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The ancient greenseers of the Children of the Forest, having seen in Rhaegar Targaryen everything they wish the First Men possessed—either by chance, or perhaps their design—follow Rhaegar to his fate on the Trident that day. And in Rhaegar’s moment of death at the Trident, they are able to effectively save his mind within the core of a glass candle in the ancient past, only to wake again in the body of another. The dragonglass we see being plunged into the man tied to the weirwood tree in the past, is actually a glass candle holding the mind of Rhaegar Targaryen.
The sheer act of Rhaegar’s death—an object being plunged into the chest—directly parallels the creation of the Night King—with the dragonglass/glass candle being plunged into the man tied to the weirwood tree. It may be this parallel in death with related means which allowed for Rhaegar’s mind to be transferred. The Catspaw dagger is Valyrian Steel, with a dragonbone hilt, but in the show the dagger is presented as Valyrian steel with dragonglass associated with the hilt. Indeed, an obvious picture of the dagger can be seen in the book Sam is reading about dragonglass
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Beyond everything discussed above, there are other contextual or metaphoric suggestions of parallels between the death of Rhaegar Targaryen and the creation of the Night King.
- The new prophecy revealed in the recently published, “Fire and Blood, page 497,” overtly suggests a connection between Rhaegar and the Night King.
- ‘And talk was heard in camp of a prophecy of ancient days that said, "When the Hammer shall fall upon the dragon, a new king shall arise, and none shall stand before him."’
- Of course, in the context of the text, this prophecy is presented as history regarding a figure known as Hugh the Hammer during the early days of Targaryen rule in Westeros, but the striking imagery between Robert and Rhaegar, and the subsequent rise of a ‘new king’ none shall stand before is in complete alignment with this theory.
- In the show, we see the Night King walk through fire multiple times. In the show, only Daenerys/Targaryens are implied to have this sort of immunity/resistance to fire.
- The Night King is literally riding a dragon. In the mythos of GRRM, only dragonlords of Valyria—or people descended from them—are ever described as riding dragons.
- The scattered rubies of the sigil also serve as a metaphor for transformation. The Rhaegar Targaryen we know has disappeared, scattered into the rivers of time, and what survives in the past is not what we recognize.
Review of Basic Background Points & Proposed Theory
- Rhaegar Targaryen was a quintessential prince. He was noble, intelligent, talented, beautiful and kind. He was adored and respected by all. In many ways, he represented the best of us.
- Weirwood trees and dragonglass (glass candles) have similar functionalities. They allow proficient users to see events across time, and enter the thoughts and dreams of others, which can include consciousness transfer.
- The Children of the Forest have been historically passive, employing largely preemptive, non-aggressive means to protect themselves and their interests (i.e. shattering the Arm of Dorne, flooding the Neck), and the creation of a ruthless army of ice zombies is not fundamentally their style or MO.
- When the aforementioned passive means of stopping the First Men failed, they decided to attempt to change/improve the First Men themselves—beginning with giving them a better leader, perhaps a promised prince.
- The Children of the Forest scoured their visions across time searching for the best of us, and they found Rhaegar Targaryen, a perfect prince and an ideal leader of men.
- Either by chance, or by design, they followed Rhaegar to his death at the Trident, and when he died (in a manner which tremendously parallels the creation of the Night King, and likely involving the infamous Catspaw dagger), they saved his mind via a glass candle in the ancient past.
- They procured a leader of the First Men (likely an ancient Stark), and implanted this glass candle into him, hoping to imbue the best of Rhaegar, or outwardly embody Rhaegar himself, in this individual.
- When the Children of the Forest created what would become the Night King, they were actually attempting to give the First Men a better leader (perhaps a promised prince), by transferring the consciousness of the best person across time they could
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