History and Lore Season 1 | Game of Thrones

[@joeyken81]

Now this is a pleasant surprise! Welcome to full fledged fandom, great to have another member. It is a drug! A strong, intoxicating but harmless drug

[@LippsReacts]

Yessss!! I know i thought it’d be a nice accompaniment to the books and also the lore videos im working on 🙂‍↕️

[@joeyken81]

@@LippsReacts I'm here for it! Btw all of the seven except the Stranger are prayed to. Depends on the person. When dealing with law high lords will pray to the Father, the Mother is pretty obvious, the Warrior is prayed to by soldiers, the Crone is prayed to for wisdom in making the right decision when tough choices are at hand, the Smith by those who build, make and forge things and the Maiden for purity. Re: Ned and being Hand of the King, it's no different than in the ral world where countries have diversity in thought and religion but still live in relative unity under, and loyalty to, one nation.

[@dominicbounds8768]

You were wondering why the Stranger was so rarely worshipped; this isn't without precedent in the real world. Hades, as the God of the Dead in ancient Greek mythology, was regarded with absolute dread for his authority over death and the afterlife, so praying to him or making sacrifices to him was rarely done except at funerals. Indeed, Hades was regarded with such fear and reverence that it was considered dangerous to even speak his name, hence all the epithets used instead

[@LippsReacts]

Oooo ok hades is one of my favorite Greek gods to read about so this explanation really worked for me

[@patrickdematosribeiro1845]

There are two reasons why the Targaryans didn't do anything about the dragons becoming smaller. Firstly, it was not clear how they could simultaniously control the dragons and keep them strong. Secondly, as you are about to see when the events shown in House of the Dragon started they had several mighty dragons left, so the problem was not urgent yet. Only when most big and old dragons were killed they realized they had to act, but then it was to late.

[@ccispahan7514]

If you want to dig into the lore, get ‘The World of Ice and Fire’. It was published prior to ‘Fire and Blood’, which is more detailed and precise on Targaryen history, but it is still a really nice companion book, with a lot of gems and hints (plus cool illustrations).

[@LippsReacts]

oooo ok I will! I honestly accidentally bought Fire and Blood when I was trying to buy a box set of the books but it was a happy accident so now I must purposefully buy Ice and Fire.

[@joeyken81]

The Seven Kingdoms were named that because at the time of Aegon's invasion, there were legit seven separate kingdoms. They were: - North (House Starks) - Mountain & Vale (House Arryn) - Isles and Rivers (House Hoare; the Ironborn ruled the Iron Islands and the Riverlands - Harrenhal is named after their King at the time Harren Hoare) - Westerlands (House Lannister) - Reach (House Gardener) - Stormlands (House Durrandon) - Dorne (House Martell) Although Aegon did not actually conquer Dorne. Technically he ruled six kingdoms not seven, so in a way the Faith and their superstitions actually DID play a role in the naming convention lol

[@havok6280]

Jon, and Bloodraven for that matter, have the blood of the first men as well as old Valeria. Ice and fire. In fact, there is a fan theory that Bloodraven engineered Jon to have first men blood, Andal blood, Roynish blood, and Valerian blood. Jon's lineage represents all the races in Westeros and all it's magic.

[@gawkthimm6030]

I might just misremember but from where does Jon get Roynish blood?

[@asnv9070]

You will see Vhagar in House of the dragon

[@joeyken81]

"They have no one to blame but themselves" you answered your own question. But it wasn't simply locking up their own dragons. Tbf they ruled fairly competently for another 150+ years without dragons. As to what caused their line to diminish over the decades, finish the book series and you can delve into some really cool theories.

[@LippsReacts]

Yay!! I definitely will. House of the dragon has been fun too for exploring their lineage

[@joeyken81]

@@LippsReacts it was the perfect prequel to follow up Game of Thrones.

[@dcanngieter]

So Ned going to Dorne to save his sister is the only incomplete story…no one but Ned (dead) and Howland Reed (alive) truly know what happened that day. I don’t think we’ll ever truly know

[@LippsReacts]

😩😩

[@dcanngieter]

@@LippsReacts so many theories revolving tower of Joy….if you dig deeper into lore or even read the books, you’d know that Arthur Dayne has faced far worse circumstances and won. A lot of people say Ned let Arthur Dayne leave because Arthur Dayne sister is the first girl that Ned ever loved

[@havok6280]

After the sack of Kingslanding, Ned and Robert had a falling out over the murder of Rhaegar's wife and children. Ned left Kingslanding and ended the seige at Storm's End. He then went south to find his sister. Robert was injured from the battle with Rhaegar and he had a kingdom to rule. He couldn't go searching for Lyanna.

[@ccispahan7514]

@07:05: this is the island right next to Harrenhal. Very magic and mysterious, still covered by weirwood trees. You catch a good glimpse of the Isle of Faces when Daemon flies by on Caraxes on his way to Harrenhal in HoTD season 2.

[@LippsReacts]

oooooo ok fun! Thank you for this info

[@havok6280]

Valerians are not Andals. Two different races. Andals are tall and blonde with fair skin. Valerians have silver hair and purple eyes.

[@booktubeadvocate]

I’m excited for you to delve into the books!

[@LippsReacts]

Me too! I am trying to finish book 1 in the next week or two to put out a video about it this month.

[@pokerset2070]

We require more :)

[@LippsReacts]

it's coming!! i'm gonna do book 1 review first :) then season 2 lore and book 2 :)

[@joshuacordero8163]

Wow I am surprised but delighted that you are checking out the lore!! Awesome

[@LippsReacts]

Yay!! You and me both

[@aegon1targaryen208]

Yo, I’m glad you’re finally doing these! Please do them all!!

[@LippsReacts]

I will be!

[@havok6280]

Worship of the old gods isn't exclusive. Ned had a Sept built at Winterfell to make Cat feel at home. Oaths are sworn "to the old gods and the new." Yes, seven is a important number even in our world. Seven days in a week. The number of perfection. 666, one short of 7 3x, is the number of the devil.

[@castsmeteor3]

LR, try to remember that we all had to go back and get into the lore, including even the creators of that video. GOT/ASOIF doesn’t stop ❤ you just know more and more theories and deep dives. The show/books are the beginning ❤

[@havok6280]

Aerys kept Elia in Kingslanding as a hostage to ensure the loyalty of Dorne.

[@LippsReacts]

oooo that makes sense

[@jrafel1707]

There' some very intresting questions you have. I never thought about the 7 gods and 7 kingdoms. It could have some relevance because George R.R. Martin was very "into" the historical civilizations and a lot of that to build his lore and world. I have to add, I also can't wait for you to watch House of The Dragon. The TV Series GOT painted the Targaryeans in a very negative light based mostly upon the Mad King. House of The Dragon gives a more complete view of the House and Westeros between Aegon's conquest and GOT.

[@LippsReacts]

I was reading a theory that the Stark family is also symbolic for each of the 7 (Ned, Cat, Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran, Rickon) I'm excited to share House of the Dragon, it was so fascinating to sit inside the room with Targareyns.

[@rigobartolome5963]

Heck yeah, I love that you are watching these lore videos ❤❤

[@LippsReacts]

Yay! I’m glad people will still watch along with me and Yapp. We’ve got lots of lore dives to do and if we’re gonna do our own lore stuff It felt right to step back to the basics as well

[@castsmeteor3]

Yes!! This is the normal trajectory for a true GOT/ASOIAF nerdom and awesomeness ❤ House of the Dragon reactions soon? 😮

[@LippsReacts]

I'm so grateful for the welcoming community!!

[@castsmeteor3]

@ it’s easy. Your the bomb and the lore is the bomb ❤️

[@WaxPaper]

You're edging us with that finale, lol.

[@LippsReacts]

the finale is already live for youtube members! :) Goes live at 10 a Central time Saturday for everyone.

[@havok6280]

Ned's motivation for reconciling with Robert was to protect Jon among other things.

[@pimtooler6370]

the children of the forest creating the white walkers was a show original idea, or at least a fan theory acknowledged by the show runners.

[@LippsReacts]

oooo interesting

[@pimtooler6370]

@@LippsReacts If you're getting into the books, you should honestly just ignore every information past season 4, cause they'll only give you the wrong information 99% of the time when it comes to the books.

[@havok6280]

There is a theory that the maesters poisoned the dragons. But more importantly, SPOILERS for HotD Only 3 dragons survived the Dance of the Dragons. The last dragon died less than a generation later.

[@LippsReacts]

Ooooo interesting

[@davisiotta489]

4 dragons survive The dance

[@jrafel1707]

There's SOO much information given in the books that's not given in the Series and although these can seem a bit repeptitive, it often gives viewpoints from different houses and fills out so many gaps that the show left out. I'm glad you're watching them and can give your thoughts on if /how it would've affected your GOT viewing if the show had fleshed out these tidbits in the show!! I have a lot of different views on some things but that's why we all watch because we all have different takes/views on what we see!!!

[@LippsReacts]

I can't speak for how I'll feel for the rest of the history and lores but I do know how I felt when I originally tried to sit down and watch this after finishing season 1 and I made it 5 minutes in and stopped because I could feel my body and brain start to separate from information overload and I was like... and I didn't feel like that was good enough content to put out. Watching this helped tremendously for the Ned Stark character analysis I recorded tho (coming soon).

[@AlwaysRightAllNight]

14:50 well... if we can see where Dany gets that from😂

[@jshirlee]

Can’t wait for the Aegon movie!

[@LippsReacts]

that's going to be a fun one to watch!!

[@HexMexEdge]

LORE LORE LORE!!! GIMME MORE!!!

[@LippsReacts]

you know who I am at my core!!

[@asnv9070]

Finally Lores😂❤

[@LippsReacts]

🤣🤣 I have done lots of lore research but honestly did not have it in me to be perceived while I listened to these originally. But with the books and other lore content in the works these felt important to do

[@LEM620]

nice

[@frankducky6130]

your hair looks great!

[@LippsReacts]

Thank you so much!

[@Marco-q7c-s7f]

The "seven" is similar to Christian "Trinity" if that clears that up.

[@brianalex5083]

Wait so have you read the books already or are you watching the lore videos to have some knowledge going into the books

[@LippsReacts]

watching to add lore whilst reading the books. Currently in the middle of book 1

[@brianalex5083]

@ ahhh ok gotchu and enjoy the books!