Compliments to Davos

I think I figured out why Davos' chapters stand out so much in my eyes.

We've been told over and over again by our Braavosi friends (and GRRM by proxy) that in order to ferret out the truth, one needs to trust the bare facts in the information provided by the senses before imposing the expectations of the mind on the world around oneself. Of the Westerosi characters, Davos seems to embody this philosophy more than anyone else, which is why his chapters provide such poignant meditations on the nature of power in gods and kings. This feel for the "truth," I believe, is borne of a unique sort of humility among POV characters. Davos sees himself as a common mortal man, nothing more, and with that comes an acute awareness of the limitations inherent in his existence. A rather effective bullshit detector.

So, here's to Davos! Stay humble, my friend; the world needs more people like you.


The facts presented by Davos are straight forward, no mountains to climb or hoops to jump through. Of the other characters, Quaithes prophesy line one applies "To go forward you must go back." Again and again and again, I will probably have have many main points memorized and still be no where at the rate I'm going lol. Jon told Arya that sometimes different roads lead to the same castle;he just forgot to mention that more often they lead to a dead end of one kind or another.

So, here's to Davos! Stay humble, my friend; the world needs more people like you.