So why the Baratheons? I’ve speculated extensively, and others have speculated, about the central role of the Citadel and House Hightower in the arc of Westerosi history. Some days he seemed to think Pate was someone named Cressen. Archmaester Walgrave had no trouble telling one raven from another, but he was not so good with people.
One particular reference from the Hedge Knight struck me as very interesting: Some of these references are to random, unnamed soldiers. Oddly enough, guantlets made of “lobstered steel” have come up in ASIOF about a dozen times. He loved Margaery’s male counterpart, Loras, who also happened to have flowing cascade of soft brown hair like the painted miniature. The fact that the miniature resembles Walgrave could be a red herring the miniature's gender-switching, however, could be significant. Could it be that Lord Renly, who looked so like a young Robert, had conceived a passion for a girl he fancied to be a young Lyanna? That struck him as more than passing queer. The maid was Loras Tyrell's sister Margaery, he'd confessed, but there were those who said she looked like Lyanna. Renly had seemed anxious to know if the girl reminded him of anyone, and when Ned had no answer but a shrug, he had seemed disappointed. Inside was a miniature painted in the vivid Myrish style, of a lovely young girl with doe's eyes and a cascade of soft brown hair. A few days past, he had taken Ned aside to show him an exquisite rose gold locklet. Ned was not sure what to make of Renly, with all his friendly ways and easy smiles. But he uses it a handful of times to describe grown women, including ACOK, Sansa V: GRRM uses the phrase to describe mostly men and sometimes animals. GRRM very frequently discusses “blond hair,” but it turns out that “yellow hair” is fairly uncommon in the text (hat tip to a “A Search of Ice and Fire”). The connection here is plain, although I wouldn’t make anything of it in isolation given that stags are the realm’s currency. Moreover, that commonality points in the exact same direction as Walgrave’s frequent references to Maester Cressen. Do they mean anything? And if so, what do they mean?Īfter a bit of digging, it seems to me that each of these items shares something in common: House Baratheon. There has been quite a bit of speculation over the years about Walgrave's possessions. "Pate," one of the white ravens had called after him, "Pate, Pate, Pate." A thief was a thief, whether he stole a little or a lot. Pate snatched up the key and had been halfway to the door before turning back to take the silver too.
The others carried theirs upon their person or hid them away in some safe place, but if Walgrave had hidden his, no one would ever have seen it again. The key was old and heavy, made of black iron supposedly it opened every door at the Citadel. If I pick that up, I am a thief, he remembered thinking.
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