Post-Feast for Crows ASoIaF predictions (open spoilers)

[ISiddiqui]

@Rubystreak

I wonder about that horn. Will Euron actually blow it if it’ll kill him? I doubt it, but doesn’t the blower have to be the one who controls the dragons? I’m a little confused. Maybe it kills the wielder unless that person is a Targaryen, which would be interesting if it revealed Jon Snow’s ancestry.

Well, I’m sure a few Targaryens who thought they were dragons may have thought they were safe ;). But I doubt it would spare them (or any other ancestors or Valyria). It may require the blower to be a true priest of R’hillor, who may have the magic to prevent being burned.

Will the Dornish embrace Dany just because they hate the Lannisters? Rhaegar was very likely unfaithful to Elia… would they hold that against the Targaryens, or do they not know about Lyanna Stark?

It seems they already have… or at least Doran already has. I think the rest of the Dorne would fall in line when Dany’s presence makes it… oh, 100% likely that war against the Reach and the Lannisters would break out.

I think this is an interesting idea. Stannis is so honor-bound that he might bend the knee to a righteous claim like Dany’s, considering that he barely seems interested in being king because he wants to rule. He’s motivated much more by pride, by feeling slighted by being passed over, so if he could find an honorable, face-saving way to back out of his claim and throw his support behind a more legitimate claim, he just might do it.

Perhaps she would offer him a place as her Hand? I guess it could happen. Being a member of the Kingsguard would mean that his “lovely” wife gets killed somehow. I think I’d enjoy reading that.

@Smeghead

Is Theon still alive? I know people have been saying he’s alive and rotting in a prison, but I was under the impression that he was killed at Winterfell, and the northmen were just claiming to have him as a hostage for their own nefarious purposes. I’d have to go back and reread that chapter.

I don’t think anyone knows what happened to Theon, but at the end of AFFC (in the people index) Theon isn’t listed in brackets, meaning he’s not confirmed dead.

[lno]

@Amok

I think it’s probably temporary. Either a punishment for killing the deserter (I forget his name) for personal reasons, or part of her training. If it’s part of her training, I’m sure it’s temporary, since the faceless men don’t normally seen to be blind (though Ayra does mention a blind acolyte somewhere in her chapters in AFfC). But if it’s a punishment, maybe it could be permenent… If what she did was considered so bad that she’s basically done at the temple, and they’re going to throw her out, well, that might be a parting gift.

Obviously Martin is willing to cripple his characters when it adds to the story, but I’m leaning towards it being a temporary condition.

I think that the mention of the blind acolyte is evidence that it’s a temporary part of her training. The acolyte in question was going from alcove to alcove, lighting the candles that had been extinguished, and determining which ones were extinguished based on the heat. Apparently it’s a method of training sensitivity to one’s environment. I wouldn’t be surprised if she goes temporarily deaf at some point in a similar fashion.

[Amok]

@Smeghead

Is Theon still alive? I know people have been saying he’s alive and rotting in a prison, but I was under the impression that he was killed at Winterfell, and the northmen were just claiming to have him as a hostage for their own nefarious purposes. I’d have to go back and reread that chapter.

It’s a bit unclear, I think. When I originally read ACoK and ASoS I assumed he had died, especially since we didn’t get him as a POV character in ASoS. But when I went back and read through ACoK again I noticed we never actually see him die in his last chapter, and Bolton claims he’s alive as a captive, so I think he’s probably alive. It’s not definite though.

[sturmhauke]

@Procyon

In Oldtown, we have the new Pate, the Sphinx, and the Mage…
What I do see happening down there is Oldtown being sacked by Ironmen and the aforementioned trio fleeing the chaos with Sam.

The Mage left at the end of that scene and was heading straight for the docks, to catch a ship east. Oldtown could still get sacked, though.

Although my hopes of someone attempting to besiege the Eryie were dashed when Littlefinger and Sansa and everyone else left for the winter, I predict that sometime before the series ends it will happen. I’ve been waiting for this since the first book.

Me too. I’ve always thought that dragons would be involved, since everyone keeps making noise about how the Vale can repel armies of pretty much any size. Either it will get lit up like Harrenhal, or Dany can just fly a bunch of troops up to the Eyrie before the Vale forces move back in after the spring thaw.

@ISiddiqui

Well, I’m sure a few Targaryens who thought they were dragons may have thought they were safe . But I doubt it would spare them (or any other ancestors or Valyria). It may require the blower to be a true priest of R’hillor, who may have the magic to prevent being burned.

Dany should be able to blow the horn without harm, although she has no need. We know that she’s immune to fire, given the way she walked straight into that bonfire to nurse her dragons. But clearly just being a Targaryen isn’t enough, or Viserys wouldn’t have died from his molten crown. It may be that one has to have Targaryen blood (or possibly that of another line of Valyrian dragonlords, if there are any) and possess whatever mystical dragon essence Dany has that Viserys lacked.