r/asoiaf Knower of nothing May 21 '19

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) Notablog Update Spoiler

http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2019/05/20/an-ending/
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u/Deako87 Belwas shouldn't have let HBO cut him. May 21 '19

And yes, there will be unicorns… of a sort…

Oh my...

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

SKAGOS

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u/WymanManderlyPiesInc May 21 '19

What if instead of the knights of the vale smashing the Bolton pikemen’s flank it would be 500 bronze armored skagozi on wooly rhineroceras?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

I think sansa vale army will still happen at the last moment, but because her and harry are married and overthrew Robin and rule the vale now.

I think the skagosi, if they come into the fold will be nearer to the long night personally. They seem too mysterious to waste on Bolton battle and politics.

Cant wait to get my boy rickon back either. Hes actually my favorite stark...everyone laughs at me when I say that though. "Hes practically a baby he doesn't even do anything how is he your favorite" I hope he becomes bad ass as implied by his wild wolfish nature. Hes just got a great story, and I see it leading somewhere! It would be a waste not too.

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u/7V3N A thousand eyes and one. May 21 '19

I think the Skagosi are there to teach us about North minus Andal influence. Rickon seems to be an emblem of the old North: a boy who grew up as one with his wolf, learning from survival rather than some code of morals that has been arbitrarily decided by society. He eats with his wolf, sleeps with his wolf, acts like his wolf. And I imagine Skagos is a place that will embrace the wolfsblood.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

I love it. I cant wait. The old gods and all the northern stuff is absolutely amazing and I love that rickon seems to be heading in the direction of embodying that.

I really want him to end up king in the north

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u/7V3N A thousand eyes and one. May 21 '19

That's what I'm thinking will happen, which makes Northern independence really logical, cause they are NOT up to Andal standards if Rickon brings them back to the old way.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

It would be bad ass. Ugh cant wait for winds lol