House Sigils
Making a triumphant return from A Game of Thrones, sigils and banners continue to serve as symbols in A Clash of Kings. As in our previous discussion, we should point out that these symbols aren't...
Crowns and the Iron Throne
With so many people professing themselves king of this or lord of that, you can bet some crowns will be popping up here and there. And guess what? You are right. Every crown worn by the vying ruler...
The Red Comet
Thanks to a lack of Internet and light pollution, ancient cultures did a whole lot more stargazing than we do these days, so they discovered a lot about the patterns of the heavens, namely that the...
Magic
Magic is basically a natural law in the worlds of fantasy, much like gravity or thermodynamics. Instead of scientists, these worlds are populated with old guys sporting white beards, pointy hats, a...
Seasons
The imagery of seasons plays a prominent symbolic role in A Clash of Kings. In the Seven Kingdoms, summer is equal to love, gentleness, bounty, and life, while winter amounts to hate, harshness, fa...
Dreams
Dream imagery appears often in A Clash of Kings; in fact, Bran's story is approximately eighty-seven percent him dreaming. Thankfully, his dreams are a little more interesting than ours, or a big c...