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[[File:Morgaine le Fee Rhaego TargaryenIIII.jpg|400px|right|thumb|''[[Daenerys Targaryen|Dany]] knew how it went [[Stallion Who Mounts the World|with prophecies]]. They were made of words, and words were wind.''{{Ref|adwd|23}} © Morgainelefee.]]
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[[File:Morgaine le Fee Rhaego TargaryenIIII.jpg|400px|right|thumb|''[[Daenerys Targaryen|Dany]] knew how it went [[Stallion Who Mounts the World|with prophecies]]. They were made of words, and words were wind.''{{Ref|ADWD|23}} © Morgainelefee.]]
  
'''Prophecies, visions and dreams''' which may deal with the past, the present or the future play an important part in [[A Song of Ice and Fire]].
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'''Prophecies, visions and prophetic dreams''' are featured prominently in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. They may deal with either the past, the present, or the future.
  
==Before the Doom==
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==Types of prophetic dreams==
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The wise men of the [[children of the forest]] were called greenseers, and their powers included having the [[greensight]]: the ability to have prophetic dreams.{{Ref|ACOK|28}} They were marked with eyes "as red as blood, or green as the moss on a tree in the heart of the forest".{{Ref|ADWD|34}} Beside the children's wise men, at least one [[crannogman]], [[Jojen Reed]], and one [[northman]], [[Bran Stark]], is known to have the greensight.{{Ref|ACOK|28}}{{Ref|ADWD|34}}
  
===Daenys Targaryen===
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Some members of [[House Targaryen]], as well as [[House Blackfyre]], are known to have [[dragon dreams]].{{Ref|TMK}}
[[Daenys Targaryen]], called "Daenys the Dreamer", was the daughter of Lord [[Aenar Targaryen]], the ancestor of [[House Targaryen]]. Daenys is reputed to have had a gift of prophecy that she wrote down in the legendary book ''[[Signs and Portents]]''.{{Ref|AFFC|11}}  It is believed that such precognition was of the [[Doom of Valyria]] 12 years before it happened, making possible the flight of the Targaryens to [[Dragonstone]] with five [[dragon]]s.{{Ref|TWOIAF}}
 
  
==After the Conquest==
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==History==
===Daeron Targaryen===
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===Ancient prophecy===
Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron Targaryen]] is one of the characters in ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'', the first and earliest of the [[Dunk and Egg]] tales.
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====Azor Ahai====
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According to prophecy as written down in ancient books of [[Asshai]]{{Ref|ACOK|10}} from over five thousand years ago, the legendary hero [[Azor Ahai]] is to be reborn again as a champion sent by [[R'hllor]].{{Ref|ADWD|10}} The prophecy claims that Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt,{{Ref|ASOS|25}}{{Ref|ADWD|22}} to wake [[dragon]]s out of stone.{{Ref|ADWD|49}} This will occur after a long summer when an evil, cold darkness descends upon the world{{Ref|ACOK|10}} and the red star bleeds.{{Ref|ASOS|25}} It is said that wielding Lightbringer once again, Azor Ahai will stand against the [[Others]],{{Ref|ACOK|10}} and deliver the world from darkness.{{Ref|ADWD|27}}
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The [[red priest]]ess [[Melisandre]] used the name Azor Ahai and the term "[[the prince that was promised]]"{{Ref|ASOS|54}} interchangeably, although she tends to use the name Azor Ahai far more often.
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===Century of Blood===
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====Daenys Targaryen====
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[[Daenys Targaryen]], also called "Daenys the Dreamer", was the daughter of Lord [[Aenar Targaryen]] of [[Dragonstone]]. Daenys is reputed to have had a gift of prophecy; She wrote the book ''[[Signs and Portents]]'' in which she detailed her visions.{{Ref|AFFC|11}} Aenar and his family survived the [[Doom of Valyria]] because they sold all of their holdings and belongings twelve years before the Doom and left Valyria, moving instead to the [[Dragonstone (island)|island of Dragonstone]] where they claimed the [[Dragonstone|castle by the same name]]. It is believed by scholars that Aenar's decision to relocate his family was based on one of Daenys's visions, in which she predicted the Doom.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
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===Aegon's Conquest===
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====Aegon the Conqueror====
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At some point, Lord [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] of [[Dragonstone]] had a [[dragon dream]] that contributed to his decision to conquer the [[Seven Kingdoms]].<ref>[https://screenrant.com/house-dragon-aegon-dream-george-rr-martin/ Screenrant: Aegon's White Walkers Dream In House Of The Dragon Came From GRRM]</ref>
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====High Septon====
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During the [[Aegon's Conquest|Conquest]] of [[Aegon I Targaryen]], the [[High Septon (Aegon's Conquest)|High Septon]] of [[Oldtown]] locked himself within the [[Starry Sept]]. He prayed for seven days and nights, and took only bread and water for nourishment. When he emerged from the sept seven days later, he announced that the [[Faith of the Seven]] would not oppose Aegon and his sisters, [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]]. The High Septon stated that the [[Crone (the Seven)|Crone]] had show him that, if Oldtown were to take up arms against the Targaryens, the city would burn and be destroyed. After hearing this prophecy, Lord [[Manfred Hightower (Aegon's Conquest)|Manfred Hightower]] refused to march out with his strength, and even opened his gates to Aegon at Aegon's approach. The city was subsequently spared.{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
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===After Aegon's Conquest===
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====Children of Maekar I Targaryen====
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King [[Maekar I Targaryen]] had six children with his wife, Lady [[Dyanna Dayne]]: [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron]], [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion]], [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]], [[Daella Targaryen (daughter of Maekar I)|Daella]], [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon]], and [[Rhae Targaryen|Rhae]]. Of these six, at least one son was known to have had prophetic dreams,{{Ref|THK}} although all four brothers might have had the ability.{{Ref|AFFC|35}}
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Prince Daeron claimed to consistently dream of events that indeed came to pass. In {{Date|209}}, he confronted Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] before he was to battle Duncan with his father and brother in a [[trial of seven]], and claimed that "''I dreamed of you and a dead dragon, you see. A great beast, huge, with wings so large they could cover this meadow. It had fallen on top of you, but you were alive and the dragon was dead.''" Daeron, considering the possibility that this dream was a prediction of his own death, feared Duncan for it and promised to stay on the ground if struck down during the trial.{{Ref|THK}} While Daeron, Aerion, and Maekar survived the trial, Daeron's dream came true when Maekar's brother [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor]], who had fought on Duncan's side, removed his helm following the battle and revealed parts of his skull missing due to a blow given to him during the battle. As in Daeron's dream ("''[the dragon] had fallen on top of you''"), Baelor (the dragon) towered over Duncan and fell down, with the hedge knight catching him.{{Ref|THK}}
  
Living about ninety years before the events of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'', the prince claimed to have prophetic dreams that consistently became true.  Those dreams include foresights about the events resulting from the [[trial of seven]] after the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] that seem to have been fulfilled during ''The Hedge Knight''.{{Ref|THK}}
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According to Daeron's brother Aemon, all four brothers dreamt of dragons one time or another.
  
Daeron also prophesied that the dragons would someday return, which was confirmed by an independent prediction found by King [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]].{{Ref|TMK}}
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{{Quote|"The last dragon died before you were born," said Sam. "How could you remember them?" <br>"I see them in my dreams, Sam. I see a red star bleeding in the sky. I still remember red. I see their shadows on the snow, hear the crack of leathern wings, feel their hot breath. My brothers dreamed of dragons too, and the dreams killed them, every one."{{Ref|AFFC|35}}}}
  
===Daemon II Blackfyre===
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Although Daeron died from a pox caught from a [[prostitute|whore]],{{Ref|ACOK|6}} his dreams have been implied<ref group="N">"Never you mind that one, ser. All he does is drink and talk about his dreams."</ref> to have influenced his life-style{{Ref|THK}} (e.g., [[alcoholism]]). His brother Aerion died after drinking a cup of [[wildfire]], believing that doing so would transform him into a dragon,{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}} while the youngest sibling Aegon died in a [[Tragedy at Summerhall|fire]] at [[Summerhall]] which Maester [[Yandel]] has linked to Aegon's dream of having dragons fly over Westeros once again.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}
Similarly, the third Dunk and Egg tale, ''[[The Mystery Knight]]'', features Ser [[Daemon II Blackfyre|John the Fiddler]], an alias of young Daemon Blackfyre the Second, who likewise has prophetic dreams that he claims to be completely reliable; his behavior makes it apparent that he fully believes his claims, but ultimately his dreams end up being very symbolic, much like Daeron's. Such dreams included the death of his elder brothers, [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]] and [[Aegon Blackfyre|Aegon]] during the first [[Blackfyre Rebellion]] at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field|Redgrass Field]]; the future membership of [[Dunk|Ser Duncan the Tall]] in the [[Kingsguard]]; and the hatching of a dragon's egg at a white castle that he believes to be [[House Butterwell]]'s [[Whitewalls]].{{Ref|TMK}}
 
  
While Daemon was correct about the deaths of both his brothers, and would later turn out to have been right about the entry of Ser Duncan the Tall in the Kingsguard, his interpretation of the dragon's egg hatching at a white castle would turn out to be false. Where Daemon believed that an actual egg would hatch, Lord [[Brynden Rivers]] would point out that it was a Targaryen, namely Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon]], under the alias of Egg, who "hatched" at Whitewalls, and not the actual dragons egg that had been present at the castle.{{Ref|TMK}}
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Although Aegon's dreams of dragons might not have been prophetic, Daeron at least is known to have dreamed that one day the [[dragon]]s, who at the time had been extinct for almost sixty years, would someday return.{{Ref|TMK}} King [[Aerys I Targaryen]] read a prophecy stating the same thing.{{Ref|TMK}} Although Daeron did not live to see it, nearly a hundred and fifty years after the death of the [[last dragon]], three [[dragon eggs]] were hatched in the [[Dothraki Sea]] by [[Daenerys Targaryen]].{{Ref|AGOT|72}} Aemon's believe that dreaming of dragons is what killed his brothers offer the possibility that Aerion, Aegon, or both, might have had a prophetic dream.{{Ref|AFFC|35}}
  
==A Song of Ice and Fire==
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====House Blackfyre====
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[[Daemon II Blackfyre]], the third-born son of [[Daemon I Blackfyre]], had prophetic dreams that he considered to be completely reliable. He predicted the deaths of his two older brothers, [[Aegon Blackfyre|Aegon]] and [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]], in his dreams, although they did not believe him. He further dreamt about the future membership of Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] in the [[Kingsguard]], and the hatching of a [[dragon's egg]] at a white castle that he believed to be [[House Butterwell]]'s [[Whitewalls]].{{Ref|TMK}}
  
===Bran Stark===
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Although Daemon was correct about his brothers, who both died during the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]] at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field|Redgrass Field]], and about Duncan becoming a [[knight]] of the Kingsguard later in life, his interpretation of the hatching of a dragon's egg at Whitewalls was false. Daemon had been convinced that his dream meant that an actual egg would hatch, and thus expected to soon have a real dragon. Lord [[Brynden Rivers]], however, offered a different interpretation, stating that the dream referred to Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], who had accompanied Ser Duncan the Tall to Whitewalls disguised as the squire Egg and who had taken out a ring with his father's sigil on it when troubles began, thereby announcing his identity.{{Ref|TMK}}
[[Bran Stark]] begins to experience prescient dreams after his fall. His spiritual guide is a [[three-eyed crow]]. (These dreams appear to be the green dreams of a [[greenseer]].)
 
  
{{Quote|He saw his mother sitting alone in a cabin, looking at a blood-stained knife on a table in front of her, as the rowers pulled at their oars and Ser [[Rodrik Cassel|Rodrik]] leaned across a rail, shaking and heaving. A storm was gathering ahead of them, a vast dark roaring lashed by lightning, but somehow they could not see it.}}
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====Maggy====
This shows Lady [[Catelyn Tully]]'s trip with Ser Rodrik to [[King's Landing]].{{ref|aGoT|14}} They then are given false information on the ownership of the knife that is wielded by [[catspaw|the assassin]] hired to slay Bran.{{ref|aSoS|60}} As a result of this misinformation, they then abduct [[Tyrion Lannister]]{{ref|aGoT|28}} and take him to [[the Eyrie]] to stand trial on charges of murder.{{ref|aGoT|34}} Upon learning of his younger brother's captivity, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] attacks Lord [[Eddard Stark]] to demand his brother's return.{{ref|aGoT|35}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] takes a different tack and instead calls his bannermen and makes warfare on the [[Trident]].{{ref|aGoT|56}}
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In {{Date|276}}, during the [[tourney for King Aerys II]] at [[Lannisport]], the maegi [[Maggy]], also called Maggy the Frog, prophecized the futures of [[Cersei Lannister]] and [[Melara Hetherspoon]]. Both girls were allowed to ask three questions, with Cersei going first. In response to Cersei's first question ("''When will I wed the prince''"), Maggy replied that she would never be wed to the prince, but instead be wed to "the king". Although Cersei believed this to mean that she would wed "the prince", [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], only after he had ascended the [[Iron Throne]] following the death of his father, King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], in fact Maggy's first prophecy came true when Cersei was wed in {{Date|284}} to King [[Robert I Baratheon]], who had won the throne during [[Robert's Rebellion|a war]] in which both Aerys and Rhaegar had been killed. Cersei's second question was a confirmation ("''I will be queen, though?''"), which Maggy confirmed before warning her that she would one day be replaced by a younger, more beautiful queen who would "''cast you down and take all that you hold dear''". Cersei's last question was whether she and the king would have children, to which Maggy replied that the king would have sixteen children, while Cersei would have three.{{Ref|AFFC|36}} Maggy's prediction on Cersei's children has thus far proven correct. Cersei has given birth to three children during her marriage (none of them fathered by King Robert).{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}} The one time Cersei became pregnant by Robert, she had her brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] find a woman to cleanse her, refusing to give birth to Robert's child.{{Ref|AGOT|45}} With regards to Cersei's children, Maggy further prophecized that "''gold shall be their crowns and gold their shrouds''" and claimed that "''when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you''".{{Ref|AFFC|36}} Maggy's prediction on Robert's children is still unclear. Robert is known to have fathered many [[bastard]]s throughout the realm, although only seven bastard children have thus far been identified in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', while Lord [[Varys]], the [[master of whisperers]], claims to have knowledge of eight.{{Ref|ACOK|15}} Regardless, it is generally believed by the fandom that Maggy's prediction is indeed correct, and that Robert has had, in total, sixteen children.
  
{{Quote|He saw his father pleading with the king, his face etched with grief. He saw Sansa crying herself to sleep at night, and he saw Arya watching in silence and holding her secrets hard in her heart. There were shadows all around them. One shadow was as dark as ash, with the terrible face of a hound. Another was armoured like the sun, golden and beautiful. Over them both loomed a giant in armour made of stone, but when he opened his visor, there was nothing inside but darkness and thick black blood.}}
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When Melara asked whether she would someday marry Cersei's brother Jaime, Maggy prophecized that she would wed no one, going as far as to say that "''Your death is here tonight, little one. Can you smell her breath? She is very close.''".{{Ref|AFFC|36}} According to Cersei, this prophecy of Maggy's quickly came true. She tells [[Taena of Myr]] that Melara drowned in a well.{{Ref|AFFC|36}} It has been implied that Cersei herself was responsible for Melara's death by pushing her into the well and leaving her there to drown.{{Ref|AFFC|39}}
This shows Eddard distraught over King [[Robert Baratheon]]'s decision to send an assassin after [[Daenerys Targaryen]].{{ref|aGoT|33}} [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark]] are depicted in their reactions to the deaths of [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]] and [[Mycah]].{{ref|aGoT|20}} The shadow with the face of a hound is [[Sandor Clegane]]. The one who is armoured like the sun is possibly Jaime Lannister, with his gilded armour,{{ref|aGoT|30}} but also possibly [[Oberyn Martell]], whose armour made up of copper.{{ref|aSoS|70}}. The giant in armour made of stone is likely [[Robert Strong]], seeing as the poisons used by Oberyn Martell blacken and thicken [[Gregor Clegane]]'s blood.{{ref|aFfC|7}}
 
  
{{Quote|Finally he looked north. He saw the Wall shining like blue crystal, and his bastard brother Jon sleeping alone in a cold bed, his skin growing pale and hard as the memory of all warmth fled from him.}}
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==Recent Events==
This may be a foretelling of the events in [[Jon Snow]]'s [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 69|last chapter]] in ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', opening the possibility that he is dead.  Alternatively, Jon Snow may be confined to an ice cell in this vision.
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===Bran Stark===
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While in a coma after he has been thrown from a tower by [[Jaime Lannister]], [[Bran Stark]] begins to experience a prescient dream. The dream depicts both current events (Lady [[Catelyn Stark]]'s journey to King's Landing by ship with Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]] pleading with King [[Robert I Baratheon]], [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark]] reacting to the deaths of the direwolf [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]] and the boy [[Mycah]]), as well as more prophetic elements, including the "gathering storm" resulting from Catelyn's visit to the south, shadows around Sansa and Arya (one as dark as ash, with the terrible face of a hound, one armoured like the sun, golden and beautiful, and one a giant in armour made of stone with only darkness and thick black blood in his visor looming over them).{{Ref|AGOT|17}}
  
{{Quote|Now you know, the crow whispered as it sat on his shoulder. Now you know why you must live.
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Bran's dream ends with a view of the Wall, his [[bastard]] brother [[Jon Snow]], and the lands north of the Wall, and the three-eyed crow telling Bran that he now knows why he has to survive his coma.{{Ref|AGOT|17}}
"Why?" Bran said, not understanding, falling, falling.
 
 
Because winter is coming.{{Ref|aGoT|17}}}}
 
This suggests Bran's importance in the coming events.
 
  
 
===Daenerys Targaryen===
 
===Daenerys Targaryen===
 
[[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s first known experience with a prophetic dream happens a few days before her wedding to Khal [[Drogo]]. The dream starts off with [[Viserys Targaryen]] hitting her, but quickly turns prophetic as she witnesses the hatching of a [[dragon]].
 
[[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s first known experience with a prophetic dream happens a few days before her wedding to Khal [[Drogo]]. The dream starts off with [[Viserys Targaryen]] hitting her, but quickly turns prophetic as she witnesses the hatching of a [[dragon]].
{{Quote|Her thighs were slick with blood. She closed her eyes and whimpered. As if in answer, there was a hideous ripping sound and the crackling of some great fire. When she looked again, Viserys was gone, great columns of flame rose all around, and in the midst of them was the dragon.{{Ref|aGoT|11}}}}
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{{Quote|Her thighs were slick with blood. She closed her eyes and whimpered. As if in answer, there was a hideous ripping sound and the crackling of some great fire. When she looked again, Viserys was gone, great columns of flame rose all around, and in the midst of them was the dragon.{{Ref|AGOT|11}}}}
  
Later, when Daenerys is pregnant with her child from Drogo, the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' crones predict her to be the eventual mother of the [[stallion who mounts the world]].{{Ref|aGoT|46}}
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Later, when Daenerys is pregnant with her child from Drogo, the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' crones predict her to be the eventual mother of the [[stallion who mounts the world]].{{Ref|AGOT|46}}
  
 
====Mirri Maz Duur====
 
====Mirri Maz Duur====
Upon the stillbirth of her child, [[Mirri Maz Duur]] advised Daenerys that Drogo will return from his apallic state.  
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After the stillbirth of her child and the practice of [[bloodmagic]] by [[Mirri Maz Duur]] on [[Drogo]] resulting in an apallic state, Daenerys asks Mirri when Drogo will he as he was. Mirri's reply is considered a prophecy:
{{Quote|When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will return, and not before.{{Ref|aGoT|68}}}}
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{{Quote|When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will return, and not before.{{Ref|AGOT|68}}}}
  
 
====Quaithe====
 
====Quaithe====
[[Quaithe]] has also makes prophecies to Daenerys on two separate occasions. The first is essentially a demand, so far unattended, for Daenerys to go to [[Asshai]]:
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[[Quaithe]] has made prophecies to Daenerys on two separate occasions. The first is an instruction on where Daenerys should go:
{{quote|"To go north, you must go south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow."
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{{quote|To go north, you must go south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.}}
Asshai, Dany thought. She would have me go to Asshai. "Will the Asshai'i give me an army?" she demanded. "Will there be gold for me in Asshai? Will there be ships? What is there in Asshai that I will not find in Qarth?"<br>"Truth," said the woman in the mask.{{Ref|aCoK|40}}}}  
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Daenerys interprets this to mean that Quaithe wants her to go to [[Asshai]]. She asks Quaithe what she can find in Asshai that cannot be found in Qarth, and Quaithe replies "truth".{{Ref|ACOK|40}} A year later, after Daenerys has departed [[Meereen]] on [[Drogon]]'s back,{{Ref|ADWD|52}} Daenerys considers staying at [[Dragonstone (hill)|the hill]] in the [[Dothraki sea]] on which the [[dragon]] has made his lair. Recalling Quaithe's words ("to go forward you must go back"), which provides her with the resolve to walk back towards Meereen.{{Ref|ADWD|71}} After Daenerys gets sick and begins to hallucinate, she envisions Quaithe repeating part of her instructions, and adds another: "''Remember who you are, Daenerys. The dragons know. Do you?''"{{Ref|ADWD|71}}
  
Following her departure from [[Meereen]] on [[Drogon]]'s back,{{ref|adwd|52}} Daenerys considers staying in [[Dragonstone (hill)|his lair]] in the [[Dothraki sea]], but remembers Quaithe's words ("to go forward you must go back"), which provides her with the resolve to walk back towards Meereen.{{ref|adwd|71}}
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The second is a warning of dangers Daenerys is to face in the near future.
 
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{{Quote|"No. Hear me, Daenerys Targaryen. The glass candles are burning. Soon comes the [[Bloody flux|pale mare]], and after her the others. [[Victarion Greyjoy|Kraken]] and [[Moqorro|dark flame]], [[Tyrion Lannister|lion]] and [[Jon Connington|griffin]], the [[Doran Martell|sun's]] [[Quentyn Martell|son]] and the [[Varys|mummer's]] [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|dragon]]. Trust none of them. Remember the [[Undying Ones|Undying]]. Beware the perfumed seneschal."{{Ref|ADWD|11}}}}
The second is an accurate warning of the dangers she comes to face in the near future. This second prophecy seems, however, to involve a vision of Quaithe as opposed to her own person, and may originate in Daenerys herself:
 
{{quote|"No. Hear me, Daenerys Targaryen. The glass candles are burning.
 
Soon comes the [[Bloody flux|pale mare]], and after her the others. [[Victarion Greyjoy|Kraken]] and [[Moqorro|dark flame]], [[Tyrion Lannister|lion]] and [[Jon Connington|griffin]], the [[Doran Martell|sun's]] [[Quentyn Martell|son]] and the [[Varys|mummer's]] [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|dragon]]. Trust none of them. Remember the [[Undying Ones|Undying]]. Beware the perfumed seneschal."{{Ref|aDwD|11}}}}
 
 
 
Later, she also gives a warning in Daenerys's hallucinations:
 
{{quote|“To go north, you must journey south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward, you must go back. To touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.” “Quaithe?” Dany called. “Where are you, Quaithe?” Then she saw. Her mask is made of starlight. “Remember who you are, Daenerys,” the stars whispered in a woman’s voice. “The dragons know. Do you?”{{Ref|aDwD|71}}}}
 
  
 
====House of the Undying====
 
====House of the Undying====
Daenerys experiences prophecies herself when she enters the [[House of the Undying]].  While apparently legitimate, including omens of the [[Red Wedding]], those visions are fairly cryptic.  Also, since the [[Undying Ones]] are hostile towards her, it is conceivable that parts of the visions are adulterated.
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[[File:Daenerys in the HOTU by Samantha Altarozzi.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Daenerys sees a vision of a feast of corpses in the House of the Undying, by Samantha Altarozzi ©]]
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Daenerys experiences numerous visions while in the [[House of the Undying]]:{{Ref|ACOK|48}}
  
{{quote|"Farther on she came upon a feast of corpses. Savagely slaughtered, the feasters lay strewn across overturned chairs and hacked trestle tables, asprawl in pools of congealing blood. Some had lost limbs, even heads. Savaged limbs clutched bloody cups, wooden spoons, roast fowl, heels of bread. On a throne above them sat [[Robb Stark|a dead man with the head of a wolf]]. He wore an iron crown and held a leg of lamb in one hand as a king might hold a sceptre, and his eyes followed Dany with mute appeal."{{Ref|aCoK|48}}}}  
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{{Quote|"Farther on she came upon a feast of corpses. Savagely slaughtered, the feasters lay strewn across overturned chairs and hacked trestle tables, asprawl in pools of congealing blood. Some had lost limbs, even heads. Savaged limbs clutched bloody cups, wooden spoons, roast fowl, heels of bread. On a throne above them sat [[Robb Stark|a dead man with the head of a wolf]]. He wore an iron crown and held a leg of lamb in one hand as a king might hold a sceptre, and his eyes followed Dany with mute appeal."{{Ref|ACOK|48}}}}  
  
# A beautiful, naked woman being ravished by four of the dwarfs who serve the house. This appears to foretell the [[War of the Five Kings]].
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# A beautiful, naked woman being ravished by four of the dwarfs who serve the house.
# A feast of slaughtered corpses holding cups, spoons, and food, with a dead man with a [[Direwolf|wolf's]] [[Grey Wind|head]] sitting on a throne wearing an [[King in the North|iron crown]], apparently foreshadowing the [[Red Wedding]].  
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# A feast of slaughtered corpses holding cups, spoons, and food, with a dead man with a [[Direwolf|wolf's]] [[Grey Wind|head]] sitting on a throne wearing an [[King in the North|iron crown]].  
# Daenerys's childhood home with the [[red door]] in [[Braavos]].  
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# [[House with the red door|Daenerys's childhood home with the red door]] in [[Braavos]].  
# A throne room with dragon skulls on the walls where a king resembling [[Aerys II Targaryen]] sits on a barbed throne and appears to give the order to burn the [[Red Keep]] during the [[Sack of King's Landing]].
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# A large stone hall in which dragon skulls hang on the walls. On a towering barbed throne, an old man dressed in rich robes, with dark eyes and long silver-grey hair, telling a man standing below the throne "''Let him be king over charred bones and cooked meat. Let him be the king of ashes''"
# A room where a silver-haired man (presumably [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]) names his son [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], says the child is "[[the prince that was promised]]", then plays a harp.  
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# A room where [[Rhaegar Targaryen|a silver-haired man]] resembling [[Viserys Targaryen]] tells [[Elia Martell|the woman]] nursing a child in a bed that their son shall be named [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], and tells her that the child is [[the prince that was promised]] and that his is [[the song of ice and fire]].
 
# A "splendor of wizards" who falsely claim to be the Undying of [[Qarth]] and offer to teach [[Daenerys Targaryen]] the secret speech of [[dragon]]kind.  
 
# A "splendor of wizards" who falsely claim to be the Undying of [[Qarth]] and offer to teach [[Daenerys Targaryen]] the secret speech of [[dragon]]kind.  
  
Upon reaching the chamber of the Undying, Daenerys is spoken to in a barely perceptible whisper. The Undying call her "mother of dragons" and "child of three" and tell her some prophesies, saying "three fires must you light... one for life and one for death and one to love... three mounts must you ride... one to bed and one to dread and one to love... three treasons will you know... once for blood and once for gold and once for love..."
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Upon reaching the chamber of the Undying Ones, Daenerys is spoken to in a barely perceptible whisper. The Undying call her "mother of dragons" and "child of three" and tell her some prophesies, saying "three fires must you light... one for life and one for death and one to love... three mounts must you ride... one to bed and one to dread and one to love... three treasons will you know... once for blood and once for gold and once for love..."
  
The Undying show Daenerys many more visions before attacking her and being slain by [[Drogon]]:{{Ref|aCoK|48}}
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The Undying show Daenerys many more visions before attacking her and being slain by [[Drogon]]:{{Ref|ACOK|48}}
 
# Viserys's gruesome death.
 
# Viserys's gruesome death.
# A tall lord with copper-skin and silver-gold hair beneath a banner of a fiery stallion, with a burning city in the background. This may be a glimpse at what [[Rhaego]]'s future would have been.
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# A tall lord with [[copper]]-skin and [[silver]]-[[gold]] hair beneath a banner of a fiery stallion, with a burning city in the background.
# A dying prince (likely [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] at the [[ruby ford]]) with rubies flying from his chest, mutters a woman's name with his last breath.
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# A dying prince with rubies flying from his chest, mutters a woman's name with his last breath.
# A blue-eyed king who casts no shadow raises a red sword in his hand. This may represent [[Stannis Baratheon]] with his sword, [[Lightbringer]].
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# A blue-eyed king who casts no shadow raises a red sword in his hand.
# A [[Heraldry|cloth dragon]] sways on poles amidst a cheering crowd.
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# A cloth dragon swaying on poles amidst a cheering crowd.
 
# A great stone beast takes wing from a smoking tower, breathing shadows.
 
# A great stone beast takes wing from a smoking tower, breathing shadows.
# Daenerys's [[The Silver|silver]] trots through grass to a darkling stream under a sea of stars.
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# Daenerys's [[The Silver|silver]] troting through grass to a darkling stream under a sea of stars.
# A corpse standing at the prow of a ship with bright eyes and [[Greyscale|grey]] smiling lips.
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# A corpse standing at the prow of a ship with bright eyes and grey smiling lips.
 
# A blue flower growing from a chink in a [[Wall|wall of ice]], filling the air with sweetness.
 
# A blue flower growing from a chink in a [[Wall|wall of ice]], filling the air with sweetness.
  
 
===Jojen Reed===
 
===Jojen Reed===
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[[Jojen Reed]] has the [[greensight]], the ability to have prophetic dreams. Although his sister [[Meera Reed|Meera]] believes that the dreams “sometimes” come true, Jojen claims they always do.{{Ref|ACOK|28}} The green dreams can take strange shapes,{{Ref|ACOK|35}} making them difficult to interpret.
  
[[Jojen Reed]] has prophetic green dreams, and maintains that his visions ''always'' come true. He claims to know the date of his death. So far he has not been proven wrong, although some of his visions are loaded with significant symbolism and usually poor on specific details.  For instance, his dream about the Frey cousins, [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]], in Winterfell uses a meal as a symbol for the news about their family.{{Ref|aCoK|28}}{{Ref|aCoK|46}}  
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Jojen has described several of his green dreams. At [[Winterfell]] he told Bran Stark that he had a green dream in which Bran was sitting at supper, with Maester [[Luwin]] bringing the food instead of a servant. While Bran received the king's cut of the roast, the tastiest piece there was, in the dream Bran was able to enjoy his food as much as [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]] were, despite the fact that they had been served meat that was "old and grey and dead".{{Ref|ACOK|28}} Later, Bran learns from Maester Luwin of [[Robb Stark]]'s victory over Ser [[Stafford Lannister]] in the [[Battle of Oxcross]], and the death of Ser [[Stevron Frey]]. While Bran is happy for the victory, he knows that only Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] matters. In contrast, neither Big Walder nor Little Walder seem bothered by their uncle Stevron's death, instead being more concerned about their improved positions in the Frey line of succession.{{Ref|ACOK|35}}
  
In ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'', Jojen relays a mysterious and unsettling dream of his to Bran:
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One of Jojen's dreams predicts Theon Greyjoy's capture of Winterfell, in which the ironborn are depicted as waves of the sea, while the slain of Winterfell are depicted as drowned men.{{Ref|ACOK|35}}
{{Quote|I dreamed that the sea was lapping all around Winterfell. I saw black waves crashing against the gates and towers, and then the salt water came flowing over the walls and filled the castle. Drowned men were floating in the yard. When I first dreamed the dream, back at [[Greywater Watch|Greywater]], I didn’t know their faces, but now I do. That [[Alebelly]] is one, the guard who called our names at the feast. [[Chayle|Your septon’s]] another. [[Mikken|Your smith]] as well.{{Ref|aCoK|35}}}}
 
  
The dream apparently foresees the [[capture of Winterfell]] by [[Theon Greyjoy]]'s [[ironborn]]. Bran tries in vain to warn the victims of their inevitable deaths, but the dream is dismissed, as Meera correctly predicts. In turn, each of the men comes to die by the hand of the ironborn.  
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In another one of Jojen's green dreams, he sees [[Ramsay Snow|Reek]] skinning the faces of Bran and Rickon, who laid dead at his feet.{{Ref|ACOK|35}} After a fashion, this dream later comes true as well, when "Reek" (actually [[Ramsay Snow]]) advices Theon Greyjoy to kill two boys from the [[Acorn Water]] mill, who are around the same age as the missing Bran and Rickon, and presents their corpses as the bodies of the two Stark children. Ramsay later skins the two bodies so the ruse will not be discovered.{{Ref|ACOK|56}}
  
Jojen then tells Bran of a dream in which [[Ramsay Snow|Reek]] — apparently having killed the Stark boys—is skinning their bodies:
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Jojen further claims to know the date of his death.{{Ref|ACOK|28}}
{{Quote|I dreamed of the man who came today, the one they call Reek. You and your brother lay dead at his feet, and he was skinning off your faces with a long red blade.{{ref|acok|35}}}}
 
 
 
Reek is actually [[Ramsay Snow]]. Following the advice of "Reek", Theon kills two boys around the same age from the [[Acorn Water]] mill and presents their preserved corpses as the Starks'.
 
  
 
===The Ghost of High Heart===
 
===The Ghost of High Heart===
The [[ghost of High Heart]], a mysterious dwarf woman, sometimes tells of the future to the [[brotherhood without banners]].  She has shown knowledge of the deaths of [[Renly Baratheon]], [[Balon Greyjoy]] and [[Catelyn Tully]], and even of the coming of Lady Stoneheart.{{Ref|aSoS|22}}
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The [[ghost of High Heart]], a mysterious dwarf woman, sometimes tells of the future to the [[brotherhood without banners]].  She has shown knowledge of the deaths of [[Renly Baratheon]], [[Balon Greyjoy]] and [[Catelyn Tully]], and even of the coming of Lady Stoneheart.{{Ref|ASOS|22}}
{{quote|"I dreamt a wolf howling in the rain, but no one heard his grief," the dwarf woman was saying. "I dreamt such a clangor I thought my head might burst, drums and horns and pipes and screams, but the saddest sound was the little bells."{{ref|ASOS|43}}}} - This is a vision of the [[Red Wedding]], include [[Aegon Frey (Jinglebell)]].
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{{Quote|"I dreamt a wolf howling in the rain, but no one heard his grief," the dwarf woman was saying. "I dreamt such a clangor I thought my head might burst, drums and horns and pipes and screams, but the saddest sound was the little bells."{{Ref|ASOS|43}}|the ghost of High Heart, relating a vision of the [[Red Wedding]], including the playing of [[the Rains of Castamere]], the death of [[Grey Wind]], and the death of [[Aegon Frey (Jinglebell)|Jinglebell]]}}
  
===Maggy's prophecies===
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===Red priests===
In ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' it is revealed that in {{date|276}}, during the [[tourney for King Aerys II]] at [[Lannisport]], [[Cersei Lannister]] and [[Melara Hetherspoon]] consulted with a seer, [[Maggy|Maggy the Frog]], about their futures.  [[Jeyne Farman]] was with them but fled scared before actually hearing any predictions.  Much to Melara's surprise, she learned that instead of someday marrying [[Jaime Lannister]] she was fated to die soon - in fact, as it turned out, that very night. The predictions about Cersei, made just moments previous, were more detailed. To Cersei's confusion, she is told her husband will have sixteen children and she will have three, the identity of her future husband and eventual fates of her children. The prophesies contribute to her growing madness. The queen that would take her place, she supposes, is Margaery, and this drives her to do depraved things.{{Ref|aFfC|12}}{{Ref|aFfC|24}}{{Ref|aFfC|36}}
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The [[red priests]], priests of [[R'hllor]], are trained to see visions in the flames of their nightfires. These visions can be about the past, the future, or things happening far away from the location of the priest.{{Ref|ASOS|43}} It is not always easy to see visions in the flames, however,{{Ref|ASOS|36}} and the priests do not always succeed.{{Ref|ADWD|3}}{{Ref|ASOS|43}}{{Ref|ACOK|10}}
  
{{Quote|'''Cersei:''' When will I wed the prince?<br>'''Maggy:''' Never. You will wed the king.<br>'''Cersei:''' I will be queen, though?<br>'''Maggy:''' Aye. Queen you shall be... until there comes another, younger and more beautiful, to cast you down and take all that you hold dear.
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It takes years of training to see the shapes beyond the flames, and even longer to learn to distinguish visions about the past from visions about a certain future and a possible future.{{Ref|asos|63}} Even after such long training, it remains difficult,{{Ref|ASOS|63}} and even though the visions are never wrong,{{Ref|asos|25}} priests might still err in their interpretation;{{Ref|ASOS|54}}{{Ref|ADWD|49}} many priests have been brought down by such incorrect interpretations.{{Ref|ADWD|31}}
  
'''Cersei:''' Will the king and I have children?<br>'''Maggy:''' Oh, aye. Six-and-ten for him, and three for you. Gold shall be their crowns and gold their shrouds, she said. And when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you.
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====Melisandre====
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The priestess [[Melisandre]] claims to be able to see the future by watching flames.{{Ref|ASOS|54}} In search of a prophecized prince, she travels to [[Dragonstone]], believing [[Stannis Baratheon]] fits the prophecy.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Melisandre}} On Dragonstone, Melisandre tells Stannis of two futures she has seen in her flames; One in which Stannis is defeated in [[King's Landing]] by his brother [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], and one in which he sails to Renly's seat, [[Storm's End]], where his brother shall die, and his men will flock to Stannis.{{Ref|ACOK|42}} Both visions come true; Renly is slain by an [[shadow assassin|animated shadow]] conjured by Melisandre near Storm's End.{{Ref|ACOK|33}} During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], fought between Stannis's forces and the forces of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] at [[King's Landing]], the Iron Throne receives aid from Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and the forces from the [[Reach]]. During the battle, Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]], dressed in the recognizable armor of the deceased Renly, leads the vanguard and plunges through Stannis's army. Renly's former supporters who had joined Stannis after Renly's death, become convinced that their dead lord has returned and abandon Stannis by the hundreds.{{Ref|ACOK|62}} "Renly's shade" kills Ser [[Guyard Morrigen]], who leads Stannis' van.{{Ref|ACOK|62}}
  
'''Melara:''' Will I marry Jaime?<br>'''Maggy:''' Not Jaime, nor any other man, Worms will have your maidenhead. Your death is here tonight, little one. Can you smell her breath? She is very close.{{Ref|aFfC|12}}}}
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Melisandre accompanies Stannis to the [[Wall]] in the [[north]]. There, her powers are much stronger, and she constantly searches her fires for visions. When she looks into the flames, she sees a "wooden face, corpse white" with a thousand red eyes, accompanied by a boy with a wolf's face. She asks to see Azor Ahai, hoping for Stannis, but sees only [[Jon Snow]] surrounded by skulls, his face changing between that of a man and that of a wolf.{{Ref|ADWD|31}} Shortly after Jon Snow receives a letter announcing the upcoming [[wedding]] of [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] to [[Arya Stark]], Melisandre informs him that she has seen Arya in her flames, a grey girl, fleeing from her marriage on a dying horse.{{Ref|ADWD|28}} However, when the girl arrives at [[Castle Black]], it becomes apparent that, while the girl indeed was fleeing from a marriage on a dying horse, the girl is not Arya Stark, but [[Alys Karstark]], attempting to escape a marriage to her cousin [[Cregan Karstark|Cregan]].{{Ref|ADWD|44}}
  
===Melisandre===
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At Castle Black, Melisandre warns Jon that she has seen that three of the nine [[rangers]] he has sent out will die and that she has seen their pale faces with empty sockets, weeping blood in her flames.{{Ref|ADWD|28}} She seems them again later, shortly before the dead rangers are found.{{Ref|ADWD|31}} She sees several other visions as well, forming, melting and dissolving into one another: towers by the sea, submerged beneath a black and bloody tide; Skull-shaped shadows that turned to mist; bodies locked together in lust; and great winged shadows wheeled against a blue sky, through curtains of fire.{{Ref|ADWD|31}}
[[Melisandre]] claims to be able to see the future by watching flames.  The accuracy of her visions is unclear, in part because Melisandre herself seems to misrepresent her precognitions as if they were active sorceries{{Ref|aSoS|36}}{{Ref|aSoS|54}}{{Ref|aSoS|63}}, as well as the reverse.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}{{Ref|aCoK|42}}
 
  
In any case, while impressive,{{Ref|aSoS|25}} her future-telling capabilities are not supreme; Davos manages to take [[Edric Storm]] away from [[Dragonstone]] without her knowledge and against her will, for instance.{{Ref|aSoS|63}} Melisandre is also duped by [[Jon Snow]]’s switching of [[Aemon Steelsong|Mace and Dalla’s son]] with [[Monster|Gilly’s son]] thereby allowing the wildling prince to escape [[Melisandre]]’s clutches. And, based on news of Ramsay Bolton's wedding to Arya, she interprets [[Alys Karstark]]'s flight to the wall as [[Arya Stark]]'s flight, telling [[Jon Snow]] his sister is coming from a loveless marriage. While she is right about the marriage, she has the wrong girl. Alys Karstark arrives at the Wall to speak with Jon after fleeing her cousin [[Cregan Karstark]].
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====Moqorro====
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When asked by [[Tyrion Lannister]] what he sees in the flames of his night fire, the [[red priest]] [[Moqorro]] states that he sees "''Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all.''"{{Ref|ADWD|33}} Moqorro’s claim appears to foreshadow that Tyrion Lannister will play an important role in the conflicts to come involving dragons, whether literal dragons, or figurative dragons. The possible identities of the "old dragon", "young dragon", "true dragon", "false dragon", "bright dragon", and "dark dragon" have been a heavily debated topic in the fandom.
  
====Azor Ahai====
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Moqorro further claims to have seen other people in his flames who are searching for [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and although he has seen only their shadows, he identifies one more clearly, describing this person as "''A tall and twisted thing with one black eye and ten long arms, sailing on a sea of blood.''"{{Ref|ADWD|33}} Many readers have identified this person as [[Euron Greyjoy]], based on the fact that the [[kraken]] is the sigil of [[House Greyjoy]], and on the fact that Euron wears an eye-patch over his left eye,{{Ref|AFFC|18}} which according to Euron's nephew, [[Theon Greyjoy]], is a "black eye shining with malice".<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]</ref> Euron indeed eventually sends out his brother [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]] to find Daenerys and bring her to Westeros.{{Ref|AFFC|29}}
According to prophesy, in ancient books of [[Asshai]] from over 5,000 years ago, [[Azor Ahai]] is to be reborn again to challenge the re-emergence of the [[Others]].  This will occur after a long summer when an evil, cold darkness descends upon the world.{{Ref|aCoK|10}} It is said that Azor Ahai, wielding [[Lightbringer]] once again, will stand against the Others and if he fails, the world fails with him.
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{{Quote|There will come a day after a long summer when the stars bleed and the cold breath of darkness falls heavy on the world. In this dread hour a warrior shall draw from the fire a burning sword. 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.{{Ref|aCoK|10|page110}}}}
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Moqorro later encounters Victarion, and claims to him that he has seen Victarion and "the glory that awaits you" every night in his fires.{{Ref|ADWD|67}}
{{quote|When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt.{{ref|asos|25|page 289}}}}
 
She has interpreted this to mean that [[Stannis Baratheon]] is Azor Ahai and gave him a flaming sword.
 
{{quote|I pray for a glimpse of Azor Ahai, and R’hllor shows me only Snow.{{ref|ADwD|31|page 408}}}}
 
This seems to show that [[Jon Snow]] rather than Stannis is Azor Ahai, though she can not get this interpretation.
 
  
 
===Jon Snow===
 
===Jon Snow===
[[Jon Snow]] seems to have a dream foreshadowing a search of his identity, where he is walking through an empty hall, calling out, but unable to find anyone. Jon has this dream on multiple nights, and says that most of those nights, he's searching for [[Eddard Stark]] in his dream, though during others, he's looking for [[Robb Stark]], or [[Arya Stark]], or even his uncle, [[Benjen Stark]].
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[[Jon Snow]] reveals to [[Samwell Tarly]] while at [[Castle Black]] that he has frequently had a dream in which he is walking through an empty hall, calling out, but unable to find anyone. He  says that most nights, he is searching for [[Eddard Stark]] in his dream, though during others, he's looking for [[Robb Stark]], or [[Arya Stark]], or even his uncle, [[Benjen Stark]]. However, the castle is always empty, the ravens have gone from the [[rookery]], and the stables are full of bones. He always ends up in front of the door to the [[crypt of Winterfell|crypts]] of [[Winterfell]]. Although Jon knows that he has to go down the steps, he does not want to as he is afraid what awaits him below. In the dream Jon screams that he is not a [[House Stark|Stark]] and that the crypts are not his place, but he still has to walk down without something to light his way. As he descends, it gets darker and darker.{{Ref|AGOT|26}}
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The [[Winterfell|castle]] is always empty… Even the [[raven]]s are gone from the rookery, and the stables are full of bones. That always scares me. I start to run then, throwing open doors, climbing the tower three steps at a time, screaming for someone, for anyone. And then I find myself in front of the door to the [[crypt of Winterfell|crypts]]. It’s black inside, and I can see the steps spiraling down. Somehow I know I have to go down there, but I don’t want to. I’m afraid of what might be waiting for me. The old [[King in the North|Kings of Winter]] are down there, sitting on their thrones with stone wolves at their feet and iron swords across their laps, but it’s not them I’m afraid of. I scream that I’m not a [[House Stark|Stark]], that this isn’t my place, but it’s no good, I have to go anyway, so I start down, feeling the walls as I descend, with no torch to light the way. It gets darker and darker, until I want to scream.”{{ref|agot|26}}}}
 
 
 
Jon also has a dream about his younger brother, [[Bran Stark]], who is speaking to him as a weirwood tree:
 
 
 
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''Jon?''
 
 
 
The call came from behind him, softer than a whisper, but strong too. Can a shout be silent? He turned his head, searching for his brother, for a glimpse of a lean grey shape moving beneath the trees, but there was nothing, only ...
 
 
 
A [[weirwood]].
 
 
 
It seemed to sprout from solid rock, its pale roots twisting up from a myriad of fissures and hairline cracks. The tree was slender compared to other weirwoods he had seen, no more than a sapling, yet it was growing as he watched, its limbs thickening as they reached for the sky. Wary, he circled the smooth white trunk until he came to the face. Red eyes looked at him. Fierce eyes they were, yet glad to see him. The weirwood had his [[Bran Stark|brother’s]] face. Had his brother always had three eyes? Not always, came the silent shout. Not before [[three-eyed crow|the crow]]. He sniffed at the bark, smelled wolf and tree and boy, but behind that there were other scents, the rich brown smell of warm earth and the hard grey smell of stone and something else, something terrible. Death, he knew. He was smelling death. He cringed back, his hair bristling, and bared his fangs.
 
 
 
''Don’t be afraid, I like it in the dark. No one can see you, but you can see them. But first you have to open your eyes. See? Like this.'' And the tree reached down and touched him.
 
|{{ref|acok|51}}}}
 
 
 
This dream may not actually be prophetic, as [[Bran Stark]] would later actually learn to connect his being to weirwood trees, and learn to speak to others in the past.{{Ref|aDwD|34}} It is as of yet unknown whether Bran would be able to connect with people in their dreams as well, even if those dreams occurred in the past.
 
 
 
=== Moqorro ===
 
{{quote|"Dragons," Moqorro said in the Common Tongue of Westeros... "Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all."{{ref|adwd|33}}}}
 
- [[Moqorro]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]
 
 
 
This foreshadows that Tyrion Lannister will play an important role in the future, involving [[dragons]] and the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]]. Possible candidates for the "old dragon" are [[Brynden Rivers]] and maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]], candidates for the "young dragons" may include [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s  dragons, Daenerys herself, [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]], or even possibly others.<ref>A popular, well-supported fan theory is that Jon Snow is the son of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. Should this theory be correct, Jon Snow would also be a candidate for the young dragons.</ref> Candidates for the true dragon might include Daenerys, Aegon and Jon Snow, whereas popular guesses for candidates for the false dragon include Aegon Targaryen, the eunuch Varys, or Illyrio Mopatis.<ref>There are fans who believe that Aegon Targaryen is not truly Prince Rhaegar's son. There are also those who believe that either Varys, or Illyrio, or both, are (distant) descendants of either House Targaryen, through Prince [[Aerion Targaryen]], or of House Blackfyre.</ref> Especially for the identity of the false dragon, the opinions amongst fans differ, and as of yet, the identity of the false dragon cannot be stated with certainty.
 
 
 
{{quote|"Have you seen these others in your fires?" he asked, warily.
 
"Only their shadows," Moqorro said. "One most of all. A tall and twisted thing with one black eye and ten long arms, sailing on a sea of blood."{{ref|adwd|33}}}}
 
- [[Moqorro]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]
 
This vision of the one eyed [[kraken]] on a bloody sea shows that [[Euron Greyjoy]] will have an important part to play in the future.
 
 
{{quote| The black priest bowed his head. "There is no need. The Lord of Light has shown me your worth, lord Captain. Every night in my fires I glimpse the glory that awaits you."{{ref|adwd|67}}}}
 
- [[Moqorro]] to [[Victarion Greyjoy]]
 
Moqorro knows what will happen to Victarion, though what will happen exactly is not shared with the reader.
 
  
 
=== Patchface===
 
=== Patchface===
 
:''See also: [[Patchface/Theories]]''
 
:''See also: [[Patchface/Theories]]''
  
The [[fool]] [[Patchface]] recites cryptic jingles that seem to often have prophetic meaning.  
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The [[fool]] [[Patchface]], who resides at [[Dragonstone]], recites cryptic jingles that seem to often have prophetic meaning. Examples include:
 
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*"''It is always summer under the sea. The merwives wear nennymoans in their hair and weave gowns of silver seaweed. I know, I know, oh, oh, oh.''"{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}
{{Quote|It is always summer under the sea. The merwives wear nennymoans in their hair and weave gowns of silver seaweed. I know, I know, oh, oh, oh.{{ref|acok|prologue}}}}
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*"''The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord," he sang, hopping from one foot to the other and back again. "The shadows come to stay, my lord, stay my lord, stay my lord.''"{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}
This seems to predict [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] at [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]'s wedding to [[Margaery Tyrell]]. On the day of the [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]], Sansa wears a gown of silvery satin, and has a delicate silver net with dark purple gemstones in her hair.{{ref|asos|60}} The "nennymoans" that Patchface refers to seem to be a corruption of "anemone", which is a purple flower. Sea anemones, which are named after the flower, are poisonous water-dwelling animals.
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*"''Fool's blood, king's blood, blood on the maiden’s thigh, but chains for the guests and chains for the bridegroom, aye aye aye.''"{{Ref|ASOS|10}}
 
 
{{quote|The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord," he sang, hopping from one foot to the other and back again. "The shadows come to stay, my lord, stay my lord, stay my lord.{{ref|acok|prologue|page 5, 6, and 17}}}}
 
This seems to foreshadow Melisandre's shadowbinding abilities and the use of [[shadow assassin]]s at the [[siege of Storm's End (299)|siege of Storm's End]] to kill [[Renly Baratheon]]{{Ref|aCoK|31}} and Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]].{{Ref|aCoK|42}}
 
 
 
{{quote|Fool’s blood, king’s blood, blood on the maiden’s thigh, but chains for the guests and chains for the bridegroom, aye aye aye.{{ref|asos|10}}}}
 
This foreshadows the [[Red Wedding]].
 
  
 
===Tyrion Lannister===
 
===Tyrion Lannister===
While travelling in the litter with [[Illyrio]] on their way to the [[Rhoyne]], [[Tyrion Lannister]] has a peculiar dream:
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While travelling in the litter with [[Illyrio]] on their way to the [[Rhoyne]], [[Tyrion Lannister]] has a peculiar dream, although it is unclear whether the dream is prophetic. In the dream, Tyrion he fights in [[Westeros]] besides Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] and Ser [[Aegor Rivers]] while [[dragon]]s fly over the scene. He kills both is father, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], and brother, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. When killing Jaime, Tyrion laughs at every blow he gives his brother. But, he has two heads, and by the time the fight is done, Tyrion realises that his second head is weeping.{{Ref|ADWD|5}}
{{Quote|That night [[Tyrion Lannister]] dreamed of a battle that turned the hills of [[Westeros]] as red as blood.  He was in the midst of it, dealing death with an axe as big as he was, fighting side by side with [[Barristan Selmy|Barristan the Bold]] and [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]] as [[dragons]] wheeled across the sky above them. In the dream he had two heads, both noseless.  [[Tywin Lannister|His father]] led the enemy, so he slew him once again.  Then he killed his brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], hacking at his face until it was a red ruin, laughing every time he struck a blow.  Only when the fight was finished did he realise that his second head was weeping.{{Ref|aDwD|5}}}}
 
 
 
This appears to foretell a battle where [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s forces, led by Barristan and the [[Golden Company]], assault Westeros.
 
  
 
===Jaime Lannister===
 
===Jaime Lannister===
[[Jaime Lannister]] has the first of his dreams asleep on a [[weirwood]] stump after he has left [[Harrenhal]], which causes him to return in order to rescue [[Brienne of Tarth]]. He dreams how he is in the deepness of [[Casterly Rock]], and is whole again, with both hands, despite being naked and alone. A dozen tall dark figures in cowled robes, who are hiding their faces, hold spears, and refuse to answer Jaime when he demands to know who they are. Instead, with their spears, they force him to descent into the deepness.
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[[Jaime Lannister]] has two seemingly prophetic dreams over the course of the series. The first of these dreams takes place after Jaime has left [[Harrenhal]], while he sleeps with his head on a [[weirwood]] stump. He dreams he is in the deepness of [[Casterly Rock]]. He is naked and alone, but has both his hands again. A dozen tall dark figures in cowled robes, who are hiding their faces, hold spears, and refuse to answer Jaime when he demands to know who they are. Instead, with their spears, they force him to descent into the deepness. In his dream, Jaime knows that his doom, which he describes as "something dark and terrible", awaits him below. Jaime eventually reaches a watery cavern deep below Casterly Rock. When he wonders out loud where he is, the voices of all [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] answer that it is his "place". Jaime sees his father, his sister, and his eldest son, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. Cersei is holding a torch, which is the only source of light in the cavern. Jaime pleads for her not to leave him alone, and requests a sword when they do turn to leave. His father replies that he has given him a sword, and Jaime sees it under the water. When he holds the sword, the sword catches fire. Brienne appears from the darkness, her hands bound in chains. She is also naked, and asks Jaime to undo her chains. When she asks, a sword appears, which subsequently catches fire as well. From afar, Jaime hears Cersei say that when the flames on the swords go out, they will die, after which she leaves. Brienne questions what lives in the darkness, offering the suggestions of a bear, a cave lion, and direwolves, which Jaime all rejects. They ponder on what to do next, as shadows appear. Jaime recognizes [[Oswell Whent]], [[Jon Darry]], [[Lewyn Martell]], [[Gerold Hightower]], [[Arthur Dayne]] and [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]. While Brienne repeatedly states how she swore to keep Jaime safe, the shadow of Arthur Dayne tells her that they all swore an oath, and the shadows blame Jaime for the deaths of Aerys, Elia, Rhaenys and Aegon. That is when the fire of Jaime´s sword starts going out.{{Ref|ASOS|44}}
{{Quote|Below the earth his doom awaited, he knew with the certainty of dream; something dark and terrible lurked there, something that wanted him. Jaime tried to halt, but their spears prodded him on. If only I had my sword, nothing could harm me.}}
 
 
 
Jaime eventually finds himself in a deep, watery cavern deep below Casterly Rock. It is a place that he doesn't know. When he wonders out loud where he is, the voices of all Lannisters answer him "your place". Jaime sees his father, his sister, and his eldest son.
 
 
 
{{Quote|This is your place, Brother. This is your darkness." [[Cersei Lannister|Her]] torch was the only light in the cavern. Her torch was the only light in the world. She turned to go.
 
 
 
"Stay with me," Jaime pleaded. "Don't leave me here alone." But they were leaving. "Don't leave me in the dark!" Something terrible lived down here. "Give me a sword, at least."
 
 
 
"I gave you a sword," Lord Tywin said.
 
 
 
It was at his feet. Jaime groped under the water until his hand closed upon the hilt. Nothing can hurt me so long as I have a sword. As he raised the sword a finger of pale flame flickered at the point and crept up along the edge, stopping a hand's breath from the hilt. The fire took on the color of the steel itself so it burned with a silvery-blue light, and the gloom pulled back. Crouching, listening, Jaime moved in a circle, ready for anything that might come out of the darkness. The water flowed into his boots, ankle deep and bitterly cold. Beware the water, he told himself. There may be creatures living in it, hidden deeps...}}
 
 
 
Brienne appears from the darkness, her hands bound in chains. She is also naked, and asks Jaime to undo her chains. When she asks, a sword appears. Both Brienne's sword and Jaime's are aflame.
 
 
 
{{Quote|"The flames will burn so long as you live," he heard Cersei call. "When they die, so must you."}}
 
  
Then, Cersei leaves, and Jaime and Brienne are left alone.
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Jaime's second dream occurs after [[Siege of Riverrun|Riverrun]] has been handed over to his aunt, [[Genna Lannister]], and uncle, [[Emmon Frey]]. He dreams of his mother,  Lady [[Joanna Lannister]], although at first he does not recognize her. Joanna asks him if he will forget Tywin as well, and tells her son that Tywin hated being laughed at most of all. Joanna asks Jaime who he is, and tells him that they all dreams of things they cannot have. She tells him "''Tywin dreamed that his son would be a great knight, that his daughter would be a queen. He dreamed they would be so strong and brave and beautiful that no one would ever laugh at them."'' When Jaime insists that he is a knight and Cersei a queen, a tear rolls down Joanna's cheek. She pulls her hood over her head and walks away, while Jaime calls after her.{{Ref|AFFC|44}}
  
{{Quote|"Do they keep a bear down here?" Brienne was moving, slow and wary, sword to hand; step, turn, and listen. Each step made a little splash. "A cave lion? Direwolves? Some bear? Tell me, Jaime. What lives here? What lives in the darkness?"
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=== Teora Toland ===
 
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"Doom." No bear, he knew. No lion. "Only doom."}}
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[[Teora Toland]], the younger daughter of Lady [[Nymella Toland]], appears to have prophetic dreams. While present at the welcome feast for Princess [[Arianne Martell]] and her companions, she states that she has dreamed of [[dragon]]s dancing in her dreams, and people dying wherever they danced.{{Ref|twow||[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne]]}}
 
 
This part of the dream foreshadows Brienne's encounter with the bear at Harrenhal, from which Jaime will later save her.
 
 
 
Jaime and Brienne are pondering what they should do when shadows appear in the darkness. Jaime knows them all too well: they are [[Oswell Whent]], [[Jon Darry]], [[Lewyn Martell]], [[Gerold Hightower]], [[Arthur Dayne]] and [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].
 
During the dream, Brienne repeats a few times how she swore to keep Jaime safe. It is the shadow of Ser Arthur Dayne who tells that they all swore an oath, and the shadows blame Jaime for the deaths of Aerys, Elia, Rhaenys and Aegon. That is when the fire of Jaime´s sword starts going out.
 
{{Ref|aSoS|44}}}}
 
 
 
 
 
Jaime's second dream occurs after [[Siege of Riverrun|Riverrun]] has been handed over to his aunt, [[Genna Lannister]], and uncle, [[Emmon Frey]]. He dreams of Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]], though at first he does not recognize her.
 
{{Quote|She raised a pale soft hand and pushed her hood back. “Have you forgotten me?”
 
 
 
Can I forget someone I never knew? The words caught in his throat. He did know her, but it had been so long…
 
 
 
“Will you forget your own lord father too? I wonder if you ever knew him, truly.” Her eyes were green, her hair spun gold. He could not tell how old she was. Fifteen, he thought, or fifty. She climbed the steps to stand above the bier. “He could never abide being laughed at. That was the thing he hated most.”
 
 
 
“Who are you?” He had to hear her say it.
 
 
 
“The question is, who are you?”
 
 
 
“This is a dream.”
 
 
 
“Is it?... We all dream of things we cannot have. Tywin dreamed that his son would be a great knight, that his daughter would be a queen. He dreamed they would be so strong and brave and beautiful that no one would ever laugh at them.”
 
 
 
“I am a knight,’ he told her, “and Cersei is a queen.”
 
 
 
A tear rolled down her cheek. The woman raised her hood again and turned her back on him. Jaime called after her, but already she was moving away, her skirt whispering lullabies as it brushed across the floor. Don’t leave me, he wanted to call, but of course she’d left them long ago.}}
 
  
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
{{Quote|Prophecy can be a tricky business. <ref>So Spake Martin [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P60/ Numerous Questions.]February 28, 2002</ref> }} - [[George R. R. Martin]]
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{{Quote|Prophecy can be a tricky business. <ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P60/ Numerous Questions (February 28, 2002)]</ref>|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}
 
 
 
 
{{Quote|Prophecies are, you know, a double edge sword. You have to handle them very carefully; I mean, they can add depth and interest to a book, but you don’t want to be too literal or too easy ... <ref>George R. R. Martin: "Trying to please everyone is a horrible mistake" [http://www.adriasnews.com/2012/10/george-r-r-martin-interview.html Adria's News]</ref>}} - [[George R. R. Martin]]
 
  
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{{Quote|Prophecies are, you know, a double edge sword. You have to handle them very carefully; I mean, they can add depth and interest to a book, but you don’t want to be too literal or too easy ...<ref>George R. R. Martin: "Trying to please everyone is a horrible mistake" [http://www.adriasnews.com/2012/10/george-r-r-martin-interview.html Adria's News]</ref>|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}
  
{{quote|[A] prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and think, how sweet, how fine, how good this is . . . and then her teeth snap shut and your moans turn to screams. That is the nature of prophecy, said [[Gorghan]]. Prophecy will bite your prick off every time.{{ref|affc|45|pages 682-683}}}} - [[Marwyn]] to [[Samwell Tarly]]
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{{Quote|[[Gorghan]] of [[Old Ghis]] once wrote that a prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and think, how sweet, how fine, how good this is ... and then her teeth snap shut and your moans turn to screams. That is the nature of prophecy, said Gorghan. Prophecy will bite your prick off every time.{{Ref|AFFC|45}}|[[Marwyn]] to [[Samwell Tarly]]}}
  
 
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{{Quote|Prophecy is like a half-trained mule. It looks as though it might be useful, but the moment you trust in it, it kicks you in the head.{{Ref|ADWD|40}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Jorah Mormont]]}}
{{quote|Prophecy is like a half-trained mule. It looks as though it might be useful, but the moment you trust in it, it kicks you in the head.{{ref|ADwD|40|page 534}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Jorah Mormont]]
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
*[[Dragon dreams]]
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* [[Greensight]]
 
* [[Greensight]]
 
* The complete list at the [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Prophecies/Category/C138/ Citadel]
 
* The complete list at the [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Prophecies/Category/C138/ Citadel]
  
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Dany knew how it went with prophecies. They were made of words, and words were wind.[1] © Morgainelefee.

Prophecies, visions and prophetic dreams are featured prominently in A Song of Ice and Fire. They may deal with either the past, the present, or the future.

Types of prophetic dreams

The wise men of the children of the forest were called greenseers, and their powers included having the greensight: the ability to have prophetic dreams.[2] They were marked with eyes "as red as blood, or green as the moss on a tree in the heart of the forest".[3] Beside the children's wise men, at least one crannogman, Jojen Reed, and one northman, Bran Stark, is known to have the greensight.[2][3]

Some members of House Targaryen, as well as House Blackfyre, are known to have dragon dreams.[4]

History

Ancient prophecy

Azor Ahai

According to prophecy as written down in ancient books of Asshai[5] from over five thousand years ago, the legendary hero Azor Ahai is to be reborn again as a champion sent by R'hllor.[6] The prophecy claims that Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt,[7][8] to wake dragons out of stone.[9] This will occur after a long summer when an evil, cold darkness descends upon the world[5] and the red star bleeds.[7] It is said that wielding Lightbringer once again, Azor Ahai will stand against the Others,[5] and deliver the world from darkness.[10]

The red priestess Melisandre used the name Azor Ahai and the term "the prince that was promised"[11] interchangeably, although she tends to use the name Azor Ahai far more often.

Century of Blood

Daenys Targaryen

Daenys Targaryen, also called "Daenys the Dreamer", was the daughter of Lord Aenar Targaryen of Dragonstone. Daenys is reputed to have had a gift of prophecy; She wrote the book Signs and Portents in which she detailed her visions.[12] Aenar and his family survived the Doom of Valyria because they sold all of their holdings and belongings twelve years before the Doom and left Valyria, moving instead to the island of Dragonstone where they claimed the castle by the same name. It is believed by scholars that Aenar's decision to relocate his family was based on one of Daenys's visions, in which she predicted the Doom.[13][14]

Aegon's Conquest

Aegon the Conqueror

At some point, Lord Aegon Targaryen of Dragonstone had a dragon dream that contributed to his decision to conquer the Seven Kingdoms.[15]

High Septon

During the Conquest of Aegon I Targaryen, the High Septon of Oldtown locked himself within the Starry Sept. He prayed for seven days and nights, and took only bread and water for nourishment. When he emerged from the sept seven days later, he announced that the Faith of the Seven would not oppose Aegon and his sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys. The High Septon stated that the Crone had show him that, if Oldtown were to take up arms against the Targaryens, the city would burn and be destroyed. After hearing this prophecy, Lord Manfred Hightower refused to march out with his strength, and even opened his gates to Aegon at Aegon's approach. The city was subsequently spared.[16]

After Aegon's Conquest

Children of Maekar I Targaryen

King Maekar I Targaryen had six children with his wife, Lady Dyanna Dayne: Daeron, Aerion, Aemon, Daella, Aegon, and Rhae. Of these six, at least one son was known to have had prophetic dreams,[17] although all four brothers might have had the ability.[18]

Prince Daeron claimed to consistently dream of events that indeed came to pass. In 209 AC, he confronted Ser Duncan the Tall at the tourney at Ashford Meadow before he was to battle Duncan with his father and brother in a trial of seven, and claimed that "I dreamed of you and a dead dragon, you see. A great beast, huge, with wings so large they could cover this meadow. It had fallen on top of you, but you were alive and the dragon was dead." Daeron, considering the possibility that this dream was a prediction of his own death, feared Duncan for it and promised to stay on the ground if struck down during the trial.[17] While Daeron, Aerion, and Maekar survived the trial, Daeron's dream came true when Maekar's brother Baelor, who had fought on Duncan's side, removed his helm following the battle and revealed parts of his skull missing due to a blow given to him during the battle. As in Daeron's dream ("[the dragon] had fallen on top of you"), Baelor (the dragon) towered over Duncan and fell down, with the hedge knight catching him.[17]

According to Daeron's brother Aemon, all four brothers dreamt of dragons one time or another.

"The last dragon died before you were born," said Sam. "How could you remember them?"
"I see them in my dreams, Sam. I see a red star bleeding in the sky. I still remember red. I see their shadows on the snow, hear the crack of leathern wings, feel their hot breath. My brothers dreamed of dragons too, and the dreams killed them, every one."[18]

Although Daeron died from a pox caught from a whore,[19] his dreams have been implied[N 1] to have influenced his life-style[17] (e.g., alcoholism). His brother Aerion died after drinking a cup of wildfire, believing that doing so would transform him into a dragon,[20] while the youngest sibling Aegon died in a fire at Summerhall which Maester Yandel has linked to Aegon's dream of having dragons fly over Westeros once again.[21]

Although Aegon's dreams of dragons might not have been prophetic, Daeron at least is known to have dreamed that one day the dragons, who at the time had been extinct for almost sixty years, would someday return.[4] King Aerys I Targaryen read a prophecy stating the same thing.[4] Although Daeron did not live to see it, nearly a hundred and fifty years after the death of the last dragon, three dragon eggs were hatched in the Dothraki Sea by Daenerys Targaryen.[22] Aemon's believe that dreaming of dragons is what killed his brothers offer the possibility that Aerion, Aegon, or both, might have had a prophetic dream.[18]

House Blackfyre

Daemon II Blackfyre, the third-born son of Daemon I Blackfyre, had prophetic dreams that he considered to be completely reliable. He predicted the deaths of his two older brothers, Aegon and Aemon, in his dreams, although they did not believe him. He further dreamt about the future membership of Ser Duncan the Tall in the Kingsguard, and the hatching of a dragon's egg at a white castle that he believed to be House Butterwell's Whitewalls.[4]

Although Daemon was correct about his brothers, who both died during the First Blackfyre Rebellion at the Redgrass Field, and about Duncan becoming a knight of the Kingsguard later in life, his interpretation of the hatching of a dragon's egg at Whitewalls was false. Daemon had been convinced that his dream meant that an actual egg would hatch, and thus expected to soon have a real dragon. Lord Brynden Rivers, however, offered a different interpretation, stating that the dream referred to Prince Aegon Targaryen, who had accompanied Ser Duncan the Tall to Whitewalls disguised as the squire Egg and who had taken out a ring with his father's sigil on it when troubles began, thereby announcing his identity.[4]

Maggy

In 276 AC, during the tourney for King Aerys II at Lannisport, the maegi Maggy, also called Maggy the Frog, prophecized the futures of Cersei Lannister and Melara Hetherspoon. Both girls were allowed to ask three questions, with Cersei going first. In response to Cersei's first question ("When will I wed the prince"), Maggy replied that she would never be wed to the prince, but instead be wed to "the king". Although Cersei believed this to mean that she would wed "the prince", Rhaegar Targaryen, only after he had ascended the Iron Throne following the death of his father, King Aerys II Targaryen, in fact Maggy's first prophecy came true when Cersei was wed in 284 AC to King Robert I Baratheon, who had won the throne during a war in which both Aerys and Rhaegar had been killed. Cersei's second question was a confirmation ("I will be queen, though?"), which Maggy confirmed before warning her that she would one day be replaced by a younger, more beautiful queen who would "cast you down and take all that you hold dear". Cersei's last question was whether she and the king would have children, to which Maggy replied that the king would have sixteen children, while Cersei would have three.[23] Maggy's prediction on Cersei's children has thus far proven correct. Cersei has given birth to three children during her marriage (none of them fathered by King Robert).[24] The one time Cersei became pregnant by Robert, she had her brother Jaime find a woman to cleanse her, refusing to give birth to Robert's child.[25] With regards to Cersei's children, Maggy further prophecized that "gold shall be their crowns and gold their shrouds" and claimed that "when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you".[23] Maggy's prediction on Robert's children is still unclear. Robert is known to have fathered many bastards throughout the realm, although only seven bastard children have thus far been identified in A Song of Ice and Fire, while Lord Varys, the master of whisperers, claims to have knowledge of eight.[26] Regardless, it is generally believed by the fandom that Maggy's prediction is indeed correct, and that Robert has had, in total, sixteen children.

When Melara asked whether she would someday marry Cersei's brother Jaime, Maggy prophecized that she would wed no one, going as far as to say that "Your death is here tonight, little one. Can you smell her breath? She is very close.".[23] According to Cersei, this prophecy of Maggy's quickly came true. She tells Taena of Myr that Melara drowned in a well.[23] It has been implied that Cersei herself was responsible for Melara's death by pushing her into the well and leaving her there to drown.[27]

Recent Events

Bran Stark

While in a coma after he has been thrown from a tower by Jaime Lannister, Bran Stark begins to experience a prescient dream. The dream depicts both current events (Lady Catelyn Stark's journey to King's Landing by ship with Ser Rodrik Cassel, Lord Eddard Stark pleading with King Robert I Baratheon, Sansa and Arya Stark reacting to the deaths of the direwolf Lady and the boy Mycah), as well as more prophetic elements, including the "gathering storm" resulting from Catelyn's visit to the south, shadows around Sansa and Arya (one as dark as ash, with the terrible face of a hound, one armoured like the sun, golden and beautiful, and one a giant in armour made of stone with only darkness and thick black blood in his visor looming over them).[28]

Bran's dream ends with a view of the Wall, his bastard brother Jon Snow, and the lands north of the Wall, and the three-eyed crow telling Bran that he now knows why he has to survive his coma.[28]

Daenerys Targaryen

Daenerys Targaryen's first known experience with a prophetic dream happens a few days before her wedding to Khal Drogo. The dream starts off with Viserys Targaryen hitting her, but quickly turns prophetic as she witnesses the hatching of a dragon.

Her thighs were slick with blood. She closed her eyes and whimpered. As if in answer, there was a hideous ripping sound and the crackling of some great fire. When she looked again, Viserys was gone, great columns of flame rose all around, and in the midst of them was the dragon.[29]

Later, when Daenerys is pregnant with her child from Drogo, the dosh khaleen crones predict her to be the eventual mother of the stallion who mounts the world.[30]

Mirri Maz Duur

After the stillbirth of her child and the practice of bloodmagic by Mirri Maz Duur on Drogo resulting in an apallic state, Daenerys asks Mirri when Drogo will he as he was. Mirri's reply is considered a prophecy:

When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will return, and not before.[31]

Quaithe

Quaithe has made prophecies to Daenerys on two separate occasions. The first is an instruction on where Daenerys should go:

To go north, you must go south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.

Daenerys interprets this to mean that Quaithe wants her to go to Asshai. She asks Quaithe what she can find in Asshai that cannot be found in Qarth, and Quaithe replies "truth".[32] A year later, after Daenerys has departed Meereen on Drogon's back,[33] Daenerys considers staying at the hill in the Dothraki sea on which the dragon has made his lair. Recalling Quaithe's words ("to go forward you must go back"), which provides her with the resolve to walk back towards Meereen.[34] After Daenerys gets sick and begins to hallucinate, she envisions Quaithe repeating part of her instructions, and adds another: "Remember who you are, Daenerys. The dragons know. Do you?"[34]

The second is a warning of dangers Daenerys is to face in the near future.

"No. Hear me, Daenerys Targaryen. The glass candles are burning. Soon comes the pale mare, and after her the others. Kraken and dark flame, lion and griffin, the sun's son and the mummer's dragon. Trust none of them. Remember the Undying. Beware the perfumed seneschal."[35]

House of the Undying

Daenerys sees a vision of a feast of corpses in the House of the Undying, by Samantha Altarozzi ©

Daenerys experiences numerous visions while in the House of the Undying:[36]

"Farther on she came upon a feast of corpses. Savagely slaughtered, the feasters lay strewn across overturned chairs and hacked trestle tables, asprawl in pools of congealing blood. Some had lost limbs, even heads. Savaged limbs clutched bloody cups, wooden spoons, roast fowl, heels of bread. On a throne above them sat a dead man with the head of a wolf. He wore an iron crown and held a leg of lamb in one hand as a king might hold a sceptre, and his eyes followed Dany with mute appeal."[36]

  1. A beautiful, naked woman being ravished by four of the dwarfs who serve the house.
  2. A feast of slaughtered corpses holding cups, spoons, and food, with a dead man with a wolf's head sitting on a throne wearing an iron crown.
  3. Daenerys's childhood home with the red door in Braavos.
  4. A large stone hall in which dragon skulls hang on the walls. On a towering barbed throne, an old man dressed in rich robes, with dark eyes and long silver-grey hair, telling a man standing below the throne "Let him be king over charred bones and cooked meat. Let him be the king of ashes"
  5. A room where a silver-haired man resembling Viserys Targaryen tells the woman nursing a child in a bed that their son shall be named Aegon, and tells her that the child is the prince that was promised and that his is the song of ice and fire.
  6. A "splendor of wizards" who falsely claim to be the Undying of Qarth and offer to teach Daenerys Targaryen the secret speech of dragonkind.

Upon reaching the chamber of the Undying Ones, Daenerys is spoken to in a barely perceptible whisper. The Undying call her "mother of dragons" and "child of three" and tell her some prophesies, saying "three fires must you light... one for life and one for death and one to love... three mounts must you ride... one to bed and one to dread and one to love... three treasons will you know... once for blood and once for gold and once for love..."

The Undying show Daenerys many more visions before attacking her and being slain by Drogon:[36]

  1. Viserys's gruesome death.
  2. A tall lord with copper-skin and silver-gold hair beneath a banner of a fiery stallion, with a burning city in the background.
  3. A dying prince with rubies flying from his chest, mutters a woman's name with his last breath.
  4. A blue-eyed king who casts no shadow raises a red sword in his hand.
  5. A cloth dragon swaying on poles amidst a cheering crowd.
  6. A great stone beast takes wing from a smoking tower, breathing shadows.
  7. Daenerys's silver troting through grass to a darkling stream under a sea of stars.
  8. A corpse standing at the prow of a ship with bright eyes and grey smiling lips.
  9. A blue flower growing from a chink in a wall of ice, filling the air with sweetness.

Jojen Reed

Jojen Reed has the greensight, the ability to have prophetic dreams. Although his sister Meera believes that the dreams “sometimes” come true, Jojen claims they always do.[2] The green dreams can take strange shapes,[37] making them difficult to interpret.

Jojen has described several of his green dreams. At Winterfell he told Bran Stark that he had a green dream in which Bran was sitting at supper, with Maester Luwin bringing the food instead of a servant. While Bran received the king's cut of the roast, the tastiest piece there was, in the dream Bran was able to enjoy his food as much as Big Walder and Little Walder Frey were, despite the fact that they had been served meat that was "old and grey and dead".[2] Later, Bran learns from Maester Luwin of Robb Stark's victory over Ser Stafford Lannister in the Battle of Oxcross, and the death of Ser Stevron Frey. While Bran is happy for the victory, he knows that only Lord Tywin Lannister matters. In contrast, neither Big Walder nor Little Walder seem bothered by their uncle Stevron's death, instead being more concerned about their improved positions in the Frey line of succession.[37]

One of Jojen's dreams predicts Theon Greyjoy's capture of Winterfell, in which the ironborn are depicted as waves of the sea, while the slain of Winterfell are depicted as drowned men.[37]

In another one of Jojen's green dreams, he sees Reek skinning the faces of Bran and Rickon, who laid dead at his feet.[37] After a fashion, this dream later comes true as well, when "Reek" (actually Ramsay Snow) advices Theon Greyjoy to kill two boys from the Acorn Water mill, who are around the same age as the missing Bran and Rickon, and presents their corpses as the bodies of the two Stark children. Ramsay later skins the two bodies so the ruse will not be discovered.[38]

Jojen further claims to know the date of his death.[2]

The Ghost of High Heart

The ghost of High Heart, a mysterious dwarf woman, sometimes tells of the future to the brotherhood without banners. She has shown knowledge of the deaths of Renly Baratheon, Balon Greyjoy and Catelyn Tully, and even of the coming of Lady Stoneheart.[39]

"I dreamt a wolf howling in the rain, but no one heard his grief," the dwarf woman was saying. "I dreamt such a clangor I thought my head might burst, drums and horns and pipes and screams, but the saddest sound was the little bells."[40]

—the ghost of High Heart, relating a vision of the Red Wedding, including the playing of the Rains of Castamere, the death of Grey Wind, and the death of Jinglebell

Red priests

The red priests, priests of R'hllor, are trained to see visions in the flames of their nightfires. These visions can be about the past, the future, or things happening far away from the location of the priest.[40] It is not always easy to see visions in the flames, however,[41] and the priests do not always succeed.[42][40][5]

It takes years of training to see the shapes beyond the flames, and even longer to learn to distinguish visions about the past from visions about a certain future and a possible future.[43] Even after such long training, it remains difficult,[43] and even though the visions are never wrong,[7] priests might still err in their interpretation;[11][9] many priests have been brought down by such incorrect interpretations.[44]

Melisandre

The priestess Melisandre claims to be able to see the future by watching flames.[11] In search of a prophecized prince, she travels to Dragonstone, believing Stannis Baratheon fits the prophecy.[45] On Dragonstone, Melisandre tells Stannis of two futures she has seen in her flames; One in which Stannis is defeated in King's Landing by his brother Renly, and one in which he sails to Renly's seat, Storm's End, where his brother shall die, and his men will flock to Stannis.[46] Both visions come true; Renly is slain by an animated shadow conjured by Melisandre near Storm's End.[47] During the Battle of the Blackwater, fought between Stannis's forces and the forces of King Joffrey I Baratheon at King's Landing, the Iron Throne receives aid from Lord Tywin Lannister and the forces from the Reach. During the battle, Ser Garlan Tyrell, dressed in the recognizable armor of the deceased Renly, leads the vanguard and plunges through Stannis's army. Renly's former supporters who had joined Stannis after Renly's death, become convinced that their dead lord has returned and abandon Stannis by the hundreds.[48] "Renly's shade" kills Ser Guyard Morrigen, who leads Stannis' van.[48]

Melisandre accompanies Stannis to the Wall in the north. There, her powers are much stronger, and she constantly searches her fires for visions. When she looks into the flames, she sees a "wooden face, corpse white" with a thousand red eyes, accompanied by a boy with a wolf's face. She asks to see Azor Ahai, hoping for Stannis, but sees only Jon Snow surrounded by skulls, his face changing between that of a man and that of a wolf.[44] Shortly after Jon Snow receives a letter announcing the upcoming wedding of Ramsay Bolton to Arya Stark, Melisandre informs him that she has seen Arya in her flames, a grey girl, fleeing from her marriage on a dying horse.[49] However, when the girl arrives at Castle Black, it becomes apparent that, while the girl indeed was fleeing from a marriage on a dying horse, the girl is not Arya Stark, but Alys Karstark, attempting to escape a marriage to her cousin Cregan.[50]

At Castle Black, Melisandre warns Jon that she has seen that three of the nine rangers he has sent out will die and that she has seen their pale faces with empty sockets, weeping blood in her flames.[49] She seems them again later, shortly before the dead rangers are found.[44] She sees several other visions as well, forming, melting and dissolving into one another: towers by the sea, submerged beneath a black and bloody tide; Skull-shaped shadows that turned to mist; bodies locked together in lust; and great winged shadows wheeled against a blue sky, through curtains of fire.[44]

Moqorro

When asked by Tyrion Lannister what he sees in the flames of his night fire, the red priest Moqorro states that he sees "Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all."[51] Moqorro’s claim appears to foreshadow that Tyrion Lannister will play an important role in the conflicts to come involving dragons, whether literal dragons, or figurative dragons. The possible identities of the "old dragon", "young dragon", "true dragon", "false dragon", "bright dragon", and "dark dragon" have been a heavily debated topic in the fandom.

Moqorro further claims to have seen other people in his flames who are searching for Daenerys Targaryen and although he has seen only their shadows, he identifies one more clearly, describing this person as "A tall and twisted thing with one black eye and ten long arms, sailing on a sea of blood."[51] Many readers have identified this person as Euron Greyjoy, based on the fact that the kraken is the sigil of House Greyjoy, and on the fact that Euron wears an eye-patch over his left eye,[52] which according to Euron's nephew, Theon Greyjoy, is a "black eye shining with malice".[53] Euron indeed eventually sends out his brother Victarion to find Daenerys and bring her to Westeros.[54]

Moqorro later encounters Victarion, and claims to him that he has seen Victarion and "the glory that awaits you" every night in his fires.[55]

Jon Snow

Jon Snow reveals to Samwell Tarly while at Castle Black that he has frequently had a dream in which he is walking through an empty hall, calling out, but unable to find anyone. He says that most nights, he is searching for Eddard Stark in his dream, though during others, he's looking for Robb Stark, or Arya Stark, or even his uncle, Benjen Stark. However, the castle is always empty, the ravens have gone from the rookery, and the stables are full of bones. He always ends up in front of the door to the crypts of Winterfell. Although Jon knows that he has to go down the steps, he does not want to as he is afraid what awaits him below. In the dream Jon screams that he is not a Stark and that the crypts are not his place, but he still has to walk down without something to light his way. As he descends, it gets darker and darker.[56]

Patchface

See also: Patchface/Theories

The fool Patchface, who resides at Dragonstone, recites cryptic jingles that seem to often have prophetic meaning. Examples include:

  • "It is always summer under the sea. The merwives wear nennymoans in their hair and weave gowns of silver seaweed. I know, I know, oh, oh, oh."[57]
  • "The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord," he sang, hopping from one foot to the other and back again. "The shadows come to stay, my lord, stay my lord, stay my lord."[57]
  • "Fool's blood, king's blood, blood on the maiden’s thigh, but chains for the guests and chains for the bridegroom, aye aye aye."[58]

Tyrion Lannister

While travelling in the litter with Illyrio on their way to the Rhoyne, Tyrion Lannister has a peculiar dream, although it is unclear whether the dream is prophetic. In the dream, Tyrion he fights in Westeros besides Ser Barristan Selmy and Ser Aegor Rivers while dragons fly over the scene. He kills both is father, Tywin, and brother, Jaime. When killing Jaime, Tyrion laughs at every blow he gives his brother. But, he has two heads, and by the time the fight is done, Tyrion realises that his second head is weeping.[59]

Jaime Lannister

Jaime Lannister has two seemingly prophetic dreams over the course of the series. The first of these dreams takes place after Jaime has left Harrenhal, while he sleeps with his head on a weirwood stump. He dreams he is in the deepness of Casterly Rock. He is naked and alone, but has both his hands again. A dozen tall dark figures in cowled robes, who are hiding their faces, hold spears, and refuse to answer Jaime when he demands to know who they are. Instead, with their spears, they force him to descent into the deepness. In his dream, Jaime knows that his doom, which he describes as "something dark and terrible", awaits him below. Jaime eventually reaches a watery cavern deep below Casterly Rock. When he wonders out loud where he is, the voices of all Lannisters answer that it is his "place". Jaime sees his father, his sister, and his eldest son, Joffrey. Cersei is holding a torch, which is the only source of light in the cavern. Jaime pleads for her not to leave him alone, and requests a sword when they do turn to leave. His father replies that he has given him a sword, and Jaime sees it under the water. When he holds the sword, the sword catches fire. Brienne appears from the darkness, her hands bound in chains. She is also naked, and asks Jaime to undo her chains. When she asks, a sword appears, which subsequently catches fire as well. From afar, Jaime hears Cersei say that when the flames on the swords go out, they will die, after which she leaves. Brienne questions what lives in the darkness, offering the suggestions of a bear, a cave lion, and direwolves, which Jaime all rejects. They ponder on what to do next, as shadows appear. Jaime recognizes Oswell Whent, Jon Darry, Lewyn Martell, Gerold Hightower, Arthur Dayne and Rhaegar Targaryen. While Brienne repeatedly states how she swore to keep Jaime safe, the shadow of Arthur Dayne tells her that they all swore an oath, and the shadows blame Jaime for the deaths of Aerys, Elia, Rhaenys and Aegon. That is when the fire of Jaime´s sword starts going out.[60]

Jaime's second dream occurs after Riverrun has been handed over to his aunt, Genna Lannister, and uncle, Emmon Frey. He dreams of his mother, Lady Joanna Lannister, although at first he does not recognize her. Joanna asks him if he will forget Tywin as well, and tells her son that Tywin hated being laughed at most of all. Joanna asks Jaime who he is, and tells him that they all dreams of things they cannot have. She tells him "Tywin dreamed that his son would be a great knight, that his daughter would be a queen. He dreamed they would be so strong and brave and beautiful that no one would ever laugh at them." When Jaime insists that he is a knight and Cersei a queen, a tear rolls down Joanna's cheek. She pulls her hood over her head and walks away, while Jaime calls after her.[61]

Teora Toland

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Teora Toland, the younger daughter of Lady Nymella Toland, appears to have prophetic dreams. While present at the welcome feast for Princess Arianne Martell and her companions, she states that she has dreamed of dragons dancing in her dreams, and people dying wherever they danced.[62]

Quotes

Prophecy can be a tricky business. [63]

Prophecies are, you know, a double edge sword. You have to handle them very carefully; I mean, they can add depth and interest to a book, but you don’t want to be too literal or too easy ...[64]

Gorghan of Old Ghis once wrote that a prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and think, how sweet, how fine, how good this is ... and then her teeth snap shut and your moans turn to screams. That is the nature of prophecy, said Gorghan. Prophecy will bite your prick off every time.[65]

Prophecy is like a half-trained mule. It looks as though it might be useful, but the moment you trust in it, it kicks you in the head.[66]

See Also

Notes

  1. "Never you mind that one, ser. All he does is drink and talk about his dreams."

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