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April 21, 2020 Return to: …And Seven Times Never Kill Man- ASOIAF Book ClubFull resolution (1007 × 550)

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As GRRM says in Dreamsongs, this is just the "furniture". The flame of Balerion the Black Dread heats the blades of the Iron Throne during its creation – by Lindsey Burcar.

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