They had taken him for dead, but then he coughed up water, albeit broken in mind and body. Has one covered in bells and antlers, as a parody of the baratheon arms. Most people think hes creepy, he appears to be spouting utter nonsense, and melisandre claims he is dangerous, and she can see him in her flames. Below the waves, the merlings hail their lord by blowing into seashells. Those who only know about a song of ice and fire through the hbo tv show havent had the pleasure of meeting patchface, a roly. Patchface made it there, but neither of stannis parents did.
Conspiracy of the ages is a 1996 science fiction adventure game developed by epic multimedia group and published by inscape. Patchface, stanniss fool, also seems to know the secrets of the sea. Prophecies hold great power in the world of game of thrones. They both perished in a shipwreck, of which patchface was the sole survivor. Princess shireen baratheon is singing this song to herself in her chamber at dragonstone, when her father king stannis baratheon arrives to see her. She is a priestess of rhllor, the lord of light, and while various organizations claim with varying degrees of probable truth to use spells, such as the faceless men, pyromancers and certain armorers, she is one of the few indisputably magical characters.
While the drowned god hasnt gotten much play on game of thrones, the books are another story. A song of ice and fire house baratheon of dragonstone. And he also mentioned the steel, the stone and the salt. World of a song of ice and firearchive 1 wikipedia. Celiac disease, newly revised and updated a hidden. We have an entire region of the seven kingdoms who worship the drowned god, the ironborn.
Go for the drowned god and you might incur the wrath of the old. Patchface a carrier of greyscale blue winter roses. Ergo, patchface is a blackfyre in cahoots with the fire gods and an emissary of the drowned god in cahoots with the other. Winds of winter release date will resolve gots strangest fan theory. The tragedy of it is that their ship broke up within sight of home, in shipbreaker bay, and that stannis saw the ship go down. Crackpot asoiaf theories spoilers posted by tigerintheno on 5716 at 3. Patchface, probably the one thing in asoiaf that has managed to legitimately creep me out. Patchface may be a minor character in the books, but it doesnt change the fact that hes a pretty fascinating person in martins world. In a dance with dragons, melisandre reveals that she sees him in her prophecies and considers him very dangerous.
Because i read ill crawl home to her and got an idea for a bit and then realised i didnt have a plot, so decided it was far more simple to offer this to gingersprite as a companion piece to that story. The drowning and ressurection of a person echoes the major aspects of the drowned god religion. Patchface and the drowned god general asoiaf a forum of ice. Its not his appearance in the book that makes him so intriguing, but his words. The player attempts to uncover the truth through the course of the game by traveling to a variety. The seven asoiaf theories every game of thrones fan should.
Patchface, the jester of stannis court, used to be a really witty and clever slave in volantis. Patchface the fool from the game of thrones books is the. Yet, there are other characters who have drowned all the same, and emerged with no such power. I only watch the show, but ive read talk of patchfaces bizarre prophetic. Patchface was found on the beach after the ship bringing he, steffon baratheon, his wife lady cassana, and over 100 people from volantis which broke apart and sank in a terrible storm off of storms end. Game of thrones, a song of ice and fire, hp lovecraft duration.
As we went further, we found drowning to be at the crux of his death and a fiery kiss being the key to his resurrection. That somehow the event or the drowned god gave him the power of prophecy. Theon glances at davos who nods to reassure him to continue. A genuinely terrifying patchface theory the sudden storm. In this manner, the religion of the drowned god is closer to a qualified monotheistic setup, much like the worship of rhllor which has one god. Regardless of whether thats true, there are a lot of theories, including that he may have been saved by the drowned god and returned to life and land for some unknown reason. The last topic i posted discussed the origins of the ironborn myth of the grey king, his sacrificial drowning and rebirth and its parallels to a christlike figure, a mortal avatar of their drowned god. A song of ice and fire lord of light characters tv. In the iron islands, men are ritually drowned and then revived.
Everyone aboard ship was killed including the lord, his lady, and over 100 soldiers and sailors. By that, i mean the worship of the drowned god on the iron islands. Patchface was a boy as well when he drowned, it should be noted. The drowned god and the tides of religion i cant possibly be. This may be why melisandre considers him dangerous, as she may associate the drowned god with the great other. There is something very clearly wrong with patchface, and were not talking about his addled wits and godsawful rhymes. When a red priestess who incinerates people on the regular considers you dangerous, you have hidden depths. Under the sea, smoke rises in bubbles, and flames burn green and blue and black, patchface sang somewhere. It was apparently made up by princess shireen baratheon. This is a theory that brings them all together and tells the story of a song of earth and water.
There is also a lot of mythology about the drowned gods watery halls. He drinks more than anyone, then he drowned and was reborn. The idea of his being hung from the mast is also a callout to odins hanging on a tree, especially he re in the context of aeron gaining the ability to hear the drowned god and speak with his voice. Okay, bringing up real world religion can be fraught with danger, as well as. Alt shift x theorizes that the drowned god revived patchface after the fool drowned in the waters off dragonstone in a shipwreck that killed 100 baratheon men, plus the parents of robert, stannis. The truth behind the drowned god 30 minute read original reddit post 95% upvoted the drowned god. The other gods sections have information concerning their magical impact in the world, if any, so i believe for the sake of completeness patchface should be mentioned because, so far, he is the only possible evidence of the drowned god s power. It is mostly believed that patchface became prophetic after drowning. The drowned god also does not seem to be part of a pantheon, other than having an antagonist storm god whom the ironborn do not worship. Mel thinks hes dangerous because these gods are supposed to be adversaries, but theyre working together in patchface. You said patchface is the true prophet of the drowned god, could you elaborate on that please. Its always summer under the sea game of thrones wiki.
It seems natural that, having lost his wits and nearly drowned in the sea as a boy, its only natural that his sayings should be related to the sea anyway. Patchface and the mermaids kiss revisited blue winter roses. A fool or jester is a performer employed to provide entertainment to members of a king or lords court known fools. Of course, the legends of the drowned god, the god of the ironborn since. Executed by a single crossbow bolt by the order of lord petyr baelish, after aiding in sansa starks escape from kings landing. Aeron had drowned and been reborn from the sea, the god s own prophet. In this post, i will attempt to provide some clarity on what exactly, if anything, patchface s lyrics mean, as well as add some. The game propounds the conspiracy theory that all of human history is a lie and that the human races development and evolution were aided by extraterrestrials. Of course, the legends of the drowned god, the god. Patchface being somehow connected with the drowned god leads me therefore to believe that he is somehow connected to the great other if he exists or at least the forces of water and ice which melisandre, as a priestess of fire, opposes, and with good reason as they seem to threaten all life on earth. Whatever happened to him, he now issues rhymes that seem to be prophetic. Patchface is one of the weirdest characters in the game of thrones books a creepy jester who lives with shireen on dragonstone. Patchface will either help melisandre try to sacrifice shireen or try to take her for to fulfill some purpose of the drowned god.
When it comes to the history of hbos game of thrones and george r. Dontos hollard, known as dontos the red, a knight stripped of his title and forced into the role by king joffrey baratheon. Sometimes there are skulls about him, and his lips are red with blood. Acok, davos i as mentioned in part i, i believe patchface is describing sea dragons breathing fire underwater here. Maybe patchface truly drowned and was resurrected by the drowned. Could be about the faceless men or iron islands mermen men who worship the drowned god all the serving men are crabs all men must serve. A redclad sorceress and shadowbinder from the mysterious land of asshai, melisandre is an adviser to stannis baratheon and his wife.
Martins a song of ice and fire novel series, some fans are wise old maesters and others are knownothing jon snow types. If patchface s fortunes are explicitly related to death, then lets look at what he says immediately before mel makes her that creature is dangerous proclamation under the sea the mermen feast on starfish soup, and all the serving men are crabs, patchface proclaimed as they went. Always outnumbered, always outgunned walter mosley. Patchface and the drowned god are homeboys art by bokuchan a bit of back story first. Stannis jester patchface is an emissary for the drowned god. Davos was reminded of patchface, princess shireens lackwit fool. Its always summer under the sea is a song in the world of game of thrones. Patchface washed up three days later, his naked skin white, wrinkled, and, the man that found him, jommy, swears to his dying day that the fools skin was clammy cold. It seems that patchface might be an avatar for the drowned god. Many religious factions and practitioners of magic put a great amount of faith into prophetic. Perhaps no one in a song of ice and fire is met with as much confusion as stannis baratheons fool patchface.
Choose the lord of light and youll anger the drowned god next time youre at sea. They believe that the drowned god made them to conquer and pillage for one. The wild world of game of thrones fan theories, part 2. Ive read some theories that say this means patchface could be the drowned god that the ironmen worship, but im not sure.
Patchface s survival suggests an association with the drowned god. There are no trumpets in the drowned god s watery halls. Most of his visions take place under the sea and his vocabulary, which features fish, mermaids, merwives, starfish, crabs, seahorses, seashells and the like, is difficult to decipher. Doesnt this remind you of one of patchface s declarations from jons last chapter in adwd. The drowned god is the deity worshiped on the iron islands. Cure gum disease naturally heal and prevent periodontal disease and gingivitis with whole foods. Patchface prophecies and forgotten courtesies acok a.
The companion and fool for young shireen baratheon, patchface drowned off the coast of dragonstone when the ship carrying stannis baratheons parents broke up in a storm. In part two we found the inspiration for these drowned resurrections in merling legend and also found the common denominator that ties patchface to the drowned god. The devil and the deep green see lucifermeanslightbringer. Patchface is the drowned gods representative at the wall for the battle of ice and way more dangerous than we think super tinfoil. And through all of this, patchface is still the creepiest. Most of the songs he sings begin with under the sea.
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