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In one, Arya Stark is in disguise as an actor playing Shae in a theatrical adaptation of Tyrion's treachery. Martin has also released seven sample chapters from A Game of Thrones. In 2016, Martin confirmed that "hundreds of pages" and "dozens of chapters" have been written. While perspective characters each have multiple chapters in A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the fleshed-out perspectives is a good indication that The Winds of Winter has at least its skeleton in place. In April, GRRM described Davos Seaworth encountering unicorns on the island of Skagos-where he's been sent to retrieve Rickon Stark from hiding-suggesting the Onion Knight may also be a POV character in The Winds of Winter, bringing the total up to 13. At various public appearances, Martin has mentioned several other character perspectives set to appear in The Winds of Winter (or possibly planned for A Dream of Spring), including Cersei Lannister, Bran Stark, Areo Hotah and Asha Greyjoy (Yara in Game of Thrones). That's eight POV characters for The Winds of Winter, compared to A Dance with Dragons' 16. Victarion Greyjoy - Balon's younger brother, Victarion sails across the Narrow Sea with plans to marry Daenerys.Tyrion Lannister - Enslaved by a mercenary army attacking Meereen, Tyrion hopes to sway the mercs to Daenerys' side.Theon Greyjoy - Theon escapes Winterfell with Ramsay Bolton's wife, Jeyne Poole (who has been billed as Arya Stark to legitimate the Bolton claim to Winterfell) and is now a captive of Stannis Baratheon.Sansa Stark - Hiding under the name Alayne Stone, Petyr Baelish is still trying to marry off Sansa when The Winds of Winter opens.Barristan Selmy - No, Selmy didn't get killed by a bunch of rich, slave-owning kids in masks.Arya Stark - Still training as an assassin, Arya apprentices with a theater troupe, as seen in Game of Thrones Season 6.Arianne Martell - Doran's oldest daughter, Arianne leaves Dorne to investigate Aegon Targaryen, a new claimant to the Iron Throne.Aeron Greyjoy - Known as Damphair, he's a priest of the Drowned God and currently a prisoner of Euron Greyjoy.Here are the characters Martin has confirmed will tell The Winds of Winter: Each chapter in A Song of Ice and Fire is told from the perspective of a different character.
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One of the biggest indications of what's in store for The Winds of Winter are the perspectives from which it will be told. Will Davos Seaworth return as a POV character in 'The Winds of Winter'? HBO
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So while the end of Game of Thrones may spoil some of what's in store for A Song of Ice and Fire, the complexity of the novels promises a very different narrative ahead in The Winds of Winter. But where Game of Thrones begins narrowing after Season 5, uniting characters and closing plot threads, A Song of Ice and Fire is still expanding, with the most recent novels depicting events from the perspectives of characters never introduced on Game of Thrones, including Quentyn Martell, Victarion Greyjoy and Griff, who is Hand to yet another claimant to the Iron Throne, Prince Aegon Targaryen (no, not Jon Snow this time, he's still dead in the books). A Song of Ice and Fireīoth novels roughly correspond to the major moments of Game of Thrones Season 5, including the death of Jon Snow, Cersei's walk of shame, and Tyrion's journey to Daenerys with Jorah Mormont. A Dance with Dragons follows events on both sides of the Wall and across the Narrow Sea, where Daenerys Targaryen tries to keep control over the city of Meereen. Both books take place over the same period of time, with A Feast for Crows following events in Dorne, the Iron Islands, King's Landing and Arya's assassin training at the House of Black and White in Braavos. In reality, a lot of The Winds of Winter has already been written, since Martin, often affectionately abbreviated GRRM, has shared multiple excerpts from the upcoming ASOIAF novel at conventions and public appearances.īut to understand The Winds of Winter, it's necessary to start with 2011's A Dance with Dragons and 2005's A Feast for Crows, the two most recent entries in A Song of Ice and Fire.
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But it's just as common to read speculation that Martin has made no progress at all, with many fans fretting The Winds of Winter will never be completed or released, since Martin has supposedly lost interest in Westeros after Game of Thrones depicted the series' ending before the author could get around to writing it. Martin shot down rumors that the final two books in his A Song of Ice and Fire series- The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring -have been completed in secret.