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Valar Rereadis: The Sworn Sword - Part 1

The Sworn Sword begins! It's like an extension of AFFC, or an ancestor.

Covering the realm since the end of the Hedge Knight, crow cage comparisons and classifications, Bloodraven's (mis?)rule, property rights, the two-way street of lord/sworn sword, the education of an Egg, and much more.

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Valar Rereadis: The Sworn Sword - Part 1 (livestream)

At the usual time of 3 Eastern on Sunday: The Sworn Sword aka Hot Boy Summer

We'll start as usual with some meta about the story and publication then proceed to the drought, history and analysis of "the Day they Hanged Black Robin", a few bits on Dagon Greyjoy and the Great Spring Sickness, Dunk's memories of Bloodraven and of their time in Dorne, and whatever else comes up!

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Valar Rereadis: The Hedge Knight - Part 4

The final installment! Covering the trial (i.e the fight), Maegor's trial of 7 over 150 years prior, the funeral, Daeron's dreaming, some research on real lances and the funniest moments of the story. 

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Valar Rereadis: The Hedge Knight - Part 4 (livestream)

At the usual time of 3 Eastern with Dancing Sean.

We'll talk about Daeron the Dreamer, the Trial of Seven itself (which is rich in parallels to certain other fights we've seen), the funeral and aftermath, and quite a bit more. Good chance we'll wrap this one up!

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Valar Rereadis: The Hedge Knight - Part 3

This one strikes a rich vein of Dunk/Brienne goodness with some sigil discussion, asks "why do horses hate rainbows?", gives a history of the Fossoways, drops a few puns, and quite a bit more.

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Valar Rereadis: The Hedge Knight - Part 3 (livestream)

At the usual time of 3 Eastern w/Sean (and some strange beverage):

This episode will cover sigils, shields and their stories (Dunk, Brienne, Dondarrion), Aziz's favorite moment in the story, a peacemaker born from a marriage made to make peace, straight native fruits (we've already covered the queer foreign fruits), the challengers, the action and the "accident" and plenty more. Of course (of course), there will be more real- and in-world historical references and parallels. 

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Valar Rereadis: The Hedge Knight - Part 2

Sean, Ash & Aziz chat wildfire, queer foreign fruits, the waning (but not ending) of magic, dragons and dragonflies and dinosaurs, tournament formats, Ivanhoe, the real Ashford Castle, ASOIAF's horse friends, several theories, and of course, more of the story!

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Valar Rereadis: The Hedge Knight - Part 2 (livestream)

At the usual time of 3 Eastern on Sunday with Dancing Sean. The journey and the story continue.

Questions or comments? Post them below or send us a message!

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Valar Rereadis: The Hedge Knight

We begin with a discussion of the current setting in Westeros, the life of an orphan from Flea Bottom, the difference between a hedge knight and a sellsword, how funerals and death bookend this story and the entire Dunk & Egg cycle, plus quite a bit more.

Featuring the return of Sean of House Beard!

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Valar Rereadis: The Hedge Knight (livestream)

At the usual time of 3 Eastern on Sunday:

We begin our journey through the Dunk & Egg novellas with Sean of House Beard. To start, we will spend about 2 hours and cover as much as we can. Rinse and repeat each Sunday until we complete the first novella, and then start that process again for The Sworn Sword.

Thus, we shall called this Part 1 of ?

Beyond covering the story itself, there's a lot for us to delve into with regards to what W...

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The Lost Valyrian Steel (w/Toemas Pappas)

We were joined by guest Tommy Pappas of the TKOK Podcast network to discuss the whereabouts of: Blackfyre, Dark Sister, Brightroar, the crown of Aegon the Conqueror and quite a few others. We'll also discuss how and why they might return to the fold... and the pages of ASOIAF.

As Euron and Melisandre are wont to tell us, power itself flows from the trappings of power, and there's really nothing like carrying Valyrian steel at your hip (or on your head). Just ask Tywin Lannister, it too...

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The Lost Valyrian Steel (livestream)

At the usual time of 3 Eastern on Sunday, we are joined by guest Tommy Pappas of the TKOK Podcast network to discuss there whereabouts of: Blackfyre, Dark Sister, Brightroar, the crown of Aegon the Conqueror and quite a few others. We'll also discuss how and why they might return to the fold... and the pages of ASOIAF.

As Euron and Melisandre are wont to tell us, power itself flows from the trappings of power, and there's really nothing like carrying Valyrian steel at your hip (or on ...

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June Update Post!

- Valar Rereadis Chapter Episodes are complete! We have more Valar Re-reading in our future to be sure, but this concludes the ASOIAF portion for now. Thank you to everyone who followed/is following along. We learned so many new things, had a ton of laughs while renewing and strengthening our love for this series and the fandom that surrounds and uplifts it.

- Don't forget that here on Patreon, we have the character-by-character read through versions of Valar Rereadis. You can listen t...

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Valar Rereadis: The Winds of Winter Review

Nina Friel (goodqueenaly.tumblr.com) joins us to discuss what we've seen as a whole in TWOW so far, the Riverlands/Westerlands Prologue, the Asha Fragment, the Stark Succession and a variety of other questions!

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Valar Rereadis: The Winds of Winter Review (livestream)

At the usual time of 3 PM Eastern on Sunday, with Nina Friel joining us!

The main topics for this episode are what we know of the Riverlands/Westerlands Prologue and the so-called Asha Fragment.

But also, we will be taking a look at patterns and themes present across the chapters so far, with extra consideration given towards how what we've seen impacts the characters who have yet to see a POV from. We'll look farther into the Stark Line...

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Valar Rereadis: TWOW - Theon I (w/Jason Concepcion)

Theon I - The Tower of Ploy aka the One where Theon Hangs with Stannis

Jason: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/takeline/

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Valar Rereadis: TWOW - The Forsaken (w/InDeepGeek)

The Forsaken (Aeron I) - The E.U.R.O.N System aka The God of It Can Always Get Worse  

InDeepGeek YouTube: https://bit.ly/3c1FU4t
The Well Told Tale YouTube: https://bit.ly/3c1LCmy

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Valar Rereadis: TWOW - The Forsaken (livestream w/InDeepGeek)

At the usual time of 3 Eastern on Sunday:

The Forsaken (Aeron I) - The E.U.R.O.N System aka The God of It Can Always Get Worse

with Robert aka InDeepGeek!

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Valar Rereadis: TWOW - Mercy (w/Learned Hands)

Mercy - The Bloody Hand Cometh aka Needle 2: Lommy’s Revenge

with Learned Hands Podcast!

Learned Hands Pod: https://www.buzzsprout.com/958693

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Valar Rereadis: TWOW - Mercy (livestream w/Learned Hands)

At the usual time of 3 Eastern on Sunday:

Mercy - The Bloody Hand Cometh aka Needle 2: Lommy’s Revenge

with Learned Hands Podcast!

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Valar Rereadis: TWOW - Arianne II (w/Manaro & Scad)

Arianne II - The Gang Goes to Griffin’s Roost aka All Along the Watchtowers, Princess Arianne and Crew  

with guest ManaroGeekTV and Scad of Davos Fingers!  

Davos Fingers pod: https://apple.co/2Qomy1N
ManaroGeekTV: https://bit.ly/3buHueN

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Valar Rereadis: TWOW - Arianne II (livestream w/Manaro & Scad)

At the usual time of 3 Eastern this Sunday:

Arianne II - The Gang Goes to Griffin’s Roost aka All Along the Watchtowers, Princess Arianne and Crew

with guests Scott of Davos Fingers (aka Scad) & ManaroGeekTV!

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The Winds of Winter Project - Mercy

Narrator: Lady Gwyn - Radio Westeros
Arya/Mercy: girlnettles
Waterman: Daniele Bolelli - History on Fire podcast
Daena: Loren Scipioni
Izembaro: Matteo Barbagallo
Brusco: Ken Krouner
Marro/The Stranger: Costantino Pompa
The Snapper: Val - Because Geek
Bobono: Michael Klarfeld
Raff the Sweetling: Joggi - Through the Moon Door
Old Guard: yolkboy - Radio Westeros
Sound Design: Alex Carmichael
Engineering: Ben Anderson aka the Bengineer
Producer: Ashaya

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Valar Rereadis: TWOW - Arianne I

Arianne I - O Brother, Where Art Thou? aka O Cousin, Who Art Thou?

with the Isle of Faces!

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Valar Rereadis: TWOW - Arianne I (livestream)

At the usual time of 3 Eastern:

Arianne I - O Brother, Where Art Thou? aka O Cousin, Who Art Thou?

w/guests the Isle of Faces pod! (Ser Buckley and Emily of the Eyrie)

PS yes indeed we did have a guest swap, we'll try to have Michal back some other time instead.

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POSTPONEMENT

Sorry for the last minute change, but Jason asked us to postpone tomorrow's livestream. Since we have 4 weeks of guests lined up already, we're moving Theon I with him to June 6th.

The rest of the schedule remains unchanged!

In other news, my hard drive has died this morning. It shouldn't effect the podcast as we have all our files and documents online. The only exception is the weekly game streams. We might be able to restore some data from the hard drive in general but I'm not ...

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Valar Rereadis: TWOW - Theon I (livestream w/Jason Concepcion)

At the usual time of 3 Eastern on Sunday:

Theon I - The Tower of Ploy aka the One where Theon Hangs with Stannis

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Virtual Ice & Fire Con 2021 (FREE)

IaFCon is online this year, and there is no cost to participate. We hope you can join us for some of the fun this year.  The link takes you to all of the events for the weekend.

Aziz is on:

Spinoff Shows Panel, Friday at 6 Eastern
"It's the Little People" (Minor Characters) Panel, Saturday at 5 Eastern
Westeros STONKS (trade and economy) Panel Sunday at 2 Eastern   

In particular I recommend ASOIAF/GoT Quiplash, run...

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Valar Rereadis: TWOW - Alayne I

The Tourney of Harrenhal Comes Again aka the Gang Makes the Eight

with guests Radio Westeros!

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Valar Rereadis: TWOW - Alayne I w/Radio Westeros (livestream)

At the usual time of 3 Eastern on Sunday:

Alayne I - The Tourney of Harrenhal Comes Again aka the Gang Makes the Eight

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