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http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/253zbx/is_daario_reallyspoilers_adwd/

 

He is away more than he is with her, it seems. Lots of interesting coincidences going on there, if nothing else.

Also, I now believe Euron murdered Balon.

There is a theory floating around that Euron hired a faceless man to kill Balon, possibly using the dragon egg he found as payment

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New TWOW chapter released today, from Arya's perspective so it wont spoil any other storylines

http://www.georgerrmartin.com/excerpt-from-the-winds-of-winter/

Speaking of crazy conspiracy theories- this one might be my favorite so far
 

We know almost nothing about the past Boltons. Roose is the oldest Bolton we know, and we don't know how old Roose even is. I think the only reference I have seen made to other Boltons directly related to the current batch was an off hand remark Roose said about his "forebears" not being fools.

Thesis: There has only been one Bolton patriarch.

Support: Recall the Faceless Men and their methods for disguise. They use the cured skin of other people's faces, and magically fuse these masks to their faces with their own blood. They assume that person's identity, and no one's the wiser.

Bolton is an ancient house. They were bitter rivals to the Starks back when the Starks were Kings in the North. Back when magic was common place, and the Starks were wargs. How did House Bolton survive this feud, against an enemy with superior man power and magic? Recall that the Boltons were known to have worn the skins of their enemies as cloaks, even having a few Stark skins back at the Dreadfort. Well what if this was the Bolton ace in the hole? They have been flaying people since the beginning of written history. Is it such a stretch that they would know some magic art pertaining to human skin? I think this is the ultimate survival technique.

Ramsay is actually central to my next point. Why does Roose stomach Ramsay? By most counts, letting Ramsay continue to be Ramsay is political suicide. Roose's explanation is that Ramsay continues to kill all of Roose's sons, and Roose will not live long enough to see a boy to manhood, which would be devastating for his house. Which is strange. Roose seems to be in perfect health. Why does Roose think he won't live for another twenty years?

I have pondered this a fair amount. An explanation offered by the GNC and its supporters is that Roose doesn't think he will make it out of his current situation in the North. This doesn't strike me as very in line with Roose's character, nor does it make sense that Roose would feel better about letting his Bastard take his lands over a boy lord. If Roose thinks he's doomed, than I'm sure he thinks Ramsay is twice as doomed. No, this doesn't make much sense to me at all.

But what if there was another reason Roose was keeping Ramsay alive? Why did Roose spare Ramsay when he first found out that he had a bastard? Ramsay had his eyes. Roose is keeping Ramsay around, because Roose plans on stealing Ramsay's identity. Roose plans on stealing Ramsay's face.

Why? Because Roose is immortal. How he achieved this, I'm not sure. One theory that I like is that the Bolton line began when the Night's King and an Other had a half human child. That child grew to an adult, but then ceased to age. How could this strange creature continue its existence while living in the world of men? It must pretend. It must be cautious. It must look to live and die and give birth to heirs, like men do. And when it has lived fifty or sixty years, not long enough for it's unlined face and dark hair to draw too much attention, it flays a son with pale, pale eyes, and assumes his identity.

Roose Bolton’s own face was a pale grey mask, with two chips of dirty ice where his eyes should be. p.487 ADwD

Oh god it almost makes too much sense! Why does he leach his skin all the time? Hes simply helping maintain the blood flow to keep his new skin alive.

Which of course means the flayed man of house Bolton, is Roose himself

Not gonna lie, the "Tree guy is turning Bran evil" theory makes a lot of sense when presented like that.  Why else would Coldhands be helping them? (Not to mention all the shady poo he was doing on their journey up there). 

But if you buy into the idea that Bran is eating Jojen's blood, then are the Cranogmen in on the plan to use Bran?  They started making the paste a while ago, and Meera was the one who always made it

I finished the books last week (and just read through this thread), so fug it imma bump this poo.

To add some speculation of my own- I think Dany finding herself stranded out in the Dothraki Sea is going to finally change her into the person we've always wanted her to be.  She realizes that Mereen will never change, and that it is not her home.  More importantly, she realizes that "Dragons plant no trees," and that she is finally going to accept that she is a Targaryen and finally unleash those motherfuging dragons.

But I feel like shes going to waste some time with that khalisar she just ran in to, and Victarion is going to come in and use that dragon horn to control her other dragons.  Setting up a MOTHERfugING DRAGON FIGHT between Drogon and those two bitch dragons

Okay maybe thats just my hope

We have maybe 5-6". Our roads are a mess. My son and his best friend carpooled this morning to work, and it took over an  hour with 4 wheel drive; it usually takes them about 10-15 minutes.

 

My daughter is waiting somewhat patiently for them to get home from work with a sled. She's tried making a snowman, but this snow won't pack.

Yeah, this snow is really powdery!  I've never seen snow like this around here, we always get really wet snow

Let me just slide on through here

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