The The A Song of Ice and Fire is a story set in a world where prophecy is 100% real and 110% dangerous.

But in Danes the Dreamer, perhaps the most famous prophet in all the history of Westrose,

we have a rare example of someone whose prophecies or one particular prophecy that we know of

was listened to by the people

in power or person in power, her father, and it had a positive effect. Most of the time it doesn't

go quite so well, right? Even if people actually listen to the prophecy in the first place,

which they often don't, but beyond that, take you Harris the second, for example, listened to the prophecy in the first place, which they often don't. But beyond that, take

Gerrhus the second, for example, listened to the ghost of Highheart when it comes to the

prince slash princess that was promised didn't go so well. Arguably, you could say the Targaryen

dynasty being saved by Danes the Dreamer wasn't actually a good thing. But for them it was, for House Targaryen it was.

It was certainly a benefit to them. And it might have been a good thing for humanity as a whole,

because maybe without Danes the Dreamer, the others might be primed for a big win right now because,

well, they would be able to make their plans for Westeros without having

to worry about dragons. There have been a lot of Targaryen dreamers, but she stands alone at the top.

None of the others are particularly celebrated within their own family even. We don't see

histories written about them. They get mentioned in their dreams or mentioned kind of casually or not

at all. I mean, how many times have we theorized about a certain Targaryian dreamer or otherwise,

or their dreams, a lot, right? We've done quite a bit of that over the years. There's always a

shroud of mystery around it and often a shroud of shame or a lack of willingness to share.

Right?

Like Darren the drunkard again.

He's not super excited about telling people what his dreams are.

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