re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

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When speculating on the nature of the weapon Lightbringer, I think people have fallen into the trap of only considering what the sword IS, whether if the flaming sword is in the hands of Stannis but merely incomplete or if it is only a metaphor for the Night's Watch (Jon) or Dragons (Dany). While focusing on the IS allows many possibilities, looking at the HOW allows just one. The only weapon that both matches the prophecy 1 to 1 so far and has the potential to fully fulfill the prophecy is the sword Oathkeeper.

1 - Forged in water as Eddard's greatsword Ice.

2 - Reforged in a lion's breast as the Lannister sword Oathkeeper.

3 - This is the part that is speculation, but I am very confident in it, Brienne will be forced to drive Oathkeeper into Catelyn Tully's (the wife of the swords' original owner) heart and thus shatter both her own oaths and her swords' name. When she pulls the sword out it will inherit the flame passed down from R'hllor to Beric and from Beric to Catelyn, and burst into flames as the sword Lightbringer

Water, Lion, Wife - if Brienne kills Catelyn then the prophecy is matched word for word. This does not necessarily mean that Brienne is THE Azor Ahai, but she will be the sword's forger.

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