Humans and the Children of the Forest, (seen in the Season 4 finale, “The Children,”), fought a long war thousands of years ago but came to an agreement, giving the Children the forests and the humans the rest of Westeros. If Jon Snow is Azor Ahai then he would be in the perfect position to be intermediary between the humans and White Walkers.
So a peace with the White Walkers could end the second Long Night and perhaps even put the seasons back into balance in Westeros. It is also unclear whether the White Walkers caused the Long Night, the dark and cold precedes them where ever they go so it is possible they cause the natural winter to be longer or more intense. If this is the case then Azor Ahai in the present could make a truce between the Others and the humans ending the War for the Dawn. In the intervening eight thousand years this pact has been forgotten and violated by the humans causing the White Walkers to mobilize for war.
It may also have involved some sort of human sacrifice using the hidden gate in the Nightfort, the largest castle along the Wall and now an empty ruin. Just look at “Hardhome,” again.Īs Alt Shift X points out in the video above, it is very possible that Azor Ahai was the one who brokered a deal between the humans and the White Walkers and that then the White Walkers built the Wall to show the borders of what is their land and what belongs to the humans. Even though we now know a few means of stopping them they still seem like an insurmountable force. But is that really enough to defeat them? We’ve seen the White Walkers massacre large groups of people. We hear a lot about him using Lightbringer, and arming his men with dragon glass. How did Azor Ahai Stop the White Walkers Before? But all this begs another serious question… This doesn’t exactly fit the prophecy of Azor Ahai but it could still mean Jon is a very important person and hero in the War for the Dawn. Up to this point he has always represented ice, so Jon could be the embodiment of A Song of Ice and Fire the title of the book series. At the moment Dany has a stronger case, but if Jon is resurrected using the magic of the Lord of Light, then he would also represent fire. But it is also possible that they try to burn Jon’s body, with Long Claw, and that Jon is reborn like Dany in Season 1 and that Long Claw, already Valyrian Steel takes on the fiery quality of Lightbringer. It would likely be outside, under the stars, where one could be a comet, and salt could somehow be a part of it.Īlt Shift X says the Night’s Watch could be his Lightbringer, and it could be. If Jon is resurrected it could easily have something to do with fire and therefore smoke. But this is not the scene where Jon is reborn, this is the scene where he dies so these are probably just teasers. Those really don’t seem like good indicators. One of the men cries salty tears, the snow smokes from the hot blood, and there are fabric stars. In his video further up, Alt Shift X points out some details that could support Jon being Azor Ahai from clues during his stabbing scene. You can watch a video below explaining the theory if you haven’t heard it before. If R+L=J is correct, and it probably is, Jon is a Targaryen. So Dany has a very strong case for being Azor Ahai reborn. Also her dragons were born from the death of her child and Khal Drogo, a sacrifice. They have an inner fire and could be used to destroy an army of wights. If Lightbringer, as Alt Shift X points out, can be a metaphorical sword, or sword is a mis-translation, her three dragons could be Lightbringer. She was actually born during a storm on Dragonstone so this could account for the salt, salt of the sea. She was reborn when she stepped into the fire and birthed her dragons, which takes care of the smoke portion, and it was done beneath the red comet. Like Macbeth Stannis finds himself fighting alone and friendless and when Brienne slashes him with her sword it is very clear this man is not the one who will end the second Long Night or defeat the White Walkers.ĭany is a Targaryen. He sacrifices his daughter to win at Winterfell and he fails utterly. This episode proves Stannis is not Azor Ahai. Also this argument really no longer holds water after “Mother’s Mercy,” the Season 5 finale. Stannis then pulled a sword from one of them and Melisandre proclaimed it Lightbringer. He had a figurative rebirth amidst the salt of the ocean, and the smoke of the burning god statues. Melisandre believed Stannis to be Azor Ahai and did everything she could to make him fulfill the prophecy.