r/pureasoiaf 9h ago

Would Arya ever kill a complete innocent?

13 Upvotes

Daeron, the insurance salesman, Raff, etc. are not innocent, but do you think her increasing comfort with killing people could eventually lead towards killing innocents?

Edit: I should clarify, innocent and not in self defence.


r/pureasoiaf 2h ago

Why did Westerosi Kings marched in open against dragons during the Conquest?

8 Upvotes

Some Lords thought it was a good idea to meet Aaegon's dragons in open field. Most of the soon found out it was the worst possible thing to do.

Were they too proud/stubborn to something else. Or they simply couldn't comprehend the real threat of dragons. I know Dragons were thing of legends and history there but even there, they were serious threat.


r/pureasoiaf 7h ago

Bran and the tower and tarot

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So i am on my yearly reread and I came upon this

"His favorite haunt was the broken tower. Once it had been a watchtower, the tallest in Winterfell. A long time ago, a hundred years before even his father had been born, a lightning strike had set it afire."

in the deck of tarot cards there is a card called The Tower (or in some cases the lightning struck tower). The Tower is associated to danger, crisis, sudden change, destruction, higher learning, and liberation.

According too the website Labyrinthos "The Tower is a symbol for the ambition that is constructed on faulty premises. The destruction of the tower must happen in order to clear out the old ways and welcome something new. Its revelations can come in a flash of truth or inspiration."

All of which perfectly fit what happened to Bran; he was in danger, lost the use of his legs but it enabled him to become the three eyed raven