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  • @TemplinInstitute
    @TemplinInstitute  5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    It is said that any man who does not follow us on Twitch is no true man. Not saying I agree with it, just saying that lots of people say that. www.twitch.tv/templininstitute

    • @Tom-vn1pq
      @Tom-vn1pq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It is known.

    • @Hurttoto
      @Hurttoto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes...yes they did....

    • @user-xl8jm3zy1f
      @user-xl8jm3zy1f 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@hexadecimal5236 GRRM basically mad his own fanfiction of ancient history and Thus Game of Thrones was born.

    • @BlackViperMWG
      @BlackViperMWG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Can you guys do the video on Star League next?

    • @DaniMartVTen
      @DaniMartVTen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can you please help me make sense of the Type-Moon "Mage's Association"?

  • @spaceninja7687
    @spaceninja7687 5 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    "We are the Exception!" Translated Dothraki war cry.
    Mongolians: "Hey, That's our thing!"

    • @grandadmiralthrawn5962
      @grandadmiralthrawn5962 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What a second

    • @ottoleois9323
      @ottoleois9323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And Kirk yelling "Khal!" doesn't have the best ring to it.

    • @jamesoleary2476
      @jamesoleary2476 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      wιѕegυy dothraki have lasted far longer than the mongols

    • @0reNForge
      @0reNForge 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You guys don’t get it, watch Crash Course World History [Insert r/whoosh meme here]. It’s a recouring joke John makes every video.

    • @audreyrasmussen540
      @audreyrasmussen540 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      *cue Mongol-tauge*

  • @cheezypasta9231
    @cheezypasta9231 5 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    Have you seen those Dothraki from Nessos, they've got curved swords. CURVED swords.

    • @ottoleois9323
      @ottoleois9323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dothraki, HOLD!

    • @vincentlee7359
      @vincentlee7359 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      So?

    • @caolan3202
      @caolan3202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Curved swords actually have a historical precedent and are often used for example the egyptian khopesh asthe blunted tip serves as a bludgeoning tool and as a hook to hook other swords. So yeah curved swords are normal and sometimes (depends) better than other sword types

    • @caolan3202
      @caolan3202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And they are also effective at gutting opponents as the hook will drag organs out and further damage tissue

    • @ArchDuke_Romellenios_Lanz
      @ArchDuke_Romellenios_Lanz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "Watch the sky traveler"

  • @doublep1980
    @doublep1980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    I would say ''thank you'' for this video,Templin Institute,but there's no word for it,in the Dothraki language.

    • @VulcanTrekkie45
      @VulcanTrekkie45 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It might be closest to say "May you have good"

    • @pedrobettencourt7288
      @pedrobettencourt7288 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      give the Templin a horse, that should be enough

    • @skylark306
      @skylark306 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "May you gitgud"

    • @RamdomView
      @RamdomView 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of the many reasons the Dothraki deserve to suffer or must reform.

    • @Zionvile666
      @Zionvile666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just give them a horse

  • @gunnarherzog5538
    @gunnarherzog5538 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    You forgot to mention that the Unsullied are the only Infantry to command the Dathraki's respect and that because of them, only Astapor (the city where they are created) needs not fear the Dothraki... Until that whole Dragon and chain-breaking thing that is.

    • @youtubevoice1050
      @youtubevoice1050 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Spears for the win.

    • @SolThax
      @SolThax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@youtubevoice1050 And well trained soldiers with proper equiment.

  • @generalnawaki
    @generalnawaki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    The Institutes Braid is long indeed! with many bells that herald its posts. its Kalasar is said to be over two hundred thousand strong and ever growing.

    • @sonofjack6286
      @sonofjack6286 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Now near 250 thousand, so large that it's marching creates canyons and beds for rivers, so large it turn fields into deserts, so large it drinks rivers dry.

  • @ZontarDow
    @ZontarDow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    I know they're based on the Mongols, but a purely horseback military with a disdain for infantry would very quickly find itself the victim of anti-cavalry infantry tactics.

    • @professionalfire3902
      @professionalfire3902 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      yeah right? The Japanese defeated cavalry charges with bamboo and everyone else resisted them with small ditches, wood spikes, caltrops, and mud. I've always resisted watching Game of Thrones and watching this made me facepalm

    • @kingjonstarkgeryan8573
      @kingjonstarkgeryan8573 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@professionalfire3902
      The Dothraki are highly overated in the books and show. Give me some good spearmen and longbowmen and I will break the Dothraki.

    • @MrOplef
      @MrOplef 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@professionalfire3902 big brain 200 iq super smart genius

    • @denisdiderot6779
      @denisdiderot6779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The Dothraki, imo, are much like the Spartans. Their renown comes more from the fear everyone has for them. They are so fearsome that many would rather just avoid giving battle.

    • @piotrd.4850
      @piotrd.4850 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kingjonstarkgeryan8573 In battle - quite possible, though not guaranteed. In war? Unlikely. As long as they have tactical and strategic mobility advantage, they have initiative.

  • @OriginalGazGoose
    @OriginalGazGoose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    After learning about the Dothraki, I realized that they can easily be defeated by a well-disciplined pike formation if they'll just charge recklessly towards infantry.

    • @lepmuhangpa
      @lepmuhangpa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Figured that out yesterday.

    • @mho...
      @mho... 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeeeah good luck finding trees to make thousands of pikes in the grasslands they inhabit!

    • @mr.beanladen1469
      @mr.beanladen1469 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In westeros' terrain they would not be as effective unless the plot demands.

    • @mr.beanladen1469
      @mr.beanladen1469 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I already love the dothraki but i would love them more if they had more brain not just brawn just like the mongols.

    • @matro2
      @matro2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what the Unsullied did.

  • @UnstopablePatrik
    @UnstopablePatrik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    White Scar recruit materials.

    • @skylark306
      @skylark306 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bruva would you like to sign this petition to the empera for speed dreadnoughts?

  • @ndv135
    @ndv135 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I know that many people don't care about the books and only watch the show, so thank you for making these about the books, it makes me really happy whenever I get to see something about A Song of Ice and Fire instead of it just being about the show.

  • @mrj7297
    @mrj7297 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    well then, if we are taking this road now...
    how about the Great Empire of Valyria and their Dragonlord rulers?
    please?

    • @nonoyobizness9090
      @nonoyobizness9090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This!

    • @davidkelly4210
      @davidkelly4210 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Valyrian FREEhold. They weren't an empire but a democratic (so long as you were a Valyrian) republic.

    • @alexander9703
      @alexander9703 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@davidkelly4210 Valyria wasn't a democratic republic. It was an oligarchy, one that technically gave a say to all landowners (ie excluding most Valyrians, which aren't), but in reality was ruled by a tighter aristocratic/magiocratic class of 40 families.

    • @davidkelly4210
      @davidkelly4210 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexander9703 so democracy... Democracy doesn't mean universal suffrage, just citizens having a say.

    • @sonofjack6286
      @sonofjack6286 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      House Lannister and the Tyrells

  • @khartog01
    @khartog01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    They abandon tactics whenever they meet infantry? An army of pikemen would ruin their shit. So much for the feared greatest horsemen.

    • @jacksonpettit9423
      @jacksonpettit9423 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't see pikemen in got

    • @khartog01
      @khartog01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think there's some in the battle of the bastards.

    • @jacksonpettit9423
      @jacksonpettit9423 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No. Those are called long Spears.

    • @khartog01
      @khartog01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's what a pike is.

    • @bloodypine22
      @bloodypine22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jacksonpettit9423 Here's a description of Frey soldiers from one of the books: “lord Walder’s bastard son Ronald rivers, leading a long column of pike men, rank on rank of shuffling men in blue steel ring mail and silver grey cloaks”

  • @alexanderward5286
    @alexanderward5286 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    The Guild of Calamitous Intent. Please do it.

  • @MinersLoveGames
    @MinersLoveGames 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The Dothraki: The most hardcore Bronies out there.

    • @Johnlanzer
      @Johnlanzer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hahahaha!!! The Great Mares of the Sun and Moon shall guide our Herd across the great plans to their Radiant Castle on the side of the Mountain where the Great Stallion trots to.

    • @MinersLoveGames
      @MinersLoveGames 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Johnlanzer
      That works almost too well.

  • @thedragondemands5186
    @thedragondemands5186 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    "Hoard" is a verb meaning "to gather", "Horde" is a noun meaning "large group".

    • @kebabinii7577
      @kebabinii7577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Dragon Demands Horde comes from Orda
      "Orda" is a word for "a warrior tribe/clan or the place where khan commands his army"
      Ordu means "army" in modern turkish.

    • @ahmedshaharyarejaz9886
      @ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kebabinii7577 And Ordu is the name of my native language of 'Urdu' which means language of the horde/army.

  • @mosleyman3136
    @mosleyman3136 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Did you see those horse riders from Central Essos, they have curved swords, cruved swords!

  • @bbaker4117
    @bbaker4117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    This video please me.

    • @bbaker4117
      @bbaker4117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@mitchmurray6323 They have wifi in the Night Lands.

    • @mitchmurray6323
      @mitchmurray6323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bbaker4117 ah I see

    • @robertmaniac
      @robertmaniac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My sun and stars.

    • @jacobcuccia5609
      @jacobcuccia5609 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Khal drogo is still alive then.

  • @stormzx9389
    @stormzx9389 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Can we get Krieg from 40K next!

    • @ottoleois9323
      @ottoleois9323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What about the Black Templars? Sigismund is not pleased.

    • @fuleng3
      @fuleng3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ottoleois9323Did someone say die for the Emperor?

    • @skylark306
      @skylark306 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "Templin institute doesnt do Krieg"
      "Try to execute templin institute for cowardice"
      "Bayonets can't reach interdimentional stuff"
      "Execute bayonet for cowardice."

    • @stipesango1983
      @stipesango1983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Krieg is good. Catachan is better!!

    • @RayleighJones
      @RayleighJones 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@stipesango1983 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @sevnesioran9994
    @sevnesioran9994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Do more ASOIAF content... such a rich universe and timeline!

    • @mho...
      @mho... 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ASOIAF what?

  • @nullvoid4063
    @nullvoid4063 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice for Templin Institute! I just found your channel recently and l must say, I am very impressed. Keep up the great work!

  • @awesomehpt8938
    @awesomehpt8938 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Templin institute is the best lore channel on TH-cam. It is known!

  • @Azrael-me1tm
    @Azrael-me1tm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like your channel's looks. It looks pretty well thought out and carefully planned.

  • @mikhailbychkov5042
    @mikhailbychkov5042 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    So since you are doing Game of Thrones, can you do a dossier about the greatest Imp on this side of the Narrow Sea, Tyrion Lannister?

  • @eitkoml
    @eitkoml 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Hungols. If you want to learn more about the Steppe tribes I highly recommend listening to Steppe Stories by Dan Carlin in his Hardcore History podcast.

  • @chickensforthechickengod9337
    @chickensforthechickengod9337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey no horseing around!

  • @Argos-xb8ek
    @Argos-xb8ek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Dothraki are my favorite savages in the series

  • @irmuusanaa4227
    @irmuusanaa4227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Genghis khan sees them “Who are these idiots?” Sits on a mountain of braids laughing his ass off.

  • @MazzaAzi
    @MazzaAzi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Your palace may last forever, but my yurt can go anywhere."

  • @ultron1509
    @ultron1509 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    What about a truly civilized society? Valyria!

    • @kaspersaldell
      @kaspersaldell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The doom was an inside job
      The Maesters caused the doom of Valyria

    • @DzinkyDzink
      @DzinkyDzink 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Those grey rats..

    • @covenawhite4855
      @covenawhite4855 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kaspersaldell I believe the Faceless Men who were once slaves of Valyria did it.

  • @blitcut9712
    @blitcut9712 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I find it quite strange that the Dothraki don't engage directly in trade seeing as trading was the lifeblood of the nomadic step people they're based on.

  • @tjjourden4806
    @tjjourden4806 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome narrative. Thank you for sharing

  • @starmaninthegrave485
    @starmaninthegrave485 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whoo! Goosebumps! Thank you

  • @dwaugh2215
    @dwaugh2215 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Mandolorians and Klingons would easily get along well with them.

    • @MathMasterism
      @MathMasterism 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Or they'd try to kill each other to prove who's the strongest

    • @adrianbundy3249
      @adrianbundy3249 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Klingons? Sure. Mandalorians? Hell no. There are two types of warriors societies. One is more 'barbarian' focused (cannot think of a better name for it), and that would be Klingon or Dothraki, or some of the societies in the scorpion king (which he was a part of one such race), or hell, Conan the Barbarian and co. I might say later development to the Klingons in the latter half of star trek perhaps moves them to the second category here with internal national developments, but I am going to ignore that for these purposes. Anyway... These societies, best, strongest warriors fight, and take ruler, and what they want, etc, kind of like well, barbarians. And is a description of the way Klingon and Dothraki societies have been for a long time. This is the strength comes first category of warrior culture.
      The other type of warrior society is the one based entirely around honor systems. Honor comes first cultures. Sure, all of these have 'honor' but what takes priority here is important. IE, the IRL equivelent to the Samurai, Bushido class society. There have been others IRL too, the Spartans leaned more this way, but were kind of a blend making another more special class of warrior society, so I am just gonna skip them in this comparison, if you were wondering. Mandalorians, and the Aiel come to mind in fiction (though, due to the nature of their desert, 'barbarian' style tech, some might have on the surface view the Aiel like the Conan sort of barbarian strength first culture, but no. Their honor codes are every bit as powerful as the way of the Bushido, and their societies are much less 'too the strongest' to a very high degree, even with the power given the wise women, and intelligent clan chiefs over brutes, who could be denied, etc. For instance, you don't become clan chief by killing a person for instance, or not cutting yourself in battle, etc. But they battled each other, in a warrior society to no end, for cultural and religious reasons, and they got damn good at it, in their own honor system. They would have seen the way Klingons and Dothraki behaved as quite, well, dishonorable. But I could see the two honor bound warrior societies of the Aiel and Mandalorians getting along well enough, provided they lived long enough to get to where they understood which were the dishonorable or honorable codes they each followed.

  • @SolThax
    @SolThax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nothing more satisfying then seeing savages dying on hoplite's spikes.

  • @TheChimeraDude
    @TheChimeraDude 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should cover the Wheel Of Time's Aiel, they're a really cool people!

  • @AR15ORIGINAL
    @AR15ORIGINAL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's... quite the gentle way to present the nomadic rapist gang.

  • @redacted3557
    @redacted3557 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do the Unsullied next! Or maybe some other Westerosi army!

  • @nerowulfee9210
    @nerowulfee9210 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Galactic Empire: "Shit, why everybody thinks us as greatest evil faction? Like we being evil for the sake of it!"
    Dothraki: "Hold my qımız"

  • @joseangelquintero6022
    @joseangelquintero6022 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video. I love this topic a lot

  • @grandadmiralzaarin4962
    @grandadmiralzaarin4962 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I've not found any evidence that Dothraki bows can outrange Westerosi longbows. And while they might be skilled riders they are just light cavalry. Heavy horse and armored knights would be largely invulnerable to them.

    • @dubuyajay9964
      @dubuyajay9964 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Then why did Ghengis Khan curb stomp Eastern and Central Europe?

    • @tyrannicfool2503
      @tyrannicfool2503 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Grand Moff Wouldn’t they just not engage any armored enemies in direct combat and instead keep shooting them? Carrhae style?

    • @louisaude6880
      @louisaude6880 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@dubuyajay9964 Listen to Wrath of the Khans, by Dan Carlin. Long story short, they outmanoeuvred the shit out of them.

    • @grandadmiralzaarin4962
      @grandadmiralzaarin4962 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@dubuyajay9964 several reasons. If you look at the styles of armor, cavalry and archers of that time period the Mongols outclassed their opponents in organization, formation and archery range. Armor was also largely limited to leather and mail. This wouldn't remotely be the case with the medieval time period-plate armor over mail, armored horses and long range archers as well as predominantly pike and spear infantry with shields trained against cavalry. Medieval progress in war counters every advantage the Mongols enjoyed in their era. This is even more true with the Dothraki who would charge the large Westerosi levies armed with pike and spear-used to cavalry charges by much heavier horse-and you'd have a massacre of the lightly armed and armored Dothraki. Look what happened when they fought unsullied spearmen that had no cavalry or archer support. This is simply military fact.

    • @physical_insanity
      @physical_insanity 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@dubuyajay9964 Because they had far superior numbers and made heavy use of horseback archers, which are one of the most difficult archers to counter. And like @Louis Aude said, they outmanoeuvred the shit out of them.

  • @sarahgirlisit
    @sarahgirlisit 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Keep them coming

  • @alexkorman1163
    @alexkorman1163 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think doing more fantasy like things is nice. It’s nice to see something other then sci-fi

  • @Connor.SG-1Ring
    @Connor.SG-1Ring 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Despite their fierce reputation and dominance, the Dothraki in actuality no longer pose a threat to the cities of Essos. Even if they wanted to, they are incapable of capturing or destroying cities like Qarth, Volantis, or Bravos.

  • @supershinigami1
    @supershinigami1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Martins greatness! Benioff and Weiss are light years behind.

  • @Danny-ys3yh
    @Danny-ys3yh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gotta do Unsullied 🤷‍♂️

  • @Johnlanzer
    @Johnlanzer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Forth Eorlingas!!
    Wonder who would triumph, Riders of Rohan or the Dothraki Khalasars

    • @Connor.SG-1Ring
      @Connor.SG-1Ring 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Both of them come from a horse culture and both use mounted archers. But Rohirrim are well armored and have better weapons. They also use strategies and having better unit cohesion.
      The Dothraki are unarmored and their primary weapon the arakh won't cut through plate or mail armor. They don't use any tactics, relaying mostly on their numbers and brute force to overwhelm an enemy.
      If both armies fought with equal numbers (10,000 each), then Rohirrim would have the overall advantage and thus gain the victory.

    • @piotrd.4850
      @piotrd.4850 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Connor.SG-1Ring I agree. On the other hand, I can see Rohirrim loosing in less regular warfare.

  • @zaneadleyismail7508
    @zaneadleyismail7508 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Will you do any Dungeons and Dragons,Magic the Gathering or Elder Scrolls settings?Your videos are really well made,and help me learn the lore easily.Keep up the good work

  •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dothraki vs Rohirrim who would win??
    Factions I would like to see next:
    1. Genii Confederation (SG: Atlantis)
    2. Stargate Command Atlantis (SG: Atlantis)
    3. Reapers (Mass Effect)
    4. Forerunner Empire (Halo)
    5. Prothean Empire (Mass Effect)

  • @kosh2501
    @kosh2501 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    " Only a fool would meet Dothraki in an open field "
    Robert Baratheon.

  • @skyrish
    @skyrish 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Suggestions:
    -The Hunter's Guild from Monster Hunter plus the Research Commission
    (Since Monster Hunter World was so successful and the recent release of
    the Iceborne trailer, so why not cover this)
    -Shinra Power Electric Company from Final Fantasy (A lot of Final
    Fantasy fans were getting sad to see one of the Final Fantasy
    organizations not covered)
    -The Combine Empire from Half-Life 2 (Because why not)
    -UN Spacy from Macross (The Real one not the f***ed up Robotech one)
    -Erusea from Ace Combat (Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is coming 2019)
    -Dossier for Aya Brea from Parasite Eve
    -Beastiary file of Rathalos from Monster Hunter

  • @Existential_Tempest
    @Existential_Tempest 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Eh. The Parthians are cooler. Great video, though!
    (Obligatory BIONICLE request comment.)

  • @podemosurss8316
    @podemosurss8316 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please do the Principality of Gallia (Valkyria Chronicles).

  • @randomlyentertaining8287
    @randomlyentertaining8287 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Dothraki are the undisputed masters of LIGHT mounted warfare. As the Battle of Winterfell showed, they make HORRIBLE heavy cavalry. They simply don't have the armor to withstand a straight up brawl. Their speed and maneuverability is their greatest asset. Take that away and the Dothraki are just screaming men on horses.

  • @inuboy867
    @inuboy867 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Any chance of the Institute putting up a schedule of what will be shown next?

  • @Draycoe
    @Draycoe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So they are Mongols..

  • @RespawnM
    @RespawnM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Why is Total War: Game of Thrones, not a thing? Just think about it.. Just a vanilla package, have a DLC campaign of Aegons conquest where you rely heavily on dragons (Cough, import them from Warhammer and change them a bit so they're more important) and diplomacy and less on army spam, How much fun would you have as the Seas and Rivers (Iron Islands and Rivers combined) As you fight off unique highly stained units of Targaryn Knight units ect

  • @pudlordtynan919
    @pudlordtynan919 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mmmm they remind me of like a human Klingon society. With a dash of Mongolians.....I like it

  • @kaspersaldell
    @kaspersaldell 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    More A Song of Ice and Fire content pls

  • @elizabethsilk7160
    @elizabethsilk7160 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have not read the books or watched the TV series, but from this video it seems that the Dothraki field armies consisting entirely of melee light cavalry. Such a force would melt against any army using massed pikes or spear, and would likely struggle against massed swordsmen or a shield-wall as well. In addition, an entirely mounted army would have a horrible time conducting sieges and urban warfare, especially if they are too primitive to field siege engines. How is this explained in setting? Do they actually focus on using horse archery, or is there some other explanation?

    • @ruiminwang5944
      @ruiminwang5944 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      the dothraki win and lose by plot demand basically

    • @fellowman8796
      @fellowman8796 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      They literally kept charging at a spear wall till they lost the battle. They're persistent, at least.

  • @deadlooks1880
    @deadlooks1880 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    the IMC and THE MILITIA OF TITANFALL, i am really going to be more exaggerated in joy, if you can overview and discuss that on next episode.

  • @ironclad9769
    @ironclad9769 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please, do a video on the Japanese empire, or the SS for The Man in the High Castle

  • @TheJarric
    @TheJarric 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    masters of universe , sisters of silense , old rebublic , 1st commonwealth and horde from she-ra

  • @chadmcking4759
    @chadmcking4759 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please do more fallout vids

  • @Samorroctiv
    @Samorroctiv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    May I request House Lannister for the next video?

  • @leroydsouza69
    @leroydsouza69 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Winter is coming this year. 2019 and the war for the dawn.

  • @bgt2848
    @bgt2848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What I want to know is what happens if a Dothraki’s braid happens to be cut during a battle but he kills his enemy? Is he seen as victor or is dishonored

  • @thorshammer7883
    @thorshammer7883 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What are your thoughts on the SCP Foundation and do ever think of being interested in it and it's hidden lore?

    • @ComradeSpirit
      @ComradeSpirit 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The SCP universe(s) as a whole would be tricky as hell to do a Templin video on. They'd have to either stick to one specific SCP universe, since there is no unified lore or canon, or be vague and broad enough that the video could apply to many/all of the different canons.

    • @thorshammer7883
      @thorshammer7883 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ComradeSpirit
      It can be done.

  • @starwarsnerd100
    @starwarsnerd100 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Blood of my blood!

  • @dubuyajay9964
    @dubuyajay9964 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    We do not sow...wait...wrong faction!

  • @nanomachinesson2513
    @nanomachinesson2513 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do the Kithid from Deserts of Kharak please

  • @Hisagiinabag
    @Hisagiinabag 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    have you guys thought of doing ones from the destiny series
    the last city
    the hive
    the fallen
    the awoken
    the cabal
    to name a few

  • @neofulcrum5013
    @neofulcrum5013 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Huns of the Game of thrones world

  • @LazyDogJumper
    @LazyDogJumper 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please do any aspect of Dead Space. May I suggest Unitology which has a wealth of information.

  • @vincentlee7359
    @vincentlee7359 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Darthraki vs. Mongolians?
    Also: Can Darthraki do siege warfare?

    • @Connor.SG-1Ring
      @Connor.SG-1Ring 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mongols win
      Dothraki can't really do siege warfare.

  • @blindoutlaw
    @blindoutlaw 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    40k video request
    Horus, Abaddon or the Black Legion

  • @filimongalogavros5301
    @filimongalogavros5301 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Η αλλιώς στα Ελληνικά το Ντοθράκι : Ένα τραγούδι του πάγου και της φωτιάς .

  • @ecnalms851
    @ecnalms851 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nomadic tribes and warriors, fictional or not, always seem to fascinate me

  • @chrisreeves8534
    @chrisreeves8534 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Game of Throne the native tribe awesome

  • @octo8715
    @octo8715 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hmmm... powerful nomadic warriors living in steppes and grasslands on their horses... wonder where we've heard that before...

  • @PaulRebel
    @PaulRebel 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good.

  • @marc9324
    @marc9324 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Literally the Mongols.

  • @thecouncilofnine4692
    @thecouncilofnine4692 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    *IT IS KNOWN*

  • @cypher4783
    @cypher4783 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    And they say the rangers of the north are going to war

  • @spearshake4771
    @spearshake4771 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonder if the horn Euron has is just for show? I mean would it really tame a dragon?

  • @timeenoughatlast3368
    @timeenoughatlast3368 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The Dothraki... the reason one of the only factions in game of thrones that deserves systamatic extermination

  • @frogman4700
    @frogman4700 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    can you guys please do kingdom of Hyrule?

  • @kairon156
    @kairon156 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How do they have so many horses, who breeds and cares for them?
    Also, how many slaves can a nation have before they become unmanageable?

    • @jacksonpettit9423
      @jacksonpettit9423 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      China has 1.4 billion slaves

    • @kairon156
      @kairon156 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jacksonpettit9423 This makes me wonder the difference between slaves and just having a poor social and health care system.

  • @mrsevve1017
    @mrsevve1017 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you do the world of mortal engines?

  • @mrspooks5287
    @mrspooks5287 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *_The Universal Union (Combine) From Half Life 2?_*

  • @allankles
    @allankles 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Templin Can you do IMC from Titanfall?!

  • @bielpr2009
    @bielpr2009 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Untill now I wasn't really interested in games of thrones but now I see its worldbuilding is pretty good

    • @supershinigami1
      @supershinigami1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But don't watch the show. Read the books. A Song of Ice and Fire. The show just doesn't do this worldbuilding justice.

  • @BlackViperMWG
    @BlackViperMWG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you guys do the video on Star League next?

  • @XKING91
    @XKING91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Dothraki are joke…Anyone who remotely takes them “seriously” has no idea about history, weapons or warfare.
    The plan is for them to resemble the mongols, but they are at best are badly written parody of them.
    Every single Army in Westeros would slaughter them utterly.
    Basically give them an infantry force to “ride down”, wait until they are engaged then flank them with your heavy horse, which are basically completely impervious to the weapons the Dothraki have.
    Second because they can't really retreat or lose their life and position, means they will get annihilated the moment they get into a losing situation.
    But the dothraki are not the only exemple where a Culture or Institutions in asoiaf is basically just a parody a a real life example, i'm not entirely sure if that's intended or if GRRM is just pretty bad at writing certain things.
    But they Dothraki are excellent horse archers and skirmishers, if somebody actually comptent could command them and they would make an excellent addition to an army.
    But alone they just suck.

    • @piotrd.4850
      @piotrd.4850 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well you see.... that's whole point. Only naive writers would ignore everything and write OP-as-fuck-best-in-all-aspects.

  • @elliot1460
    @elliot1460 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whats the thing with the eyes and ten arms or w/e?

  • @youdontknowme.8765
    @youdontknowme.8765 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Templin Institute, will you be willing to create a video on the game Destiny?

  • @TricksterPoi
    @TricksterPoi 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Catachan in Warhammer 40k please!

  • @sethwilloford5535
    @sethwilloford5535 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you do the Fremen from Dune?

  • @XxF0RSAKEN
    @XxF0RSAKEN ปีที่แล้ว

    Best faction in game of thrones

  • @m.a.9571
    @m.a.9571 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is known

  • @budi5361
    @budi5361 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm actually impressed how Dothrahki didn't collapse on itself. I mean how backwards your thinking can be that you didn't do trade whatsoever. Even the mongols understand how important trade is and actively try to control trade routes