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BalerionTheCat Jul 29, 2023

Princess Deria placed in his hands a private letter from her father, Prince Nymor. Aegon read it upon the Iron Throne, and men say that when he rose, his hand was bleeding, so hard had he clenched it. He burned the letter and departed immediately on Balerion’s back for Dragonstone. When he returned the next morning, he agreed to the peace and signed a treaty to that effect.
#asoiaf #twoiaf #twow #georgerrmartin

Was Rhaenys still alive in the letter?

Yes it was a warning

33.3%

No it told of her death

50%

Just show me the results

16.7%

Poll ended at Jul 30, 2023 at 7:48pm.

BalerionTheCat Jul 20, 2023

He saw his brother on the Iron Throne again, but Euron was no longer human. He seemed more squid than man, a monster fathered by a kraken of the deep, his face a mass of writhing tentacles. Beside him stood a shadow in woman’s form, long and tall and terrible, her hands alive with pale white fire.
#asoiaf #forsaken #twow #georgerrmartin

The shadow in woman’s form is

Melisandre

66.7%

Quaithe

Danaerys

Cersei

33.3%

Poll ended at Jul 22, 2023 at 4:44am.

BalerionTheCat Jul 19, 2023

Low Quality Facts Jul 18, 2023

I bet my girlfriend that this picture of our cats could get 10 billion boosts on Mastodon.

She said she doesn't believe me. She said there's only 13 million accounts on Mastodon. She said there aren't even 10 billion people on Earth. She said it concerns her that I struggle so hard to comprehend large numbers.

Let's prove her wrong everyone. Boost away and show her just how awesome the Mastodon community is.

BalerionTheCat Jul 19, 2023

She wondered what Daario was doing. Was he restless as well? Was he thinking about her? Did he love her, truly? Did he hate her for marrying Hizdahr? I should never have taken him into my bed. He was only a sellsword, no fit consort for a queen, and yet …
#asoiaf #adwd #twow #georgerrmartin

Will Daario betray Dany?

Yes

57.1%

No

28.6%

Just show me the results

14.3%

Poll ended at Jul 20, 2023 at 8:07pm.

BalerionTheCat Jul 18, 2023

“You have a certain cunning, Tyrion, but the plain truth is you talk too much. That loose tongue of yours will be your undoing.”
“You should have let Joff tear it out,” suggested Tyrion.

Will Tyrion lose his tongue, as Jaime has lost his hand & Cersei her mystique?
#asoiaf #asos #twow #georgerrmartin

Yes

37.5%

No

50%

Just show me the results

12.5%

Poll ended at Jul 19, 2023 at 8:30pm.

BalerionTheCat Jul 18, 2023

"When the American fantasy writer Tad Williams first met Game of Thrones author George RR Martin, Martin growled at him: “Get the hell out of here.”

This was not yet another egoistic literary beef; Martin merely wanted his fellow author to get home and finish the next instalment of his Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series, which Martin had been patiently waiting to read."

It's funny to hear him acting like us over TWOW
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/17/tropes-trolls-and-trump-meet-one-of-george-rr-martins-favourite-fantasy-writers-tad-williams
#asoiaf #ms&t #georgerrmartin #tadwilliams

Tropes, trolls and Trump: the fantasy writer who inspired George RR Martin

Without Tad Williams there would be no Game of Thrones. The American novelist on reinventing fantasy – and why no one ever thinks they’re the bad guys

The Guardian

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BalerionTheCat Jul 13, 2023

“William, a toy like that would be no good at all for you. To do you any harm would be a great shame… I shall spare you toys such as this, you’ll never die at my hands.”
https://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/how-young-william-marshal-was-saved-from-being-catapulted-into-a-castle/
#asoiaf #medieval #history #williamthemarshal

The boy and the catapult - a story from the life of William Marshal - Medievalists.net

Word came of this to his father, but he said that he did not care about the child, since he still had the anvils and hammers to produce even finer ones.

Medievalists.net

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BalerionTheCat Jul 13, 2023

I’ll tell you this: the only present he’ll get is to be squashed to a pulp like a drum skin. This trick of yours won’t get you anywhere, you’re going to see him die right now.”
…John then had his troops hurl down a large millstone at the besiegers. Little William, still hanging there asked what kind of toy this was. Again, this broke the will of King Stephen, who burst out laughing & said,

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BalerionTheCat Jul 13, 2023

…
Stephen decided he could not go through with it….
The scene plays out again a third time –

William was placed hanging over a siege machine and brought back to the castle. One of Stephen’s men shouted to John Marshall, “Lord constable, show yourself. Here’s your lord’s son; he’s going to die now in great pain, because we’re going to put him on that frame.”
…the father replied, “Right then, so he’ll die, I swear!

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BalerionTheCat Jul 13, 2023

In 1152, Stephen was besieging John at Newbury Castle, when the 2 sides agreed on a truce. The English king demanded that John send him a hostage to secure his promise…the nobleman sent his 4th son, William, to the enemy camp.
…The child, too young to have much understanding of events,
was led away towards the catapult.
When he saw the catapult’s sling,
he took a step back,
and said, “Gracious me! What a swing!
It would be a good idea for me to have a swing on it.”
He went right up to the sling