Lebronn Jaime Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Don't flog me for asking, please, but... Any idea when WoW will come out, already?Like, is Mr Martin already working on it?Yes, he is working on it, and no, we don't know when it is coming out. Don't expect it until 2014 at the earliest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Ghost Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Yes, he is working on it, and no, we don't know when it is coming out. Don't expect it until 2014 at the earliest.I would have eaten 5 of my fingers by then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Ghost Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Yes. Assuming that Barristan knows the truth. I don't believe he was there for either event though (at least we have no indication so, and it would seem unlikely) so he knows only what he has heard from unknown sources.f I had been a better knight … if I had unhorsed the prince in that last tilt, as I unhorsed so many others, it would have been for me to choose the queen of love and beauty …Rhaegar had chosen Lyanna Stark of Winterfell. Barristan Selmy would have made a different choice. Not the queen, who was not present. Nor Elia of Dorne, though she was good and gentle; had she been chosen, much war and woe might have been avoided. (Kingbreaker ADwD)Ser Barristan was there at the Hand's tourney. He was there when Prince Rheagar chose Lyanna over the Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmholt Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Rhaegar had chosen Lyanna Stark of Winterfell. Barristan Selmy would have made a different choice. Not the queen, who was not present. Nor Elia of Dorne, though she was good and gentle; had she been chosen, much war and woe might have been avoided. (Kingbreaker ADwD)Ser Barristan was there at the Hand's tourney. He was there when Prince Rheagar chose Lyanna over the Princess.He is sad that Rhaegar didnt trust him like he trusted Dayne, which I take to mean the events at ToJ were assigned to the members of the KG that Rhaegar especially trusted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbon Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Rhaegar had chosen Lyanna Stark of Winterfell. Barristan Selmy would have made a different choice. Not the queen, who was not present. Nor Elia of Dorne, though she was good and gentle; had she been chosen, much war and woe might have been avoided. (Kingbreaker ADwD)Ser Barristan was there at the Hand's tourney. He was there when Prince Rheagar chose Lyanna over the Princess.Yes, but he wasn't there (as far as we know or is likely) when Ashara's supposedly stillborn baby was born, or when she suposedly flung herself from the tower in grief, which are the two points in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timzy Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 is a video on that subject with a few estimates, though nothing definitive. Armies in Westeros are if anything are bigger than Medieval Europe, which had tens of millions of people.They seem to be on a scale with ancient China, war of the three Kingdoms. That gives you a good idea of numbers.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FittleLinger Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 a purely technical question, excuse me of it's not the right place.Can you search for a specific user's response/s within a thread? I mean besides changing page after page and searching their username with CTRL + F? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Owl Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Something has been niggling me and I can't find it in the books.I think I remember someone, maybe Varys, talking about a rusting Blackfyre sign. I remember thinking at the time it was significant but now can't remember where it was or the context. Can somebody help??I do realise it is a vague and ridiculous question so I apologise for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summer is Ending Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Something has been niggling me and I can't find it in the books.I think I remember someone, maybe Varys, talking about a rusting Blackfyre sign. I remember thinking at the time it was significant but now can't remember where it was or the context. Can somebody help??I do realise it is a vague and ridiculous question so I apologise for that!http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/74337-aegon-vi-a-blackfyre-dragonhead/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ser naes yennet Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Rhaegar had chosen Lyanna Stark of Winterfell. Barristan Selmy would have made a different choice. Not the queen, who was not present. Nor Elia of Dorne, though she was good and gentle; had she been chosen, much war and woe might have been avoided. (Kingbreaker ADwD)Ser Barristan was there at the Hand's tourney. He was there when Prince Rheagar chose Lyanna over the Princess.but it was Lord Harren's Tourney in the False Spring that all the Rhaegar/Lyanna stuff went down, not the Hand's tourney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Owl Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Summer is Ending, that's the one! You're a star. My brain can now relax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Manhood-Eating Goat Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 but it was Lord Harren's Tourney in the False Spring that all the Rhaegar/Lyanna stuff went down, not the Hand's tourney.It was Lord Whent's Tourney at Harrenhal. Harren Hoare (he was Lord Hoare) and his heirs were killed by Aegon's dragons the day they finished Harrenhal.Edited because I was also a little bit wrong. Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Wolf Smith Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Jaime was the guest though. He was at Winterfell, under the protection of Ned Stark. It's certainly karmic that he lost his hand but it's not because he violated the guest right.Well in this world that would be true. In Westeros, it is the Gods, that punished the wicked. The hand he lost was the hand that he used to threw Bran out the window.What happened with Shiera Seastar? Did she give birth to any children? Did she marry anyone? Did she live out her life in Westeros or did she move to Lys or someplace else?The truth is we don't know.My wild ass crack-pot theory is that Taena Merryweather daughter/granddaughter of Seastar and Bloodraven. Based mostly off her saying that she was much older then she looks, she comes from Essos, and she seems way to much intrested in the Iron throne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Targaryen Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Well in this world that would be true. In Westeros, it is the Gods, that punished the wicked. The hand he lost was the hand that he used to threw Bran out the window.Are you saying that ,in your opinion, GRRM decided to cut the hand of Jaime to show the punishment of the Gods when someone violates the guess right?I thinks that this situation, and others that involve the gods or curses or prophecies, show how great is GRRM writing, because it can easily be interpreted more than one way, and it is to the reader to decide what is the "right" interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Wolf Smith Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Are you saying that ,in your opinion, GRRM decided to cut the hand of Jaime to show the punishment of the Gods when someone violates the guess right?I thinks that this situation, and others that involve the gods or curses or prophecies, show how great is GRRM writing, because it can easily be interpreted more than one way, and it is to the reader to decide what is the "right" interpretation.100% agreed with with that. My point to the first question was that one interpretation could be thats why Jaime lost his hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lux in Tenebris Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Re-reading AGoT and curious: If Lysa Arryn had chosen Lyn Corbray or Albar Royce as her champion instead of Vardis Egen, would Bronn have been able to defeat them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Targaryen Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 In which book does the first white raven, the one that announces Autumn, appears?Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sleeper Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Hard to say. It should be noted that people didn't get to be captains of the guard by accident. It is likely that Ser Vardis was a decent to competent figther, if old. Lyn Corbray has a nasty reputation and a valyrian steel sword, though his reaputation could easily be the result of his violent temper than his prowess. His greatest feat is finishing off an injured kingsguard kignt, Lewyn Martell at the battle of the Trident, though he did get to him by smashing through the loyalist lines. Ocrbray could be a much better fighter than Eggen. Very little is known about Andar Royce apart that he is on the big-boned side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sleeper Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 In which book does the first white raven, the one that announces Autumn, appears?Thanks in advance.A clash of kings prologue, the on with maester Cressen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lux in Tenebris Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Hard to say. It should be noted that people didn't get to be captains of the guard by accident. It is likely that Ser Vardis was a decent to competent figther, if old. Lyn Corbray has a nasty reputation and a valyrian steel sword, though his reaputation could easily be the result of his violent temper than his prowess. His greatest feat is finishing off an injured kingsguard kignt, Lewyn Martell at the battle of the Trident, though he did get to him by smashing through the loyalist lines. Ocrbray could be a much better fighter than Eggen. Very little is known about Andar Royce apart that he is on the big-boned side.He rode well at the Hands Tourney and made the quarterfinals, so he seems to have some good skill. I wasn't saying Egen is a slouch by any means, but he is certainly older and slower than some of the others, and was Captain of the Guard based on past rep and honor more than other things I image (1 - he got worked by Bronn, 2 - the best fighters are not always the best leaders).I expect Corbray would have been smart enough not to fight in full armor like Egen did, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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