Fire & Blood: Oldtown (+ Ash's Name Day)
History of Westeros (Game of Thrones)
History of Westeros
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🗓️ 20 March 2019
⏱️ 119 minutes
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Edited audio from the livestream on August 6th. Oldtown from the Dawn Age to current times. Including ancient mysteries, the coming of the Andals and their Faith, then Aegon the Conqueror and his descendants, to Euron Greyjoy and what's happening now with the city and House Hightower. Published August 14, 2019.
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| 1:25.7 | reach is complete without a look at Old Town, that most grand and ancient of cities, still the |
| 1:30.9 | richest, largest, and most beautiful in all westros, even if King's Landing |
| 1:35.2 | has eclipsed it as the most populous. |
| 1:37.4 | How old is Old Town truly? |
| 1:39.8 | Many a maister has pondered that question, but we simply do not know. The origins of the city are lost |
| 1:45.3 | in the midst of time and clouded by legend. Some ignorant septons claim that the seven |
| 1:51.0 | themselves laid out its boundaries, other men that dragons once roosted |
| 1:54.7 | on the battle aisle until the first high tower put an end to them. |
| 1:58.7 | Many small folk believe the high tower itself simply appeared one day. The full and true history of the founding of Old Town will likely never be known. |
| 2:06.0 | We can say it with certainty, however, that men have lived at the mouth of the honey wine since the dawn age. |
| 2:11.0 | The oldest runic records confirm this, as do certain fragmentary |
| 2:16.0 | accounts that have come down to us from masters who have lived amongst the children |
| 2:19.9 | of the forest. One such mister gelico suggests that the settlement at the top of |
| 2:24.6 | whispering sound began as a trading post where ships from Valeria, old Giss, and the |
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