Hello and welcome to the podcast. Hello and welcome to The Noticast.

The One True Chapter by Chapter podcast going through a song of Ice and Fire One Chapter Week.

I'm one of your host, Jeff, better known as Brenda Bfish.

And I'm your other host, Emmett, better known as Poor Quentin.

And welcome to our 47th episode of the Not a cast entitled Bed of Blood, an analysis of a Game

of Thrones, Etter 13, which Ned Stark visits his best friend and king on his deathbed,

writes out his will, and negotiates the power vacuum that follows.

It's going to be very exciting this week.

This episode is brought to you by our small council, as always,

our hand of the king, Wolfman, Zach, Grand Master Timothy W., Lord Commander of the Kingsguard,

Mark N, Lord Travis, Master of Ships, and Ward of the Waves, Sir Keith J, Master of Whisperors,

Lord Philip the Merciful, Master of Laws, Jancy O, Lady Commander of the Knights Watch,

Archmaister June, healer of the lesser poxes, ragged Michael, warden of the Knights Watch, Archmaster June, Healer of the Lesser Poxes,

Ragged Michael, Warden of the North, and finally, Nelson the Hammer, Prince of Dragonstone.

Thank you, Counselors, very much.

Thank you, as always.

Our spoiler winning, as we say in all episodes, we talk about all published books.

That is the five novels, the three Duncan Vague novellas, histories, interviews, the wins, the winner, sample chapters, as well as Game of Thrones, a TV show.

Anything and everything.

So before we get into the meat of this week's episode, we wanted to announce that one of our

new rewards for Patreon, we get to $5,000 a month, is going to be episodes tackling

the assorted works of George R. Martin

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