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House Dayne: Part 1 – Characters


Aziz & Ashaya break down the major characters from House Dayne. Theories, background and predictions!

Thanks to Lucifer Means Lightbringer of Astronomy of Ice and Fire for the quotes!

The primary topics in this episode:

  1. Overview: Stereotypes/Archetypes
  2. Part 1 – The Meta History of House Dayne
  3. Part 2 – Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning
  4. Part 3 – Ashara Dayne: Tragedy, Conflict & Mystery
  5. Part 4 – The Current Daynes of Starfall
  6. Part 5 – The Sword of the Evening
  7. Outtro
  8. Trivia

“The finest knight I ever saw was Ser Arthur Dayne, who fought with a blade called Dawn, forged from the heart of a fallen star. They called him the Sword of the Morning, and he would have killed me but for Howland Reed.”

“Men call me Darkstar, and I am of the night.”

“He wondered what Ser Arthur Dayne would have to say of this lot. “How is it that the Kingsguard has fallen so low,” most like.”

“The Prince of Dragonstone had never trusted him as he had trusted Arthur Dayne. Harrenhal was proof of that. The year of the false spring. The memory was still bitter.”

“And these were no shadows; their faces burned clear, even now. Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning, had a sad smile on his lips.”

There was Little Lord Lazyeye, Squire Squishlips, one I named the Whale That Walks, that sort of thing. The only one who was even halfway presentable was young Baelor Hightower.”

“The Dornishmen who had come to court with the Princess Elia were in the prince’s confidence as well, particularly Prince Lewyn Martell, Elia’s uncle and a Sworn Brother of the Kingsguard. But the most formidable of all Rhaegar’s friends and allies in King’s Landing was surely Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning.”

“She is stronger than I am. The realization chilled him. Robert had been stronger than him, to be sure. The White Bull Gerold Hightower as well, in his heyday, and Ser Arthur Dayne.”

“Continuing the most ambitious and imaginative epic fantasy since The Lord of the Rings The action in Book Four of A Song of Ice and Fire begins the day after the end of A STORM OF SWORDS. While the remaining northern lords war endlessly with each other and the ironmen of the isles attack the Dreadfort, Sansa becomes a skilled player in the game of thrones with Littlefinger as her mentor, Arya a skilled assassin, and Bran a magician and shapeshifter of great power. All seek to gain revenge for the death of their parents and Robb Stark, whose head was cut off and replaced with the head of his direwolf. Valar morghulis. All men must die, and wolves, too. Danerys trains her growing dragons and learns from Barristan the secrets of her father, her brother Rhaegar, and other matters that will culminate at Starfell. And Jon Snow is the nine-hundredth-and-ninety-eighth lord commander of the Night’s Watch. The Wall is his. The night is dark, and he has King Stannis to face. The cold wind is rising, and still there are inhuman powers gathering in the north.”

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Comments

  1. Joan Peterson says

    January 1, 2016 at 12:00 am

    Could the three queens Littlefinger refers to possibly be Cersi, Marjory and the Queen of Thornes? Littlefinger plotted with her to kill Joffrey.

    Love your podcast, your in-depth analysis. Just discovered it, and am blown away!

    Thanks!

    Reply
  2. Tom says

    January 28, 2016 at 2:43 pm

    Where does it say, how old Gerold Dayne is? The Wiki says, in the Worldbook, but I can’t find it there. I think he isn’t mentioned at all. Is it a mistake by the Wiki, which noone ever questioned? Or are my eyes too old to find it?

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