The Big Mysteries (top-level summary)
This blog is a growing series of connected essays suggesting solutions for the "Big Mysteries" of A Song of Ice and Fire . This post is a summary of the suggested solutions, with links to the essays explaining the rationale behind them. Spoiler note: This blog includes unmarked spoilers for all published material related to A Song of Ice and Fire (including secondary works and GRRM quotes) and all released episodes of the show Game of Thrones , as well as possible spoilers for the final season . Read at your own peril. The "Big Mysteries" Those are some big questions about the nature and history of the world that have been left unanswered since the beginning of A Song of Ice and Fire : Why are the seasons so uneven and so unpredictable? What caused the Doom of Valyria ? What do the Others want? There are some other events and places about which both the books and secondary works have been conspicuously silent, even while repeatedly hinting at th