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EPISODE 88 – AEGON’S CONQUEST

Posted on July 30, 2024 | Leave a comment

In this episode we cover the Conquest of Westeros by the dragon lord Aegon Targaryen– the battles fought and the kings who burned and died defiantly, as well as those who knelt or flew; and how the resistance of a single Princess led to the Conquest being incomplete.

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Tagged Aegon I, History, Reach, Riverlands, Stormlands, The Conquest, The North, Vale, Westerlands

EPISODE 87 – THE NIGHT’S WATCH – AFTER THE CONQUEST

Posted on May 31, 2024 | Leave a comment

We’re back with an episode all about the Night’s Watch in the post-Conquest era — covering all the notable characters and events, the reasons for the slow decline of the organization, its role in the main storyline, and where it will fit in The Winds of Winter and beyond.

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Tagged History, jon snow, Night's Watch, The North, The Wall

EPISODE 86 – THE DOOM OF VALYRIA

Posted on April 29, 2024 | Leave a comment

We explore the history of the Valyrian Freehold from their defeat of the Rhoynar up to the Doom, the Century of Blood, and the opening salvo of the surviving Valyrian conquest of Westeros.

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Tagged Dragons, Dragonstone, Essos, History, House Targaryen, The Conquest, The Doom, Valyria

EPISODE 85 – THE NIGHT’S WATCH – FOUNDATION AND LORE

Posted on March 29, 2024 | Leave a comment

We explore the history of the Night’s Watch, from its foundation in the Age Heroes up to the Conquest. Along the way we look at the Wall and its castles, notable past members, the culture of the organization and its real life and literary inspirations.

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Tagged Age of Heroes, History, House Stark, Night's Watch, The North, The Wall

EPISODE 84 – NYMERIA AND THE RHOYNAR

Posted on February 29, 2024 | Leave a comment

The odyssey of Nymeria and the Rhoynar is one of the great Westerosi legends and we begin our exploration of the third great migration from Essos with a look at Rhoynish history and culture, as well as their inevitable bloody clash with dragonlords of Old Valyria. Then we trace the voyage of the Ten Thousand Ships as they wandered for years around the fringes of the Summer Sea before finally making landfall in Dorne. We conclude the episode with a look at what happened next and its impact on Westerosi history.

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Tagged Dorne, Essos, History, Nymeria, Rhoynar

EPISODE 83 – W/HISTORY OF WESTEROS — THE DANCE OF THE DRAGONS, PT.6

Posted on December 30, 2023 | Leave a comment

In the sixth installment of our series with History of Westeros on the Dance of the Dragons, House Targaryen reaches its lowest point yet and the action ends up back where we started – at the Red Keep. Also the Battle of the Kings Road claims the life of the ambitious and furious Storm Lord, and the muppets head to King’s Landing.

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EPISODE 82 – THE ANDALS

Posted on November 30, 2023 | Leave a comment

We continue our loose series on the various ethnic groups of Westeros with a deep dive on the Andals and the Andal invasion, the second mass human migration from Essos into Westeros, and arguably the most impactful. We look at their history, culture, religion and the reasons they went to Westeros and why they succeeded once they got there, tracing the course and impact of their invasion region by region across the continent.

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EPISODE 81 – ARYA, PART 4

Posted on October 23, 2023 | Leave a comment

Covering Arya’s arc from her final post-Red Wedding chapters in ASOS, through her five chapters set in Braavos, we explore the development of Arya’s unique skill set — skinchanging, face-changing and other disciplines taught at the House of Black and White, combined with an undiminished need for vengeance. Along the way we identify the many ways that Arya Stark remains Arya even as she insists she has become No-One.

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Tagged arya stark, Braavos, Characters, Faceless Men, House of Black and White, House Stark, sandor clegane

EPISODE 80 – THE FIRST MEN

Posted on August 28, 2023 | Leave a comment

In this episode all about the First Men of Westeros we look at their origins in Essos, their arrival in Westeros via the Arm of Dorne and their subsequent war with the indigenous peoples they found there, ending in the Pact at the Isle of Faces. In the second half of the episode we tour Westeros to paint a picture of the various regions under the First Men during the Age of Heroes prior to the Andal invasion.

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Tagged History, The First Men, Westeros

EPISODE 79 – ARYA, PART 3

Posted on June 30, 2023 | Leave a comment

We’re back with part 3 of our series on Arya Stark! In this episode we cover much of her ASoS arc — from travels with the Brotherhood Without Banners, up to her journey to the Twins with Sandor Clegane. Themes of captivity, identity, mercy, and justice predominate, as well as Arya’s increasing awareness of moral greyness. Plus the Ghost of High Heart, R’hllor, Edric Dayne and more!

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Tagged arya stark, ASoS, BwB, Characters, House Stark, Riverlands, sandor clegane, The North