common foe in Ramsay Bolton.
That raven could well have gone to him.
And if the results fall in his favor, he may well assist.
Whats Margaerys plan?
Shes also refusing to join the king in the marriage bed, no doubt another tactic to control Tommen.
Never play a player though.
Theres every chance the High Sparrow knows an act when he sees one.
Has Cersei lost?
Where is Melisandre in all this?
Could her magic come to the Stark armys aid when the battle arrives?
Will Arya survive?
Of course she will.
But like her former travelling companion, theGame of Thronesgods arent finished with Arya yet.
Who was the titular Broken Man?
As was the recently resurrected Jon Snow, and perhaps even Ser Davos, whom life hasnt treated well.
Come on, itsGame of Thrones, theyre all broken men to a one.
Is there any hope left in the Seven Kingdoms?
Violence is be a disease and its already endemic here.
Can nobody have a good day in the Seven Kingdoms (or in Essos)?
Perhaps the pairs of lovers can.
Er, any takers for that bet?
