

We do know that Jon Snow ends up in the North with a horse, a sword, a dog (Ghost), and a dozen companions. Perhaps he’ll seek out magic in the form of Dany’s dragons, instead. The purpose of seeking out the Children was to find magic to help against the dead. Okay, he can’t check off the Children of the Forest box, since they are all dead in the show, but we can let that slide. Jon Snow is living the Azor Ahai prophecy He had a dozen companions, all of whom died.He had a sword, which ultimately froze and snapped.He sought out the Children of the Forest.In the above story - which was told to Bran by Old Nan - we learn the following things about Azor Ahai in his battle against the dead.

Azor Ahai Prophecy: The Last Hero HBO’s “Game of Thrones” And the Others smelled the hot blood in him, and came silent on his trail, stalking him with packs of pale white spiders big as hounds. One by one his friends died, and his horse, and finally even his dog, and his sword froze so hard the blade snapped when he tried to use it.

For years he searched, until he despaired of ever finding the children of the forest in their secret cities. He set out into the dead lands with a sword, a horse, a dog, and a dozen companions. So as cold and death filled the earth, the last hero determined to seek out the children, in the hopes that their ancient magics could win back what the armies of men had lost. Yet here and there in the fastness of the woods the children still lived in their wooden cities and hollow hills, and the faces in the trees kept watch. Now these were the days before the Andals came, and long before the women fled across the narrow sea from the cities of the Rhoyne, and the hundred kingdoms of those times were the kingdoms of the First Men, who had taken these lands from the children of the forest. In the first book, A Game of Thrones, we learn this about Azor Ahai’s story: Who is Azor Ahai?Īzor Ahai is a prophesied hero who will save the living in the Great War to come against the dead. There are many theories tied to the Azor Ahai prophecy, many of which name Jon Snow as the Prince That was Promised. The Azor Ahai prophecy is central to the story of Game of Thrones. Azor Ahai is a major prophesied character in the books, and he’s (or she’s?) set to save the living in the fight against the dead.
