King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 351 Know yourself and know your enemy (Part 2)

“After Long Summer, the stars cry "Blood" - This is obviously the blood-colored comet in the sky. How it came into being, and why it hangs in the air and neither moves nor disappears, no one can say."

"'The icy darkness will Shroud the world', no doubt, refers to the winter that has come, and by extension the coming of the Others."

"'In this horrific time, a hero will be in the land of smoke and salt Rebirth.' Nonsense, it's the same as saying it - where is there no smoke and salt? Nightfort's kitchen has it."

"At last there is some substance, and it is the latter that has caused a lot of controversy. Contents: 'He will awaken the Demon Dragon in the stone, and draw the flaming sword in the fire - that sword is Lightbringer, Red Sword of Heroes'" Bran rubbed the handrail, "This sentence can be a description of the fact , can also be complex metaphors. Before you begin to interpret it, first accept this: what appears in the prophecy is not necessarily itself - the Demon Dragon in the stone is not necessarily the real dragon, and the burning sword is not necessarily the real dragon. In the flaming sword, they can also be a symbol and a reference."

After seeing Igor's nod to show his understanding, the boy continued: "If Stannis Barath is the Child of Prophecy, then The Demon Dragon in the stone refers to the dragon shape statue on the Dragonstone, 'Lightbringer', a luminous sword can be charged. And if someone thinks that Daenerys · Targaryen is the Child of Prophecy, then the Demon Dragon in the stone is hatched in the fossil dragon egg The True Dragon that came out, the flaming sword, can completely refer to the flame breath that spews out of the dragon's mouth." At this point, he suddenly raised his eyes to look at Igor, and the conversation changed: "But if anyone wants to say—you, Lord Commander is the Child of Prophecy? The Demon Dragon in the stone can be Wildfire, because oil is used as a combustible substance, and the burning sword is naturally the raging flames generated after Wildfire is ignited!"

Igor raised his hand to interrupt Greenseer's long speech: "I see what you mean, the ambiguity of the prophetic statement makes the interpretation extremely subjective and malleable. Anyone can be a Child of Prophecy as long as they dare to make it up, so what? "

"You quickly grasped one of the key points. Although Bran's expression did not change, the approval in his tone was quite obvious. "But have you noticed the slight difference between the order of prophecy and the actual fulfillment?" "

"What? "Igor finally got a little lost.

"This is an ancient prophecy from Asshai, so distant and ancient, both in space and time, that even I can't trace its original origin. And it is such a prophecy of baptism that has gone through a long period of time, but it has finally begun to become reality. It looks like an amazing and accurate prediction...but with a little attention to detail, you'll find some things that aren't 'accurate' enough. "

"Like? "

"After Long Summer, the stars will cry blood, and the icy darkness will cover the world." "Bran read the first three sentences of the prophecy again." Notice the order of these three things? Summer ends - the blood comet appears - and finally the Others return in a swirl of dust. But in fact, Others have been active in the beyond the wall more than a year before you encountered it, and the appearance of the blood-colored comet is more than a year after you killed the first Others... This One after the other, is a two-year gap; and this Long Summer, more than a year after the appearance of the blood-colored comet, is truly recognized as ending. So, the correct sequence is: Cold Darkness Awakens, Stars Weep Blood, Long Summer Ends. "

Igor is a Night's Watch, and even more intuitive than most Night's Watch contacts a few major events, he doesn't have to think back to know that what Bran said is true. But for the public who live in muddleheaded, two or three Years passed by in a flash, and unconsciously passed by. Besides, what can the subtle differences in order indicate?
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"I don't understand, the order of the first stage of the prophecy is a little wrong. ,So what? It may be the distortion caused by word of mouth, or it may be said that the diviner is an informal person, so it is too far-fetched to deny the prophecy. "

"No, I'm not trying to deny the prophecy, I just want to provide a new idea: Have you ever thought that this subtle order difference may essentially be due to the lack of quick response' hindsight hindsight'? Bran shook his head and denied Igor's accusation. "If 'stars cry blood' represents the beginning of the fulfillment of the prophecy, or the return of magic power, then the Others should appear at the same time as the dragon and the blood comet, at least around the same time. But the truth is: the latter two didn't pop up overnight until you encountered Others, Night's Watch started planning the Ranger expedition north but finally gave up, and then suddenly all of them appeared overnight, with a gap of more than two years! Did you didn't expect anything? "

"You mean..." Igor was stunned.

"Rather than 'the prophecy begins to come true', it's more like 'someone finally realizes that the opponent is starting to move, and then A hurried operation created the Celestial Phenomenon, and the prophecy began to materialize'. "

Igor narrowed his eyes and finally understood what the so-called "third type of prophecy" meant.

"You mean, this prophecy is actually not a 'prediction', but is guaranteed. What supports it is not the magical superpower of predicting the future or saying the law, but a powerful existence - with strength and means, to ensure that it will be fully realized as a fact? "

"Just a guess, but it explains a lot. Bran affirmed Igor's guess and asked him a question: "Let's assume this guess is true now, and you are the person behind the prophecy who pushed it to come true - you will start the layout and training dozens or hundreds of years in advance. Child of Prophecy, only to fight a final battle to 'drive away' the darkness? "

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Igor, a mortal, how can I simulate the way of thinking of a character like "God"? He wanted to refuse to think about this question, but after thinking about it, he actually substitutes The role of "Private Enterprise Boss" is enough - and he happened to experience this taste in the establishment of the Night's Watch industry:
The operation and development of the industry, the implementation of various policies and ideas of the leaders, All kinds of talents must be needed to really do things... Are these talents cultivated by the Night's Watch industry from sperm, eggs, embryos, and even parents and grandfathers?

Of course not, society is in Running in dynamic self-adjustment, as long as human beings are not dead, there will always be ordinary, excellent and better, suitable and inappropriate... No matter what Boss, the desired employee can always be recruited in a corner of this world It's just the difference between sufficient or scarce, how much time and how much it takes to find and hire.

He thought through switching states, and quickly came to the answer: "No, I don't. They will spend more energy on layout and training in advance, but they will accumulate resources and strength, and first ensure that they do not fall behind in the general trend. When I really need a character like a hero, I just need to find one or a few suitable candidates within a certain time and space, provide them with resources, secret help and opportunities, and let them win this war against Cold God for me That's it. "

Igor oneself suddenly realized before he finished answering: isn't oneself's answer a typical idea of foreign powers looking for suitable pawns to fight proxy wars? What Bran wanted to express was: Child of Prophecy It is not born, whoever fulfills the prophecy by chance, or is chosen to drive back the darkness with the help, who is the hero in the prophecy!
As for this person and the ambiguous statement in the prophecy "match" In this place, there will naturally be good people and later people to write and fill in.

So, Mother of Dragons self-immolated Dragon Hatching and then cheated all the way and finally returned to Westeros with army; oneself successfully established Night's Watch the logistics department and succeeded in taking the position of Lord Commander and strengthening the defense of the Wall after a lot of turbulence... Is there any R'hllor behind to help secretly, and he is only an agent?
This conjecture is really an extreme measure of freedom of will. The big challenge makes Igor feel bad: no one likes to be a marionette.

"This ancient prophecy is actually the Lord of Light who is the old enemy of Cold God. A warning from a similar being: 'Fight against me and someone will come to you'. The point isn't really in Child of Prophecy at all, it's at the heart of that last sentence, the result: the hero drives out the darkness. After a lot of chatter, Bran finally returned to his narrative logic: "It doesn't matter who the hero is and how he gets rid of it, Lord of Light wants the result to come true. ”

How can the two legendary gods be described as like gangsters fighting in the street? Igor couldn’t help but have such an association in his mind—some being on fire, using evil Fiercely speaking, the other man of ice-like substance threatened the other: "Dare to move, slash you to death. "

He quickly understood where the inexplicable familiarity of oneself came from: this well-known Asshai prophecy is not the different world, magic of "do not say that you have not been warned" , Extended and Deity Editions!

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“Cold God has Others, Lord of Light has prophesied heroes—maybe not, maybe don’t want to, maybe They have reached an agreement with each other. In short, the only two True Gods in the mouths of the Red God priests chose to win and lose by wrestling in the air. Bran finally concluded, "This means that although none of us know what these two gods are or what they look like...it doesn't affect our actions. As humans, our opponents are Others on the chessboard, not Cold God off the chessboard. ”

After going around in a big circle, Bran not only did not solve the puzzle for Igor, but made him even more confused: According to this theory, he has become the de facto lord of the land grant, and reluctantly began to play in the Game of Thrones. The oneself who got rid of the identity of the chess piece is just jumping from a lower-level chessboard to a higher-level chessboard, far from realizing the dream of becoming a chess player.

If oneself abandons the Wall line of defense Let the Others invade the Seven Kingdoms, can the Lord of Light be forced to the stage? Igor can't help but have this idea in his mind, but his reason tells him: After all, what Bran said was just his oneself An inference and idea of oneself impossible - use the lives of all living people in Westeros as Little White rats to verify its authenticity.

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(end of this chapter)