I like to picture old Valeria like the Flintstones. Guy pulls a rope and a dragon breathes fire to power the forge, then it turns and shrugs and says "its a living".

@diegoolivaresgonzalez42

4 жыл бұрын

Valyria

@SUPERHONEYBUNNY

4 жыл бұрын

More like Rome with dragons.

@alexturlais8558

3 жыл бұрын

I can imagine them being stuck in the commute on their dragons on their way back from work, with the bards playing the latest hits from Eddard of the house Sheeran

@luciferangelica

3 жыл бұрын

@@viperswhip correct spelling is not your enemy

*Quinn and LML* “Hightowers, Daynes, and Blackwoods are the most mysterious minor Houses in ASOIAF.” *House Reed* “Am I a joke to you?!”

@blablablabla3819

4 жыл бұрын

literally clutched imaginary pearls when they were left out

@ashleyofnaath

4 жыл бұрын

I want to learn more of Howland's wife...Jyanna? That's more than a bit suspicious. Something in the milk ain't clean.

@ivanmp3e48

4 жыл бұрын

@@ashleyofnaath Well considering that Arya's first secret name was Arry and Barristan's was Arstan it's quite a bit suspicious actualy.

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

@@ivanmp3e48 I don't even think it's suspicious, I just think that's Ashara. InDeepGeek did an awesome video on this and he sold me. Fair pointon the Reeds tho guys.

@alexb3604

4 жыл бұрын

Bog-guy , definitely mysterious but in comparison to the other Houses mentioned in that list there is just basically no information about them beyond the current generation (and not even much with the current lot) , so very little to go off of in terms of theorizing and discussion ; its mostly pure conjecture and speculation. At least the other mysterious Houses mentioned we have stories from different time periods throughout the histories to dig into a bit (some more than others). Anything related to House Reed / their members and anything beyond this generation is an incredibly short conversation. Granted I will acknowledge definitely likely some mysteries associated with them , although given the actual narrative space left with so many other plot lines and character arcs to wrap up there is not much likelihood of us getting that much information about the Reeds beyond a bit related to the current narrative and / or around Robert's Rebellion & ToJ. And of course it could change but I do not see it likely for the Reeds to get much mention or focus in any of the upcoming companion novels or novellas either ; although I hope i am wrong and we get some surprise inclusions.

This Oldtown-Hightower-Euron Greyjoy storyline is very interesting and the most interesting thing about it is that GRRM can do almost anything with it

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

totally agree. It's wide open and whatever goes down will have nothing to do with anything we saw on the show

@UAPReportingCenter

4 жыл бұрын

Yes.. Been dying to learn more about this since Dance! One of the main storylines that intrigued me

@sabrinakrisb4672

4 жыл бұрын

George is truly a professional dungeon master

@djancak

10 ай бұрын

we're going to get lots of scenes of samwell changing out poop trays in winds of winter 😏

@anonymous-hz2un

Ай бұрын

4 years later...

Always thought it curious that the timing of Leyton and his daughter going up their tower matched the beginning of the long summer

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

I noticed it was a year after Lynesse married Jorah, probab a coincidence

@anne-kathrinhohlig1466

4 жыл бұрын

the rotten summer. the summer to give the others time to reinforce theirs strenght. the rotten summer who was ruled by the whoremonger king whose role was to destroy westeros defence. to made westeros ripe to be cleansed from men.

@SpiralSine6

3 жыл бұрын

@@anne-kathrinhohlig1466 Easy there Viserys

@LodyDude

Жыл бұрын

@@SpiralSine6😂😂😂

@veritasinvicta8128

6 ай бұрын

@@anne-kathrinhohlig1466 The whoremonger didn't roast people alive in their armor and call it "Trial by combat". His mistake was Jon Arryan's and his advice to tie the Lannisters into the Royal Family.

Maester Luwin lied. He was way into magic. It is why he dragged himself to the wierwood to die

@ashleyofnaath

4 жыл бұрын

I like to think that sacrificing himself to the old gods saved Bran and Rickon.

@CamRStanford

4 жыл бұрын

Dude, nice!

@albdamned577

4 жыл бұрын

I think he was legitimately interested in it but after years of search and failure he concluded the materials around today no longer work. Going to the weir wood is probably due to his years of influence amongst the starks.

@anne-kathrinhohlig1466

4 жыл бұрын

@@ashleyofnaath it was a sort of sacrifice and magic. and only one type of magic is very powerfull. blood magic.

@anne-kathrinhohlig1466

4 жыл бұрын

@@ashleyofnaath luwin paid for one life. not for two. baby rickon should stay on skagos. there he is save.

The surprise is that Lord Leyton has been dead this whole time. Sam or Euron/Damphair will climb the Hightower only to find a skeleton laying in bed, clutching an old book.

Euron sitting atop the dead gods makes me think he will burn the city down since it holds the Sept and the citadel. Destroying gods and knowledge in one go. This would allow him to rewrite history.

@anne-kathrinhohlig1466

4 жыл бұрын

northmen, ironborn,andals have written history as they pleased. euron will also do nothing new. history is written by victors with the blood of the defeated.

@pawemarsza9515

4 жыл бұрын

This vision tells only what Euron WANTS to do, not what he WILL

“A dead cat, or an undead Cat” - i loled

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

gotta get that philosophy humor in there when i can

@paularmstrong2020

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidLightbringer not philosophy; physics. Heidenberg.

I think the horn Sam has will cause a Tsunami. The horn wakes giants from the earth. Sounds like it's made cause earthquakes, and not necessarily bring down the wall. Like Melisandre said she saw a bloody tide rising from the depths.

@lordodysseus

4 жыл бұрын

Well, the wall is a frozen tsunami. Kind of. It's also salt water.

@theM4R4T

4 жыл бұрын

@@christophertracy7136 Yeah. Krakens will be there too. Either drawn by magic or the blood.

@armyofninjas9055

4 жыл бұрын

@@lordodysseus Is it really?!

It's possible that Euron is going to slaughter the Hightowers but it's also quite possible that Leyton Hightower is waiting Euron in is tower as an ally, as his loyal servant and perhaps even as his stepfather. If the Hightowers are practicing sorcery, I could guess that lord Leyton and his daughter Malora the Mad Maid saw the coming of Euron Greyjoy. One thing is certain for me : I can't think that the Oldman of Oldtown is waiting for his death while doing nothing.

@thanghoang3198

4 жыл бұрын

Ironborns are not going to beat 10000 Hightower garrisons once they get off their ships. And Garland is coming, on land.

@LoganBluth

3 жыл бұрын

@@thanghoang3198 I'd put money on Euron getting to the top of that tower one way or the other. Be it by stealth, trickery, raising an army of squishers from the deep to attack Oldtown via massive blood sacrifice of both sides during the upcoming naval battle, setting off a magic-powered H-bomb via massive blood sacrifice that leaves half the reach a hellish wasteland of radioactive magic like a new Valyria, whatever it is, somehow Euron's going to climb to the top of some tall tower and leap....., and by leap I mean blow the Horn of Winter and let the Others in. 😈 Haha

If the first Hightower put an end to the dragons of Battle Isle that would suggest that the Hightowers were definitely not dragon lords but perhaps they overthrew the dragon lords who ruled Oldtown before them

But what I find really ironic is that the citidel has this mysterious magical past but the men that run it now are trying to squish all traces of magic and refuse to teach it and keep it totally under wraps even though in the past it seemed to be the heart of magic in westeros...

@anne-kathrinhohlig1466

4 жыл бұрын

not magic was fading from the world. it have been the magicans who had been disappearing. and the citadel is not innocent.

@210SAi

4 жыл бұрын

Could just be that many of people training and coming out from Maester school weren’t seeing any magic as it was kind of missing for a while or at least for the less powerful people, so why wouldn’t they begin to reject or get away from believing in it?

my prediction is that Lord Hightower is GRRM trying to finish writing the history since Robert's Rebellion but new stuff keeps happening and he doesn't know how to stop. Roberts Rebellion did take place 10 years before the start of ASOIAF, and he's been up there for 10 years

Maybe Oldtown would end up like Asshai? Magical land, ancient people, city of learning, dragons, apocalyptic events, and Westeros falls as well? GRRM did say it's not going to end in the way we expect fantasies to end.

@carmina-solis

4 ай бұрын

very cool thought - maybe an icy Asshai, if Winter gets all the way down there? though i have thought GRRM is more referring to a pact with the Others. even still, Asshai-Oldtown can happen in that future too

If Euron burns the Hightower, it will be a giant flaming sword with a black dragon bone hilt. Bonus points if before it burns, people get murdered in there, making it a giant bloody sword. My joke theory is that when Euron gets to the top of the tower, he see's a crazy old wizard man, Lord Leyton and he reminds him of Bloodraven, and throws him off the the tower. No but seriously, everyone in Oldtown is probably going to die, we have to see all these big fleets and armies that are left get mauled so there's less resources for when its important.

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

yep you're smelling the same ting we are, a burning city. I bet you enjoyed the Saruman humor ay

@anne-kathrinhohlig1466

4 жыл бұрын

dragon bone is black by nature.

@tomprince5124

4 жыл бұрын

@@DavidLightbringer Yepp, either by Dragon or just plain old fire, its burning.And Euron will take everybody left alive for thralls. All Hail the new and improved Nights King, Mr Euron Greyjoy. Keep up the amazing work!

@tomprince5124

4 жыл бұрын

@@anne-kathrinhohlig1466 Good shout

@thanghoang3198

4 жыл бұрын

We can safely predict Euron's naval victory, but on land the Ironborns are a joke, esp in open battles, and Garland is also coming. Well, unless, the Tower itself is on water and thus Euron can sail directly to the Tower without fighting through the streets. Because, I will bet on Hightower armoured aoldiers and knights over the Ironborns in street fighting.

And, the Manderly's sigil is a merling and their name comes from their original home on the mander river

Euron’s soy magic isn’t gonna do shit when Leyton Chadtower summons the Drowned god to clap him

Going crazy from this Corona stuff. Thank you LML and Quinn

Excellent stuff with equally interesting subject matter , the Hightowers / their actual tower definitely some of the most mysterious and fascinating elements of the ASoIaF narrative and its history. Definitely subscribe to the base of the Hightower being evidence of a pre-Valyrian dragon-riding culture likely which were GEotD and that some remnant of them , more likely than not after the empire's collapse post the Bloodstone Emperor's demise & fallout who taught the Valyrians dragon-riding and everything associated with it including the genetic component and most likely dragon-steel etc. That added element with the site of the actual tower just brings the whole mystery , significance and intrigue with the Hightowers to another level. And in general the Ht's are a mega powerful / influential House who have their hands in almost every facet of Westerosi life which they use as vehicles for said influence(s) the Citadel , the Faith , banking , at times intermarrying with the needed powerful House(s) at any given time and dabbling with seemingly hidden arcana which has them operating on another level than the masses. They are masters of wielding influence (in many ways the most powerful / influential House in the realm) through all those vehicles for their own agendas and their methodology behind that even with a large powerful army and all those spheres of influence at their disposal that they seem to possibly control or at least significantly leverage ; but seemingly never use any of it to degree to draw the ire or attention from the masses in doing so. They are certainly tucked away in their ivory tower for the most part. Although I expect with Euron closing in , dragons soon returning to the continent and the impending threat of the Others ; that those factors' converging will force the Hightowers down literally and figuratively from their tower to get involved to a degree the Ht's have not in generations or even millennia. Look forward to see what comes from this near unprecedented level of involvement from House Hightower.

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

exactly, and it really feels like GRRM has built up the Hightowers a lot in the supplementary material of late, does it not?

@alexb3604

4 жыл бұрын

@@DavidLightbringer absolutely , the companion books and those asides in the main series we are getting a host of influential Hightowers holding a variety of high level positions in the distant past up to the present and all throughout in-between. And there is a history of the Ht's mitigating threats like the Andal invasion , the Conquest & subsequent Targ monarchy , disease outbreaks , invading Ironborn forces among other threats. Getting more and more examples of them in positions of power and influence so often spanning so many eras past and present and mitigating threats could be giving us glimpses & hints of their potential role(s) in the remaining books in the series.

"Everyone is sleeping on Lord Leyton" BRUH the Hightower have kept to themselves for too long, I for one look forward to see what's up with them! They've been hyped, now we need to _see_ how up to their reputation they are.

My bet is that Leyton will try to fight Euron with magic and he'll probably die in a couple of seconds because he didn't actually learn shit about magic.

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

his last line: "oh"

@pawemarsza9515

4 жыл бұрын

Well, that would be terribly boring. Euron comes, wins everything, Deanerys burns him. I bet he will defeat overconfident Redwyne~Tyrell fleet, and then he'll get his ass kicked by the Hightowers, due to overconfidence he will get after won battle. People look at Euron and see that almighty god-like being he wants to be, but reality is much different. He doesn't even project absolute power over Ironborn, far less winds and see and fire and stuff. If you recall properly, Euron plan was to GO TO ESSOS, to reach Deanerys and her dragons, but his men OPPOSED HIM and he was forced to send Victarion. He isn't as powerful as he wants others to think he is

@thanghoang3198

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that on land the Ironborns are a joke

Could Malora be to Euron what Tyanna was to Maegor? And speaking of Maester Luwin/inter-maester conflict, it seems very odd that he taught the Citadel's narrative on magic, yet he made a concerted effort (while mortally wounded) to die in front of the weirwood. Almost as though he sacrificed himself to the old gods. Assuming Luwin's blood was absorbed by the tree, I'd be curious what if anything Bran could learn from it.

@anne-kathrinhohlig1466

4 жыл бұрын

bran isnt that powerfull wonder child from fantasy. and bran is very dark grey.

@ashleyofnaath

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what you mean by that but I was simply referring to his new ability to enter weirwoods. If Luwin's lifeblood was absorbed by the tree, presumably Bran could access it as he hones his craft.

@anne-kathrinhohlig1466

4 жыл бұрын

@@ashleyofnaath which knowledge? how the grey rats had orchestrated the summerhall incident? how to kill dragons and stop to hatch new ones?

@tylernelson4901

4 жыл бұрын

Targaryen Loyalist are you method-acting in a KZread comment thread rn?

@MysticaFaery

4 жыл бұрын

Malora x Euron is canon on the Rhaegar Show. So 100% agree🥳 Tbh she and her role is very mysterious. Who knows.

I want a full blown, fantasy magic battle between Leyton Hightower and Euron, where they're throwing force field balls one after the other, till one of them dies.

Fun conspiracy theory Moat Catlin is an old underwater castle of a Squishier king lost to history. But after the breaking of the arm of dorne the waters receded out of the area turning the sea into a swamp then it was found by the first men and used as a castle lol

@sabrinakrisb4672

4 жыл бұрын

I love this

@abhiprakash74999

4 жыл бұрын

Well it would have to be a castle in very shallow waters then. Less than a 100 ft deep. Probably even lesser. Nah. Idk , I think it was originally built by Pre-valyrians on then solid land to access trade in the narrow and shivering seas. At that time the moat was a costal city and had a thriving Harbor . But after dornebreaker , sea levels fell and the land became marshy and the coastline expanded to move east leaving behind marshes which spread to the western parts as well and the moat was abandoned and much of it fell back into nature , except for the stone towers of course , before being briefly occupied by the Squishers which came up the Fever or via the marshes and lent it it's oilyness and then being abandoned or beaten off by either the CotF or FM and finally being turned into a fortress by the first men.

Perhaps Lord Hightower himself has some sickness, perhaps even Greyscale! He is there since 10 years... must be around the same time little Shireen (Born in 289 AC) got Greyscale too

Unpopular opinion: Euron won't set foot in old town at all. He's luring the armies of the Reach back to the west, sailing around dorne, and attacking the East coast while the reachmen are wringing their hands and waiting for more iron men to attack their coasts.

keep those going it keeps us en esprit during the quarantaine wallah

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

you know we started the series before we knew COVID19 would be a thing, but we are definitely happy to help in these dark times!

@nicolaspietrangelo5573

4 жыл бұрын

@@DavidLightbringer keep spreading the word of our savior GRRM!!!

I love this series and I look forward to these videos everyday! I can't wait for the Jaime, Brienne, and Stoneheart plotline. Also, the Sansa, Littlefinger, and Harry the heir plotline. I hope these will be getting videos?

Love the idea of a wizard in his tower going over old books for days on end very cool.

There's too much foreshadowing for there not to be a literal kraken involved, what I would like would be for Euron to summon one to attack their defense but Lord Hightower manage to use it against him. Obviously not to Eurons demise, he'll just wash back up ashore, you know, exactly where he wants to be.

This has to be one of the biggest WILD CARD plot lines for tWOW, so excited!

I really hope George put as much thought into the lore as you guys do lol

Sphinxes- maybe a forgotten symbol of all the animals a skin changer can "warg" ??

So...the sphinxes in Damphair's shade of the evening vision could represent the Maesters/The Citadel?

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

that was my guess, yeah, but what do you think? I'm not certain by any means, but it's my best guess

@heliopolitan444

4 жыл бұрын

@@DavidLightbringer I'm just so anxious to read the last 2 books.

@anne-kathrinhohlig1466

4 жыл бұрын

it could be jamie and cersei. they are sphinxes. the mother a lioness and the father a dragon.

So, completely unrelated to everything in this video: I think one day there will be a comic con type thing but it'll be called Jon Con and it'll be for sci-fi and fantasy writers. I dunno. Just something I thought of that I had to share.

@applewagon253

4 жыл бұрын

Ya I love calling him "JonCon" now

Have we considered, that maybe Lord Hightower and Euron might be playing for the same Magical team?

@PedroLucas-mg5je

2 жыл бұрын

Okay, this would be a nice twist!

Your guys’ collaborations has been a real treat to this community. Thanks for the videos and the awesome discussions and theories. Loving it. Definitely helps make the wait for TWOW easier.

I love this series so much! The way you both think so deeply about the text and have so much genuine love for sharing your ideas together - awesome! ⭐️

Isn't it interessting, that the Citadel send a Maester that studied the Arkane Arts to Winterfell, with the Starks being one of the most mythical houses? Who then tries to keep Bran down to the ground instead of helping him fly? And Maester Luwin wants to surpress Brans dreams with sweetsleep, even though he should know that warging is a thing, since he has that Valyrian Steel Chain. May be the Hightowers and the Citadel just tell everyone that magic is gone to keep the monopol on it... Like they keep the Glasscandles low key intentionally, so they can abuse it without anyone noticing... And yes, Sallera/Alleras and Marwin clearly abuse the Glasscandles...

I'm loving these latest videos ! I've forgotten so many of the plots,this has reminded me about them

Have really enjoyed these videos. Can see the hard work put into them, thank you and keep it up!

Mankind being invited to study the hive mind culture species is a common sci-fi story that I wouldn’t be shocked to see George fit into this series. You have Avatar where the scientist who go to Pandora to study the Na’vi and their connection to their after life hive mind, Eywa, in order to understand it is replicated here. And there are humans who have opted in to downloading themselves into this hive mind. George does fantasy so well but he’s a sci-fi man at heart.

I absolutely love your videos dude. I got hooked with the bloodstone compendium and you keep pushing out great content. Gotta make my way over and donate

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

thanks Anthony! I have fun making them :)

Swisher tacos!!🌮🌮🌮 I love the idea of Euron winding up in a corner making nonsensical noises bc he has lost his mind from what he has seen.

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

knew you'd love the last section heh heh

@krakentacos

4 жыл бұрын

Great work from you and Quinn🌮🌮🌮

I really want to see Euron summon a kraken. GRRM has this nice little theme going of people’s sigils reappearing after years of absence....👀

Glad you guys covered this; taking on the whole mystical and mythologised parts of the series again reminds me of the podcasts you did years ago lol. Thanks kings!

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

yeah we used to do some pretty trippy ass deep lore explorations huh

@sabrinakrisb4672

4 жыл бұрын

Those old podcasts of the two of them discussing clues and signs are my absolute favorite asoiaf vids ever

@mat992

4 жыл бұрын

Sio Goat The “animals as leaders days☄️🎶” were wonderful if thats kind of the era you’re referring to. It’s what intrigued me so much to start but all the new stuff is great too. I still continue to really enjoy the passion and depth of asoiaf analysis from LmL. Quinn too!

The Tower has strong meaning in Tarot. I'm willing to bet that Euron smashing the Hightower will mark the beginning of the Long Night.

@DavidLightbringer

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I did a ton of stuff about George’s use of the tower tarot card in King Bran 3: The God on Earth. I think Euron’s experience at the top of the Hightower will mimic Brans tower experience in symbolic ways that are drawn from the Tower card :)

the only thing better then your individual ASOIAF videos are when you two get together. Keep these coming! I love it!

Branden the builder was a busy man

Should add Velaryon to your mysterious house list I think.

Just from reading AFFC casually I got the impression that Leyton was actually just a pretentious shut in “ruling his city from the clouds” as a way of removing himself from the outside world, not deigning to come back down to the muck, like the people in the Eyrie. The world always looks so peaceful from high up... though Euron might have something to say about that.

Great series guys!

Could the Hightower area be like Avalon? Or some other place of Arthurian legend? Uthor of the Hightower...Uther Pendragon.

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna get into all that stuff a lot more with my Great EMpire of the Dawn videos. P2 will be all Hightowers and Daynes!

1. Maybe Jaquen H'gaar is going to the Citadel to save some books because he already knew that Euron had been unleashed once he hired a Faceless Man to kill Baelon. I could see Sam playing a role in helping him. 2. Didn't the Squishers make their appearance in the Sisters when they rescued Davos Seaworth? All but confirmed IMHO.

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

gosh that's awfully hopeful.. I'd LOVE to root for the FM as book-savers, awesome

@sleekoduck

4 жыл бұрын

@@DavidLightbringer thanks! 😁

@vortixlupine7461

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't Jaqen H'ghar the alchemist at the prologue of AFFC and most probably posing as Pate by the time Sam reached the citadel?

this puts the intrigue back in my soul for asoiaf. ty ly

You guys got a real synergy going!

someone else said this too, these daily videos are spoiling me...i love it!🤗

you guys should do one of these with robert from in deep geek

@coyotegaxiola4281

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, my gods, yes, please! You three would be great together.

Random Squish Event is coming

One thing that I have always wondered about is the 3 King’s Guard from the Tower of Joy. I believe they are in hiding / exile and the Hightowers along with other help facilitate this.

I think what happened during the Long Night is that a group of Dragon Lords where sent to fight the White Walkers. That is why we have the "hero" show up in vastly distant lands at the same time. Further, it helps explain the height of the walls of both the Five Forts and the Wall. Having walls that high make no sense except for flying creatures. Another question that is never discussed is why was the Amethyst Empress before her brother as heir to the throne. Before her all of the heirs are male. It is not like the line could not have mentioned a female heir like the Dornish do. I have a feeling that the story of the Bloodstone Emperor is a case of the winner writing the story.

These daily videos are spoiling me.

I honestly think the sword dawn is actually a white glass candle that was used in the Hightower. Reasoning being is at night a lighthouse with an incandescent light would look awfully like a free floating star. And the Daynes are known to have raided house Hightower constantly before the conquest of Dorne.

@DavidLightbringer

2 жыл бұрын

I like it

Maybe it’s just me but I totally believe Alicent Hightower was the daughter of Saera Targaryen when she fled the Silent Sisters before disappearing to turn up in Lys. I think she “paid” for the passage by giving Lord Otto Hightower a child with Targaryen blood.

@wm2956

Жыл бұрын

I know I’m replying 2 years later but I like this theory (kinda hope it’s true)

Idk how I missed this one. But this is very interesting. Now I’m going to go on a tangent with the Hightowers.

I’ve always been really interested in the boltons too, they seem very mysterious to me as well.

Does anyone else ever think that George has too many plot threads to wrap up in 2 novels? I suspect a 3rd would be required.

@210SAi

4 жыл бұрын

It’s not necessarily the number of books required but the quantity of story left to tell. A Dance of Dragons and a Feast for Crows we’re actually supposed to be one book but it became to much so GRRM and his editors decided to split it up. At this point I’m hoping we at least get WoW but I highly doubt he completes the whole story.

The Old Man of Hightown is maybe 10% Wizard, 90% Howard Hughes. I bet he got a spruce goose.

Not only were they kings when first appearing in history, but their name is the same as the only thing they were known for. It's as though they had no past before they built that tower. It's like if I showed up in town, opened a pizza spot and was like "Hi, I'm Bobby Pizzeria". You would immediately feel like all you knew for sure is that I made up my name.

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

I like this logic

@dfailsthemost

4 жыл бұрын

@@DavidLightbringer It would be one thing if families were more commonly named after professions and landmarks, but even old families don't seem to have followed this naming convention.

@dfailsthemost

4 жыл бұрын

@@DavidLightbringer I think they were expatriates from the Empire of the Dawn. Or maybe the small folk under those Expatriates who revolted.

Everything you are saying makes total sense. An epic magic battle..I am not completely sold on because magic has always been more subtle but I definately agree that for Euron Oldtown would be the most logical place to take. I also was surprised that you did not mention Qyburn at all in your video. As an ex measter he is clearly putting his learnings from the Citidel to work in KL. The key to defeating Robert Strong will likely be there if anywhere, and anyone going up against Cersei will need to deal with the Mountain. It would not surprise me if Cersei makes a deal with the devil (Euron) and Euron defeats Robert Strong with something he learned in Old Town. Also, I wonder if there is a misdirect at the TOJ. Everyone is so focused on Arthur Dayne but I wonder if Gerold Hightower's presence there is significant other than being a Kingsguard?

great video!!!

This series is endlessly rewatchable. I'm still waiting on the Dany video though ;)

Here's some super insane, top tier Valyrian tinfoil: if Leyton Hightower is like Saruman, I could see Euron being like Sauron. He's a bit more on the chaos side than the Dark Lord, but Sauron was totally into at least portraying himself and his master Morgoth as gods, just like Euron wants to become. Sauron was a powerful magic user, like Euron is at least trying to be. Sauron also was extremely charismatic, capable of taking the most beautiful of forms before the destruction of Numenor, just like Euron has maxed out charisma. What if, when Euron comes to Oldtown he's juiced up on the blood magic ritual we all know he's going to try and Leyton, a known magic enthusiast, is super impressed by/terrified of Euron. There could be a pseudo-alliance between the Hightowers and Euron like Saruman had with Sauron in a desperate attemtp to not be trodden underfoot.

Great video

House Hightower has always intrigued me. I think they’ll play a big part in TWOW. Btw I hope Garlan Tyrell personally kicks Euron Greyjoy’s ass and Leyton Hightower brings back the dead to defeat the ironborn. Just my two cents 🤷🏻‍♂️

@bigstar5931

4 жыл бұрын

Garlan Tyrell i too would like to see some Garlan content, especially him layingn the hurt to people but I'd imagine Euron is probably too wise to take him on head to head. Unless he does some sort of weird apotheosis buff and gets emboldended

@garlantyrell8030

4 жыл бұрын

Big Star true that man. Euron is crazy as hell

@thanghoang3198

4 жыл бұрын

Garland will most likely take him on land and in such case he will win. Ironborns cannot win pitched battles on land, especially when they have no cavalry, and probably no pikes (which are not common weapon for pirates).

What's west of Westeros? The Kingdom of the Merling King.

The Sistertons have a genetic trait of webbed hands. Dick Crabbe is from around there. He's the one that introduced us to the squishers myth. Maybe there's something to it.

Now I don't trust Marwin, if the Masters killed the Dragons then I want him as far from my Dragon Queen as possible unless he's there 2 teach her how 2 control her children.

@210SAi

4 жыл бұрын

Marwin is written as a rouge Maester. One of the few remaining Maesters who believed and delves in Magic

Yo I LOVE the squishers. Probably one of my favorite random tid bits in the books.

You guys are the best

The music at the beginning reminds me of "Echoes" from Pink Floyd.

@jada9401

4 жыл бұрын

Acid Trip I’m glad somebody hear knows good music❤️❤️

Its hilarious to think of Jon Con giving everyone a hand shake, Key and Peele : Obama skit style

@DavidLightbringer

Жыл бұрын

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Interesting idea about the Hightowers trying to marry into the Targs to bring an end to the dragons...Alicent and her father were key in fomenting the Dance, which we know trimmed the Targaryen family tree quite a bit as well as killing off most of the living dragons at that point in time. Interesting...we'll see what I turn up when I get to the Hightowers in my video series!

I think the Hightowers low-key control most stuff. They have maesters penetrating every lordly house in Westeros. They are masters in magic, yet most maesters will turn a nose up to it upon mention. I love the mysteriousness GRRM has left wide open.

That Primus banner though... I'd totally rally to House Primus

I love LML's theory about Melora Hightower being the sorceress that teams up with Euron. I also wonder if she hasn't already seen what's coming, and I think there's a chance she could turn on her father---not unlike the mythological Medea, whose name sounds a bit like Melora's nickname, the Mad Maid.

im watching this for the second time and im thinking, towers in myth represent the summer solstice, so by taking the tower euron is setting in motion the events that lead to winter. when combined with the possible grey scale epidemic we could see a future where westeros is metaphorically plunged into autumn with disease wide spread only to be met by a physical incarnation of absolute death without the strength to resist it by force. additionally malora hightower could be euron's last victim like Danae and Ethniu she's a virgin in a tower and within the story we have lyanna who dies in childbirth atop a tower. effectively we could be seeing the turning point where euron preforms magic so inhumane that it transforms him permanently. of course the easiest way to find out if this is the truth is to analyze the tower of joy. the tower of joy being a metaphor for the mithraic summer sacrifice or "tauroctony" had several characters associated with tauroctony a bull, a serpent(dayne), a dog (direwolf), a raven(bat of whent). this, if true, would imply modern analogs in the high tower. We have sam tarly(tarv being irish for bull), Sarella as the serpent, now all we need is a dog and a raven.

Not sure if it's been discussed, but are there differences between what is spoken about with the selkies and merlings on the West coast of Westeros vs. the ones off the Eastern shore (The Sisters area/stories in Brienne's chapters)? All the same or possible differences in motivations/breeding with humans?

I think moat cailin was originally built by Pre-valyrians on then solid land to access trade in the narrow and shivering seas. At that time the moat was a costal city and had a thriving Harbor . But after dornebreaker , sea levels fell and the land became marshy and the coastline expanded to move east leaving behind marshes which spread to the western parts as well and the moat was abandoned and much of it fell back into nature , except for the stone towers of course , before being briefly occupied by the Squishers which came up the Fever or via the marshes and lent it it's oilyness and then being abandoned or beaten off by either the CotF or FM and finally being turned into a fortress by the first men. This would explain the confusion as to the identification of the rock, whether it's basalt or fused or oily dagonstone. It's actually a hybrid of two or all of those and hence doesn't file into any one slot cleanly

Hey... Really nice video... It would be really helpful if you add the name of the Chapter and the Book at the end of the paragraph that you read out... Thank you so much ☺️🙏

Would be cool if we get some update on the state of Lynesse Hightower in the next book

Euron himself will transform into a massive sea beast!

In tarot tradionally the falling/blasting of a tower typically symbolizes a violent, sudden, and final end to some kind of reliance on old structure. Theres no way that this *isn't* a clue George wants us to pick up on!! I'm putting $20 on Euron will cause the Hightower to destruct somehow!! Will house Hightower survive?

The thing is, Moqorro knows what the Dragonbinder horn is about and that Victarion is being puppeteered by Euron etc, and he's still leading him to Dany and Meereen. If we are to believe that he's doing as the high priest asked and is helping Dany, then why would he let Euron get control of one of Dany's dragons? Just to add Victarion's help to the Meereen forces for the battle ahead? Seems like a steep price given it's bound to be a victory for Meereen anyway.

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

it's just so hard to say because we don't know what the horn does, if Moqorro is working with anyone, what Euron's intentions are in springing the trap against Vic, etc etc. We will just have to see

@pawemarsza9515

4 жыл бұрын

That horn should be called peoplebinder, not dragonbinder. Only thing it achieved is that it allowed Euron to win kingsmoot and mess with minds of all Ironborn, Victarion and Aeron included. Some time after that event, at the Shields, when Euron repeated his plan from kingsmoot to go Essos and get some dragons, Ironborn were much less cooperative and openly opposed it. So its much more possible that horn will bound slave armies than dragons

The time after Quinn 'Jokestealer' stole LmL's joke was known as The Great Rift.

That quote when he closed the ports, saved the city, and the was dragged and beaten from is horse as a thank you is pretty fitting for today. Do the masses really have no idea what's best themselves? Story & reality.

Leyton Hightower = FuSoYa for sure. Even if he does die at Euron's hand, I figure he has to have some sort of trick up his sleeve to try and mitigate the inevitable damage coming to Oldtown by way of the Battle of Blood and it's aftermath. But maybe that is just the optimist in me 🤷‍♂️

@DavidLightbringer

4 жыл бұрын

this is my guess - he'll lose to Euron, but put up a better fight than anyone thinks with some tricks up his sleeve Also I love that this dude has never even been seen on page and we are pitting him in a wizard battle, lol

@bigstar5931

4 жыл бұрын

Lucifer means Lightbringer the heart wants what it wants 😎

@thanghoang3198

4 жыл бұрын

Is the Hightower on the water? Because Euron can sail directly to the tower without fighting on the streets if that is the case. The Ironborns are definitely not going to win the street battle against 10000 well-prepared armoured soldiers and knights.

What happened to the stoneheart video? I saw the alert clicked on the video to watch and it said its private. Pretty excited about it, I'm a big fan of this series.

Think we'll ever get the oily black stone answer? Know George doesn't like unraveling mysteries rightly so but just this one little gift to the fandom please

Has anyone considered the oily stone might just be lead? The pliable, oily stone that corrupts all the life around it?