GRRM stopped doing these as frequently, which is a shame.

But I did come across a good one in Dance that seems to foreshadow the battle in The Spoils of War.

Tyrion has this dream while traveling to find Dany in Meeren:

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That night Tyrion Lannister dreamed of a battle that turned the hills of Westeros as red as blood. He was in the midst of it, dealing death with an axe as big as he was, fighting side by side with Barristan the Bold and Bittersteel as dragons wheeled across the sky above them. In the dream he had two heads, both noseless. His father led the enemy, so he slew him once again. Then he killed his brother Jaime, hacking at his face until it was a red ruin, laughing every time he struck a blow. Only when the fight was finished did he realise that his second head was weeping.

Two heads - one representing Lannister, the other Targaryen.

His father lead the enemy - how many times has Cercei been called her Father's daughter?

Jaime falls on the field of battle. And the second head was weeping.

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Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 8/10/17 at 3:15 pm to jrodLSUke

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Two heads - one representing Lannister, the other Targaryen.

I like the excerpt - since Tyrion is more or less the composite of him and Selmy now - that makes sense. Bittersteel implies that the Golden Company declares for Dany (further implying things don't go well for Cersei and the Iron Bank dude).

But, Cersei wasn't physically present at the battle - Jaime and Tarly led the Lannister army. In the show, Tyrion was an observer, not a participant as he had been before in earlier battles. The other imagery seems spot on. So, the rest is largely symbolic. And we can't assume that either Bronn or Jaime is dead until we know, right?

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