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The Gambling Addict: An unnamed City Watchman with a gambling problem informs Baelish that a warrant is out for his arrest, enabling him to escape... for a day.
Gave Up Too Soon: Years ago, Mors Umber went North of the Wall looking for his kidnapped daughter Rowan, but despite thinking he heard something, his men didn't hear anything, and they turned back in failure. He had almost heard Rowan free herself before her Wildling captor knocked her out. It was only years later, after she had wed a good man, Gwyn, bore him two daughters Val and Dalla, lost him to the Others, and had Dalla marry Mance Rayder, that she returned to Winterfell and saw her father again.
Generation Xerox: The Terrible Trio (Brandon Stark, Robert Arryn and Edric Storm) are well on their way to becoming as close to each other as their fathers (Eddard Stark, Jon Arryn, and Robert Baratheon) are.
Genre Shift: With the introduction of more mystical elements to Westeros, the fic changes Ice and Fire's Dark Fantasy into a more traditional High Fantasy.
Given Name Reveal: Bronn's surname is revealed to be Cassley. The Reveal gives Grand Maester Pycelle a brief Oh, Crap! moment.
Glad I Thought of It: After Garth Greenhand's statue is discovered, Mace Tyrell starts claiming that he had always thought the statue was there - even though he almost had it bricked up several times.
Go Mad from the Revelation: Finding out that the Old Gods not only exist but are powerful enough to curse him with blindness is enough to make Blackfoot crack. To make things worse for him, his lines in Chapter 133 right before his execution imply he received at least one prophetic vision relating to the coming of the Others after his blindness.
Gods Need Prayer Badly:
- The Old Gods becoming more active causes more people to start worshipping them again and with more fervor, which in turn, makes them grow stronger (if their message to Melisandre is of any indication), which was further amplified by the Call. It manifests in the form of the Green Men becoming more active as well, many people Dreaming of Things to Come, and weirwood tree saplings appearing across the South, where it was believed there were no more. It's also implied that the reason they had so little power in the books was due to only a handful of people in the North still worshipping them.
- Rather than prayer or belief, the Drowned God is empowered by the Ironborn's Rape, Pillage, and Burn. Even then, according to Euron, it's slowly dying due to not having enough to feed on.
Godhood Seeker: Euron intends to kill the Drowned God, consume its power, and take its place. He also intends to betray the Others and do the same with them.
Godzilla Threshold:
- Ned is someone who sticks by a code of honor, detesting the use of deceit and trickery. However, hearing Robb's tale of the canon timeline and what's at stake prompts him to resort to these tactics, sending a message to Jon Arryn warning him about a Lannister plot under the pretense of crops and making the Broken Tower look like it's still in disrepair to catch the Lannister twins in the act.
- in Westeros, Kinslaying Is a Special Kind of Evil and is one of if not the worst crimes one can commit, yet none of the named characters really hold it against Sandor Clegane, who had a huge part in killing his brother by chopping his head off when The Mountain went on a rampage. Not only was dark magic clearly at play due to Gregor being possessed by a Valyrian spell, he’s not exactly a beloved person to begin with. While some people do perceive Sandor as a kinslayer, it’s not as heavily brought up, with Robb even thanking him for the assist. It’s pretty telling that most people expressed relief when they heard of his passing and not so much about Sandor’s involvement.
Going Commando: After Mance Rayder and Catelyn Stark had coerced Ygritte into wearing a dress in preparation for Tywin Lannister's arrival to Winterfell, Ygritte lets slip to Jon that she is not wearing any smallclothes under it, causing him to hastily escort her back to Cat while Robb and Theon laugh away behind him.
Going Native: Theon finally decides to leave his Ironborn nature behind him when he renounces the Drowned God, firmly casting his allegiance with the North and the Old Gods. It's later cemented by Ned's decision to give him the seventh direwolf pup, and later, changing his last name to Greymist.
Gone Horribly Wrong:
- Hearing about the Mad King's plans to burn King's Landing to ash with wildfire, Jaime killed him and kept the presence of the wildfire secret in the knowledge that it would degrade over time... except that well-mixed wildfire in the dark doesn't degrade, it destabilizes.
- The Tragedy at Summerhall, according to the Green Man/Ser Duncan the Tall. No sabotage, no grand conspiracy, just a single, loyal pyromancer who wanted so badly to help his king succeed, that the batch of wildfire he had brewed was too potent, causing the rest of the mixture to go out of control.
Gondor Calls for Aid: The Call. Eddard accidentally starts it with one of his family's ancient relics, warning everyone with First Man's blood that the Others are coming. Every House with First Men ancestors soon sends messages to Winterfell, proclaiming their support - and the Call is heard all the way in Essos.
The Others come. The Stark calls for aid. You are needed.
- The Call is even heard by the spirits of the dead, of those sworn to fight the Others even beyond death, and they begin gathering at Barrowtown and subsuming it in an Ominous Fog. Eddard has to ride there and disperse them until the final battle.
Good Cannot Comprehend Evil:
- Even after learning about Ramsay Snow's monstrous nature and crimes, Domeric is bewildered that his half-brother would hate him so much just for existing, especially when the two of them had never even met.
- Gerion Lannister can't understand why Euron Greyjoy would ally himself with the Others, who only bring death. Tywin responds that he may seek to use them for his own purposes and that Euron might no longer even be human anymore if the stories about him are true.
Gory Discretion Shot: Sarella Sand is the POV character of the scene when Gerold Dayne confronts Edric Dayne in a bid to claim Dawn for himself. When Edric allows him to hold it, the Darkstar is first elated, then agonized when it starts burning his hand with him being unable to drop it. Although Sarella tries to watch to be brave in front of her father, she gets as far as his skin blackening, his hair burning and his eyes boiling in his skull before she can't take it anymore and has to turn away while listening to the screams, only turning back once he is reduced to a pile of ash.
Grand Theft Me:
- One of the Stark's ancestors possesses Eddard in order to reestablish a pact with the Old Gods that secures the return of direwolves, and the Old Gods themselves do it to help restore Maester Aemon's sight. Jon becomes similarly possessed to inform Tyrion that he must ride to the Nightfort.
- Willas Tyrell, too, is possessed by the spirit of Mern IX, the last Gardener King who was killed by Aegon and his sisters at the Field of Fire.
- Shireen gets possessed by the Old Gods when she touches the hidden heart tree of Dragonstone, telling Gendry he has to go north to help his father, and stating Patchface willingly committed suicide so Shireen would get healed from her greyscale.
Green Around the Gills: Ygritte's first time on a ship doesn't go well, and she spends the first part of the trip failing to find her sea legs and hurling over the side. Theon urges Jon to attend to her.
Green-Eyed Monster: Joffrey is jealous of Gendry due to Robert's favorability towards him in spite of his being illegitimate. He makes a point of bringing up the latter in every chapter they're in together, even when it's not relevant.
Groin Attack:
- The son of Lord Tywald was killed when a woman he tried to rape stabbed him in the crotch.
- Val drops Joffrey by kicking him in the crotch from behind. Nine chapters later, he's still walking funny.
Gutted Like a Fish:
- This is Craster's fate at the hands of Ser Jaremy of the Night's Watch, after he tries to take back his baby son that was supposed to be sacrificed to the Others, but whom the Black Brothers rescued instead.
- The rogue Wildling Torgett makes this threat to Mance Rayder, but he instead suffers this fate when Rayder proves to be the better combatant.
- Aeron Greyjoy's fate, courtesy of Euron. When the White Walkers raise him as a wight, Aeron's entrails are still trailing on the ground.

HA HA HA—No: On the way to Winterfell, this is Robert's reaction to the wheelhouse Cersei demands be made. He laughs so hard he starts to tear up, then walks away shaking his head.
Hair-Trigger Explosive: According to Tyrion's research, unless wildfire is badly mixed and is stored in the wrong conditions, it will not degrade over time, but instead mature and grow more and more unstable, especially if kept somewhere dark. Now, what do you think happened to all the wildfire Aerys buried under King's Landing, that Jaime had never told anyone about, and had been sitting there since the Rebellion?
Half-Human Hybrid:
- Coldhands was half-turned into a wight by the Others, but prevented from fully turning by the Children of the Forest.
- Leaf later reveals that the Starks have some blood of the Children of the Forest. She herself also loved a brother of the Night's Watch, with whom she had a son. She also forsees herself having another child...
Hate Sink:
- Ser Willem Bootle is a Riverlands knight known across three kingdoms as a ne'er-do-well who alienated all his neighbors. Looking to pay back a debt (for someone linked to Littlefinger), Bootle travels to his cousin Lord Torgen Surestone's keep, whereupon he poisons Lord Surestone and declares himself lord on account of his gender, then proceeds to seize the estate and evict Surestone's daughter Dacey, the rightful heir. It's revealed later that Bootle ordered an innkeeper named Edwyn Dickon to keep her at his inn and turn her into a prostitute to keep her from contesting his title. Upon his capture, Bootle declares that he should have been heir because Dacey is a bookish girl and remains defiant up until he attempts to swear his innocence on the Fist of Winter, which judges him guilty and strikes him down; his lies literally killed him.
- The aforementioned Edwyn Dickon is an innkeeper who is incapable of dealing honestly with anyone. Ordered by Ser Willem Bootle to turn Dacey into a prostitute, Dickon drives up unreasonable prices for board and medicine, insinuating that there are "other ways" to pay back her debt. Dickon makes the mistake of trying to cheat a wealthy merchant and making advances on his wife; the wife punches him, he falls into a full bucket of slops and drowns, And There Was Much Rejoicing. After his death, it's revealed that he stole something from everyone at the inn. In general, Edwyn Dickon was A Dick in Name and deed.
Heel–Face Turn: Asha Greyjoy realizes that she cannot keep holding to the Old Ways, and decides to side with her uncle Rodrik Harlaw in the incoming civil war between Drowned God followers and those who side with the Starks.
Heel Realization: Robert has a few of this as he gets back on his feet (metaphorically speaking), realizing how badly he has been messing up since the Rebellion. He admits to his brothers that he has been a horrible brother, particularly to Stannis, who has done so much for him without receiving a just reward. He seems to have similarly recognized his shortcomings as a father and has made an effort to be a better parent to Edric, Gendry, Myrcella and Tommen.
- He has another one when he learns about Jon from Lyanna's spirit who is begging him not to kill her son — first, horror over the thought that both Lyanna and Ned thought he would kill Jon just because Rhaegar is his father, and then horror at himself when he realizes why they thought that.
Heir Club for Men: After Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen are disqualified from the line of succession, Robert's new heir is Stannis, followed by Shireen and then Renly. This means that Shireen is his heir, as Stannis isn't much younger than Robert is and is just as likely to die in the upcoming war against the Others. This is why Robert is thinking of legitimizing one of his bastards or having more kids with a new wife; while he's perfectly fine with Shireen being queen, the same can't be said for the rest of the realm. The last thing they need is a repeat of the Dance of Dragons.
He Knows Too Much: While being questioned about Jaime and Cersei's affair, Tyrion notes that a lot of servants disappeared from Casterly Rock, realizing that it would make a lot of sense if they were disappearing because they found out about Jaime and Cersei. Later, Renly finds an old privy in the Red Keep filled with dead servants that were ostensibly murdered because they found out.
Heroic Sacrifice: After Euron Greyjoy fatally stabs Ned in the side during his attempt to free and consume the Drowned God, Leyton Hightower gives his life to the Old Gods to bring Ned back.
Heroic Self-Deprecation: Even if he's doing his best to be a better king, regain his old fitness, and prepare his realm for the onslaught of the Others, being tasked by his lost love Lyanna and the Old Gods to become the "Storm King" of legend has put a lot of extra weight on Robert's shoulders, and his mental dialogue often has him wondering how the buggering hell he's supposed to live up to that title.
Hero of Another Story:
- There is a hint that something similar to what is going on beyond the Wall is happening in the Grey Wastes with the Dothraki being "called" East, just as the descendants of the First Men are being called North.
- Many people are also being pulled to the Isle of Faces, so as to help protect it from the threat of the resurgent Faith Militant.
- Gerion Lannister had gone on a literal Odyssey on his voyage to find Brightroar, involving mutinies, freed slaves, men with animal heads, an insane Valryian sorcerer, a dragon, a volcano and a man long thought dead.
Heroic BSoD:
- Theon when Robb tells him what he did in the original future (or, at least, what Robb knew of the future).
- Daenerys when she learns the truth about Robert's Rebellion.
- Tyrion faints when he finally meets his long-thought-dead uncle Gerion.
He's Back!: The Call awakens Robert Baratheon after almost a decade and a half of depression, bringing back the man of action he was before the Rebellion. As a result, he shaves off the Beard of Sorrow, starts training off all his fat, and focuses his efforts on his royal duties.
Hidden Depths:
- He may act like a senile old man, and he may be loyal to the Lannisters rather than the King, but Grand Maester Pycelle reminds everyone that he is still a Maester:
  - He is able to find almost exactly where in Westeros the statues of the Seven in the Sept of Baelor are pointing by calculating the exact directions each statue is pointing and drawing a line for each of them on a map, then figuring out they all intersect at a specific point beyond the Wall, meaning he may have actually found the location of Hopemourne, the lair of the Others. He also, without having to be asked by anyone, makes sure to inform the various Septons gathered there, who are gearing up for a holy war against Winterfell, that the statues aren't pointing at the North. He does so quite forcefully, taking the wind out of their sails in a manner that's implied to have involved quite a bit of shouting.
  - Later, he is fully willing to lead the search for the wildfire hidden underneath King's Landing.
- Robert often surprises people with how intelligent he can be. Leera, Jorah Mormont's lover, says this about King Robert after they meet him and find that he's not the oaf everyone thought he was.
  Leera: There's more to him than meets the eye. He's like... lightning in the clouds. Hidden until you see it, feel it, hear it.
  - When Robert first meets Robb Stark, he instantly sees the boy has much older eyes than his youth says.
  - Ned is quite impressed by Robert's level-headed analysis of the Succession Crisis after the discovery of the of Lannicest. As Robert notes, without any trueborn children, Stannis is his heir, followed by Shireen, which risks a repeat of the Dance of Dragons since many will consider a woman unfit to rule Westeros. Robert also notes that while he can immediately divorce Cersei for her infidelity, they need confession from her or Jaime to properly prove that Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen are bastards born of incest.
  - While part of his battle prowess is due to Character Development, the other half is because he is a skilled warrior and commander rather than just some Dumb Muscle with a warhammer. As Jaime notes while sparring with him, Robert learns swordsmanship quickly and never makes the same mistake twice.
  - As skilled a horseman as he is, all the way back in Harrenhall, Robert recognized the horse tack of the Knight of the Laughing Tree, noting that Lyanna Stark cinched her saddle and held her reins the same way.
  - Robert confesses that long before the Call was sent, he thought about just abdicating the throne and sailing off to Essos to start his own sellsword company. The two things that kept him from doing that were the fact that he'd disappoint his Parental Substitute Jon Arryn and that if he abdicated, Joffrey would be king.
- The main reason Balon Greyjoy staunchly resists the message from Winterfell is that he feels acknowledging it means accepting the rule of the Old Gods, and without the Drowned God, the Ironborn are nothing but ridiculous savages with no place in the world.
- Tywin Lannister privately admits that when he enacted the annihilation of the Reynes and Tarbecks that inspired the Rains of Castamere, he went too far due to youth and inexperience and garnered a bloodthirsty, ruthless, mad dog reputation for his House, which took years of fair governance, even judgement, and a stint as Hand of the King to alter into a reputation of just rule. The lesson he took from that was that real power is more than just military might or threats of force; it is also strong reputations and trustworthiness. That said, he never wishes that he hadn't enacted the massacre, merely that he ought to have left some members alive as an example.
- Tywin and Kevan remember that their father Tytos was fascinated by runes, particularly in the North passage of Casterly Rock, and obsessed with "filling the gaps in their history." He never really got there, but Tywin eventually taught himself to read them.
- Ned Stark is much smarter and perceptive than what people give him credit for. He recognized that Tyrion came to Winterfell under orders of his father because he thinks it's a play in the Game of Thrones without being told, something that surprised Tyrion. He's also the one who concocted the plan of how to catch Jamie and Cersei in the act.
- Jon Arryn also has a reputation for being wise and honorable, but he is still capable of some pragmatism and underhandedness, such as executing Littlefinger in a Trial by Combat against the sea, and using a dagger tainted with rotting meat for self-defense.
History Repeats:
- Tywin Lannister learns that he isn't the first man in his family to overthrow an unworthy father and take the reins of the family: Lann "the Clever" Casterly went to march against the Others with the Starks when his father was too cowardly to do so, and Lann usurped his control when he returned.
- A Selmy named Emrys was once swordbearer to the Durrandons, the Storm Kings of old. Now, Ser Barristan Selmy finds himself serving a similar role to a Durrandon descendent, King Robert Baratheon and his new Ancestral Weapon Stormbreaker.
Holding in Laughter:
- As Jon is trying to wrangle Ygritte, Robb and Theon manage to hold in their mirth until he's out of sight, whereupon they finally crack.
- As the Terrible Threesome impresses to King Robert about the size of Vermax the dragon in Winterfell's crypts, Ser Preston Greenfield is noticeably stifling laughter.
Home Sweet Home:
- After becoming Bronn Cassley, Lord of Foxhold, Bronn finds himself greatly appreciating having a holdfast to call his own, even if it's a lot bigger than he ever dreamed of.
- This is the lesson that Gerion Lannister learns after his odyssey where he almost perished trying to find Brightroar. After he returns to the Summer Islands and to his lover Allara, he decides to settle down, marry her, and start a family.
- Many of the Westerosi living for a long time in Essos, like Jorah Mormont and the Company of the Rose, get teary-eyed when they finally return.
Hormone-Addled Teenager:
- There is a brief moment where Jon focuses on a redheaded wildling he swears was a girl, very interested in a windmill. Robb slyly tells him he will have all the time he wants to find the girl again in the near future.
- When Val is introduced to Ned, the Lord Stark muses that Robb, Jon and Theon's staring is reminiscent of direwolf puppies looking at raw meat.
Horrifying the Horror: Even Gregor Clegane seems frightened (if only slightly) when he sees a wight's head for the first time.
How the Mighty Have Fallen: To say House Targaryen has fallen is a massive understatement. Once, they have been a respected and feared dynasty that begun with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, who brought all of Westeros (save for Dorne) underneath its banner and helped massively influence the political climate of Westeros from then on. As the years went by, numerous wars, scandals and mishaps by various kings helped cause their influence to slowly but surely degenerate, with the Mad King being the final nail in the coffin. While there were still some sympathizers to the cause even after Robert Baratheon took the Iron Throne, what little support they once had all but dwindled when Jamie Lannister revealed the Mad King's plan to burn all of King's Landing with immense amounts of wildfire as well as the advent of the Call. As a result, people are less open to the idea of having another Targaryen on the throne and their name is all but smeared and slandered. Daenerys can't even march to Westeros to press her claim on the throne without the potential of meeting immense resistance even with three dragons on her side due to the Call putting the Game of Thrones on abeyance along with the Mad King's wildfire plot plummeting their family name further into the ground, forcing her to focus on survival in Essos. Meanwhile, the other surviving scion of their house, minus Maester Aemon, is Jon Snow, who is content to live out his life as a mere bannerman for his cousin Robb, the grandson of the man Aerys gruesomely executed, and has married a wildling to boot.
Humiliation Conga:
- Chapter 110 lays out one for Walder Frey. If having the tables turned on him when he is rebuked and called a snot-nosed dotard in his own home by Ser Duncan the Tall isn't enough, him pissing himself and suffering a stroke when he lays eyes on a living wight's head does the trick.
- Chapters 116 to 120 might as well be called "The humbling of Jaime Lannister": He and his sister are caught in flagrante delicto and arrested, he is told that killing Aerys and not telling anyone about the buried wildfire has left the city at risk, and then he is beaten by Robert Baratheon in a Trial by Combat, with only the Wall and the war with the Others to look forward to in his future.
- Balon Greyjoy considers the events of the Parley this: he learns he's entreating with, among others, a commander who has an infamous reputation among the Ironborn (Stannis Baratheon), the bastard son of another man he hates (Jon Stark), and that his remaining son has renounced his heritage.
Hypocrisy Nod: When set to fight Robert at his trial by combat, Jaime protests that fighting the King is treason. Robert naturally points out that the entire reason Jaime is in this mess is because of treason.
Robert: Treason never bothered you before, did it Kingslayer? Why should it now?
Hypocritical Humor:
- Tywin forbids Kevan to go to a room their father was obsessed with, even though both of them are feeling a pull towards the place. When Kevan sneaks to the room that night, not only has Tywin arrived earlier, but he also reveals that he, too, had his particular obsession with the room.
- When Willas recovers from his coma after finding Garth Greenhand's statue, Olenna Tyrell says she was not worried. Margaery promptly points to Olenna's embroidery, which shows a Maester being chased by a thorn bush (the Highgarden Maester claimed Willas may not wake up again, and Olenna a.k.a the Queen of Thorns didn't like that prognosis).

I Choose to Stay:
- After his odyssey to retrieve Brightroar, Gerion Lannister decides to stay with his love Allara and their family on the Summer Islands, instead of returning to Westeros. At least until the Call is sent out.
- Sandor Clegane's Love Interest Beth urges him to stay in the North even after he inherits Clegane's Keep.
I Coulda Been a Contender!: Gerold Dayne declares his father would have made a fine Lord Dayne.
I Have No Son!:
- Hoster Tully frankly disowns Lysa when he finds out about her relationship with Littlefinger, her support in his schemes in destabilising the realm, her wilful poisoning of her and Jon Arryn's son, and Hoster's grandson, and finally, her attempted murder of Jon and her effort to flee justice - and the seriousness of this is commented on if Hoster "Family, Duty, Honor" Tully is willing to disown his own daughter. Lysa, for her part, is unable to appreciate it, given that she's stuck as a prisoner in the Vale and too out of her mind to know or care.
- After finding out his "trueborn" children's true parentage, Robert decides to personally tell Joffrey that he is no longer a Baratheon prince, but Joffrey Hill the bastard. He does try to break the news gently, though.
- Tywin doesn't quite say the words during his blistering call-out of Cersei, but the message is clear. The only reason he doesn't kill her on the spot for the damage and ruin she's brought to the Lannister name for untold generations is because disowned or not, she's still his blood relative and doing so would count as kinslaying.
I Love the Dead: Euron declares that he has plans for Asha's "wighted cunt" and the best part is that she won't have a say in what he does to her.
I Need a Freaking Drink:
- Robb and Theon head for the ale after the Internal Reveal of Theon's actions from Robb's old timeline.
- Then again with Jon, Robb and Ned, after another Internal Reveal of Jon's parentage and Robb's time travel.
- Rodrik Harlaw, his new wife Alys and Asha Greyjoy after they find out what the High Harlaw runes state.
- Tyrion, whenever he has an encounter with something supernatural, or is repeatedly told about his fate and role to play in the future war against the Others.
- Varys, of all people, when he finds out something has gone wrong in Pentos, namely Braavos deciding to preemptively take care of their potential dragon problem by means of an invasion fleet.
- Edmure goes with Patrek Mallister to get some wine after executing the mad Septon Blackfoot, especially after his ominous Last Words.
- After witnessing Lysa Arryn's madness, Bronn invites Lord Flinters for some ale, as there are times a man needs to quaff, and ale is better for it than wine.
- Tyrion requests some wine and some much-needed time with his new wife after telling his disgraced sister about her fate in exile.
- After managing to kill and cast out the Drowned God, Ned tiredly says he needs some ale. An onlooking Garlan Tyrell, who saw the whole thing, notes that he's definitely earned it.
I Never Said It Was Poison: When Jon Arryn questions Janos Slynt about Littlefinger and bribes to the City Watch, Slynt protests that he never took a bribe from Littlefinger, to which Stannis responds that he hadn't been mentioned yet unless he has a guilty conscience... or any at all. At that point, Jon Arryn drops all pretense and accuses him of corruption.
I Reject Your Reality:
- The first Maester who discovered that magic had returned had been trying for 10 days to undo what he had done and pretend it hadn't happened, but his colleagues found out anyway.
- After Cersei's affair and her children's parentage is found out, Robert divorces her and her children are stripped of their royal status, but she and Joffrey are still delusional that they still have some sort of power. Much of Cersei's internal dialogue in her focus segment in Chapter 135 is her reassuring herself that she can make her father believe her and that the Westerlands still hold the Crown in debt until Tywin strips her of any delusions that he would ever help her out of her giant mess.
  - When Tyrion comes to inform Cersei of her exile, her delusions are such that she interprets being told that Tywin is going North to inspect the Wall as Tywin going there to retrieve Jaime and Joffrey and preparing to raze the North. Being told repeatedly that the Mountain is dead barely leaves a mark in her.
If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: Greatjon, while telling Tyrion to consider courting Dacey Surestone, warns him that, if he breaks her heart, Ned (Dacey's cousin) will kill him, Greatjon will break whatever Ned leaves intact and then Roose Bolton will take his turn.
Ignored Epiphany: Renly Baratheon discusses as much with Jon Arryn, in that despite him being at Storm's End, witnessing a statue with glowing eyes come to life, hand Robert a legendary sword, and declare Robert Storm King, within days of returning to King's Landing, he had pushed the event aside and subsumed himself into the regular plots and politics of the city. It takes him seeing a living wight's head for the reality of the upcoming war of the Others to stick.
I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin: Mern IX Gardener's nephew, badly burnt from the Field of Fire, had the Lord Tarly during the Conquest hide Otherbane at Horn Hill before dying, to avoid the other houses of the Reach fighting over it.
Implausible Deniability:
- How Ned plans to make it impossible for Cersei to deny her incestuous affair with Jaime: catch them in the act, with Stannis and Ser Barristan as witnesses. And even then, when Robert finally confronts her, she still tries to claim it's all a lie.
  Cersei: They... misunderstood what we were doing.
  Ned: Misunderstood? You were both naked and both rutting like animals. You and your own brother!
  Stannis: Which is treason.
- Pycelle does try to deny it, but the rest of the Small Council quickly rebuke him.
  Oberyn Martell: Of course, Maester Pycelle. Based on the latest raven from Winterfell they innocently both stripped naked and then she somehow fell onto his erect cock repeatedly. How could that possibly be misinterpreted?
- The affair also doubles as a twofer for Cersei; since the affair was clearly consensual, there is no way she can deny knowingly interfering with the royal succession once her children's true paternity is revealed^note. As interfering with the royal succession is a far more grievous crime than cheating on the king with her brother/guard, Cersei cannot be afforded any mercy, unlike Jaime.
Impromptu Tracheotomy:
- Rodrik Harlaw gives Alek a Mercy Kill by stabbing him in the throat.
- Boros Blount is knifed in the throat just outside a brothel in Chapter 178.
In Spite of a Nail:
- Jon falls in love with Ygritte, as in canon.
- Edmure still is betrothed to Roslin Frey, even though he and his father agreed to "No Freys."
In-Universe Catharsis: As noted by Tywin, who remarks that killing Cersei for all that she's done to bring shame and ruin to House Lannister's good name would make him feel marginally less angry. He doesn't go through with it, though it's a close call, because doing so would be kinslaying and House Lannister's reputation is on shaky enough ground as it is without adding that label.
In-Universe Factoid Failure: Part of the reason Jaime never told anyone about Aerys hiding hundreds of barrels of wildfire throughout King's Landing was because he figured it would've degraded and been rendered harmless by now. He's wrong: wildfire destabilizes and matures when stored in prolonged darkness.
Inheritance Murder: It quickly becomes apparent that Lord Surestone was poisoned by his cousin Ser Willem Bootle in order to make himself lord and pay back his debts to Littlefinger.
Inopportune Voice Cracking:
- After seeing a Child of the Forest with his own eyes, Tormund has to remind himself after greeting it that he is Tormund bloody Giantsbane and that he does not bloody squeak.
- This happens to Tyrion after he talks to the Old Gods via Jon Snow.
Insane Troll Logic: This is Joffrey's train of thought when he believes he will own both Brightroar and Stormbreaker after hearing about the former being found: Brightroar should go to the head of House Lannister, namely Tywin, and since Tywin is too old, Jaime is in the Kingsguard (and "isn't allowed" to have a sword better than the King) and Tyrion is hated by Tywin, it will go to him, along with Stormbreaker as the son of Robert Baratheon. Of course, since Stormbreaker had already soundly rejected him, he's fishing for any legendary sword to call his own. Tyrion is thoroughly exasperated by his nephew's logic, and Brightroar's current owner, Gerion Lannister, makes very clear that it will not belong to him.
Insistent Terminology: Lysa gets (even more) upset when Jon Arryn refers to their son Robert by his name, insisting that he's her Sweetrobin.
Instant Fish Kill: After the Silence (and whatever bloodstained Eldritch Abomination was aboard it) sinks beneath the waves, a lot of dead fish start floating up around the still-bubbling patch of water.
Insult to Rocks:
- Bronn thinks that calling Petyr Baelish a weasel is cruel to weasels.
- After Janos Slynt is arrested and sentenced to death, he begs to be sent to the Wall (until recently an optional dumping ground for thieves and murderers), but Robert refuses, saying that doing so would be an insult to the institution, especially considering their recent uptick in support from the Call.
- Tywin calls sending a disgraced Cersei to the Silent Sisters an insult to the Faith.
Intangible Time Travel: Green Men using weirwoods to view the past work like this, with the present viewers nothing but ghosts to those in the past and the people in the past only barely aware of an unsettling feeling. However, some people in the past can see the viewers from the future and talk with them, setting them on the path that history says they took.
Internal Reveal: Several of them.
- Eddard tells Catelyn and Jon about the latter's true ancestry (Jon's parents are Rhaegar and Lyanna), which Robb finds out later.
- Daenerys learns about the events of Robert's Rebellion through Jorah Mormont.
- The Green Man reveals to the Blackfish and Brienne that Rhaegar Targaryen asked him whether he (Rhaegar) was right in regards to the prophecy of the Prince Who Was Promised, but the Green Man did not tell him anything, since Rhaegar was sure he was right. Months later, Rhaegar returned, got heavily told off for what he did (kidnap Lyanna, which in turn caused the death of Rickard and Brandon Stark and their companions' and set off Robert's Rebellion, then later raping her after she wished to leave) and also learned that he would die fighting Robert.
- Through a vision, Brynden Tully and Brienne of Tarth find out about what happened to Robb, including the Red Wedding, that his ancestor Edmyn Tully (the one who led the Targaryen supporters against Harren the Black) was foretold of the Targaryens' eventual madness and the death and resurgence of the Dragons and about what will happen if further action is not taken to stop the Others.
- Chapter 131 has Robert find out about Jon from Lyanna's spirit in a dream, and the following chapter has him tell Ned that he knows.
- Cersei reveals to Tyrion the encounter with Maggy the Frog (particularly the prophecy that drove her to attempt to get Tyrion killed) when Tyrion comes to tell her about her exile.
Interrupted Intimacy: Thanks to Ned's trap, Jaime and Cersei Lannister are caught in the act.
Interspecies Romance: Leaf reveals to Jaime that she once had a human lover, a brother of the Night's Watch. They even had a son. She then states that one day, she will have another child...
- In a vision to the past, it's revealed that Bran the Builder himself had a Child of the Forest wife, named Weirsong.
Irony:
- Robert lampshades this after Jon Arryn briefs him on how Petyr Baelish had used his stolen money to buy land and set up businesses, all of which have been seized and are now owned by the Crown. As Robert notes, they'll now be able pay off a substantial amount of their debts by selling these properties that were built with embezzled funds.
- Eddard's and Robert's families' Ancestral Weapons are each other's favored weapon, something Robert lampshades when he gets Stormbreaker looked over by Tobho Mott and learns about the Fist. Similarly, Eddard notes that Robert would love the Fist of Winter. Both joke about this when they finally meet in chapter 113.
  Robert: Nice stick. Almost as good as my old warhammer.
  Eddard: Nice knife. Almost as good as my old sword.
- Viserys tries to kill Daenerys to awaken the dragons so they would be under his control. He ends up dying and putting the dragons under Daenerys's' control.
- Bronn was the one that captured Littlefinger and got a keep as payment. While he is in that keep, he ends up capturing Lysa Arryn by pure chance after she attacked her husband because of Littlefinger's death.
  - For added irony, he captures Lysa while fishing for trout—the emblem of Lysa's maiden house Tully.
- One of the main problems between Ned and Catelyn at the beginning of the story is Jon, who Catelyn thought was Ned's bastard son and suspected Ashara Dayne may have been Jon's mother, until Ned cleared it up by revealing Jon was actually his nephew. It then turns out that Ned actually did have a bastard son with Ashara Dayne—Edric Dayne, who was adopted by Alster Dayne the whole time and raised as the true born heir of Starfall—and never knew it.
- Joffrey hates the fact that his supposed half-brother Gendry greatly resembles and is favored more by Robert. Thus, every time they meet, he likes to bring up the fact that he's a prince and Gendry a bastard... only for it to turn out that Joffrey, too, is a bastard. Not only that, but after Joffrey is demoted to Joffrey Hill, Gendry is legitimized as a Baratheon, with Robert even considering adding him to the line of succession.
- Tywin makes note of a couple of ironic points after all the truths are laid out to him:
  - The Lannister twins, his precious Golden Pair whom he adores, have utterly ruined the standing of House Lannister with their Twincest and treason, while his dwarf son Tyrion, whom he has always loathed, is now the heir of Casterly Rock and a true Lannister for all his actions and support in the North.
  - Tywin has always looked for a way to get Jaime out of the Kingsguard and make him the heir to Casterly Rock. Not only was a way right under his nose (Jaime revealing Aerys's mad wildfire plot), but Cersei has finally managed the first part by committing enough treason with him that Jaime is now exchanging the Kingsguard's white cloak for the black one of the Night's Watch.
It's All About Me:
- Cersei's tendency towards this blinds her entirely to the consequences of her affair with Jaime being exposed in a manner that cannot be covered up. Tywin himself even lampshades her immense selfishness during his "The Reason You Suck" Speech to her and makes a point of focusing on how it will affect everyone else before her; namely, all three of her children are legally bastards born of incest which will follow them for the rest of their lives and has deprived them of glittering futures, Jaime will end his days at the Wall, Tyrion will inherit Casterly Rock because there's literally no other option and House Lannister, in addition to having lost their first legitimate shot at the throne, will have to endure the stigma and shame of incest hanging over them for generations to come, all because of her.
- There is a saying in the Citadel about how the Targaryens would insert themselves into any prophecy they heard, and the prophecy-obsessed Rhaegar was the perfect example. In addition to believing he was the Prince that was Promised, he had thought that the legends of the Storm King would also apply to him, and when he saw an inscription on Dawn about a 'hidden son' that would make the son glow, he immediately assumed it was referring to himself, and he immediately went to the Godswood at Starfall to commune with the Old Gods to absolutely no avail. When he went as far as to command the gods, he was immediately thrown away by a voice proclaiming a Big "NO!", and even then, when he recovered, he insisted the voice had actually meant "Not Yet" and left believing his interpretation was correct.
It's Quiet… Too Quiet:
- Brynden Tully does not like the silence settling over the Bloody Gate, rightly fearing that the Vale clans may be planning something. Fortunately, when they come to the Bloody Gate it is to reveal they are following Ned's call to arms.
- Robb Stark and his party think this when they enter the Nightfort, which should at least have some Black Brothers working to restore it - except, there's no one there. Cue the reveal that several Free Folk opposed to Mance Rayder's plans have set up shop there and killed the Brothers.
I Will Show You X!: King Robert has choice words for a Septon who describes Northerners (like his friend Ned and old love Lyanna) as "uncouth."
Robert: Uncouth!?! I'll uncouth you right in the face, you bastard!

J - K

Jabba Table Manners: Subverted. During the feast at Winterfell, Jaime is astonished to see that King Robert isn't downing wine like water and wolfing down the food, but drinking in small sips and eating the food slowly.
Jerkass Has a Point:
- For all his duplicity, Petyr Baelish does make some accurate observations:
  - During his trial for his corrupt practices, embezzling, outright robbery and his attempt to have Robert Arryn kidnapped, Littlefinger points out the nobles' hypocrisy in relation to the smallfolk, Stannis's inability to get past any slight (imagined or otherwise) despite controlling Dragonstone and being the Master of Ships, and Jon Arryn's failure to control the King's excesses and discover that Cersei's children are not the King's.
  - Jon later acknowledges that Littlefinger had a point about the nobility in a conversation with Bronn, and says that Bronn becoming a lord would actually help address the issue by infusing some new blood into the nobility.
  - Littlefinger's insinuation that Stannis only has one sickly heir for a reason seems to have been taken to heart, with Stannis starting to spend more time with his wife Selyse.
- Tywin, although unable to accept that magic is returning in spite of all proof, has a good point in being wary about the possibility: given its ties to dragons, he knows someone will attempt to wake dragons from their eggs. Indeed, Viserys Targaryen is planning to do this.
- When discussing what to do as the reactions to the Call grow, Tywin points out that he cannot just call for his banners and help the Starks: those who refuse the Call will think him mad, those who have heard it may have actually changed their minds. If he gets more tangible proof, then he can consider acting in such direction.
Kangaroo Court: In an unusual use of this trope, it's the "good guys" (insomuch as that can be a thing in Westeros) who are on the giving end this time: Stannis and Jon Arryn give Petyr Baelish a mock-trial-by-combat that is an execution in all but name. However, there are several reasons that make this a more understandable decision; Jon and Stannis have a mountain of evidence directly implicating Baelish, including a large number of witnesses, Baelish himself had earlier confessed to the charges, and, most importantly, Baelish has knowledge of a matter that could start a war if it ever publicly became known (that the King's children are all bastards born of incest), so it's too dangerous to give him a proper trial where he might reveal this.
Kansas City Shuffle: It's speculated in-universe that when Argella Durrandon was sent gagged, chained and naked to Orys Baratheon, she did so as a willing distraction so that any artifacts relating to the Durrandons (including Stormbreaker) could be hidden.
Karmic Death:
- Ramsay Snow. After raping a girl and being pursued by men in retaliation, he curses a raven and it rips his eye out. And then a wolf takes its turn.
- Petyr Baelish. All his double-dealings finally caught up with him.
  - It's also mentioned a few times that he made sure to gather as much information about how Brandon and Rickard Stark died, and smiles every time he passes the spots where they died. He meets a similar, but opposite, fate as Rickard, being allowed trial by combat only for the other side to choose one of the elements as their champion, but instead of fire, Jon Arryn chose water.
- The owner of the inn where Tyrion meets Dacey Surestone. He was crooked enough to shortchange both his customers and the vendors that sold to him, and the large wife of one of the vendors didn't take kindly to it, punching him unconscious and knocking him into a slop bucket, where he drowned without anyone realizing.
- Viserys Targaryen dies in a fire he himself caused, after trying to kill his own sister in an attempt to awaken the dragon eggs they have been gifted (which, for extra Irony, ends up putting those dragons under Daenerys's control) and actually killing the man who had hosted him.
- Craster dies of a terminal case of bowel indigestion, induced by a dagger, at the hands of the Night's Watch that has just learned that he's been sacrificing his sons to the Others.
- Walder Frey's jerkass nature and unwillingness to believe the Call has happened end up leading him to suffering a stroke after he is called out by Ser Duncan the Tall on the former and seeing incredibly obvious proof of the latter a few moments later.
- Willem Bootle swore that he was the real Lord Surestone and that he was innocent of killing the previous one. When he tried to swear that on the Fist of Winter, the lies finally killed him.
- Septon Alyston of the Starry Sept was a puffed-up peacock trying to regain some prestige for his sept and himself. When he barges his way into the Hightower with Mace Tyrell's support to "cleanse" a Door of Doom beneath it, he ends up dying when the aura of fear around it becomes too much to take.
- Boros Blount once killed a whore because he liked them young. He is tracked down and murdered by the father of that whore.
- Gerold Dayne the Darkstar died from his greed and ambition, trying to claim Edric Dayne as a bastard in a bid to possess Dawn, which is known to burn the unworthy. Edric challenges Gerold to hold Dawn and submit to its judgment, Gerold does so while scorning its legend, and is burned to ashes in screaming agony.
Killed Mid-Sentence: Ser Willem Bootle.
"Is that it? Bec-" [Gets struck down by the Fist of Winter]
Kill the God: When the Drowned God tries to come through the Gate below the Hightower, Ned and Frostfyre face him and slay him, throwing his body back through the Gate. Afterwards, he has to come to terms with several people giving him the epithet of "Godslayer".
Kindhearted Cat Lover: Tommen. He's liked back to some degree, as he cheerfully lugs around one of White Harbor's more cantankerous cats in the middle of its usual naptime without resistance.
Kinslaying Is a Special Kind of Evil:
- Tywin Lannister explains this is the only reason why he isn't going to kill Cersei when he is telling her just how much she fucked up. He makes it clear that House Lannister's reputation and position are now so precarious that their House will be dealing with the consequences for generations to come. Him killing her, while it would be very cathartic for him, would just degrade their name even further.
- At the Parley between the Harlaws and the Greyjoys, Euron Greyjoy kills his brothers Balon and Aeron when he reveals his plans to kill and take the Drowned God's place.
Knife Fight: Robb and Joffrey have one in Chapter 126 when Joffrey tries to kill him to regain Tywin's favor.
Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Mace Tyrell. He sees himself as a great leader and player of the Game of Thrones, while most of his family, contemporaries and fellow Lord Paramounts see him as a buffoon, especially when the advent of the Call changed everything from under his feet without him noticing. Even after Otherbane, the spear of the Gardener Kings rejects him in favour of his son Willas and his mother Olenna convinces him to retire to his hunting lodge, he still wants to be relevant and lead the Reach again, even willing to answer to the Septon of the Starry Sept to 'cleanse' an Artifact of Doom beneath the Hightower to do so, despite not having a clue what he's doing.
Know When to Fold 'Em:
- This trope is Implied when a tome about Valyrian dark magic, including how to warg into other human beings, is found in Winterfell's secret room, with the name "Torrhen Stark" written in it. From the discussion of what is in the tome, if Torrhen Stark thought that the Targaryens had this magic at their command in addition to their dragons, it's no wonder that the King Who Knelt did so.
- Tywin goes to Winterfell to confront the accusation of his twin children being caught fornicating. After being given irrefutable proof, including a signed confession from Jaime admitting to being the father of Cersei's three children, he begrudgingly accepts Robert's decisions to divorce Cersei, disinherit her children, and send Jaime to the Wall.
- Varys and Oberyn abandon their plans for a Targaryen restoration due to the growing threat of War against the Others, particularly after the discovery of Aerys's wildfire plot kills whatever lingering Targaryen loyalty there was left in the Seven Kingdoms.
Kryptonite Factor: Applicable to the Others; in addition to the canonical dragonglass and Valyrian steel, they are also vulnerable to sky-metal, as Tyrion finds out when he slays an Other with Rocktooth. A bit of Fridge Brilliance is present in that all three are substances borne from fire (fire from the earth, fire from dragons, and fire from the heavens).

Lap Pillow: Tyrion ends up falling asleep on Dacey Surestone's lap in Winterfell's Godswood, exhausted from the long ride back from the Wall.
Laser-Guided Karma:
- Lysa Arryn attacked Jon Arryn because he had Littlefinger killed, and Jon managed to make a cut on her. This cut proceeds to fester and corrupt (aided by Jon lacing his dagger with rotting meat), costing her her arm.
- Viserys Targaryen kills one of Illyrio Mopatis's servants, and then tries to kill Daenerys, in an attempt to awaken his dragon egg and Daenerys's three. Not only does he die himself from a fire he accidentally provoked, after learning his egg was fake: in an extremely ironic turn, his death is one of the three that restore Daenerys's dragons to life.
- The High Sparrow does not want to see the truth, and attempts to have all signs of worship of the Old Gods destroyed... so he is cursed with blindness by the Green Man and the Old Gods.
  - Maester Aemon, in spite of being blind for long time, has been seeking the truth and working to aid those who heed the Call as much as he can... so the Old Gods restore his sight.
- Robert Lampshades as much after he hears Robb's story of the old timeline, in that all the people that had ruined House Stark in the previous timeline have gotten their comeuppance in this one, such as Roose Bolton and Balon Greyjoy's sons renouncing their family legacies and Jaime Lannister taking the black. All that is needed now is for Walder Frey to keel over dead (something that unbeknownst to them has already happened).
Late to the Punchline:
- In chapter 117, Robert brings his children together, as well as Shireen, so they will listen to the sound of Stormbreaker. "Trueborn" Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen hear a clank, while bastards Mya, Gendry, and Edric hear a chime. After the former leave, Gendry asks what's going on, and Shireen tells him that only those people of Durrandon blood can hear the chime. It takes Gendry a moment until he realizes the King's "trueborn" children are not actually Robert's.
- When Robert finally informs Joffrey of what the implications mean, it takes a while before it sinks into the blond Royal Brat's head. On the other hand, his guard Sandor had realized the implications immediately.
Laugh Themselves Sick:
- Once he hears that the Lannister twins were caught fornicating in Winterfell and arrested, Oberyn Martell excuses himself to the privy to laugh himself to tears. He does it again when, during a Small Council meeting, Grand Maester Pycelle opines that the witnesses could have simply misinterpreted what they saw.
- Robb and Theon are left in hysterics watching Jon fall over himself trying to keep Ygritte in line.
Lifesaving Misfortune: The storm that ends up damaging the ship taking Gendry to Storm's End ends up benefiting him when it brings him to Dragonstone, where he meets his cousin Shireen and finds the hidden Godswood that heals the girl. It also keeps him there long enough for Stannis to bring him to the North.
Lighter and Softer: Played with. On one hand, all of Westeros now have to deal with a supernatural force that's out to get them. One the other hand, Westeros is united in defending themselves against a force that's out to get them. Many of the morally lighter gray characters not only live past the point of their death in canon, but also go through Character Development while the bad guys bite the dust. Any tensions between nations is put aside for the sake of preparing for the fight to come against the Others. All in all, the story went from a Dark Fantasy where the main conflict is between humans to a High Fantasy where the main enemy are the Others.
Lightning Bruiser:
- Robert is slowly evolving into one as he gets more used to Stormbreaker.
- Numerous people note that, on a strategic level, Eddard is this, moving his forces (primarily cavalry for maximum speed) far faster than almost anyone else. Tyrion notes that it is most likely why Tywin admitted that Ned could be dangerous, and at least one commentator on the AlternateHistory.com thread pointed out that he managed to cover 300 miles in three days^note. And Greatjon tells Tyrion that, during the ride to the Trident, they rode even faster.^note
Like Father, Like Son: Or in this instance, Like Mother, Like Son, as both Cersei and Joffrey demand Tywin to raze the North due to their subsequent arrests due to the Lannincest (Cersei) and Joffrey trying to murder Robb. Suffice to say, Tywin isn't impressed and puts both of them in their place (and never allows Cersei to make her demands or spin the narrative in the first place).
Like Father, Unlike Son: Ser Gerold Dayne's father was a good-hearted man who respected the traditions surrounding their house. Gerold on the other hand is a greedy fool who demmed his father weak, therefore he brushed off all the supersitisions and was burned alive by Dawn when it judged him unworthy.
Literally Apoplectic: Seeing the moving head of a wight is the last straw for the Late Lord Walder Frey, and he suffers a piss-inducing stroke that he never wakes up from.
Literally Shattered Lives: The effect of a dragonglass knife on one of the Others.
Living Legend: The Green Man, a.k.a. Ser Duncan the Tall, ex-Lord Commander of the Kingsguard in the days of Summerhall. A lot of people are astonished that he's still alive.
- Jaime Lannister and Addam Marbrand discuss this in Chapter 163, talking about how they used to pretend to be knights as great as the Blackfish and Ser Duncan the Tall when they were boys, and now both of them are present with them at Castle Black.
Locked Out of the Loop: GreatJon makes a grand ceremony of giving Ned the news of the Hearthstone changing color. He's shocked to realize Ned has absolutely no idea what he's talking about and realizes Ned's father never told him of this before his death.
- This applies to most of Ned's knowledge of the Starks' past; see Lost Common Knowledge below.
Losing Your Head: The still-alive heads of several wights inside special cages that prevent them from decaying are used as proof that the Others are real and are returning.
Lost Common Knowledge:
- It's mentioned at one point that Valyria had the means of countering the potential damage present in inbreeding, allowing for multiple forms of incest and blood purity practices. However, the knowledge was lost with the Doom of Valyria and apparently Baelor the Blessed burning an entire chest full of "heretic" Valyrian lore, resulting in the trademark Targaryen instability. Other lost pieces of knowledge include the production method of Valyrian steel and much of the original Valyrian dragonlore.
- On a personal scale, Rickard Stark was apparently fully aware of the secret room in his Solar, knowledge of the Call, and the true purpose of the Company of the Rose. He was going to tell his sons when they came of age, but Eddard came of age in the Vale, and by the time he returned to Winterfell, his father and older brother had been killed by the Mad King.
- The trope has been discussed a couple of times by Aemon Targaryen and Ned Stark, as they lament on how their ancestors had created all the defenses, warnings, and countermeasures to prepare for the return of the Others, only for nearly all of it to be lost to time, rebellions, and the folly of men.
- The Royces are quite ashamed that, despite their house motto of "We Remember", their family's knowledge of scribing or carving workable magic runes has not been.
The Lost Lenore:
- Lyanna Stark was this to Robert Baratheon, as in canon. When he finally meets her spirit in a dream, she tells him that her memory is holding him back, and that he needs to let go of her memory to be the Storm King that Westeros needs to fight against the Others.
- Willam Dustin was this to his wife Barbrey, to the point that she's still grieving him. This causes some friction when Brandon Dustin, a Dustin from the Company of the Rose in Essos, arrives to help her figure out why there's so much fog on the Barrows, but she turns him away under suspicion of him usurping her leadership of Barrowtown, but really because he looks too much like Willam. It takes Ned having a firm talk with her about the stakes of his help to get her head on straight.
Loved by All: Torgen Surestone qualifies as this, as people who mention his name speak highly of his character, intelligence and martial skill. It’s very telling how the likes of Tywin Lannister has nothing but positive words for the man, even being aggrieved by his passing.
Loving a Shadow: It eventually becomes apparent to Jaime that he never really knew the real Cersei, the vicious and cruel one who had dozens murdered for finding out about their affair and even did some of her own killing.
Luke, You Are My Father: Edric Dayne informs Eddard that, on the night he brought Dawn and Arthur Dayne's bones back to Starfall after the Tower of Joy, Ashara Dayne slept with him while he was asleep and conceived Edric.

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