John Suburbs Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Just perusing the World Book the other day and came across these passages: Quote . . . it's wealth second only to the gold-rich west; a seat of learning; a center of music, culture, and all the arts, bright and dark; . . . a home to great seafarers, wise and noble kings, and dread sorcerers . . . The thing is, I can't find any other references to dark arts or dread sorcerers anywhere else, aside from the myths of the early Gardeners (and these are more like magical beings, not sorcerers), and maybe the Mad Maid of recent days. The main practitioners of "dark arts" are people like Bloodraven and Shiera Seastar, who came from the Riverlands and Essos. So why would the Reach have this sinister aspect to its reputation, especially considering it is well known for being the cradle of civilization, chivalry, great knights, beautiful ladies and all other kinds of warm and fuzzy things? One thought: Prince Peremore was said to consult scholars and sorcerers in his quest for knowledge, which eventually morphed into the Citadel, which right now seems to be governed by men looking to stamp out magic and sorcery in the world. So maybe they've done a little purging of history to downplay its role? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loose Bolt Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 I suspect that those "dark sorcerers" could be surviving cult worshipping Garth Greenhand. In old times He "needed" blood sacrifices and there are rumors about even human sacrifices. Naturally nowadays if any that kind of cult exists they would have keep very low profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlackDragonWillReturn Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 On 2/29/2020 at 7:07 AM, Loose Bolt said: I suspect that those "dark sorcerers" could be surviving cult worshipping Garth Greenhand. In old times He "needed" blood sacrifices and there are rumors about even human sacrifices. Naturally nowadays if any that kind of cult exists they would have keep very low profile. Yeah it is possible that they're worshipping Garth Greenhand, it makes sense because he was said to use magic and he must've used some magic to be able to talk to the giants and the children of the forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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