A Song of Ice and Fire (Released Spoilers)

Honestly, I have no idea what Sandor will be capable of when/if he reemerges. He was a giver of minimal fucks before, what if he comes out of the monastery with a big dose of righteous fury? I could see him killing just about anyone with that kind of thinking.

He'll definitely be around Sansa again, that's half the main point of his arc, to restore her faith in the idea of a true knight (Elder Brother was knighted, he'll knight Sandor) having been the one to tear it down.

I think he'll kill UnGregor but it will be for a greater purpose. The Elder brother said the Hound lived only to kill his brother, a tormented and twisted existence, if Sandor hears Gregor is back and rushes off to kill him then he hasn't undergone any character growth, more likely killing Gregor's undead form will be like a mercy setting Ungregor free.

Maybe the super healer on the Quiet Isle can cure his leg and facial scars, when Sandor comes back I don't think he's going to be immediately recognisable to Westeros.

His list of shit to do I think is brave dragon's fire, kill Corbray and defeat Ungregor.

A lot, or even most, of what you are saying would be true if this was a traditional fantasy story. Good vs. bad, straight redemption story, etc. Things just aren't that black and white in Westeros. I just don't think there's any chance GRRM suddenly gives us the traditional knight type character out there saving maidens and doing good. Just, no way. If anything I'd expect him to die in some horrific fashion similar to Oberyn.

He's littered Westeros history with great knights and this era and story isn't going to pass without it's own. Just as he's provided near pure evil characters he has had no problem writing the flipside, Brienne and obviously Dunk being the prime examples. Sandor will still die tragically, but not before he's brought the epic. It will just be all the better for having first been grounded.

Chrisd_sl said:

He's littered Westeros history with great knights and this era and story isn't going to pass without it's own.

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History is written by the winners. Guys like Robert and Gregor will go down as amazing knights. There were stories about how amazing Rhaegar was etc, and Barristan let us know how exaggerated they were.

Dunk is the closest thing, but you'll notice his story isn't happening in the I&F series, but in a side series. Yeah, Brienne is pretty pure and all, she's also shit on at every turn and had her already ugly face half chewed off. She's also now working for an undead vengeful cunt. Sooo, yeah. Don't expect Lancelot is all I'm saying.

Rhaegar was dead before the series began and Robert was fat, no-one is about to go claiming Gregor was an Arthur Dayne (losing side) or Aemon Dragonknight, or anything other than big and brutal. Sandor will remain a grey character because we know his history, it'll be a question of can we get behind a character who basically murdered a child. But he will come back as a righteous sword of the Faith to do epic things, despite being grounded in reality it's still epic fantasy. Then Arya will kill him.

I don't see Sansa's faith in anything being restored, she seems more likely to be headed towards becoming Littlefingers 2.0, learning from his amoral political wile and combining it with her natural beauty to become a dominating political player.

I'd like to see something epic happen with Sandor, but with GRRM, you should never expect anything good to happen to any character.

Another, word of Quentyn's death, Dany's rejection of him, Dany's army still in Mereen and Dany herself lost maybe dead to reach Westeros. Arianne to seduce Aegon, Doran to demand Aegon marry Arianne for Dorne's support, Aegon/Jon Con consenting, Vary's handing them KL and Arianne becoming Cersei's younger more beautiful queen, unleashing on Cersei what Doran had planned for Tywin.

I think that once John comes back as the R'hllor he will lead his army down from the north and re take Winterfell. After that, Lord Reed comes out and tells the truth about John's heritage, someone important is his actual father, he was Ned's nephew all along, not his bastard son. With this new knowledge he lays a claim to the thrown of Westeros, sweeping south he collects all who support him and destroys those who oppose. At some point Robert Strong is brought into the mix and the Hound is given a chance to serve under Snow and promised the opportunity to kill his returned brother.

Just speculation.. but you never know

I'm mostly curious how you end a giant epic like ASoIaF and have it feel right, especially with no central protagonist. It will be interesting to see if the old boy doesn't keel over in the next ten years.

I wish that John were really and truly dead, everything about him is just downright frustrating especially given that he painted a giant kill me sign on himself for the entirety of the last book (it also didn't help that GRRM devoted a substantial portion the book to his POV and then stuffed it mainly with filler). He was fine as a soldier and as a wildling but he is terrible as a leader and I can only foresee his chapters being incredibly irritating unless the typical light vs dark scenario rears its ugly and tired head and everyone justhas tofollow him because its humans vs demons time boys! Then it would just be boring but I'm holding out that Martin can recapture some of his mojo, here's hoping anyhow.

They're gonna end up as king and queen. Mark it down.

As long as Sandor comes back to fuck up Bob Strong's shit, I'll be happy.

Jon was actually good by the end of ADWD when he decided to use his army and go kill shit. It's a shame he died, but it's going to be ok, he'll be back and undead and even more willing to kill shit.