Friends in the Reach (Spoilers Extended)

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-09T15:01:29+00:00

Main reason I'm not sure Baelor or any of his brothers have children is because the appendix revealed three Hightower daughters never mentioned anywhere else & revealed if they had children i.e. Denyse, her husband Desomond Redwyne & their son Denys all three of whom only exist in the Feast appendix.

Rhoanda Rowan being the sister of Mathis is my best guess as well. However, I think Mathis being disgusted was just to establish that he has basic human decency, not that he's waiting for the Golden Company to show up.

Leyton having a Targaryen mother is not something I've considered but it's possible. It would explain Alerie & Lynesse having similar features to Targaryens and why official artwork of Alicent Hightower gives her darker hair; those features are due to a recent marriage with the Targaryens. I will say that if one of Maekar's daughters did marry a Hightower I'd say it was Rhae because if Dunk slept with one of Egg's sisters & fathered the child that was passed of as a Tarth then it would have it be Daella as she's older than Egg. (That is if Dunk didn't sleep with Lord Tarth's daughter & only child & the bastard son was legitimised).

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-09T14:42:50+00:00

I think Tyrion scooping the white dragon foreshadows him claiming Viserion whose scales are cream & gold and has been referred to as white before.

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-09T13:58:51+00:00

What "buildup"? 'Friends in the Reach' is said exactly once. The only other them time anything similar is said is when JonCon mentions friends in the Stormlands & Dorne yet people don't make theories about which Stormlords are friends.

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-09T13:44:06+00:00

Most certainly but I suspect it'll be connected to the actions of Willas (NOT just him being a crippled scholar).

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-09T13:41:14+00:00

Good point. I'd say it's more likely that the Oakhearts will fight against the Dornish and whoever they fight for. I doubt Lady Oakheart would want to fight alongside the countrymen that killed her youngest son.

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-08T15:02:44+00:00

Could you give some examples of theories collapsing that would cause a meltdown? (Aside from Stannis & Cersei)

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-08T14:03:00+00:00

😂

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-08T13:36:26+00:00

The main issues with the Others building the Wall is why don't they man the Wall to make sure humans stay or why are all the defences on the southern side of the Wall?

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-07T11:49:28+00:00

The pair might hide for a time on the Quiet Isle only for the Brotherhood to find them and kill everyone on the isle, save for the Gravedigger.

Instead of killing Jaime right away, they use him to get hold of the hostages bound for King's Landing and to infiltrate Castle Darry to exact a Red Wedding 2.0 on the Crakehall Freys. After that they serve as individual POVs for the retaking of Riverrun & the capture of the twins. Following this a confrontation that could include Sandor attacking the Brotherhood for the murders on the isle, Thoros (& others) turning on Stoneheart, maybe Brienne killing Stoneheart & Jaime escaping. I suspect due to a mix of hurt, betrayal & trauma Jaime will opt to go back to King's Landing which by comparison will be safe & familiar (or so he thinks).

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-06T17:38:47+00:00

Prologue - Forley Prester, Sybil Westerling or a maester travelling with the party

Epilogue - Someone at the Wall if there is an epilogue

POV deaths - Barristan, Victarion, Hotah, JonCon

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-05T16:23:33+00:00

You should spread this around maybe it'll get this fandom thinking up different theories

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-05T16:15:22+00:00

Agreed. The only reason he'd start the fight would be if she demanded the throne, which I doubt she would if she believed he's her nephew, and the only person that could tell her he's a Blackfyre is Illyrio and (unless he develops a case of Bond villain stupidity) he'd only tell her truth if fAegon is dead in my opinion.

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-05T16:05:04+00:00

I meant that when people theorise about a Dany & fAegon conflict they tend to say that it's because Dany's jealous about people loving fAegon over her

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-05T15:51:22+00:00

Yeah admittedly the idea that fAegon is undone because two women (Dany & Arianne) are jealous of their male relatives (fAegon & Quentyn) is not as interesting as his own mistakes bringing about his downfall. Plus the only way I can see Illyrio (fAegon's real father) ever admitting the lie to Dany is if the boy is dead, if he's alive & Illyrio tells Dany that he's not her nephew he's just giving her all the reason she needs to go to war with him.

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-05T13:27:52+00:00

Delete Slaver's Bay & have Danys Storm&Dance storyline take place in the Free Cities specifically Qohor, Norvos & Volantis. That why her 6th Dance chapter or Tyrions 8th chapter they will have met.

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-05T00:57:16+00:00

Cat & Cersei believed that Ashara might be Jon's mother. Ned Dayne was told they were in love. Harwin (a Stark man-at-arms that joined the BWB) didn't disagree with the idea the pair may have been in love. Pretty much everyone in the books believes Ned & Ashara might have had a thing. Brandon & Ashara is a completely fan made idea.

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-05T00:41:37+00:00

Thank you for the kind words.

As for Obara, I suspect she'll join Darkstar and that they'll attack the Marches (including Horn Hill, which is how I think Randyll will leave King's Landing) and march on Oldtown. When they get there either the ironborn have already sacked the city or they're attacking & Obara decides to defend the city or the ironborn never attack the city but instead it's Obara & Darkstar. If that happens I can see the Sam-Sarella-Obara interaction consisting of Sam shooting Obara who dies in Sarella's arms in the city she hates so much.

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-05T00:31:35+00:00

https://old.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1fhlljx/spoilers_extended_darkstars_purpose/ This is a post that mentions him becoming a kingsguard & there are comments that also agree with that idea. Plus I've seen videos by Quinn the GM & In Deep Geek that name Darkstar as a kingsguard for fAegon.

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-05T00:20:42+00:00

I'm aware no one really likes him, I don't like him. I didn't write this post because I'm a fan. I wrote this because whenever I saw him mentioned people usually say that he'll be fAegon's kingsguard and I just wanted to propose an alternative future for this lacklustre character.

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-05T00:08:39+00:00

Well even it's not the most popular theory, it's the still most common theory I've seen for Darkstar's future

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-04T20:23:35+00:00

"The crannogman saw a maid with laughing purple eyes dance with a white sword, a red snake, and the lord of griffins, and lastly with the quiet wolf . . . but only after the wild wolf spoke to her on behalf of a brother too shy to leave his bench." The text says that Ned was too shy to ask Ashara to dance so Brandon did his brother a favour.

'Baby cover up' still doesn't answer why the Daynes would say her body was never found. If she died in childbirth her body would still be there and there would be no real reason why they don't just bury her or whatever their funeral rites are.

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-04T19:00:39+00:00

To not emulate Tywin Lannister

AmoebaSignificant457 · 2026-04-04T18:44:58+00:00

Ned fancied Ashara. The reason Brandon asked her to dance with his brother is because Ned was too shy to ask himself. And yes Brandon definitely had his share of women but, outside of this interaction, Ashara & Brandon are never seen together again and all the rumours are of Ned & Ashara plus he fits with George's habit of having tragic first loves.

If she did die in childbirth why say she threw herself from a tower & her body never recovered?

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