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Originally Posted by Targan
It's an established fantasy trope. In Tolkien's fictional universe crows and ravens are used as messengers.
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If you have ways to actually talk to the birds (MAGIC!) then it would make sense to use the smarter crows. It should be easier to explain to them what to do than to the stupid pidgeons.
The setting of Song of ice and fire / Game of thrones had magic and magic is returning slowly, so it could be that they trained crows back in the old days and are still using them because of it.