History of Westeros

History on Blood and Fire w/ Daniele Bolelli

A special episode! This is a collaboration with Daniele Bolelli of the History on Fire podcast. We chat about a wide variety of real world historical influences on A Game of Thrones/ASOIAF.

The Wall comes from Hadrian’s Wall, which I saw while visiting Scotland. I stood on Hadrian’s Wall and tried to imagine what it would be like to be a Roman soldier sent here from Italy or Antioch. To stand here, to gaze off into the distance, not knowing what might emerge from the forest. Of course fantasy is the stuff of bright colours and being larger than real life, so my Wall is bigger and considerably longer and more magical. And, of course, what lies beyond it has to be more than just Scots.”

Westeros and the UK

Westeros and the UK

Westeros and the UK Overlay

Euron Greyjoy (TWOW spoilers)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwKWMSTb1qE&t=6555s


We’re joined by special guest PoorQuentyn for a look at Euron Greyjoy’s past, present and future. This episode includes spoilers for The Forsaken chapter from The Winds of Winter. Listen to our episode on The Forsaken here.

Credits
Our introduction and the Westeros and Essos maps were created by Michael Klarfeld (Klaradox), with the cyvasse pieces created by dutchmogul. Check out the episode on YouTube or the Acast player below to see those images and some great art of Euron while listening, as well as the newest art of Mazzalicartho, by Azany. You can also find these images below.

The primary topics in this episode:

Meta-History
Becoming Crow’s Eye
The New Old Way
Above the Game… of Thrones
Outro

Tell the Crow’s Eye he’s afraid of kinslaying, and he’ll murder one of his own sons just to prove you wrong.” – ADWD, The Wayward Bride

“Who knows more of gods than I? Horse gods and fire gods, gods made of gold with gemstone eyes, gods carved of cedar wood, gods chiseled into mountains, gods of empty air… I know them all. I have seen their peoples garland them with flowers, and shed the blood of goats and bulls and children in their names. And I have heard the prayers, in half a hundred tongues. Cure my withered leg, make the maiden love me, grant me a healthy son. Save me, succor me, make me wealthy… protect me! Protect me from mine enemies, protect me from the darkness, protect me from the crabs inside my belly, from the horselords, from the slavers, from the sellswords at my door. Protect me from the Silence.” He laughed. “Godless? Why, Aeron, I am the godliest man ever to raise sail! You serve one god, Damphair, but I have served ten thousand. From Ib to Asshai, when men see my sails, they pray.” – AFFC, The Iron Captain

Mazzalicartho

Mazzalicartho has grown! Art by Azany.

LIVE ASOIAF Q&A Episode #1 – Anything Goes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bkGTEyYCjk

This is the first History of Westeros live Q&A ASOIAF event! Our previous Q&A episodes were show-only, whereas this Q&A only pertains to A Song of Ice and Fire. Questions can be anything ASOIAF-related… Theories, predictions, previous or upcoming HoW episodes, meta-questions, you name it.

To view questions submitted to the Q&A, click on “Be Part of the Conversation” in the bottom left of the YouTube video. You may then sort the questions by answered and unanswered as well as click on an answered question to be directed to the relevant timestamp.

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Plots: Religion & Magic Part 1 – The Comet (spoilers)

The Comet

 

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History of Westeros’ series on Religion & Magic kicks off with the great comet, a sign interpreted by many and seen by all. Was it sent by the gods or is it a sign that magic and dragons have returned? Whatever the meaning, there will be blood and fire. Ashaya and Aziz give an overview of what to expect in the series while asking a bunch of tough questions. Particular attention is paid to parallels between various supernatural elements found throughout the books.

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The comet’s tail spread across the dawn, a red slash that bled above the crags of Dragonstone like a wound in the pink and purple sky.

It is my comet, Theon told himself.

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