The Big Question of the Saga ASOIAF

The book series A Song of Ice and Fire is the most popular fictional book series right now. People around the world are obsessed with the plotlines and theories that are not yet revealed. The most intriguing question I think is who the hell is Azor Ahai. And the answer to that question, as per fan theories revolve around Jon Snow (may be Jon Targaryen) and Daenerys Targaryen.

Both the candidates are equally viable with supporting proofs in both sides. But what if neither of them are actually the prince that was promised. What if the intriguing writer Martin is just misguiding his fans intentionally? That would be so much cooler. Personally, I have made a very great image of Martin’s ability and I expect much greater expose in the end story than the parentage of Jon Snow, which is not so genuinely hidden in the first place.

After all if you are a perceptive reader, you can find out that something is amiss from the very first book. The way Jon is cast as an innocent victim from the very beginning surely makes him a real deal whose character is yet to be built. And even Ned time and again goes into his trance of Lyanna’s memory in odd timings. The way he remembers the promise that he made to his sister signifies that he lived his life for the promise and the way Lyanna was desperate to get the promise from her brother, she was asking for a big deal from him. And what would be bigger than the noble Ned destroying his credibility by acknowledging Jon Snow as his bastard son.

So, there isn’t any doubt to whether Jon Snow is a Targaryen. The important questions are others like is he Azor Ahai, the prince that was promised? He surely seem to fulfill the prophecies like taking birth amidst salt and smoke and such. But the prophecies are a treacherous thing. You can twist the words as you like to make it mean what you would like it to mean.

Dany on the other hand seems more legitimate for the prophecy with her dragons and all. But this is Martin’s work we are discussing. And if the rebirth of the dragons and her birth amidst smoke and salt are the proofs for her to be the Azor Ahai then it seems that the biggest suspense of the saga is revealed in the first book itself, which is so unlike Martin. So I’m quite sure that the prophecy doesn’t point towards Dany. About Jon, I think the current findings indicate enough that he may be the answer to the big question. But who knows, except for maybe Martin himself. And whatever he might have said in his interviews, I’m not quite sure (figuratively) that even Martin knows the answer yet.