Kandrax Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 On 2.3.2018. at 9:18 AM, Kandrax said: In Westeros people use bread and salt for guest right. "Bread and salt " is custom of south slavic and arabic countries. Was bread and salt thing during medieval Britain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zionius Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Ran said: John and Gail would be John J. Miller and his wife Gail Gerstner-Miller. As to the last, I'd guess it's Martin Wright Cool, it must be him! Did "Winter and Fabio of WIC" refer to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 No, those would be people from the Winter is Coming TV show. @Kandrax Not really. I believe the UK has/had a New Year’s tradition of guests bringing bread, salt, and coals as gifts, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvo the Crow Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Is there any thread focusing on Maesters lies on Andals and First Men? Like round castles coming with Andals despite the fact that ring forts dating thousands of years before the Andals are scattered around everywhere or Andals being blue eyed blondes but the few Andal characters we have carrying the features have their "blood mixed" with First men from the very beginning of the invasions and only houses with blonde hair as an established trait are of first men origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Ringforts are not towers. It's specifically round towers which maesters believe were an Andal development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raisin' Bran Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Ringforts, like the one mentioned on the Fist of the First Men in ACoK, appear to be short (definitely not as tall as typical castle towers), smallish, round, primitive fortifications, that may have been used for defense, but also for penning up livestock at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Melnibonean Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 34 minutes ago, Raisin' Bran said: Ringforts, like the one mentioned on the Fist of the First Men in ACoK, appear to be short (definitely not as tall as typical castle towers), smallish, round, primitive fortifications, that may have been used for defense, but also for penning up livestock at night. Ringforts are a real thing. Our best view of one in ASOIAF comes from Jon's chapters at the Fist of the First Men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukle Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Raisin' Bran said: Ringforts, like the one mentioned on the Fist of the First Men in ACoK, appear to be short (definitely not as tall as typical castle towers), smallish, round, primitive fortifications, that may have been used for defense, but also for penning up livestock at night. 5 hours ago, Lost Melnibonean said: Ringforts are a real thing. Our best view of one in ASOIAF comes from Jon's chapters at the Fist of the First Men. One of the cool ways they're made is using rammed earth. A trench is dug and the dirt piled beside the ditch. It is then forcibly rammed from all sides with logs, sometimes by wetting it first. Repeatedly ramming the dirt makes a hard, concrete-like wall. Over large areas, this can make a firm foundation, or a solid wall. Or both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fattest Leech Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 43 minutes ago, Yukle said: One of the cool ways they're made is using rammed earth. A trench is dug and the dirt piled beside the ditch. It is then forcibly rammed from all sides with logs, sometimes by wetting it first. Repeatedly ramming the dirt makes a hard, concrete-like wall. Over large areas, this can make a firm foundation, or a solid wall. Or both. Isn’t this one of the strategies being used at Winterfell by someone outside the castle now? Hint, hint, nudge, nudge. An Umber, maybe? (Sorry, memory is foggy at the moment.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathias Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Yukle said: One of the cool ways they're made is using rammed earth. A trench is dug and the dirt piled beside the ditch. It is then forcibly rammed from all sides with logs, sometimes by wetting it first. Repeatedly ramming the dirt makes a hard, concrete-like wall. Over large areas, this can make a firm foundation, or a solid wall. Or both. That's really cool - I always just had a picture in my head of sharpened stakes pointing outward in a roughly circular pattern. I know that type of thing is helpful against sudden cavalry charges, but this 'packed earth' method just sounds ingenious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukle Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 6 hours ago, The Fattest Leech said: Isn’t this one of the strategies being used at Winterfell by someone outside the castle now? Hint, hint, nudge, nudge. An Umber, maybe? (Sorry, memory is foggy at the moment.) It is being used by Stannis' forces, although it seems that Ramsay was told of this trick. Stannis has resorted to other means to try to keep the Karstarks and Umbers loyal. If I recall... ? 2 hours ago, Mathias said: That's really cool - I always just had a picture in my head of sharpened stakes pointing outward in a roughly circular pattern. I know that type of thing is helpful against sudden cavalry charges, but this 'packed earth' method just sounds ingenious. Yeah, it's pretty cool! The ring-shaped bases are a result of the fact that circles don't have corners (duh) and so they're harder to crack when you are packing in more dirt. Keep smashing logs in from all sides and you end up with a circular base with no obvious weak points. Otherwise a hard blow to the corners would cause them to fracture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pride of Driftmark Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I always wondered if there was significance to the fact that the Kings of Westeros, past and present, are styled with "His/Her/Your Grace". (This was the standard way to address the King of England until Henry VIII, when it became His Majesty). I'm wondering if it's significant because most Kings of Westeros, past and present, conjure up lots of adjectives to describe them, but graceful or gracious are not ones I'd use. Is GRRM just using English history here, or is he making a point about the hypocritical ways rulers present themselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ckram Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Why isn't there a specific chapter on Slaver's Bay in TWOIAF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 8 hours ago, Pride of Driftmark said: I always wondered if there was significance to the fact that the Kings of Westeros, past and present, are styled with "His/Her/Your Grace". (This was the standard way to address the King of England until Henry VIII, when it became His Majesty). I'm wondering if it's significant because most Kings of Westeros, past and present, conjure up lots of adjectives to describe them, but graceful or gracious are not ones I'd use. Is GRRM just using English history here, or is he making a point about the hypocritical ways rulers present themselves? I think it’s probably just GRRM modelling off English history. And he also wanted to have one specific form of address for Westerosi royals, as we see from Barristan in Slaver’s Bay where he insists on using “Your Grace” rather than the various Ghiscari honorifics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaenys_Targaryen Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 Is it ever stated in text how many arms the kraken on the sigil of House Greyjoy has? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pride of Driftmark Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 OK. Squire Dalbridge. Who is this guy? Is he a noble? To squire for King Jaehaerys II, he must have been, right? Why is his house never given? Would a king or prince take a common man for a squire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathias Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 23 hours ago, Pride of Driftmark said: I always wondered if there was significance to the fact that the Kings of Westeros, past and present, are styled with "His/Her/Your Grace". (This was the standard way to address the King of England until Henry VIII, when it became His Majesty). I'm wondering if it's significant because most Kings of Westeros, past and present, conjure up lots of adjectives to describe them, but graceful or gracious are not ones I'd use. Is GRRM just using English history here, or is he making a point about the hypocritical ways rulers present themselves? 14 hours ago, HelenaExMachina said: I think it’s probably just GRRM modelling off English history. And he also wanted to have one specific form of address for Westerosi royals, as we see from Barristan in Slaver’s Bay where he insists on using “Your Grace” rather than the various Ghiscari honorifics. I agree with HelenaExMachina on this one. My understanding is that George has a particular interest in 15th century medieval history, particularly the events surrounding the War of the Roses which many elements of ASoIaF are based on. This would have been prior to the custom change, so he probably used the honorifics from that time period from both personal preference and for a sense of consistency in source material. Just my thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fattest Leech Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/7/2018 at 9:15 PM, Pride of Driftmark said: I always wondered if there was significance to the fact that the Kings of Westeros, past and present, are styled with "His/Her/Your Grace". (This was the standard way to address the King of England until Henry VIII, when it became His Majesty). I'm wondering if it's significant because most Kings of Westeros, past and present, conjure up lots of adjectives to describe them, but graceful or gracious are not ones I'd use. Is GRRM just using English history here, or is he making a point about the hypocritical ways rulers present themselves? I know you just received some great answers to this question of yours, but I wanted to add something I always thought was kinda weird... In Essos, the "opposite" side of the world, they don't use the term "Grace" for the ruling peoples, they use "Your Radiance" (like a sun). Over in Essos the Graces are priestesses and cult prostitutes in an opposite play of words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathias Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, The Fattest Leech said: I know you just has some great answers to this question of yours, but I wanted to add something I always thought was kinda weird... In Essos, the "opposite" side of the world, they don't use the term "Grace" for the ruling peoples, they use "Your Radiance" (like a sun). Over in Essos the Graces are priestesses and cult prostitutes in an opposite play of words. I never realized that, thanks for pointing that out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 4 hours ago, Pride of Driftmark said: OK. Squire Dalbridge. Who is this guy? Is he a noble? To squire for King Jaehaerys II, he must have been, right? Not necessarily. For one thing we've seen commoners rise higher than that (Dunk, Barth, Baelor's stonemason.) I mean if he's a commoner I'm sure there's a story behind how he got the job, but I wouldn't assume he was noble born. Also for all we know Dalbrige may have only squired for him one time. Say when he was still prince Jaehaerys attending a tourney and his regular squire was sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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