I took it that warging was very rare whilst the level of magic in the world was low. Now that it is increasing again, warging is becoming more common, hence its sudden emergence in the Stark family.



One of the ongoing themes of the series has been that prophecies are not perfect. Rhaego died so the Stallion Who Mounts the World thing never happened. Connington and Aegon were on their way but (thanks to some suggestions by Tyrion) changed their minds and went to Westeros instead (and it may be that Dany meets them in Westeros instead). As for the latter point, GRRM's comments and those by his editor suggest that the very end of the Knot (including, I guess, Victarion joining the frey, Dany returning to Meereen, Tyrion revealing himself and possibly Marwyn showing up) was deferred to Book 6, which by reader consensus (if such a thing is possible at this early stage) appears to have been an 'inadvisable move'.



There is subsantial discussion on this point. If Aegon's been raised from birth to believe he is the king, if the Golden Company believe it and so on, it can't be a last-minute thing (Aegon's been raised for the 17 years since the Rebellion to believe he's the rightful king, it's only been 2-2.5 years since the start of AGoT). In particular, Viserys can't have been expected to stand aside easily, though Varys presumably wouldn't have been above poisoning him or disposing of him if he proved intractable. However, there will be questions over Aegon's legitimacy, purple eyes and silver hair and all (there's too many descendents of Targaryens in the Free Cities, like Aerion Brightflame who is specifically mentioned in this book, making me wonder if he is FakeAegon's real ancestor, assuming he is a fake), whilst Viserys and Daenerys' legitimacy is unquestioned. So I think we need more data on that point.




Daenerys' legitimacy is unquestioned, and she has dragons. Aegon will be dismissed as a fake or imposter by many. By marrying Aegon to Daenerys, Aegon gains legitimacy either way.



It's generally assumed that Mirri Maz Duur's statement was a prophecy, not an insult, and that Daenerys will be able to bear children again once the terms are met. For example, "The sun setting in the east," is thought to refer to Quentyn Martell dying in the east.



She died when he was a year or so old, so he didn't really know her, no. Unless you mean Daenerys, who is his aunt Slightly confusing as he is 2 years older than her, but his father Rhaegar was Daenerys' much older brother.



True. Aegon knows more about Westeros than Dany and Dany's judgement so far has been lacking. However, Aegon is so far proving to be brave, valourous and 'nice', but also a little bit too tractable and dim. He decides to throw out Varys and Illyrio's plan and embark on a dangerous invasion of Westeros with a hugely outnumbered (if very formidable) army without the force-equaliser of Dany's dragons and Unsullied, all on a suggestion of Tyrion's. It's a bold move, but if Dorne doesn't ally with him (and I don't see Doran doing it until he's heard news of Quentyn's death, which will likely take too long to reach him, and until he can withdraw Lady Nym from King's Landing, which I suspect the Lannisters and Tyrells will not permit) he's going to get his arse handed to him by the vastly larger Tyrell armies. Connington is a solid tactician, but between him and Randyll 'MFer' Tarly, I'd bet on the latter every time.