Butcher's Ball (Dance Of The Dragons) Game Of Thrones History & Lore

[@NRV0]

I love the reason why Cole was cut down by arrows instead of by blade in combat. To many people have died because of him.

[@frankincensemerchant1284]

He literally made the 1st move in the war and pushed Aegon ii to claim the throne.

[@RedStl]

No songs about your heroic death buddy ✌🏽

[@miracleyang3048]

Because he was better with the blade?

[@rohanshende4338]

That just shows how badass he was with a blade. The capturers refused a 3v1 fight speculating they would still lose.

[@travaughnanderson3958]

@@rohanshende4338 nah cuz he was annoying

[@megadoom2384]

I like the way they took out Criston,no tales about his bravery,just taken out by 3 arrows

[@georgieee66obregon56]

Cold asfuck

[@megadoom2384]

@@georgieee66obregon56 he got what was coming to him,the show doesnt make him any more likeable lol

[@nont18411]

He died the same way as Boromir

[@BruceWayne-fj9bm]

@@nont18411 Nah, Boromir died fighting with his arrow wounds and redeemed his honor. Criston died instantly to the arrows and had no honor.

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

Well Pate and the others get equally silly and lackluster deaths at Tumbleton. Pate gets trampled by a horse. Just goes to show that good guys also die stupidly

[@kayo5011]

Aemon lost this war for the greens. First by killing luke, then by leaving kings landing and lastly not listening to cole

[@WorldOfWesteros]

While I don’t think he necessarily started the war he definitely turned it nuclear and set of a chain of events that ruined both sides

[@KabbalahSherry]

Yeah I really can't stand him 😒 I'm always so glad when I get to the part where he gets his comeuppance, though I won't say what that is. No spoilers LOL

[@rohanshende4338]

@@KabbalahSherry My gosh girl GET A JOB. You are literally present on every dotd video.😂

[@-VAJRA-]

@@rohanshende4338 You must be as well. How else did you notice

[@juan29560]

If Aemond didn't kill Luke they may have time to prepare more and get a more winning chance

[@ProperlyGaming]

"Ill have no songs written about a glorious death for you, Cole." thats one of the coldest lines in all of George's books.

[@HOEEAHHNIGGAS]

Wasn’t cold at all lmao. It was said by a coward

[@angelovargas938]

Really looking forward to watching the Butcher's Ball on screen

[@WorldOfWesteros]

I really hope they do it justice

[@Jellyroll2]

The Fishfeed, the Butcher’s Ball and that dragon fight over the God’s Eye (book readers know what I mean 😉) are what I’m excited for and hope they do it justice. The battle of the Gullet too

[@jeffreysamson5938]

Hell yeah the starks coming to assist would be totally badass. Roderik dustin hurrah.

[@milenabianca9787]

I think we all are now lol

[@wayne47able]

The Winter Wolves are gonna be show stealers this season

[@happycake2234]

God damm the Riverlands almost always gets the shot end of the stick in wars.😢😤

[@WorldOfWesteros]

central, lots of food, makes it a natural convergence point in a war. They really do get the short straw.

[@juanignacioordoqui7539]

The Riverlands are the Poland of Westeros.

[@generalawesome7279]

Didn't help that the blackwood and bracken's are always starting the fights.

[@miracleyang3048]

@@juanignacioordoqui7539 You mean Belgium

[@AaronGuest]

@@miracleyang3048 No Poland.

[@anarion211983]

Now that I hear your reading - confrontation and retorts of Cole and Riverlords are eerily reminiscent of Tower of Joy.

[@WorldOfWesteros]

There are defiantly some elements that are simular. George does a lot of simular recurring events in fire and blood that mirror the main books, there are a couple such as this that mirror aspects of the tower of joy

[@m.williams4971]

Yeah, but that was hardly a Tower of Joy matchup.

[@joshuaadams1178]

I’m obsessed with this channel and how much detail you put into each video. Really hope you get the recognition you deserve

[@WorldOfWesteros]

Thanks a lot. My aim was always to go into as much detail as possible drawing from as many sources as possible. Stuff like fire & blood, the world book, the wiki and forums really make my job a hell of a lot easier. I’m glad you enjoy the content

[@algallontheobserver3780]

Wonder how many times I have listened to each of your videos. So amazing.

[@WorldOfWesteros]

I'm glad you like the content

[@holyguy2940]

God I hope they show the winter wolves in house of the dragon

[@WQuantrill]

Criston Cole’s death is so bad ass, they had to ambush him lol he was really cool, the show has done him dirty.

[@WorldOfWesteros]

I've had to seperate show and book cole in my head, they really are not the came character. We saw glimpses of book cole in season 2 but it's clear the writers have a very different view of the character

[@WQuantrill]

@@WorldOfWesteros As have I, book Criston was one of the coolest people in the history of Westeros, even if he was a villain. Show Criston is a whiny, jilted lover.

[@HOEEAHHNIGGAS]

@@WQuantrill whiny? It’s called speaking facts mostly lol. Jitted lover? Never loved rhaenyra in the show nor does he hate her because of rejection in the show.

[@dagveahlland8598]

I liked this channel i learning very much. I’m fan of Game of thrones. I’m excited to new series.

[@WorldOfWesteros]

Helping people learn more about the deeper lore was always my aim, so i'm glad you are enjoying the content

[@christopherwang4392]

Although the events described in the books has Criston Cole unceremoniously dying first followed by the Winter Wolves charging the field, I think _House of the Dragon_ will portray the battle differently in reverse order: the Winter Wolves ambush and annihilate Criston Cole's column followed by Criston Cole dying as the last man standing.

[@travaughnanderson3958]

unfortunately

[@TheV8Pumpkin]

Tbh the creative liberties they’re taking so far are coming out amazing :)

[@imperator0151]

they can change some things, but Criston in the series untill now is was made like a scumbag. they will definetly give a non glorious death to hin

[@Lach1234]

I'm hoping it'll probably be like the scene where Jaime asks Robb Stark for a duel after he is captured. Nobody answers his request for a duel, and he's just shot down with arrows. lol

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

@@imperator0151 they're making him way less deadly

[@WHOOOOOOOOCARES]

Alicent had Criston Cole’s body brought back to kings landing so she can enjoy one more wild night with him

[@BicoLov_IndiL]

I cannot wait for the butchers ball in the show

[@virgoqueen8950]

DITTO, BECAUSE I CAN NOT STAND SER CRISTON COLE

[@Warriorsoul101]

It'll be the most satisfying moment since tyrion killing tywin or Arya wiping most of house Frey.

[@realhillkell]

​@@Warriorsoul101 that Arya thing is so fucking stupid thank gods it hasn't happened in books

[@JoshLove-bv6dy]

Aye there my other yt page comment lol

[@DarkKing009]

RIP Ser Criston Cole the Kingmaker. My favorite psychopathic peacock and one of the most deadliest Knights of his time.

[@marcospatricio8283]

Blud so deadly he needs two superlatives.

[@Morfe02]

Plus his death is very ironic not because of the arrows, because AEMOND BURN THE RIVERLANDS What he expected to happen after pulling the white flag ? He kinda have deserved but as i say is ironic because his death is the fault of Aemond and his actions

[@kimberlyplatt2382]

Why the fuck didn't Aemond listen to Cole he had actual success in his battles. Plus why did people keep taking advice from Red witches, I mean didn't Aemond get tired of losing?

[@No_Relation_666]

because the blacks needed to win in the end

[@Thrawn23.]

It would have been awesome to see Aemond, Christon and their army meet up with Daeron and the Hightower army. Then they would have lived and taken the throne

[@angel00739]

I would love to see how the Rivermen and the Winter Wolves destroy Criston Cole's army

[@trigzzfrl3013]

Twitter is going to be so annoying after this episode airs 🤣

[@highmarshalsigismund2036]

I look forward to it 🤣

[@TallJai]

This is gonna be like the Stannis death in the show. Happens out of nowhere and it’s unfit for a star of the time period.

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

My two favorite characters: Cole and the Red Kraken both get the dumbest deaths lol Well old Pate of Longleaf gets trampled by a horse 😭🤣

[@jeffcordova9633]

Dont think it will be done that way at least not that badly... I see cole getting an on screen death just like it depicts it in the book..

[@mr.meesicks1801]

"I told them I'd build a sept for them out of traitors' bones. I dont have near enough bones yet" goddamnit what a fucking beautiful line. I really hope they include it in the tv show.

[@HOEEAHHNIGGAS]

Bro died on the wrong side... Tessarion made that boy crispy

[@DarkKing009]

Ser Criston Cole "He was a great Lord Commander is what he was, he tried to save the realm from Maegor with Tits and in this house Ser Criston Cole is a hero! End of the story!"

[@BigSnoopa-nh1yf]

You know who loved Ser Cristian Cole? It was Joey Peeps, may he rest in peace in peace

[@alejandrobetancourt8123]

Peeps? It’s a fuckin nickname

[@alejandrobetancourt8123]

Motherfuckin goddamn orange peel beef

[@alejandrobetancourt8123]

Aemond killed lucerys… whatever happened there..

[@shytguy]

Whatever happened there? I’ll tell you what happened. This cocksuckas cousin put three arrows in him without any provocation whatsoever.

[@michaelbazzell6327]

Great story telling!

[@seth_fitzgerald]

Criston lost all rights to a honorary noble praises, he broke his vow, he committed treason, he couldn’t keep his pathetic anger down and he lost his life for it. He gave the Kingsguard a dishonorable presence and disgraced it.

[@No_Relation_666]

As a low born who’s been more abused by the system than any of the other characters in the story he has every right to say fuck that shit

[@seth_fitzgerald]

@@No_Relation_666 he does, but he doesn’t have the right to kill people who are no threat to him or his life. He shows more bitterness and hatred towards the girl he was lusting for at a child age than he does at the system.

[@No_Relation_666]

@@seth_fitzgerald there is no evidence in the books he was into Rhaenyra and it’s not in character for him to be either

[@seth_fitzgerald]

@@No_Relation_666 when reading the book, you get the sense of how one pov says that he didn’t take her virginity but another says he did. None of it adds up without indicating the Hightowers sent him to ruin her reputation. Why would he hate her with such contempt and fury that he’s willing to keep her away from the throne and risk being killed by her loyalists? There’s no way I can see a man hating a woman with spite and emotion that he turns into a dark humanless character.

[@No_Relation_666]

@@seth_fitzgerald it’s part of the kingsguard vows that they will not ask the knights to do anything that will dishonor them, something rhaenyra at that point did twice. he has evert reason to be upset by that. and it simply isn’t in character for him to be that kinda incel

[@dimospatrik5605]

Criston cole is a great character,, one way or another.. I like this guy 🤘🐉

[@4LI_05]

are you sure brotha?

[@dimospatrik5605]

@@4LI_05 pretty sure mate

[@xdae]

damn this man took his breakup to a whole new level

[@sfdko3291]

the ultimate simp

[@nostoneunturned7641]

​@HOEAHHNIGGAS but he's totally fine with screwing Alicent in season 2 lol He's such a hypocrite

[@Morfe02]

Man they really need to make Criston a fcking warrior we see him 1 ONE TIME the rest is just him in politics or as a pet I only want that from the show, Cole fighting or being a leader before being kill

[@freebird264]

The pure euphoria that will be felt will Ser Criston gets absolutely pin-cushioned by Robb Rivers like the dishonourable bastard he is will be amazing

[@No_Relation_666]

got it, he’s a dishonorable bastard for being upset with the system that’s abused him and millions of others.

[@DM-Oz]

@@No_Relation_666 No, he is a disonorable bastard for being a snake, breaking his oath, murdering people. He is a shame to his white clock and makes Jaime a saint in comparison. "Some had been heroes, some weaklings, knaves, or cravens. Most were only men-quicker and stronger than most, more skilled with sword and shield, but still prey to pride, ambition, lust, love, anger, jealousy, greed for gold, hunger for power, and all the other failings that afflicted lesser mortals. The best of them overcame their flaws, did their duty, and died with their swords in their hands. The worst ... *The worst were those who played the game of thrones.*" -Ser Barristan Selmy

[@DM-Oz]

@HoeAhhNiggas__ Dude literaly murdered a member of the small council and pointed his sword against his Lord Commander. Doing the sex was the lesser of all his crimes and yet he acts like THATS whats soils his honor, not everything else he does afterwards

[@DM-Oz]

Noy to mention, you know, helping usurp the crown against the will of his king

[@Flounderpounder420]

Damn that’s awesome

[@Robertthachickenwrangler]

@HOEAHHNIGGASshut yo dumb ahhh up boy wolves will feast upon your corpse 🐺

[@doyltruddy902]

Criston Cole is my favorite character.

[@heatherotuairisg4283]

Garibald grey roderick dustin and the other guy were all cowards and they met worse fates at tumbleton

[@HOEEAHHNIGGAS]

Facts 💯💯

[@niekkotte9143]

Crispen cole

[@KabbalahSherry]

🤭😝 LMAO

[@MaddnessX703]

Perhaps my Prince remembers when I knocked him off his horse.

[@CC-ii1sy]

More like Crispen "Cunt-Struck" Cole.

[@aegonthedragon7303]

Ser Crispy Creme

[@Lach1234]

Ser Crispy Corn

[@theindiancop]

If they did it his way he would have slain all three. Criston Cole was a dick, but he was also a badass.

[@SerCorydonRivers]

Bro tried begging for mercy and got his well deserved answer.

[@Morfe02]

He go easy Riverlands should burning with fire the same way Aemond destroy all the places But no 3 arrows and is done

[@SerCorydonRivers]

@HOEAHHNIGGAS can't understand you with his balls in your throat, rest in piss greens.

[@ricefarmer464]

i can’t wait to see this scene in HOTD

[@redadmiralofvalyria867]

I feel like it IS his child, but in your opinion what would the odds be that its not?

[@WorldOfWesteros]

I'm almost certain it is. How it comes into play in the wider scale of things is a mystery. I'm assuming we will find out more if we do get fire and blood part two. I know GRRM said he was working on it but i don't take what he says to seriously.

[@sfdko3291]

SMH This dude Cole could have been clapping Princess Raenyra's cheeks for YEARS...but he was too much of a simp... She gave him the keys, but he FUMBLED

[@AaronGuest]

Wait wut? How? He didn't want to be her w h o r e, he denied her.

[@No_Relation_666]

got it yea that sounds fun, keep sleeping with your abuser who doesn’t actually give a fuck about you.

[@higharchbishopofteatasting6217]

Goddamn black stans are delusional.

[@JoeSnoe126]

It was actually called the Butcher's Ball because of all the voguing I was doing while justice found Ser Criston. Tickets for these things go fast so keep your eyes and alerts open! C U there

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

And I laughed when Pate Longleaf gets trampled by a horse at Tumbleton

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

Why didn't Cole go east of the God's Eye??

[@AaronGuest]

Probably because Rhaenyra's dragons were on the other side.

[@Taykoe88]

2nd best part of the dance. 1st being darksister through Aemonds eye.

[@0307scott]

I get that Ormund Hightower and Prince Daeron were furious when they heard what happened to young Maelor but the people of Bitterbridge and Lady Caswell and her children did not deserve what the Hightower's did to the town. There is NO justification for how cruelly Bitterbridge was sacked by the Greens.

[@AaronGuest]

Fuk those peasants

[@No_Relation_666]

and the fact that your dad said you were gonna get something isn’t a justification for going to war

[@0307scott]

@@No_Relation_666 The Greens started the war not Rhaenyra and the Blacks. Cristen Cole murdered Lyman Beasbury in cold blood & Aemond one eye chased down and killed Lucery's Velaryon. Alicent and Otto were horrified with what Aemond did - but they knew that peace was off the table with the death of Rhaenyra's son.

[@No_Relation_666]

@@0307scott no the war started before that, just no one was able to see it. And fascinating, so when Rhaenyra’s son is killed after she sent him out on a dangerous mission she’s allowed to start murdering innocent people but if Daeron and Ormund do it, that’s wrong? The greens didn’t start this, the blacks did by not accepting the terms. If Rhaenyra ascended to the throne there would be war REGARDLESS. if rhaenyra had accepted Aegons ascension there would be peace, so no the greens didn’t start it

[@nguyenletrang6839]

@@No_Relation_666 Why Rhaenyra needs to accept, she is the true heir, she is taking back what is hers. So the greens DID START THE WAR

[@Pap602]

👏👏👏

[@Rucker1980]

That was so gangster

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

And gangster Pate gets killed by a horse at Tumbleton

[@AaronGuest]

Not really it was cowardly. At least let him return to his army then fight him like a man, instead of murdering him under a peace banner.

[@Rucker1980]

@@AaronGuest this is a war, then entire point was to kill him

[@AaronGuest]

@@Rucker1980 Even in war you don't murder people under a peace banner or parley. It's been that way since the first wars were fought. What they did was cowardly.

[@Rucker1980]

@@AaronGuest there's no Geneva convention in Westeros. Cristin was very brave 🤷‍♂️

[@shytguy]

The riverlands always get ravaged. So sad

[@WorldOfWesteros]

Being right in the middle of Westeros with huge rivers makes you a perfect playground for war

[@shytguy]

@@WorldOfWesteros makes sense

[@josephhebert1785]

All right so that's where the 'Mother of Dragons' gets the whole burning and murdering entire cities from. At least we know it runs in the family like bipolar, schizophrenia, or loving Pokémon.

[@cristianbejarano2000]

Wasn’t, he beheaded to by them can’t recall who it was

[@aegonthedragon7303]

Cregan Stark.

[@wayne47able]

He was actually. Geribald Gray and Pate of Long Leaf put his head on a spike when they marched into the first battle of Tumbleton

[@wayne47able]

@JaehaeraTargaryen_ Cowards? It was Criston Coles Army who lost heart and fled and got chopped down by the Winter Wolves.

[@Guinnessdrnkr1234]

Too bad he's not the 'King maker' in the show. The no songs for you.. line isn't going to hit the same.

[@WorldOfWesteros]

It was one of my big criticisms of how HOTD handled the green council episode all together, being the Kingmaker is literally one of the biggest reasons Criston Cole is remembered into the main books. It's a huge part of his character. I get why they wanted Aemond involved but i think it really should have been Coles moment.

[@mattpersico518]

Spoke to soon! He was called king maker last episode

[@Guinnessdrnkr1234]

@@mattpersico518 I know!! and I couldn't be happier about being wrong.

[@HOEEAHHNIGGAS]

@@Guinnessdrnkr1234 a line spoken by a coward who got trampled & forgotten 200 years after his death

[@bobbyhall7472]

Russia did the same to Napoleon, they burned everything so Napoleon and his army had no food or shelter, and most froze lol. Sorry, it just reminded me of Napoleon's war against Russia.

[@gandix5516]

Garibald Gray, Jon Roxton, Cregan Stark, and “The Lads” are the true heroes of the story 😂

[@No_Relation_666]

Cregan stark isn’t a hero. he showed up late, almost started the war after it was over then thought it was his right to stand and judge people who actually fought in the war and put themselves out there. then he fucked off leaving everyone worse off than they would have been had he not been there. you know who isa true hero? Tyland Lannister, blinded, castrated and deprived of sunlight he emerged from the dance willing to actually put in the work to help heal the land even supporting the son of the woman who tortured him. thats a real hero

[@gibsonrickenbacker6317]

Royalty sucks in fiction and nonfiction

[@kayveeh]

I love how they cry “today was butchery” when it’s their turn to lose. Also, why do the worst of characters always get off easy? 🙄 damn Westeros lol

[@sosa2mars]

Show Criston doesn’t deserve book Criston’s death the writers really fumbled his character it’s insane

[@amcc666]

I totally disagree. The show is a great depiction of a man who is trying to build himself with nothing but his skill and honor. It shows that many of the people of high birth don’t actually care about the rules that build their society and shows the effect it would have on someone’s psychology who has played by said rules to get where he is and doesn’t have a name or birth to fall back on. It’s an interesting parallel to alicent’s character in the show. Why do you say the show writers fucked him up?

[@sosa2mars]

@@amcc666 I don’t exactly have the time to properly explain it but to put it short; Criston went from being the greatest fighter of his era and an actual intimidating force for the greens to just a simple whiny clumsy brute who doesn’t know his own strength and is essentially just Alicent’s attack dog. In F&B he always sort of comes off as like a Westerosi Praetorian guard, a man who’s purpose is to defend a leader/social order but also ends up claiming power for himself with violence and is the deciding factor for Aegon coming into power, essentially changing the course of Westerosi history for ever (hence the Kingmaker.) Now Don’t get me wrong, book Cole was probably a bitter ex as well but he was much more than that, which is something the show struggles to get across. And then there’s this whole other issue of removing Cole’s whole self made ordeal by not having him rise up the ranks to LC of the KG by his own skill and talent but simply because Alicent saw it fit since he would obey her unlike Ser Harrold.

[@realhillkell]

​@@sosa2mars he beat Daemon in a joust he's still great warrior last I checked lol

[@elijahalbiston]

Might be a year later but I disagree as well. I feel like they''ve set Ser Criston Cole up well for the second season to rise above the petty squabbling of the Greens and actually do some fucking damage. Aegon, Alicent, Otto, they all seem less inclined for the actual war, and so Aemond and Criston are going to take charge.

[@powertrip25]

im gonna compare this to the Scene in Vikings when king Aella was confronted by the great heathen army lol i guarantee they will do something similar on the show

[@faisalkamal4319]

Thank the Gods crispy creme Cole is gone

[@jeffcordova9633]

He was no hand, a king maker, son of a steward .. A knight of the kings guard & a complete scoundrel.. He deserved every arrow

[@jenniferkelly3941]

This is the first I’ve heard of Criston Coles demise. And I for one am glad of it. What a grade A prick he was.

[@m.williams4971]

Preach! Dude was a d!ck!

[@faisalkamal4319]

We have the high ground Cole -the blacks

[@JoseGonzalez-pn5zl]

This battle amazes me did Ser Crispin really think surrender was an option after what he did and what was responsible for??? Just a coward trying to weasel his way out no matter had he surrendered they would of still executed him later on.

[@JoseGonzalez-pn5zl]

Willing to fight after that was his only option.. I mean cmon dude want to parlay first before fight and willing to surrender.

[@faisalkamal4319]

In hotd they will show Vhagar destroying Riverlanders Rather than Aemond controlling him Show is just became green propoganda and the rogue prince hate

[@ebenezerejemai912]

If you think that show has any bit of propaganda for the greens you’re watching the back of your TV. I guess you’re one of those Daemon stans that don’t just understand his character.

[@AaronGuest]

You are insane.

[@No_Relation_666]

@@ebenezerejemai912the books to begin with have an unbelievable black bias. even that pales compared to how much the show favors the blacks

[@No_Relation_666]

@@BlazingBurrito2K if you’ve read fire and blood and come out of that thinking it favors the greens you’re simply delusional

[@No_Relation_666]

@@BlazingBurrito2K see if that was the case most people reading it would come out thinking the greens were right. But it doesn’t.

[@Grimdarkus]

I couldn’t understand what you were saying. I’m sorry but you should enunciate your words more. Sounds like you’re rushing through a speech in high school.😅

[@WorldOfWesteros]

It's a very old video, i had below 1000 subs when i made this i was just kinda doing it for myself for fun. I like to think my newer videos have improved these aspects a lot, an actual mic, with more care in my narration. It's why i have been going back and remaking a lot of these older videos, unfortunately the algorithm still pushes the old ones and for that very reason i can't just remove them. With HOTD on tv right now i maybe get 10 comments a day like this on older videos, I don't normally address them but rarely you've actually been quite nice about it and offered constructive feedback rather than just being rude. It's constructive feedback like this that pushed me to make the changes i needed to, and i will always welcome this kind of feedback.

[@maxomat4319]

Can´t wait to see Crispy Creepy Coles death on the show.

[@Morfe02]

Sir oranges is going to be JUICE

[@HOEEAHHNIGGAS]

Creepy? Yeah midnyra the r*pist & daemon the p*do r*pist definitely are💯💯 You’re gonna see midnyra meet sunfyre while her son watches