I have been following various ASOIAF theorists for nearly 7 years now and can confirm that David has been at the forefront of some of the most important & lesser known theories. David is the first person I have heard to go out on a limb and propose the Great Empire of the Dawn theory and many other creators credit LML when speaking about this. David we appreciate you continuing to keep the topic alive and interesting. Wishing you great success!
"Ah yes, Maester Lightbringer. His work truly was extensive, fanciful and intriguing, but he was clearly mad. It's no wonder The Citadel threw him from the battlements, literally"
The fragmentary notes of a pureile scribe suggest the Conclave tolerated his works for some time. Until whispers began to spread of strange smells and lights emanating from his laboratory at all hours. Some weeks later, from the novices at Quill and Tankard to the dockside sailors, rumours of a sorcerous brew sickening many were traced to selfsame laboratory. The beloved maester proclaimed his innocence, insisting he was close to perfecting the formulae for a magical laxative, said to move even the hardest of bowels within a fortnight. Needless to say, the Conclave was not long in handing down the most sharp of punishments.
@@TheCinamanicit is said that these fell words are still whispered as parts of arcane rituals beyond the ken of man, deep in the darkest halls of Asshai
Minor thought: since the white of the tower topped by red flame is similar to a weirwood, the fact that it was rebuilt higher and higher is similar to a weirwood growing.
Casterly Rock may be another example of ancient dragon lords using dragons to dig tunnels in rock, inhabited by a people with GEOTD features and an unclear origin. Light hair, gem colored eyes. It also fits as an outpost near a trading hub, near Lannisport. It may also have a lighthouse-like structure on that top.
The Lions of the Rock were said to be magical, so if the Casterleys were Garth-descended, it makes perfect sense for the GEOTD (seeing skinchangers) to rock up to the Rock and be like “lol what’s up”. “Winkled it away” indeed
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I've never considered it before, but it's possible that the Daynes could be direct descendants of Azor Ahai, especially if he followed the comet to forge lightbringer, putting him in Westeros when he forges it and the long night falls, to then possibly go north to right his wrongs, or help at least with lightbringer/dawn..which could explain the dayne's valyrian(G.E.O.T.D.) looks even though they're not (technically) valyrian..banger video Lml👍 as always
The old town section of the world of asoiaf is one big foreshadowing and a mystery to solve. My theory about the origin of the name "battle isle" is that it's meant to reference the battle that will take place during Euron's invasion. Either as an old prophecy or simply from literally stand point.
Awesome video. So much intrigue in Oldtown and with the Hightowers. Highly anticipating this part of the story to pop off in TWOW and find out what secrets are revealed and which are left to the imaginations of us all. Appreciate the consistent and engaging content.
Another fantastic video! Thank you, David. I also appreciate you scheduling Starry Wisdom Sunday for 1:00 PM Pacific Time now. This change allows me to watch your live streams live again since 3:00 PM PST is midnight here in Germany, which is too late for me to start watching.
I am listening to the audiobooks for the 10th time and just passed where Jorah mentions that his wife looked like Daenerys and I was imagining that she had to have had similar hair.
Watching now. I just want to know one thing (it's been on my mind recently because I was showing your videos to my brother). When do you sleep? Do you sleep? Love your videos and livestreams!
Did you see disputed lands' videos on Lorath and of the maesters? She theorizes that the original maesters were slaves(Peremore's pets), which is dark and creepy. And she did connect the mazemakers of Lorath to the battle isle in another video. Since you two are the best asoiaf theorists out there, i often end up trying to mash your theories together. For example, i think its very likely that the iron born may have come from fisher queens( mashing both your ideas together) Its really fun
90min flew by like 9. I wasn’t expecting “Euron and Leyton in Cahoots”, but it does make sense. Leyton also has a distinctly unmarried daughter, and King’s Blood
I like to think someone will sneak into the Hightower and upon walking onto the top floor veranda, sees there is either a weirwood that has grown up through the centre of the tower. That or at some point a glassbower dragon made a reeeeaaallly long glass candle that also runs the length of the entire tower, being drawn from the "stone" at the bedrock. And the "beacon" at the top is really something weird resultant from the massive glass candle/magic amplification stave that runs all the way up
@@petergriffn149 thank you my fellow lore-hound🤓. One might think with a name like "Oldtown," it might be a dreary place, but ideas like that are just one reason that Oldtown is so cool. I think it's almost as awesome to think about as Volantis or Yeen!
Yet another amazing video, David. For some reason, I binge your stuff every winter. BTW, some of your newer music reminds me of Hot Rod by Peaches. Not a bad thing to sound like Peaches!
I'm glad they didn't make the Hightowers silvery-haired in the show tbh, given how many other main characters have those features. It would have made it harder to tell people apart imo
I really don't get that. Just by showing their house colors through their clothing and accessories, plus the characters they are mostly associated with, they wouldn't have been hard to differentiate at all
Serwyn once saved Princess Daeryssa from giants Daeryssa is a very Targaryian name. so a Hightower / dane might have a Great Empire of Dawn ancestor...
Very much appreciate the mention of firewyrms with battle isle and the silly idea of sticking them in wooden ships to get them to westeros from my comment a while ago but my theory has since been refined from firewyrm Battle Isle theory to volcano Battle Isle theory. Volcano Battle-Isle theory rev 2 is: Battle Isle (or somewhere in the vicinity, possibly Dornish mountains) is a dormant volcano where wild dragons and (possibly) firewyrms may have naturally roosted. Ancient dragonlords found the island while exploring the west from the southern coast (arm of Dorne would have blocked them from finding Dragonstone by sea). They saw the opportunity to increase the amount of dragons under their control as well as the vast riches that could be gained from mining a dormant volcano in a new land and built a fused stone fortress on top to protect their new wealth. Firewyrms could have been used to bore the tunnels in search of ore veins or were just a natural presence boring tunnels where they wanted. Both options could explain the labyrinthine layout, as firewyrms, which are noted as having no love for men, would likely be less obedient and less inclined to keep the tunnels straight or on plan if they were actually able to be controlled and if wild there wouldn't have been a plan or predetermined layout for the tunnels. Over time the dormant volcano would further cool and the mines would deplete to be forgotten to time. Battle Isle being a dormant volcano would explain why GEOD picked that spot, why dragons (and maybe firewyrms) were found there, why the fortress was built, why the tunnels are the way they are, why there were non-valyrian dragons to slay in the Reach, and why the Hightowers quickly became kings after removing the dragons and dragonlords (the vast wealth that would have been acquired from gaining Battle Isle as well as riding out the great victory would have quickly raised their status). I think the only things missing to tie it all up are hints of mines or dragonglass on battle isle. Also would totally give Euron's Old Town apocalypse the possibility of utterly obliterating Old Town if he could magically reactivate the volcano (who knows what he learned in Valyria, they had volcano controlling magic)
The fortified trading outpost was also the main form of Portuguese colonialism. They established fortified trading outposts in west Africa, goa, and coastal Brazil, where the they traded for Brazilwood before they ever began with the sugar plantations
My dogs kennel name is wanderin’ star and I live 5 minutes from a well known henge (and a less well known one) made of stone in England. Roads apail at solstice
Another note about Davos Dayne and dragon lord connections - Orys Baratheon, rumored to be the half brother of the Conquerors, who married Argilac's daughter after taking Storm's End, he named his son Davos.
7 great empire of the dawn emporers (not counting the bloodstone emperor who was evil), and 7 gods in the faith of the seven. hmmmm. potential link there?
@DavidLightbringer I'm thinking maybe there's links between the andels and the faith of the seven with the high towers and daynes, assuming the high towers and daynes are secret numenoreans. I envisage that the geotd was noble and just for 7 generations, and in that time they spread West from asshai. Then when the 8th emperor came into power, it was coincidentally the same time tgeotd was starting to colonize westeros. A group similar in concept to tolkiens elf friend numenoreans move West to escape the bloodstone emperor. One "elf friend" group winds up in battle isle, one in Valeria, and 1 becomes the basis for the andals and the faith of the seven.
I propose that the GEOTD achieved dragon binding via magical artifacts (e.g. magic dragon horns). Azor Ahai sought skin changing magic in Westeros to gain pure magic control over dragons. Eventually and much later, Valyria perfected a hereditary dragon bond via soul stuffing their ancestors into dragons.
Imagine after George is gone that Kevin J Anderson starts cranking out terrible Great Empire of the Dawn prequel novels with characters named Victor Stark and Serenity Dayne.
NO!!! he didn't at all!! This is a paraphrase but he basically said "naysayers think Ill never finish it and maybe they're right- but I still plan to and I feel like I've got a while to live". That little "maybe not" has been taken way out of contest by folks looking to get mad and clickbait
Glad i watched until the end before spouting off about how i think the Starry sept points to the church of starry wisdom being embedded or a precursor to the faith of the seven in Westeros.
The oily black stone and labyrinthine tunnels are also featured in several Thousand Worlds stories. I often wonder if those - along with Bakkalon - indicate a larger connection or are simply themes GRRM likes to play with.
GRRM has mentioned that Bran the Builder is a mythical person to whom buildings of forgotten origin are attributed. Maybe Lightbringer is right about these many different projects having been made with the help of Childre of the Forest, not just by the fabled Bran the Builder.
The Stark crown is the grove of nine and the last hero. Nine iron swords and one bronze. Reminds me of how Donnell Noye says that bonze is weak but pretty and iron is strong but won't bend. Humans are weak and the weirwoods are powerful yet fragile. Just a thought.
Could the hightower be a homage to a weirwood (og green version) and the tunnels an old root system similar to bloodraven's cave? The quote you pulled about the earliest version made of wood & rose fifty feet above the fused fortress, was it made of rose & wood, one of George's wordplays? And the livestream with Eldric and the house of black & white, if bloodraven's cave is the white half, could this have been the black? Could the hightower's be hooked up to a weirwood (even if just a stump) instead/as well as a glass candle? Or was this an outpost of asshai which needed to be cut off? If the eponymous battle was inside the weirwood net that could be a cool parallel to what you've suggested bran could face towards the end game. It would be interesting if this was a separation of the weirwood net between westeros & essos too, as the wall is from westeros and the north (northeros?). The cotf connections to both are drawing parallels in my head, ice in north, water in south. The cotf trying to protect the land from both sides with the same breaking but with different methods. Either way, great vid, got me thinking, andl oving the art and all the hightower visuals you commissioned!! 👍
Hi(gh) Man! I have an idea for a video: Tell us the timeline as you see it in chronological order please. Hit all the main events including (but not limited to): The deep ones and other old races, GEOTD, colonisation of westeros, Garth the green, long night, Hammer o/t waters, green zombies, construction of important architecture, etc. In any case, thanks for the awesome video I just watched
Could it be that the first dragonlords were similar to the Braavosi in that they sought the magic of the Children of the Forest to find a way to shrug off the yoke of their oppressors, perhaps the Ghiscari or some kind of proto-Ghiscari? That would imply a lot in terms of themes.
I have been following various ASOIAF theorists for nearly 7 years now and can confirm that David has been at the forefront of some of the most important & lesser known theories. David is the first person I have heard to go out on a limb and propose the Great Empire of the Dawn theory and many other creators credit LML when speaking about this. David we appreciate you continuing to keep the topic alive and interesting. Wishing you great success!
"Ah yes, Maester Lightbringer. His work truly was extensive, fanciful and intriguing, but he was clearly mad. It's no wonder The Citadel threw him from the battlements, literally"
"MMMAAAARWWWYYYYYNNnnnnnnnn........"
*plop*
@DavidLightbringer I was trying to figure out what you'd be screaming on the way down, no doubt something insane and ludicrous
He was called 'That Lightbringer Guy" by his foes
The fragmentary notes of a pureile scribe suggest the Conclave tolerated his works for some time. Until whispers began to spread of strange smells and lights emanating from his laboratory at all hours. Some weeks later, from the novices at Quill and Tankard to the dockside sailors, rumours of a sorcerous brew sickening many were traced to selfsame laboratory. The beloved maester proclaimed his innocence, insisting he was close to perfecting the formulae for a magical laxative, said to move even the hardest of bowels within a fortnight. Needless to say, the Conclave was not long in handing down the most sharp of punishments.
@@TheCinamanicit is said that these fell words are still whispered as parts of arcane rituals beyond the ken of man, deep in the darkest halls of Asshai
love oldtown and its ancient mysteries… watching on the stairmaster, climbing the proverbial hightower, as i watch!
Nice symbolism
Minor thought: since the white of the tower topped by red flame is similar to a weirwood, the fact that it was rebuilt higher and higher is similar to a weirwood growing.
Choice content … as always!
While i might not know the band, i know youre freaking awesome friend!
thank you!!
speak that knowledge wordman
Casterly Rock may be another example of ancient dragon lords using dragons to dig tunnels in rock, inhabited by a people with GEOTD features and an unclear origin. Light hair, gem colored eyes. It also fits as an outpost near a trading hub, near Lannisport.
It may also have a lighthouse-like structure on that top.
The Lions of the Rock were said to be magical, so if the Casterleys were Garth-descended, it makes perfect sense for the GEOTD (seeing skinchangers) to rock up to the Rock and be like “lol what’s up”. “Winkled it away” indeed
We in here !
Im in this comment section like dragons were in Battle Isle
Babe, LML's biggest vid of 2024 just dropped!
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I wish i had someone to wake up and chatter endlessly about Westeros secret Numenorians about 😢😖
Guess it's off to the Citadel for me!
Thanks!
oh wow, thank you and you're quite welcome!
I've never considered it before, but it's possible that the Daynes could be direct descendants of Azor Ahai, especially if he followed the comet to forge lightbringer, putting him in Westeros when he forges it and the long night falls, to then possibly go north to right his wrongs, or help at least with lightbringer/dawn..which could explain the dayne's valyrian(G.E.O.T.D.) looks even though they're not (technically) valyrian..banger video Lml👍 as always
The old town citadel has a library of Alexandria vibe ... And we know what happens to the library 😢
So early perfect timing to listen as I decorate my green witchy Christmas tree ;)
The man himself has blessed us once again
Praise Garth
Always 💨💨🌌
i’m a new subscriber. phenomenal video, theories, host, and channel. thank you
The set up for an awesome ironborn vs Hightower sorcerer duel only to have us swerved into a Saruman style heel turn by the hightowers would be great
This is by far one of my favorite videos you’ve made. Amazing as always 🎉
oh thank you Alonna that means a lot 💚
at first i thought the title was "origins of downtown" and i was worried someone had given up the age old secrets of House Clown
😂
Just opened my phone to watch an lml video, perfect timing!
The old town section of the world of asoiaf is one big foreshadowing and a mystery to solve.
My theory about the origin of the name "battle isle" is that it's meant to reference the battle that will take place during Euron's invasion.
Either as an old prophecy or simply from literally stand point.
Awesome video. So much intrigue in Oldtown and with the Hightowers. Highly anticipating this part of the story to pop off in TWOW and find out what secrets are revealed and which are left to the imaginations of us all. Appreciate the consistent and engaging content.
GET IN LOSERS DAVID DROPPED ANOTHER MASTERPIECE
One of my absolute favorite topics!
Starts at your old place
0:04 it's a slowly burning joint.
the best kine
I hope Hightower has elevators cos my ass would not be going up and down all those steps
that's why Leyton never comes down haha
@DavidLightbringer he's so real for that 🤣
When your back or your knees begin acting up sometimes all one can say is “looks like I live on this floor only from now”
I wish I could just live atop a lavish tower reading ancient histories, arcane tomes and possibly dabbling in the occult 🤧
I've got six hours of driving ahead of me and I am so pumped for this
Another fantastic video! Thank you, David.
I also appreciate you scheduling Starry Wisdom Sunday for 1:00 PM Pacific Time now. This change allows me to watch your live streams live again since 3:00 PM PST is midnight here in Germany, which is too late for me to start watching.
yeah that was one of the reasons I did the change, so we can catch western Europe at least
@@DavidLightbringer Thank you again. Looking forward to watching you live again.
I like to think that the words of house Dayne are:
"Azor Ahai, Bad Guy"
omg im so excited for this!!
Nothing better than seeing a brand spanking new LML video sparkling in the queue! ✨💫
I am listening to the audiobooks for the 10th time and just passed where Jorah mentions that his wife looked like Daenerys and I was imagining that she had to have had similar hair.
Looking fresh David Timberlake, clearly EDM is good for the human skin. Praise Garth
🎉🎉🎉 merry Christmas to all of us, thanks for the massive video Dave 🤘
Watching now. I just want to know one thing (it's been on my mind recently because I was showing your videos to my brother). When do you sleep? Do you sleep? Love your videos and livestreams!
my sleep is but a rumor haha
Praise Garth!! So much intrigue in this corner of Westeros 🧐
Here we go!!
Love it praise Garth algo boost
Another nice one from the groovy dude
Keep up the fine work
Cheers : )
Praise Garth! 😩🍃
Blessings of the WeirNet upon you
Did you see disputed lands' videos on Lorath and of the maesters? She theorizes that the original maesters were slaves(Peremore's pets), which is dark and creepy.
And she did connect the mazemakers of Lorath to the battle isle in another video.
Since you two are the best asoiaf theorists out there, i often end up trying to mash your theories together.
For example, i think its very likely that the iron born may have come from fisher queens( mashing both your ideas together)
Its really fun
🤯
THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING ON MY BIRTHDAY!
happy birthday homie!!
Awesome! Watching now.
Ok, made one comment for the collective head-cannon. Here’s a bonus for the algorithm. Video was amazing! Nobody catches more nuance than you, man!
90min flew by like 9. I wasn’t expecting “Euron and Leyton in Cahoots”, but it does make sense. Leyton also has a distinctly unmarried daughter, and King’s Blood
Worth the wait dude!
I like to think someone will sneak into the Hightower and upon walking onto the top floor veranda, sees there is either a weirwood that has grown up through the centre of the tower. That or at some point a glassbower dragon made a reeeeaaallly long glass candle that also runs the length of the entire tower, being drawn from the "stone" at the bedrock.
And the "beacon" at the top is really something weird resultant from the massive glass candle/magic amplification stave that runs all the way up
i was wondering if there was a weirwood on Battle isle too, maybe in the center of the fortress or something. deffo a candle up there
@@ThommyofThenn 2 of the coolest ideas i’ve ever heard
@@petergriffn149 thank you my fellow lore-hound🤓. One might think with a name like "Oldtown," it might be a dreary place, but ideas like that are just one reason that Oldtown is so cool. I think it's almost as awesome to think about as Volantis or Yeen!
I feel like I got an early Yule gift! Huzzah 🎉🎉 The video was well worth the wait, fantastic job Dave!
Yet another amazing video, David. For some reason, I binge your stuff every winter. BTW, some of your newer music reminds me of Hot Rod by Peaches. Not a bad thing to sound like Peaches!
Bruuuuuh at work atm but will be praising garth and settling in to watch as soon as I'm home. Cheers dave I can't wait!
What an epic video
Awesome video as always Lml! 👏💕The deep lore of the story always gets me sucked in
Been wanting to see this one!
I'm glad they didn't make the Hightowers silvery-haired in the show tbh, given how many other main characters have those features. It would have made it harder to tell people apart imo
I really don't get that. Just by showing their house colors through their clothing and accessories, plus the characters they are mostly associated with, they wouldn't have been hard to differentiate at all
Damn so the casual viewers are THAG DUMB?
You all cant even differentiate between faces? God
Yes finally! 🎉
Absolutely steller video Dave! I love your stuff man ❤
@david lightbringer thank you for another banger!
a godswood 3d animation into the weirwood net would probably be a cool intro
cool idea...
Serwyn once saved Princess Daeryssa from giants
Daeryssa is a very Targaryian name.
so a Hightower / dane might have a Great Empire of Dawn ancestor...
I think we're going to see water wights and no one talks about it
Very much appreciate the mention of firewyrms with battle isle and the silly idea of sticking them in wooden ships to get them to westeros from my comment a while ago but my theory has since been refined from firewyrm Battle Isle theory to volcano Battle Isle theory.
Volcano Battle-Isle theory rev 2 is: Battle Isle (or somewhere in the vicinity, possibly Dornish mountains) is a dormant volcano where wild dragons and (possibly) firewyrms may have naturally roosted. Ancient dragonlords found the island while exploring the west from the southern coast (arm of Dorne would have blocked them from finding Dragonstone by sea). They saw the opportunity to increase the amount of dragons under their control as well as the vast riches that could be gained from mining a dormant volcano in a new land and built a fused stone fortress on top to protect their new wealth. Firewyrms could have been used to bore the tunnels in search of ore veins or were just a natural presence boring tunnels where they wanted. Both options could explain the labyrinthine layout, as firewyrms, which are noted as having no love for men, would likely be less obedient and less inclined to keep the tunnels straight or on plan if they were actually able to be controlled and if wild there wouldn't have been a plan or predetermined layout for the tunnels. Over time the dormant volcano would further cool and the mines would deplete to be forgotten to time.
Battle Isle being a dormant volcano would explain why GEOD picked that spot, why dragons (and maybe firewyrms) were found there, why the fortress was built, why the tunnels are the way they are, why there were non-valyrian dragons to slay in the Reach, and why the Hightowers quickly became kings after removing the dragons and dragonlords (the vast wealth that would have been acquired from gaining Battle Isle as well as riding out the great victory would have quickly raised their status). I think the only things missing to tie it all up are hints of mines or dragonglass on battle isle.
Also would totally give Euron's Old Town apocalypse the possibility of utterly obliterating Old Town if he could magically reactivate the volcano (who knows what he learned in Valyria, they had volcano controlling magic)
The fortified trading outpost was also the main form of Portuguese colonialism. They established fortified trading outposts in west Africa, goa, and coastal Brazil, where the they traded for Brazilwood before they ever began with the sugar plantations
My dogs kennel name is wanderin’ star and I live 5 minutes from a well known henge (and a less well known one) made of stone in England. Roads apail at solstice
perfect content to watch while playing the agot mod for ck3
Another note about Davos Dayne and dragon lord connections - Orys Baratheon, rumored to be the half brother of the Conquerors, who married Argilac's daughter after taking Storm's End, he named his son Davos.
Oh hell yeah!
1:24:15 "Saur-" in "Sauron" sounds like "sour," not like "soar."
Praise Garth (and short-haired David)!
love the portishead reference
Omg I'm sooo excited 🎉🎉🎉
Ooooo a big one!
yes ma'am
4:30 warlock confirmed!
One of the many wonders of Westeros for sure.
7 great empire of the dawn emporers (not counting the bloodstone emperor who was evil), and 7 gods in the faith of the seven. hmmmm. potential link there?
Yes because the bloodstone emperor is named after the comet, the bleeding star stone, which would be the 8th wanderer when it enters the solar system
@DavidLightbringer I'm thinking maybe there's links between the andels and the faith of the seven with the high towers and daynes, assuming the high towers and daynes are secret numenoreans.
I envisage that the geotd was noble and just for 7 generations, and in that time they spread West from asshai. Then when the 8th emperor came into power, it was coincidentally the same time tgeotd was starting to colonize westeros. A group similar in concept to tolkiens elf friend numenoreans move West to escape the bloodstone emperor. One "elf friend" group winds up in battle isle, one in Valeria, and 1 becomes the basis for the andals and the faith of the seven.
"it's not a cult" suuuuuuure
SHUT UP MIKI first rule of Starry Wisdom Cult COME ON
@@DavidLightbringer IM SORRY i meant "GROUP OF FRIENDS" (also what are we bringing for the potluck at the compoun- i mean house)
I propose that the GEOTD achieved dragon binding via magical artifacts (e.g. magic dragon horns). Azor Ahai sought skin changing magic in Westeros to gain pure magic control over dragons. Eventually and much later, Valyria perfected a hereditary dragon bond via soul stuffing their ancestors into dragons.
Petition to do High Tower videos instead of Iceberg where we get gradually enlightened instead of deeper.
Imagine after George is gone that Kevin J Anderson starts cranking out terrible Great Empire of the Dawn prequel novels with characters named Victor Stark and Serenity Dayne.
I have now watched this video more times than ancient Dragonlords visited Westeros (allegedly)
More content from that Lightbringer guy😅!!! Yay! Seriously i love your videos
Did George really say recently that he's probably not going to finish the books?
NO!!! he didn't at all!! This is a paraphrase but he basically said "naysayers think Ill never finish it and maybe they're right- but I still plan to and I feel like I've got a while to live". That little "maybe not" has been taken way out of contest by folks looking to get mad and clickbait
very true. i think it's the same as it was.... he wants to finish, but he's really struggling for whatever reasons.
Glad i watched until the end before spouting off about how i think the Starry sept points to the church of starry wisdom being embedded or a precursor to the faith of the seven in Westeros.
Awesome, thank you.
The oily black stone and labyrinthine tunnels are also featured in several Thousand Worlds stories. I often wonder if those - along with Bakkalon - indicate a larger connection or are simply themes GRRM likes to play with.
GRRM has mentioned that Bran the Builder is a mythical person to whom buildings of forgotten origin are attributed. Maybe Lightbringer is right about these many different projects having been made with the help of Childre of the Forest, not just by the fabled Bran the Builder.
The Stark crown is the grove of nine and the last hero. Nine iron swords and one bronze. Reminds me of how Donnell Noye says that bonze is weak but pretty and iron is strong but won't bend. Humans are weak and the weirwoods are powerful yet fragile. Just a thought.
Ooo im liking and commenting now, but ill catch it tomorrow and leave my thoughts
Oh... Hadn't really ever seen "the Conqueror" as a title for Nymeria... That's cool!
Could the hightower be a homage to a weirwood (og green version) and the tunnels an old root system similar to bloodraven's cave?
The quote you pulled about the earliest version made of wood & rose fifty feet above the fused fortress, was it made of rose & wood, one of George's wordplays? And the livestream with Eldric and the house of black & white, if bloodraven's cave is the white half, could this have been the black? Could the hightower's be hooked up to a weirwood (even if just a stump) instead/as well as a glass candle? Or was this an outpost of asshai which needed to be cut off? If the eponymous battle was inside the weirwood net that could be a cool parallel to what you've suggested bran could face towards the end game.
It would be interesting if this was a separation of the weirwood net between westeros & essos too, as the wall is from westeros and the north (northeros?). The cotf connections to both are drawing parallels in my head, ice in north, water in south. The cotf trying to protect the land from both sides with the same breaking but with different methods.
Either way, great vid, got me thinking, andl oving the art and all the hightower visuals you commissioned!! 👍
Hi(gh) Man! I have an idea for a video: Tell us the timeline as you see it in chronological order please. Hit all the main events including (but not limited to): The deep ones and other old races, GEOTD, colonisation of westeros, Garth the green, long night, Hammer o/t waters, green zombies, construction of important architecture, etc. In any case, thanks for the awesome video I just watched
WE ARE SO BACK AND NEVER LEFT!!!!
Was a bit long, but worth it.
It must be Christmas!
ohhhhh i’ve been waiting for this one…. SAT
Could it be that the first dragonlords were similar to the Braavosi in that they sought the magic of the Children of the Forest to find a way to shrug off the yoke of their oppressors, perhaps the Ghiscari or some kind of proto-Ghiscari?
That would imply a lot in terms of themes.
Here's my branch.. Take it. As an offering to The Algorithm.
*bows* ..
Idk why but Yeen is the coolest word in the English lexicon
“It’s all just color…”- Some out of touch guy