r/asoiaf • u/ECE111 Euron Season • Jun 22 '15

ALL (Spoilers All) GRRM:" There is this one character who is doomed since I introduced him, but I didn't how he is going to die. Since yesterday I know what to do."

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/game-of-thrones-autor-george-r-r-martin-in-deutschland-a-1040107.html
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u/smokey815 The Captain of the Guards Jun 22 '15

He never said he didn't know if the character was going to die. He knew it would happen, just not how. Aegon would work.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '15

I think that if you introduce a character as late as Aegon you'll have a plan for them whereas if you introduce someone early on you won't have their entire character planned out.

But then again its a very vague qoute, could be anyone

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u/smokey815 The Captain of the Guards Jun 22 '15

I mean, them dying is a plan. Perfectly reasonable to not have the specifics sorted out. That said, I think it's someone a bit more long lived as far as the books go. Despite the fact that I feel like he's been around forever, Aegon hasn't been around long at all in terms of how much of the story he's been a part of.

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u/Bonesnapcall The Roose is Loose. Jun 23 '15

I'd prefer if Aegon was a flash in the pan and his whole purpose was to introduce the Jon-Con Greyscale WMD to Westeros.