The The As Prince Darren said about his own brother, Aryan, Targaryen,

A pity he wasn't born of Fosoway.

Then he'd think himself an apple, and we'd all be a deal safer.

But there you are.

We've also been told that dragons don't plant trees.

But House Fosoway does, it's an interesting contrast, isn't it?

The symbolism of something that's around forever and represents

life and fertility versus something that's just absolutely bent on destruction and kills itself

whenever it fights another of its kind. And yeah, it's a very different vibe there, isn't it?

Now, they've also been playing with colors for much longer, House Foss away.

Well, before the dragons came along, yeah, red dragons, green dragons, brown dragons.

Apples have that variety as well.

And though I haven't eaten any dragons, it's a meal for kings, and I'm more of a common man.

I suspect I'd prefer apples if I did have the opportunity to do some sort of taste test.

And yes, apples are loaded with symbolism on their own, even without dragons in the picture.

They're also loaded with fiber, by the way.

And George R. Martin doesn't just love food.

He loves wordplay.

So you get both of them here.

You get a house as old as any with ties to the ancient, possibly

supernatural, mythological founders of the reach, and all the things that come along with that.

The real first men, the first first men. But of course, the Fosways, like so many other houses,

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