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I'm sure others have speculated on this, and I'd like your input.

I was intrigued سے طرف کی Salladhor Saan's تفصیل of the forging of Lightbringer سے طرف کی Azor Ahai and its implications on Azor's return.

To summarize, the first sword he forged shattered when tempered with water. (This is not how a sword would actually be tempered, but I digress.) The سیکنڈ shattered when plunged into the دل of a lion. The third, Lightbringer, was tempered when Azor Ahai plunged it into his wife's heart.

Martin loves threes. It seems to me that these three forgings refer to three different characters, and I've been...