ASOIAF: Yi Ti - Focus Series

[@gasmanoo]

Who cares about Westeros, I want to know more about these guys...

[@killlamas57]

Same

[@concept5631]

George is wasting the opportunity to make a book (series) about eastern Essos.

[@MrJH101]

@6dig-S 61 I think it’s pretty obvious that George wants to write more about this whole world besides just what’s going on in ASOIAF, but he knows he has to finish the main storyline first before he can explore the rest. Hell, he’s already planning to do several more Dunk and Egg stories, in which they keep traveling around the world as _Hedge Knight_ & _Squire_ and then when they’re _Kingsguard_ & _King._ I’m sure that at least one of their adventures will bring them over to Essos and perhaps even closer to this side of the world.

[@concept5631]

@@MrJH101 Just hope he doesn't pass before he gets the chance.

[@MrJH101]

@6dig-S 61 nowadays, science has shown that as long as he stays busy with something, has the perseverance to keep living with a goal in mind, a good doctor with regular checkups, hangs out with his friends, and has a happy attitude, he should have at least another 20 years left.

[@skyshatter3633]

hope some day they make a new TV series based on Yi Ti,Shadowlands,Sothoryos and Ulthos

[@herbiethekat3637]

Agree!!!!

[@teddydunn4435]

You got your wish. Yi ti tv series was officially announced yesterday.

[@STINGGAMEING]

Yo animated show has announced mf you is legend

[@A.ManAlone]

Prophetic

[@shulgi582]

This user literally saw the future

[@hemidas]

So Yi Ti is essentially China and Jogos Nhai are the Mongols?

[@TE4MTIGER]

yes

[@hemidas]

hazzmati Huns.

[@tyquansmith2476]

+Jovan Mitrić the dothraki are more hun like and the jogas nai are more mongolian.

[@tyquansmith2476]

+Tyquan Smith geographicaly and culturally

[@eraldylli]

+Jovan Mitrić It either comes from The Eastern Roman Empire - Huns, or China - Mongols. Probably it's the latter.

[@UniversalPotentate]

Wow! GRRM was REALLY drawing from Far East Asian history to delve into this lore. I wonder when he'll tell the tale of Sotheros … if at all.

[@croisaor2308]

Probably not. The history of the world is written from the point of view of Westeros and what they know in their time period. The further east you go the less they know. Sothoryos I believe is based off Sub-Saharan Africa and much like in our own world of Feudal Western Europe (from which Westeros is based), they knew nothing about these lands at the time.

[@eraldylli]

+UniversalPotentate Old Valyria? Maybe you mean Qarth or Asshai?

[@eraldylli]

I know where Old Valyria is located geographically, but from all accounts is an uninhabited ruin, save from some "lost souls" (like the stone men), so I don't suppose one could call it a port city, or even an "almost port" city. At least that's what I think.

[@eraldylli]

+UniversalPotentate I may have "misunderstood' you... fine, but how could have Euron, the traveler, gotten to Old Valyria in its heyday? So, besides being himself, Daario, Coldhands, Ghost, etc... he's also a time traveler?

[@sophiawilson8696]

+UniversalPotentate I always thought that Summer Isles were the Caribbean Islands

[@caelmcdiarmid1874]

These are amazing man, no one else is going in this depth about the world of ice and fire.

[@thatguybrando]

Carcosa is one of GRRM's winks to Lovecraft, which always makes me smile; along with Arya passing the Church of Starry Wisdom in Braavos.

[@TheFiresloth]

All shall bend to the squishers !

[@donnydonadio1185]

I hope these places are visited in future.

[@01Sunshine234]

Yeah, here's the thing about that: Martin drew inspiration from JRR Tolkien in creating a world instead of a story. But the difference was that Tolkien was writing mythology, and Martin was writing history. And so, pretty much all that happens in A Song of Ice and Fire is a beat by beat replication of actual history, made more interesting by dragons and magic. And that's important because Martin has focused most of his energy on Westoros (Europe/Western World) because that's what the story was going to be about. The history of Europe. The rest of the world is painted from the perspective of Westoros. We aren't actually told what happens in Essos (Asia/Russia/Eastern World), we're just told what the people of Westeros are told happens in Essos. Most of the information we have about Essos and Sothoryos (Northern Africa/Middle East/Congo/South) and Ulthos (Other land) and the scattered Islands of the Known World are from books like "The World of Ice and Fire" which are just textbooks about what the people of Westeros know about the rest of the world. It's just there because Martin thought it would be fun for the people who want a world, not just a story. And it was easy because he could just copy world history. The Bone Mountains are like the Ural Mountains. Mossovy is like Russia (Muscovy, Kievan Rus) The Dothraki are the Many, Many "Horse People" (Mongols, Huns, Xiongnu, Souix, Aryan, Tar Tar) that have been the bane of Asian Empires since forever. Yi Ti is China, the Jhogwin are tribes in Southeast Asia (Viet Nam, Philippines, Thailand)/ maybe Oceanian Tribes (Papua new Guinea, Australia, New Zealand), the Islands such as the Leng and Marahai are South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, etc.) and the Qaathi people are the original Proto-cities such as Catal Huyak or Jericho. The Ghiscari, and Valerian Empires are the original empires of Sumer and Akkad (Sumeria and Akkadia)/ or Possibly Babylonian, Egyptian, Hittite, Phonecian, or other Mesopotamian empires, and The Sarnori are probably the city-states of The Aegean Civilizations. And then there are works of complete fiction, such as The Rhoynar, The Andals, The Lothari, The Ibben, the Ifequevron, The Thousand Islands, The entirety of what's left of Eastern Essos ( the deserts, Asshai, The Shadowlands) and Ulthos. This was all built for those who like to study history and geography. For the type who might watch CivilizationEx, for instance. It was not built for the purposes of story. It's just information on the past and the cultures of these people. They were never meant to mingle with the stories, because in actual history, Europe and the rest of the world (at the time that this show takes place in) had very little to do with one another. And I know that knowing the customs and traditions of these places and peoples may make you want to see them in story form, it makes me want that very badly, too, especially because of the crazy political history of Asia, but that's probably not going to happen. And besides, George RR Martin already seems thrilled about the fact that he's going to talk more about one mythical thing he's made up (The Others and The Land of Always Winter) already in the Winds of Winter, because he kept it a part of lore for a reason and now we're going to see it in story. Which shows he doesn't seem too focused outside of Westeros.

[@revanruler6404]

pretty sure the andals are supposed to be resemble the normans or the anglo-saxons

[@01Sunshine234]

Revan Ruler well, yeah, it does seem that way, yes. The Rhoynar (and probably the Cymmerians, the Gipps, the Zoqora) are probably also not complete works of fiction, but rather based off of some other historical civilizations. Oh, And I forgot to mention the Hairy Men, which may have been neanderthals, the Fisher Queens who are probably completely fictional, and the Great Empire of the Dawn, which may be the Xia dynasty.

[@pembomassive1394]

i hope he just finished the books and soon,,

[@madskills84]

Lomas Longstrider = Marco Polo

[@aydnmesuttorun8397]

Id say more ibn battuta as he traved wider

[@mansamusa8410]

Automat Kalashnikova salladoar saan is the equivalent of blackbeard

[@naomiwashinton8102]

Would it be possible that the Grey Wastes and the Lands of Always Winter are one in the same? It may sound odd, but It isn't an unfounded idea. Yi Ti and Asshai have the same mythos as Westeros regarding the Others including the creation of momentous fortifications such as the Wall and the Five Forts. An explanation may be that the legend simply originated in the east and spread west, yet we know that the Others did indeed attack Westeros and still do. If the legend of Azur Ahai originated in the far-east then why does it so perfectly fit into what we have been witnessing at the wall? Quaithe was quite cryptic when she spoke to Daenerys, but she seemed to have been pushing her quite hard to go east. I think most of us would assume she may mean Asshai, but perhaps she meant that she could physically go east to reach Westeros . Circumvent the globe, passing under the shadowlands "the shadow" or alternatively, fight in the east against the arrival of the Others from the Grey Waste and push them back beyond the polar regions until she reaches the wall. There is another bit that may point to an oceanic trade between Essos and Westros, more specifically Yi Ti, Asshai, and the Iron Isles. The black stone-like material found throughout the regions yet these places are literally the most distant two points in the known world. If trade for the black stone did occur from a common source, would it then make sense that the rest of Essos and Westros would be littered with examples? The only explanation, if they are indeed the same stone, is that the Ironborn and Asshai/YiTi used to trade with each-other across the round globe's sea that separate the two continents.

[@Blackhawk211]

quaithe specifically said go to asshai though

[@InvisibleTower]

Ooh, a King in Yellow reference in ASOIAF. Edit: AND a Lovecraft reference!

[@Petey0707]

+kristian444 Yep there's a ton of them

[@sofiaa1616]

+kristian444 Oh, there are a SHIT TON of Lovecraftian references in TWOIAF, as well as some in the main series.

[@jackparker8602]

Where is the Lovecraft refrence?

[@jackparker8602]

Wait nevermind.

[@alexandroskazantzidis7892]

The thing with the skul reminds Me of what the Bulgarian king did to the Byzantine emperor Nikiphoros Ι.

[@gaiusjiau]

Chinese had similar tradition 3000 years ago, during the Shang dynasty, drinking from enemy skulls.

[@joeski1073]

@@gaiusjiau so did Karl Tanner. He was a fookin legend in Gin Alley

[@benveteto3151]

So there were white walkers in Essos during the Long Night?

[@CivilizationEx]

+Ben Veteto Most likely yes. The Azor Ahai prophecy is actually eastern, so if he existed, he probably fought in the East. :)

[@JK_2998]

It also ties in with the theory that Far East Essos is (or was at some point) connected to beyond the Wall in Westeros

[@grainnemckeown1681]

Essos as far as Qarth doesn't seem to have been affected as badly but YiTi and Asshai appear to have suffered as much as Westoros. It's Asshai that the legend of Azor Ahai

[@Perspektive77]

+Flying Spectacles iam not sure, but i think GRR Martin declined that theory in an interview. i think he said something like the world is bigger than most expect on the question if westeros and essos got a landbridge

[@eraldylli]

+CivilizationEx If they got as far as Essos, this means that either there is connection via land in the north from Westeros to Essos, or the Walkers can walk the bottom of the sea, which reminds us of a certain Patchface song, doesn't it?

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Yi Ti has broke again; Yi Ti is whole again.

[@OneOnOne1162]

The black stone fallen from the sky is such an interesting detail to me. It makes me think, what about the red comet we see in A Song of Ice & Fire's present? The return of magic to the world has often been attributed to the return of dragons, but what if that's not the case? What if the proximity of the comet to the world allowed magic to return and magic (blood magic) brought back the dragons? What if this reawakening of magic by the comet also reawakened the ice magic of the walkers and for that reason meant their return? What if the first time the white walkers came, during the long night, was because another comet or asteroid had fallen to earth and awakened magic for the first time? This is all just speculation, of course.

[@branhan215124]

It really bums me out when I realize GRRM will likely die before he ever gets to finish his story, much less touch on the hundreds of cool details in his own lore.

[@arthemis1039]

It seems like magic nevers leave or come back.. It is all over the place but people are not educated on how to use it. But if you read Dunk and Egg which takes place about 90 years before the beginning of the books the Hand of the King Bloodraven is a wizard (and he actually is the Three Eyed Crow in the show)

[@henryettoit897]

its literally copied from HP Lovecraft...........

[@vtron9832]

It can only remind me of the black stone of the Kaaba that the ancient Arabs used to worship.

[@darenitaly3442]

The lore/mitology of Yi Ti si fantastic😍

[@zacharyhizon5165]

Finally, a proper explanation about Yi Ti. I always wondered about the East Asian-like civilizations in the Known World.

[@Silenced_by_Utoob]

Asians in GoT TV series would be pretty sick.

[@pabloswagboy3381]

Malie There was in one episode a asian firepriest.

[@1utube01]

Actors such as Daniel Dae Kim, Christopher Larkin, among others would be cool to see. I list men because, until very recently, strong roles in Hollywood seem far fewer for Asian men than Asian women, whom I would love to see as well.

[@cephalonrolli5678]

@@pabloswagboy3381 and that's it.

[@MMadesen]

@@cephalonrolli5678 Why would there be more, they live across the whole world.

[@mansamusa8410]

Malie I agree the sword fighting scenes would definitely be more epic

[@pamelaevans-schink8707]

I can't understand why anyone is hitting dislike on any of your videos. You put so much work into them and they are so informative! I'm always excited when you put a new one up.

[@CivilizationEx]

+Pamela Evans-Schink Thank you! Haters gonna hate, can't please everybody. :)

[@ScipioWasHere]

It would be great if there was some Asian George RR Martin who could write about Yi Ti's Game of Thrones.

[@ScipioWasHere]

And their Iron Throne was made of katanas.

[@ScipioWasHere]

And their Targaryan's had dragons that looked like Shenron

[@ScipioWasHere]

and the 9 Emperors were all asian looking Varys

[@dxq3647]

Romance of the three kingdoms.

[@jeffreytan2333]

Yes, definitely read that.

[@Who_Knew]

CivieeX: You do some of the best videos about GoT as I've seen on here. That being said, in the YiTi video above at; 4:50 a yellow sign is found on the lower right side of my screen (my right), that says: Emperor Lo Bu is remembered as the "Boy to Bold by a half". It should be the Boy too Bold. I hope I'm not the first to bring it to your attention. Please note that I honestly enjoy your work. So much, my goal is to see each one of your videos. With the many videos you've done, that's no small goal! Thank you for your time and effort in producing these great videos. Who_Knew....

[@CivilizationEx]

Thanks for the kind words and for letting me know, I've added an annotation to correct. :)

[@knezor3976]

Those Lightbringer colors, man, it gave me chuckles!

[@aamirrazak3467]

The Great Empire of the dAwn sounds really interesting especially if you believe the theory that they were the first dragon lords (like I do) id love to see a future video about the GEOTD

[@majordakka5743]

grr martin giving a shoutout to the lovecraft mythos

[@jacobdiaz2089]

been waiting for this one for along time thank you

[@measterneal2820]

You always do such a great job on your vids! Your time and artistic talent are much appreciated sir!👍🏻

[@CivilizationEx]

+Maester Neal Thank you! :)

[@CharlieInWesteros]

Awesome vid Civ! Glad you covered Yi Ti! :)

[@CivilizationEx]

+Charlie In Westeros Thanks man!

[@HelyneMay]

The travelogues of Lomas Longstrider and Corlys Velaryon would have made some great reading. Maybe some devoted and enterprising soul will fictionalize them some day, with the blessing and edit of GRRM.

[@MK-we9sw]

The Nine Eunuchs is a direct reference to Chinese history. I think they were called the Nine Tigers in Chinese history. Lo Bu sounds like a reference to the Three Kingdom Era's Lu Bi.

[@repinswatson6452]

Lo Bu is very close to Lu Bu

[@Joelgajj]

Repins Watson thought I was the only person who thought this guess he liked dynasty warriors

[@liamjm9278]

Lu Bu is a real person.

[@kennedy072]

Yeah kinda represents hes stupidity.

[@shinsenshogun900]

Moreso, he represents his incompetence in leading a warhost into some wildgrass plains When the Zorses speak Jogosi

[@bigkev619sd9]

Love it. Keep them coming

[@ryandee9254]

I would love to see a series of shows dealing with these areas of the world/lore! I think it would be very interesting! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@Firstbloodchill]

More house focuses please, been missing them :D Keep up the good work!

[@sandrotullo7515]

Lo Bu? Lu Bu. So Yi Ti is basically inspired by Chinese history.

[@oppionatedindividual8256]

Nahhhhh reasaaallllllyyyyy?

[@gematria79]

One interpretation of the Aziz Azor prophesies is that " a warrior" ( Jon Snow) draws Dany and/or her dragons from "the flames" to wield as a weapon against the Others. We know in prophesies phrases like "sea & salt" or images like a sword are often just symbols of an event, a noble house, or even a character known for being storm born & controlling fire.

[@jacobkeiser1289]

I would kill to watch a series on the Yi Ti

[@saljpal3]

Would’ve been nice to see some people of Yi Ti descent on the show.

[@erins.5420]

Wow, I was totally under the I,press ion the the long night only happened in westeros. Not Yi Ti which I've never heard of. I do believe that this back story has a lot more forthcoming information than most of the prophecy relating to westeros.

[@conormul1]

Great video I really enjoyed it

[@chadmordecai1410]

Love you channel !

[@CivilizationEx]

+Chad Mordecai Thanks! :)

[@Dysastyr]

great episode! I loved it, thank you! :)

[@CivilizationEx]

+Jorah the Thrice-Exiled :)

[@toddtao8790]

why do i feel like i am watching Chinese history until the third emperor of Ming

[@sohambanerjee6343]

You're not alone.

[@shelleydong211]

After watching Nirvana in Fire, I like to imagine that that entire drama and its plot takes place in Yi Ti. If you're looking for a series on Yi Ti (which will never happen in the West for obvious reasons), NiF is the only production that will ever come close. It's known as the "Game of Thrones of China" for a damn good reason. I would even argue that it has an even smarter and intriguing plot (albeit less gory and sexual... by a million miles) than GoT. But of course none of the GoT universe lore applies :(

[@kristopherbarker3282]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into it

[@peterwindhorst5775]

Here is my set up from my readings: Chinese Dynasty == Yi Ti Dynasty? Qin== Yellow Emperors Han === Sea Green Emperors Xin == Grey Emperor Restored Han === Indigo Before Three Kingdoms. Pearl White Emperors Three Kingdoms. Scarlet? / Maroon / Purple? Jin / Sui = Jade Green Tang. Azure (Orange = An-Lushan)

[@Onthedouble2nowhere]

obviously this is meant to be imperial china, would that mean that valyria is rome in the west, or is westeros the aftermath of a fallen roman empire

[@hemidas]

+michael thesixpackhero Looks like it. Westeros is shaped after Britain and Essos after Eurasia.

[@Onthedouble2nowhere]

+Jovan Mitrić westeros is actually shaped after Britton and Ireland as for eurasia I can't see that one

[@oso2400]

+Ben Cook I think some people believe that Westeros is a huge combination of medieval Scotland, England, France and Spain. To me that makes sense, maybe Dorne is Based on medieval Spain.

[@croisaor2308]

+Daemon Blackfyre Yeah I'd say it's based on the entirety of Western Europe as opposed to just England. The Seven Kingdoms structure is very similar to the Holy Roman Empire, with largely independent states subordinate to an Emperor. (Kings Landing/Austria)

[@eraldylli]

+Ben Cook I think the Andals take inspiration from Charlemagne, maybe even Saxons. The Ironborn owe much to the Vikings, too (GURM also uses the word "thrall" for slave, which was a Norse word).

[@Queensage77]

Omg! This is amazing! I want to know more about Planetous

[@CivilizationEx]

+Queensage77 :)

[@goteemnuts7318]

I like these videos about the lands beyond westaros

[@jonescity]

I like the way he says "Yi Ti"! Maybe it's his accent? lol

[@thunderhorse6666]

Great video and keep em coming! You're the best!!!!:-)

[@CivilizationEx]

+ThunderHorse 555 Thank you! :)

[@licheng7956]

Finally YOU DID IT :D HIGH FIVE!!

[@EpicMe3]

Awesome Video. Please cover the long night's effect on Essos please.

[@MisanthropicMarxist]

Wait. The Yellow Emperor rules from Carcosa? On the lake of Hali, perhaps? And Leng, too. Interesting stuff

[@gazmendsubrahimi8360]

I could imagine little kids playing in a pool somewhere in westoros saying... "LOMAS...." , "LONGSTRIDER".

[@ileaween]

Great video. It actually made me wonder if Preston's theory about the whole story being a scify world instead of a fantasy world, specially the part about the Lengii worshiping subterranean gods 😐

[@SeritaTheresa]

This sounds a lot like what we're about to witness in Westeros. The Azure, Orange, and Yellow emperors sound like Sandkings.

[@TheFiresloth]

Good point !

[@nonstopper1410]

another great video thanks

[@CivilizationEx]

+Eric Flores :)

[@georgea.567]

I'm early, I need a joke Cersei as regent

[@ManoVeneza]

great let me make another one Quentin Martell

[@cb-7422]

She's the Lady of the Seven Kingdoms now. You will address her as Your Grace

[@KRAFTPUNK]

George A. Yeah she's your queen now.

[@Hoosje11]

Hal from Malcom in the Middle #NotMyQueen

[@galacticvagabond9772]

Leng? Carcosa? So many Cthulhu mythos references here. :)

[@darenitaly3442]

K'Dath= Kadath

[@RemiHill]

Yi Ti's history is soooo deep, there could easily be Game of Thrones: Yi Ti edition and be brilliant

[@shelleydong211]

Nirvana in Fire is pretty much just that.

[@飛龍-z9u]

sounds like China

[@junealexander4586]

Awesome video. I'm glad someone has finally put together an easy to understand video on Yi Ti. Have you thought about doing videos on Frank Herbert's Dune series?

[@CivilizationEx]

+June Alexander Yes I have considered it, and hope to get to it one day :)

[@Gotti89]

George RR Martin is a genius. A true demigod of literature

[@revanruler6404]

ah yes the most interesting part of asoiaf (along with sothoryos, the black oily stone structures throughout the world, asshai and the corpse city)

[@MrPulversson]

Is it possible that the bloodstone emperor is the same guy as the nights king? I mean both alegedly practised dark arts and took some evil deity as a bride.

[@Fear_the_Nog]

It can be deduced that a significant event with these same characters occurred in humanity's very ancient past, and the legends are transmitted everywhere. Different ASOIAF civilizations have similar myths about the Long Night, although they name their characters different names.

[@souljaryanboy]

where does all this info come from?

[@arbiterskiss6692]

A World of Ice and Fire. It's a book published a few years back, I guess as an encyclopedia for this world. If a Maester were to write a book for King Tommen about the world at large, this book is what he would come up with.

[@sophiawilson8696]

One of Oberyn Martell's daughters baby mama is from the Yi Ti that why she look Asian Nymeria Sand on HBO show. This one of changes I like.

[@caelmcdiarmid1874]

Jhattar Zhai dipping the emperors skull in gold and using it as a wine glass. Reminds me of Stalin using Hitlers skull as an ash tray lol Way to be inspired by history George!

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

Why do I feel like George May have watched a very popular movie about an alien who wants a phone home and who likes candy, before he came up with that name...

[@timgo197]

Lo Bu = Lu Bu

[@stussymishka]

dreaming of a spin off hbo series that chronicles the adventures of an explorer traveling through Far East Essos thru the bone mountains/yi ti/shadowlands and all the mysterious locales . there'd be encounters with wyverns, zorse riders, demons.. with brief references to westerosi events throughout. and can even show how the region deals with "the lion of night"/the long night crisis. let's make it happen !

[@azziimusiq4031]

The age of heroes 🥰‼️💯

[@ASG7H]

I think GRRM was playing some dynasty warriors! 🤣

[@jackbloomer1334]

they need to make more lore in sorthoryos ulthos and east of the bone mountains

[@minatodroger7890]

Wow a skull cup she makes Nymeria and Visenya look like they weren't trying.

[@benhuether5474]

I hope George gives us more information about Yi Ti, Sothoryos, and The Shadow in The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring; you can’t just create these vast, mysterious, end exotic locations within your own eon spanning history and only have them referenced in a single companion book and not in the main series. Even if the main character’s never see them in person I believe that Martin intends to at least have them referenced more directly in the coming books.

[@jimbean7652]

nice video, i watched it twice

[@CivilizationEx]

+Jim Bean :)

[@wangtoriojackson4315]

Don't pursue Lo Bu!

[@shinsenshogun900]

Too late, he couldn’t hear us with the roaring sound of 117,000 dying YiTish troops RIP, and his watch against the Pinheads has ended

[@olavops1000]

I think it would be awesome if the civil war that will soon engulf Yi TI left the realm weak, and then a Jogos Nhai Jattar(clearly a analogue to Khan of khans) in the style of Genghis Khan unified the tribes and conquered the golden empire. The Jogos Nhai are just the mongol empire waiting to happen and by the seven this universe deserves a Mongol Empire!!

[@Brian_itf]

I asked Gemini AI to tell me about Yi Ti but like Tywin Lannister (pasted) : "Yi Ti, you say? A gilded cage, that's what it is. A land of excess and decadence. They bask in their opulence, these so-called emperors, while their people toil in the fields. Gold and spice, that's all they care for. A thousand petty princes squabbling over scraps, while the empire rots from within. They have their so-called 'god-emperor', a puppet dancing on strings of superstition. A weak and foolish land, ripe for the taking, if only it were closer."

[@OMGilovewesley]

This is fantastic! Have you already done a video on skagos?

[@CivilizationEx]

+OMGilovewesley Not yet, will add it to the list :)

[@hiddendagger7291]

1:27 long knight? white walkers are in essos too? how?

[@michaelataturk249]

King in Yellow refers to Yellow Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang Di, aka, the emperor who unified China under the Qin Dynasty and buried in the tomb surrounded by the terra cotta warriors.

[@WeSleYc16]

This is so gratifying lol. GRRM made sure to make connections so east asian history. I hope one day this makes it on the show.

[@WeSleYc16]

Spin offs are already in the talks, you never know.

[@phaenon4217]

Maybe Jorah Mormont will travel around the east to find a cure for his greyscale, but I doubt they'll show this as it's not important enough to the overall story.

[@SuchIsLife424]

The golden skull is a reference to the Bulgarian Khan Krum when he turned the ERE Emperor Nikephoros' skull into a drinking cup.

[@caelmcdiarmid1874]

So is the grey waste freezing cold or maybe white walkers don't necessarily thrive in cold climates? If the planet is round and the grey waste somehow eventually connects with the lands of always winter it looks like the grey waste is not a cold region at all its on the equator. Someone needs to sort out the science of ice and fire.

[@aoigenei]

+Cael McDiarmid Nah the grey waste isn't on the equator, I'd say Summer Isles and Sothoryos are on the Equator since they have jungles and tropical climates. Also I read somewhere that the grey waste is cold which is logical since it's north of Essos. Think of it like Manchuria or maybe Siberia.

[@caelmcdiarmid1874]

Huang Deh Ok but its parallel to the dothraki sea and dorne-riverlands last i looked at a map. This longitude is otherwise quite warm, it would not make sense that the grey waste is known to be cold, maybe the northernmost part but not as a whole. True i agree the world probably goes much further south and sothroyos is probably equator region.

[@luno9821]

I think George might have gotten Yi Ti and its characteristics from the "Water Margin." If he did then he really is an incredible writer. Borrowing from Chinese literature to write Western fiction is no small task.

[@dlteodorian]

you find these Info by a book ? I wanna read for essos and I found your videos , good job but any source to suggest ?

[@TheFiresloth]

The World of Ice and Fire.

[@022-e5f]

So it has finnaly been confirmed that Jhattar Zhai is the first own user of the term "I will drink from your skull" M&B players will know...

[@Throneofmaibooks]

Your videos are amazing, and the animation is really cool! But how do you know get your infos about all of this cities in Essos or even Sothoryos and all? (I'm still at the bigining of the books) so maybe later or is it in an other? Thanks ;) Keep up the good work ;)

[@CivilizationEx]

Some is from the novels, the rest is from the history book, The World of Ice and Fire.

[@Throneofmaibooks]

Oh okay, I was thinking of taking it, thank you! :)

[@cdkb]

awesome

[@Filomatia]

So what is the relation of Yi Ti's Azor Ahai with the one who defeated the white walkers in Westeros? Are they the same guy? One is a rencarnation of the other? Are they different interpretations of the same story?

[@thomasritchhart703]

In Westeros its said that the others were defeated by the last hero, there is no mention of Azor Ahai in westeros traditions. The last hero was a first man who went looking for the children of the forest for help, with their help and a first man army they defeated the others and ended the Long night, according to traditions at least.

[@thomasritchhart703]

I believe that they are two different hero who both waged war on the others/white walkers on their own home continents.

[@basilisparma4641]

in which book GRRM mention yi-ti?

[@TheFiresloth]

It's frequently evoked by characters (in AGOT, Daenerys saw some merchants in the market of Vaes Dothrak), but most of it from World of Ice and Fire.

[@electromika]

love ya bruv

[@MMadesen]

A song of Ice and Fire is obviously a merge between the history of the british isles and europe as a whole. While Westeros is obviously shaped after the british isles, including features like Hadrians Wall (the Wall), the Britons (First Men), the Andal Invasion (Angles, Saxons, Jutes, ... invading Brittain), bringing a new faith and driving the First Men/Britons back. The Ironborn are clearly based on the nordic tribes of scandinavia, given their culture and sea faring/raiding. Harrens shortlived empire represents the Danelaw. Other aspects like Aegons conquest are also clearly the equivalent of Williams conquest of england, they even share the title The conquerer. The overall struggle around the Iron Throne is also based off the War of the Roses, with the houses representing englands royal families. Apart from the plot and the geography much is also based on the whole of europe or even beyond. Dorne is Spain, the free cities are Greek city states/phonician cities. The Dothraki are the huns, slavers bay is egypt (slaves/pyramids), ghiscari empire is persia, the summer isles are sub saharan africa, valyria is the Roman empire, ...

[@kothar6159]

You should do audiobooks, I would buy them:)

[@CivilizationEx]

+Kothar :)

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

I wish to see Yi Ti 📺TV show👍🔥📺

[@MrTempoedoeloe]

Imagine in the future we could adapt the story of YiTi and Asshai, thw world building by GRRM really impressive

[@ZegetaX1]

Are the Jogos Nhai connected to the Dorhraki

[@jadon3597]

Yi ti reminds me of the qing dynasty

[@Stalkman13]

real recognizes real

[@sophiawilson8696]

The Lion of Night did this happen the same time at (Westeros) 8000 years ago?

[@CivilizationEx]

+Sophia Wilson It happened at the same time during the Long Night, whenever that was (Westeros thinks it was 8000 years ago)

[@sophiawilson8696]

CivilizationEx wow thanks for answering but how they get to another side of the world? the Wall (Westeros) and Yi Ti are opposite end of the planet.

[@CivilizationEx]

Sophia Wilson We don't know for sure, but there is a theory that the far North (White Walker Lands) is massive and connects Westeros to the Far East.