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[hypergoat]

This post is mainly just to introduce myself, but i also have a question...

In the prolouge Ser Waymar Royce asked will if he had drawn any watches, to which he replied yes and it was then wtated he drew up a lot of them.
Is drawing a watch mean to stand guard over the wall?

two other random questions

Will this definition hold any importance in later books? And thirdly i tried making a flowchart for understanding this seemingly complex bo
k {relations of houses, who everyone is}  but moved on to summarizing chapters, characters, events, and terms. Do you think this method iss effective? If not what method should i use or should i not use one. (Note:I am extremely literate but some disabilities block my memory and my brain making connections)

[justashadow]

Welcome

Enjoy the book.

I believe you are correct about "drawing" a watch. As you read more, it will become  clearer.
A great prologue and introduction.

Here is a link to an interactive map of Westeros if you need a visual.:
http://www.westeros....de_to_Westeros/

Just join in the discussions...there are members here with so much knowledge.

Edited by nightshadow, 02 May 2012 - 10:25 PM.

[Crown]

I shouldn't go to that guide, it's contains a lot of spoilers.

[DirePenguin]

Knowing the map does help a lot tho. I suggest you look up still images of maps with major city names. That's more than enough

[hypergoat]

Thanks all of you great help!

[Crown]

hypergoat, on 03 May 2012 - 02:09 PM, said:

Thanks all of you great help!

Ask all the questions you have here, instead of browsing the forums. You don't want to get spoiled.

[Glom]

hypergoat, on 02 May 2012 - 09:10 PM, said:

And thirdly i tried making a flowchart for understanding this seemingly complex bo
k {relations of houses, who everyone is}  but moved on to summarizing chapters, characters, events, and terms. Do you think this method iss effective? If not what method should i use or should i not use one. (Note:I am extremely literate but some disabilities block my memory and my brain making connections)

A mindmap of your own design could help alot. A chart over the relations between all mentioned houses could come in handy. There is just a handful of the really big houses but myriads of the small houses, like Royce, keeping track of them could become a hard task but managable. Take a look at http://towerofthehan...oks/houses.html where you can find most of the houses and a handy featura of the page is that you can set "scope=no books read" and don´t get any spoilers.

You will find that much said, many terms used and houses mentioned will turn up in later chapters, so it is not in vain.

So, the answer is: yes, I think this method is effective.
Good luck

p.s.
I have myself recently seen the movie series before reading my first book, making it much easier to understand who is who.
d.s.

[Crown]

I think you should check this one out, it only contains really, really minor spoilers from events prior to the series. http://hauteslides.c...Full-Screen.png

[ckal]

crown- That link you provided actually is a pretty great introduction to most of the important houses for someone new to the series. So much packed in there. Good stuff.

[justashadow]

I do apologize for the map.

[Saxony]

Excellent map, Crown!  Thanks!