A hundred days and a hundred nights he labored on the third blade, and as it glowed white-hot in the sacred fires, he summoned his wife. “It was a time when darkness lay heavy on the world. The ending of the story is what is of interest in this weird Night's Queen stuff: Remember the story of the forging of Lightbringer? I suspect in the mists of time we have been slightly misled, that this story is a parable. I have a suspicion of who she was but it may sound a little silly. Fearing nothing, he chased her and caught her and loved her, though her skin was cold as ice, and when he gave his seed to her he gave his soul as well.” (A Storm of Swords, Chapter 56) The Night's Queen as fans call her appears at the Wall shortly after it is built. It was a bedtime story Old Nan used to tell Bran about the Night's King, how he was the fearless 13th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch and how one day walking atop the Wall he saw a woman “with skin as white as the moon and eyes like blue stars. I'm not sure if the female White Walker (the Night's Queen?) will appear on the show – but Bran did describe her to Meera, Jojen, and Hodor when they were on their way to the Wall. I also think Euron taunting Jaime with his betrothal to Cersei this season won't help her case if Jaime decides she is a threat to Westeros like Mad King Aerys. ![]() Cersei may even hear of the White Walkers in season 7 and pretend to listen publicly but privately tell Jaime she will not help the peasants or protect them, because it seems all she cares about is being queen and having her revenge on those she believes have wronged her. I don't think Jaime will want to do it out of hate, more because Cersei will threaten to kill thousands of people (with wildfire?) so in order to avoid a Mad King Aerys 2.0 situation Jaime will swallow his heart and kill the woman he loves. To be Azor Ahai he'd need to continue on the antihero path – and killing the woman he loves is very much a part of that Azor Ahai creation myth. Cersei is an evil woman it's true – but on the show whose scenes have entertained me the most the last 7 years? Every Lannister scene.Ī large part of why I thought Cersei's valonqar would be Jaime was because I am one of the odd fans who thinks he is Azor Ahai. I will be sad to watch this scene, both for Jaime and Cersei. Martin could write it completely differently in Winds of Winter and surprise us all. As book readers we speculated on other family's younger siblings but in the end my mind kept coming back to Jaime. I suspect Dan & Dave left the valonqar part of the prophecy out because fans would guess either Jaime or Tyrion immediately and there would be no shock value in Cersei's death. However Jaime was born after Cersei too, just by a few minutes, so technically he could be the little brother mentioned. The valonqar part of Maggy's prophecy to Cersei says: "And when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you." Later Cersei discovers the word valonqar is High Valyrian for "little brother." She hated Tyrion for killing their mother during his birth, so when she learned that part of the prophecy meant a little brother would bring about her death Cersei became completely fixated with the idea it was Tyrion. If you are a show watcher only the valonqar part of the prophecy was not spoken on the show, but the scene from A Feast For Crows where Cersei visits the woods witch Maggy the Frog was included (season 5 episode 1 "The Wars to Come"). Cersei was so blinded by her hate for Tyrion she dismissed any other possibility. ![]() ![]() Now as to what the song foreshadows: I always had a vague feeling Jaime was Cersei's valonqar. "He rode through the streets of the city / Down from his hill on high / Over the winds and the steps and the cobbles / He rode to a woman's cryįor she was his secret treasure / She was his shame and bliss / And a chain and a keep are nothing / Compared to a woman's kissįor hands of gold are always cold but a woman's hands are warm / For hands of gold are always cold but a woman's hands are warm" In the books "Hands of Gold" was a song a bard wrote to blackmail Tyrion when he was Hand of the King about his relationship with Shae – but the lyrics of the song could also be applied to Jaime's relationship with Cersei. Book songs on the show usually mean foreshadowing like the Rains of Castamere being played at the Red Wedding is the best example. First off let's start with the song foreshadowing- Ed Sheeren sang the book song "Hands of Gold" on the show in season 7 episode 1. I'd like to make some predictions for the final seasons of Game of Thrones, relating this time to Cersei's valonqar and Azor Ahai.
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