Ok so House Of The Dragon sets up some major things for the Prince Who Was Promised Prophecy
which would end up coming to fruition in Game Of Thrones.
Episode seven has a major moment in it in which Alicent cuts Rhaenyras hand and this
could all tie everything together to bring things full circle in Game Of Thrones.
As we've been saying every week it was thought that Jon Snow would be the one to fullfill
the prophecy but in the end it was Arya.
However there is a way it could all still come together and make sense whilst having
Jon Snow not actually carry it out.
There's a number of things that connect it altogether and if you had issues with the
way the prophecy played out in the Long Night then hopefully this at least saves some of
the finale season for you.
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Now firstly I have to give a huge shoutouts to our editor Matt who first noticd this tie
in when we were editing our Episode 7 video.
Since then we've been going over everything to talk about how the blood being on the blade
stops things from contradicting.
For the first part of the video I wanna talk about what the prophecy is so you can kinda
get a brief understanding of that before we delve into how the blade connects to it.
Now incase you don't know The Prince Who Was Promised Prophecy is what the Lord Of Light
religion is based around and it was brought to the forefront by Aegon the Conqueror.
He had a nightmare that showed a great force coming from the north and the only way to
stop this was through his bloodline being on the throne.
Though the word prince is often interpreted as being about a man it's important to bear
in mind that the term comes from High Valeryon.
In this language the word Prince is actually gender neutral and therefore there's been
a number of candidates that could fit the role.
Many have thought that it could be Stannis Baratheon, Jon Snow, Dany and even Arya.
The prophecy states that the figure will be born amidst salt and smoke and then using
a sword named lightbringer they'll combat the impending darkness.
The Prince is also supposed to be a reincarnation of Azor Ahai, a legendary warrior who defeated
darkness during the long night thousands of years ago.
Aegon had a dream that this figure would return one day and he had dream that the prince that
would promise would come from his blood.
He said that this will be the song of ice and fire and this was also carved into the
Valeryon Dagger.
Similar to the hidden message on the one ring this could only be displayed with fire and
it relayed all of Aegons message.
The Song Of Ice and Fire is of course the name of the book series Game Of Thrones was
adapted into and it's something that Viserys and Sam also reference.
This prophecy has been secretly passed from King to King and King to Queen to make sure
that those who inherit the throne know to pass on the message.
Due to what happens in the books it's unlikely that Rhaenyra will ever pass on this message
to someone who sits on the throne but she could possibly relay it to her children and
so on and so forth.
However as we never hear it in Game Of Thrones I'm guessing that it got lost to time though
it's also possible that D&D had no idea what they were doing so they never set it
up.
A lot of this could just be the show trying to fix the ending of Game Of Thrones but I
can't say that I'll be mad if they manage to pull this off.
For the next part of the video I wanna talk about the timline of the Dagger and where
it eventually ends up.
This is a rough timeline of it and where it travels through the story in Game Of Thrones.
This dagger ends up getting carried by the assassin
who attempts to kill Bran in Winterfell after his fall from the tower and thus it definitely
falls out of targayen hands.
After this attack fails the dagger is then shown to several of the characters who all
conclude that it has to belong to someone wealthy due to it being made of Valeryon steel.
After taking it with her to Kingslanding, Catelyn discovers that it belonged to Littlefinger
who lost it in a bet to Tyrion.
He denies this and afterwards Ned keeps it with him.
Little Finger then ends up taking it after he betrays Ned and he keeps it with him all
the way up until Season 7.
In the end he gives it to Bran who then passes it onto Arya because he can't fight.
In a cruel twist of fate Arya ends up using it on Littlefinger when he's executed for
treason.
They even theorise that Littlefinger actually owned it all along because of Tyrions denial.
This would mean that he was the one who sent the assassin to Bran and he may have gave
it to him as a way to try and broker peace.
From this point onwards Arya keeps the dagger herself and she ends up carrying it across
the sea at the end of Season 8.
So it is still out there which we'll talk about later on in the video.
Now the saying also has a the strong connection to Aegons blood which I think is what the
hand slice plays upon.
When this happens we get a strong focus on it dripping from Rhaenyras hand and this is
symbolic on a number of reasons.
Not only is it a symbol of Alicent drawing first blood between the pair but the blood
itself is now also on the blade.
Now Jon snow can trace his lineage all the way back to Rhaenyra making him tied directly
to the prince who was promised.
This blade now carries his bloodline on it too so no matter what happens it can help
to defeat the night king without it necessarily having to be in his hand.
The prophecy also doesn't specifically state that a Targaryen needs to be on the throne
either and therefore it's still possible that it becomes complete in Game Of Thrones.
Now another interesting aspect tying into the Bloodline is that Danerys is also a descendant
of Aegon and therefore the prince who was promised could be talking about multiople
people.
Dany was born amongst sea and salt and therefore she might be fullfilling this part of it.
On the otherside of it Jon could end up fullfilling the lightbringer side of it and thus the term
prince being interchangeable gender-wise could also mean that it's still technically true.
So in order for it to all come together we have the prophecy that states either a male
or female from Aegons Bloodline will come forth and destroy the darkness that will come
from the north.
This evil will be defeated using the blade which Arya ends up doing.
Who knows, she even might be revealed as being a Targaryen at some point cos their family
tree is probably dying for a couple of extra branches that aren't connected to it.
I doubt it but that's something to bear in mind as we start heading towards this point.
Now it's also possible that this will be covered more in the upcoming Jon Snow series that's
rumopured to be in development.
Though Kit Harrington has said that he knows nothing...about it, George RR Martin has openly
talked about it at several points and it will likely be somethign that fills the gap between
the two years it takes to make House Of The Dragon.
I can see it getting to a point where they look for a big bad in that series and they
may even end up pulling the Night king back into it once more.
This could lead to Jon facing off against him one final time and he may then stab the
villain with the blade which would lead to it all being fullfilled.
I dunno though, guy should be dead but yeah, this spin off series will be interesting to
see as we don't really have anything in the books that hints towards where things could
be going.
With it being a spin off series I'm guessing that they will have cameos in it which feature
returning characters.
This could end up leading into the return of Arya who may end up giving the dagger back
to Jon as she was last seen with it.
If this is the case she could also be pulled into fighting the night king once more seeing
as she was the person who defeated him in the first place.
There's lots of different ways to take it and I'm sure we'll unearth more and more as
we get into the future episodes and seasons of House Of The Dragon.
Either way I'd love to hear your thoughts on the theories so make sure you comment below
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