The Iron Islands. The North might not be as fertile per acre as the Reach, but it’s massive. Whereas the Iron Islands have all the same climate issues, but are tiny.
Author: stevenattewell
I know a common theory is that Missandei could be a faceless man, but could she instead be a sorrowful man? Like, Dany remembers that its said that they never fail so could they just keep coming after her until she’s finally dead?
With no desire to give offense, those are really awful theories. Not only do they have no basis in the text whatsoever, not only do they stand at right angles to established characterization and motive, but they don’t even bear up to a moment’s logical consideration of their basic premises.
Consider this: Missandei has been at Dany’s side, literally at her left hand, and as one of her handmaidens, sleeps in the same tent as Dany, feeds Dany herself, for a year or more. She must have had hundreds if not thousands of opportunities to assassinate Dany, and yet Dany lives. Hell, Missandei acts to save Dany when Mero tries to kill her:
“There’s the treacherous sow,” he said. “I knew you’d come to get your feet kissed one day.” His head was bald as a melon, his nose red and peeling, but she knew that voice and those pale green eyes. “I’m going to start by cutting off your teats.” Dany was dimly aware of Missandei shouting for help…”
“Missandei was pulling Dany to her feet when she heard a crack. She thought Arstan’s staff had snapped until she saw the jagged bone jutting from Mero’s calf.” (ASOS, Dany V)
The Faceless Men are the best in the world, and even the Sorrowful Men are supposed to be competent: does that conspicuous lack of assassination sound like their modus operandi?
As the largest and poorest of the kingdoms, what kind of resources does the North have? Could they be doing more?
See here.
Speaking of legendary sacred kings, do you think there was a historical King Arthur?
I’m a firm “maybe.”
On the one hand, he pops up in a number of chronicles and poems, so clearly he was someone people thought existed before Geoffrey of Monmouth showed up and whacked the collective imagination of Western Europe with a 2×4 until no one could think about King Arthur without thinking about his version.
On the other hand, he only shows up in chronicles that come several hundred years after when he was supposed to have existed, and doesn’t show up in earlier chronicles that were more contemporary to when he was supposed to be alive.
So as they say in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, “when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.“
Would House Peake (in the past) have run Whitegrove as a non-hereditary lordship (if something like this exists) or through a castellan and would WG’s proximity to Starpike influence how these lands are administered? Thank You for the wonderful META, keep up the great work!
Good question and thanks!
The answer is we don’t know but there are a lot of potential options that have been used in real-world feudal societies. It could be the case that the Peakes operated Whitegrove and Dunstonbury through cadet branches, or by appointing younger sons/junior relatives/vassals as castellans but keeping them under the direct overlordship of Starpike, or simply the Peakes could have split the year between their three castles, as multi-manor inheritances were rather common in medieval Europe.
Maybe you have covered this before, but how would you suggest Theon Greyjoy act to get the optimal outcomes for himself in the GOT? In particular do you think if he had gone with the Stark faction after it was clear his father wanted war that he could have been installed as King or Lord of the Iron Islands eventually by the Starks? I am curious if there was any god outcome possible for his character however theoretical, especially since he cocked everything up so bad in the story.
What would have happened with lord Beric had he been captured (alive) at the Mummers Ford? Would he be ransomed or killed anyway?
Most likely ransomed, given that he’s a rather important marcher lord.
What is the status of westerlands armies in adwd ? Are they deployed in the riverlands ?
Mostly demobilized, save for the army at Riverrun and the remnants of the army on Dragonstone.
I’ve seen the arguments you’ve made that Tywin helped start the entire Duskendale disaster in order to get Aerys II killed, which seems plausible enough. But why exactly did the Duskendales seize Aerys in the first place? They wanted to get a charter for the town, not overthrow a king, and they had to know that seizing a king would mean the death of at least Lord Duskendale and probably more.
I think Lord Darklyn got some very bad advice from Tywin about what would happen if he did what he did.
so this might be a stupid question because I just started reading the books for the first time, but why didn’t the Lannisters take the throne for themselves instead of giving it over to Robert Baratheon? more men would’ve been loyal to them than to the Baratheons because they had more money, right?
No. Robert Baratheon had the North, the Riverlands, the Vale, the Iron Islands, and the Stormlands behind him. The Lannisters had just alienated Dorne and the Reach, both Targaryen loyalists, by murdering the Targaryens.
The Lannisters would have been alone against the rest of Westeros. And it doesn’t matter how much money you have if no one’s willing to do business with you.
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