He will be reborn amid salt and smoke to awaken the dragons of stone. The legendary Azor Ahai shall return as R’hllor’s champion. He then plunges his sword through her heart. To cool it he summons his wife Nissa Nissa. The sword he forged is the best he’s ever made. This time the chosen Prince worked tirelessly for 100 days and nights. That much at least the Lord of Light is clear on. Part of me thinks man was well rid of it, but great power requires great sacrifice. If the old tales are true, a terrible weapon forged with a loving wife's heart. He has now understood what it means to forge a sword in living fire: To complete the blade, he must commit the ultimate sacrifice. He works on his final sword with heavy heart. But the steel gave in and shattered again. This time he killed a lion and plunged his sword into its hard to quench the flames. The next sword required 50 days and nights. But as he dipped the steel in water to temper it, the steel shattered. For 30 days and nights he toiled before he had finished his sword, or so the legend says. To receive the strength to best the Night King, Azor Ahai had to craft Lightbringer – a mighty hero’s sword that can only be forged in living flame.Īzor Ahai fired up his furnace and got to work. When the Night King, his White Walkers and their Wights invaded the world 8000 years prior, R’hllor supposedly named Azor Ahai his champion to lead the armies of First Men and Children of the Forest. Melisandre and other red priests spread the Lord of Light’s faith throughout the world. This is the belief central to Azor Ahai’s legend. The dark side is controlled by the Great Other – the Lord of Darkness, the Soul of Ice and God of Night and Fear. R’hllor, the Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God of Flame and Shadow is on the light side. War constantly rages between these two forces. There world is made up of countless opposites: black and white, hate and love, death and life – or ice and fire. They are followers of a faith that is mainly found in the eastern continent of Essos.įor the night is dark and full of terrors, according to them, but the day is bright and wonderful. Azor Ahai, forger of LightbringerĪzor Ahai is no Westerosi hero his deeds are only sung by the red priests of R’hllor, such as Mellisandre in the current story. This story begins eight-thousand years ago. But one hero would rise against this horror: Azor Ahai. Riding giant ice spiders and followed by snowstorms, these monsters would raise corpses as Wights, willing slaves. This was when the White Walkers ruled the land. Background information «Game of Thrones»: The White Walkers and the long night
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