The The Prophecy is a central feature of a song of ice and fire.

Many of the major plot lines are steeped in it,

and so are many of the minor plot lines. But of all the POV characters, there's really no

contest when it comes to which character is the most embroiled in prophecy, and that is

DeNaris Targaryen. You could argue that Melisandra is more involved since it's basically her

entire purpose. It's the only thing that really matters to her. And Danny doesn't actually even

really know about the others yet. She's only dimly aware of the long night at most. But given that

she is the person referred to, the prophecies center around her, a lot of them do.

It's pretty hard to argue from someone.

Even Melisandra would probably agree that if she knew Dineris, that this was the case.

Now, lots of people have pieces of the prophecy puzzle, and no one seems to have it all.

In this episode, we focus on someone who might have more pieces than anyone else, or at least

is well positioned for those pieces of knowledge to matter a lot.

And that's Quayth of the Shadow.

Someone who has a lot in common with the just mentioned Melisandraandra, yet with not more certainty, but more accuracy, right?

And by that I mean very simply, Stanis is the wrong guy.

DeNaris is the right gal.

Yet by the same token, we have a lot more idea of what Melisandra is up to.

We've been in her head, we've had a POV chapter, she's appeared

quite a lot. Quayth is a lot more mysterious. How, for example, does she keep speaking to Danny

from afar? And why? Is she really just helping with no ulterior motive? Really? Maybe.

It's possible, but it's not easy to accept without strong evidence. That's a tough

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