Floki of the Ironborn

We need way more context.

Do we know if Argilac knew that Aegon was already married? It seems like his marriage proposal was an act of desperation rather than a calculated move.

He's described as "grey-faced", so maybe people assume that means he's an old guy?

Touché

No, they'd be sworn to whoever controls the Rills, be they Dustin or Ryswell. Sorry, I confused my Flints for a second.

Fair enough, call me naive then. I guess I just assumed that the concept of time zones existed before we defined it. And yeah, fair play, it doesn't really change the story.

Assuming that Westeros is the size of South America, I would assume that there's got to be at least two different time zones at work. Then again, I don't know how Planetos works in relation to our world. Has GRRM ever shed light on that?

Well, it would be the Neck, and House Reed basically is Lord Paramount of that region already, in all but name. I'm sure Dustin and Ryswell will compete for overlordship of the Rills. As for other regions... Both the Stormlands and Reach will have to appoint a Lord Paramount of the Dornish Marches, since they each have half. I imagine Tarly would take that title in the Reach, while the Stormlands half would go to either House Caron or House Swann. I could probably come up with other examples, but it's late where I am.

No. The Lord Commander cannot leave the Wall.

"e-i"? "E-I"? Oh...

I mean, Leyton Hightower married his daughter off to some rando called Jon Cupps. It happens sometimes.

While I do think that Sweetrobin is Littlefinger's biological son, I don't think Arryn was examining the parenthood of his own son. He was absolutely looking into Robert's children. I agree that it's a funny thing to imagine, but I don't think it's anything but that; imagination.

I think it happened as Aurane Waters claimed. Sure, he's a slippery liar, but Loras' injuries play into the danger that Margaery Tyrell is in with the Faith, so I think GRRM can be trusted on this one.

That doesn't seem right to me either. There are tons of mercenary companies in Essos, and there always have been. The Stormbreakers, for one, and the Wolf Pack. Are you saying that all those men in the companies would have gone to the Wall without that option?

That makes me think that the Night's Watch was already under strength when they were down to 10,000 men. What I find very strange, though, is that there seem to be fewer and fewer people going to the Night's Watch post-Conquest. You'd think that it would be much easier for people to go north when the seven kingdoms aren't constantly warring with each other. I get that the North would value any additional recruits for the Wall, but allowing the transportation of prisoners across northern land feels like that could lead to some truly devious tricks in trying to conquer the North. Any one of the southern kingdoms could pull a Cersei and send a small army of men North under the guise of NW recruits, then infiltrate Winterfell instead, or something like that.

Corlys was just saying anything to make Aegon II surrender. He knows that Aegon II is a doomed man, and maybe even Aegon himself knew it, because he actually considers what Corlys has to say. Though to be honest, I think he should have listened to Tyland Lannister and put Aegon the Younger to death. The boy was useless to him as a hostage, clearly, because the war carried on regardless of Aegon's imprisonment. Plus the boy's survival serves as a rallying beacon to all of Aegon II's enemies.

How would that even work? Which of Bran's brothers did he hate? Which woman did he desire?

Ned Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen are not the same. Ned's actions could be described as naive and well-meaning. Rhaegar's could not. He was an utterly selfish coward who stirred a hornet's nest before hiding away for more than a year while everyone else got stung.

That's a pretty horrific headcanon, you should seek help. Still, I woudn't have minded that much if Aegon did something as psychopathic as that, because he'd never have commanded the loyalty of the Kingsguard ever again. I'd give it a fortnight before Aegon was quietly murdered and Viserys was put on the throne instead.

Actually, I'd say their defeat was pretty much a disaster. They had nearly 18,000 men, and the next time we learn their numbers, they're down to 10,000. That's nearly half their forces dead or missing in a retreat all the way back to the Neck.

Any invasion of Gondor by the people of Westeros would be disastrous. First off, the Red Mountains would still be there, albeit much thinner than before, so there'd still only be two ways into Gondor by land. Secondly, the terrain would have changed so radically that it would be completely new territory. Uncharted, unmapped, you name it. The people of Gondor would know it very well, however, and by Denethor's time, there's a hardened army of rangers who are better at stealth than most people in Westeros. Not to mention the knights of Gondor, their infantry, etc. Thirdly, they have well-established ports and a navy. Even though it's diminished by the time of Denethor, that's still better than what Dorne has. Gondor isn't going to be conquering any regions of Westeros any time soon, but they will absolutely be able to hold their own for at least a couple of generations. The rest of Westeros would be too busy trying to figure out how many people there are, how many castles, who these people are, what their infrastructure is, what the land looks like, etc.

I laughed when I first heard that theory, but it'd be even more hilarious if it was true. Here's Jaime, unintentionally confiding in the very man whom he still hates for judging him.

Do you think that Ned was also a warg without realising? Or any of his siblings for that matter? Otherwise how do we account for all his kids (and Jon) having the ability to warg?

Oh, and I guess we can also debate who would win if they fought each other.

Agreed. Renly's plan was dumb. It would have antagonised everyone and painted Ned as a usurper. Ned's original plan might have worked if Sansa didn't betray him.