A Song of Ice and ngọn lửa, chữa cháy cover art from Germany

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

I was intrigued bởi Salladhor Saan's mô tả of the forging of Lightbringer bởi 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 một giây shattered when plunged into the tim, trái tim 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...