Game Of Thrones: 10 Most Outrageous Fan Theories You Won't Believe

The fool Patchface hasn’t made it to the TV show, which is a shame for a couple of reasons: firstly, he’s the rather entertaining main companion of Shireen Baratheon, and secondly he may know a lot more than you realise.

As a slave in Volantis his face was tattooed with red and green squares, hence earning him the nickname. However, he also possessed great wit and intelligence, and as such was purchased by Steffon Baratheon, Stannis’ father.

When his ship sunk it was presumed everyone aboard had died, but Patchface turned up three days later, only having lost his mind and seemingly with no recollection of what happened to him, but he’s kept around as a jester.

He regularly sings songs about being under the sea, although no one knows what he’s really on about - Shireen actually sings one of these in season 3. These rhymes and verses may seem nonsensical, but some theorise that he is actually prophesying events in Westeros.

For example, he sings: “Fool's blood, king's blood, blood on the maiden's thigh, but chains for the guests and chains for the bridegroom, aye aye aye.” This is taken to be a foreshadowing of the Red Wedding. Or when he says: “In the dark the dead are dancing,” it’s believed to be a reference to the Others, and the way they raise the dead as wights.

It’s unlikely now that he’ll ever be making it to the show - he was initially planned to be introduced at the same time as Shireen, and now, well, y’know… - but for book readers this jester is fooling no one. I know, I know, oh, oh, oh.