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Starry Wisdom

Kingsblood III: Green Kings, Grey Kings, Pearl Kings, Jade Kings.

The first parts of this series: Kingsblood (on YouTube), Kingsblood II (on YouTube) It is written in The World of Ice and Fire, when the God-on-earth exited, not stage left but directly to the stars, that: Dominion over mankind then passed to his eldest son, who was known as the Pearl Emperor and ruled for a thousand years. […]

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Starry Wisdom

Kingsblood II: Eyes of Opal and Amethyst, Tourmaline and Jade

This episode is in follow up to my prior work, “Kingsblood, Elitism, Magic, and 10,000 years of Sex in Westeros,” where I focused on how widespread I think Kingsblood is in GRRM’s TWoIaF.  This episode I’ll focus more on why I think the texts are hinting at the interpretation I presented there.  I think the […]

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Dragons

Dany’s Dragon Bonds, Volume I: A Game of Thrones – The Last Dragon Awakens the Last Dragons

We can identify the dragon to be Drogon because this time we get a physical description.  I presume it to be the same dragon as the first dream because it is described as “the dragon,” not “a dragon.”  Drogon’s egg is mentioned in the passage, as well, to make sure that we connect him to the dream.  Recall our prior discussion of physical contact amplifying the bond.  Dany feels heat coming off his egg when she touches it, and for an instant, she feels like she’s dreaming again.  To me, this is clear evidence for a telepathic bond to Drogon at this moment.  Recall again, that the magic is amplified by physical touch.

This is a transformative dream for Dany, so much so that the handmaidens immediately noticed. This is significant; the dragon symbolically heals her mind and body, burning away her fear and pain, and making her “new and fierce.”  Whether you believe that it was just a psychological healing, a physiological healing by fire magic, or some combination of these with the normal healing and development of callous from blisters due to the passage of time,  we know for certain that after the dream she feels better, so she was at least healed emotionally by the dream, if only partially.   

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Direwolves

The Direwolves of Winterfell: Part 5, Shaggydog and Rickon’s Bond 

His angry brother with the hot green eyes was near, the prince felt, though he had not seen him for many hunts. Yet with every sun that set he grew more distant, and he had been the last. The others were far scattered, like leaves blown by the wild wind.