Post by voice on Mar 10, 2016 2:01:43 GMT
Or the breaking of a ward?
The last time a Stark ended the Dawn, it seems to have prolonged the Darkness by at least 13 years.
(The tenure of Night's King)
The Stark in Winterfell (with Joramun's help) took down the Night's King. Potentially part of ending the Long Night. Or maintaining the natural cycle.
So, stopping the perversion of watch and the Wall is a duty of the Stark in Winterfell.
But Jon's moment at dawn links the Wall with the Sword of the Morning. They go together.
The NW is described as very Dawn-like. Dawn and the Wall are both Ice...
-the sword in the darkness
-fire that burns against the cold
-the light that brings the dawn
-the shield that guards the realms of men
They "work" together????
Both are alive with light. The Wall has its "chink"... I'm thinking that esoteric/spiritual chink is Dawn. Lyanna grew within that gap, and now her son fills the air with Love.
(A little hippy-dippy sounding, I know. But, GRRM.)
Both must be in place for the Wall to hold???
Which is all well and good if a Sword of the Morning falls normally (old age, battle).
But the Stark in Winterfell taking him down--does that break the warding????
Ned did not speak of killing Arthur Dayne with any relish or joy. Instead, he would have been slain by Dawn, if not for Howland Reed. In this way, I think Howland might have turned the tide not only at the tower long fallen, but in terms of the liminal Wall that kept the cold darkness at bay.