The Heresies of Septon Barth
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- A detailed look at the life, times and works of the man who knows the most about the "higher mysteries". If you want to learn more about dragons, ravens, or why the seasons are so crazy, you do not want to miss this episode on Septon Barth. He's the leading expert in all of A Song of Ice and Fire on those topics and quite a few more!
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Nicely done! He is arguably my favorite indirect character, being an insatiable lore junkie that I am. He is an almost perfectly written lore delivery system. In my mind I picture him to be a perfect mix of Maester Amon and Gendry. Maybe a little litteral. Thanks for another great episode; Do not change a thing! .
Great episode! Septon Barth is very intriguing and not dissimilar to Marwyn.
Thanks for the shout, it's great there's such supportive people in the podcasting scene ;)
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Spoilers ALLLLLLL books!
~14:30 Sounds a lot like an emperor in our world: Justinian, who cleared up the clutter of Roman laws and created the Corpus Juris Civilis, the Justinian Code of Laws. Of course he also had help from Tribonian, who would be the analogue to Septon Barth here. Justinian also went on to mend church schisms and rebuild his empire, much like Jaehaerys.
Septon Barth + Archmaester Marwyn = everything ever
25:45 The Asshai'i probably didn't drink the polluted water, but imported bottled water. Also, horses can not tolerate foal water better than humans. In fact, horses can't vomit out toxins, so they will colic and die, where humans won't.
Thank you for this topic, and all your great works!🎉❤
The Aemon/Barth argument for Dany as the Princess That was Promised is no irrefutable, as no one within the story, besides maybe Mel, has even considered Jon Snow.
Might be your best episode yet. Keep up the great work guys!
Tim Holland Thanks, Tim. We'll keep them coming.
In Barth we trust! Great episode and get well soon, Ashaya!
love your hisotry of westeros vids,helps me understand the world a lot more
Thank you from those of us who didn't read TSOIAF, or watch the show, until 2020. Your videos are like a history class on the World of Fire and Ice.
A good morning is when you find a WH video you'd somehow missed earlier! Your consistently high quality of content is a treasure. And the maps.
Seriously can't wait to see what you guys do next! I keep checking your channel everyday even though i know there is no way another video will be released this month :P
Great videos. Will listen a few times to let it sink in.
We miss you Ashaya.
It's awesome to hear the names of all these great members from my favourite asoiaf-group on my favourite asoiaf-podcast :) btw: great episode and I'm sooo looking forward to the next one!
Catching up on some of the videos I missed. The Septon Barth book was in the library at Winterfell. Tyrion absentmindedly took it to the Wall with him when he went with Jon Snow, saving it from the library fire. Its arrival at Castle Black was probably quite a surprise for Maester Aemon. He probably had his steward read it to him right away.
This must be the best topic yet.Nice work
Keep the nice work. I'm Andre from Brazil and I appreciate your work a lot. Thanks for doing that. :D
i kinda liked Aziz going solo- well paced, tight production. I skipped this one but so glad I watched it now
Fact: Y'all should have more subscribers for the quality of these videos
Great job as usual, missed Ashaya though. By the way, I would love to hear a podcast about all the interrupted conversations in the series, the ones where something is about to be revealed by a character and then some action happens. For e.g., when Brienne is with Gendry at the Crossroads Inn and begins with "listen to me.." And is interrupted by Rorge and Biter arriving at the scene. There are multiple such interrupted conversations, I am sure you know what I am talking about, would love to have an episode about those. Oh and thanks for recommending Radio Westeros, they are amazing.
caprico82 You're so right, that happens a lot. With Sam, Old Nan, etc. It would be really fun to collect all those occurrences.
You'll be seeing some crossovers with us and Radio Westeros in the future, we're all good friends.
WHY DID TYRION BRING A JACKASS & HONEYCOMB INTO A BROTHEL
Great vid! :)
CivilizationEx Thanks, you guys do excellent work!
Westeros History :)
One more source perhaps? Gandalf agrees that men (except Bard) have forgotten the language of birds.
What if it was people of the dune worms and the prince is in the dark lands of ashi the old empire b4 time in this world they control magic
I really hope that if Septon Barth's writings were at castle black Sam didn't take them to the Citadel. Recall that he sold everything he had including the books to get passage on a ship from Braavos to Oldtown.
Sam ain't selling no books
Great stuff - as always - you're making me forget that this is a fictional world
More evidence for The Ice Dragon story to be set in Westeros
First, WOOHOO! I love new stuff.
Second, we miss you, Ashaya!
You guys are awesome... this was really interesting, as always :)
I wonder if Rodrik Harlaw might have a copy of Unnatural History in the Book Tower, or at least fragments of it. One the one hand, the Faith of the Seven isn't very strong in the Iron Islands, though on the other Rodrik did use septons to help tend to his books, so it's possible they might have purged any Barth texts he may have had.
get well soon Ashaya! I enjoy the ASOIAF UA-cam community beef going on :) I must say I do love Prestons wacky theories. so many theory videos out there at the moment things are going to be interesting when WoW comes out.
Changeable as 'flame' The language of fire has misled us for years.
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this was great, thank you! x
Hihihi, I'm that kind of friend, no matter how obscure a topic seams to be, I'm most times able to say something about it, give great advice and am utterly uncapable to follow it myself . . . I totaly fail at actualy use that ability . . .
Great vid. Looking back im kind of surprised Tyrion wasn't talking to Maester Ammon for hours upon hours during is visit to the wall to talk knowledge and history they've read and seen. I would assume Tyrion knew who Ammon was. And no one has really touched on this but do you think Dunk was actually knighted by sir Arland?
Unfortunately most of the Maesters at the Citadel would probably want to suppress or destroy some of those books that Sam may have brought with him (if they refer to the higher mysteries), and wouldn't that make the poor old dears ring their hands!
Despite not wanting a copy available to the public. The Maesters probably kept one copy and hid it in the forbidden zone of the Library of the Citadel where books are protected by a locked room. The top rung of the Maesters horde forbidden knowledge not allowed to the lords, ladies, merchants and even lower level Maesters the Accolites and Maesters given to unimportant Noble Houses. Because Maesters realize Magic is power and the world may need it in an emergency that could destroy Westeros or the Maesters position in Westeros.
Get well soon, Ashaya.
A Friday the 13 special, I just don't hope we get killed by a lake.
excellent. thanks for the upload
I like the idea Davos as the Hand of the King, at least in the show.
I love the videos. There is one thing I'd like some clarification on in this video, however. Did Barth believe that the "prince" would be a woman, or did he just point out that a proper translation didn't rule out the possibility? If so, then it's just Aemon who is convinced that Daenerys is the "prince" who was promised. That would make quite a bit of sense if, like others in his family, he was convinced that the "prince" would be of his bloodline. As far as Aemon knows, Daenerys is the only one left who could fulfill the prophecy, and she has awoken three dragons from petrified eggs. It all seems to fit. But, if R+L does in fact equal J, then there is another possible "prince" that he simply doesn't know about. That leaves us with two different Targaryens convinced that two different descendants are this "prince". Aemon comes to believe it's Daenerys, and Rhaegar believed it to be his son...who many believe is Jon Snow. So, was Martin announcing Daenerys as the "prince" that far back, or is he simply keeping us guessing as to the true identity of the "prince"?
There's a shadowcat prowling your house buddy.
No kings at the Wall, so I too hope Baelor's orders were not followed. :-)
I think maybe humans could be mutated "children"? The children are 'older' and have abilities humans seem to have all but lost. A disaster from mining and fracking in Old Valyria which incidentally created magma channels could have led to tectonic instability and the release of toxic chemicals which could have caused the illnesses endemic to Essos.
My mind just blew out of my head. Wow
Great eye-opening video. I`ve read through the story twice and saw his name pop up a few times. Never realized his overall importance until now. Can`t wait for the next video,``The Douchebaggery of Baelor the Blessed``!!! On a serious note it would be a kick-ass topic.
1st of all this is the first and only podcast I've ever bothered with (just discovered it and have been totally binge watching) and have to tell you it ROCKS! 2nd I'm addicted to both the books and the show even though they differ somewhat, apples and oranges right, they're both awesome for so many reasons. 3rd at 36 minutes in you mention blood magic, the beasts, slave pits and half human children and it brings my brain back to Miri , blood magic, her spell in the tent and Danys' baby. Whats your opinion?
Just met the team at the season 5 premiere just sitting in traffic that was cool
yeah you did, that was cool! Thanks for saying hey. Episode was cool too.
Re-listening to this while I fill in a day home sick... I think that Doran has a copy of "Dragons, Wyrms and Wyverns - their Unnatural History" because Arianne in the tower has a book about dragons that makes them sound as "interesting as newts"
Great work. Septon Barth is one of my favourite historical characters from the novels... a Hand of low birth who managed to rule in the position for 40 yrs until he died peacefully in his bed. Thats as rare as Dothraki swimming in the Narrow Sea!
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Ive heard tales about a Bloodstone Emperor from the stars, Ive heard tales that when he died, another star fell from the sky to take his place. It has been alluded to and talked about how there is a larger game being played than the game of thrones. One of the best ways for a lord to secure power is through marriage. What if the dragons are the result of some sort of marriage between higher powers and dragons are the result? Something about what is known about ASoiaf and the quote from Qarth about the second moon in the sky, seems to make me think this way.
You said no obscure topics, so does that rule out an episode on delving into the Black stones from TWoIaF?
Aaron Smith Actually the patreon episode voters have been pushing for us to add it to the list of topics, so it will likely happen.
Do u think Ull make a video about mushroom, the princess and the queen or Archmaester Gyldayn?
I see parallels between Septon Barth and Ser Davos
What was the truth about Tansy from Hoster Tully?
Is that black stone the same as the base of the citadel, and asshai? Because i think that stone is used to hide from "Gods".
Also i can see a parallel with that ancient race that brought magic to Valeria, and the children of the forest teaching their magics to the first men. They didn't conquer with it because they're like the children, just singing songs and living off the earth. Where as men will abuse the power, and the earth collecting resources.
Wild Child It seems to be the exact same, and there are other places it appears too. We've had a few requests to do an episode on this topic, and I think we will...
I think the black stone on 'Battle Isle' is meant to symbolize that dragons once roosted there and Hightowers built their castle on top of that black stone as a boast of their triumph over whatever ancient dragons were there in those days. They continued this vendetta with their neverending proxy-war against the Targaryens and their dragons using the Maesters, Faith of the 7, Faith Militant, and Warrior Sons, which resulted in the death of dragons and the culling of the Targaryen dynasty.
Tomon rain was the example of that
All men must Barth?
haha yes. I should've been calling him Barth Vader.
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Quothe the raven...never more!
Why doesnt this episode show up in my podcast-feed?
LakusPakus Not sure!
Yo Ricky VanDouche.. take it easy bud.
After watching all episodes everything luwin said was a lie
Spoiler alert Mel finds a book by Septon Barth and burns it in WoW
"All men must Barth"? OK.
The long night was a nuclear winter. the children and the others are mutated humans. magic was developed through mutation as well: as a survival mechanism. Asshai is like chernobyl a hold over from the long night.
+Ami Targaryen I believe you're thinking of the series written by Terry Brooks.
Amy Neri is that you Preston?
stanklepoot there's a book series with a plot like that?
D Mosh yeah I was about to say that but you already did
Mrinal Thakur love me some Preston tinfoil though
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Jesus Christ this is an hour long? This is a really fascinating topic but I'm sorry, I don't have an hour to devote to this, as much as I'd love to.
Barth of a star?
Dammit, I came here looking for an Alcoholics Anonymous podcast.
This is good too though... I suppose.
How often does she get sick?
Jeremiah Morgan I know! That's why I responded, I knew it wasn't rude. I'm in our episode we are releasing on the 30th on Summerhall :)
#IBelieveInSeptonBarth
I believe Komodo dragons in real life are capable of asexual reproduction.
5:16 SIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
awkward artist praise in order to slyly make a dig at preston jacobs- a person whos channel is bigger than your own. ouch
Too obvious to be sly. It was crystal clear to anyone aware of the situation what I was talking about, and completely over the heads of anyone who didn't.
harry goddard psh I just checked out Preston Jacobs channel, that littlefinger series was garbage. I kept thinking he was going to break into an illuminati conspiracy. History of Westeros is da TRUTH.
AA Podcast Patrick Donnelly stop it all of you... i watch both channels and this dumb little spat is getting absurd. you're not coming out of this looking good at all... draw a line under it and move on
Mike Osaer You're right good ser. This spat is a farce! I still stand by my statement that History of Westeros is DA TRUTH however.
Mike Osaer "good sir"... i think you should get out of westeros and come into the real world
one true don't make all lines true
Like 666 boo yah
Baelor? or Nazi?
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+Westeros History (AA Podcast) Screw them. I can't contribute right now, but you produce content that brings joy to an hour or two of my life, and thousands of others. I hate to hear you say it because I can't donate but want to. When I can afford more than my rent I plan to support you and other artists.
Felt AWoIaF was the big brake pump for what Aemon said. Dragons have a sex, it's just not thought they did because they were near gods like their masters who married brother to sister, above the rules of man and god's.