History of Westeros

Fire & Blood Coverage: VOTE!

We're going to start off our coverage with a Q&A Livestream and overview. Date is TBA but less than 2 weeks away. I want to finish reading it a 2nd time, really absorb it and consider it before saying too much! Ash already has a ton of notes.

After that, it's up to you how we proceed! We *really* loved the book and would be happy discussing a number of different topics.  We'll probably end up doing all of these in the long run, it's just a matter of where to focus first.

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Artwork for Nymeria Part 2

All the art & maps!

Nymeria: Part 2 - Ten Thousand Ships (video)

GRRM's version of the Odyssey is here! We've got Brindled Men, wyverns, killer diseases, ancient cities, corsairs, dark gods. Plus characters like Daenerys, Missandei and her brothers, Victarion, Barristan Selmy and his new knights.

Nymeria: Part 2 - Ten Thousand Ships

GRRM's version of the Odyssey is here! We've got Brindled Men, wyverns, killer diseases, ancient cities, corsairs, dark gods. Plus characters like Daenerys, Missandei and her brothers, Victarion, Barristan Selmy and his new knights.

Images for the Giving Stream

All the art, con photos and giveaway photos!

The Giving Stream

Edited audio from the Livestream on 10/20/18. Featuring Sean, Ashaya and Aziz. We discuss the Fire & Blood excerpt, the news about Dark Sister from GRRM, our adventures at WorldCon, DragonCon, news about future episodes and collaborations. We also gave away a signed copy of AGOT and a Fire & Suds bathbomb! So much to cover in one episode!

Video link was mailed to all patrons, and is easily found on YouTube if you missed that.

Nymeria Part 1 Artwork & Maps

All the visuals from the episode in one place for those who don't watch the videos nor use acast's podcast player.

Thanks to Michael Klarfeld, hubsher, hong-ara & eliyadoodles.

The episode is available as of this posting for $7+ patrons, and will be up 9/24 for $5+ patrons, then 9/27 for $2+ patrons. Public release is 9/29

Nymeria: Part 1 - Mother Rhoyne

An episode filled with foreshadowing for ASOIAF via the Rise and Fall of the Rhoynar. 

Includes talks on Greyscale, Darkstar, Water Wizards, the Water Gardens of Dorne, Volantis, dragons and much more. Special thanks to Michal Schick of Vassals of Kingsgrave podcast and Hypable magazine for the voices. 

Nymeria: Part 1 - Mother Rhoyne

An episode filled with foreshadowing for ASOIAF via the Rise and Fall of the Rhoynar. 

Includes talks on Greyscale, Darkstar, Water Wizards, the Water Gardens of Dorne, Volantis, dragons and much more. Special thanks to Michal Schick of Vassals of Kingsgrave podcast and Hypable magazine for the voices. 

Checking in!

Patreon informed me that they've switched email clients and that there may be a few hiccups, and we experienced a minor one here. At least one new patron signed up and we did not receive the usual email notification.

So if you never received any kind of "Hello and thanks" type message from us within a couple days of joining, please email us or just respond to this post and we'll get that taken care of.

We were unable to record the first Nymeria episode yesterday but it will be reco...

Game Stream Returns!

Tomorrow, Iron King Homer Hoare continues to writ his name large in the fake fake history books. The next livestream of his adventures, (or his heir(s) if he goes to meet the Drowned God in his Watery Halls) is coming very soon, about 12 hours from this post: 4 PM EST / PM GMT 

Art & Maps for Bloodraven 2

Everything we reference in the episode can be found here!

Thanks to:

Michael Klarfeld and his superb maps (klaradox.de)

eliyadoodles (eliyadoodles.tumblr.com)

hubsher (hubsher.tumlbr.com)

naomimakesart (naomimakesart.tumblr.com)

Vanessa Cole (@vkcoleartist)

Blackfyre Rebellions: Part 8 - Bloodraven 2 (video)

This one covers Bloodraven's time as Hand up to the point where he takes the Black. A full accounting of the reigns of Aerys I and Maekar, plus Aerion Brightflame, Daeron the Drunkard, Egg, Maester Aemon, Blackfyres and so much more including the discovery of the Prince That Was Promised prophecy.

Blackfyre Rebellions: Part 8 - Bloodraven 2

This one covers Bloodraven's time as Hand up to the point where he takes the Black!

A full accounting of the reigns of Aerys I & Maekar, plus Aerion Brightflame, Daeron the Drunkard, Egg, Maester Aemon, Blackfyres and so much more... including the discovery of the Prince That Was Promised prophecy!

Update Post, July 2018!

- Bloodraven Part 2 is up next. I still have panels from CoT2018 we can edit and post, but I'd rather get this up first!

- The fundraiser for Lord Marc Joseph's sons college fund went well. Between our stream and the co-stream of Because Val/Smokescreen, around $1100 was added.

- We are considering starting a HoW Book Club where we read from 2 categories: 1) GRRM's other works (Dying of the Light, Dreamsongs, Nightflyers etc) 2) GRRM's cited influences (Lovecraft, Robert E Howard, Tad W...

Charity/Benefit Q&A Livestream

Next livestream is this Saturday, July 7th, 2 PM EST / 6 GMT. It'll only be 1 hour but Because Geek & Smokescreen will be doing an hour after us.

Both their livestream and ours will be to benefit Tommy and Carter Mazzariello's college fund. They are both young boys, so every little bit counts as it will have a long time to collect interest. 

If you missed it, Lord Marc Joseph, the Snow in Winterfell, Rider of Mazzlizacartho passed at the age of 38 about 9-10 days ago. To date, h...

Live Podcast: Con of Thrones 2018

Recorded at the very end of the Con weekend, on the main stage just before the closing ceremonies. Ash, Sean and Aziz discussed the weekend and heard testimonials from audience members!

Why We Love: The Age of Heroes

Audio from the livestream on June 14th 2018. Aziz and Ashaya were joined by LML and JoeMagician for a chat about HBO's newly announced Age of Heroes-era spinoff pilot.

Featuring a special appearance by Sean of House Beard, whose nameday it was!

Sword & Sorcery: The Worlds of Robert E. Howard & George RR Martin

Aziz and bookshelfstud hosted a panel at Con of Thrones 2018 where they discussed the life of Robert E Howard, inventor of the Swords and Sorcery genre (and Conan the Barbarian!) and his influence on GRRM. Find bookshelfstud at the Maester Monthly podcast (maestermonthly.wordpess.com) or Fantastic Transmissions (bookshelfstudstudios.podbean.com)

WWL: The Age of Heroes

Livestream announcement! This one is coming Thursday, 5 PM EST / 9 PM GMT

The just-announced HBO pilot set during the Age of Heroes gives us a  great reason to talk about that epic era and how it might look on TV.  Join Aziz, Ash, LuciferMeansLightbringer, and JoeMagician and chat about  this exciting news!

Feel free to post Age of Heroes questions in the comments section here.

PS, "House Manderly: Part 2 - Winter is Coming... to White Harbor" just went up fo...

House Manderly: Part 2 - Winter is Coming... To White Harbor (video)

An episode built to last through a long winter. This one starts with recent Manderly history and ends with thoughts on starvation, human sacrifice, cannibalism, fear and prophecy. 

House Manderly: Part 2 - Winter is Coming... To White Harbor

An episode built to last through a long winter. This one starts with recent Manderly history and ends with thoughts on starvation, human sacrifice, cannibalism, fear and prophecy. 

Interview with Miltos Yerolemou (Syrio Forel), CoT 2018

While we record Manderly Part 2 (today), here's another tidbit from the Con. This time, a video...

We interviewed Syrio live on the mainstage, and he kissed all 3 of us... so I guess we did a good job!

Thanks to ChristineDoesCons for capturing this video.

The Five Year Gap (Con Panel Audio)

A great panel from Con of Thrones 2018, featuring Ashaya, Joe Magician, Bookshelfstud & Joanna Lannister. 

Why scrapping the gap was a great idea, why GRRM planned it in the first place, and how many of the characters might have turned out if he hadn't.

Targaryen Politics in Post-Dragon Westeros (Con Panel Audio)

Aziz, Jim McGeehin, Samantha Wallace and Steve Love discuss the paradigm shift in Westeros that occurred as the dragons died out. The Targaryens lost their great source of power, which necessitated many changes. Recorded live at Con of Thrones 2018.

Flash Poll - Which Con Audio to Release First?

And by first, I mean as soon as 3-4 hours from this post. The audio quality is very good, so I'll only need about an hour to get one up. All the listed ones will be released eventually.

Con of Thrones Schedule for HoW

For those of you going, here's the schedule for each of us. Quite a few panels to choose from! Come say hi if you see us!

Aziz:

FRIDAY

11 AM - Targaryen Politics in Post-Dragon Westeros 

1 PM - The Sounds of Westeros 

2 PM - The Daynes of Starfall 

3 PM - Podcast Meet and Greet

6 PM - Quiz of Thrones (after my team won last year, I was recruited to help run it instead)

SATURDAY

11 AM - Spotlight: Miltos Yerolemou 2018-05-22 23:02:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Audio Quotes Poll

We've approached recording quotes in a number of different ways, and would love to have feedback on which methods/styles/guest voices. Please respond to the poll and add your thoughts. Be blunt if you wish, I want to improve the show, and taking criticism is part of that journey. If you are uncomfortable being critical in public, feel free to send a private message.

You can check multiple boxes. Also, feel free to suggest other poll options for me to add.

Happy Moments in ASOIAF/GoT Panel - Ice & Fire Con 2018

unedited Video recording from Ice and Fire Con. This one has Aziz, Sean and Lady Gwyn from Radio Westeros!

The main thrust of this discussion is to pick out when each of the main characters are at their happiest during their book/show arcs. Preferably moments that were in both books/show.

Also we define what happiness means, and how it's in the eye of the beholder. What makes Ned happy is a lot different than what makes Joffrey happy, for example.

PS - we're just returning ...

House Manderly: Part 1 - Blood of the Merling (video)

 ...a thousand years ago... We explore the double backstory of House Manderly, the ancient realm in the south where they came to be, and the ancient realm in the north where they reside and prosper now.