And do you think we will see young Rickard Stark, Olenna, Tywin, Jon Arryn etc in Dunk and Egg?

Eh…dunno. Jon Arryn was born between 218-220, Olenna born in 228, Rickard Stark was born sometime after 230, Tywin was born in 242.

The most recent Dunk and Egg story was set in 211. So that’s a long time for those characters to be born and then grow up sufficiently to appear in the stories as actual characters.

Are hedge knights a real thing or something Martin made up?

GRRM based them on the knight-errant of chivalric romances.

Were there any Medieval or earlier financial scams on a massive scale?

There were certainly financial scams, but I don’t know of any that were on a massive scale. Mostly because economies were much more localized in the Medieval period, so there’s less opportunity/ability to conduct any kind of economic activity across entire countries or internationally.

Hey, Steven ! How come there’s no other direwolf in ASOIAF appart from the ones adopted by the Starks ? Aren’t they supposed to still exist north of the Wall ? Do you think we’ll see some – zombified ones at the very least – in TWOW or ADOS ?

Because GRRM wanted the Stark direwolves to be special.

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Hey folks, I’m working on the Politics of Dorne, Part I, which will mark the end of the Politics of the Seven Kingdoms series, and after that comes Tyrion III and Catelyn III, which will put me up to the 25% mark on A Storm of Swords. But in the meantime, we’ve got Tumblrs: ASOIAF: Ysilla Royce and Harry Hardyng, a threat to House Arryn? Rhaegar, Lyanna, and chivalric romance. Debating…

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Sarnor in TWOIF is described with a lot of details: “tall men,” war chariots, city states, libraries, high king, done in by a horde of horsemen. Is Sarnor a stand-in for a real life society? I feel like I’m missing a subtle but important point and need help.

I get an Assyrian or Parthian vibe from the Sarnori.

I’m confused about how marriage pacts, alliances and the unions themselves are recognized when they occur in the North/Iron Islands. How does the crown verify/justify these marriages when they don’t involve the Faith? Also, how does it work when A Northern Lord/Ironborn Lord marries a Lady from a Westerosi family that follows the Faith, as not all of them would be keen to allow Septons into their lives as Ned Stark did? Thanks in advance.

The Crown is supposed to protect the Faith, it doesn’t have to pretend the other ones don’t exist.

Have you played Warcraft 3 before? If you have, what do you think of Arthas’ decision regarding the Purge. Was he right?

No, I played WoW and WC2.

The Vale “is small compared to the domains of other kings (and even some great lords)”. Who are these great lords whom have more land than the entire vale (proper vale)? I can only think in the Hightowers that control the entire south part of the reach. Who else?

I would imagine some of the larger lords of the North, maybe the lord of the Arbor, etc,

Speaking of the Witcher 3, how was your ending? Were the Northern kingdoms ruled by Nilfgaard, Radovid or Djikistra?

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racefortheironthrone:

Haven’t played it, because my comp is not good enough to run it well. Instead, I’ve watched a bunch of Let’s Plays. Don’t remember if they got to the end.

Watching Let’s Plays is basically a godsend for people who don’t want to deal with console-related 30 FPS bullshit but also can’t afford to spend two grand on a gaming rig.

Indeed. And busy people who can’t work and play video games at the same time, but who can work and watch video games at the same time.