While it ’s fairly downplayed in HBO ’s fantasy epicGame of Thrones , George RR Martin’sA Song of Ice and Fireseries — the books the show is based on — orbit almost entirely around an ancient cyclical divination about a reincarnation of an ancient Hero of Alexandria who previously vote down the White Walkers and terminate the long Nox a thousand years ago .
Called Azor Ahai in the Scripture , the show primarily discusses the vaticination through Melisandre , who typically come to to the reincarnate hero as " The Prince Who Was Promised . " Melisandre ’s main motive as a fiber is to witness and serve the foretold hero , who could be male or female due to the original prophecy ’s lack of sexuality distinction .
Most fansbelievethe wedge fated to save Westeros could be Jon Snow , Daenerys Targaryen , or Jaime Lannister , as all three have , through one symbolic manner or another , fulfilled the criterion the divination laid out to identify Azor Ahai . However , one eagle - eyed fan find a single personal credit line from Melisandre in the bookA Dance With Dragonsthat seemingly confirm which one is the renascence , according toMetro .
While serving Stannis Baratheon in the book , Melisandre pray to her god , R’hllor , and uses her fire magic to try and look into the future tense , to on the face of it dissatisfactory results . " I beg for a glance of Azor Ahai , and R’hllor show me only snow , " she say .
While at the sentence snow was believe to be either a symbolisation for a vacuous reply or the encroachment of wintertime , many now trust that it could have-to doe with to Jon Snow either by his pretended family name , by his northerly fostering , or by his term of office as Lord Commander of the Night ’s Watch .
Neither R’hllor ’s divinity or the quality of Melisandre ’s magic can really be called into enquiry at this point , because both have been demonstrated as being capable of some awing exploit . Though this feel like a check , we wo n’t know for certain until the 8th andfinal seasonof the show airs in 2019 .
