Sometimes I forget none of these places really exist and I should stop wishing someone would explore them.

@sirarthurofwinterfell282

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@c1nnamonapple

5 жыл бұрын

feel you 😭

@noble1825

5 жыл бұрын

Was just thinking that lol

@joaop2294

5 жыл бұрын

I know how you feel bud

@JourneyToTheCage

5 жыл бұрын

Darth Wiffy damn u should call ur dad

Still can't believe Daenerys never even tried to seek out the guy who gave her the eggs. "Thanks for giving me the most valuable and rare items in the world, and like, changing my life and stuff."

@zain4019

5 жыл бұрын

wanderingseth It’s one of those times I don’t know whether to blame the character or blame the writers.

@etowaifumura4952

5 жыл бұрын

Can any book readers confirm if daenerys didn't seek out the egg givers?

@s8j7s71

5 жыл бұрын

Eto Waifumura I’m almost done with the third, and she still has yet to

@vsantosmetalhead

5 жыл бұрын

@@etowaifumura4952 Eto Waifumura i've read the books and i'm pretty sure that Daenerys didn't seek out the guy who gave her the eggs ( who i believe it was Illiryo Mopatis) because at that time they were just incredible precious stones, because everyone believed that the eggs were "dead".

@TheRustedShackleford

5 жыл бұрын

She hasn't so far. I don't see it happening either. She's on that "destiny" kick.

I wish we could get a spin-off about those places, especially Shadow Lands and Sothoryos.

@MaSeshield

5 жыл бұрын

@@maartenwinkelmans1032 lol yeah but thats gonna be westeros centered as well, about the first men and children of the forest i believe

@carterf3585

5 жыл бұрын

More backstory and in-depth exploration would rob those places of the mystery that makes GRRM's world so special. I would prefer to have a familiar POV character go to one of those places briefly. Like if we saw Dany's perspective of a quick visit to Asshai or Tyrion's perspective on an diplomatic trip to Yi Ti

@TheTechnoKitteh

5 жыл бұрын

@beanie0112 no

@Aye_handsome

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe Ayra will go explore it since she sets sail east at the end of the series

@azraelbatosi

4 жыл бұрын

JackSndAceS he’s gotta live long enough to finish the main series...which isnt likely in the first place...unfortunately...

Asshai and the Shadowlands, in my opinion, are some of the most interesting places in the A Song of Ice & Fire world. They're so steeped in history and mystery.

@hl8808

5 жыл бұрын

OneOnOne1162 and north of there with the 5 castles I think

@Saeronor

5 жыл бұрын

Or, perhaps, they seem interesting precisely because how little is actually known about them. Remeber how Lost TV show seemed interesting at the time?

@franlovelsimic8421

5 жыл бұрын

and they should remain this way, no matter how tempting

@BigMisterApple

5 жыл бұрын

The mystery literally exists because GRRM hasnt thought of anything xD

@aamirrazak3467

4 жыл бұрын

Agree I want to know about the dragons that are supposed to be there

So this is the place where Dark Souls was created

@Akaya7777

5 жыл бұрын

Nah its a manga series called Berserk check it out if you like ASOIAF you will love Berserk trust me!

@Avannior

4 жыл бұрын

@@Akaya7777 u think Martin believe Griffith did something wrong ?

@Akaya7777

4 жыл бұрын

Derek Goñi Esquivel lol thats a good one probably not 😂

@thebeatleswin1

3 жыл бұрын

Logan Hoomana Oh cool whats berserk *googles it, sees anime* GET THE FUCK OFF MY COMPUTER SWINE

@shadez123

3 жыл бұрын

@@thebeatleswin1 the manga is way better, but I'm seriously afraid that the author might not finish it. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes dark fantasy. I'm not the biggest fan of anime/manga, but I love Berserk.

Imagine a GoT spin-off where we're given a group of characters that explore all these places 😮

@virtualunreality3771

4 жыл бұрын

Possibly a arya series where she goes west but west is east and finds the further east of essos and she explores the shadow lands along with ulthos maybe even sothoryos

@ripvanwinkle7689

3 жыл бұрын

@@virtualunreality3771 thats what Columbus thought and found a whole new continent

@tooslow4065

Жыл бұрын

like gilligans island?

@khalil8043

Жыл бұрын

@@virtualunreality3771 nah fuck that little cunt, we want real hardcore adventurers different skills and back stories exploring the world , that would be a lot more interesting than bitch ass Arya

@samirmuhammad1781

Жыл бұрын

nine voyages of Corlys Velaryon. he reaches Asshai and sees the boat of Alyssa Farman who stole three dragon eggs from house targaryen during the reign of King Jaehaerys I. many believe the three dragon eggs she stole are the petrified eggs Daenerys gets later in the story. And those eggs could be hatchlings from Balerion and Vhagar!

I get the feeling the Shadowlands is the result of an ancient magic/science project gone wrong.

@temptationofmemories

5 жыл бұрын

the seemingly radioactive water and deformed fish would certainly imply a scifi cause

@KingfisherMC

5 жыл бұрын

Could have to do with the Doom of Valyria, first the shadow lands became the shadow lands, then a couple hundred/thousand years later same thing happens to Valyria, now people are looking to do the same to Westeros

@mrfarfetch

5 жыл бұрын

Failed alchemy

@subutaynoyan5372

5 жыл бұрын

@@KingfisherMC Asshai and Shadowlands are probably waaay older than Valyria.

@justang8490

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingfisherMC dragons came to valyria from ashaii. They could have been immigrating to get away from a doom in ashaii, and then would do the same for valyria. They could be still around somewhere else

Asshai seems like a wonderful place to live. No children, dark, weird people. I’m for it.

@TheMrPeteChannel

3 жыл бұрын

It's possible they hide the children

@sleepless9994

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMrPeteChannel they use them for slavery

@feonor26

3 жыл бұрын

Also as Martin warns, these places are on the other side of the world and the descriptions of them are through the eyes of maesters in the Citadel which might be very flawed. Still, Asshai sounds like one of the creepiest places ever. Reminds me of Lovecraft.

@redhippopotamus9144

2 жыл бұрын

What's so bad about children?

@gerardcollins80

2 жыл бұрын

I'm with you. Let's make sail for the Shadow Lands.

One thing I would especially like is a full, global map of Planetos, just to see what it looks like from space. Circumstantial evidence suggests the Saffron Strait cuts from the Jade Sea to the Sunset Sea, with the Shadow Lands area being the eastern end of the continent, but pretty much everything we see except maybe Sothoryos is in the northern hemisphere, there's enough room for multiple continents in the completely blank space, and I'd really like to know what's there.

@DracoSafarius

5 жыл бұрын

I always took the saffron straits as cutting into the eastern part of essos and ending, with Essos stretching further over. Seen some, fan made, maps of a continent of Easteros past that. I really like the idea that the section of the world we've seen in maps is like a quarter, or less, of the planet.

@FieryFlamingFajitas

5 жыл бұрын

@@DracoSafarius those fans missed the obvious, Essos and 'Easteros' are the same thing but George obviously thought Essos sounded better

@DracoSafarius

5 жыл бұрын

@@FieryFlamingFajitas Eh yes and no. In what I'm talking about they literally expanded the map to where Essos stretched off and another continent emerged, akin to Europe and Asia or North America and South America

7:44 he activated eminem mode for a sec

@aadityasamant6207

5 жыл бұрын

LOLOL

Finally the Sahdow Lands!!! I just want a full tour of this area! It seems so much more "dark and creepy" than our westeros hahaha Keep up the good stuff bro 💙

@dwoodard5717

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe they'll do something with it in the prequel they're making. Im keeping my fingers crossed! I wanna know more about sothoryos and asshai

@gebreknefekalmoradiss3785

5 жыл бұрын

@The Knight with how weird the only person from there is (melisandre) , those things are quite likely to be true.

Carcosa is a reference to the "King in Yellow" written by Robert W. Chambers and published in 1895.

@abdoul5176

4 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@jayodinson3448

4 жыл бұрын

The devil. A personification of evil. Great series explained through the show True Detective season 1.

@bryanwinebrenner3274

Жыл бұрын

True but he used Carcosa from Ambrose Bierce's "An inhabitant of Carcosa". Still love that he used Carcosa in this.

@Scarlioni

Жыл бұрын

@@bryanwinebrenner3274 Thank you. I had never heard or read that before your suggestion. To find that Carcosa is older than I believed was a joy.

Man I really appreciate you and your work, I wish there were more people like you. Wish you the best, you work so hard.

@Slechy_Lesh

Жыл бұрын

If you think he works hard, try LML

The Golden Empire of Yi Ti next!

@blade4287

5 жыл бұрын

whycreate ur amazing i love the channel keep up the good stuff love any vid u make

@Mo-ef6gz

5 жыл бұрын

Yesss

@jessecrawford7606

5 жыл бұрын

This channel is so awesome. You've probably answered this before, but where do you get the artwork you use in your videos?

@lastbaratheon8043

5 жыл бұрын

Love your vids bro, what do you think about doing a vid on the Kingswood Brotherhood?

@whycreate

5 жыл бұрын

I think I've talked about them a couple times now? Probably in my kingsguard video or the Crownlands one

Stygai feels a bit like Minas Morgul from Lotr, so I would definitely be interested in visiting. Also, Tolkien does mention fields of poisonous, pale flowers growing in the valley below that city, which sounds a bit like ghost grass in the Shadow Lands. Just nice little connections all around :D

The Shadow lands are the only place in ASoI&F that I can't associate with a real world country. I personally believe Asshai is actually based of the Greek Underworld.

@LloydSkyLion

5 жыл бұрын

Woah, mind blown !

@caesar9708

5 жыл бұрын

The reason why the Shadowlands are mysterious, is because the people in Westeros amd Essos had never been there and explore it to the fullest. Remember, the world takes place in medieval time. The Shadowlands kinda looks like India. Back when India hasnt been explored by Europeans, they thought the land are full of mysteries with giant creatures, that we now know to be elephants.

@voltairethegoldflame9280

5 жыл бұрын

Shaped like India, around since the begining of civilization, polluted rivers, mostly unknown to Westeros... looks like India equivalent to me.

@Safersephiroth777

5 жыл бұрын

True that. I mean there is an area called Stygai, which pretty sure takes the name from the river Styx of the Greek Mythology.

@Neo587

5 жыл бұрын

@@voltairethegoldflame9280 Maybe shaped like India but the description of the land is far from India.

this all sounds post apocalyptic like there once lived a far more technologically advanced civilization and something happened

@temptationofmemories

5 жыл бұрын

I am beginning to think the same thing, that ASOIAF is actually a part of Georges 1000 worlds story

@ColonelBragg

5 жыл бұрын

he swears up and down thats not the case but i am starting to wonder

@aunabdullahaziz7977

4 жыл бұрын

More likely magically advanced than technological. And with all the similarities to Lovecraftian mythos, I’d suggest that a disaster related to some ancient horror is responsible for the state of Asshai or perhaps something similar to what happened to Old Valyria

@aunabdullahaziz7977

4 жыл бұрын

More likely magically advanced than technological. And with all the similarities to Lovecraftian mythos, I’d suggest that a disaster related to some ancient horror is responsible for the state of Asshai or perhaps something similar to what happened to Old Valyria

@ColonelBragg

4 жыл бұрын

@@aunabdullahaziz7977 Well as the saying goes "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

what´s interesting about Asshai is that the title about a very ancient city before anything in the world also applies to K´Dath at northeastern Essos and Yeen at Sothoryos, but also could be linked with the ruins at inner Leng jungles, the ruins at Ullos nearby to Ulthos, the ruins at the Toad Island nearby Sothoryos, the forbidden dead city of Stygai, the mazes of Lorath, the foundations of the tower of Ancient City, and the unknown cities of the farthest east closer to the Inner Sea as Carcossa, the Winged Men city, and the cities of Bloddless Men, all of them very linked with some eerie common background.

Asshai sounds like my neighbor, a big mansion style building, never saw anyone leave or enter the building. Even at night, the lights are off but there are cars parked inside. 😨

@kanekiken9134

3 жыл бұрын

Check if he is even alive lol

@StuartLynx

3 ай бұрын

Whatever you do don't eat his lawn

I think Asshai is sort of like what Asia was to the Medieval Europeans. They knew about it and traded with it sometimes but it was so far away that hardly anyone ever went and so what they thought about it was more legend than fact

It's worth noting that the descriptions of these lands are from the perspective of Westerosi travellers/scholars, and aren't meant by GRRM to be the real lore. Just like in our real world timeline, the further away from 'Western' civilisation, the less people knew about the far away lands and thus wild interpretations were made. This is why the further from Westeros you go, the descriptions become less accurate and more fantastical

@ssfgamingeverdale4297

11 ай бұрын

Really like all the weird things exist in the unexplored world

It's ironic that theres a place called the mountains of the morn in the lore when the game of thrones show was filmed around the Mourne mountains in northern Ireland.

Euron Greyjoy probably been there. I seem to remember him saying that while venturing into the unknown, he saw things he couldn't explain.

I always forget that Danys dragons come from old stock out of the shadowlands, and not relics from valyria.

Asshai to me sounds like another Lovecraft nod, like the drowned god. An ancient city so massive and old no one knows anything about it's origins. Love this kind of stuff I am sad he doesn't want to explore these areas further in a story but also glad the mystery will remain.

Ok I go through these phases where I’m super into the lore of GOT so Thank you for all of this content, your doing an awesome job

It would be cool if Drogon brought Dany to the shaddow lands to revive her. And they both come back with a from there to westeros. This time Drogon fully grown. And capture westeros from Bran "the broken"

@joancastells7495

5 жыл бұрын

That would be like a crazy wight queen with a giant ass dragon, no thanks! XD

@kevinjones2871

4 жыл бұрын

André Fagerberg That would be cool tho because he flew off with her and nobody knows where he went. Even when he left the first time, no one really knew where he was. Just that he was out exploring. A new spinoff should have him flying there with her and she being brought back just like they did Jon but in a different setting.

@awaywiththefaeries9464

3 жыл бұрын

Oh you mean burn down another city?

@motorhh

3 жыл бұрын

@@awaywiththefaeries9464 hey visenya do you want an alliance with the Lannisters

@awaywiththefaeries9464

3 жыл бұрын

King Lynel Better then than Daenerys.

I always thought Dany would definitely go to Asshai, just to be presented with a choice that would shape the rest of her arc. Like, that's literally what Quaithe tells her to do over and over. I think that was the point of getting her away from Mereen. She might team up with the Dothraki and fly past the Moon mountains on Drogon's back.

Great video, and very thorough. I especially like that you noted the difference between the Shadow Men and Asshai'i. Most people ignore that, and think the people who taught the Valyrians were Asshai'i.

The one who was whispering in the mad king's ear was cthulu. The WW are on the good side. The Asshai, dragons, faceless man, god of death, rhllor, 3eyed raven are on the evil side. GJ, Arya. You just destroyed the last hope of light.

@vherox3826

3 жыл бұрын

Nah bro to kill Chuthullu you just need a boat now imagine what an entire fleet could do

@Eastcyning

3 жыл бұрын

@@vherox3826 That didn't kill him, just bonked him back into the sea for a while

Considering that magic is allegedly strong there. There must be a small population of dragons. Since animals and plant life can't thrive there. It's kind of hard to tell tho.

I have a theory as to why the world seemingly ends at the Shadowlands, and why it's so dark and inhospitable there. This also explains the horrible winter Westeros experiences with decades between summer and true winter. I believe the planet is rotating on its side (like uranus) BUT it is not orbitally locked (unlike uranus), meaning the planet wobbles on its axis, with Westeros being near its sun-facing pole, but just south of it enough that it experiences micro seasons (think greenland). The shadowlands reside just south of the planet's rotational equator, meaning the sun bearly rises above the horizon save for a few brief periods during the "year". Now this means that over one orbit around its star, which I believe takes decades instead of a mere year, the axis fluctuates. Also this setup means that for 95% of the planets travel around the sun westerose is experiencing a relatively normal sunrise/ sunset reality, but at those two critical points where the pole westerose is either directly facing the sun (imagine greenland or antartica at the height of their summers) or facing away from its star, is when the joyous life giving summer happens with a few years of boundless sun, good crops, warmth and short nights and the opposite the dark long night. The wobbling axis would explain the variations in how long the winters last and why some are darker and longer then others. Past the shadow lands I imagine the exact same reality would befall whatever land is hugging the opposite pole of the planet.

Another fantastic episode. Thank you.

A book/show/movie about the Shawdowlands would be epic. I wonder since GRRM doesn't seem to want to write about this, if he would be will to sign the rights to someone who would? Great work, thanks for the post.

@Neo587

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think he will sell the rights for this. He has already stated that the world was mysterious on purpose.

@fergalstackstreams

3 жыл бұрын

He will not allow anyone to finish the books for him if he dies before completing them, so chances of this happening are less than zero.

@TheRubyGamersTRG

Жыл бұрын

the whole point is he wants to keep it mysterious by not writing about it, so he’s not going to sign the rights to anyone unfortunately

Can you detail Middle-Earth after finishing ASOIAF?

@whycreate

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe? I would have to get back into Lotr

@shakkarugat9184

5 жыл бұрын

whycreate I would pay for that

@colterwall9481

5 жыл бұрын

whycreate you should, that would be amazing

A global empire that preceded the valyrians originating from asshai?

@marctitus5874

5 жыл бұрын

Many civilizations precede Valyria. The Great Empire of Dawn, Yi Ti and Old Ghis are just some.

@genetix7173

5 жыл бұрын

-None with its sphere of influence reaching old town or the iron islands. -Where the citadel tower base and the seastone chair are with both being made out of the same oily black stone the buildings in asshai are made of. -Also dragon skeletons in westeros. Might be remnants of this asshai empire.

@marctitus5874

5 жыл бұрын

Genetix yes very true! I wonder about the connection of this black stone. But aren't the dragons in Westeros the remnants of Targaryon rule. I don't know if House Valaryon had any dragons but maybe since they are the only other full Valyrian bloodline in Westeros, i believe.

@brianmead7556

5 жыл бұрын

Some guy wrote a theory like that years ago on Reddit. It explained the black stone, the proliferation of dragons, and so much more.

I want a spin off so badly. Would be amazing if Maisie williams were willing to do a spin off of arya exploring the world

I love stuff like this! Keep it up man! I’m definitely subscribing!

I love these videos ! Thanks for making them!

Thank you so much for this video, please do more unexplored areas like this in your videos!

This is just me but I believe that all of the blackstone structures, such as the throne in the iron isles and asshai, were made by a long lost empire that was mostly situated to the east, maybe one of their main cities, or possibly even capital being asshai, but seeing as the meteors that these black stone things were in were almost definitely powerful in their own right, most likely containing large amounts of dark magic seeing as asshai is one of the most magical places in the world and the fact that the bloodstone emperor of Yi Ti often practiced with them. Anyway, they might’ve gotten too egotistical or whatnot and got a bit more risky with their experimenting and had some giant magical disaster take place, destroying their empire in one blow and causing the shadowlands to form, the only place being safe being Asshai, the city made out of black-stone. One thing I like to think is true is that this cataclysm caused the wildlife to become mutated wherever the black-stone was and make the local wildlife into hideous monsters such as dragons and whatnot, maybe this even made Sothoryos what it is today. I know this is a commonly believed theory but I just wanted to lay it out for people.

Sounds like a parrellel with the wall. The wall=The Five Forts. The lands of always winter=The shadow lands. Its like there are flame monsters and they are trying go to war against the whitewalkers and all humanity is caught inbetween.

@temptationofmemories

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the ghost grass spreading across the region and killing of all plants and stuff is evidence on the Essos continent of winter returning, just as it is doing in Westeros with the Others return

@dhillonbhatt3459

5 жыл бұрын

Rose of Red Lake Yeah I always thought the white grass was a metahpor for whitewalkers, maybe the book will clarify these things but I dont mind it being left as a mystery either.

Love your videos Man keep up the amazing work 👍👍

Is the sorcerer lord named the Yellow King? Cause that would tops! A true detective/Carcosa literary tie in would be so cool.

@gaybroshevik4180

5 жыл бұрын

LOL "Send a raven to ya number one Lady, Melisandre that got that work, that yellow crystal!" 😉😉😎

@RealCameronV

5 жыл бұрын

Carcosa and the Yellow King was already a literary tie in when True Detective used it, it seems a lot of science fiction and horror writers use it in their works, which means whatever is there in Ice and Fire is probably just as bad if not worse than what’s in the Shadow Lands

I think that this is the most intresting video in the series map detailed

The birthplace of dragons

The thumbnail of this video is literally one of my computer backgrounds!

I always wondering that further north of land of always winter is somehow connected with grey waste in further east of essos. Is it coincidence both of place had been through long night in same period, one was caused by bloodstone emperor & the rest was caused by war between first men and children of forest

@stuartsummers1303

5 жыл бұрын

Westeros resembles Great Britain so I doubt it connects to Essos.

@bobnoeb

5 жыл бұрын

Britain used to be connected to Europe and Scandinavia, it was called doggerland.

@ninjahitman6043

5 жыл бұрын

But wouldn't it be cooler if there were tons more civilizations with ancient history

@sadiqahmed4143

2 жыл бұрын

@@ninjahitman6043 Great empire of le dawn Vs Valyria vs Shadora

5:18 I guess the last episode was filmed in Stygi then

Love how you used an Ayleïd Ruin from ESO for Stygai 😂 Keep the videos coming

Everyone: dragons are extinct! SoFaI: they still live in Aschai.

Ha fella love all the details from your Videos on GoT give a great insight thanks!!! Keep making then.

Would love a series on this

Thank you for the video and the time that take you

"Beyond the veil, lies the shadow lands where every soul has its place"

@RexVenge95

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if shattering the Night King's crown opens the rift to these Shadowlands as well.

The less known about the shadow land the better so exciting to think about all the mysteries

Could you imagine if we got spin-offs of places like Ib, The Summer Isles, Sothoryos, Ulthos, The Shadow Lands, YiTi, etc. So much potential being wasted :(

Great video keep it up!!

Carcosa? King in Yellow, is that you? I’d really like the Shadowlands and the Mountains of the Morn to be expanded upon. Lots of mystery to them.

I like your channel it's dope

Omg could you imagine if they made a show of the shadow lands it would be amazing

Sounds like The Shadow was hit by nuclear radiation

i wish we knew more about ulthos

@unknown9zz0

9 ай бұрын

you still wish for that?

Hopefully future GOT can cover the entire world.

Thank you for this. I love the part of the world. If I may just point out one point o correction: it's true that Mellisandra is from Asshai, but not Quaithe. She is "of The Shadow". GRRM has made the very clear distinction in he books between "Asshai BY the Shadow" and "The Shadow" itself. Not the same place, though they are near and associated.

@niallallison8891

5 жыл бұрын

But then again it states that she visited ashai and also that she learned her magic there.

Asshai is definitely a nuclear wasteland.

awesome video good sir!

I believe that the reason because westeros feels so lame compared to the far east is because the story is being told from the point of view of westeros/western essos. So, since almost no one has seen the far east and because of the lack of documented history, the stories become exaggerated. This is similar to hundreds of years ago when tales became exaggerated because of how isolated places were compared to present day.

@renaultellis6188

Жыл бұрын

There were giants in Argentina

We need A sequel where Arya go an explore these lands😭♥️

Nice video man

I really do want to see this place in the prequel show

Dothraki: we fear no man Grass: exists Dothraki: well shit

Awesome video like always. It's killing me though, where'd you get that picture you used for Stygai? It's the exterior of an Elder Scrolls dungeon, right?

Is there anything east of the shadow lands? There is like a line where the map ends at Essos where it just cuts off the land and doesn’t stop atthe sea like everything else with the exception of Sothyros and the Far North

Hi just wondering what the font you use in your videos for titles like "Asshai" is Love your videos! You, bridge4, and Alt Shift X are pretty much the only GoT/asoif video creators that I watch lol

@LucidHorizons

5 жыл бұрын

Check out "secrets of the citadel" and "order of the green hand". Amazing stuff.

I need to see a series that explores the shadow lands

great video

the Maker, GRRMartin should flesh them out in separate stories =) man, good video. keep it up

Eastern Essos gives me goosebumps. It’s such a strange and creepy place

Man after hearing about Sothyros and The Shadow Lands I really don't care about the events in Westeros, Jon, Dany, etc.. Hope 1 day a series is made about them, probably 100years from now :(

Do you think further north than the lands of always winter there are ice dragons because George RR Martin wrote a story called the ice dragon also love your vids

@whycreate

5 жыл бұрын

Even in asoiaf there's talks of ice dragons between characters. I feel like they were added into the story only for world building and to sprinkle in some mystery, that all readers love. Plus I dont think there's enough time for something that drastic to be added in so late into the story :(

@David-gx1hl

5 жыл бұрын

whycreate I guess I wish they spent more time further north imagine an army of ice dragons aswell as viserion and thanks for replying

@dekuuchiha9990

5 жыл бұрын

Someone else could write about them after our current story is finished, GRRM does have others writing. @@whycreate

@alphagamer9505

5 жыл бұрын

In the shivering sea there are ice dragons,and they are FAR BIGGER then valyrian dragons,or fire dragons in general

@Safersephiroth777

5 жыл бұрын

@@whycreate Yeah I agree. Imagine after all these stories of the books he said Nice story eh ?

I'mma throw out the possibility that the black stone was possibly mined in the shadow lands, since it seems to basically be one of the world's few places that is akin to death incarnate. Near a colossal titan of a city in Asshai, which is a port for trade, and also close enough to Yi Ti for them to have mined somewhere in there under their first ruler's reign to build the five fortresses.

Thanks the vid was fun

So you tell me Arya forgot about sothoryos, ultos , the shadowlands , the north of the lands of always winter , the east of essos , and all these fantastic places and unexplored lands , and chose to go to the west where she is going to get killed by some sea dragons without even reaching it ????

@fergalstackstreams

3 жыл бұрын

I think what's west of Westeros is this world's version of Paradise/Valinor. The few people who have gone west and come back claiming they found nothing just don't want other people going there and ruining it.

Anyone else realise carcosa is a H.P lovecraft place? It's mentioned in the king in yellow, one of his short stories.

@jmeds94

5 жыл бұрын

The Church of Starry Wisdom is also a Lovecraft reference. It's in his short story The Haunter of the Dark. I think it's safe to say Martin was influenced by him.

@DracoSafarius

5 жыл бұрын

@@jmeds94 Basically half of the further east is all easter egg names

Will you do a updated video on all the new information over the past 4 years?

And now I'm never gonna get 'Shadowlands' from The Lion King out of my head.

Why don’t they just airdrop the others in this area? They’d fit right in!

@CHLOCHLOLP

3 жыл бұрын

according to lore they have a similar type of creature in the shadow lands which is what the 5 forts are to protect essos from.

Pretty sure that Stygai photo example at 5:23 is from the Elder Scrolls Online video game! :D

I think is very european and thoughtful, the way george describes the world. Its always from some westerosi perspective, being westeros a land imagined as some medieval lands from our own world. These descriptions of wild things and animal people are a direct reference to many western europe scholars on the middle ages that discribed the same kind of wild things on the far east and beyond the sahara. Marco Polo describes cyclopes, some others reference dog-headed men in the andaman islands, yare yare daze...

In Martin's lore, the planet is flat? Also it would be funny for him to like: Fan: "What lies in the far eastern? Or far south?" Martin: "That's what is for next expansion's story."

@manica53

5 жыл бұрын

Umega Alfa Martin has said that his world is a sphere so many think that the land of always winter is connected to the shadow land

@fergalstackstreams

3 жыл бұрын

@@manica53 That is most likely impossible since what we've seen of the world is only in the northern hemisphere. And even if it wasn't, south doesn't connect to north like east does to west. You don't pass through the South Pole and end up at the North Pole.

The stygai picture is from TES IV ;) I would recognize it anywhere

That image of Stygai looked like some elder scrolls screen shot.

@joancastells7495

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, some Ayleid polis or somethin' from the ESO

Danaerys could have captured the free cities including Braavos, Shadowlands, Asshai, Yi Ti and Qarth before moving west to raise a large army and fatten her wallet. If she flew dragons over Braavos, the Iron Bank would have surrendered their wealth easily and she could have their navy as well. That's what I would have done if I were in place of D&D

@bobmcbob9856

5 ай бұрын

Dragons aren’t invincible and Esso’s doesn’t want a new Valyria. If you had Yi Ti & all the free cities on your ass you would be screwed. SOMEONE in all of those must have some ideas on how to kill dragons.

@abhishankpaul

5 ай бұрын

@@bobmcbob9856 then we'll leave Asshai. Others won't stand a chance. How many people, houses, docks, ships will be burnt before someone can get one clean shot? No one. So they will surrender. Asshai I won't go then as although they are filthy rich, we cannot fight their sorcery. Plus the Shadowlanders with their magic will zero in on Asshai should the city be screwed by someone

Feels like GRRM wanted to do a tribute to the lovecraftian saga by naming a city Carcosa, specially a city standing by a huge lake (hidden sea). I know that Carcosa and the King in Yellow aren't originally from Lovecraft, but I think now they are part of the compendium

Great video. Wanted to point out a spelling error though starting at 1:47 "randon plaes"

Nice

I went to asshai on my last vacation. It was nice and gloomy.

i like to believe dany’s eggs are the same ones alissa farman stole, and when she sailed west of westeros she made it to asshai because the world is round

So this is where WoW got its expansion idea.