Valyria - Map Detailed (Game of Thrones)

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2018
  • The map of the Valyrian Peninsula along with the cities within
    the Valyrian Freehold Detailed from Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire
    Blank map image by - atlasoficeandfireblog.wordpre...
    Dragonlord art by - Magali Villeneuve
    Dothraki Century of Blood art by - Magali Villeneuve
    Firewyrm in the volcanoes called the fourteen flames art by -Kevin Catalan
    Contact ► whycreatevideos@gmail.com
    Twitter ► whycreator
  • บันเทิง

ความคิดเห็น • 534

  • @bushwhakked
    @bushwhakked 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1376

    Let's establish our capital* next to these beautiful volcanoes.

    • @PunctualBerryBoy
      @PunctualBerryBoy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      What could possibly go wrong....

    • @roisbelhernandez1430
      @roisbelhernandez1430 5 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      Pompeii

    • @jorischroer5449
      @jorischroer5449 5 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      Both San Francisco and Tokyo are build on or near big fault lines, so those cities are ticking time-bombs aswell.

    • @bushwhakked
      @bushwhakked 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@jorischroer5449 But wasn't it implied that their use of magic was the cause behind the eruptions?

    • @thegreekdeal4747
      @thegreekdeal4747 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@roisbelhernandez1430 pompei was just a city not rome.

  • @christopherbohley8949
    @christopherbohley8949 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2179

    It would be so interesting to have a tv show about the rise and fall of Valyria.

    • @zacharycaswell8583
      @zacharycaswell8583 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Christopher Habszollern we’re not gonna get that, but apparently they’re working on a very early prequel show🙏

    • @christopherbohley8949
      @christopherbohley8949 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Zachary Caswell It probably won't be as interesting as a Valyrian story though imo. 😩

    • @zacharycaswell8583
      @zacharycaswell8583 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Christopher Habszollern no, but I’d take something over nothing, plus the Long Night/ Bran the Builder would be the second most interesting.

    • @supernenechi
      @supernenechi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I don't think they would make a tv show out of it, but books are much easier to make.

    • @caesar9708
      @caesar9708 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Lots of money will have to be spent. 3 CGI dragons was hard enough, now imagine hundreds of dragons. The giant topless towers might also have to be CGI as well. Magic, spells and stuff would also have to be CGI.

  • @benjamin9120
    @benjamin9120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +939

    I had this weird thought. What if bran could look back in time and see how the valyrians made their steel?

    • @eXanova
      @eXanova 5 ปีที่แล้ว +210

      Show Bran maybe... But book Bran can only see through weirwood trees I think...

    • @Mocodoeseverything
      @Mocodoeseverything 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      500 I.Q comment, and by the way, oh yea yea

    • @benjamin9120
      @benjamin9120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Gamebrain 4k oh yeah yeah

    • @aldenmcgrath9722
      @aldenmcgrath9722 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@benjamin9120 but they know how to make them, problem they only have two dragons right now

    • @mattcruse495
      @mattcruse495 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Its not about making there are few blacksmiths that can actually reforge valaryan blades. Its all about the ingrédients and yes dragon fire was part of it but also there were others ingrédients Which went gone in the doom.

  • @ChoIzanami
    @ChoIzanami 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    So if it is true, that all 14 volcanoes erupted at the same time, it is highly likely, that there were in fact a supervolcano, like Yellowstone and the phlegraean fields, with every crater just beeing one weak point over a huge magma chamber. Beeing that close together would fit that picture. Not only would the timeframe fit, as supervolcanoes do tend to sleep for a long time between eruptions, like 100,00 years,, but the amount of destruction would also be fitting. If we take a look at the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, we can see a similar picture here: The Indonesian vulcanic island of Krakatoa exploded in a massive VEI6 and literally destroyed itself to the point, that only a small part of the island remained. The main body of the vulcano was ripped apart. The eruptions shockwave was felt 180km away, where it still shook houses and furniture and the sound of the explosion is said to have travelled the globe three times. It also generated a 100m high tsunami, that killed people around the sunda strait. A supervolcanic eruption can reach a VEI 8 or even higher (an VEI 7 eruption is ten times as strong as an VEI6). And like we see in Italy around Mt. Vesuvius, areas around vulcanoes are so fertile that the are beeing re-settled despite the danger. If the Romans were unaware that their Mt. Vesuvius was a volcano, the sheep herders of Valyria could've been, too. It could be a plausible theory to what the Doom of Valyria was.

    • @anthonyappleyard5688
      @anthonyappleyard5688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I suspect that, like Krakatoa, Valyria was once a single round volcanic cone, which in a prehistoric eruption blew itself out and caved in, like Tambora did, leaving a collapsed mess, which restarted erupting from many points.

    • @ilayturjeman1066
      @ilayturjeman1066 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      really good theory my man

    • @TaeSunWoo
      @TaeSunWoo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I would love for this to be a thing

  • @zzdoodzz
    @zzdoodzz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +503

    Valyria is pretty much a mash up of the real Greek and Roman civilizations.

    • @mr.10rupees43
      @mr.10rupees43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Valyria is Rome, Ghis is Greek

    • @sirol97
      @sirol97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@mr.10rupees43 Ghis looks like Carthage.

    • @danielalzate7456
      @danielalzate7456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@sirol97 or Egypt.

    • @yaboyed5779
      @yaboyed5779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Ghis is definitely Carthage

    • @strangeman9362
      @strangeman9362 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      More like the Minoan civilization

  • @ValyrianPrince
    @ValyrianPrince 5 ปีที่แล้ว +531

    We need a valyrian book from G.R.R.M

    • @k.jamescarters9557
      @k.jamescarters9557 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Nosa he doesn’t write quick enough. I always imagined it would be beneficial for the publishing house to make a huge payment to grrm and outsource certain eras and regions to their own fantasy authors.

    • @matthewsweeting5469
      @matthewsweeting5469 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He is writing a book series on Agons Conquest

    • @druggeddragon420
      @druggeddragon420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      G.R.R.M. Can’t even finish his main series.

    • @foxnharo
      @foxnharo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      No man, we need Winds of Winter and Dreams of Spring

    • @famousmadlad6361
      @famousmadlad6361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would love one, after he finishes his main series of course

  • @dickrobot
    @dickrobot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    I think the Doom was the cost of all the magic the dragon lords used over the centuries. Magic has a cost.

    • @aamirrazak3467
      @aamirrazak3467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      dickrobot def possible as their blood magic was their doom... I also think their infighting and the faceless men brought about the doom also

    • @joeleonard1314
      @joeleonard1314 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Only death can pay for life, bruh.

  • @dariah4227
    @dariah4227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    I wish we could see Daenerys learn about the history of Valyria and her dragonlord ancestors

    • @factbeaglesarebest
      @factbeaglesarebest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It’s not likely to happen. It doesn’t really make sense or have any relevancy to any of the plot lines.

  • @keeganantony9745
    @keeganantony9745 6 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    I recommend anyone who is interested in ASOIAF history to play a game called "Crusader Kings 2 : GOT mod".... IMO, its the best strategy game ever and you can play most of the title-wielding characters in got history all over westros and essos through anytime line. Its not easy to understand at first but once you gets it you will be hooked. It has every detail/info that you mention in this video

    • @Stuka55
      @Stuka55 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      ahhaahahah it's nice to see that other people who play it are here

    • @keeganantony9745
      @keeganantony9745 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      its really the best... undiscovered gem from the rest of the GOT universe

    • @Stuka55
      @Stuka55 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      for real

    • @aegonii8471
      @aegonii8471 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Holy shit Crusader Kings 2 by itself is a niche game, but the fact that you guys are also fans of the game of thrones mod for the game is amazing. I’d recommend you guys check out Vaelorbear he’s doing a dope custom series set during the andal conquest.

    • @henrykyzar4855
      @henrykyzar4855 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Plus the submod that lets you retake valyria

  • @MrDoob-xo3sm
    @MrDoob-xo3sm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Last time I was this early Valyria was still alive.

  • @Emberheart_
    @Emberheart_ ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Mantarys has more or less been assumed to have been so obsessed with inbreeding to keep that bit of Valyrian blood pure, that it has led to extreme inbreeding, resulting in a lot of siamese twins, explaining the two heads or extra limbs.

  • @cloakeddisguise2105
    @cloakeddisguise2105 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Being genuine here, whycreate has some of the best video descriptions ever. Maybe it’s cause I love asoiaf but I never get bored with these

  • @Eochaid1297
    @Eochaid1297 5 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Trained slingers can hurl lead or stone bullets over 90mph, and lead bullets are sharp on each end. There's no "somehow" about it.

    • @gimgimlet6350
      @gimgimlet6350 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A sling is the only weapon for a true man

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@gimgimlet6350 Innocence: A Plague Tail: "Am I a joke to you?"

    • @ezramalzbender7934
      @ezramalzbender7934 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Triggered me a little aswell

    • @factbeaglesarebest
      @factbeaglesarebest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah this is something I hate about film portrayal of medieval and ancient warfare. It is rarely even close to accurate. Just guys with swords and unrealistic armor walking with some archers thrown in...
      Slingers were lethal. ABSOLUTLEY lethal.

  • @Brandonhayhew
    @Brandonhayhew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    Valyria Freehold basically Roman Republican.

    • @bramsturk619
      @bramsturk619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Its so great of George Rr martin to take inspiration from the real world

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Better to be inspired by real world history and then his own imagination which is just full of bullshit.

    • @Akislav1990
      @Akislav1990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      More of a mix between Rome and and the Atlantis mythos.

    • @leonardodavid2842
      @leonardodavid2842 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Akislav1990 much of it is Roman history

    • @leonardodavid2842
      @leonardodavid2842 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Tito Taufik It is very much a mix. But Rome is everywhere in Valyria

  • @davidjarkeld2333
    @davidjarkeld2333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    The city was towers with the dragons flying above them, wow it's bad enough with pigeons ...

    • @Jg-jg6jb
      @Jg-jg6jb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      David Jarkeld kinda cool imo

    • @stefanlilleng6725
      @stefanlilleng6725 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@Jg-jg6jb Think he was refering to when they shit

    • @mr.10rupees43
      @mr.10rupees43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@stefanlilleng6725 i don't think dragons shit. they're royal majestic beasts. dunno, can't confirm if a dragon has an asshole or not

    • @bensonfang1868
      @bensonfang1868 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dragons either lived in caves or stables probably much like horses

    • @argon2423
      @argon2423 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mr.10rupees43 Dragons most certainly shit.

  • @Pyllymysli
    @Pyllymysli 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Slingers underrated imho. A good slinger could throw that lead ball with fierce accuracy and power.

    • @DwarfofDefeat
      @DwarfofDefeat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And on top of that, the Sling with a Lead Ball typically had longer range than your typical compound bow. Some people consider that Slingers may have been intended to counter archers before cavalry was 'mainstream'.

  • @andy9441
    @andy9441 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    You've quickly become one of my go-to sources for all things GoT. Keep doing what you're doing man!

  • @loknaz97
    @loknaz97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    There is some new info about Valyria in the new Fire and Blood book, about a Targerian princess who flew there on a dragon and got infested by strange parasites so big it made her skin bulge when they moved. Pretty messed up stuff.

  • @matics453
    @matics453 5 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Question: Do we know how many dragons a valyrian family had or was allowed to have ?

    • @robbstark7481
      @robbstark7481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      No, but the Targaryens had 5 dragons when they fleed to Dragonstone and at the moment of the doom, and they were just a minor family

    • @paulvillapando6449
      @paulvillapando6449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      20 Dragons and the volcano explode only 5 remain

    • @aaronford4159
      @aaronford4159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I’m going to assume a dragon for however many people are in the family

    • @definitelynotacheater
      @definitelynotacheater 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      There were about 40 dragon families, and once Valyrian Freehold sent an army of 300 dragons so aprox less than 10 dragons per family

    • @InitialPC
      @InitialPC ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@definitelynotacheater there were 40 freeholder families but not all of them were dragon families only a select few had dragons

  • @Austin_Collett
    @Austin_Collett 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    manterys is such a tiny nugget of lore yet is one of my favorite things about a song of ice and fire because it adds so much mystery to the story with so little

  • @aamirrazak3467
    @aamirrazak3467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I would love a book or books about the Valyrian Freehold documenting their rise and fall or a tv show or movie, I find their history really interesting plus I want to see all the dragons... i am really curious as to what caused their doom, and how they learned to tame and control dragons and use magic

  • @efjay3183
    @efjay3183 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I believe they did change the lore a bit in GOT (stonemen are sent to Valyria instread of Chroyane), since Tyrion and Jorah do pass through Valyria in the show, where they are attacked (Tyrion and Jon Connington sail down the Rhoyne in the books).

    • @jhtrq1465
      @jhtrq1465 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was a very dumb and lazy writing choice, quite coherent with the 2 dumbass running the show. I don't see any reason to call Chroyane Valyria in the show.

  • @gimgimlet6350
    @gimgimlet6350 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Is it me or should there be more lore on the valyrians that were on leave and were just absent from the peninsula in general during the doom? Maybe detail if everyone in valyria just went mad, or these are just superstitious rumors and there are survivors of the doom?

    • @lauren-he4fr
      @lauren-he4fr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      hi! i'm back ten months later. the remaining dragonlords were killed in the ensuing chaos of the century of blood. several noble valyrian families were slaughtered in the streets of the free cities as retaliation.

    • @rodangaming4889
      @rodangaming4889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lauren-he4fr how abt their dragons, like wt is the possibility that every dragon is in valyria at the time of doom ( they can be on vacation or conquering lands or juz exploring). If only 5 dragons are used for unification of westeros, even if only three are present they can do pretty much.

    • @will2brown50
      @will2brown50 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rodangaming4889 there was a dragonlord named Aerion who had several dragons. He tried to reclaim valyria and become it's emperor. He was in Qohor at the time of the doom. He went missing and presumably died in valyria.

    • @fildariusv7045
      @fildariusv7045 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@will2brown50 If I recall correctly, he only had one dragon and at the time of the Doom, he was staying in Qohor for unknown motivations (probably just passing by). After hearing the news of the doom, he raised an army of 30,000 qohorik men, declared himself First Emperor of Valyria and went to reclaim what was left of it atop his dragon. Neither the army, nor Aurion, nor the dragon ever came again.
      Btw I do believe some dragons may still be out there, a couple of wild dragons survived the Dance of Dragons and are never said to have died so they could have had offpring in time, and the same could be said about the Doom, maybe some managed to fly away

  • @tooslow4065
    @tooslow4065 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    hard to believe that with all these other colonies, no other dragonriders outside of the targaryens survived. not to mention, if dragons are fire made flesh, how would volcanic eruptions kill them?

    • @InitialPC
      @InitialPC ปีที่แล้ว +27

      there were other individual dragon riders, they were in the free cities when the doom happened, but after valyria was destroyed the free cities fell to infighting to succeed it, the remaining dragon lords were killed in the process
      there was one dragonlord who may have led a house, he gathered an army and his dragons and went to reclaim valyria but they were never heard from again

    • @xylerian
      @xylerian ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This was a massive system of 14 volcanoes erupting simultaneously, it’s just not fire, it’s lava and much more. And the whole dragons are fire made flesh is just allegory.

    • @viivv6230
      @viivv6230 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      the celtigars and velaryions survived as well, didn’t they?

  • @naturesbliss2903
    @naturesbliss2903 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I just love your videos. The geographic history you give, brings another level to reading the books, thank you.

    • @whycreate
      @whycreate  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Super kind words :)

  • @madambutterfly1997
    @madambutterfly1997 6 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    He's clearly lying on the grounds that Valyrian artifacts can be found practically everywhere cuz that's how widespread they were. Just cuz he says he went to valyria doesn't mean he actually did and his artifacts aren't proof

    • @igorsiqueiraa
      @igorsiqueiraa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Vladimir Kichev he paid the iron price.

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Read the chapters with Euron - then tell me you're so sure.

  • @JotaCool9
    @JotaCool9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your channel is underrated. Your content is amazing!
    Keep up the great work

  • @mrisfanbs
    @mrisfanbs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Maybe this is a stupid question, but How do you know any information of this?
    From The Book?

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      The book 'World of Ice and Fire' and I believe also 'The Lands of Ice and fire'. And also the books .

    • @DiplodocusesAreHawt
      @DiplodocusesAreHawt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fuzzydunlop7928 also Fire and Blood

  • @soreal5583
    @soreal5583 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your videos are AMAZING!!! Thank you so much for sharing them

  • @whycreate
    @whycreate  6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    What do you think happened to people of Oros, Tyria and especially Mantarys?

    • @CarlShull
      @CarlShull 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      whycreate bra they dead as Robb

    • @nicodarsh
      @nicodarsh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The mining jobs left and Valyria became the Rust Belt. The three cities are actually reminicisent of Detroit and Flint, Michigan, along with Gary, Indiana.

    • @NatashaSalgado
      @NatashaSalgado 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Maybe the magic affected the people around the Fourteen Flames and it's created something like Chernobyl. Where people that survived had cancer or malformations due to the radiation. Maybe the magic was huge enough to make it.

    • @efjay3183
      @efjay3183 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The people of Oros and Tyria mutated into feral monsters, and although Mantarys was not as effected, they too suffered (people were porn with two heads etc...)

    • @tomhetterscheid4244
      @tomhetterscheid4244 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Efjay 3 that's kinky

  • @conor1417
    @conor1417 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Is it known what Valyrian family was the most powerful in the Valyrian Freehold? And what made them more powerful to others? The amount of dragons?

    • @sophiawilson8696
      @sophiawilson8696 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      good question but what we do know that were 48 Dragons Families (Dragon Lords) The Targaryens was below power structure system.

    • @mephistolordofhatred1258
      @mephistolordofhatred1258 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Think their power was based on types of magic they could perform. It is often mentioned how much knowledge was lost in doom of Valyria. Some examples are architecture, volcano mining, Valyrian steel.
      We don't see Targaryens do any of those things. All they can do is bond with dragons and make black stone. That can also be the reason nobody listened to their warnings or cared when they left for Dragonstone.

    • @conor1417
      @conor1417 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mephisto Lord of Hatred Ohhhhhh that would actually make sense, thanks for the replys

    • @InitialPC
      @InitialPC ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sophiawilson8696 there were 40 freeholders, not all of them were dragonlords
      targaryen may have been a weak dragonlord house but a dragonlord house nonetheless and would have been powerful within the standards of valyrian rulership

    • @Mayonaise55
      @Mayonaise55 ปีที่แล้ว

      What if the Targaryens’ power were Dragon dreams

  • @jackburton6178
    @jackburton6178 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Skyrim music? Sure, why not.

    • @DesiMcSheepxD
      @DesiMcSheepxD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ahah i was just looking whether it was just me or someone made a comment about it. good ear!

    • @mrrnigah643
      @mrrnigah643 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's perfect for this typa videos

  • @Speleomimus
    @Speleomimus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The dragonroad bit made me think of dragons in hard hats and reflective vests lol

  • @mindofastoic01
    @mindofastoic01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It reminds me of Greece(geographically speaking)

  • @mativillagran1684
    @mativillagran1684 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video man, very well explained and entertaining too.

  • @HapNStance
    @HapNStance 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Very interesting. If a prequel is made, sounds like Valyria will play a big role.

    • @subutaynoyan5372
      @subutaynoyan5372 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Valyria is like those Ancient Empires in Greko-Roman world and Mesopotamia. Pretty much the sorce of all civilisation in the West of the World Map is related to this land.

    • @trevorward6040
      @trevorward6040 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@subutaynoyan5372 asshai is more like mesopotamia. assuming valyria is the source of all civilization is like assuming nothing came before greek and roman times.

  • @assassin3003
    @assassin3003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I say there are multiple places dragons come from apparently most north of the wall there are giant ice dragons 3 times the size of the normal dragons and under valyria across the sea there are dragons that don't breathe fire.

    • @DiplodocusesAreHawt
      @DiplodocusesAreHawt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      the dragons that dont breathe fire are called wyverns, there are loads of them that run rampant on the continent of Sothoryos and are one of the reasons why its so uninhabitable.
      theres also rumours that the Valyrians created dragons by experimenting on firewyrms and wyverns with blood magic (as a dragon is kind of a combination of the two species) but thats not confirmed

  • @justindriscoll5470
    @justindriscoll5470 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great videos man! Keep em coming

  • @the5gen
    @the5gen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well researched video WC. Good job.

  • @huntergreen1988
    @huntergreen1988 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow.... This is great! Thanks for sharing!

  • @Gray_ninja
    @Gray_ninja ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3 more notes
    1. Land of long summer fate is known. It has been flooded when the doom appeared, turning once rich and fertile land into a swamp haunted by demons
    2. Elyria is prominent for it's slaver city reputation
    3. Valyria has had alot of colonies in the south that were not mentioned. If i recall correctly they were Goggosos, Isle of Tears that completely died out of red plague and Gorosh, former Ghiscary colony that was used as a prison/slaver camp until it disappeared

  • @erikaheck8261
    @erikaheck8261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Super informative!
    I’m actually lived in a city called “Elyria,” so when I say there was a location in Westeros, I got so excited!!

    • @ErenKaya-uz6dx
      @ErenKaya-uz6dx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where are you from

    • @erikaheck8261
      @erikaheck8261 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ErenKaya-uz6dx Ohio, in the United States!

    • @ErenKaya-uz6dx
      @ErenKaya-uz6dx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@erikaheck8261 elyria is a really cool name for living in it

    • @justicestacey5460
      @justicestacey5460 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@erikaheck8261 ahhh the city of the twisted tea legend😂

    • @erikaheck8261
      @erikaheck8261 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@justicestacey5460 Truly a hero to many, both in Lorain County and all over the country 🥰

  • @CarlShull
    @CarlShull 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love the video!

  • @Rnw1111
    @Rnw1111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    LOVE GOT AND I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WORLD......YOU PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION AND I THANK YOU. MY DUDE LOVE YOUR CHANNEL CHEERS!

  • @ynkybomber
    @ynkybomber 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love how they were an advanced civilization by GOT standards. It would be like finding evidence of an actual advanced Atlantis today.

  • @jendersonmohammed443
    @jendersonmohammed443 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting and informative!

  • @927Connie
    @927Connie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    What happened to all the Valyrians in other cities?

    • @TheDesktophippie
      @TheDesktophippie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      A handful survived, but none of the dragonlords did. The most powerful Valyrians in other cities were usually quickly assassinated, or killed by angry mobs. The video mentions the one surviving dragonlord who was in Lys when the doom happened. He declared himself emperor and then took a massive army to Valyria to try to find out what happened and just... never came back.

    • @Burritobandit07
      @Burritobandit07 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think some valyrians live in braavos but no dragon lords

  • @danceguardmusicgirl1
    @danceguardmusicgirl1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    YES! This is awesome!

  • @thefather5765
    @thefather5765 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    valyria is numenor in different dimension.

  • @narayandruida3702
    @narayandruida3702 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So interesting to learn about the Melnibon- erh, I mean, Valyrians

  • @jonny2hotty378
    @jonny2hotty378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Is ridiculous how I am fascinated by every damn place but Westeros... we need to get Big George on LSD and write about the empire of Valyria and the other Dragon lords families

  • @lemoon01
    @lemoon01 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Long ago the 14 flames lived together in harmony… 🔥

  • @wandachamberssomrajit2260
    @wandachamberssomrajit2260 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic!

  • @dushibass1
    @dushibass1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    great history lesson!

  • @TheTruthIsGonnaHurt
    @TheTruthIsGonnaHurt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Me: Wow! I want hear more of Mantarys!!!
    GRR Martin:
    Me: It's okay. I will wait... T__T

  • @nicholasromanov7281
    @nicholasromanov7281 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video I wanted to know what Valaryia looked thanks:)

  • @richardetter7276
    @richardetter7276 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Your videos are great

  • @Daemon3rdBlackfyre
    @Daemon3rdBlackfyre 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mantarys Elyria and tolos are very interesting places since they survived. I wonder what those cities look like. Are they shadows of their former self or is there still some wealth there.

  • @hattorihaso2579
    @hattorihaso2579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    About those slingers its probably inspired by the balearic slinger wich where one of the most effective units in ancient times and sought after by rome and carthage

  • @thedragondemands5186
    @thedragondemands5186 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That was quick - were you working on this before the prequel news?

    • @whycreate
      @whycreate  6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just read the news! complete coincidence

    • @thedragondemands5186
      @thedragondemands5186 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ack. Well, at least you mention their Sothoryos colonies in this. Big fan of your map videos. Your next should probably be on Sothoryos. The idea is that Zamettar was their version of Roman Carthage, and the headquarters of the "Free Holder" faction (the wealthy merchant princes who aren't one of the two dragonlord factions). If you look at a map...we already knew that winds and currents in the Summer Sea go clockwise, which is why shipping lanes to Yi Ti have to go east through the north side of Great Moraq around Qarth. Well....how do they get back? Keeping in mind they've also said that most ships hug the coasts instead of going across open water (except the Summer Islanders and Ironborn). Well....ships heading west back TO Valyria would go along the coast of Sothoryos, and reach Zamettar. And we KNEW that Zamettar was once a flourishing city, right? Why would there be ruins if it wasn't once a functioning city?
      The idea is that the north coasts of Sothoryos used to be a more habitable/settled - before the tsunamis from the Doom wiped out Zamettar. Used to be a trade hub for all the ships coming back from Yi Ti - I'm guessing, but look at a map.
      So one of the big tensions in it will be like the fall of the Roman Republic: the capital versus the provinces. And which was the wealthiest province/most interesting? They settled on Zamettar (not ALL of Sothoryos, mind you, that's an entire continent, but the coastal strip used as a trade port. I mean, similarly, Qarth is just a city on the coast, but its entire hinterland is the useless Red Waste.
      Probably a short update on "Well, we know that Sothoryos had SOME cities in it, planted by the Ghiscari, captured by the Valyrians in the third Ghiscari War" etc etc.
      This video on its own is great, though - you do mention the Sothoryos stuff.

  • @ollyl103
    @ollyl103 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Background music sounds like the music from around Whiterun in Skyrim

  • @mauriciovic100
    @mauriciovic100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi! I know this video has been posted a long time ago and chances are that the serie of the maps is over, but if you ever opt to make another would you consider making it about Asshai and the Shadowlands, it just seem like such a mysterious and interesting place...

  • @reignorshine.
    @reignorshine. 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done my friend

  • @Teraloth
    @Teraloth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I have always wondered "what if Valyria was not destroyed but hidden by magic, sealed off, so magic would weaken in the rest of the world thus allowing the eventual defeat of the White Walkers?"

  • @QueenDaenerysTargaryen
    @QueenDaenerysTargaryen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am the blood of old Valyria I will take what is mine with fire and blood I will take it.
    🔥🔥🔥🐉🐲🐉🔥🔥🔥

    • @Jenacide
      @Jenacide 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My Queen!

  • @user-kp5kt5es5l
    @user-kp5kt5es5l 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man all that great stuff from Valyria, and now think that in the show we couldn’t see any of this in general. I hope that one of the spinoffs tells any story here, revolving Targaryens.

  • @davidMendoz613
    @davidMendoz613 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hope there will be a game with this map. I'll play it

  • @ghoulboards
    @ghoulboards 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is there any information about Tolos and Elyria? How did all of the dragon lords die if those cities made it out ok and were ruled by dragon lords? I’m a little lost here. I’m a little upset we don’t have all that much info on Valyria:( I would take a spin off of it any day

  • @kinglasted
    @kinglasted 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    do you think theres more history about the other dragon families?

  • @garynorris9736
    @garynorris9736 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I ask myself the question of what if a different family came to westeros

    • @emilysynerellaeliza4382
      @emilysynerellaeliza4382 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The outcome almost would be the same, they wozld have conquered westeros, just maybe more sadisticaly or perhaps gentler.
      Either way, westeros would be united.

  • @arminhenkel552
    @arminhenkel552 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video! But where do you take all these infos from? Which books do I need to read?

    • @whycreate
      @whycreate  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The World of Ice and Fire has everything and more!

  • @joeljayakaran
    @joeljayakaran 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is this video pre Fire and Blood? Cuz you missed the part when Aerea Targaryen goes to Valyria on Balerion and manages to return, although she dies immediately after returning.

  • @brianno27
    @brianno27 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow thanks

  • @HalfdanMCMX
    @HalfdanMCMX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Imagine having a prequel show about Valyria instead of boring fucking Robert's rebellion. On 2nd thought, they'd botch them both.

  • @susanhavens1660
    @susanhavens1660 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I look forward to this new series. They Will have to work hard to to live up to game of thrones. I'm excited about the actors they will hire. New stars will be made and hopefully great character actors we are familiar. I'd love to see Mads Mickelson play a villain on the show. The Targareans are my favorite family on GOT.

  • @stephenboerger6258
    @stephenboerger6258 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can we get a series here

  • @CHLOCHLOLP
    @CHLOCHLOLP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ngl it took me way too long to figure out the ice and fire thing was referring to the Starks and winter and Dany and her dragons.

  • @jacklynb8489
    @jacklynb8489 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They need to make a prequel for house of the dragon showing the lands of Valyria in its prime and how they found the dragons 🐉 😮❤️‍🔥

  • @more8404
    @more8404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How can someone live in oros and tyria and how can we know it if those cities are on the valyrian peninsula and everyone who go there dissapears?

  • @Jenacide
    @Jenacide 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder if any of that girl's family ever began to doubt her vision in the 12 long years. Imagine the vindication when it finally happened.

  • @kinggmc1701
    @kinggmc1701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They should do a prequel to Game of Thrones, imagine the Battle of the Trident and Barristan Selmy, Tywin Lannister, Robert Baratheon, Arthur Dayne, Ned Stark, young Jaime murdering the mad king, we all know what happens but you could develop some character development in their that would be interesting to watch just read the Kingsguard book for history

  • @marlonpro99
    @marlonpro99 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Isnt the new series going to play here as its focus is on the Targearyans? Im so excited lol

  • @anthonyschut417
    @anthonyschut417 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey man you have some of the greatest content rivalling” talking thrones ” will you stay in following the prequels??

  • @lordpowell3788
    @lordpowell3788 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Romans used slings similar to the ones described if not the same and and work pretty much just as good as arrows fired from a bow in some situations it's better they are certainly lethal they are Pretty much bullets and people got really good at slinging them around and flinging them in hidden targets.

  • @AJHyoton
    @AJHyoton ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video is wonderfully informative, but misses a few spots. One is when the narrator calls the Doom a natural cataclysm, though there are many hints that it was perpetrated and premeditated as a calamity caused by the Braavosi. A very interesting, slightly conspiracy theory-ish series of videos exist to back up this, as well as many other claims, with albeit only circumstantial evidence, but a lot of circumstantial evidence.
    2nd, Euron Greyjoy did go to Valyria. He has a full suit of armor made of Valyrian steel. However, this is told from the POV of Aeron Greyjoy while coming down from shade of the evening, so it may be a hallucination. Also, perhaps Euron's many reavings acquired him enough Valyrian steel to forge a suit of armor by a Qohorik armorer, but then there is Dragonbinder. Finding that messed up horn and a suit of Valyrian steel armor makes more sense if he went to Valyria, but he otter have a whole mess of swords, weapons, and armor that did not fit if he went to Valyria. Euron, really, is far more mysterious than he is evil. Yeah he is evil, but his power, motives, objectives, and purpose are all not what they seem. The only clear thing about him are his methods. They're fucked up and full of evil shit that would make Snidely Whiplash cringe, but it has been prophesied that a hero would rise from the sea. Wouldn't it be some amazing, mind-blowing shit to find out that this evil, brother raping (as he claims), serial out of the mouth tongue ripperering, druggie pirate with a god complex turned out to be a good guy?

  • @codieomeallain6635
    @codieomeallain6635 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:03 that picture is the Rohynar army not the Ghiscari legion

  • @danb6742
    @danb6742 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there more of Essos east of where the map ends ?

  • @black07rr
    @black07rr ปีที่แล้ว

    Is all this information and descriptions in the books fire and blood and ice and fire?

  • @sohaibahmed2478
    @sohaibahmed2478 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you make a video about the families of valyria please

  • @greensoplenty6809
    @greensoplenty6809 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    TOLOS- in real life slingers used (american) football shaped lead projectiles, they say they are to small and to fast to be seen by the human eye in flight, unlike an arrow. if a lead weight hits you in the eye doing 20mph it can kill or explode an eyeball atleast.

  • @CHLOCHLOLP
    @CHLOCHLOLP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wait what the hell do you even mine from a volcano? Lava rocks?

    • @ziegfeld4131
      @ziegfeld4131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Volcanos even in real life contain all sorts of vaulable minerals inside google is your friend

    • @SeaDemon25
      @SeaDemon25 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vulcanos is where all the good stuff is, recicled

  • @kasmanian6908
    @kasmanian6908 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is that "Unbroken Road" by Jeremy Soule I hear? :D

  • @declhum92
    @declhum92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Valeria is like Rome, the fall is like Vesuvius

  • @ZipSnipe
    @ZipSnipe ปีที่แล้ว

    My question is if the Valyrians conquered these other lands outside Valyria were there not any dragons in those conquered lands with Valyrian overlords there after the doom or during?

  • @jandv3539
    @jandv3539 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    make a video on asshai and the places around it

  • @Methus3lah
    @Methus3lah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Someone got sick of Valyria and did an apocalypse on them.

  • @AnadynTheCursed
    @AnadynTheCursed 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ruins shown in GOT S5 have to be Valyrian just geographically, because the characters move from Volantic to Slaver's Bay, and on what route Valyria is an unreasonably risky shortcut, while Rhoyne, being northwest from the route, just makes no sense. The encounter with Stone Men was moved there, and no renaming took place.

  • @davidjarkeld2333
    @davidjarkeld2333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Shepherds tamed them with magic? WTF well know for magical abilities are shepherds!

    • @ovasquezg23
      @ovasquezg23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They were taught this magic by people from the shadowlands

  • @mouton-jk9xm
    @mouton-jk9xm ปีที่แล้ว

    has no one noticed how this is just roman history but with different names and dragons? there are countless similarities

  • @Startupsandsushi
    @Startupsandsushi ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is it just or me does ancient Valyria look like the Roman Empire/Italy? At least on the fictional map? And Westeros is basically UK/British isles while Essos is a collection of scattered nations like modern day Europe - Central Asia?

    • @manuelrodriguez2637
      @manuelrodriguez2637 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's more like Classical Greece to me but with Volcanoes & Dragons... The Greeks went around Europe too founding Cities before the Romans