Game Of Thrones Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 What will Westeros and Essos be like 2014 years after Aegon's Conquest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLionOfTheRock Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 A more advanced version of our society. They seem to be progressing at a similar rate to us but are slightly a head in some respects. For example, the Iron Bank of Braavos takes a more modern approach to banking than most of its competitors and their successful manipulation of Wildfire may have some impact on their society. I imagine Westeros to be either unified by this point, with prehaps the Iron Islands a separate country, similar to Ireland, or to have gone back to being different countries in the same continent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Frozen beneath metres of ice, the bones of puny humans entombed therein. The Others skate over the crumbling ruins of what were once King's Landing and Sunspear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarLord Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Well if Aegon invaded with Dragons and 1600 men in present day scenario his Kingdom would last less than a day as world militaries will just bomb the dragons lair with Powerful bunker busters or shoot them while they are flying with nuclear warhead tipped SAM's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernXY Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 My guess is that'd it'd be only a little more advanced than it is right now. Nobody in the story really has an idea of when things actually happened, some maesters believing the Andals only arrived in Westeros 2,000 years ago. Arms and armor are early Renaissance, but there doesn't seem to be any inventors. Possibly because all the smart people end up being maesters and are not free to sit around and think, like our own history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HosteenOsteen Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I would love to see GRRM write this up, if only in a short story. Would they have achieved space travel yet? Would 'Americos' have been discovered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baela of Pentos Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Even if the age of heroes were not exact, it was still thousted of years ago. They did not seem to progress every far since then.At 300 AC, westeros quite comparable to the middle age, feudal system and all.Also, most people have the septons interpret the seven pointed star text, like pre-Reformation Catholic churchBut for it to advance, we need wider spread education. Middle age had more universities than just a Citadel gaurding all the knowledge. And Reformation had driven more people to be literate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Blue Eyes Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 They'd just settled the second solar system. Even if the age of heroes were not exact, it was still thousted of years ago. They did not seem to progress every far since then.From Bronze Age to High/Late Middle Ages? That's 2,000-something years for us. The problem is a lack of museums and history channels in Westeros. These guys just project their own surroundings back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon2908 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 A more advanced version of our society. They seem to be progressing at a similar rate to us but are slightly a head in some respects. For example, the Iron Bank of Braavos takes a more modern approach to banking than most of its competitors and their successful manipulation of Wildfire may have some impact on their society. I imagine Westeros to be either unified by this point, with prehaps the Iron Islands a separate country, similar to Ireland, or to have gone back to being different countries in the same continent. Plus, there is Qyburn and his frankenstein abilities. The red priests can resurrect the dead. And they use gliders in the the city of the winged men in essos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archmaester Drew Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 There is no reason to think that Planetos history will parallel history on Earth. Although it is based on Medieval Europe, there are drastically different forces at work in society and the environment. The 'seasonal' variation alone radically alters the human ecology. The events that lead to our particular cultural evolution and development in 'Western' society are specific to our own idiosyncratic history, with many specific turning points. And many societies have not developed apace. I suspect that cultural development on Planetos is fairly static, and would not change much in another 1714 years. (Providing the War for the Dawn II is won.) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmarshal Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Seeing how Westeros ould never have guns, I imagine it would be trapped forever in area of blood and sword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aryagonnakill#2 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Seeing how Westeros ould never have guns, I imagine it would be trapped forever in area of blood and sword. What do you mean by this? Your telling me if someone invented gunpower, that there wouldn't be a Randyl Tarly or Tywin lannister or Euron Crows eye to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfTheRock Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Us, but with magic. Wildfire is the nuclear bomb. Valyrian Steel bullets and other weapons. Wheat Walkers for breakfast. Frey Pies for dessert. Every now and then, some terrorist force tries to force on us that the only way to worship the Lord of Light is to burn people alive. Colonization happens in the unexplored areas in the west. The iRaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmarshal Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 What do you mean by this? Your telling me if someone invented gunpower, that there wouldn't be a Randyl Tarly or Tywin lannister or Euron Crows eye to use it. I mean without gunpowder eveyone would still wear plate armor and ram ships into each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Lee knot Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Seeing how Westeros ould never have guns, I imagine it would be trapped forever in area of blood and sword. Who says gunpowder couldn't be invented? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmarshal Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Who says gunpowder couldn't be invented? Martin, I remember someone brought up a quote of him saying it, though I could be wrong, I will look for it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 The problem is a lack of museums and history channels in Westeros. Yes that's what Westeros needs. A bunch of shows about how aliens may have built the Wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Martin, I remember someone brought up a quote of him saying it, though I could be wrong, I will look for it for you. He may have said at one point that he wasn't gonna have Westeros develop firearms and explosives, but Melisandre already has some powders that sound a lot like gunpowder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelborn Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Westeros became The Lands of Always Winter and Essos is a huge archipelago called Smoking Islands.The only form of human life is settled in Sothoryos where they have to live with Dinosaurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelborn Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Frozen beneath metres of ice, the bones of puny humans entombed therein. The Others skate over the crumbling ruins of what were once King's Landing and Sunspear. :bowdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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