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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Plus we have no idea any future role Edric may play.
I think Martin adds some characters for no reason other than to show the motivations of the main characters while he isn't in their POV.
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Edric's role is revealed more in Book 5, iirc.
Martin has said a couple times that he never expected this series to be anywhere near a tv or movie, and that it's "Easy to add characters when you need someone" in a book. He wasn't expecting to have to cast them all.
