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I don’t know how many people are watching the fourth episode of Season 7 with the same gossip mentality as me, especially the part where Jon Snow and Long Ma are in the cave of Longshidao. Didn't pay attention to the murals on the walls.
Look at this affectionate little eyes:
And this careful action:
It is estimated that the legend is not far away. To be honest, today I saw netizens on other platforms leave messages under my article, suggesting that I write an article about the interpretation of the fourth episode of cave paintings. A few close-up shots were deliberately reserved for these murals in the play, which must be mysterious. After you read this article, you will understand why the drama is a divine drama, because this is a Virgo crew that pays attention to details.
Snow's explanation of these murals is relatively brief. He only said one thing: the children of the forest and the ancestors worked together to fight against the common enemy, the White Walkers. He mainly wanted to make Long Ma truly believe in the existence of the White Walkers and persuade her to stand side by side. fight.
First, let's talk about the historical context:
1. The children of the forest were originally the natives of Westeros. Later, a group of human ancestors invaded, and a war between the ancestors and the children of the forest broke out. The children of the forest could not beat the ancestors, Westeros was controlled by the ancestors, and the children of the forest signed an armistice agreement with the ancestors. The ancestors abandoned their original beliefs and converted to the old god of the children of the forest.
2. Later, darkness shrouded and the white ghosts invaded. The children of the forest and the ancestors united against the white ghosts. They defeated the white ghosts under the leadership of Azor Ahai, who held the burning sword "Lightbringer", and the long night followed the dawn. end of the war.
3. Legend has it that Brandon the Builder, with the help of giants, ancestors, and perhaps the Children of the Forest, built the Great Wall in the North, he also built Winterfell and became the first King of the North. Humans also formed the Night's Watch to protect the Great Wall.
4. The Andal people invaded with the belief of the new seven gods, against the ancestors and the children of the forest, and finally the children of the forest south of the Great Wall of Despair became extinct.
5. During the rule of the Andals, the Royna invaded and then the Royna migrated and fled to Dorne, and unified Dorne.
6. Later Westeros had seven separate kingdoms, which were then unified by Aegon I Targaryen the Conqueror of House Targaryen from Valyria. Later, House Targaryen was overthrown by Robert Baratheon in the Usurper Wars under the Mad King's rule, and both the original book and the TV series tell the story from the time of King Robert Baratheon's rule.
The Starks and Wildlings of the North are descended from the First Men, so they believe in the Old Gods, and their beliefs are different from the rest of Westeros.
The Children of the Forest are about the size of a child, and possess supernatural powers. They believed that their wisdom was related to the faces on the tree, that the weirwood was where the gods were, and that when they died, they became part of the tree.
In the fifth episode of the sixth season of the TV series, through Bran's vision, we can learn that the children of the forest created the White Walkers, and they used sharp dragonglass daggers to pierce the chest of an ancestor to resist the invasion of the ancestors.
Dragonstone Island was formed due to the eruption of an active volcano. It is located at the exit of Blackwater Bay. The castle is carved in the shape of a dragon. Although it is sparsely populated and remote and barren, it is rich in dragon crystal deposits. Dragon glass, also known as obsidian, is the substance that kills the White Walkers (which Fat Samwell Tully happens to use to kill the White Walkers in the show)
There are two ways to kill the White Walkers: one is the dragonglass mentioned above, and the other is Valyrian steel, which is steel infused with magic, very sharp and mostly in the hands of those ancient noble families . The Valyrian steel sword has the "Long Claw" given to Jon by Commander Mormont, the "Broken Heart" from Fat Sam's father Randyll Tully, and the "Ice" from House Stark (later Tywin). Ordered to melt into two swords, one called "The Widow's Howl", which was given to Joffrey by Tywin as a wedding gift, and passed on to his younger brother King Tommen after Joffrey's death. Win gave it to his son James, but in the end Jaime passed the sword to Brienne the "beauty" of Tarth.)
In the original book, Eddard Stark once said to Catelyn Tully: "The White Walkers, like the Children of the Forest, have been gone for more than 8,000 years. Master Luwin will tell you that they never existed, they did not live. People have seen them." It can be seen that northerners regard those things as eight thousand years old legends, which is even more nonsense to southerners, but they usually add these ancestors in front of important decisions on important occasions. Names, such as Eddard Stark and Robert's dying will each time he issued an execution order, are in the name of XX, and the Andals, Royna and ancestors will be brought in front, I The understanding is that the ancestors represent the North, which is headed by the Stark family, the Royna represent Dorne, and the Andals are the other regions of Westeros that believe in the new gods except the North and Dorne. The children of the forest do not belong to man.
In the original book, Ned educated Bran: "We follow the ancient tradition that the blood of the 'Ancestors' still flows in the people of the Stark family, and we believe that the person who sentenced the death must do it himself. If you want to take Human life should at least look into his eyes and listen to his last words. If this is not possible, then perhaps he will not die."
Mormont didn't seem to care about his words, and the old man reached out to keep warm in front of the fire. "I sent Bunyan Stark to find Jon Royce's son, who disappeared the first time he was out on patrol. That boy Royce was as tender as summer grass, but he insisted on leading the team himself. , said it was his duty as a knight. I didn't want to offend his dad, so I let him go. What's more stupid, I sent two of the top guys in the army with him." I was about the same, but I stayed at the wall longer." He continued, "but he seems to have broken his oath and ran away. I didn't believe it, and thought it would never be his turn until his head was sacked by history. Lord Tucker sent it from Winterfell. As for the kid Royce, there is no news. One deserter, two missing, and Bunyan Stark is nowhere to be seen at this moment." He sighed deeply. tone.
The above is the description of the original book, which can explain the plot that appeared at the beginning of the first episode of the first season: a group of night watchmen and Rangers saw the White Walkers, and almost no one survived.
The Rangers are led by the son of Jon Royce, who appeared in the first episode of season seven, first proposing to punish the Umbers and Karstarks for betraying the North in the Battle of the Bastards. family.
Jon Royce is known as "Bronze Jon," and this plot in the original book might explain it: Sansa remembers Count Jon Royce, who visited Winterfell two years ago. "His armor is bronze, thousands of years old, and engraved with magic spells to protect him from harm," she whispered to Jenny.
From the beginning of the first episode of the first season, we can see the performance art of the White Walkers. After they kill and dismember their bodies, they are arranged in two shapes. In fact, they all come from the ancient symbols created by the children of the forest: one is a circle as shown in the figure below. A vertical line in the middle of the shape is the "Φ" pattern (Greek letter Phi).
One is the following two shapes similar to the golden ratio spiral:
Regarding the meaning of these two symbols, it is recommended that you go to the Internet to search for videos interpreted by Youtube expert ScreenPrism from semiotics. I will briefly talk about the meanings. The creators say that these symbols are related to good and evil, representing a kind of balance. If you look closely at the composition of the pictures in the play, you will find that Long Ma and Jon Snow are in the center of these two compositions in many pictures, which means that there is some connection between them and the White Walkers: they and the White Walkers It can be seen from the fact that Long Ma is safe in the fire and then Jon Snow is resurrected from the dead.
The fusion of ice and fire means that they will reshape a new world of unity and harmony.
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