Azor Ahai and The Prince That Was Promised have thus far never been mentioned in the same sentence, although Melisandre has mentioned the prince that was promised and Azor Ahai interchangeably however, she tends to use the name Azor Ahai far more often. Some readers believe that Azor Ahai reborn is the same hero as The Prince That Was Promised, while others believe that is erroneous and that they come from two distinct prophecies. And that sword shall be Lightbringer, the Red Sword of Heroes, and he who clasps it shall be Azor Ahai come again, and the darkness shall flee before him." In this dread hour a warrior shall draw from the fire a burning sword. "There will come a day after a long summer when the stars bleed and the cold breath of darkness falls heavy on the world. Wielding Lightbringer once again, Azor Ahai will stand against it, and if he fails, the world fails with him. Following a long summer, an evil, cold darkness will descend upon the world. He drove his sword into her living heart, her soul combining with the steel of the sword, creating the weapon known as Lightbringer.Īccording to ancient prophecies that were written down in Asshai over five thousand years ago, Azor Ahai is to be reborn and destined to defeat the darkness once again. This time, he called for his wife, Nissa Nissa, and asked her to bare her breast. The third time, with a heavy heart, for he knew beforehand what he must do to finish the blade, he worked for a hundred days and nights until it was finished. To temper it this time, he captured a lion and drove the sword into its heart, but once more the steel shattered. The second time he took fifty days and fifty nights to make the sword, even better than the first. He was not one to give up easily, so he started over. However, when he went to temper it in water, the sword broke. He labored for thirty days and thirty nights until it was done. To fight the darkness, Azor Ahai needed to forge a hero's sword. Stories of the Long Night, or a similar cataclysmic event, are also common across Essos: According to one version, a great darkness lay over the world, and Azor Ahai was the hero chosen to fight against it. In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Azor Ahai was a legendary hero who lived approximately eight thousand years before Aegon's Landing.
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