SerArthurHeath Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Given how much effort GRRM takes to describe Westerosi foods, I think cooks at Westeros know their trade well enough. Hot Pie knows how to bake. How many people know how to make bread as opposed as going to a grocery shop to buy it? I'd assume a lot of people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fresh PtwP Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 btw, that's one of the reasons they have seals Sorry I was responding derisively more to the other poster who spoke as though he was GRRM. As for the seal. Is the LC seal common knowledge? Among man-at-arms and small folk too? Westeros isn't all lords and nobles and knights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheButcherCrow Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Sorry I was responding derisively more to the other poster who spoke as though he was GRRM. As for the seal. Is the LC seal common knowledge? Among man-at-arms and small folk too? Westeros isn't all lords and nobles and knights. No bother :cool4: Maybe not smallfolk, but it's not smallfolk who are going to try and cut your head off. Claiming to be a recruiter might get you so far but anyone you would need to fool wouldn't be buying it without some form of proof. Imo, it's a needless risk :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toth Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Sorry I was responding derisively more to the other poster who spoke as though he was GRRM. As for the seal. Is the LC seal common knowledge? Among man-at-arms and small folk too? Westeros isn't all lords and nobles and knights. And I'm sorry if I sounded too harsh. The seal thing just sounded like a reasonable thing to do for the NW and you asked for a source after all... Even if we imagine you can somehow fake some documents to look like as if they were made by the Old Bear, we can still see how Yoren fared as a recruiter. If you get into a dangerous situation, you can still get killed by some idiot in an alley who doesn't care for the color of your cloak. Your idea was as good as any of us here, but I only wanted to argument that while most ordinary people can't read or know sigils, many of those in command of soldiers do and need some valification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 I find it hard to believe that everyone on this website can make a steam engine off the cuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheButcherCrow Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I find it hard to believe that everyone on this website can make a steam engine off the cuff word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanml82 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I find it hard to believe that everyone on this website can make a steam engine off the cuff Well, the general principle is known by pretty much everyone: water boils, the steam is guided to move something which, in turn, is connected to a wheel of sorts. Of course, there is a huge stretch from that to a functioning engine. But, provided enough time (which the war around the Inn will prevent), finances (which a stranded dimensional traveler will not have), good smiths (which are tied to point 2) and better steel than anything Westeros produces (which few dimensional travelers will know how to make), it's (evidently, hardly) possible. Of course, the best position for a dimensional traveler to appear isn't the Inn of the Kneeling Man around the time the siege of Riverrun ends, but rather the Citadel or any castle of a wealthy lord when the long summer begins. And the traveler should appear in a clearly magical fashion so people would believe him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batbob45 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Why steam engine when you can Teleport like LF on the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arryn Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Why steam engine when you can Teleport like LF on the show.Well, the general principle is known by pretty much everyone: water boils, the steam is guided to move something which, in turn, is connected to a wheel of sorts. Of course, there is a huge stretch from that to a functioning engine. But, provided enough time (which the war around the Inn will prevent), finances (which a stranded dimensional traveler will not have), good smiths (which are tied to point 2) and better steel than anything Westeros produces (which few dimensional travelers will know how to make), it's (evidently, hardly) possible. Of course, the best position for a dimensional traveler to appear isn't the Inn of the Kneeling Man around the time the siege of Riverrun ends, but rather the Citadel or any castle of a wealthy lord when the long summer begins. And the traveler should appear in a clearly magical fashion so people would believe him.It's a bit more complicated. They had that much of the combustion engine figured out back in 4th C Alexandria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastardlyRock Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Hmm, guess I'd just try my luck at male prostitution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arryn Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Hmm, guess I'd just try my luck at male prostitution.Been there, done that, no t-shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastardlyRock Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Been there, done that, no t-shirts.:O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arryn Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 :OLol, I've lead an interesting life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastardlyRock Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Lol, I've lead an interesting life.I'd say so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winds of Winter blow cold Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Go back to bed & hope I wake up at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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