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Imagine a Prequel (Westeros History) (Poll)


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Revised Poll Results (the votes of those who voted The Dance of Dragons are awarded to their second choice)


1. Rise of House Nymeros Martell, begining with Nymeria's arrival - 0


2. Aegon's conquest - 0


3. Rise, rule, fall of Maegor the Cruel - 0


4.(void)


5. Daeron's conquest of Dorne - 1


6. Reign of Aegon the Unworthy - 2


7. The Blackfire Rebellion(s) - 1


8. War of the Ninepenny Kings - 0


9. Bobellion - 3


Also mentioned: Westerlands featuring young Tywin, Testimony of Mushroom, The reign of the Night's King, Lann and the Casterley King, Tristefer Mudd, the hammer of Justice, The wars between the Starks and Boltons.



Original Poll Results:


1. Rise of House Nymeros Martell, begining with Nymeria's arrival - 0


2. Aegon's conquest - 0


3. Rise, rule, fall of Maegor the Cruel - 0


4. The Dance of Dragons - 3


5. Daeron's conquest of Dorne - 1


6. Reign of Aegon the Unworthy - 1


7. The Blackfire Rebellion(s) - 1


8. War of the Ninepenny Kings - 0



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Imagine that after completing ASOIAF, GRRM announces he will be writing ONE prequel covering a specific era of Westeros history. Which of these would you most like to see play out in detail? The conditions are that the book must take place (mostly) in Westeros and must be after the Andal invasion*. I have left out some eras that were relatively peaceful/drama-free.


1. Rise of House Nymeros Martell, begining with Nymeria's arrival


2. Aegon's conquest


3. Rise, rule, fall of Maegor the Cruel


4. The Dance of Dragons


5. Daeron's conquest of Dorne


6. Reign of Aegon the Unworthy


7. The Blackfire Rebellion(s)


8. War of the Ninepenny Kings



Please feel free to name event/eras you would like to see that I have left out.



*I have chosen to rule out very early events such as the Age of Heroes because I feel that, as legends, their details will always be mysterious and often disputed and should stay that way.


Edit: Several people have pointed out that The Dance of Dragons will be covered in the forthcoming Fire and Blood, so I will tally the results with and without it. Feel free to vote a second time if you intially voted for The Dance of Dragons.


Regarding The Blackfire Rebellion(s) being covered by Dunk and Egg, I am still going to include it in the poll because there could be another novel with additional POVs.


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He's already doing a complete history of the Targaryens so you can cross all of them off the list most likely, including the Blackfyre rebellions.



Robert's Rebellion (which may also be covered in Fire and Blood) would be my pick.



Or anything prior to Aegon's invasion.



Leaving out the Age of Heroes cuts a lot of good stuff. I'd like the truth behind some of those legends.


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Are we talking full on multiple POV's type thing? If so then first choice is Dance of the Dragons to know what was going through Daemon's mind, second the Ninepenny War because there were so many colourful characters involved, and third would be Daeron's conquest of Dorne just because it seems like it would make a good one off story.

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I'd like a prequel on the whole Westerlands situation at the time Tywin wiped out the Reynes and Tarbecks. Sure the World Book covered a lot of it, but it'd be neat to see a young Tywin and his siblings, as well as the Reynes and Ellyn Tarbeck.


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the blackfyre rebelions, or unlist some of them are being covered by Dunk and Egg.

Yeah, I think D&E have the Blackfyres covered. Or I hope so at least.

So I think I'll go with Daeron's Conquest of Dorne just because it was a hilarious failure for the Targs.

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I'd like a prequel on the whole Westerlands situation at the time Tywin wiped out the Reynes and Tarbecks. Sure the World Book covered a lot of it, but it'd be neat to see a young Tywin and his siblings, as well as the Reynes and Ellyn Tarbeck.

Yes, it would be very interesting to see Tywin and Aerys when they were friends, before things went sour.

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The reign of Aegon the Unworthy.

The amount of gluttony, lust and hedonism that entails would make Satan barf.

Sorry!!! I keep double posting. Sorry everyone!

It happens :P

One thing you should know and get use to is the horrible server connections on this forum. Definitely the worst in my experience with many forums I've been too.

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Raven Tooth: I just learned about Mushroom yesterday! It would be awesome to read "The Testimony of Mushroom." It would be even cooler if we had the Septon's writings to compare it to!




The amount of gluttony, lust and hedonism that entails would make Satan barf.



That's why it gets my vote, after The Dance of Dragons. :)






It happens :P



One thing you should know and get use to is the horrible server connections on this forum. Definitely the worst in my experience with many forums I've been too.




Thanks for letting me know. Do the "Notifications," "My Content," and "Content I Follow" features not work at all? I get the "Oops" page when I try to read them.


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