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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,316
    JK_Livin said:
    Do we know who that guy is?
    Lord Beric Dondarrion, leader of the Brotherhood without Banners and loyal to House Stark.  He has been resurrected by a Red Priest several times ... and now has a flaming sword ... so odds are he may be the Lord of Light.  The Hound killed him a few seasons ago when they captured The Hound and Arya.  
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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,806
    edited June 2017
    Jason P said:
    FIRE SWORDS!!!



    Awesome! Dondarrion is pretty badass!
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  • JK_Livin
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    Jason P said:
    JK_Livin said:
    Do we know who that guy is?
    Lord Beric Dondarrion, leader of the Brotherhood without Banners and loyal to House Stark.  He has been resurrected by a Red Priest several times ... and now has a flaming sword ... so odds are he may be the Lord of Light.  The Hound killed him a few seasons ago when they captured The Hound and Arya.  
    Ha, thanks for the tremendous descriptive answer. I know who he is though. Haven't seen the lad in a while.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,835
    Oh yeah!
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  • Merkin Baller
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    Jason P said:
    JK_Livin said:
    Do we know who that guy is?
    Lord Beric Dondarrion, leader of the Brotherhood without Banners and loyal to House Stark.  He has been resurrected by a Red Priest several times ... and now has a flaming sword ... so odds are he may be the Lord of Light.  The Hound killed him a few seasons ago when they captured The Hound and Arya.  


    At the risk of nit-picking, I think he had the flaming sword back when he took part in the Trial by Combat with the Hound.


    I can't wait for the new season.

  • RideRick
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    Can't wait till it's Sunday night. 
    No leaks yet  =)
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,835
    Watched some of the last episode again today.
    As Queen Cersei closes the door, leaving Zombie Clegane to have his way with the sister. 
    "Shame.  Shame."

    Can't wait!
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  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    edited July 2017
    Jason P said:
    JK_Livin said:
    Do we know who that guy is?
    Lord Beric Dondarrion, leader of the Brotherhood without Banners and loyal to House Stark.  He has been resurrected by a Red Priest several times ... and now has a flaming sword ... so odds are he may be the Lord of Light.  The Hound killed him a few seasons ago when they captured The Hound and Arya.  
    Dondarrion the Lord of Light?
    Naw, no way.
    That has to be Jon Snow or Bran, otherwise it won't have enough impact.

    Dondarrion is less of a character even than Thoros, not in terms of importance to the story, but in terms of effort spent in investing us in the character.  If he was going to be the big guy, we'd have been seeing more of him and better exposition around his ark.
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  • Merkin Baller
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    rgambs said:
    Jason P said:
    JK_Livin said:
    Do we know who that guy is?
    Lord Beric Dondarrion, leader of the Brotherhood without Banners and loyal to House Stark.  He has been resurrected by a Red Priest several times ... and now has a flaming sword ... so odds are he may be the Lord of Light.  The Hound killed him a few seasons ago when they captured The Hound and Arya.  
    Dondarrion the Lord of Light?
    Naw, no way.
    That has to be Jon Snow or Bran, otherwise it won't have enough impact.

    Dondarrion is less of a character even than Thoros, not in terms of importance to the story, but in terms of effort spent in investing us in the character.  If he was going to be the big guy, we'd have been seeing more of him and better exposition around his ark.

    IDK about the Lord of Light, but there was definitely some heavy foreshadowing  going on when the Hound was asking Dondarrion what makes him so special to be brought back so many times. I think he will come to play a pretty large role down the stretch.
  • dimitrispearljam
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    downloading now to watch
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    Solid episode to start the season.....that opening scene was great!  Not a whole lot happened, but good setup for the rest of the season.

  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Merkin Baller said:
    rgambs said:
    Jason P said:
    JK_Livin said:
    Do we know who that guy is?
    Lord Beric Dondarrion, leader of the Brotherhood without Banners and loyal to House Stark.  He has been resurrected by a Red Priest several times ... and now has a flaming sword ... so odds are he may be the Lord of Light.  The Hound killed him a few seasons ago when they captured The Hound and Arya.  
    Dondarrion the Lord of Light?
    Naw, no way.
    That has to be Jon Snow or Bran, otherwise it won't have enough impact.

    Dondarrion is less of a character even than Thoros, not in terms of importance to the story, but in terms of effort spent in investing us in the character.  If he was going to be the big guy, we'd have been seeing more of him and better exposition around his ark.

    IDK about the Lord of Light, but there was definitely some heavy foreshadowing  going on when the Hound was asking Dondarrion what makes him so special to be brought back so many times. I think he will come to play a pretty large role down the stretch.
    I took that (and this is influenced by my take on the books as well) to be an evidencing of the resurgence of magic in the world, without much further import.
    I could be wrong, but it seems unlikely to me that a character with so few scenes (and who is upstaged by Thoros and the archer) would be the Lord of Light when it comes to pass.
    Martin's work is full of such dead ends, characters with foreshadowing events that turn out to be dead ends.
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    edited July 2017
    After all, Lady Catelyn was resurrected by Thoros as well, so if the Lord of Light is coming from the BWB, it's more likely to be Thoros!


    I'm going to have to exit this thread soon, spoilers be coming and I won't see it until it arrives on Blu-ray.
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  • Dr. Delight
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    Awesome seeing Dany arrive at Dragonstone. Been waiting so long for her to be at Westeros.
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  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,838
    Indifference71 said:
    Solid episode to start the season.....that opening scene was great!  Not a whole lot happened, but good setup for the rest of the season.

    Thought the same. But then I thought nothing really happened, it was all back story or set up, and with a short season I thought they'd pack more in. I'm guessing the minor scenes will become important later that I didn't even realize
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    Also- what the hell was with that Ed Sheeran cameo?  Was that necessary?  This isn't a show on the CW!
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,835
    Indifference71 said:
    Also- what the hell was with that Ed Sheeran cameo?  Was that necessary?  This isn't a show on the CW!
    Apparently the actress who plays Arya loves him and they worked in a scene for her.  There have been other cameos by musicians but this was so over the top. 
    [during the viewing Sunday night]
    Me:  Is that Ed Fucking Sheeran?
    Wife:  No
    [finishes singing]
    Me:  I think it was.  That is pretty heavy handed, having him sing.
    Wife: Huh.
    [Scene finishes.  I look him up on IMDB]
    Me:  That was Ed Fucking Sheeran.  That just took me out of the show for a bit.  Dumb.
    Wife:  You take this show far too seriously.

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  • JK_Livin
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    Perfect cameo for Friends not this. Can't blame him for doing it though. I'd do it.
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    I noticed it was him right away.  Didn't bother me as it was a short scene and he didn't say much.

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