The fan reminds us that the blacksmith's father, Robert Baratheon, is part Targaryen (it's true, according to NME, "Aegon V Targaryen is Gendry’s great-great-grandfather"). Given the fact that Jon Snow's dad is Rhaegar Targaryen and how calm Dany's dragons are around him, it seems more than likely that the King in the North is going to ride a dragon at some point.īut, according to Reddit user Gendry will be the third dragon rider. But, given how Thrones usually operates, this could easily be reversed (like Jon Snow's death, The Hound's ostensible death, or Ser Jorah Mormont's seemingly deadly disease). Sure, the fact that the Night King now has an undead dragon could contradict this. the dragon has three heads," which fans took as an indication that her three dragons would eventually get one rider each. But could there be a totally different explanation for the return of Gendry? Absolutely.Īccording to Moviepilot, in Season 2, Daenerys enters the House of the Undying and has a vision in which Rhaegar Targaryen says, "There must be one more. (We know this since we see him re-forge Ned Stark's Valyrian steel blade.) So, it seems likely that he's back to forge some great Valyrian steel weapons for Jon Snow or to create dragonglass weapons. Why else introduce Genry at the very moment when Jon Snow has not only figured out that he needs dragonglass to fight the White Walkers but has a good source of the stuff, having got Dany's permission to mine it from her land?Īfter all, we know that Genry was trained by Tobho Mott, who, according to Vanity Fair, is one of the few armorers to still be trained in the lost art of forging Valyrian steel. It was pretty mysterious that we haven't had a detailed explanation of where Gendry has been for the past few years, and it seems increasingly likely that he's returned to play a vital role in future events. It's hard to blame the fans for focusing so hard on a character who enjoys relatively limited screen time. These, however, might be the exception to the rule. It's true that, for the most part, the best of the theories developed by the bright sparks on Reddit have already been regurgitated in the media. Other theories have named Arya Stark, Davos Seaworth (as a sailor and a warrior, certainly known for “salt and smoke”), Jaime Lannister (a champion swordsman in need of redemption), Robert Baratheon’s son Gendry (a blacksmith capable of re-forging Lightbringer), and most recently, Sandor “the Hound” Clegane as the Prince Who Was Promised.Given how much the internet obsesses over him, there are more than a few Gendry-related Game of Thrones fan theories that may take you buy surprise. So it may be that Daenerys Targaryen is the Azor Ahai, rebirthed in fire, and literally capable of waking “dragons from stone,” as the book’s version of the prophecy claims. Another popular school of thought says that just as with the “valonqar” prophecy about who’ll kill Cersei Lannister (covered in last week’s poll), “prince” in Westeros’ ancient language is gender-neutral. There have already been arguments that Beric Dondarrion, who the Lord of Light keeps resurrecting, and who fights with a flaming sword, has always been the true Azor Ahai. But with TV-Stannis dead and Jon Snow recently resurrected by Melisandre’s god, she’s come to believe Jon is the new Azor Ahai.īut is she right? Fans have argued a fair bit over this one, and the season 7 premiere, “Dragonstone,” rekindled the debate. In the book and on the show, the priestess Melisandre follows and assists Stannis Baratheon because she believes he’s the Prince, the chosen one of her god, the Lord of Light, and the man destined to save the Seven Kingdoms. But let’s not get too buried in the minutiae. Typically, the reborn Azor Ahai is known as the Prince Who Was Promised, although as with all things Game of Thrones, there are different interpretations some fans think the reincarnated Azor Ahai and the Prince are different prophecies. This week, we’re looking at the prophecy about Azor Ahai, a legendary Game of Thrones figure who may have saved Westeros from the previous coming of the undead White Walkers with his flaming sword Lightbringer, and theoretically will be reborn “amidst salt and smoke” to re-forge Lightbringer and save the land again. We aren’t asking what you think is going to happen on Game of Thrones, we’re asking: what do you most hope to see happen? That’s why there’s Game of Thrones Hope Chest, a new weekly poll where we put all our hopes together in one place. And yet we fans maintain hope that at least a few of the characters will reach a satisfying, well-deserved ending. It’s author and screenwriters prefer to build fan expectations, then overturn them for narrative impact - and sometimes for pure shock value. Game of Thrones has never been about giving readers or viewers what they most want.
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