I know you questioned why they'd take Mistwood even though it's out of the way, but in both medieval and modern offensive tactics and siege warfare it makes perfect sense. If you march an army into an enemy country, you need to take care of any pockets of enemy forces that could hurt you later. The Mistwood soldiers could hit them from behind from the interior while the GC focus efforts toward Storm's End. If they take as much of the main peninsula and islands, as possible, they'd be better off.
+Egie Asemota Thank you, friend. And even today, a country has to take every small town held by enemy forces or else they could wreak havoc on supply lines, conduct guerilla operations, etc. If Mistwood is close to a swamp, look up Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox". He was a Revolutionary War commander who hid in the swamps and backwoods of Georgia and fucked the Brits over whenever he could. Imagine what a couple dozen/hundred desperate Stormlanders could do with their country against an enemy that's only ever fought in Essos. Brotherhood Without Banners, but even more ruthless at the least.
You are right on the money. Taking Mistwood should make all of the Cape Wrath Peninsula friendly territory to Aegon and the Golden Company. With all the other castles they'd taken, Mistwood is an example of finishing the job. Now the Cape Wrath Peninsula is secured and friendly territory. The GC can recruit and resupply there, and any GC stragglers can safely land there before rejoining the main army. Frankly, I would be surprised if Aegon, Jon Con, and the GC ignore Stone Helm and the Weeping Tower.
Francis Marion actually did most of his guerilla campaign in South Carolina. Georgia was essentially irrelevant in the Revolutionary War while Charleston was the most important port in America.
Preston I think you would march elephants through a swamp! I've seen it in a documentary where people used them to move trees around. They're very good for carrying stuff and people through shallow waters without getting too wet, which I could see being useful in warfare.
Elephants need a lot of forage, trashing the forest is gonna piss off far fewer people than them eating they way farmer's fields. Elephants are also useful for forestry. Maybe the company needs wood to repair the ships, or to build siege engines. Elephants are also quite the trump card, but they would be most useful if they were a surprise. Maybe the Rainwood is a good place to keep them hidden until they are needed.
not sure how much sense this makes but hasn't War always meant Wait for the Dornish? at least against dragons. the Dornish armies are trained in geurillia warfare and exploiting the harsh landscape. when did the armies of Dorne fight like andels?
fair point, I'll be honest in that I only have a cursory knowledge of the setting through the show and videos like this, but I thought it was an interesting idea anyway
as you say it seems that that was only against dragons, guerilla warfare is definitely still used by them in a 'conventional' supplementary manner but they def have always had levy armies
i think now we know why they fucked up Dorn. there is too much detail and off-screan conspiracies going on which cannot be included on 10 episodes an year TV show. dont you think
Not all of the elephants are missing though. It clearly states in the text of Jon Connington's last chapter that when Aegon arrives at Griffin's Roost, there are elephants at the back of the column of men he's travelling with, they are bringing up the rear of his escort, only a handful of them, but they are there.
Just one thing. The elephants in the rainwood, there are elephant breeds that live in forests. If the rainwood is a complete swamp, it is a bit weird, but if its more of a jungle, then elephants being in there isn't too strange.
There are no wild elephants in Westeros. Especially since the Stormland's have more rain and thunder storms than the rest of the 7 kingdoms combined. That is not a habitat for elephants.
joshua wood I read the chapter where they take Griffin's Roost last night and it says that when Aegon joins them he has 3 elephants with him. So the elephants are probably those ones.
I'd not considered Elia being used as a temptation for F/Aegon. Weird. *Oberyn* most likely gave Elia the nickname (certainly sounds like something he would do), and as a frustrated mother who probably didn't like Oberyn getting ideas into Elia's head, said "As a lady, not a lance" to Elia when she was leaving. Seems logical, quite like real life, and quite like real parents. P.S. Hahaha. "The Tolands tell Arianne that she was wise not to come by sea, before *sending her off* by sea." Great point.
I'm seriously sick of the shows "story." I haven't been one of those people pushing Martin to finish the book, but I'm seriously getting to that point. I know he's a perfectionist and it'll be done when it's done... but dude is getting old... he needs to finish this, then the cluster fuck that will be "Dream of Spring" and THEN he has at LEAST 3 more Dunk & Egg novellas. I'm sick of rereading the content that's already out, I need new ASOIAF material. Okay, I'm done being a whiney bitch. Thanks, Preston. Your continued analysis on the preview chapters helps pass the time. Much obliged.
Chalk or limestone is not typically mined, but quarried. Pulling huge blocks of stone up and out through tunnels isn't economic. Quarries are open cut affairs. But as always when Preston gets too specific, this detail is fairly irrelevant to the theory.
Your point at 4:00 is a good one, about the mines/bunkers, we know the Dornish were the last of the 7 kingdoms to submit to the Targaryens. By waging guerilla warfare, staging hit and run attacks, refusing to be pinned down to one spot and deliberately not joining large scale battles the Dornish ran the dragon lords in circles for years. The Dornish have not fought a war in years, the reason they stayed aloof from the War of the five kings is still a mystery, to me, once that the author never explains. As part of the Realm the Dornish owe fealty, and their military power, to the Crown, yet even Tywin never forces them to do it. The Dornish are simply forgotten even when the Lannisters are at their most desperate point in book 1 and 2.
After seing your Dornish Masterplan, what I belive is that Doran's plan is to put someone young yet powerful on the throne, creating a debt to be paid. In my mind, the solution to Dorn's water crisis is to recreate the home of the Rhoynar, leaving Dorne for the Yronwood and sand dornish. This would justify why we don't see opposition from the Yronwoods. What he wants now is not vengeance, but a 90% winning chance(which means dragons). He would even have allied to the Reach if that means he could create a debt scene, a fact we can say it was impossible from the very beggining(Renly and Myrcella). And I really can't grasp why Varys x Doran exists. They have some confluence of objectives.
@@made-line7627 they want a direct debt to be paid. In my conception, Doran's trip through west of Essos changed the way he sees the world and the dornish. Its extension is difficult to predict, but not impossible. And, well, the new place is second thought. I personally think he'd like to see the Rhoynar blosom once again, but the Stone King...
I am reading the accursed kings, and a lots of elements in asoiaf seems to be present as well. You should maybe read it (I think there is an english translation of them), it might be interresting for your channel and analysis as is the thousand world.
hey Preston, on the off chance you see this, I was just re reading a Jaime POV in AFFC and whilst Jaime and Illyn Payne are practising they practise in a stable as a "one-eyes mule looked on" could this be a hint that blood raven is watching Jaime?
What about nightsong anyway? We heard from ACOK that lord Caron was defeated in combat by some minor knight or lord and he recieved his castle and all his lands, but what about his men? The guy who killed their liege is now their lord, or he recieved some trops from Lanisters?
Googly Googly Rickon from the future? No, in fact it was Bran from the future who was trying to spare himself the dark and grim fate of being a slave of the CotF. And he tried to make a time paradox screwing Children's plan of eradicating the human race.
So if parallels are being made between Elia Sand and Lyanna, does that mean 'Aegon' is going to fall in 'love' with her, try to marry her, and fuck everything up?
@@lxfj2128 wait for the other part of the golden company army, that were scattered by the storm. Wait in storm ends and gathering together. Young griff will end up just like the pretenders like that young kid and gaemon palehair in the dance of dragons. Waiting for her it be a mistake. Hope we get answers that what was Dany and her brother roles were in illyrio plan?
Hey Preston, huge fan here. I have a theory about littlefinger, I think he's being manipulated by the children of the forest. Essentially, if we assume that prophecy is impossible then the ghost of high hearts prophecy about Sansa slaying a giant indicates that someone is planning to use Sansa to kill littlefinger, and the only one who could come up with such a plan at that point are the cotf. (no one else really knows about lfs obsession with Sansa at that point) Besides, it would help explain why he's obsessed with both harrenhall and Sansa, its the cotf manipulating him.
If yes, then they are probably still interested in countering fiery forces like Varys and Rh'llor. That doesn't explain why they allow Mel at the Wall, unless it's an acceptable cost to both resurrect a very spooky Jon and throw Stannis at the Boltons.
Isnt there something about Hannibal taking elephants through a marsh in France in order to steal a march? I can’t properly remember but maybe GRRM is referencing that
@PrestonJacobs phillip foote was awarded nightsong after the blackwater for killing guyard the green I think, but isn't the castle still being held by the bastard of nightsong rolland storm?
What if she sends the code word "war" and the hosts know it and there is no issue, but, the message is leaked and the crown move against dorne preemptively? Would that help dorne gain support maybe? To everyone else dorne is just chilling and gets attacked out of nowhere and to claim dorne were planning attacking first would give up the leak 🤷🏻
Again I am deeply concerned that show Ellarias quick climb to power was a plot condensing choice and that she will actually be a player going forward. Ack.
Marq Mandrake betrayed the GC, as others will. Euron will buy them out with poisoned gifts as he rules from Hightower (Euron/Sauron). It's why in the show had him bring the GC over himself. Arianne will probably be captured, forcing Dorne to come out and fight on Aegon's side immediately as word spreads that Arianne was sent to marry Aegon, and this blows up Doran's plan so it likely leads to civil war.
There is zero possible advantage to "tricking" the Yronwoods into marching. They would be marching to Storm's End & I highly doubt JonCon is just going to attack them without finding out why they are there. One conversation with their commander & the "jig is up" as they say. All that would be accomplished is that Doran would have handed half his army over to JonCon, who would now know that Doran is trying to play him. Additionally, if Aegon is actually a Blackfyre then he would be sending a Blackfyre supporting army directly to the frigging Blackfyre heir. No, Doran wants Arianne to send "dragon". In fact, I would say he's banking on it & I don't think he much cares if Aegon is real or false.
Chalk is mined (in the real world) mainly for use in industrial processes & was not mined extensively until the 19th century. There is not a single piece of evidence in any of the books that the people of Westeros use chalk for anything & certainly not on the industrial scale that would necessitate risky underground mining. The main reason chalk was mined in pre-history (I'm UK so that's anything before 39AD) was not actually for the chalk but for the flint deposits found in the chalk. These stone age excavations however tend to be "bell pits" & not vast underground cave systems. Flint mining must have been a thing in Westeros at some point but given they are well into their iron age & have not developed firearms yet, I see no reason why they would need large quantities of flint either. Now none of this prevents the Dornish from having dug bunkers into the chalk in order to hide from the dragons of course but we all have access to the internet & shouldn't really be getting stuff like this wrong when it would have taken literally two minutes of your life to get it right.
Something about Lyanna and Rhaegar doesn't make sense to me. Could it be that Lyanna forced herself on Rhaegar like a groupie and to save face they went with the kidnapping story? I don't think Robert really loved her, it was more about his pride being injured to think that someone ate his lunch. He felt entitled to her took it personally and we all know what happened after that. I could believe that R took what was on offer, but maybe she is the one that did the kidnapping. He wanted to rule, so I find it hard to believe that he would do something as irresponsible as disappear for months with a woman when the kingdom needed him the most. Something is fishy. I also wonder why Jon Con makes clearly jealous statements about Elia not being worthy, but as far as I remember he never mentions Lyanna, much less does he blame her for Rhaegar's demise.
A land rout is not slower than going by sea. Not going by land the entire way is a bit odd. Maybe Doran does not want Arianne to come in contact with the army in the pass. Looking at a map it seems faster and safer by land to GhostHill. Ships of sail are at the mercy of the wind. They aren't exactly Destroyers. It seems much safer with the Stepstones crawling with pirates and the Golden Company. The Golden Companies scattered landing may be just as it seems. A fleet scattered by storms and a bit lost landing in the general area they are headed. It reminds me of the Allied airborne assault in Normandy on D Day. It too was scattered and not according to plan. It did have the effect of making the Germans think there were far more of them than there were. Some of General/Admiral Prestons conclusions are based on what he would do it seems. But his videos are so god damn good. I want more! I think Preston puts way to much credence in hair color. Not every Swede is blonde, not every Spaniard brunette not every Irish person a redhead. With people intermarrying over thousands of years its possible for a stony Dornish to be brunette and a salty Dornish to be fai haired occasionally. And every ethnicity has a redhead gene.
Just thinking that perhaps he gets access to information that no one else has, which will change his perspectives and work against the goals of his family. In that case I'll go with the book, since he's not show villain material. We don't want another angst Anakin Skywalker-like baddie.
wow i didn;t put it together until now but if the golden company took cape wroth, that means that davos' wife and kids are history.. that's kinda sad..
I love your series, Preston, but you had a few reading mistakes. An example is you saying "on the back of her filly" in stead of "on her black filly" at 6:12. You might have been tired while making these. I don't want to sound nitpicking, just pointing it out to help you :)
"And we are back with prepping for winter" my favorite words
If GRRM really puts that much thought into every word, I can see why it takes him so long to finish a book.
0/10 - No "Daemon Targaryen, The Rogue Prince" music when you mentioned him and his Conquest of the Stepstones.
I had to hum it myself to complete the experience
Wouldn't it be interesting if Aegon falls for Elia Sand. That might be the purpose behind the Lyanna parallels.
I know you questioned why they'd take Mistwood even though it's out of the way, but in both medieval and modern offensive tactics and siege warfare it makes perfect sense. If you march an army into an enemy country, you need to take care of any pockets of enemy forces that could hurt you later. The Mistwood soldiers could hit them from behind from the interior while the GC focus efforts toward Storm's End. If they take as much of the main peninsula and islands, as possible, they'd be better off.
manband20 that actually makes perfect sense. good thinking friend
+Egie Asemota Thank you, friend. And even today, a country has to take every small town held by enemy forces or else they could wreak havoc on supply lines, conduct guerilla operations, etc. If Mistwood is close to a swamp, look up Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox". He was a Revolutionary War commander who hid in the swamps and backwoods of Georgia and fucked the Brits over whenever he could. Imagine what a couple dozen/hundred desperate Stormlanders could do with their country against an enemy that's only ever fought in Essos. Brotherhood Without Banners, but even more ruthless at the least.
You are right on the money. Taking Mistwood should make all of the Cape Wrath Peninsula friendly territory to Aegon and the Golden Company. With all the other castles they'd taken, Mistwood is an example of finishing the job. Now the Cape Wrath Peninsula is secured and friendly territory. The GC can recruit and resupply there, and any GC stragglers can safely land there before rejoining the main army. Frankly, I would be surprised if Aegon, Jon Con, and the GC ignore Stone Helm and the Weeping Tower.
Francis Marion actually did most of his guerilla campaign in South Carolina. Georgia was essentially irrelevant in the Revolutionary War while Charleston was the most important port in America.
3 videos in 1 week? Somebody pinch me, Sarella must be sending me a dream.
Preston I think you would march elephants through a swamp! I've seen it in a documentary where people used them to move trees around. They're very good for carrying stuff and people through shallow waters without getting too wet, which I could see being useful in warfare.
Elephants need a lot of forage, trashing the forest is gonna piss off far fewer people than them eating they way farmer's fields.
Elephants are also useful for forestry. Maybe the company needs wood to repair the ships, or to build siege engines.
Elephants are also quite the trump card, but they would be most useful if they were a surprise. Maybe the Rainwood is a good place to keep them hidden until they are needed.
If I remember correctly there are references to Hannibal in Jon con and Hannibal once marched his elephants through a swamp and lost an eye
not sure how much sense this makes but hasn't War always meant Wait for the Dornish? at least against dragons. the Dornish armies are trained in geurillia warfare and exploiting the harsh landscape. when did the armies of Dorne fight like andels?
Well, the way I remember it, their wars against the Gardeners and the Durrandons seemed quite Andal-like.
fair point, I'll be honest in that I only have a cursory knowledge of the setting through the show and videos like this, but I thought it was an interesting idea anyway
as you say it seems that that was only against dragons, guerilla warfare is definitely still used by them in a 'conventional' supplementary manner but they def have always had levy armies
I just love how i keep comming back to hear these , your story telling is just way too good man , sad that u dont have more video
One day we will hear and we are back traversing the winter
Weirwoods are redheads ha, you're a genius Preston
Dr. Qyburn M.D upvoted for your amazing username
Thanks bro
Dr. Qyburn M.D Didn't you lose your medical license though...?
They took my chain but not my knowledge
Wights walking out of the waves, attacking from all the coasts would be so awesome.
Also
GILBERT KING!!!
and we are back!
again how did the show fuck up Dorne so bad?! Dorne is so interesting
i think now we know why they fucked up Dorn. there is too much detail and off-screan conspiracies going on which cannot be included on 10 episodes an year TV show. dont you think
Show is about female powah and tear milking scenes. No more. No less. Take or go. Puke or puke.
*DORNE
Because HBO is left wing garbage. Durrrr.
Because they're getting ready to wrap it up.
I love the prepping for winter series, can't wait for part 4, hope you move straight on to Arianne II once you're done with this one.
The show really has messed up a good scenario. This series has really got me going! Thanks for your great work 👍
Not all of the elephants are missing though. It clearly states in the text of Jon Connington's last chapter that when Aegon arrives at Griffin's Roost, there are elephants at the back of the column of men he's travelling with, they are bringing up the rear of his escort, only a handful of them, but they are there.
Just one thing. The elephants in the rainwood, there are elephant breeds that live in forests. If the rainwood is a complete swamp, it is a bit weird, but if its more of a jungle, then elephants being in there isn't too strange.
joshua wood by Sun's
There are no wild elephants in Westeros. Especially since the Stormland's have more rain and thunder storms than the rest of the 7 kingdoms combined. That is not a habitat for elephants.
joshua wood I read the chapter where they take Griffin's Roost last night and it says that when Aegon joins them he has 3 elephants with him. So the elephants are probably those ones.
Well Indian Elephants live in south east Asia, were you have Jungle and heavy storms/Rains during the Monsun season.
i think preston mean that elephants of battle can´t be use against enemys in the rainwood
Bro what if Preston hired the catspaw..
Queen in the North.
The three eyed bro is preston.
bro...
THAQUENINTHANORF!
HA! I knew it! The channel of Chad is certainly managed by Preston himself!
It's all a show!
Preston takes ZERO prisoners
The hands tourney was another example of two foes and another winner out of nowhere.
My day just got better.
keep em coming Preston!
I assumed the reference was to Volantine Elephants, not literal elephants.
Both would be fun.
I'd not considered Elia being used as a temptation for F/Aegon. Weird.
*Oberyn* most likely gave Elia the nickname (certainly sounds like something he would do), and as a frustrated mother who probably didn't like Oberyn getting ideas into Elia's head, said "As a lady, not a lance" to Elia when she was leaving. Seems logical, quite like real life, and quite like real parents.
P.S. Hahaha. "The Tolands tell Arianne that she was wise not to come by sea, before *sending her off* by sea." Great point.
How do you produce so much content Preston? you're a machine
So what are the chances Jon meets, and falls for Lady Lance?
"Nobody would intentionally march Elephants through a swamp" Hannibal -"Hold my Beer"
Damn as soon as I heard Daemon i was hoping for "the rogue prince" to follow who else was waiting
just in time for lunch. thanks man
16:54 was a good opportunity for Daemon Targaryen, The Rogue Prince. I like it. Good letting the mention of the parallel flow too.
I'm seriously sick of the shows "story." I haven't been one of those people pushing Martin to finish the book, but I'm seriously getting to that point. I know he's a perfectionist and it'll be done when it's done... but dude is getting old... he needs to finish this, then the cluster fuck that will be "Dream of Spring" and THEN he has at LEAST 3 more Dunk & Egg novellas. I'm sick of rereading the content that's already out, I need new ASOIAF material. Okay, I'm done being a whiney bitch. Thanks, Preston. Your continued analysis on the preview chapters helps pass the time. Much obliged.
Do you think the elephants in the rainwood might be referring to the Volantene elephant-faction?
I'm so happy you're reading these and breaking them down! I noticed you have only gotten to Tyrion 1. How often do you release this series?
Chalk or limestone is not typically mined, but quarried. Pulling huge blocks of stone up and out through tunnels isn't economic. Quarries are open cut affairs. But as always when Preston gets too specific, this detail is fairly irrelevant to the theory.
Thank You Preston
Doran is waiting for Daenerys to get her shit together. He'll die of old age.
new preston video in my feed makes me more excited than any other youtuber
Your point at 4:00 is a good one, about the mines/bunkers, we know the Dornish were the last of the 7 kingdoms to submit to the Targaryens. By waging guerilla warfare, staging hit and run attacks, refusing to be pinned down to one spot and deliberately not joining large scale battles the Dornish ran the dragon lords in circles for years. The Dornish have not fought a war in years, the reason they stayed aloof from the War of the five kings is still a mystery, to me, once that the author never explains. As part of the Realm the Dornish owe fealty, and their military power, to the Crown, yet even Tywin never forces them to do it. The Dornish are simply forgotten even when the Lannisters are at their most desperate point in book 1 and 2.
chalk would be mined in open mines
mention daemon without the soundtrack!
16:55
0/10
I'll bet a dollar that Bran is/was/will be the Night of the Laughing Tree.
Nice, this should be good.
After seing your Dornish Masterplan, what I belive is that Doran's plan is to put someone young yet powerful on the throne, creating a debt to be paid. In my mind, the solution to Dorn's water crisis is to recreate the home of the Rhoynar, leaving Dorne for the Yronwood and sand dornish. This would justify why we don't see opposition from the Yronwoods. What he wants now is not vengeance, but a 90% winning chance(which means dragons). He would even have allied to the Reach if that means he could create a debt scene, a fact we can say it was impossible from the very beggining(Renly and Myrcella).
And I really can't grasp why Varys x Doran exists. They have some confluence of objectives.
I like this theory, though would the Martells then set up along the *actual* Rhoyne? Or would they set up in the Crownlands/Riverlands?
@@made-line7627 they want a direct debt to be paid. In my conception, Doran's trip through west of Essos changed the way he sees the world and the dornish. Its extension is difficult to predict, but not impossible. And, well, the new place is second thought.
I personally think he'd like to see the Rhoynar blosom once again, but the Stone King...
I am reading the accursed kings, and a lots of elements in asoiaf seems to be present as well. You should maybe read it (I think there is an english translation of them), it might be interresting for your channel and analysis as is the thousand world.
hey Preston, on the off chance you see this, I was just re reading a Jaime POV in AFFC and whilst Jaime and Illyn Payne are practising they practise in a stable as a "one-eyes mule looked on" could this be a hint that blood raven is watching Jaime?
They aren't that far from the isle of faces
I just read song for lya what a trip
what about the Kraken horn Sala mentioned to Davos? Lord Cerwyn i think is said to have one.
bastard DireCrow house celtigar supposedly has the kraken horn
Robert Stoneburner Celtigar that's it! I keep mixing those two up thx
bastard DireCrow no problem
I think we all are prepping for summer right now
My man PJ... I was about to sleep, then I saw your notification. Thank you!
What about nightsong anyway? We heard from ACOK that lord Caron was defeated in combat by some minor knight or lord and he recieved his castle and all his lands, but what about his men? The guy who killed their liege is now their lord, or he recieved some trops from Lanisters?
Ah! You're killing me, who tried to kill Bran!?! But I like this series too
Googly Googly My prediction is it was Mance, or at least that's where Preston is headed.
Anonymous Knife I think so too, but I'm hoping for a special Preston twist like Rickon from the future or something
Googly Googly Oh yeah true, it was actually future time-travelling Rickon!
Littlefinger
Googly Googly Rickon from the future? No, in fact it was Bran from the future who was trying to spare himself the dark and grim fate of being a slave of the CotF. And he tried to make a time paradox screwing Children's plan of eradicating the human race.
So if parallels are being made between Elia Sand and Lyanna, does that mean 'Aegon' is going to fall in 'love' with her, try to marry her, and fuck everything up?
Rhys Tate As long as Jon connington is still alive and able to make him do not do stupid decisions, he may able to convince him to wait for someone.
@@Brandonhayhew to wait for the dragons
@@lxfj2128 wait for the other part of the golden company army, that were scattered by the storm. Wait in storm ends and gathering together. Young griff will end up just like the pretenders like that young kid and gaemon palehair in the dance of dragons. Waiting for her it be a mistake. Hope we get answers that what was Dany and her brother roles were in illyrio plan?
Hey Preston, huge fan here. I have a theory about littlefinger, I think he's being manipulated by the children of the forest. Essentially, if we assume that prophecy is impossible then the ghost of high hearts prophecy about Sansa slaying a giant indicates that someone is planning to use Sansa to kill littlefinger, and the only one who could come up with such a plan at that point are the cotf. (no one else really knows about lfs obsession with Sansa at that point) Besides, it would help explain why he's obsessed with both harrenhall and Sansa, its the cotf manipulating him.
If yes, then they are probably still interested in countering fiery forces like Varys and Rh'llor. That doesn't explain why they allow Mel at the Wall, unless it's an acceptable cost to both resurrect a very spooky Jon and throw Stannis at the Boltons.
Is there a place to see all the sample chapters? I have just arrived and I can't find the first sample chapters revealed... Like the Arya one
Many thanks!
Isnt there something about Hannibal taking elephants through a marsh in France in order to steal a march? I can’t properly remember but maybe GRRM is referencing that
That could very well be true
With the spoiler leaks for the 7th season of Game of Thrones are they combining the jon snow/young griff plots from the books by naming Jon as Aegon?
I immediately thought of Lyanna during the race scene when she said "half a horse" , but missed all the other parallels. Nice analysis
+3:40 I wonder if GRRM consulted Robert Jordan with House Toland, than gave him Jordayne of the Tor out of appreciation?
+16:56 No Rogue Prince theme?
Bulling
Hey Preston love your videos and your collab with carmine are you gonna do a video on the nights watch by any chance?
Working on Night's Watch videos, yes. They are coming after Bran finishes.
Thanks, Preston!
Yeeeees, been waiting for these for awhile!!
Wild elephants are actually pretty good at swamps. Issue is the humans that ride them and logistics of an army
@PrestonJacobs phillip foote was awarded nightsong after the blackwater for killing guyard the green I think, but isn't the castle still being held by the bastard of nightsong rolland storm?
My bad rolland storm held dragonstone prior to loras' siege on the castle. so never mind
What if she sends the code word "war" and the hosts know it and there is no issue, but, the message is leaked and the crown move against dorne preemptively? Would that help dorne gain support maybe? To everyone else dorne is just chilling and gets attacked out of nowhere and to claim dorne were planning attacking first would give up the leak 🤷🏻
Again I am deeply concerned that show Ellarias quick climb to power was a plot condensing choice and that she will actually be a player going forward. Ack.
Elia and Aegon parallels Rhaegar and Lyanna
Mango Pie hope not
What is it about half-human/half-horses, the always have to be the Centaur of attention?
I'll be here all week.
yeah
"Elephants."
"Elephants? Are you certain? Not dragons?"
Those two words *are* easily confused 😑
Woohoo!
Oops I mean Ferrrrrst again haha
leftofyou nope
bastard DireCrow Still looks like it to me when I load the comments in order but it doesn't matter so much does it.
Nope
bastard DireCrow Nope and you're wrong too
Marq Mandrake betrayed the GC, as others will. Euron will buy them out with poisoned gifts as he rules from Hightower (Euron/Sauron). It's why in the show had him bring the GC over himself. Arianne will probably be captured, forcing Dorne to come out and fight on Aegon's side immediately as word spreads that Arianne was sent to marry Aegon, and this blows up Doran's plan so it likely leads to civil war.
Yay!
There is zero possible advantage to "tricking" the Yronwoods into marching. They would be marching to Storm's End & I highly doubt JonCon is just going to attack them without finding out why they are there. One conversation with their commander & the "jig is up" as they say. All that would be accomplished is that Doran would have handed half his army over to JonCon, who would now know that Doran is trying to play him. Additionally, if Aegon is actually a Blackfyre then he would be sending a Blackfyre supporting army directly to the frigging Blackfyre heir. No, Doran wants Arianne to send "dragon". In fact, I would say he's banking on it & I don't think he much cares if Aegon is real or false.
So Elia and Aegon are gonna get it going?
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Chalk is mined (in the real world) mainly for use in industrial processes & was not mined extensively until the 19th century. There is not a single piece of evidence in any of the books that the people of Westeros use chalk for anything & certainly not on the industrial scale that would necessitate risky underground mining. The main reason chalk was mined in pre-history (I'm UK so that's anything before 39AD) was not actually for the chalk but for the flint deposits found in the chalk. These stone age excavations however tend to be "bell pits" & not vast underground cave systems. Flint mining must have been a thing in Westeros at some point but given they are well into their iron age & have not developed firearms yet, I see no reason why they would need large quantities of flint either. Now none of this prevents the Dornish from having dug bunkers into the chalk in order to hide from the dragons of course but we all have access to the internet & shouldn't really be getting stuff like this wrong when it would have taken literally two minutes of your life to get it right.
Excelent
Whoa whoa WHOA....HUGE slam on House Foot out of nowhere!
Something about Lyanna and Rhaegar doesn't make sense to me. Could it be that Lyanna forced herself on Rhaegar like a groupie and to save face they went with the kidnapping story? I don't think Robert really loved her, it was more about his pride being injured to think that someone ate his lunch. He felt entitled to her took it personally and we all know what happened after that. I could believe that R took what was on offer, but maybe she is the one that did the kidnapping. He wanted to rule, so I find it hard to believe that he would do something as irresponsible as disappear for months with a woman when the kingdom needed him the most. Something is fishy. I also wonder why Jon Con makes clearly jealous statements about Elia not being worthy, but as far as I remember he never mentions Lyanna, much less does he blame her for Rhaegar's demise.
I thought Nightsong was ruled by House Caron
The last true Caron was killed by the new lord of nightsong, Adam Foote I believe.
but Nymella toland did attend Balon's banquet and even drank to the toast
White/chalk cliffs don't have to be mined; Preston needs to visit the South Coast of England.
Why isn't there a red-haired sand snake?
fun fact, elephants are able to survive in swampa
A land rout is not slower than going by sea. Not going by land the entire way is a bit odd. Maybe Doran does not want Arianne to come in contact with the army in the pass. Looking at a map it seems faster and safer by land to GhostHill. Ships of sail are at the mercy of the wind. They aren't exactly Destroyers. It seems much safer with the Stepstones crawling with pirates and the Golden Company. The Golden Companies scattered landing may be just as it seems. A fleet scattered by storms and a bit lost landing in the general area they are headed. It reminds me of the Allied airborne assault in Normandy on D Day. It too was scattered and not according to plan. It did have the effect of making the Germans think there were far more of them than there were. Some of General/Admiral Prestons conclusions are based on what he would do it seems. But his videos are so god damn good. I want more!
I think Preston puts way to much credence in hair color. Not every Swede is blonde, not every Spaniard brunette not every Irish person a redhead. With people intermarrying over thousands of years its possible for a stony Dornish to be brunette and a salty Dornish to be fai haired occasionally. And every ethnicity has a redhead gene.
Such a clever sausage.
I would think the IronWood's trust Dorne at all. This is all very sus
On an unrelated topic: Can Bran become a villain end the of the show?
At the end of the show or the end of the books?
Just thinking that perhaps he gets access to information that no one else has, which will change his perspectives and work against the goals of his family. In that case I'll go with the book, since he's not show villain material. We don't want another angst Anakin Skywalker-like baddie.
Yeih!!!
NGL, Valena Toland can get it.
wow i didn;t put it together until now but if the golden company took cape wroth, that means that davos' wife and kids are history.. that's kinda sad..
Has GRRM indicated whether we'll see Howland Reed in The Winds of Winter?
oops, 1:00 you meant Stannis waits for the Karstarks no?
8:54 Pronounced "Comb-ly" not "Cum- lee"
Cum Lee, the British are not home tonight...
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Can y'all actually believe some people think Preston is wrong?
Yes god thank you
Damn I really needed these vids back in college lol
Did i say that i love you, today?
I love your series, Preston, but you had a few reading mistakes. An example is you saying "on the back of her filly" in stead of "on her black filly" at 6:12. You might have been tired while making these. I don't want to sound nitpicking, just pointing it out to help you :)
Wow, this is why I like you, totally missed the possible secret Stark.
what will you do if twow is released before you finish all the sample.... ROFLLLLL SORRY i couldnt finish
Is this bongable?