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History of Westeros (Game of Thrones)

Fire & Blood: Alys Rivers, Witch Queen of Harrenhal (2019)

History of Westeros (Game of Thrones)

History of Westeros

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🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

In honor of the casting of Alys Rivers, let's look back at this one:

Edited audio from the livestream on March 12th 2019. Shakespeare of Thrones and JoeMagician join Aziz and Ashaya to discuss a unique character in ASOIAF history whose story involves major endgame parallels. Who was she? What happened to her and her son and dragon? Includes House Strong history and lore, parallels to Melisandre and others.

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1:27.0

The fourth and last for our purposes.

1:29.2

Of these remarkable women emerged from the twisted towers and blasted keeps of Heron Hall,

1:33.6

that vast ruin beside the water of the gods eye. Shundan forgotten since Damien Targaryen and

1:38.5

his nephew Amin had met there for their final flight. Black Heron's accursed seat had become a

1:43.5

haunt of outlaws, robber knights, and broken men who sailed,

1:46.8

sallied forth from behind its walls to prey upon travelers, fisher folk, and farmers.

1:51.3

A year ago, they had been few, but of late, their numbers had grown, and it was being said

1:55.9

that a sorcerer has ruled over them, a witch queen of fearsome power.

2:01.5

That just sounds so cool, I mean, right?

2:05.3

And it kind of came out of nowhere, right? I don't think anyone was expecting this,

2:09.3

even though we had a preview of Alice Rivers in the World of Ice and Fire and the Princess

2:13.2

and the Queen, the detail we had didn't really lead. I don't think a lot of people expected this

2:18.3

to be how this character was filled out. And frankly, the character still has more filling out to do,

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