Roose Bolton
Son of Katas
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Quentyn serves his purpose. One the one hand at the very basic sense his death gives the Dorne the motivation it needs to fully support Faegon for the coming second Dance of the Dragons despite the fact that they know and believe he's a fake. He also gets Gerris and Archie over to Meereen where they're set to play a role in freeing Daario and the others from the hands of the Yunkshmen during the Battle of Meereen/Fire.
That's all from a purely plot driven perspective, but from a thematic perspective he serves to underline the main theme of ADWD which is "denying who you are." look at his chapter titles, they're in a constant state of flux and never reach solidarity. That's because as the book goes on Quentyn is constantly thinking to himself (despite common sense) that he's not going to fail because he's a hero from the classic stories, and surely heroes never die. He even names himself after a frog prince, which is further evidence of him trying to delude himself into thinking that he's some man with great potential when he's really more like Barristan calls "mud": useful and of some worth, but nothing to get excited over. In the end because he can't accept who he is he dies horribly and his chapters never get named.
So basically the character serves a purpose which is mostly thematic and relevant to ADWD the novel, but there's enough devoted to him that I think D&D won't cut him completely. Likely we'll see him arrive in Essos, then later he'll show up in Meereen and die during the Dragontamer moment, leaving his friends imprisoned for Barristan to utilize whilst furthering Meereen's dire state.
That's all from a purely plot driven perspective, but from a thematic perspective he serves to underline the main theme of ADWD which is "denying who you are." look at his chapter titles, they're in a constant state of flux and never reach solidarity. That's because as the book goes on Quentyn is constantly thinking to himself (despite common sense) that he's not going to fail because he's a hero from the classic stories, and surely heroes never die. He even names himself after a frog prince, which is further evidence of him trying to delude himself into thinking that he's some man with great potential when he's really more like Barristan calls "mud": useful and of some worth, but nothing to get excited over. In the end because he can't accept who he is he dies horribly and his chapters never get named.
So basically the character serves a purpose which is mostly thematic and relevant to ADWD the novel, but there's enough devoted to him that I think D&D won't cut him completely. Likely we'll see him arrive in Essos, then later he'll show up in Meereen and die during the Dragontamer moment, leaving his friends imprisoned for Barristan to utilize whilst furthering Meereen's dire state.
