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Note: Contains spoilers for Game of Thrones & # 39 ;, the latest in date "The Iron Throne ". 19659004] Although the words "Promised Prince" and / or "Azor Ahai" do not appear anywhere in the last episode of Game of Thrones the 95-minute series titled "The Iron Throne" may actually have delivered on one of the oldest prophecies in the series.
In the novels of George RR Martin a song of fire and fire and the television series inspired by them, the promised Prince is a prophetized Savior, his arrival was scheduled for the first time five thousand years ago.
The Prince's role was to save the world from a "darkness", a "long night" that would never end – in Martin's books, warns Red Priestess Melisandre. that the long night is approaching and that darkness and cold will cover the Earth.
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Related: Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 6: How the Finale Was Ended the Epic of HBO [19659005] According to the prophecy, this darkness has already been withheld by a legendary figure known as Azor Ahai, who wielded a sword called Lightbringer to defeat the "Great Other" – a god of darkness, evil and death.
The prince who was promised was to be a reincarnation of Azor Ahai, born again to use Lightbringer once again to thwart the darkness. The prophecy was originally written at the top Valyrian: in this ancient language, the word that corresponds to "prince" is genderless, which means that the reincarnated Azor could actually be a man or a woman.
Fans promised that everyone, from Jaime Lannister to Tyrion via Davos Seaworth and Euron Greyjoy through Drogon, could be the prince who had been promised, but Jon Snow has always been one of more fervent contenders, especially once his resurrection at the hands of Melisandre implied the Lord of Light plans for him.
'The Iron Throne & # 39; actually allowed Jon to defeat a "darkness", while he was forced to kill Daenerys Targaryen to prevent him from enslaving the world and executing all those who bothered him.