When the extremely anticipated last season ofGame of Thronespremiered earlier this month , fans were sunnily surprised at the new opening credit , which show a more elaborated function of Winterfell and King ’s Landing . But sports fan know the series does n’t do anything without determination and potentially hide meaning , so surely there are mill about clues in the credit for us to understand … good ?
According toInverse , there could be a hint in the gold band of the astrolabe that birl around theGame of Thronesbanner . The band now depicts moments from the preceding seven season of the show , with one of the images potentially foreshadowing something about Daenerys Targaryen . Afan theoryfloating around over the years has argued that Dany is really Azor Ahai , and the new season ’s scuttle credits might just confirm that .
Azor Ahai , a.k.a . the Prince That Was Promised , was the loss leader in a conflict long before the case ofThronesbetween the White Walkers , the first humans , and the Children of the Forest . Fast - forward to the nowadays , and the White Walkers are once again the biggest menace to humans , so many sports fan have been hope the prophecy that Azor Ahai will be reincarnated will resound on-key . Fans have localize their bets on Jon Snow becoming this long - expect prince , considering that Melisandre hint at it when she brought him back from the numb , and because it ’s been revealed he ’s the true heir to the Iron Throne .
In High Valyrian , the wordprincecould entail any gender , however . The prophecy says that Azor Ahai will “ bear amidst salinity and hummer under a bleed star . ” opposite taper out the violent comet visualize on the astrolabe in the time of year 8 opening credits is likely the same red comet Daenerys sees in time of year 2 . The Dothraki call this the “ hemorrhage star . ” Inverse proceed :
Daenerys actually being Azor Ahai would mean two thing are probable : She ’ll be the one to shoot down the Night King , and she might have to kill Jon — neither of which are wholly unbelievable . While we know the Mother of Dragons will be essential to the remaining episodes ofGame of Thrones , we ’ll have to look and see precisely how .
