I think Arya and the Hound, and Jamie and Brienne each need their own buddy cop film series a la Lethal Weapon.
Things like the blue rose and Oberyn mentioning that Rhaegar left Elia for another woman. Not sure if they'll actually expand on that, but nice to see it thrown in there.
We Reached The "Everybody's Broken Past Fixing" Part of Game of Thrones
Arya and The Hound pose with fans:
What was the big sword they melted down? Was it the executioner that killed Ned? I didn't think that was clear enough.
It was Ned's actual sword, Ice. The wolf pelt that Tywin burned was what covered the sword.
They also executed Ned with his own sword correct?
Yes. Ser Ilyn Payne, The King's Justice and a Lannister bannerman, took possession of it after Ned was imprisioned
The sword, called Ice, is a Valyrian steel sword. To own a Valyrian steel sword is something of a status symbol. The fact that the Lannisters had lost theirs many generations ago was something Tywin always hated. So, now, he gets to have 2 Valyrian steel swords and also symbolically closes the book on the Stark family by melting their sword down and burning its wolf's pelt sheath. As if murdering them all wasn't enough.:unsure
In the book, the blades made from Ice had a strange, reddish color to the steel that I always took as symbolic of the blades being tainted by the evil deeds done by the Lannisters.