Game of Thrones used to have that to an extent in Season 1, but then that started diminishing by Season 2 onward until only the North had distinctive armor for each of its Houses. I'm really loving the armor set variety in House of the Dragon. And each one of them is SO GOOD, I swear to God! 🤩 Many video game modders change games like Total War or Bannerlord to include GoT stuff, I _HOPE_ they'll soon include HotD stuff as well!
@ixavdacity I've hardly seen any Lord's without plate armor in battle, and even if there are some lapses it literally buries Game of Thrones to such an extent that GoT looks like high school cosplaying... the helmets and armor general have also been fantastic and very in line with medieval warfare, especially with common Knights and men-at-arms and peasant fighters, half-helms and bucket helms and studded leather jerkins with chainmail, Knights actually have suits of armor and chainmail and helms for Christ's sake and horses with barding and armor, there's wide arrays of weaponry being used from maces and morning stars and cudgels and spiked balls to axes and halberts and spears, House's with identifying vassals and different-bright-colors. Comm-on
Nah that's clap. Got had just as many different places as hotd. Harrenhal, the dreadfort, moat cailin, several places beyond the wall, braavos, valyria (even if they ruined it), volantis, pentos, vaes dothrak, the twins, the citadel, etc. Sure you often see winterfell, the wall, kings landing, dragonstone, but that's not different to repeatedly seeing kings landing, dragonstone and driftmark.
"It is not for you to plead for support from your lords, like a beggar pleading for alms. You are the lawful king of Westeros, and those who deny it are traitors. It is past time they learned the price of treason” Criston Cole
@@Monk_Chud from what I last recalled Aemond just sent Ser Criston to the riverlands & even warned aemond of the shortage of men/calvary to go to it after the last battle & incident with the king . Again I could be wrong I truly never read the book just what’s given off of the tube **
inmense amounts of copium to see the butchers ball by the end of season 2, well be lucky if we see the gullet or fall of kings landing, itll be in s3 at the very least
@@bautistaguerrero9066 ik that but buddy is really out here decapitating an old man burning down villages laying siege against castles bc he got his little heartbroken🤣🤣
Rhaenyra was happy to repeatedly risk him being tortured and executed just to get herself off after Daemon spurned her. She kissed him twice with no regard for his honour even when he told her to stop and physically held her away. She cared nothing for his honour yet as soon as he asked her hand in marriage, given she constantly whined about how none of the struggling peasants 'ever held her position', only then did she throw her duty at him despite not having given a damn about his. Add in that she visibly went to have sex with Daemon, used Cole, had bastards repeatedly with Harwin and has now made out with Mysaria, it's looking more and more like he has something of a point. Besides, from his perspective she and Daemon ordered the murder of a child so it makes sense he'd want vengeance on her.
They didn’t just jump him, they whittled his army down with guerrilla warfare until they were starved, exhausted, and demoralized and much of their forces deserted
@@BjornCanute It's not even idiotic, it's just boring. Like, he could have been killed in a thousand humiliating ways, but he was cowardly shot during negotiations.
As much as season 2 jumped the shark. I really hope we get to see more of House Darklyn in a knight of the seven kingdoms. Gunthor Darklyn went out like a badass.
Whether you're Black or Green, Lord Darklyn was right about Cole. He wasn't fit for the Kings guard and even less for being its commander. Even though Rhaenyra did things wrong, to call a royal princess a "Whore", is disrespectful AF to his chosen King and the rest of the Targaryen family. Only King Aegon II and the other royals should be allowed to say something like this.
Rhaenyra was happy to repeatedly risk him being tortured and executed just to get herself off after Daemon spurned her. She kissed him twice with no regard for his honour even when he told her to stop and physically held her away. She cared nothing for his honour yet as soon as he asked her hand in marriage, given she constantly whined about how none of the struggling peasants 'ever held her position', only then did she throw her duty at him despite not having given a damn about his. Add in that she visibly went to have sex with Daemon, used Cole, had bastards repeatedly with Harwin and has now made out with Mysaria, it's looking more and more like he has something of a point.
@@J1283-s1k Despite Rhaenyra , if he was so honourable he wouldn’t keep banging the dowager queen ,over and over . Alicent made him do her ,also by force ? lol 😆
She is a whore though, that's part of the reason why many people in the kingdoms have a problem with her being queen. When you can't even guarantee that the supposed heirs to the 7 kingdoms are actually legitimate because the queen is a whore, then problems arise. That's not even accounting for how bad it makes rhaenyra's judgement look in other areas too, and for a monarch to have their judgement questioned is basically the beginnning of the end.
@@orbitalbutt6757 Red Rob? The coward archer dude that got flamed by tessarion? Roddy? They should've let Criston Cole 1v1 his old ahh so Criston could murk him💯💯 Roddy the only one who was okay with what Criston was tryna do The other 2 dudes was terrified of Criston 💯
Cole was never Cole never was fit for the white cloak. Was funny in the books how he thought he could take on several at once, he was no Arthur Dayne or Barristan Selmy. The only sad thing about Cole's death in the books was that he did not die screaming as he should have for his crimes.
@avinsajo4530 True. Cole is only a legendary swordsman for his time period, because nobody else was better than him, but in terms of skill both Arthur and Barristan far surpass him. Hell, throw prime Jaime Lannister with both hands on that list as well!
Well that's definitely going to foreshadow the end of his house at the reign of Aerys Targaryen second to his name 🤣🤣🤣 Only difference was this guys descendants were not so bright yet less honorable. Easily to be manipulated by a psycho woman.
I come from the future, Rhaenyra's descendants definitively exterminated House Darklyn and they died screaming. Both this Lord Darklyn and the last one are remembered as traitors and Cole was recorded as having fought for the rightful king.
@@Maxi-nh7yh He fought for the legitimate king appointed by laws, traditions and customs. On the other hand, Rhaenyra is just a resentful woman full of bastards, who is remembered as a usurper even by her descendants.
@@Maxi-nh7yhHe is known as someone who played the game, a very good and loyal hand to the king and was also known as the best general and swordsman of the Dance. Read the damn book.
Depends what you call losing If considered war between rhaenyra and ageon ll ,greens won as aegon killed her sister If talking about history , greens again won as greens are remembered as heirs and blacks as rebels and traitors If talking about point of war ,greens won as the point of son before daughter and that remained with aegon lll. (Agree rhaenyra's line continued but that wasnt the war about and it was aegon ll who had aegon lll as his heir. Blacks would have won if there was son of aegon ll and still aegon lll ruled)
@@brandof123 You're only saying Cole is carrying the war because you haven't seen Daemon act yet. In the books, Daemon and the Blacks may be late at "acting" but when they did, they were up ahead. Why do you think Cole was killed by the 3 archers from the blacks? Look it up. His ego let that happen to him. He thinks he can win any battle that one day he got to this one battlefield and the blacks set a trap on him. Poor clown. His body parts was sent to the Greens as a warning too. Daemon didn't just get Harrenhal he won multiple castles too along the way. I don't think we're going to see that in Season 2 but we will in Season 3. Aemond is so blinded to act and just act and act removing Alicent, Otto, and Larys out of the council. *no wonder you guys lost and the next in line to the throne were Rhaenyra and Daemon's children and all the blacks while the Greens have been erased from existence.* 🤡
house darklyn already having the seven white shields on their banner doesn't make sense since it represents the seven Darklyn knights in total who served in the Kingsguard, a number not yet reached
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I love the costuming in the show, even minor houses get their own distinctive styles and designs- really makes the world feel that much bigger.
Game of Thrones used to have that to an extent in Season 1, but then that started diminishing by Season 2 onward until only the North had distinctive armor for each of its Houses.
I'm really loving the armor set variety in House of the Dragon. And each one of them is SO GOOD, I swear to God! 🤩
Many video game modders change games like Total War or Bannerlord to include GoT stuff, I _HOPE_ they'll soon include HotD stuff as well!
Ik we aren't gonna talk about some of the helmets and how a lot of lords somehow dont have plate armor
@@ixavdacity We can't get everything we want, and the helmets are compromises so we can see the actor's faces. Overall, I'm eating pretty good.
@ixavdacity I've hardly seen any Lord's without plate armor in battle, and even if there are some lapses it literally buries Game of Thrones to such an extent that GoT looks like high school cosplaying... the helmets and armor general have also been fantastic and very in line with medieval warfare, especially with common Knights and men-at-arms and peasant fighters, half-helms and bucket helms and studded leather jerkins with chainmail, Knights actually have suits of armor and chainmail and helms for Christ's sake and horses with barding and armor, there's wide arrays of weaponry being used from maces and morning stars and cudgels and spiked balls to axes and halberts and spears, House's with identifying vassals and different-bright-colors.
Comm-on
The uniforms from House Darklyn suspiciously look like the ones from the Kingdom of Mercia from Vikings ;)
The walk back to his horse as everyone bowed was phenomenal
Sorta like lord-vader, saw somebody else mention that and it's very true.
Criston's out here living his best life. Just him, an army, and plenty of castles to sack.
Until the dragons show up and stomp on his soldiers…
@@matthewriley7826This low born meritocrat killed more than Daemon and Aemond combined.
I love seeing actual other houses in game of thrones not just the main houses. This show is doing incredible with that
Episode 4: Criston Cole executes Lord Darklyn
Episode 6: Sea Smoke executes Ser Darklyn
And there goes house Darklyn
@@didncozosksma4466nah, not for another hundred years.
How many Darklyns are there?
@@josephstalin5751 Were there*
The mad king extermined his house
In the future: Mad King *DESTROYS* House Darklyn
Glad we saw some diverse places in Westeros instead of reusing locations and assets indefinitely. (Yeah looking at you got)
Nah that's clap. Got had just as many different places as hotd. Harrenhal, the dreadfort, moat cailin, several places beyond the wall, braavos, valyria (even if they ruined it), volantis, pentos, vaes dothrak, the twins, the citadel, etc. Sure you often see winterfell, the wall, kings landing, dragonstone, but that's not different to repeatedly seeing kings landing, dragonstone and driftmark.
GOT had many distinct places you sleep. We should be looking (hard asf) at TWD
@@mappingshaman5280 but these places are directly tied to the story and often reaccuring. Duskendale was solely a set. You won’t see it again.
Cole kinda looks badass on that amor with that new hair style
And now Steffon is gone.
The Darklyn's have historically bad luck.
@@Jonathan-om1wq Yea 277 was also a pretty bad year for them 😂
@@paulrietveld9837
What happened in 277?
@@Red-90defiance of duskendale, the darklins tried to rebel against the mad king and the whole family got wiped out
@@The_Morgan9
Thank you.
"It is not for you to plead for support from your lords, like a beggar pleading for alms. You are the lawful king of Westeros, and those who deny it are traitors. It is past time they learned the price of treason” Criston Cole
“Yours will come in kind!” Said Lord Darklyn to the audience in advance for the finale of season 2 **
We won't even see the gullet this finale let alone that
@@Monk_Chud I actually like that they're not rushing things. Gives us more character development.
@@Monk_Chud from what I last recalled Aemond just sent Ser Criston to the riverlands & even warned aemond of the shortage of men/calvary to go to it after the last battle & incident with the king . Again I could be wrong I truly never read the book just what’s given off of the tube **
You proud of that? You proud of comment you made?
inmense amounts of copium to see the butchers ball by the end of season 2, well be lucky if we see the gullet or fall of kings landing, itll be in s3 at the very least
The fact that Cole is really out here ending bloodlines bc Rhaenyra didn't wanna pick oranges with him in Essos will never not be crazy to me 😂
The darklyns don't end here, they end in the reign of the mad king.
@@bautistaguerrero9066 ik that but buddy is really out here decapitating an old man burning down villages laying siege against castles bc he got his little heartbroken🤣🤣
@@kungfukhi2378 yeah thats true lol. the biggest hater for the worst reason lol.
Rhaenyra was happy to repeatedly risk him being tortured and executed just to get herself off after Daemon spurned her. She kissed him twice with no regard for his honour even when he told her to stop and physically held her away. She cared nothing for his honour yet as soon as he asked her hand in marriage, given she constantly whined about how none of the struggling peasants 'ever held her position', only then did she throw her duty at him despite not having given a damn about his. Add in that she visibly went to have sex with Daemon, used Cole, had bastards repeatedly with Harwin and has now made out with Mysaria, it's looking more and more like he has something of a point. Besides, from his perspective she and Daemon ordered the murder of a child so it makes sense he'd want vengeance on her.
@@J1283-s1k fair when you put it like that Rhaenyra is a trifling slut but yk………team black 🖤
"Yours will come in kind."
[Raise toast] For sure, my man. For sure.
"House Darklyn had sent their regards, Kingmaker"
They'll have a ball.
Father and son both lost to this silly fucking war.All the dragons in the world too.
House Darklyn has a long history of Darklyns who've served the Iron Throne as Kingsguard. Lord Darklyn would know who is fit to wear the White Cloak.
"this is a better death than a traitor deserves, you should thank me for it" that was cold af!! lets go!!! Lets go Greens!!!!
Body found floating by the docks
Love the music at 1:32 onwards
Some read the music like the opposite of the theme of Cole and Rhaenyra
Absolute crazy
Say one thing for Lord Darklyn, say he's got a load off his shoulders
The soundtrack is firee
"Yours will come in kind." I could only hope to have such a badass last words.
“Your not fit for the white cloak” truer words have never been spoken!
That’s the thing about wearing a white cloak, it gets dirtier as time goes by…
“Is there no honor left in this world Cole” best season 2 line
Lord Darklyn: It yours head will come in kind
Garibald and Pate achieved word of lord Darklyn.
while Rhae was endlessly mourning in his council, her bannerman were being slaughtered one by one in the crownlands.
Lord Darklin was a real one.
Gwayne looks as if he’s questioning whether or not this is the right course of action they’re taking.
Better listen 😂 as much as you hate Cole he’s a good soldier with good strategies. They had to jump him in order to defeat him
It also helped that Aemond decided to go burn the Riverlands out of spite and totally abandoned him.
They didn’t just jump him, they whittled his army down with guerrilla warfare until they were starved, exhausted, and demoralized and much of their forces deserted
No one would dare to even attempt to defeat Cole in a swordfight. It was cowardly the way that they took him out.
@@lillielavelle9738 no, it was smart. Don’t fight on the enemy’s terms when you have every advantage
Darklyn was a real one
Edit: the green supporters are in full play around here….
Fr!
Nah he was a weak old man that thought he was more powerful than the rest.
Criston looked far more badass in this exchange it's not even close.
@@abca48831:28 😂
A real one...real one lost head and get burn
I hope to god that they stick to Cole's death from the books. A man with no honour dies with none, he just becomes a pincushion
Man stop spoiling omg
Honestly, his death is boring as f. Not satisfying.
@@goro114 Thats why its great. He doesn't get a good end, he doesn't get to go out like a hero, he goes out like an idiot.
@@BjornCanute It's not even idiotic, it's just boring. Like, he could have been killed in a thousand humiliating ways, but he was cowardly shot during negotiations.
Nah it just shows their afraid of him 😂 he can easily take down people alone
As much as season 2 jumped the shark. I really hope we get to see more of House Darklyn in a knight of the seven kingdoms. Gunthor Darklyn went out like a badass.
Back to the mud for Steven Pacey
I wish we would see more battles instead of skipping them.
Got to think about the budget…
Executed for keeping an oath. Can't blame Lord Darklyn for remarking on the total lack of honour it shows.
And House Darklyn is no more.
This wasn't the extinction event. The extinction was brought about by their kidnapping of the mad king
Criston Cole The Kingmaker
For being a relatively minor lord, Lord Darklyn was awesome.
I can't wait to see Sir Crispy Cole meet his end.
If anybody is crispy it's midnyra the r*pist considering how she dies but good try Shorty 💯
When Cole speaks I cannot stand it. He’s so full of venom and self righteousness.
What did the note say?
“Bro remember we need Lord Darklyn alive”
-aemond
@@Robbstark2024😂😂
@@Robbstark2024"Also don't burn his castle please"
Probably from Aemon saying he is getting into position with Vhegar.
The actor who plays Lord Darklyn. Is that Steven Pacey?
The Darklyns are the Royce’s of HotD
Whether you're Black or Green, Lord Darklyn was right about Cole. He wasn't fit for the Kings guard and even less for being its commander. Even though Rhaenyra did things wrong, to call a royal princess a "Whore", is disrespectful AF to his chosen King and the rest of the Targaryen family. Only King Aegon II and the other royals should be allowed to say something like this.
Rhaenyra was happy to repeatedly risk him being tortured and executed just to get herself off after Daemon spurned her. She kissed him twice with no regard for his honour even when he told her to stop and physically held her away. She cared nothing for his honour yet as soon as he asked her hand in marriage, given she constantly whined about how none of the struggling peasants 'ever held her position', only then did she throw her duty at him despite not having given a damn about his. Add in that she visibly went to have sex with Daemon, used Cole, had bastards repeatedly with Harwin and has now made out with Mysaria, it's looking more and more like he has something of a point.
@@J1283-s1k Despite Rhaenyra , if he was so honourable he wouldn’t keep banging the dowager queen ,over and over . Alicent made him do her ,also by force ? lol 😆
He is Hand. I'm sure he can use harsh language.
She is a whore though, that's part of the reason why many people in the kingdoms have a problem with her being queen. When you can't even guarantee that the supposed heirs to the 7 kingdoms are actually legitimate because the queen is a whore, then problems arise. That's not even accounting for how bad it makes rhaenyra's judgement look in other areas too, and for a monarch to have their judgement questioned is basically the beginnning of the end.
Still smashed 🤷🏻♂️ your boy knows something we don’t
Lord Darklyn killed this scene. Really one of my most favourite scenes in the show
Can't wait for Butcher's Ball. 😈
Red Robb Rivers and Roddy the Ruin are gonna have the green stans in contortions like the fuckin cirque du soliel
@@orbitalbutt6757 Red Rob? The coward archer dude that got flamed by tessarion?
Roddy? They should've let Criston Cole 1v1 his old ahh so Criston could murk him💯💯
Roddy the only one who was okay with what Criston was tryna do The other 2 dudes was terrified of Criston 💯
You're gonna see the r*pist midnyra meet sunfyre while her son watches for sure shorty 😈💯‼️
Say what you will about Cole at least he had the balls to do this himself
Cole was never Cole never was fit for the white cloak. Was funny in the books how he thought he could take on several at once, he was no Arthur Dayne or Barristan Selmy. The only sad thing about Cole's death in the books was that he did not die screaming as he should have for his crimes.
Lol he was equally good as selmy or Arthur,he would easily take 4 vs 1 and those archers knows that's why they attack cowardly
In that generation ???
Hell yeah he was close to best swordsmen quite a lot
@@wrestlinginfodude2644 Equally good? Guy ur joking? Cole was a good swordsman yes, but selmy and dayne are on a whole different level
@@avinsajo4530 he was the best swordsman during his time. Don't compare him
@avinsajo4530 True. Cole is only a legendary swordsman for his time period, because nobody else was better than him, but in terms of skill both Arthur and Barristan far surpass him. Hell, throw prime Jaime Lannister with both hands on that list as well!
Can't wait till he meets Pate
And now the bloody nine will come for Cole.
C:
The Winter Cowards When It Comes To Criston 💯
@@ciruk2774 The Winter Cowards When It Comes To Criston 💯
I love cole
As You Should 💚
lord .darklyn aka Steven Pacey, the best damn audiobook actor!
Well that's definitely going to foreshadow the end of his house at the reign of Aerys Targaryen second to his name 🤣🤣🤣 Only difference was this guys descendants were not so bright yet less honorable. Easily to be manipulated by a psycho woman.
I come from the future, Rhaenyra's descendants definitively exterminated House Darklyn and they died screaming. Both this Lord Darklyn and the last one are remembered as traitors and Cole was recorded as having fought for the rightful king.
hes is known as the biggest dishonourable kingsguard ever, please be serious
@@Maxi-nh7yh Take your ignorance and stupidity somewhere else.
@@Maxi-nh7yh He fought for the legitimate king appointed by laws, traditions and customs. On the other hand, Rhaenyra is just a resentful woman full of bastards, who is remembered as a usurper even by her descendants.
@@Maxi-nh7yh That honour goes to Jaime Lannister
@@Maxi-nh7yhHe is known as someone who played the game, a very good and loyal hand to the king and was also known as the best general and swordsman of the Dance. Read the damn book.
Funny swing!
His range of motion must be limited by the heavy armor, hard to make a strike like that look natural
Glad I wasnt the only one that noticed, looked too weak to take a man's head off with one swing.
@@mr.s2005 it’s because of the shoulder pauldrons. It limits arm movement above the head or at least poorly made ones do.
Based Cole
Bad as lord🎉
I really hope they dont ruin this universe.
Already did lol
To all greens here who know the history of Westeros … you will lose
Everyone will lose.
All sides lose. That's the entire point of the Dance.
Aegon III gets the throne with Aegon's II blessing. Thats not losing at all. The war starts and end with Aegon II.
Depends what you call losing
If considered war between rhaenyra and ageon ll ,greens won as aegon killed her sister
If talking about history , greens again won as greens are remembered as heirs and blacks as rebels and traitors
If talking about point of war ,greens won as the point of son before daughter and that remained with aegon lll.
(Agree rhaenyra's line continued but that wasnt the war about and it was aegon ll who had aegon lll as his heir.
Blacks would have won if there was son of aegon ll and still aegon lll ruled)
This scene! 🔥
Cole reminds me of Snow .... Unless
Unless what?
Based cole
damn the Butcher's Ball is gonna have you absolute toenails in contortions worthy of the fuckin cirque du soliel
@@orbitalbutt6757 the winter Cowards
God Cole is such a dork
Butthurt because he couldn’t get Rhaenyra. Cole is the definition of a beta
@@krazak2863 didnt know betas are so capable of carrying the war for the first few phases
@@brandof123 Betaaaaaaaaa
@@brandof123 You're only saying Cole is carrying the war because you haven't seen Daemon act yet. In the books, Daemon and the Blacks may be late at "acting" but when they did, they were up ahead. Why do you think Cole was killed by the 3 archers from the blacks? Look it up. His ego let that happen to him. He thinks he can win any battle that one day he got to this one battlefield and the blacks set a trap on him. Poor clown. His body parts was sent to the Greens as a warning too. Daemon didn't just get Harrenhal he won multiple castles too along the way. I don't think we're going to see that in Season 2 but we will in Season 3. Aemond is so blinded to act and just act and act removing Alicent, Otto, and Larys out of the council. *no wonder you guys lost and the next in line to the throne were Rhaenyra and Daemon's children and all the blacks while the Greens have been erased from existence.* 🤡
lol he definition of an chad and stone cold 🥶
I hate Criston cole
house darklyn already having the seven white shields on their banner doesn't make sense since it represents the seven Darklyn knights in total who served in the Kingsguard, a number not yet reached