@@godemperorofmankind3.091 The way the show implies is that the dragon brought down the wall. The mark doesn’t seem to do anything. Hodor did not cause the invasion
Pod is no one's idea of a badass, but loyal, compassionate, capable of good judgement, a veteran of several legendary wars & experienced at court. His only drawback is that he's not an excellent swordsmans, but he's shown improvement & his primary duty is to be the king's attendant, not fight off assassins or strategize.
Kevin Bartolotta I don’t know. If Bran needed an attendant he could just appoint one. The point of the Kingsguard is that they have to be both absolutely loyal to the king and able to defend him.
Yeah people over here arguing aboit whether he's skilled enough to be on it but you gotta remember that the original knights to be part of the kingsguard weren't exactly the best or most skilled ( although alot of them probably were ) but instead the most loyal so Podrick being in the kingsguard mirrors it's original purpose.
It’s not exactly the most sought after position either, especially since you know it’s your job for life and you have to be celibate and renounce all claims, so no land, no family, no life and all you do is fight and protect, I doubt that would be appealing to many, especially highborns of renown.
@helBob The shows didn't give any character enough time to develop. Book Pod would definitely be a contender if Brienne is one of the best fighters in the seven kingdoms.
Meryn Trant was actually a pretty good fighter. It's Boros Blount who Jaime says was a craven and shamed the King's Guard and was not deserving of his position
@@rocmsocem 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂*slaps knee*😂😂😂😂 Gendry and Yara (especially) would join Grey Worm. Yara would. And, so would Gendry Baratheon, who is sworn to Daenerys' cause.
My first thought on Bran's Kingsguard was that Meera Reed would probably be on it. Yeah she isn't really an elite fighter but she protected Bran North of the wall and I think he'd value that.
That makes a lot of sense, but she technically is not in his realm since her house is a northern house, and Bran is king of the six kingdoms minus the north.
Billy Leager LOL no he didn’t value that. When she said she should go home he said “ok” and then she got rightfully pissed off. And then he said “ok.... thanks?”
These choices are good with regards to their fighting prowess, but are bad or personal/political reasons. Balon Swann is a good knight, but I feel he would believe that he "failed" house Baratheon/Lannister, given how ashamed he was in the books when Joffery died, and would likely end up the same way that Barristan did from serving Robert. Darkstar is a capable warrior, and would likely be happy to join to prove that he is better than Arthur Dayne. However, he would always prioritise his own self interests, and wouldn't care much about Bran. He would therefore be a poor bodyguard due to a lack of empathy and too much pride. Corbray in the books is depicted as vain and somewhat childish, and would likely end up arguing with his other sworn brothers, resulting in him or them being killed. This is due to how quickly he reaches for his sword in any given confrontation, regardless if he needs it or not. Crakehall's personality is fine for being a kingsguard, however, he is of the Westerlands. His house are sworn bannermen of house Lannister, a house which was previously the monarches of the seven kingdoms. It is therefore unlikely that he would relish in protecting a king who, as far as he would be aware, usurped his ruling house from power. Andrik the Unsmiling is unsuited simply because he wouldn't care about being a "thrall" to a crippled boy. The culture of the Ironborn do not think highly of Knights, servants, or cripples, and therefore he would not suit the role. Plus, I doubt he actually gives a shit.
There has been plenty of kingsguards from houses sworn to previous kings, it's been over 3 centuries by this point I think Crakehall would be a good kingsguard.
Actually, with Bran's ability to see into the past, he would see how loyal Pod is, along with his deeds and character. He's like a living lie detector for medieval times, while seeing the mettle of any potential Kings guard.
Darkstar would never be trusted enough to be raised to the role of kingsguard. He tried to kill princess myrcella remember? He tried to murder a lil girl but failed and ended up slicing her ear off. Plus just because he’s a dayne doesn’t mean he automatically get the sword “dawn”. The sword goes to the most skilled & most worthy in house dayne, it doesn’t get passed down just because your father or older brother wielded it and gerold would never be deemed worthy of a sword like that based off his horrible reputation alone.
Narrator even said he thinks Darkstar will end up with the sword with or without his family’s permission; that he would steal it if they did not think him worthy. He gonna get it for sure
I feel like Pod is definitely well deserved. He has a lot of experience at this point whether in actual combat or not. Plus being trained by Brienne for who knows how long
It is pretty common for fighters to be knighted in the Adrenalin rush following a battle. Like Jorah after the Siege of Pike. I can only imagine that rush experienced after the Battle of Winterfell. Plus, he’s from an old family. Payne may not be known well in the North, but I’d say a Payne could easily serve as Warden of the West. And remember: we’ve seen Pod fight poorly... against Brienne of Tarth and Ser Brienne is one of the best fighters in the 7 Kingdoms thru all time. Remember Pod training others before the battle? It’s like Goku training in weighted clothing in DBZ: once it’s gone, you see just how strong he is. When Pod isn’t getting his ass handed to him by one of the best asshanders in the 7 Kingdoms, he can doing the handing of asses pretty well himself. Not to mention his skill at other things. Honestly, he’s good at a lot of things with or without his magic penis, great voice, and “keen military mind.” He’s got an amazing memory (remembering houses, sigils, famous figures), when Hot Pie describes who he saw with Arya as being tall, foul-mouthed, with a face like a half burnt ham, it might seem easy for us to picture who we know to be the Hound, but Pod didn’t have any reason to know that: he only knows Sandor fled at the Blackwater and has been rumored to be in the Riverlands w/ a high bounty. But he puts it together in an instant. He knew Littlefinger, but more than that, saw thru Sanaa’s Alayne disguise. As a fellow ginger, out red hair is a pretty quick giveaway. Without it, who would expect that ravenhaired young girl to be the kissed-by-fire Sansa? And how many battles has he survived? He’s loyal, strong, skilled. We could do no better.
Bran as king... is a stupid D&D cock up that makes little to no sense, but Bran working for the realm in King's Landing is not as outlandish of an idea as some people may think... Personally, I think Bran will eventually be the master of whispers on the Small Council under Jon or Daenerys (or both). Do not forget that Bran's entire journey into the north and self identity is guided by the three-eyed raven, who was formerly the most effective and frightening master of whispers for YEARS, Bloodraven. Bloodraven hasn't taken Bran as his pupil for no reason, he sees the boy has potential, or at the very least has the right, rare characteristics that makes Bran useful to Bloodraven's plans, whatever they may be. Something tells me Bloodraven isn't done serving the realm, and I imagine he plans to use Bran to either further his life and influence... or groom Bran to take his place.
Bran: Im the 3 eyed raven i cant be king of anything. Tyrion 2 episodes later: Will you lead us Bran? *wHy Do YoU tHiNk I cAmE aLl ThIs WaY* God that scene is like the shit icing on the crap cake
Pod survived the fight at Winterfell and was taught how to fight by Lord Commander Brienne and Lord Bronn, Im pretty sure he is a much better fighter than alot of people give him credit for.
I wouldn't say it is weak Brienne, Lyn, Andrik and Lyle are all very solid fighters As for the rest it's very much debatable, but hey 4 out of 7 isn't bad
They are not weak at all, Lyn is considered one of the most skilled fighters in the Vale and he even killed Lewyn Martell and Darkstar is considered the most skilled fighter in Dorne and even Andrik is considered the most skilled fighter on the Iron Islands
I would think that some other survivors of the North would be quick to volunteer to protect another son of Ned Stark. Are there Umbers, Karstarks, Manderlys, or any others left? What of those who would fight to serve the grandson of Hoster Tully?
I know this is old but all of the Umbers definitely died. They ruled Last Hearth, and Smalljon Umber was pretty brutally killed by Tormund in the Battle of the Bastards. That left his kid, who was unfortunate enough to be caught unaware at his castle by the entire army of the Night King. That's who the fire priest guys and Ed ended up finding in the first episode of season 8. I think it's safe to assume that the entirety of Last Hearth, and presumably the entire Umber house and lineage was completely wiped out when the Night King sacked the city.
If Pod survived the Night Kings army and is being trained by one of the best fighters in Westeros he should be good. I wish we saw him develop his skills more as Brienne was teaching him but I'd imagine his skills will only get better. Especially if he's Kingsguard
Bronn Master of Coin😄😅😂, Sam Tarly Grand Measter despite never even earning a a Link at the Citadel 😄😅😂 Huey,Duey and Luey are perfect Bran Kings guard. Sorry you did an excellent job but being that Friedman-Benioff was the same man who Super Glued Deadpool's mouth in "WOLVERINE:X-MEN ORIGINS"
Lyn Corbray is such a badass I wish we got him in the story but sadly the Vale was placed as a secondary role even though they could easily crush all the kingdoms that are left over
Maybe Garlan Tyrell? He's pretty good in the books and still alive and well. Isn't there a part when Sansa sees him sparing against 4 opponents or something?
Garlan is loras’ older brother in the books. Plus he’s already married with kids and the heir to high to high garden. He wouldn’t take a Kings guard spot.
@@cshell1482 So if you already have a family you can't be kingsguard? I thought you just have to leave your family, and land, and money and all that. Well if that's the case I guess Garlan doesn't qualify ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Harwyn harstone plumm would be a great addition as well as maybe Daven lannister and if they want to repair their relationship with the Lannister’s they should pick a Lannister kingsguard
Wait, so we are taking season 8 this seriously now? Bran being King of Westeros is as ridiculous as Bronn being lord of Highgarden, if not more. EDIT:This video is interesting though EDIT: With more evidence being considered, Bran being King of Westeros might not be so ridiculous...infact, it might even be a scarily fitting ending. So i was wrong in dismissing Bran as King just because Dumb and Dumber couldn't pull his ending off well enough. But seriously, fuck Bronn.
These two still make more sense than Sansa of all things being queen of Winterfell tbh.. Bronn at least earned his place and is capable of learning. Bran being king is just 'expectation subverting', but kind of predictable nonsense from D&D.
@@christopherwhiteside4448 Does Bronn strike you as the learning type? With a sword yeah but he's an illiterate fuck when it comes to books and coins. He literally said he'd take a loan and not pay it back and whoever tried to force him to pay would die. Not to mention that the idea of a sellsword being Lord of Highgarden is stupid af. The Tyrells are still viewed as upjumped stewards by many of the noble houses which can trace their lineage to Garth Greenhand including the Fossoways and the Florents. If they were contemptuous of the Tyrells, why the hell would they tolerate Bronn? Even Rhaenrya saw the sense in that when dealing with Ulf the White and Hugh the Hammer. And perchance recall even when Hugh switched sides and was offered Highgarden he wasn't satisfied. He in the end overreached himself and demanded the Iron Throne. Hugh the Hammer is jus like Bronn. Both are lowborn filthy lowlifes who should have nothing whatsoever to do with ruling.
Archibald Yronwood would have made a great addition to the kingsguard if the show had introduced him some how. Even Barristan the Bold has stated that Arch has the true steel
Those are great picks. I really like all of those characters (except Andrik, but just because I don't remember anything about him.) Ser Lyle is one of my favorite book-only characters.
I feel like picking pod as one of the nights scarred would be an excellent choice, because it’s a really nice arc on that character. he starts off as a bit clumsy, and not generally useful boy, but slowly becomes more competent, fighting, man. He serves his first Lord diligently, and he is uncapable of serving his second Lord, as he eventually gets himself killed I think it’s nice. That pod was able to have a good life for himself, and make something out of his own name.
Finally, I subscribe to the idea that Bran is the big bad, having been taken over by Bloodraven in the cave. I imagine he could find more than a few ways to convince loyalists or even Blackfyres that he could maneuver into doing his bidding, becoming sworn shields.
Are you sure George didn't bring so much attention to how the kingsguard are picked so that he could later change it up? Compare Jaime and Arthur Dayne. Jaime is the bad kingsguard, right? With if Arthur would have been the one with the king? Would there have been a lot of burning, or would there have been a dead king? When the king was torturing his wife, Jamie said "We're supposed to protect her too." the other kingsguard replied, "Not from him." There is a lot of quick jabs at how little honor the kingsguard actually had. Keeping ones oath isn't always the most honorable thing. Especially if one of those oaths is to defend the weak, and you do nothing as the weak suffer to uphold another oath. Even Barristan questioned if it was right to save the kings life during the Duskendal event. He thinks that if he had let him die back then, the world wouldn't have gone crazy. Not sure if The Mountain will betray Cersei in the books because he would make a perfect example of the monstrous unquestioning death machines that are the kingsguard. Podrick may actually end up on the kingsguard. Especially if new attributes are given more weight. Maybe they choose nights with more honor than unquestioning loyalty. Just food for thought. Not saying it will happen. But you do have to recognize that the books shine a lot of light on the not so pretty kingsguard.
The kingsguard are not supposed to be the "defenders of the weak". They are supposed to defend the king and keep their oaths. That's what honor is for them. That you do what you promised no matter the cost. If the kingsguard could start deciding themselves if the king was worth guarding or not, would you fully trust them then? They would be vulnerable to politics and scheming. They would be just any other institution in the realm. The Kingsguard are supposed to stand above that.
Emm... What are you talking about? I like your channel, but this vid makes no sense at all. Is this list supposed to be generally badass characters from the books or potential kingsguard candidates? Because kingsguard are said to be the *finest* knights in the seven kingdoms, at least in theory. So that immediately excludes Hotah and Andrik who aren't even knights to begin with, and that's without mentioning that Hotah is the long-term bodyguard of the Prince of Dorne and isn't even from the seven kingdoms. I'm not sure Gerold is a knight, but even if he is - he's a criminal and a fugitive who attacks young girls, some fine knight he is. Corbray isn't a lot better than Dayne in terms of notoriety, and may pass in Cersi's kingsguard on a weak day, but not in any decent selection. While we're at it, why not throw in Drogon and Goghor the Giant from the fighting pit as well...
zach cohen I agree with some of your points. However, Lyn Corbray is easily the greatest fighter in the Vale of Arryn, possibly excluding the Bronze Yohn Royce. Ser Gerold Dayne is indeed a knight and very notorious in skill of arms for the House Dayne and of Dorne. These two characters aren’t too honorable so in that I agree. Also, we should wait on judging Gerold too harshly on his actions against Myrcella Baratheon until we see what his motivations are. I doubt they are truly sinister. Consider that Jaime pushed a kid out the window and when we went into his perspective we learn much more about him to practically consider him worthy of the Kingsguard title.
You forget... Jaime Lannister said, not only a king can knight but, so can another knight. So, before the battle against the Night King... Ser Jaime knighted Brienne of Tarth... and then, she knighted Pod.
I could see the hound maybe getting land and a keep somewhere in the north in the show’s cannon at least. Seems like Arya and Sansa appreciated what he did for them. He sorta contrasts with brienne in a way because he was almost born to be a knight and never wanted it and she always wanted to be one and was born a women. Based on how his arc ended in the show I think he’d want a place to relax and grow old at. Why not the dreadfort or one of the keeps of other dishonored/dead houses. I feel like letting him take the dreadfort would be sort of poetic given how the stark girls suffered there and at kings landing for him to be there as well fixing the legacy of his family and new keep. Between Sandor, brienne and the reed kids they sorta split responsibility for preventing the extinction of house stark so it makes sense to give them both nice fancy titles from the starks. House reed is already a noble one already so they don’t really need elevating. They are already important as gatekeepers of the north. Sansa seems likely to elevate sandor in some way. If not because she likes him but because Arya does
Hey whycreate. I like this video. I’d love to see a video about the best fighters, (not a top ten like everybody else has already done). I wanna see a video about those who earned the titles and compare them. Khaals, blood riders, Kong’s guard, first sword of bravos, sword of the morning, unsullied. Titles like that and compare them.
With Brans future sight I imagine he'd choose whatever men he HAS to to get the outcomes he wants. Eventually he'll become as calculating as Brynden Rivers and be assassinated in the name of purity and piety
We don’t know all who will still be alive, but going purely off the books I’d probably go with: 1- Barristan (if he survives the books) 2-Brienne 3- Balon Swann 4- Lothar Brune 5- Lyn Corbray 6- Lyle Crakehall 7- Loras (again if he survives) If Loras and Barry still die maybe like Garth Greysteel (gotta be good with a name like that) and Harwyn “Hardstone” Plumm.
Yeah when I saw the red hair of Andrik, before you said anything I thought it might be Tormund, but that would totally betray his character. So its probably what d&d would've done in a season 9
Bran might have knighted him because he helped saved Sansa in the show version. Pod may play a bigger role in the books especially at the Battle for Winterfell against the White Walker's. Grey Worm would be perfect as a Kings Guard or Commander of the Gold Cloaks.
It would have been cool if Bron became a kings guard, after spending the show protesting Tyrion and Jamie. But I guess hes made lord of one of the most powerful kingdoms and Master of Coin despite having no ruling or financial experience.
Probably a wheel of cheese and ser pounce are the most qualified Kings Guard members.. But seriously in the books I see candidates like the Theon, the Hound, Jamie Lannister (if hopefully his sister dies and he gets a new look on life) also Fat Belwas and ofc. the prior Lord Commander Selmy.
I think Dark Star is a badass character but I do not see him as Kingsguard worthy. His willingness to try to cut, or behead, Marcella shows the class of man he really is. I just don’t see Bran feeling comfortable with a man who would murder a innocent girl in cold blood to ignite all out war with the Dornish and Lannisters having a sword and standing behind him in the most vulnerable positions and already being a cripple with no real way to physically defend himself. It’s not exactly like anyone can lie on their resume when the employer, Bran, can literally see your entire life lol
Pod-eh ok. Balon- solid. Darkstar- he wouldn't want to be kingsguard. Lyle- pretty unlikely. He will most probably be busy rebuilding the west. Lyn- I can see it Andrick- not happening.
The Hound just cut through the five of them LIKE CARVING A CAKE.
HERE BOY melt it down and add it to the others
Brienne beats the Hound
That is what Ser Barrtisan said
No One Actually there’s no “others” anymore...
@@peerawatphompan2188 No way in hell
Posthumously knight Hodor and declare him a fallen Kingsguard for he held the door.
if he didn't, the Wall stays up. Bran got touched by the NK, releasing the Wall's magic. Hodor made everything worse, not better
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 The way the show implies is that the dragon brought down the wall. The mark doesn’t seem to do anything. Hodor did not cause the invasion
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 also, he was warged by bran anyway, so he literally didn't do it.
I agree😯
He did do that
All hail Bran the broken, for some reason.....
ShUt UP yoU H8r He hAD ThE BeST sTOry
wHaTs mOrE pOwErFul tHaN a pOwErFul sToRy
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If u think abt it he did nothing of significance.
All he did was warn against the night king which the old three eyed raven could have also done
It's so stupid, he's the king and he has no loyal army, because the North wants to be a separate country
Pod is no one's idea of a badass, but loyal, compassionate, capable of good judgement, a veteran of several legendary wars & experienced at court. His only drawback is that he's not an excellent swordsmans, but he's shown improvement & his primary duty is to be the king's attendant, not fight off assassins or strategize.
Kevin Bartolotta not a badass? Pod the rod could have charged whores for getting fucked by him. What's not badass about that?
Kevin Bartolotta I don’t know. If Bran needed an attendant he could just appoint one. The point of the Kingsguard is that they have to be both absolutely loyal to the king and able to defend him.
Send him to forge his 7 links and come back to serve Bran
Pod knows how to use the sword in his trousers
Yeah people over here arguing aboit whether he's skilled enough to be on it but you gotta remember that the original knights to be part of the kingsguard weren't exactly the best or most skilled ( although alot of them probably were ) but instead the most loyal so Podrick being in the kingsguard mirrors it's original purpose.
Even to this day, 28 May 2020, Bran being king is still, still pretty hilarious.
11. April 2021, it still hurts but I found redemption in reading the books^^
It’s hilarious because the actor thought it was one of the fake endings they filmed.
2021*
May 30th 2021
February 25, 2022, and it still doesn't make sense
Aaron Rodgers or Ed Sheeran gotta be in the running.
Sheerans charicter was burnt up on the show
Noah Syndergaard too
Well if podrick made the cut the tryouts must be pretty easy.
@fork knife for some reason
I think Podrick serves as more of a steward more than a kingsguard
It’s not exactly the most sought after position either, especially since you know it’s your job for life and you have to be celibate and renounce all claims, so no land, no family, no life and all you do is fight and protect, I doubt that would be appealing to many, especially highborns of renown.
Pod can defeat anyone with his magic rod
Podrick's sword is longer tho
Pod was trained by brienne everyday and was even seen training others in winterfell. He survived the long so I think he deserves it
The books absolutely set Pod up to be the Ser Duncan the Tall of his age. The show just didn't give that time to develop
Plus, Bran could easily verify Pod's credentials.
I think Pod deserves to marry become a minor lord have kids.
@@peerawatphompan2188 i don't think Pod would want that
@helBob The shows didn't give any character enough time to develop. Book Pod would definitely be a contender if Brienne is one of the best fighters in the seven kingdoms.
If Maryn Trant was a king's guard, why not Podrick?
Meryn Trant was actually a pretty good fighter. It's Boros Blount who Jaime says was a craven and shamed the King's Guard and was not deserving of his position
@@DrunkenGyarados Meryn Fokin Trant?
“Any bastard with a sword can kill 3 Meryn trants”
@@irrelevant1242 Show and books are very different. And have you not heard of hyperbole?
Drunken Gyarados I was literally just making a joke you douche, it’s a direct quote from the show...
Greyworm left it would be simple for Jon to just come back and either become a kingsgaurd or king lol
Then be killed by those that are still loyal to Daenerys. Kingdoms like Dorne, Iron Islands, the Stormlands, etc. etc.
@@benjamingarrett9960 maybe dorne but not gendry or yara they dont give a crap i know especially gendry loo
@@rocmsocem 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂*slaps knee*😂😂😂😂 Gendry and Yara (especially) would join Grey Worm.
Yara would. And, so would Gendry Baratheon, who is sworn to Daenerys' cause.
Benjamin Garrett gendry gave no fucks
Benjamin Garrett gendry wouldn’t give a fuck, would trusts Jon’s word
My first thought on Bran's Kingsguard was that Meera Reed would probably be on it. Yeah she isn't really an elite fighter but she protected Bran North of the wall and I think he'd value that.
that would have been cool to see instead of her going home to never be on the show again
That makes a lot of sense, but she technically is not in his realm since her house is a northern house, and Bran is king of the six kingdoms minus the north.
Billy Leager LOL no he didn’t value that. When she said she should go home he said “ok” and then she got rightfully pissed off. And then he said “ok.... thanks?”
If anything his lover but ... had to fuck that up
@@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw my man he's paralyzed and infertile, not to mention a soulless raven robot. I don't think a relationship would workout
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These choices are good with regards to their fighting prowess, but are bad or personal/political reasons.
Balon Swann is a good knight, but I feel he would believe that he "failed" house Baratheon/Lannister, given how ashamed he was in the books when Joffery died, and would likely end up the same way that Barristan did from serving Robert.
Darkstar is a capable warrior, and would likely be happy to join to prove that he is better than Arthur Dayne. However, he would always prioritise his own self interests, and wouldn't care much about Bran. He would therefore be a poor bodyguard due to a lack of empathy and too much pride.
Corbray in the books is depicted as vain and somewhat childish, and would likely end up arguing with his other sworn brothers, resulting in him or them being killed. This is due to how quickly he reaches for his sword in any given confrontation, regardless if he needs it or not.
Crakehall's personality is fine for being a kingsguard, however, he is of the Westerlands. His house are sworn bannermen of house Lannister, a house which was previously the monarches of the seven kingdoms. It is therefore unlikely that he would relish in protecting a king who, as far as he would be aware, usurped his ruling house from power.
Andrik the Unsmiling is unsuited simply because he wouldn't care about being a "thrall" to a crippled boy. The culture of the Ironborn do not think highly of Knights, servants, or cripples, and therefore he would not suit the role. Plus, I doubt he actually gives a shit.
Wouldn't be the first king to have a shitty Kingsguard
There has been plenty of kingsguards from houses sworn to previous kings, it's been over 3 centuries by this point I think Crakehall would be a good kingsguard.
Actually, with Bran's ability to see into the past, he would see how loyal Pod is, along with his deeds and character. He's like a living lie detector for medieval times, while seeing the mettle of any potential Kings guard.
I feel like Jaime would be part of the 7 if he was still alive
Don't forget apparently bran had the best story 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
his story sucked for the last few years
How!?
It was sarcasm. Do you remember that's what tyrion said as they chose him to be king
@@alanmike6883 they made tyrion a dumbass in seasons 7 and 8,not a surprise,the old tyrion wouldn't have made such a moronic decision
@@alanmike6883 oh, now that's funny xd
Darkstar would never be trusted enough to be raised to the role of kingsguard.
He tried to kill princess myrcella remember? He tried to murder a lil girl but failed and ended up slicing her ear off.
Plus just because he’s a dayne doesn’t mean he automatically get the sword “dawn”. The sword goes to the most skilled & most worthy in house dayne, it doesn’t get passed down just because your father or older brother wielded it and gerold would never be deemed worthy of a sword like that based off his horrible reputation alone.
Well, Darkstar may have been framed because there is evidence Garin may have been the one to attack Myrcella
He didn’t try to kill her imo. Seems like he was framed
He wanted dorne to go to war, he clearly said the fastest way to do so was to kill myrcella
Darkstar is the new Prince of Dawn in the show, who else?
Narrator even said he thinks Darkstar will end up with the sword with or without his family’s permission; that he would steal it if they did not think him worthy. He gonna get it for sure
I feel like Pod is definitely well deserved. He has a lot of experience at this point whether in actual combat or not. Plus being trained by Brienne for who knows how long
I think the loyalty played a huge part in Podrick getting in to kings Guard.
when you mention all these other knights and their accolades, Podrick does stand out as a weak link
Meera Reed should be one of his kings guard!
well she kinda vanished they never say if she died at Eastwwatch.It's really weird and i hate it she deserves more love
I thought died at east watch
She would not accept though(if she is still alive) since she consider Bran to have died in the cave and replaced by the three eyed raven.
731 days after the final episode, its still pretty hilarious that bran is the king.
I dont know about Darkstar... he might be skilled but i dont think he is someone u can trust.
Welp... Meryn Trant wasn't a good man either
I’m off subject but didn’t darkstar kill ares oakheart?
Lidickey Ball no Areo Hotah did but he did try to kill Myrcella
It is pretty common for fighters to be knighted in the Adrenalin rush following a battle. Like Jorah after the Siege of Pike. I can only imagine that rush experienced after the Battle of Winterfell. Plus, he’s from an old family. Payne may not be known well in the North, but I’d say a Payne could easily serve as Warden of the West. And remember: we’ve seen Pod fight poorly... against Brienne of Tarth and Ser Brienne is one of the best fighters in the 7 Kingdoms thru all time. Remember Pod training others before the battle? It’s like Goku training in weighted clothing in DBZ: once it’s gone, you see just how strong he is. When Pod isn’t getting his ass handed to him by one of the best asshanders in the 7 Kingdoms, he can doing the handing of asses pretty well himself. Not to mention his skill at other things. Honestly, he’s good at a lot of things with or without his magic penis, great voice, and “keen military mind.” He’s got an amazing memory (remembering houses, sigils, famous figures), when Hot Pie describes who he saw with Arya as being tall, foul-mouthed, with a face like a half burnt ham, it might seem easy for us to picture who we know to be the Hound, but Pod didn’t have any reason to know that: he only knows Sandor fled at the Blackwater and has been rumored to be in the Riverlands w/ a high bounty. But he puts it together in an instant. He knew Littlefinger, but more than that, saw thru Sanaa’s Alayne disguise. As a fellow ginger, out red hair is a pretty quick giveaway. Without it, who would expect that ravenhaired young girl to be the kissed-by-fire Sansa? And how many battles has he survived? He’s loyal, strong, skilled. We could do no better.
Bran as king... is a stupid D&D cock up that makes little to no sense, but Bran working for the realm in King's Landing is not as outlandish of an idea as some people may think...
Personally, I think Bran will eventually be the master of whispers on the Small Council under Jon or Daenerys (or both).
Do not forget that Bran's entire journey into the north and self identity is guided by the three-eyed raven, who was formerly the most effective and frightening master of whispers for YEARS, Bloodraven.
Bloodraven hasn't taken Bran as his pupil for no reason, he sees the boy has potential, or at the very least has the right, rare characteristics that makes Bran useful to Bloodraven's plans, whatever they may be.
Something tells me Bloodraven isn't done serving the realm, and I imagine he plans to use Bran to either further his life and influence... or groom Bran to take his place.
He'll likely kill aegon cause bloodraven hates blackfyres with a passion
GRRM said he intended bran to be King. Whether or not that will happen in the books idk, but I'm sure the show got the idea from him and ran with it.
Bran: Im the 3 eyed raven i cant be king of anything.
Tyrion 2 episodes later: Will you lead us Bran?
*wHy Do YoU tHiNk I cAmE aLl ThIs WaY* God that scene is like the shit icing on the crap cake
He always said "I cant be "LORD" of anything" didn't he? Maybe thats what he meant.
I love how Strongboar is a dark souls character
the astora elite knight armour with the boar helm
lol
Pod survived the fight at Winterfell and was taught how to fight by Lord Commander Brienne and Lord Bronn, Im pretty sure he is a much better fighter than alot of people give him credit for.
Sure but I doubt he would last even a few minutes against anyone else on this list like dark star or lyn corbray
And that's stupid because he shouldn't have survived
Quite weak of a kingsguard
For a weak ass king
I wouldn't say it is weak
Brienne, Lyn, Andrik and Lyle are all very solid fighters
As for the rest it's very much debatable, but hey 4 out of 7 isn't bad
They are not weak at all, Lyn is considered one of the most skilled fighters in the Vale and he even killed Lewyn Martell and Darkstar is considered the most skilled fighter in Dorne and even Andrik is considered the most skilled fighter on the Iron Islands
This is why Bran is looking for Drogon 😂
bigkeno 😂😂
I would think that some other survivors of the North would be quick to volunteer to protect another son of Ned Stark. Are there Umbers, Karstarks, Manderlys, or any others left? What of those who would fight to serve the grandson of Hoster Tully?
I think the writers Just Kinda Forgot about the Riverlands. Edmure seems to be the only person still living there now
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Well the North ain't a part of Bran's realm, so...
I know this is old but all of the Umbers definitely died. They ruled Last Hearth, and Smalljon Umber was pretty brutally killed by Tormund in the Battle of the Bastards. That left his kid, who was unfortunate enough to be caught unaware at his castle by the entire army of the Night King. That's who the fire priest guys and Ed ended up finding in the first episode of season 8. I think it's safe to assume that the entirety of Last Hearth, and presumably the entire Umber house and lineage was completely wiped out when the Night King sacked the city.
*MEN CALL ME DARKSTAR AND I AM OF THE NIGHT*
Even to this day, 21 September 2022, Bran being king is still, still pretty hilarious.
Nice video, loved this speculation on who’d be Bran’s kingsguard
Bran should of lied and either have kept Jon as a part of the kings guard or he should of given him dragonstone.
podrick payne totally deserves it, as he showed honor and courage throughout the entire series
If Pod survived the Night Kings army and is being trained by one of the best fighters in Westeros he should be good. I wish we saw him develop his skills more as Brienne was teaching him but I'd imagine his skills will only get better. Especially if he's Kingsguard
Bad news, Swann is confirmed dead, killed during episode 5, so we may need another idea, Harras Harlaw could be put in that vacancy.
Bronn Master of Coin😄😅😂, Sam Tarly Grand Measter despite never even earning a a Link at the Citadel 😄😅😂 Huey,Duey and Luey are perfect Bran Kings guard.
Sorry you did an excellent job but being that Friedman-Benioff was the same man who Super Glued Deadpool's mouth in "WOLVERINE:X-MEN ORIGINS"
Lyn Corbray is such a badass I wish we got him in the story but sadly the Vale was placed as a secondary role even though they could easily crush all the kingdoms that are left over
Maybe Garlan Tyrell? He's pretty good in the books and still alive and well. Isn't there a part when Sansa sees him sparing against 4 opponents or something?
@@attilamenyhert9464 he does, in the books Mace Tyrell has 4 kids, Garlan is his second-born son.
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Garlan is loras’ older brother in the books. Plus he’s already married with kids and the heir to high to high garden. He wouldn’t take a Kings guard spot.
@@cshell1482 So if you already have a family you can't be kingsguard? I thought you just have to leave your family, and land, and money and all that. Well if that's the case I guess Garlan doesn't qualify ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@theheadbangguy5985 but then Bronn wouldn't be Lord of Highgarden and he could be in the Kingsguard
When the master of coin can kick the shit out of your kings guard
"whos going to carry bran everywhere" the dude has foresight like he needs any protection
Harwyn harstone plumm would be a great addition as well as maybe Daven lannister and if they want to repair their relationship with the Lannister’s they should pick a Lannister kingsguard
Great fucking picks that only book readers would know of.
The Hound kills 4 of the “elite” fighters in 6 seconds
Should do a video on the few nothern knights
Wait, so we are taking season 8 this seriously now?
Bran being King of Westeros is as ridiculous as Bronn being lord of Highgarden, if not more.
EDIT:This video is interesting though
EDIT: With more evidence being considered, Bran being King of Westeros might not be so ridiculous...infact, it might even be a scarily fitting ending. So i was wrong in dismissing Bran as King just because Dumb and Dumber couldn't pull his ending off well enough. But seriously, fuck Bronn.
Not to mention, master of coin. The guy who didn’t know how loans work is now master of coin 😂😂
@@ajgarcia1962 True. Its so dumb
@@ajgarcia1962 people learn🤷♂️
These two still make more sense than Sansa of all things being queen of Winterfell tbh..
Bronn at least earned his place and is capable of learning.
Bran being king is just 'expectation subverting', but kind of predictable nonsense from D&D.
@@christopherwhiteside4448 Does Bronn strike you as the learning type? With a sword yeah but he's an illiterate fuck when it comes to books and coins. He literally said he'd take a loan and not pay it back and whoever tried to force him to pay would die.
Not to mention that the idea of a sellsword being Lord of Highgarden is stupid af. The Tyrells are still viewed as upjumped stewards by many of the noble houses which can trace their lineage to Garth Greenhand including the Fossoways and the Florents. If they were contemptuous of the Tyrells, why the hell would they tolerate Bronn? Even Rhaenrya saw the sense in that when dealing with Ulf the White and Hugh the Hammer. And perchance recall even when Hugh switched sides and was offered Highgarden he wasn't satisfied. He in the end overreached himself and demanded the Iron Throne. Hugh the Hammer is jus like Bronn. Both are lowborn filthy lowlifes who should have nothing whatsoever to do with ruling.
Brans kingsgaurd is whoever is unlucky enough to be standing nearby when he's attacked
Don’t stop making GOT videos I’ve enjoyed every single one 🙌
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I didn't like Brianne becoming kings guard to bran I wished she stayed with Sansa in the north but I liked that Podrick became kings guard 👍
Archibald Yronwood would have made a great addition to the kingsguard if the show had introduced him some how. Even Barristan the Bold has stated that Arch has the true steel
Those are great picks. I really like all of those characters (except Andrik, but just because I don't remember anything about him.) Ser Lyle is one of my favorite book-only characters.
darkstar is an emo edgelord. he ain't taking nobody's order.
I feel like picking pod as one of the nights scarred would be an excellent choice, because it’s a really nice arc on that character. he starts off as a bit clumsy, and not generally useful boy, but slowly becomes more competent, fighting, man. He serves his first Lord diligently, and he is uncapable of serving his second Lord, as he eventually gets himself killed I think it’s nice. That pod was able to have a good life for himself, and make something out of his own name.
Glad I watched the last episode yesterday before I saw this title lol
Finally, I subscribe to the idea that Bran is the big bad, having been taken over by Bloodraven in the cave. I imagine he could find more than a few ways to convince loyalists or even Blackfyres that he could maneuver into doing his bidding, becoming sworn shields.
Wild that Bran needs a kingsguard to defend him from steep hills.
Are you sure George didn't bring so much attention to how the kingsguard are picked so that he could later change it up?
Compare Jaime and Arthur Dayne. Jaime is the bad kingsguard, right? With if Arthur would have been the one with the king? Would there have been a lot of burning, or would there have been a dead king? When the king was torturing his wife, Jamie said "We're supposed to protect her too." the other kingsguard replied, "Not from him." There is a lot of quick jabs at how little honor the kingsguard actually had. Keeping ones oath isn't always the most honorable thing. Especially if one of those oaths is to defend the weak, and you do nothing as the weak suffer to uphold another oath. Even Barristan questioned if it was right to save the kings life during the Duskendal event. He thinks that if he had let him die back then, the world wouldn't have gone crazy. Not sure if The Mountain will betray Cersei in the books because he would make a perfect example of the monstrous unquestioning death machines that are the kingsguard. Podrick may actually end up on the kingsguard. Especially if new attributes are given more weight. Maybe they choose nights with more honor than unquestioning loyalty. Just food for thought. Not saying it will happen. But you do have to recognize that the books shine a lot of light on the not so pretty kingsguard.
The kingsguard are not supposed to be the "defenders of the weak". They are supposed to defend the king and keep their oaths. That's what honor is for them. That you do what you promised no matter the cost. If the kingsguard could start deciding themselves if the king was worth guarding or not, would you fully trust them then? They would be vulnerable to politics and scheming. They would be just any other institution in the realm. The Kingsguard are supposed to stand above that.
Having Bronn as a member of King Bran's Kingsguard could lead to an awful lot of confusion...
This was pretty funny I’m glad I clicked
Emm... What are you talking about?
I like your channel, but this vid makes no sense at all.
Is this list supposed to be generally badass characters from the books or potential kingsguard candidates?
Because kingsguard are said to be the *finest* knights in the seven kingdoms, at least in theory. So that immediately excludes Hotah and Andrik who aren't even knights to begin with, and that's without mentioning that Hotah is the long-term bodyguard of the Prince of Dorne and isn't even from the seven kingdoms.
I'm not sure Gerold is a knight, but even if he is - he's a criminal and a fugitive who attacks young girls, some fine knight he is. Corbray isn't a lot better than Dayne in terms of notoriety, and may pass in Cersi's kingsguard on a weak day, but not in any decent selection.
While we're at it, why not throw in Drogon and Goghor the Giant from the fighting pit as well...
zach cohen I agree with some of your points. However, Lyn Corbray is easily the greatest fighter in the Vale of Arryn, possibly excluding the Bronze Yohn Royce. Ser Gerold Dayne is indeed a knight and very notorious in skill of arms for the House Dayne and of Dorne. These two characters aren’t too honorable so in that I agree. Also, we should wait on judging Gerold too harshly on his actions against Myrcella Baratheon until we see what his motivations are. I doubt they are truly sinister. Consider that Jaime pushed a kid out the window and when we went into his perspective we learn much more about him to practically consider him worthy of the Kingsguard title.
Would have guessed Bran would havbe picked atleast one Northerner but intresting pick
Bron the cut throat becoming the lord of high garden and sitting on the council chamber was a bigger joke than Bran being a king.
Pod the Rod being sworn to celibacy should be a crime
You forget... Jaime Lannister said, not only a king can knight but, so can another knight. So, before the battle against the Night King... Ser Jaime knighted Brienne of Tarth... and then, she knighted Pod.
*Pod survived the Battle of Winterfell against the Night King. Anyone that comes back alive from surviving an Undead Army deserves Knight status.*
Tormund is busy leading the free folk in rebuilding. Also, when he says that winterfell stinks, just imagine him in kings landing
Unqualified people will be appointed if the small council is anything to go off of.
Davos and Tyrion are the only sensible choices there, even though Tyrion is questionable by now
I could see the hound maybe getting land and a keep somewhere in the north in the show’s cannon at least. Seems like Arya and Sansa appreciated what he did for them. He sorta contrasts with brienne in a way because he was almost born to be a knight and never wanted it and she always wanted to be one and was born a women. Based on how his arc ended in the show I think he’d want a place to relax and grow old at. Why not the dreadfort or one of the keeps of other dishonored/dead houses. I feel like letting him take the dreadfort would be sort of poetic given how the stark girls suffered there and at kings landing for him to be there as well fixing the legacy of his family and new keep. Between Sandor, brienne and the reed kids they sorta split responsibility for preventing the extinction of house stark so it makes sense to give them both nice fancy titles from the starks. House reed is already a noble one already so they don’t really need elevating. They are already important as gatekeepers of the north. Sansa seems likely to elevate sandor in some way. If not because she likes him but because Arya does
Could you make a video about Sansa and the hound ? (Book version)
The Kingsguard members are chosen for their loyalty. Podrick is very loyal.
Yeah, makes sense. It's pretty normal in history for rulers of empires to hire guards from other empires. It built peace that lasted for centuries.
by the end of the long night i expec pod had became battle tested and battle hardened able to survive the battle of winterfell
Pod fought on the front line when the night was the darkest and survived, that's a good enough for me
Hey whycreate. I like this video. I’d love to see a video about the best fighters, (not a top ten like everybody else has already done). I wanna see a video about those who earned the titles and compare them. Khaals, blood riders, Kong’s guard, first sword of bravos, sword of the morning, unsullied. Titles like that and compare them.
Honestly if Bronn was revealed to be a Rein, that would explain so much.
With Brans future sight I imagine he'd choose whatever men he HAS to to get the outcomes he wants. Eventually he'll become as calculating as Brynden Rivers and be assassinated in the name of purity and piety
boy, they sure stuck the landing with that ending, didn't they?
He dosent need a kings guard he knows the future.
Do a Sansa queens guard?
Stark lords have a household guard. Jory was the captain of Ned's guard
We don’t know all who will still be alive, but going purely off the books I’d probably go with:
1- Barristan (if he survives the books)
2-Brienne
3- Balon Swann
4- Lothar Brune
5- Lyn Corbray
6- Lyle Crakehall
7- Loras (again if he survives)
If Loras and Barry still die maybe like Garth Greysteel (gotta be good with a name like that) and Harwyn “Hardstone” Plumm.
Yeah when I saw the red hair of Andrik, before you said anything I thought it might be Tormund, but that would totally betray his character. So its probably what d&d would've done in a season 9
Pod definitely deserves it! Look at his achievements he’s survived a lot must have good skill
That or plot armour
Yeah or it could be the fact he’s been trained by one of the best fighters in Westeros for years
Late, but I would throw in Daven Lannister and Archibald Yronwood
right after a war involving a mad Lannister monarch?
The only possible worse ending than making Bran king would be making Pod a member of the Kingsguard
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Bran might have knighted him because he helped saved Sansa in the show version. Pod may play a bigger role in the books especially at the Battle for Winterfell against the White Walker's.
Grey Worm would be perfect as a Kings Guard or Commander of the Gold Cloaks.
Can you be more serious ? Gerold Dayne as a kingsguard ? Come on !
@Anonymous Doe Damn looks like you are always too serious at everything.
D&D kinda forgot about the Kingsguard....
It's so weird to see podrick in armor or even being in the kingsguard
It would have been cool if Bron became a kings guard, after spending the show protesting Tyrion and Jamie. But I guess hes made lord of one of the most powerful kingdoms and Master of Coin despite having no ruling or financial experience.
Martin better not kill off The Dragon Queen! I hope she goes back 2 Essos and rules Volantis.
They’ll all die because at the very end, Samwell was saying Drogon was bringing Dany to volantis. She will be revived and kill them all
It’s September 30th 2022 and it’s still baffling to think Bran became the king
He'll become king in the book
Probably a wheel of cheese and ser pounce are the most qualified Kings Guard members.. But seriously in the books I see candidates like the Theon, the Hound, Jamie Lannister (if hopefully his sister dies and he gets a new look on life) also Fat Belwas and ofc. the prior Lord Commander Selmy.
How any the many moons of hell did Pod become a Kings Guard.
Ser Shadrich should be part of the Kingsguard. Besides the obvious comical aspect of it, us short people have to support each other
I think Dark Star is a badass character but I do not see him as Kingsguard worthy. His willingness to try to cut, or behead, Marcella shows the class of man he really is. I just don’t see Bran feeling comfortable with a man who would murder a innocent girl in cold blood to ignite all out war with the Dornish and Lannisters having a sword and standing behind him in the most vulnerable positions and already being a cripple with no real way to physically defend himself. It’s not exactly like anyone can lie on their resume when the employer, Bran, can literally see your entire life lol
if your name is dayne.....you are hired...
Pod's sword is known to be magical
There's like 3 Valaryian swords up for grabs. Jaime's, Tarly's and Joffrey's.
Pod-eh ok.
Balon- solid.
Darkstar- he wouldn't want to be kingsguard.
Lyle- pretty unlikely. He will most probably be busy rebuilding the west.
Lyn- I can see it
Andrick- not happening.