The Legendary Life of Ser Ryam Redwyne
History of Westeros (Game of Thrones)
History of Westeros
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🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 160 minutes
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Nina Krusling joins us to discuss the life of Ser Ryam Redwyne, perhaps the most famous Kingsguard knight of all time. He lived during the Targaryen Golden Age and had a career that spanned 5+ decades. The lofty standard he set has only been matched by men like Prince Aemon the Dragonknight and Barristan the Bold.
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| 0:00.0 | The The It is almost literally impossible in the world of Westeros to think of the Kingsguard without thinking of Sir Ryan Redwine. |
| 0:56.0 | Bran, who dreams about joining the White Cloak someday, names Ryan Redwine along with not just |
| 1:02.0 | other historical great knights, but also legendary heroes of Westerosie myth. |
| 1:07.2 | Nearly every time outstanding alumni of the Kingsguard are named, Rhyam Redwine is one of the |
| 1:12.3 | knights cited. He's openly referred to as the greatest night of his day, the subject of songs, |
| 1:18.0 | a paragon of chivalry that every other night, or would-be knight, of Westeros should try to live up to. |
| 1:24.3 | So what do we know about Rhyam Redwine? Can we separate fact from fiction and truth from |
| 1:29.5 | legend when it comes to one of the most celebrated knights in Kingsguard of all time? It's hard not to |
| 1:35.1 | exaggerate, right? What was it that made Riam so famous, not just in his own time, but two centuries |
| 1:42.0 | after his death in current times? And does Rhyam actually deserve |
| 1:45.6 | this golden reputation that he's enjoyed in Westerosci memory? What impact has Rhyme Redwine |
| 1:51.8 | had on the knights who came after him? And has that always been a positive legacy? All that and |
| 1:58.1 | more, including our favorite and best contributor as returning guests on this episode of History of Westrose podcast. |
| 2:07.5 | Hello and welcome, everybody. This is a pre-recorded episode of History of Westrose podcast. |
| 2:13.7 | You can still catch every video on YouTube or Spotify, and the audio is available anywhere you catch podcasts, and it's ad-free if you listen on Patreon. |
| 2:23.7 | Hey, we have Nina Kruzzling back. |
| 2:26.6 | She is the main writer of this episode, and you can find her, as always, at Good Queen Alley with 1L at Tumblr.com. |
| 2:34.0 | How's it going, Nina? |
| 2:35.9 | It's going good. Well, I was very flattered when you said that I was your favorite contributor, |
| 2:40.7 | but I have to amend that to say favorite regular guest and contributor, because you have |
| 2:45.6 | literally interviewed your drummer. So I feel like I can't really, I can't really campaign there. |
| 2:53.6 | All right. But I'm doing very well. I'm very excited to talk about Ryan. |
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