Game of Thrones certainly likes to circle back to old plot points far down the line, as Season 6 brought back Benjen Stark - who disappeared back in Season 1.Īlternately even if Asshai is not significant, the Citadel where Sam is learning important information is in Essos. Recall, too, that Shadow magic hasn’t really been addressed since Melisandre gave birth to a shadow assassin back in Season 2. Jon has also been shown in the far North in the Season 7 trailer. If the mysterious land she hails from is actually connected to Westeros, could Jon or Daenerys need to venture there in order to uncover the key to defeating the White Walkers? They’ll probably need magic to do it, since the Children of the Forest created them with magic. Since Melisandre brought Jon Snow back to life in Season 6 and the show took the time to reveal her true nature as an ancient crone, it’s safe to say that the Red Woman has a role to play in the wars to come. It’s therefore been an important offscreen presence from the very beginning. It’s also where Dany’s dragon eggs came from. But it’s filled with dark magic, and it’s where Melisandre hails from. In general, people in Westeros know very little about Asshai and the Shadow Lands. It’s in Essos near the Shadow Lands, and nobody really knows what the “shadow” refers to to. Most fans agree that the last line refers to the mysterious land of Asshai. To go forward you must go back and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.” Why would this be a big deal for Dany and Jon? In A Clash of Kings, a Shadowbinder tells Dany, “To go north, you must journey south, to reach the west you must go east. Here’s the map outlining this connection: The rest of the map - including a theoretical extension to Essos - curves around this point, eventually linking Westeros and Esso together. The North pole isn’t directly past the Wall, but actually somewhere above The Thousand Isles near the top of Essos. According to the cartographic theory, the map Thrones fans are so familiar with is skewed. On a two-dimensional map, this seems crazy, but remember that the Earth isn’t flat. But this new theory posits that they’re also connected through the far away Land of Always Winter, where the White Walkers dwell. The continents of Westeros and Essos have a connection via the Stepstones - a chain of islands by Dorne, between the narrow Sea and Summer sea. Maybe things are different in the show, but more importantly, it’s fun to talk about this stuff.
But he also said Daenerys isn’t fireproof, and yet the show has chosen to portray her as such by having her emerge from flames unburnt twice. Martin has previously shot this theory down. One such theory says Westeros and Essos are actually connected if you look at the globe - and if that’s true, it would be a game changer for Daenery Targaryen and Jon Snow. The geography is Game of Thrones is practically a character in its own right, which is why it isn’t surprising that its susceptible to theories and wild twists just like the characters.
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