Preston gave Arianne a massive intelligence buff for this chapter.

@feral7523

Жыл бұрын

Maybe but she still bought Denys mummery act of gout! I wonder if Doran will turn out to be just as afflicted.

@Yusuf-fs4fn

Жыл бұрын

@@feral7523 we do actually get descriptions of his swollen joints so I doubt that

@TheKrostiman

Жыл бұрын

Arianne certainly thinks that she is clever but it reads to me like a setup for her to learn the same lesson again.

@IntermissionForBunny

Жыл бұрын

She ate the Mentats

@aaronginsberg4993

Жыл бұрын

@@TheKrostiman From Preston's brief for the chapter, there's no artifice beyond what Arianne figured out. The plan was for Denys to go in and kill Farring. I guess the Yronwoods could be Aegon supporters already and disobey her order to do nothing?

Preston if Jon Con cuts his hand off during the battle then Haldon will be the one attending him. If that is the case, then Haldon would be the first infected. Since he takes care of everyone, then he would infect others. Even through letters and ravens, he could infect castles and other regions.

@tarlochansingh620

Жыл бұрын

Stop spoiling it 😂😂😂 Just kidding, the idea is too good.

@dookieshoe2905

Жыл бұрын

It does say in the story that rats carried the disease, I wonder if the ravens do as well?

@sebastiancompton2511

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking this as well. It would be ironic, since Jon trying to cut off his hand and stop the disease would be what causes it to spread

@marillionbonaparte

Жыл бұрын

With how apocalyptic this story is turning, I really don't see how any of this ends well for any of the characters. Like, damn, George.

@ksolesky2

Жыл бұрын

Assuming it works like a real virus/bacteria and doesn't have a supernatural element, surely it can't survive on paper over long periods of time. I guess the ravens themselves could be carriers, but there's probably birds and wildlife in essos where the Grey men live. Also what if someone like shireen touched a rat while she was still contagious? If greyscale could spread like that it seems like the world would have already ended

"Flying horses would've been something new, at least." -Mathis Rowan, 5 hours before Gilbert Farring was turned into a flying horse.

@MrPhbahia

Жыл бұрын

great catch

@joeyeardley4002

Жыл бұрын

That last line confused me so much, I thought two dragon riding knights had suddenly appeared

I liked the theme of communication and raven science in this chapter. The verification of seals, birds preferring to fly over land, the whole rookery section and all this essentially referencing the pink letter ("Stannis may be dead for all we know"). And Gilbert Farring was a great mini boss.

@alanpennie8013

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to lose him so soon.

"Sell Sails sold to Sell Swords." That was a nice line

@feral7523

Жыл бұрын

I thought the reference by Daemon that they were "cut from the same cloth as the Mountain" is funny as they(Oberyns sell sword company) quite likely are indeed riding with the Mountain.

@keirangrant1607

Жыл бұрын

@@feral7523 YES!!!! Another great line. Like when the Hound reminded Sansa that the men in her family are killers too.

@feral7523

Жыл бұрын

@@perfumedmanatee6235 And the sail swords she sells are sail swords I'm sure.

@Royal_Chief_Architect

Жыл бұрын

I was coming to write it down, nice.

@keirangrant1607

Жыл бұрын

@@perfumedmanatee6235 lol

New morning alarm unlocked

Been a fan too long not to see that twist coming when you mention a calloused hand. Great chapter.

@BenJover

Жыл бұрын

Yeah same. "A maesters hand reminds her of a kingsgaurd?" Big red flag but I still didn't know where it was going lol

@alanpennie8013

Жыл бұрын

​@@BenJover I thought he meant that the guy was related to Ser Arys Of course at that point I didn't know about the strategem or that one would be necessary.

Yes! 'Those beasts are cut from the same cloth as the mountain that rides.' Thank you for that, definitely in my head canon that Oberyn started the bloody mummers

I love how u layered multiple bird tracks on top of each other towards the end lol

The allusion to drama between Lenskeepers and Astromancers and Stargazers really got me good, the Captain feels so richly written for so few lines. And more talk of Septa’s, when are we meeting these women? Start reading up on the Carthusians! The Myrish really got juiced mirror technology, where they getting all this silver and mercury?

You! Yes, you, the reader from the future where the only Winds of Winter is PJ's, I was here before this blew up.

This has been my favorite chapter so far. Y’all are really getting better and better at grasping GRRM’s voice. Kudos!

Great chapter ! So many things I loved ! I'm not totally sure why Arianne needed to be inside the castle for the GC to take it but that was still very interesting. If we're going with Preston's theory that Anders Yronwood doesn't know Doran's code, it might very well backfire for Doran once again. When the Yronwood army joins with Aegon, it might be the first time when Varys (or some other GC member) implies to them that Aegon is a Blackfyre to gain their allegiance. That is, if we're following the idea that Varys will feed to each person a different story for who Aegon is.

@sihollett

Жыл бұрын

House Yronwood fought on the Blackfyre side because they were against the Martell-Targaryen alliance due to the Martell part (and the Dorne not being independent part). They don't care about Blackfyre or Baratheon or whatever. And that's assuming the big assumption that they aren't now close to Doran (via Quentyn and other ties the Martells have no doubt had to make since the Blackfyre rebellions).

@carter9449

Жыл бұрын

They needed someone who would be of use as a hostage to expect a somewhat kind welcome, and to have access to the rookery. No way they let just a group of sellswords and a random maester inside the castle. Denys being in the castle and able to take out the castellan should be enough to make the others surrender in exchange for their lives.

@angelikasteward3351

Жыл бұрын

​@@carter9449 I second this idea. Basically, JonCon and GC needed her there for two main reasons: 1) diplomacy and the political connections, bc there's no way in hell they'd give as much leeway to a random (and suspicious) maester as they did to Arianne, and 2) scheming: they needed someone of an elevated status like Arianne, who also wasn't 100% in on their scheme. As we've seen from her past chapters, Arianne's story is all about gossip and information-gathering --- but she also hasn't exactly proven herself to be the most adept liar. Maester Denys kept his cool almost the entire time, but in contrast, Arianne is easy to read and easy to unrattle. Their cover would've been blown had she been completely in the know-how.

The recurring bit with the ravens is so on point and used to hilarious effect here. Love it.

Well done Preston and volunteers. Appreciate your work and effort with these. V entertaining

Aaaand we arrrree probably wrong about half of this

This is just amazing preston. Thanks from everyone in the community

WHHAAAATTTTT!!!!!!!! Score. Thanks, Preston, and all editors and submitters. I love these chapters.

Bout to go take the fattest bong rip of my life and listen to this 10 times

@TobeWilsonNetwork

Жыл бұрын

🌞🌞🌞

@akiramado9198

Жыл бұрын

Here here. Im right there with yoy

@akiramado9198

Жыл бұрын

@@fakenodj weed aint psychedelic

@ninasiwulska8044

Жыл бұрын

@@akiramado9198 thc is partially a psychedelic actually

The raven chorus has usurped Roy Dotrice's Chataya as my new favorite ASOIAF voice. Please read the entire chapter like that.

@JB.27_

Жыл бұрын

Nothing is better than the voice of Ser Bennis of the Brown Shield. Nothing. 😂

@carter9449

Жыл бұрын

@@JB.27_ read by who?

Can’t wait to listen to it! Thank you Preston and co. 🥰

15 minutes in and I'm engrossed. We're gonna get WoW in some form or another

@keirangrant1607

Жыл бұрын

The writers are really putting in some great work. It's as good as WoW to me

The chaos of the final scene really came through, great work to all the writers, editors and to Preston for the effects and vocalizations.

I just fell asleep to the latest Pappa Preston ASMR then woke up to the included alarm

This one has to be their best yet.

GILBERT KING

chills, literal chills from the last part

I'm glad Preston won't be taking the route of "Lemore is Ashara"

@Borgcow

Жыл бұрын

Wait did I miss something? I thought that’s exactly what he’s doing

@Borgcow

Жыл бұрын

@@fakenodj uh but she’s Norvosi, how does that even make sense? Follow up question: why would that be cooler/more interesting than Ashara Dayne?

@carter9449

Жыл бұрын

@@Borgcow He's making her the mother of the sandsnake who has a septa for a mother (forget the name). She looks familiar to Arianne because she knows her daughter

@Borgcow

Жыл бұрын

@@carter9449 Tyene’s mom makes sense, sure; more sense than Mellario but Ashara would likely look familiar to her as well, whether from meeting her as a child or just from knowing other Daynes.

When Dennis jumps out the window it made me laugh cause I was like “did this dude just kill himself or is he an assassin Creed Character” and how did he know what room the Castillion would be in?

@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin

Жыл бұрын

Tyrion specifically thinks that Cortnay Penrose was killed by an assassin climbing down into his window from the roof. As the rookery is the top floor, its just the same thing - one's floor down into the lord's chambers.

@KingOfWinter

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for clearing it up for me. I loved this chapter and had a great time listening to it. I thought they would’ve used rope to rappel down but I guess Dennis has the agility of a cat which is something that could come in handy later in the story I’m sure.

This was awesome - loved the atmosphere it painted!

Can’t wait to see how the book ends!

So, that msg Arianne has just sent to Yronwood in the Boneway "Come to Storms-end we ride to War" when War according to Doran Martell secretly means peace! but does Yornwood know this? does Arianne know this? will Yornwood ignore her plea/demand and sell Martells out to Cersei for treason by siding with Aegon? and if so what then Dorne.

@alanpennie8013

Жыл бұрын

He may misunderstand, or he may have his own agenda. The suspense is intolerable, I hope it will last.

Who is the fake Maester Denys? I propose 5 possibilities: 1. Denys Strong of the Golden Company. 2. Jon Lothston of the Golden Company, since the name "Jon" is a theme of these TWoW-chapters, especially with the ravens in this one. 3. Little Pussy of the Golden Company, as Arianne associates him with a feline (panther). 4. Lysono Maar the spymaster, who like Varys might have many different personas, and Lysono might be hiding his badassness behind feminine looks. 5. A Faceless Man hired by Young Griff's supporters with possible Blackfyre gold found by Arya Stark at the House of Black and White.

@thomasvrielink299

Жыл бұрын

Apparently you haven't seen the video discussing what will be in this chapter or you'd know which one it is, but in case you'd rather figure it out yourself all I'll say is there might be a hint to who it is in the JonCon chapter...

@Diiffer

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasvrielink299 You are right, I purposely avoided the video about what should be in the chapter, to avoid spoilers. And I would still like to not get spoiled.

8:46 "then the seamen lowered the mast, lifted anchor, and unshipped the oars" 🥴

thank you to the editors and pj! keep up the amazing work

I was w8ing 4 this 1 !! Awesome stuff ! Looking forward for the next ones ! Especially for the north POV's

PJ IS BACK FOMOS

GRRM PLANNED IT ALL

I like the detail that the maester had hands lole Arys. A warrior's calloused hands

@alanpennie8013

Жыл бұрын

Yes. That was an amusing clue.

Gilbert king! Gilbert king!

@Fiddler1990

Жыл бұрын

omg Gilbert is actually awesome

Honest question, will Preston finish the series before George?

@PoloBoyMal

Жыл бұрын

YEP 🤷‍♂😅

So hype for this! Been checking near every day.

Bravo! Super fun! Tks Preston and co.

Another sick chapter. It would have been particularly poetic if the chapter ended with: “Gilbert Farring had been sacrificed to the Lord of Light.” Brutal irony as he plummets to the torches below. Much of the chapter focuses on religion, and Farring threatens to burn Arianne to support Stannis. It would be amusing if Stannis’ mission in the north was aided in some way from Farring’s death.

Hands like Arys!! Nice touch!

Well done! It’s a shame that this is the only way we’re gonna get TWoW but I couldn’t ask for a better substitute. Kudos to all who are putting their time into this great fanfic!

@dookieshoe2905

Жыл бұрын

You don't honestly believe that do you? It's highly unlikely we'll get Dream, but Winds?? What makes you so sure it won't be finished? It sounds like he's been working pretty consistently for the past 3 years and it sounds like he's nearing the end. Do you think he's maybe feeding us a load of crap or is it that you believe he won't live long enough to finish? Is there some other nonsense reason you have for believing this? Just curious why you would so confidently say something like this.

@Afro1Pigeon

Жыл бұрын

@@dookieshoe2905 people usually say it because george wrote 5 books in the space of 15 years and its been 12 years and he hasn't wrote a single book. I think we will get winds but I would say 2024 or 2025

@weetabixyeah

Жыл бұрын

@@dookieshoe2905the vagueness of grrm’s statements about how far along he is don’t look good, and he’s not getting any younger

@movieman6456

Жыл бұрын

Naw man, we will get Winds, most like. Dream of Spring, though? That’s a safer wager. That being said, whether we get it or not does not invalidate the hard work or artistic value of the project.

Notification squad reporting in

@stefanfilipovits21

Жыл бұрын

Red witch standing by

@wisdommanari6701

Жыл бұрын

Flayed man checking in

I have always loved moles so it's good to know they have a segment of time named in their honor. Delightful!

Great, atmospheric chapter. Many thanks to everyone involved.

Ah yes Arianne, one of THE characters in ASOIAF. Truly one of the most characters.

@Colgatetoothpasteyum

Жыл бұрын

I actually like her AFFC chapters quite a bit

@jakub_paints6775

Жыл бұрын

@@Colgatetoothpasteyum they are not bad. But there are so many interesting and important things happening that need to be explored. Battle of blood, battle of ice etc.

@BasicPrinciplesGTA

Жыл бұрын

@@jakub_paints6775 Think of it like this; with every POV chapter that's completed the writers, editors and Preston himself all get better and more experienced at their craft. Surely we want everyone involved to be at the top of their game when the most anticipated POV chapters finally roll around? Have patience, I firmly believe that the whole fanfic project will ultimately be better for this decision to start with the less interesting POV's.

@brentmckeon421

Жыл бұрын

@@BasicPrinciplesGTA This. Preston has said as much. These chapters are basically "practice". After the sort of negative reaction to the Daenerys chapter, he chose to pound out a few of the minor character chapters first.

@kevinlacharite5032

Жыл бұрын

@@BasicPrinciplesGTA I love Arianne though… ❤❤

Wake up babe preston jacob posted

Always pumped to see that white and black thumbnail pop up in my subscriptions.

Not sure why I felt the start of this chapter didnt *feel* right. Once they got behind the walls, the rest of the chapter was on point! Enjoyable as always and well done to all contributors!

Great as always. Looking forward to the next chapter!

Such a good chapter. Awesome work.

I knew there was a reason I stayed up till 3am

Yo Preston, I have an idea for your Samwell POV chapter! Perhaps his chapter begins with him studying at the Citadel. Normal boring Maester jazz. Maybe he stays up extra late looking at scrolls or whatever. He is wandering around the ramparts of the Citadel, and sees a small fleet approaching Oldtown. He squints, and sees the sigil of Euron Greyjoy. Due to Oldtown sleeping, Sam rushes to his room to find something, anything, to awaken the sleepy town. Sure, there should be some scouts looking for any warning signs, but due to Sam staying up extra late, he is the only one to sound the alarm to this silent fleet. And what choice does he use to awaken Oldtown? The horn that was gifted to him by Jon Snow, the theorized Horn of Winter. He blows it. It makes a loud, thunderous blow, awakening the town to the incoming attack. This will lead to Jons wolf chapter. Maybe he is wandering around the Wall, trying to hunt, and starts to feel the ground shake. Now I have two ideas on how the Horn of Winter (the horn Sam just blew to alert Oldtown of the upcoming attack) will affect the Wall. Maybe the Horn doesn’t pull down the Wall like Mance said, but maybe it pulls down its magical spell that held the White Walkers at bay. Or maybe a small section of the Wall falls apart. Perhaps the Nightfort crumbles away, leaving a small, but gaping hole within the Wall to allow the White Walkers to pass. This would heighten the tension at Castle Black. Perhaps after this, it makes Melisandre desperate enough to burn Shireen to bring back Jon Snow. Stannis would still be near Winterfell, miles away from the Wall. She needs someone the Nights Watch can rally behind that can protect the Wall. Just a suggestion...

@JohnTorres1987

Жыл бұрын

All of Oldtown is on alert not letting ships into the city without being boarded and checked. Even if they get past this in the dead of night without causing any alarms to go off, how is Sam going to see Euron’s sigil in pitch black? Then if he does see it, why would he use the horn that is broken to try to wake people up when yelling would do the trick? There are many other issues with this but those are just a few I’m going to mention.

@elizabethmenjivar1695

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnTorres1987 your right. Just thought it would be a cool idea

@JohnTorres1987

Жыл бұрын

@@elizabethmenjivar1695 I would like to see that horn blown too and see what happens. The Oldtown story is really exciting and I really want to know how it pays off. Will Sam bear witness to Euron’s destruction and taking of the city? I hope so. If he brings down the Hightowers after winning that huge sea battle against the Redwyne fleet of 1500 ships and the sell sails from Lys, then he will look unstoppable. I could see Cersei making common cause with him after she flees King’s Landing when Aegon and Jon Con take the city with the might of the golden company, Dorne who HAS to get involved in the fighting soon, and those “friends in the reach” that are mentioned in passing by a member of the golden company. I don’t know. We’ve been waiting so long that we are making our own stories of what we think/hope will happen.

Perfect thing before my classes today

Thanks for making my commute better :)

@TobeWilsonNetwork

Жыл бұрын

I love his upload timing 👏👏👏

Take any chapter of asoiaf and autoreplace every mention of 'the king' with 'ya boy' - never fails to entertain

Did Maester Denys just jump out the window to his own death or did he somehow go into a lower window and then kill two knights and throw them out the window?

@peterv1054

Жыл бұрын

He threw out Farring, it's his sigil that's described

@ThereIsNoLord

Жыл бұрын

Has to have scouted a wide ledge in his travels. I also considered this is a potential nod to Wolverine Arya, capable of magical feats.

This chapter is better than the others so far.

Okay, Denys yeeted Farring from a window, but how did he know that he stayed in that room? A room below a rookerie or some other room? Then the question is how did he get there? Like a spiderman, I didn't get this part, help.

@Archway-9

Жыл бұрын

I assume he'd left his room to look at what was going on outside the castle, that's why there was so much delay so it could happen at the perfect time

@gokbay3057

Жыл бұрын

The Lord's Room I guess?

@mishasa2751

Жыл бұрын

@@gokbay3057 Is he the lord though? I don't think he can stay in the lord's room, even temporarily, it belongs to Stannis

@gokbay3057

Жыл бұрын

@@mishasa2751 He is the castellan, therefore fulfills the Lord's role in his absence.

@mishasa2751

Жыл бұрын

@@gokbay3057 I can't recall any castellan who took the lord's bed at their absence

I’m looking forward to these now

This is really good, Preston!

Nice work. Thanks. That rookery scene was effectively chaotic.

AMAZING!! Loved this chapter. Probably my new favorite chapter. I know Arianne doesn't get a whole lotta love in the fandom, and I can understand that, but I personally love her chapters (or really, just the Dornish chapters as a whole). There's so many references and callbacks to SO many things here, and with all the scheming going on, like there's just a lot packed into it, which is an aspect that I love. So far, my favorite Preston fanfic chapters are: 1) Arianne 3 2) Alayne 2 3) The Prince's Justice 4) Prologue 5) The Envoy 6) JonCon 1 7) Daenerys 1 (I actually liked the Daenerys chapter, so it being last doesn't necessarily make it bad, I simply enjoyed the other ones more). Keep up the awesome work, Preston!! Can't wait to see the Battle of Steel FINALLY play out!!

Great chapter!! I can’t wait for the next Connington chapter

yet another all knowing raven might as well do POV chapter from a ravens perspective. cant half tell this is fanfiction still a few weeks till easter but the easteregg hunt has already started

I loved this chapter. And the first thing after I read this chapter I reread the Jon the Clever chapter.

Now I need to know what house has sweet corn as it’s a sigil this is the best addition yet

@codygeorge2202

Жыл бұрын

I’m almost certain it’s House Cobb as there are Cobb’s with Stannis in the North, but their sigil hasn’t been described in the series.

Ravens screaming hurt ma ears but i loved this so much

I'd hate to meet an angry cog on a dark night. Nice to see Arianne taking command of the situation.

SO EXCITED

Only a short way in but Arianne recalling one septa name (close/an anagram of Lemore) would have been intriguing for a connection to the FAgeon plot Although I'm hoping for an upcoming recognition of Lemore's face

So... Denys Strong... IS the Batman

Awesome!!!

JON JON JON JON JON JON JON

Great chapter. Good plans. I have some thoughts that I'd like to hear other opinions on. If Dorne are there to meet with Connington's group in secret, why would they fly their flag on that boat? If it's about identification, the people on the battlements would have no reason to trust a Dorne flag, and the flag of Connington's cause was all they needed for entry. Flying their own flag was needless and spread about the information of Dorne's presence more freely; which is to Arianne's detriment. The time buying became farcical at the toilet. I get why he's trying to buy time. But did they need Denys up there? They already had a Maester. Nothing I noticed suggested Jurne couldn't have written those messages. I'm also surprised Arianne didn't try the "yup, I totally came to meet with YOU and no one else" line on Farring. The conversation wouldn't have flowed as well if she had. But it seems odd it wasn't considered in an aside. Also also. As interesting as Andrew Estermont's whereabouts are, I don't think Arianne had much reason to consider it interesting enough to dwell on.

Bravo!

AND WE ARE BACK

As slow as the story is going in all of these fan fiction chapters, this TWOW will be 150-200 chapters just to tell the story.

YEEESSSS

Thanks

Holy shit Gilbert Farring is a gigachad for sure.

Yay!

Yeeeah baby!

How does Denys manage to flung Gilbert Farring from the window? His cousin, Godry the Giantslayer is a huge towering muscle guy and I presume Gilbert is no pushover either.

this was a very cool chapter! wondering who Denys really is

Making my Tuesday much more interesting

Yay!!! Let’s go 🫶🏼

Sir Rowan was right when he said to Jon Con "2 flying horses would suit you better" and Denys proved it when he flung Sir Farring out the window.

Smashed it again preston

❤

Not gonna like, when the "trumpets" started I thought AKIRA was coming.

@Malston1491

Жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one that heard that similarity.

AAAAAAAAHHHHHG YESSSSSS

Omg i was listening to this when i was laying down and fell askeep. I woke up with what like a fog horn and the crow screamjng and it scared the crap out of me. 😂

Gotta admit...i want to fight you over the trumpet sounds.

Denys must be a student of the "Manderly School for Using Massive Shits for Subtrifuge"

great stuff as always preston! is there ever going to be a word document released? i prefer reading to audio books.

@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin

Жыл бұрын

Link in the description has it