Since this is the most current thread on the show, I felt this might be the best place for other questions from prior seasons.
What is the story with Stannis’s daughter? When she’s first introduced, it looked like Stannis’s wife didn’t want him to see her (after returning from the battle for King’s Landing). I couldn’t quite make out what was going on there. I know she has some skin condition. But later he does bring her and the wife along in the surprise attack on the wildlings north of the Wall.
Yes, Stannis’s daughter has a skin condition - some kind of reptilian/scaly problem that I think is unique to Westeros. Stannis evidently brought his entire royal household with him - Queen, Princess and top aide (has he named Davos his Hand?) - with him when he came to the Wall.
If Jon is a Targaryen by Rhaegar, he’s also Dany’s nephew and the Targaryens intermarry, so he could marry Dany and be king of the Seven Kingdoms if Dany retakes the throne.
Davos is hand of King Stannis. I think ever since Stannis declared himself such. I don’t think he has the cool pendant but he refers to himself and is referred to as “hand of the king.”
Stannis’ wife has more of an issue with the daughter, than Stannis does. He treats her like…well, a daughter, lacking in utility but still his.
In my mind I can’t keep the names Tyrell and Martell straight. Every time I want to refer to Margaery, the word Martell comes out of my mouth—“no, that’s not right! What is the name again?”
The north was a separate kingdom before the seven kingdoms were united. I think Ned and Robb were direct male descendants from those kings. More important, the North accepted Robb as king.
Leaving aside that Jon looks nothing like a Targaryen, members of the Night’s watch don’t marry, it is one of the first things in their vow. Plus I think Dany is currently too happy with the fake Daario to want someone else
That’s easy–he secretly dyes his hair and once they defeat the White Walkers, peace will reign and there’s no need for the Night’s Watch. Everyone lives happily ever after.
On second thought, this is Game of Thrones where anyone can die at a moment’s notice.
I think in the best case scenario fantasy world-- once the wight walkers and the lich king or whoever the baby-toucher was (ohhh that sounds bad) are defeated and Dany ascends the throne–the Nightwatch would be disbanded and/or revamped and Jon would be released from his vow.
Is it Robert’s insignia? Or is it the insignia of the hand of the king? The Targaryens established a long tradition of rule. That suggests the possibility that something like the insignia of the hand of the king might be a unique item.
Stannis insists he is king. He says Davos is his hand. Why can’t Davos have an insignia? One can be made for him that is a hand with no fingers. I’m a little confused at why you think he can’t have one.
Often monarchical institutions have traditions of unique symbols, that’s all.
I’m not saying that that’s necessarily true in this case, but I see no reason to assume that Davos can just tell a jeweler or blacksmith to bang together a hand-looking brooch and that this would be considered the legitimate insignia of the hand of the king.
It might be the case that it is expected that he will have to wait until Stannis wins the war and he can get his hands on the actual insignia of the hand off the corpse of whoever was serving as the Lannisters’ hand.
I don’t know which one is the case, which is why I posed it as a question.
Wargs, including at least the Stark children and some Wildlings, can enter the minds of and control animals. We’ve seen Bran enter his wolf’s and Hodor’s minds, plus the Wildling that controlled the hawk. Jon and Rob clearly have/had some measure of understanding with their wolves even if they didn’t explicitly “warg” into the wolves’ minds.
It seems like some fairly blatant foreshadowing about the possibility of controlling or at least communicating with dragons instead of traditional animal training, particularly when they’re having so much trouble with the dragons right now.
It’s possible Dany is a warg or otherwise has some magical connection but just doesn’t really know it yet. It’s also possible she’ll eventually get the help of others to magically control the dragons.
It could also just be misdirection since it’s so obvious.
