If luring steel sword dark sister is symbolic of how deep the song of ice and fire fan

and runs, here we have a blade that most have heard of and many have thought about quite

a lot.

Particularly whether or not it will appear in the final parts of the series or the fact

that it's name tends to make people think of Arya, but in fact it is never even mentioned

in the first five books.

That's how much the backstory and history of Westeros has merged with the main storyline.

It all just feels like it's one continuum, it's great stuff.

So hello and welcome to another episode of History of Westeros, a podcast dedicated to

George R. Martin's song of ice and fire book series as well as HBO's Game of Thrones.

Today's episode is a Patreon Voters episode.

That's right, thanks Patreon Voters for picking this topic, it's a great topic, it's

lots of fun.

Thanks to Voters such as Joshua Hayes Cutter, known as Joshua the Raw, first sword of

History of Westeros.

There was a close vote, we'll talk about that more at the end of the episode, what was

almost picked and all that, but tight race, let's just put it that way.

So remember that we've been taking more and more questions from all of you and incorporating

them in the episode or entering them at the end.

Today the questions are addressed throughout the episode.

So if you have questions regarding upcoming episodes, just send them on in to us.

Yeah, you might even get your name mentioned on the show if your question is particularly

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