WMG / A Song Of Ice And Fire Confirmed

These are Wild Mass Guesses for A Song of Ice and Fire which have been confirmed by the series.

Please add new confirmed entries to the bottom of the page.

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Bloodraven is the three-eyed crow.

The line about Bloodraven having "a thousand eyes and one" could probably be taken literally to mean that Bloodraven is a skinchanger. If he most frequently wargs with a crow, then he has three eyes - he has one, and the crow has two. And he's a member of the Night's Watch, too, so he seems like a likely candidate for actually being the three-eyed crow.

• ADWD confirms that yes, Bloodraven is the three-eyed crow.
  • Well, not actually CONFIRMED in exact words, but so many bloody obvious hints have been dropped that it's effectively impossible for him to be anyone other than Bloodraven.
  • His name is Brynden, and when Bloodraven was the King's Hand people referred to him having "a thousand eyes, and one" to mean he was a spymaster.
  • Add to that his ghost white skin and birthmark that match Bloodraven's and the missing eye and I feel like we can call the case closed.

Quentyn Martell will die in A Dance With Dragons

Quentyn is on his way to propose to Dany. There are a lot of reasons she should accept him. She wants to conquer a land she has never seen and knows no one in, he can help put her in good standing with the nobility. The Targaryens traditionally marry relatives, Quentyn is at least a distant cousin. The Martells are one of the only families that allows females to inherit over males, so if any Lord in the Seven Kingdoms is willing to accept being Prince Consort to a ruling Queen, it is likely a Martell. However, the prophesy from the House of the Undying seems to suggest that she won't marry him. Likely the reason that she won't is because he will die. This would also have the benefit of introducing some real difficulty into Dany's quest: Doran may decide that he's sick of sending his relatives to the Targaryens only to get back bodies.

• Confirmed. Burned by Rhaegal in an attempt to gain control of Dany's other dragon, Viserion. He dies from his burn wounds shortly afterward.

The fake Arya is Jeyne Poole

Not all that ground-breaking, but I think it's true. They only describe her as "some northern girl" and Jeyne disappeared into the ether of the court in the first book and was never heard of again. They wouldn't have been able to pass off some random peasant as a Stark; however it was would have had to have some noble experience.

• Confirmed.

The Children of The Forest will return.

Osha claims the Children are still alive in the North of the Haunted Forest. She was right about the Giants and the Others.

• Confirmed. In a spoiler chapter for A Dance With Dragons, we learn that Bran's three-eyed crow is the last Child of the Forest still alive.
  • Actually, the three-eyed crow is Bloodraven, not a child of the forest, but the children do show up in Bran's chapters.