Category: Episodes
Daenys the Dreamer – The Targaryen Who Foresaw The Doom of Valyria
Of all the dreamers in Targaryen history, it’s difficult to argue Daenys the Dreamer wasn’t the most crucial. It was Daenys Targaryen's vision of the Doom that brought their House to safety on Dragonstone ahead of the extinction that took...
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Balerion the Black Dread
The full story of the biggest dragon of all time, from a hatchling in Valyria to a skull in the basement. Video available in the Spotify app. (scripted)
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The Summer Isles
Lying far to the south of Westeros and Essos are the Summer Isles, representing the most southwesterly peoples of the known world. Famed for their shipbuilding and navigation skills, the Summer Islanders are also a unique culture in part due...
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House Frey
Though not an ancient House, the Freys are powerful and prominent in plotlines of all kinds, usually for all the red reasons. Wrong reasons, rather. But not only are they a big part of ASOIAF, they appear in some surprising...
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The Brotherhood Without Banners
They began as King’s men on a mission - what seemed a clear cut case of heroes vs. villains. Even after the death of King Robert, the Brotherhood Without Banners remained a model of honor and duty, serving the common...
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The Burning of King’s Landing
There are caches of wildfire hidden in the city of King’s Landing just waiting to go off. The inevitable violence between the factions still vying for the Iron Throne could ignite them and cause untold damage, perhaps destroying the entire...
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The Defiance of Duskendale
An unbelievable rescue... The event that Barristan the Bold is most famous for... yet he looks back on it with serious doubt.
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Necromancy in ASOIAF
Bring out your dead! Though the term isn’t used often, necromancy as a concept has a major place in ASOIAF. It’s a deep topic: from wights beyond the Wall in the middle of nowhere to Ser Robert Strong at the...
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The Ghost of High Heart
The Ghost of High Heart is a pale woman no more than 3 feet tall with red eyes and white hair so long it almost touches the ground. She lives in a grove of dead weirwoods, and her prophecies always...
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Lord Barth “Blacksword” Stark
The years following the death of the Old Man of the North were marked by instability at Winterfell as several of Cregan Stark’s sons ruled in short succession. One of those sons was Lord Barthogan, who came to be known...
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