He has been reborn after death and even already used his Valyrian steel sword to take out a White Walker north of the Wall. As the presumed child of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen, he is literally the product of the union of ice and fire. While Dany almost perfectly fits the Azor Ahai prophecy, Jon Snow pretty much perfectly fits. She did already kill her beloved Drogo, and if that doesn't qualify, she does have three dragons. Dany almost perfectly fits the prophecy for Azor Ahai reborn. Besides, Game of Throne_s is a song of ice and fire, and the Night King is bringing the cold down with him from Beyond the Wall. It would be truly fitting if, after years of hearing Melisandre go on and on about a Prince who was promised, we ended up with a Princess who fits the prophecy without Melisandre needing to try and shape her into the role. There's also the point that Season 7 really seems to be the season for the ladies of Game of Thrones to take charge. She already has the approval of a number of the Lord of Light's followers thanks to her actions over in Essos. Dany has come to Westeros with three dragons, whose fire will be able to take out White Walkers and wights easily. Thanks to generations of Targaryen inbreeding, she has the most pure royal blood of any living character on the series, and the High Valyrian of the prophecy allows the Prince That Was Promised to be translated as the Princess That Was Promised. Even if Beric Dondarrion isn't Azor Ahai and his sword isn't Lightbringer, he's at least a character who has given viewers a good look at what is possible with the Lord of Light at work without Melisandre getting in the way and misinterpreting signs.Īll of this said, there have always been two obvious candidates for Azor Ahai reborn, and Daenerys Targaryen is one of them. It's worth noting as well as Beric is currently on his way North, and footage from Season 7 trailers indicates that he and his flaming sword will have a significant part to play in the Great War. Maybe we'll discover that we've been looking for Azor Ahai in all the wrong places, and the Prince That Was Promised was in front of us all along. Although not a prince, he is a knight, and he has become a savior of sorts to many of the common folks of the riverlands. He has been resurrected from the dead thanks to the efforts of Thoros of Myr a number of times, and he is the only character to wield a flaming sword without needing to protect his hands.
As for the sacrifice, isn't it possible that Bran already lost something precious to him when he lost the use of his legs? Bran was reborn into a different person after his ability to walk was taken from him perhaps we'll discover that Bran's whole life was building up to the moment when he seizes his destiny as the Prince That Was Promised, just as Hodor's life was building up to the moment when he needed to hold the door.īeric Dondarrion is probably the closest thing we've gotten to a version of Azor Ahai on Game of Thrones so far. Maybe the reborn Azor Ahai won't need to wield a physical sword maybe he'll just need a certain set of powers to help the living take a stand against the dead.īran certainly does have powers thanks to his lessons from the Three-Eyed Raven. Due to his damaged spine and legs, Bran won't be wielding a sword and leading any armies into battle with a magical sword, but prophecies are rarely straightforward.
While he and Jon may actually only be cousins, they were raised as siblings, and we can bet that Bran still thinks of Jon as a brother even after what he learned in his blast from the past to the Tower of Joy in Season 6.
Given that Jon Snow is King of the North, Bran Stark technically is a prince. We've come up with a handful of characters who could fit the bill (and one wild card), and we've ranked their likelihood. Now that many of the major players of Game of Thrones are coming together, the time has come to try and figure out the identity of the reborn Azor Ahai. The original Azor Ahai had to kill his beloved wife the new Azor Ahai would likely have to give up something or someone beloved as well. Unfortunately for whoever is the subject of the prophecy, a sacrifice is required for Lightbringer to turn the tide of the war. We learned in Season 7 that the original prophecy in its High Valyrian form referred to a savior without specifying a man or a woman.
With Stannis dead and the full legitimate Baratheon line extinguished, the Prince That Was Promised must be somebody else entirely.
Of course, Melisandre has been very wrong when it comes to prophecies in the past, as she was quite convinced that Stannis Baratheon was the Prince That Was Promised that would fulfill the prophecy.