by now you're well aware that there are multiple sources on the dance of the dragons and the era that

produced it one of those sources really stands out despite his lack of height and that's mushroom

his contributions are the to the historical record are particularly entertaining and dramatic

because he had a flare for humor paired with unusually intimate access to the private business

of house Targaryen and those closest to them like house high tower house strong and house

valarian. He's a source on what happened between Rainiera and Sir Kristen. He reported on a lot of

the drama between the blacks and the greens prior to the war. This is the person that coined the

nicknames broken bones the butchers ball and the queen who never was. His versions of the stories

have to date been a major part of House of the Dragon and I'm sure the showrunners and writers

love to incorporate his version of events when possible because is there often the most entertaining

but they're not always the most accurate but that's part of what we're here to talk about today.

We also have a guest who will help us pick that apart one who has a lot of real world understanding

an expertise on real world sources particularly from time periods that Westros is the most similar to

this is certainly a particular importance because mushroom frequently competes with other sources

differing substantially at times which heightens mystery and debate giving supplementary

takes at other times which helps us form a larger more complete version of events and of course

there are times where mushroom is in agreement with other sources which helps us gain certainty

as well we must consider that though mushroom and other sources are cited often there are times

when no sources are cited this is sometimes because they all agree and it would be repetitive

to point that out every single time this would also happen when there's only one source because

that also would be repetitive to cite every single time we know where mushroom was most of the time

however so for example when we hear about the doings of rainiera and damon on dragon stone just

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