Perhaps he’ll seek out magic in the form of Dany’s dragons, instead. The purpose of seeking out the Children was to find magic to help against the dead. Okay, he can’t check off the Children of the Forest box, since they are all dead in the show, but we can let that slide. Jon Snow is living the Azor Ahai prophecy He had a dozen companions, all of whom died.He had a sword, which ultimately froze and snapped.He sought out the Children of the Forest.In the above story - which was told to Bran by Old Nan - we learn the following things about Azor Ahai in his battle against the dead. Azor Ahai Prophecy: The Last Hero HBO’s “Game of Thrones” And the Others smelled the hot blood in him, and came silent on his trail, stalking him with packs of pale white spiders big as hounds. One by one his friends died, and his horse, and finally even his dog, and his sword froze so hard the blade snapped when he tried to use it. For years he searched, until he despaired of ever finding the children of the forest in their secret cities. He set out into the dead lands with a sword, a horse, a dog, and a dozen companions. So as cold and death filled the earth, the last hero determined to seek out the children, in the hopes that their ancient magics could win back what the armies of men had lost. Yet here and there in the fastness of the woods the children still lived in their wooden cities and hollow hills, and the faces in the trees kept watch. Now these were the days before the Andals came, and long before the women fled across the narrow sea from the cities of the Rhoyne, and the hundred kingdoms of those times were the kingdoms of the First Men, who had taken these lands from the children of the forest. In the first book, A Game of Thrones, we learn this about Azor Ahai’s story: Who is Azor Ahai?Īzor Ahai is a prophesied hero who will save the living in the Great War to come against the dead. There are many theories tied to the Azor Ahai prophecy, many of which name Jon Snow as the Prince That was Promised. Azor Ahai and The Prince That Was Promised have thus far never been mentioned in the same sentence although Melisandre has mentioned the prince that was promised and Azor Ahai interchangeably, however she tends to use the name Azor Ahai far more often.The Azor Ahai prophecy is central to the story of Game of Thrones. Azor Ahai is a major prophesied character in the books, and he’s (or she’s?) set to save the living in the fight against the dead. Some believe that Azor Ahai reborn is the same hero as The Prince That Was Promised, while others believe that is erroneous and that they come from two distinct prophecies. And that sword shall be Lightbringer, the Red Sword of Heroes, and he who clasps it shall be Azor Ahai come again, and the darkness shall flee before him." In this dread hour a warrior shall draw from the fire a burning sword. The prophecy of azor ahai reads as such, "There will come a day after a long summer when the stars bleed and the cold breath of darkness falls heavy on the world. This will occur after a long summer when an evil, cold darkness descends upon the world.It is said that wielding Lightbringer once again, Azor Ahai will stand against the Others and if he fails, the world fails with him. He drove his sword into her living heart, her soul combining with the steel of the sword, creating the mighty Lightbringer.Īccording to prophecy, in ancient books of Asshai from over five thousand years ago, Azor Ahai is to be reborn again to challenge the Others. This time, he called for his wife, Nissa Nissa, and asked her to bare her breast. The third time, with a heavy heart, for he knew beforehand what he must do to finish the blade, he worked for a hundred days and nights until it was finished. To temper it this time, he captured a lion and drove the sword into its heart, but once more the steel shattered. The second time he took fifty days and fifty nights to make the sword, even better than the first. He was not one to give up easily, so he started over. However, when he went to temper it in water, the sword broke. He labored for thirty days and thirty nights until it was done. To fight the darkness, Azor Ahai needed to forge a hero's sword. It is said that during the midst of The Long Night, Azor Ahai rose up and defeated the Others, wielding a sword of fire called Lightbringer.ĭarkness lay over the world and Azor Ahai was the hero chosen to fight against it. Azor Ahai lived approximately eight thousand years before Aegon's Landing.
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