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Spirit_Crusher

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  1. Live aggressive, get strong

  2. Live aggressive, get strong

  3. Another one,historical... In the late 15th early16th century(can't remember exactly and am too lazy to check on modern history book),one nephew to pope Alexander the 6th(Borgia pope) ,Cesar Borgia calle The Valentin,invited all the nobles opposing his expansionistic desires to one feast,and while they were eating,had them all slaughtered by his sellswords.If I'm not uncorrect Vlad Tepes 3rd,the great impaler,son of the Dragon(yeah,Dracula...the real one,not the one from Stoker books),after returning from his fosterage with the Turks,did the same with the voivoda which had been unfaithful to his father. This sounds very much like the Red Wedding,don't you think so?
  4. Ah...first post! I'll add one of the most obvious(In my opinion,at least :P )homages: The Targaryens,beautiful,pale,red eyed(at least some of them),incestuous,drgonlords and conquerers hailing from an ancient and refined culture,called "blood of the dragons" ...do not come from Valyria,but from Melnibonè! Beric Dondarrion the renegade lord hiding in the woods and harrassing the troops of an unjust ruler with the aid of commoners,reminds my strongly of...well,ehr...Robin Hood! :lol: Obviously only 'till the storyline concerning that group does not take a more "metaphisical" path. As an overall source of inspiration,I think Martin used alot 2 poems of the '500 Italian literature:Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso" and mostly Tasso's "La Gerusalemme Liberata". These 2 are long poems about knights with TONS and an extremly entangled plot ,where the narration shifts continuously from one character to the other...
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