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Blackfyre Rebellions: Part 8 – Bloodraven 2

The second of THREE Bloodraven episodes and part 8 of our Blackfyre Rebellions series. This one covers Bloodraven’s time as Hand up to the point where he takes the Black. A full accounting of the reigns of Aerys I and Maekar, plus Aerion Brightflame, Daeron the Drunkard, Egg, Maester Aemon, Blackfyres and so much more including the discovery of the Prince That Was Promised prophecy. Big thanks to Camille Stoner and Valkyrist (who you can catch on the Vassals of Kingsgrave pod) for the voices, and to all the art contributors, particularly Klaradox for the maps, as always.

Bloodraven proved to be a capable Hand, but also a master of whispers who rivaled Lady Misery, and there were those who thought he and his half sister and paramour, Shiera Seastar, used sorcery to ferret out secrets. It became common to refer to his “thousand eyes and one,” and men both high and low began to distrust their neighbor for fear of their being a spy in Bloodraven’s employ. Yet Aerys had need of spies, given the trouble that followed the Great Spring Sickness. Summer came, and with it a drought that lasted more than two years. Many blamed the king, and many more accused Bloodraven. There were poor brothers who preached treason, and knights and lords as well. And amongst those were some who whispered a specific treason: that the Black Dragon must return from across the narrow sea and take its rightful place. – The World of Ice and Fire.

Bloodraven by Eliyadoodles
Bloodraven by Eliyadoodles
Bloodraven & Shiera Seastar by hubsher
Bloodraven & Shiera Seastar by hubsher
Bloodraven by NaomiMakesArt
Bloodraven by NaomiMakesArt

Bloodraven by Vanessa Cole @vkcoleartist, commissioned by Ron of A Theory of Ice and Fire
Bloodraven by Vanessa Cole @vkcoleartist, commissioned by Ron of A Theory of Ice and Fire
King's Landing and Summerhall
King’s Landing and Summerhall
Lys & Tyrosh
Lys & Tyrosh

Whitewalls and Maidenpool
Whitewalls and Maidenpool
King's Landing and Harrenhal
King’s Landing and Harrenhal
Starpike
Starpike

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House Manderly: Part 2 – Winter is Coming… To White Harbor

This one starts with recent Manderly history and ends with thoughts on starvation, human sacrifice, cannibalism, fear and prophecy.

Manderly Sigil by Eagle of Seagard
Manderly Sigil by Eagle of Seagard

Family Tree 1
Family Tree 1

Family Tree 2
Family Tree 2
Family Tree 3
Family Tree 3
Family Tree 4
Family Tree 4
Wyman, Wynafryd, and Wylla by Hong-Ara
Wyman, Wynafryd, and Wylla by Hong-Ara

Wyman, Wendel, Wylis, and Donella by Sir-Heartsalot
Wyman, Wendel, Wylis, and Donella by Sir-Heartsalot
Big Walder and Wyman by GibiLynx
Big Walder and Wyman by GibiLynx
Wyman, Wylis, Wendel, and Wylla by hubsher
Wyman, Wylis, Wendel, and Wylla by hubsher

Wynafryd and Wylla by eluascinnamon
Wynafryd and Wylla by eluascinnamon
Wylla Manderly by thethreehares and eliyadoodles
Wylla Manderly by thethreehares and eliyadoodles

Wyman Manderly by Jenny Slife (FacelessFrey)
Wyman Manderly by Jenny Slife (FacelessFrey)
Wynafyrd and Wylla by furiousstarfishnerd
Wynafyrd and Wylla by furiousstarfishnerd

“While tearing apart a bird with fat fingers, Lord Wyman made polite inquiry after Lady Hornwood, who was a cousin of his. “She was born a Manderly, you know. Perhaps, when her grief has run its course, she would like to be a Manderly again, eh?” He took a bite from a wing, and smiled broadly. “As it happens, I am a widower these past eight years. Past time I took another wife, don’t you agree, my lords? A man does get lonely.” Tossing the bones aside, he reached for a leg. “Or if the lady fancies a younger lad, well, my son Wendel is unwed as well. He is off south guarding Lady Catelyn, but no doubt he will wish to take a bride on his return. A valiant boy, and jolly. Just the man to teach her to laugh again, eh?” He wiped a bit of grease off his chin with the sleeve of his tunic.” – Bran II, ACOK.

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Why We Love: The Age of Heroes

The just-announced HBO pilot set during the Age of Heroes gives us a great reason to talk about that epic era and how it might look on TV. Join Aziz, Ash, LuciferMeansLightbringer, and JoeMagician and chat about this exciting news!

“Taking place thousands of years before the events of ‘Game of Thrones,’ the series chronicles the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros’ history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend … it’s not the story we think we know.”

“No one can even say for certain if Brandon the Builder ever lived. He is as remote from the time of the novels as Noah and Gilgamesh are from our own time.” – SSM.

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House Manderly: Part 1 – Blood of the Merling

…a thousand years ago… We explore the double backstory of House Manderly, the ancient realm in the south where they came to be, and the ancient realm in the north where they reside and prosper now.

Manderly Outline

The Mander
The Mander
King's Landing
King’s Landing

White Knife
White Knife
Rhoyne
Rhoyne

Asshai
Asshai
Greenblood
Greenblood

Oldtown
Oldtown
Shield Islands
Shield Islands

Iron Islands
Iron Islands
The Bite
The Bite

Northeast
Northeast
Braavos
Braavos

Merling King
Merling King
Manderly Sigil (Eagle of Seagard)

The Manderlys are no northmen, not down deep. ‘Twas no more than nine hundred years ago when they came north, laden down with all their gold and gods. They’d been great lords on the Mander until they overreached themselves and the green hands slapped them down. The wolf king took their gold, but he gave them land and let them keep their gods.” – ADWD, Davos I

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Why We Love: The Animals of ASOIAF

A live roundtable discussion centered around selected favorite animal-related quotes, plus an Ice & Fire Con ’18 chat! Ash is joined by Lady Gwyn (Radio Westeros), Haley (The Manimals & DrinkingGOT), Chloe (Drunk ASOIAF (and History), Ice & Fire Con) & Tara Lynne (The Geekiary, Ice & Fire Con).

The king was in no mood for more argument. “Enough, Ned, I will hear no more. A direwolf is a savage beast. Sooner or later it would have turned on your girl the same way the other did on my son. Get her a dog, she’ll be happier for it.” – AGOT, Eddard III

“Her son was attended by his kittens. As she watched the cats frolic about his feet, Cersei felt a little better. No harm will ever come to Tommen whilst I still live. She would kill half the lords in Westeros and all the common people, if that was what it took to keep him safe.” – AFFC, Cersei VIII

He always slept better with the great white wolf beside him; there was comfort in the smell of him, and welcome warmth in that shaggy pale fur.” – ACOK, Jon VII

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Blackfyre Rebellions: Part 7 – Bloodraven

The first of THREE Bloodraven episodes and part 7 of our Blackfyre Rebellions series. This one covers the time from his birth until the death of King Daeron II.

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. His pallid skin and bone-white hair made him look a living corpse. Across his cheek and chin spread a wine-stain birthmark that was supposed to resemble a red raven, though Dunk only saw an odd-shaped blotch of discolored skin. He stared so hard that Bloodraven felt it. The king’s sorcerer had turned to study him as he went by. He had one eye, and that one red. The other was an empty socket, the gift Bittersteel had given him upon the Redgrass Field. Yet it seemed to Dunk that both eyes had looked right through his skin, down to his very soul. Despite the heat, the memory made him shiver. – The Sworn Sword

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@Maryon_B
@Maryon_B
@Maryon_B
@Maryon_B

Abjiklam
Abjiklam
Abjiklam & Eagle of Seagard
Abjiklam & Eagle of Seagard

ProKriK
ProKriK
WinryArts
WinryArts

The Lady Rae
The Lady Rae

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Crusader Kings 2: A Game of Thrones Streams

Aziz and Ashaya have been doing the occasional stream of Crusader Kings 2: A Game of Thrones (mod found here, game found here).

Here is the full playlist of streams thus far:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkaY5buXM-6MXDHNfA1jzfJG-hoOVFZhC

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Aziz vs. AGOT Prologue

Originally posted to Patrons/Donors-only over a year ago, now available to all! The actual factual first chapter of the series, the AGOT prologue.

He had been four years on the Wall. The first time he had been sent beyond, all the old stories had come rushing back, and his bowels had turned to water. He had laughed about it afterward. He was a veteran of a hundred rangings by now, and the endless dark wilderness that the southron called the haunted forest had no more terrors for him.

Until tonight. Something was different tonight. There was an edge to this darkness that made his hackles rise.

All day, Will had felt as though something were watching him, something cold and implacable that loved him not. Gared had felt it too. Will wanted nothing so much as to ride hellbent for the safety of the Wall, but that was not a feeling to share with your commander.

The Other halted. Will saw its eyes; blue, deeper and bluer than any human eyes, a blue that burned like ice. They fixed on the longsword trembling on high, watched the moonlight running cold along the metal.

A shadow emerged from the dark of the wood. It stood in front of Royce. Tall, it was, and gaunt and hard as old bones, with flesh pale as milk. Its armor seemed to change color as it moved; here it was white as new-fallen snow, there black as shadow, everywhere dappled with the deep grey-green of the trees. The patterns ran like moonlight on water with every step it took.

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The Crypts of Winterfell

Explore the dark and ancient past of House Stark and Winterfell. The crypts, the statues, the history, the dreams, Bael the Bard, skinchangers, direwolves, dragons, the fires of the earth and so much more. Find the History of Westeros Facebook Group here.

Crypts Outline

The castle itself is peculiar in that the Starks did not level the ground when laying down the foundations and walls of the castle. Very likely, this reveals that the castle was built in pieces over the years rather than being planned as a single structure. Some scholars suspect that it was once a complex of linked ringforts, though the centuries have eradicated almost all evidence of this. – TWOIAF

By ancient custom an iron longsword had been laid across the lap of each who had been Lord of Winterfell, to keep the vengeful spirits in their crypts. The oldest had long ago rusted away to nothing, leaving only a few red stains where the metal had rested on stone. Ned wondered if that meant those ghosts were free to roam the castle now. He hoped not. The first Lords of Winterfell had been men hard as the land they ruled. – AGOT, Eddard I

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Blackfish

The past, present, and possible futures of Ser Brynden Tully of Riverrun, Knight of the Gate, called Blackfish.

“During one of their louder quarrels, when Catelyn was eight, Lord Hoster had called Brynden “the black goat of the Tully flock.” Laughing, Brynden had pointed out that the sigil of their house was a leaping trout, so he ought to be a black fish rather than a black goat, and from that day forward he had taken it as his personal emblem.” – AGOT, Catelyn VI

‘Even on his deathbed, Catelyn thought sadly. “He has not wed. You know that, Father. Nor will he ever.”’ – AGOT, Catelyn XI

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