So Azor Ahai, which is largely based on legend, is completely fair game. (A book-only mention of the Valonqar -“little brother”-who will kill Cersei was omitted.) The prophecy Cersei Lannister heard from fortune teller Maggy the Frog has mostly already come true. Daenerys’ trip to the House of the Undying gave her visions-and in the books they foretold multiple major events such as the Red Wedding. Bran can visit the past, present, and future through weirwood tree visions. But prophecies and visions have long had their place in Game of Thrones. The legend-and return-of Azor AhaiĮven in a world filled with White Walkers, wights, giants, children of the forest, and Daenerys Targaryen ’s dragons, an ancient hero wielding a sword on fire still stands out. īut before we speculate further about who could fulfill the prophesy, let’s take a closer look at the lore itself. Melisandre also believes that both Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen have a role to play, which eventually leads Tyrion Lannister to summon Jon to Dragonstone. “That noun has no gender in High Valyrian so the proper translation for that prophecy would be ‘The prince or princess who was promised will bring the dawn,’” Missandei explained. Daenerys initially translates “Meri kīvio dārilaros ōz maghagon kostas” as “Only the prince who was promised can bring the dawn” and notes that she’s not a prince, but Missandei gently interrupts to offer a vital note about Valyrian linguistics and translation. Game of Thrones ‘ seventh season has already offered more insight into Azor Ahai and The Prince That Was Promised, including a crucial translation note that was initially only covered in the books.ĭaenerys meets with Melisandre in the episode “Stormborn,” where they speak about the Long Night in High Valyrian. And chances are if the reincarnation of Azor Ahai is in the show, we’ve already met him or her. In the next two seasons, we might finally see it come to pass. The idea of someone stepping up against the odds is a common one in the fantasy genre, but in Game of Thrones and ASOIAF it’s not just an idea, it’s the crux of one of the story’s biggest prophecies: the rebirth of a legendary figure named Azor Ahai.
What might make the difference is the emergence of a great hero who could save them all. Who ends up on the Iron Throne is a big question, but as the White Walkers demonstrated, that throne of swords means nothing if the world is consumed by winter and the monsters that lurk in the cold. With that question out of the way until Jon (and possibly the rest of Westeros) learns about his parents, the final two seasons have time to explore even bigger mysteries. One recent Game of Thrones reveal-the satisfying confirmation that Lyanna Stark is Jon Snow’s mother -was 20 years in the making. Theories, visions, and prophecies have long been essential to Game of Thrones and the A Song of Ice and Fire book series. And now that winter has finally arrived and the great war for Westeros is about to begin, a prophecy thousands of years in the making may finally come to pass.
As much as Game of Thrones relishes in the Westeros-centric struggle for who will sit on the Iron Throne, there’s always been a much bigger fight brewing on the horizon.
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