![]() ![]() The Hound: Sure, we like the character, but we haven’t seen anything yet to convince us that The Hound has an Azor Ahai-sized role to play in the conclusion of the story, nor does he seem to fit any of the prophecy’s most important points. The same goes for Jorah Mormont, who would be “using Dany as his Lightbringer.” Let’s discard such passive interpretations of the prophecy-they’re not going to happen. These kinds of theories are grasping at straws in order to make the characters fit the mold of the prophecy. They make huge leaps of logic, such as saying that Jon Snow as a warrior could “be Sansa’s Lightbringer”-a human version of Azor Ahai’s flaming sword, with Sansa still receiving the credit as a mastermind who directs Jon’s actions. Sansa/Arya Stark: There seems to be a desire among some theorists to engineer a way in which one of the two Stark women could be Azor Ahai, but these theories tend to revolve heavily around metaphor. “Defeating the army of the dead” is asking far too much. Ultimately, just rescuing his sister is already plenty of a quest for hapless Theon. I’ve even seen theories attempting to argue that Yara Greyjoy could somehow be Azor Ahai, but I refuse to entertain the notion that someone who has been on screen as little as she has could possibly be that important to the end of the story. He would be a truly unexpected candidate for Azor Ahai, and is attempting to set out on (yet another) reclamation quest by rescuing his sister from his uncle Euron, but we’ve seen multiple “Theon’s redemption” storylines derail without his character developing or changing much-he remains something of a coward, even now. ![]() Theon Greyjoy: Theon has the benefit of having been treated as a “main character” throughout the entire series, even when he wasn’t particularly important to the plot. Well Stannis, you murdered your daughter, but at least you tried.įirst, though, a word on some of the lesser candidates. We’ll be diving into each of them below, to see how well they fit the prophecy and GoT’s fantasy conventions. Martin’s books, perhaps, there are still some left-field options worthy of consideration, but on Game of Thrones the TV show, we would argue that there are really only five major options left: Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Jaime Lannister, Tyrion Lannister and, believe it or not, Samwell Tarly. In fact, in terms of the overall roster of characters, the show is basically a skeleton crew of what it was at one point, with entire houses having been robbed of all their major characters-see ya, Tyrells. When Game of Thrones began, it’s safe to say that there were a whole lot more potential candidates for the role of Azor Ahai. ![]() Which means we need to speculate on all of the remaining candidates who have a genuine chance to be revealed as Azor Ahai.īe aware, there’s no way to discuss these theories without copious spoilers, so read on at your own peril. The entire Azor Ahai myth could simply be a diversion and commentary upon humanity’s desire for a savior to take responsibility out of their hands.īut with that said… we’re all still pretty much expecting to see Azor Ahai made flesh, right? The legend has been built up to such an extent that anything but a real answer to the question will be deeply unsatisfying to a lot of Game of Thrones fans. Or the armies of men-our human heroes, and a few dragons for good measure-might succeed in repelling them based solely on their own, human strengths. They may conquer all of Westeros in a series of bloody tragedies. ![]() There may be no supernatural hero coming to stop The Night King and his army of White Walkers and dead men. We can’t look past the possibility that Melisandre and other proponents of the Azor Ahai legend have it all wrong. Or… it could be more or less meaningless. The identity of Azor Ahai might just be the most important single question in Game of Thrones. There’s likely no unresolved question more portentous, though, than the following: Who exactly is Azor Ahai, “The Prince That Was Promised”? This legend, which speaks of the rebirth of a mythical hero responsible for the first defeat of the White Walkers at the end of the Long Night- some 8,000 years before the events of Game of Thrones-could be central to who lives and dies in Season Eight. There are so many loose threads, revelations and grisly deaths to sort through in that half-dozen episode span that you can safely assume every single episode will be packed to the brim with portents. As we steel ourselves for the six feature-length episodes of Game of Thrones Season Eight, the anticipation has reached a fevered pitch. ![]()
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