

The theory also says that Jaime will emerge as the true hero of the show, killing the Night King in battle.
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Jaime/Azor Ahai kills the Night King and defeats the White Walker army, forever.” As soon as he does this, Jaime’s sword becomes enveloped in flames, revealing him to be Azor Ahai. Jaime will use his Valyrian steel sword to kill zombie Brienne. Redditor u/TheJucyOne theorises that during the battle, “Brienne will die, and will come back to life as a White Walker. Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth in a still from episode three of Game of Thrones’ final season. In addition to this build up, a newly released still from the third episode suggests that Jaime and Brienne will fight alongside each other in the Battle of Winterfell. “Ser Jaime is an honourable man,” she said, which was enough to convince Sansa Stark to believe that he was on their side. In episode two, Brienne offered testimony in defence of Jaime, as Denaerys was contemplating what to do with him. Their bond was strengthened in episode two, when Jaime knighted Brienne in an emotional scene. But since Cersei is thousands of miles away in King’s Landing (and also because Jaime seems to have finally come to his senses about his feelings for her), his ‘beloved’ must be someone else.Įveryone seems to think it’s the newly knighted Brienne of Tarth. The most obvious candidate for who Jaime’s beloved is, is his sister Cersei. However, a cruel twist dictates that the Azor Ahai must slay his ‘beloved’ by plunging a sword through their heart for the prophecy to take effect. 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.”Īlso read: Game of Thrones season 8 episode 2 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms review: An emotional love letter to beloved characters In this dread hour a warrior shall draw from the fire a burning sword. Here’s the prophecy, according to George RR Martin’s source novels, “There will come a day after a long summer when the stars bleed and the cold breath of darkness falls heavy on the world. This has been invoked by Melisandre as well. A prophecy, however, says that ‘Azor Ahai come again’. A fan theory on Reddit provides several compelling reasons why episode three will be the one in which Jaime is finally revealed to be the Azor Ahai.Īccording to Game of Thrones lore, the Azor Ahai ‘was a legendary hero who wielded a burning sword called Lightbringer’. These questions may go forever unanswered, but we at least feel certain that Daenerys will not survive all of Martin's novels and that Jon Snow will likely play a role in her death.Jaime Lannister has long been rumoured to be the Azor Ahai, a legendary figure in Game of Thrones canon, and on Monday’s episode of the hit HBO fantasy series, he might finally reveal his true nature. So was Jon Snow really Azor Ahai all along, or was Arya Stark also a foretold hero who conquered the darkness? Was the Prince That Was Promised prophecy always going to come to a messy realization, or is this convoluted ending just the result of Benioff and Weiss running out of book material? Read more: Why Arya Stark killing the Night King uncovered a mess of emotions about HBO's adaptation of George R.R. Martin had told them a general overview of his planned ending, but not the minor details. As we saw with Arya Stark and death of the Night King, Benioff and Weiss had to rework pieces from earlier seasons to fit them into major turning points of the final episode's storylines.
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Martin has yet to finish his book series and lay out all the intricate ways in which these prophecies will (or won't) play out with our main characters. Such is the tale of the forging of Lightbringer, the Red Sword of Heroes."

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It is said that her cry of anguish and ecstasy left a crack across the face of the moon, but her blood and her soul and her strength and her courage all went into the steel. "She did this thing, why I cannot say, and Azor Ahai thrust the smoking sword through her living heart. "'Nissa Nissa,' he said to her, for that was her name, 'bare your breast, and know that I love you best of all that is in this world.' A hundred days and a hundred nights he labored on the third blade, and as it glowed white-hot in the sacred fires, he summoned his wife. "Great was his woe and great was his sorrow then, for he knew what he must do. Then came the third blade, which was created when Azor Ahai killed his love, Nissa Nissa. (The second one was plunged into the heart of a lion.) Azor Ahai forged two swords, both of which shattered when he tried to temper the steel. The story of Lightbringer is then told to Ser Davos Seaworth by Salladhor Saan.
