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Sons of the Dragon Reaction Chat

Join us w/guests BryndenBFish and LmL for a chat as we look at the sons of Aegon the Conqueror! These sons are featured in the just released – “Sons of the Dragon”. Buy it here.

I been a king’s man since I was a boy,” he said. “I mean to die a king’s man.”

Brother, you need never kneel to me again. We shall rule this realm together, you and I.” Then the king presented his father’s sword, Blackfyre, to his brother, saying, “You are more fit to bear this blade than me. Wield it in my service, and I shall be content.”

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Dark Sister

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfssg3tW820


Everything you ever wanted to know (and more) regarding the Valyrian Steel Sword Dark Sister. Famous owners from Queen Visenya to Bloodraven, and all their epic kills!

The primary topics in this episode:

  1. Intro
  2. Origin
  3. Dark Sister and the Dark Sister
  4. The Old King
  5. Prince Daemon Targaryen
  6. The Dragonknight
  7. Bloodraven
  8. O Sister, Where Art Thou?
  9. Outtro
  10. Post-Credits Fun

“…the Valyrian longsword Dark Sister, whose slender blade is designed for a woman’s hand.”

“Even in the heart of King’s Landing, no one was safe. Lord Fell was smothered in a brothel, and King Aegon himself was attacked on three separate occasions. When Queen Visenya and an escort were set upon, two of her guards died before she cut down the last villain herself with Dark Sister.”

“Dark Sister was made for nobler tasks than slaughtering sheep. She has a thirst for blood.”

“The princess was not slow in answering this charge. She dispatched Prince Daemon to seize Ser Vaemond, had his head removed, and fed his carcass to her dragon.”

On one occasion in 10 AC, Aegon and Visenya were both attacked in the streets of King’s Landing, and if not for Visenya and Dark Sister, the king might not have survived. Despite this, the king still believed that his guards were sufficient to his defense; Visenya convinced him otherwise. (It is recorded that when Aegon pointed out his guardsmen,Visenya drew Dark Sister and cut his cheek before his guards could react. “Your guards are slow and lazy,” Visenya is reported to have said, and the king was forced to agree.)”

“In the confusion after her death, Aenys’s widow, Queen Alyssa, slipped away from Dragonstone with her children, as well as with Dark Sister, Visenya’s Valyrian steel sword.”

“In 108 AC, when at last he came face-to-face with Craghas Crabfeeder, he slew him single-handed and cut off his head with Dark Sister.”

“He proved the greatest jouster and swordsman of his age—a knight worthy to bear Dark Sister. He became known as the Dragonknight for the three-headed dragon crest wrought in white gold upon his helm.”

“Six years ago in King’s Landing, Dunk had seen him with his own two eyes, as he rode a pale horse up the Street of Steel with fifty Raven’s Teeth behind him. That was before King Aerys had ascended to the Iron Throne and made him the Hand, but even so he cut a striking figure, garbed in smoke and scarlet with Dark Sister on his hip.”

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Dark Sister by Ed Scheer

Dark Sister by Ed Scheer (The Art of Geekishness)

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History: The Kingsguard (spoiler free)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7RYYWJzX_w

Learn more about famous Kingsguard members like Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, Barristan the Bold, and Ser Arthur Dayne. There are no spoilers past A Storm of Swords.
Some had been heroes, some weaklings, knaves, or cravens. Most were only men.

There are some technical difficulties in this episode that are edited out of the audio version. Please listen to that for a better experience, or go ahead and laugh at the video when one of us forgets to unmute our mic!

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