Prepping for Winter: The Forsaken Part 1

[@SandwichDemon66]

Thank you for continuing to post videos despite being newly married. We appreciate you so very much, Preston.

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

Your welcome. :)

[@hazzmati]

+Preston Jacobs You're*

[@Mister3Pac]

StNico the production of these videos take a lot of time. The fact that he still finds time for us to make these. I can only assume he has a job that provides for him and his family and then to throw a wife on top of that. Those two things take up a lot of time let alone making these videos for us.

[@SandwichDemon66]

StNico I'm sorry my post made you feel that way, it wasn't my intention. I was simply thanking him for giving time to his fans and a fantasy book series over his new wife who he probably wants to be with all the time because he clearly loved her enough to wife it

[@SandwichDemon66]

StNico well that is wonderful! It's hard to tell these days in a world where a comments section fight can start on a video of a cat cuddling with a baby. :)

[@aspiringnormie9499]

The Doom of Valeria was an inside job.

[@dylanwilliamson6555]

Dragon fire can't melt steel beams

[@mattwalker6285]

Dylan DeVillain This is the funniest comment I've read In a Long Time.

[@7PtsSlime]

Dylan DeVillain -ha ha stone beams. harrenhall

[@dakotasherman632]

@@dylanwilliamson6555 You said what I was about to say lol

[@nurtenc.c]

absolutely agree with you, Targaryens did it!

[@mischahouston8044]

I was reading "The Reaver" chapter when Victarion took The Shields. I'd bet a dollar that Euron had Aeron captive and Victarion didn't know it. He abducted Aeron right after the Kingsmoot. I just realized that.

[@DavidGarcia-oi5nt]

It's so easy to gloss over and miss stuff in the books, even on my third re-read I'm still finding new tidbits everywhere.

[@TheR15C]

David Garcia I’m starting my second read of the books today and so excited to really delve in. The first time I read I was a bit rushed to learn the story but now I can’t wait to read “in between the lines”

[@knightshade1297]

@@TheR15C same

[@thefilmeffect6089]

@@DavidGarcia-oi5nt Hell, I'm on my ninth re-read and I still find new bits.

[@alecnava5465]

I wonder why eurons mutes are so loyal to him. tongue removal is not very endearing

[@jeroenbauwens1986]

I bet he's warging them. And the dusky woman, finally getting some sweet Victarion ass

[@yourdashingheroidol7909]

+CadaverJunky Finally...someone who gets it!(Insert bang joke)

[@stephenray4694]

Just when I think I'm finally getting a handle on ASOIAF you drop this analysis on us. Great work as always Preston.

[@ReflectingSerenity]

There's always the possibility that they willingly have their tongues removed. A chance to sail on one of the most well-known ships with a captain that gives away most of the loot? I'm sure there would be a decent chunk of people who would sign up to have their tongues removed in exchange for being a part of the crew. Beats being a slave still

[@rutgerholtzer3961]

Stockholm syndrome. Ramsay was close to having total loyalty of Theon through it, and he was a proud noble born. A leader such as Euron is probably able to get loyalty of born slaves and the like who never truly knew different.

[@JD1010101110]

Ships used to use non verbal signals. Pipes, bells and drums because of the language or dialect differences amongst the crew.

[@TheGreatPower365]

The issue is that you need to be able to pass complex information quickly. Only verbal communication is well suited to this due to the variety of circumstances sailors find themselves in (theoretically sign language could suffice, but given how often sailors need both hands for other things, it seems somewhat impractical.) Yes a drum could be struck to keep rowers in sync, for example, but you can't really use a drum or a pipe or bells to tell someone a complicated series of instructions (use a slipknot to secure the mainsail, then trim the jib just a bit, for example) without being able to speak. Perhaps the crew is so well trained and Euron so skilled a captain he can manage the whole crew without needing feedback. Again, this seems unlikely, and would just result in near-continuous shouting from the captain... not exactly silent. My guess is there is something else going on here we haven't been told about yet.

[@jackdoyle7453]

@@TheGreatPower365 A boatswain call was often used as the sea is loud and battles are louder. So verbal communication wasn't all that used, until you had internal telephones etc.

[@TheGreatPower365]

​@@jackdoyle7453 You think verbal communication wasn't regularly used on sailing ships? Have you ever sailed a large ship? I would guess not from your comments. Yes, whistles and bells can make noises that are louder or more distinct than the human voice. That is why we use them on land. But they don't replace words, because they can't. Look at the list of orders that could be delivered by boatswain's call. Certainly you could command everyone to gather together, or let people know a ship is approaching etc. But giving detailed, specific, complex instructions on the fly with two-way communication? That is not practical with bells and whistles. Imagine managing a thirty-man team in any context, all with different needs and skills, all with different specialities, all managing fluid situations that call for rapid changes on the fly. Now take away the ability for anyone to talk apart from the leader or one person on the team. It doesn't work, does it?

[@TheGreatPower365]

​@@jackdoyle7453 there is a worldbuilding problem here as well. Let's say that whenever the Silence is sailing that Euron is awake, on the command deck, and managing the crew actively. Perhaps he uses magic to keep himself awake or something, ok fine. But a crew that cannot feed back to their captain- cannot report when an enemy is sighted, cannot report when land is sighted, cannot say when a sail is flapping loose, when a rope has become frayed, when a crack in the hull has shown up etc etc- is a crew that is not as effective and not as capable as one that can. The mutes might all be expert sailors, able to carry out the vast majority of their tasks without instruction or needing to feed back to the commanders. Fine, but they are still more of a liability than a crew of people with tongues, right? Do we think that Euron is the type to risk success just because he thinks having a mute crew on a ship named Silence is cool? I don't think so, and I don't think Martin would include the detail unless it was meant to make us wonder and suspect there is more too it. Plus there is the endless associating of Euron with telepathy and telepaths.

[@jackdoyle7453]

@@TheGreatPower365 Sorry were you alive in the 18th and 19th century? What did you sail on a first rate? I know a bit about ships, being from Pompey. I appreciate you might have been on a dinghy but come visit we have a museum you can learn on. This one's pretty good; www.historicdockyard.co.uk/site-attractions/attractions/hms-victory But do go on and tell me about your knowledge of ships?

[@КирилЦанков-в2з]

Preston, Aeron is clearly important in the political context - he called the kingsmoot, which was a pretty big deal. He also seems to be the most senior po priest of the drowned god religion - he crowns the king.

[@malicewonder8345]

"Crabs in one's belly" may be just a local name for cancer.

[@Jari_Sanou]

@@Richard_Nickerson In German, cancer is called ‘Krebs’, so that could be another indication to it being cancer. Or just a funny coincidence 😅

[@ognjengaric2687]

The whip is the only communication necessary on a ship like the Silence.

[@michellehanson984]

Where there's a whip there's a way

[@siamath9954]

Considering Euron knowing Hoster Tully's prayer, it seems like a rather odd and random thing to perceive, even for a telepath. So I was thinking, what if this is the basis for Euron's "madness"? He hears things, prayers, thoughts, without wanting it, so he gets volatile, unstable. When he is exiled, he ventures out to find a way to control his "gift" and ends up discovering that shade of the evening helps him with that to some degree. That might explain part of why everyone thinks of Euron as mad, when he is actually much more calculating upon his return.

[@Lewisdallimore1]

“More truth than the gods of earth” very interesting line I wish you’d touched on a little. 1- if this is a thousand worlds story it’s an interesting line because it could be referencing old earth, showing that Euron might be aware of an interregnum. 2- it’s certainly spat like an insult, but for who’s benefit. Aeron doesn’t worship a god of earth, he worships the drown god. So it might be showing that Euron is at odds with blood raven and the children. 3- it might actually be a reference to the planet as a whole. Calling it earth would be a big no to the thousand worlds theory, and this would just be an alternate earth. Just a few things I was thinking about while rewatching this for like the 20th time. Love these vids.

[@trundlethegreat152]

I ACTUALLY SHOUTED "YES" WHEN I GOT THE NOTIFICATION

[@NordicMarius]

me 2 x)

[@3Horus]

I jumped in the air and done a fist pump

[@kqwentin]

Me too I was like thank you preston!

[@VeroTesta]

Your grace! *kneels*

[@kccody7278]

I as well got amped when I saw this. was watching insidious 3 in vr when it buzzed I got a KZbin video. If I would have known it was Preston I would have said Fuck that movie lol

[@bram_412]

The Damphair was influential enough on the Isles to make the Kingsmoot *happen*. He was well-enough respected to be invited to give counsel to Lords, and he acted imperiously towards them. If Euron can break him, he might come in handy quelling any buyer's remorse among the Ironborn. Force-feeding him drugs might just be a way to shatter his personality. Alternatively, Euron might just be acting sadistic towards his brother as an excuse to give him a POV character with which to interact.

[@danferno]

Nice point on the chapters that don't have the character's original names. I feel like identity (crisis, loss and reafirmation) is one of the big themes of ASOIAF and it doesn't get as much attention in the discussions as it deserves.

[@raswartz]

Yeah, but GRRM overuses it, especially in the later books. I feel like it's got to be earned -- it makes total sense with Theon/Reek, Sansa/Alayne, Arya/Cat, but then when you start getting it for the more minor POV characters I feel like it cheapens it for the major POV characters.

[@mankytoes]

Richard Swartz I don't mind, it's just a little jarring that he started doing it halfway through the series. Like early Bran chapters would have been called "the broken boy" or something similar.

[@SandyCheeks1896]

It honestly got on my nerves when it started happening for characters outside of Arya, Sansa and Theon who actually changed identity.

[@MUSICLOVER23429]

@@mankytoes Yeah I would have started that in book 1 with Bran after his accident, expanded it in book 2 with Arya when she assuming a false identity, and even have Jaime have a few chapters as something like that immediately after his hand was cut off only to return to Jaime as he began to regain some self confidence.

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

@@raswartz why is it that it must be reduced to characters who have changed identity? Its GRRM who makes the rules.

[@casey9439]

On real world potions that can turn your lips blue: I had a girlfriend once who would take colloidal silver drops whenever she got strep or even minor infections because she "didn't believe in taking antibiotics. Colloidal silver kills bacteria very well, but if you take too much, it will turn your lips blue. Eventually, it will cause your skin to turn gray. Yes. Her lips did start to turn blue. Colloidal silver is basically just silver particles. Perhaps shade of the evening is stored in silver, or maybe silver is used in its preparation.

[@made-line7627]

Sounds like a smart girl! It's an unfortunate adverse effect that you can turn grey haha, though the over-use of antibiotics is known to be the opposite of beneficial

[@theskincareskinny5006]

@@made-line7627you have to take mass amounts or apply topically to turn blue (there was a man once… he drank tons of it every day AND applied it topically. You only need a mouthful a day)

[@manband20]

I could see his ship being rowed by the mutes and the non-mutes be the new who shout orders like the slave ships in the ancient world. Or, like you said, maybe they're a hive mind who take orders from Dark Lord Euron. Shit, I'd believe anything with that guy. I mean he does have a horn that messes with people's heads. Why not use something else Valyrian for his crew? If Valyria like Rome/Carthage in terms of slavery, I'm sure they had something for all their slaves on their boats.

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

I guess I could see the rowers being mutes. But all the guys handling ropes and sails definitely need a way to communicate. Then again, maybe GRRM doesn't know that much about sailing. Its a real mystery.

[@bratan_archer]

Maybe they can communicate in some kind of a sign language, but our POV doesn't notice it.

[@ktoth29]

You mean they didn't have 100 oar galleys down on the docks in Bayonne New Jersey?

[@1handedtyper]

manband20 Just like with a beehive, they communicate thru interpretative dance. The Iron Islands are well known for their dance; most noticeable the finger dance.

[@jam_jor]

Mute people can still make sounds and even say words that don’t require your tongue. Heave and ho for example, don’t require a tongue. So they can still communicate to some extent.

[@thepepp92]

thx for the video. about the "crabs inside my belly" this is most likely a callback to cancer (cancer in Greek means crab). It could be just a phrase people in westeros use meaning deathly sickness, though I find it strange that we never heard that from anyone else.

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

I'm not sure why a sharp pain in one's stomach would be cancer.

[@TheKrostiman]

Or prolonged intake of morphine caused his stomach problems. But yes the crab-cancer link is clever but that does not make it absolute truth. Besides even if it's true it does not exclude anything really.

[@will2brown50]

@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin cancer can often feel like a pinching within one's body.

[@VanHonkerton]

I don't know about the timeline but one of the small council meetings later on mention a ship being destroyed by a Kraken.

[@jernejfric4810]

The Prophet can skinchange a Kraken, can't wait until Squidbowl TWOW GET HYPE

[@mrfivebyfive87]

Remember when we thought that book 6 was imminent in 2015? Can't wait to read this comment in 10 years and say"I agree with this guy... hey wait it s me!"

[@seeranos]

It's interesting that GRRM writes that Aeron's "fetters cut into his wrists." Because in Buddhist theology, the 10 Fetters are the metaphorical barriers to enlightenment and are comparable to the 7 Deadly Sins of Catholic theology.

[@Jooooger]

Great video. The only thing is that "crabs in my belly" could simply be a saying on places w/ crabs nearby to mean "a pinching pain in my stomach". I think this is more likely than Euron telepathically linking up with Hoster. And it was quite common for stomach pain to be a sign of some lethal disorder back before the time of modern medicine. I know you mentioned this in another video and had similar objections in the comments but I thought I'd add my thoughts. In any case it is an interesting coincidence and who knows when it comes to George.

[@kaiperillo5627]

Couldn't the silence just communicate using drums? Similar to how the Baratheon ships communicated with each other in the battle of the blackwater?

[@DavidGarcia-oi5nt]

You do that for the rowers to keep them synced on time, but there's a lot more intricacies to sailing bigger ships.

[@isaacyoung1703]

Skinchanger.

[@Fletchlizzard]

I'd also like to point out the use of "Belly of the beast" when looking at Joseph Campbell's "Belly of the whale". Which is a key stage to the hero's journey in the mono myth ideal. It is the point where the hero is plunged into the most peril after crossing "the threshold" from the familiar world into the unknown. It can move around a bit in cannon, but it always precedes the "great ordeal", where the true metal of the hero is judged ultimately. Knowing GRRM and Euron's role as self advertised martyr, id expect a subversion of this theme, but it may be useful in looking at his narrative ark.

[@pieceofgosa]

Joseph Campbell used that phrase because of Jonah...

[@mariamk4555]

thank you Preston for breaking down everything for us. I have watched all of the videos on your channel and it has given me so much insight and a better understanding and put all of the pieces together. Congrats on your recent marriage and please do keep up the good work.

[@kevincredibles]

Personally, my out there theory is that Euron is skin-changing his crew, or has at the very least attempting to. We know when Varamyr Six-Skins tried to skinchange a person, she bit off her tongue to fight him off. I think George is setting a baseline power-scale for skinchangers as they relate to Bran’s abilities.

[@raswartz]

I listened to the whole chapter and Euron definitely admits to killing Balon. Back in the Faceless Men series, you pronounced Euron "Innocent" of killing Balan. I hope you address it when you get to that part of the chapter.

[@THEADAMCLASSIC]

Euron didnt do it literally. The ghost of high heart said that she saw a man with no face on a bridge. Euron most likely paid a faceless man or any other assasin to do it.

[@pieceofgosa]

Admits or claims ?

[@raswartz]

@@pieceofgosa Ah... he "alleges" he did it.

[@smack80]

How do the mutes work? Maybe GRRM is assuming that it's possible if the crew has worked together long enough and are just that good at sailing. After all, Tuf can fly the EEC seedship by himself.

[@angellover02171]

Adam MacKenzie maybe they come up with their own sign language or they are telepathic.

[@smack80]

i agree there is probably telepathy. he is creating a god by forging a telepathic collective and spilling the blood of the shade drinkers into the sea.

[@THEADAMCLASSIC]

What if Euron dominated all of their thoughts like a warging hive mind? Maybe he broke them psychologically and while they were vulnerable he used his gods given powers to push his own will into their own and is warging all the members of his crew? What if he is warging them all!!

[@chronikhiles]

They're obviously able to navigate by listening to Ser Pounce's meows all the way from King's Landing.

[@hinahinananoha7783]

Thanks so much, Preston!! Every video - a relaxing interesting thought-provoking experience:)))

[@guesswho1047]

Nadiya Nanoha Well said!! I have a hard time trying to put his videos into words... agree 100%

[@JohnMacAulay]

Thank you so much for your videos. They are my favorite content on KZbin.

[@pezelbuda]

Preston, just wanted to say that i really appreciate your videos and the point of view you have on the book series. Ive been following you for a while, mostly i like to have lunch whilst listening to your content. Im really looking forward to the next book and what you have to say about it. Keep up the good work, hopefully u will have time since u got married and probably have a steady job. Sorry for the english, not my native tongue. Best regards from Concepción, Chile.

[@finleydeeley9712]

"he can piss really far- is this telekinesis in that?" fuck

[@shavedata5436]

aerons pissing is a telepathic ability hahaha no but seriously keep em coming

[@patburlewcox7736]

they whistle, preston, they whistle. real old time sailors used to whistle communication

[@DavidGarcia-oi5nt]

You still need a tongue to whistle.

[@made-line7627]

@@DavidGarcia-oi5nt I'm trying to leave my tongue out of it to test this hypothesis, though it won't be stopped.

[@jessierobert8750]

Damn George gave us that pissing really far hint way back when, and no one noticed it meant telekinesis except for Preston.

[@DolorousDillon]

It wouldn't be to surprising to me if Euron at 12:55 is giving a false direction to Damphair much like Lady Stark did to Tyrion when she took him hostage in a game of thrones

[@aliasradius]

can you do this for every chapter.. of every book.. ever written.. lol! great job as usual

[@shaunkerr8721]

and there I went, thinking nothing could add to this nearky perfect, 74 degree, sunny day in January Athens Ga is having. thank you you for pleasantly surprising me, Preston, you are the man

[@unbowed-unbent-unbroken3066]

There's a net for everything. Trees? There's a net for that. Dogs? There's a net for that. Mutes? There's a net for that.

[@nononono3421]

Aeron Damp Air. Euron the Storm God. Aeron will become Euron's prophet after losing his faith in the Drowned God. Also Pyat Pree is still alive, one warlock is missing and one of the remaining two is calling out to him. Dany keeps brushing off the threat of warlocks. The Ironborns have started attacking the east coast. Victarion thought he lost ships fit to meet the king's fleet in battle to a storm, but they turned back to attack their real target. Sacrifices gives ships speed-boosts. Euron is preparing a really major sacrifice, to get a really major speed boost. The attacks on the west coast were misdirection, all strongly telegraphed. The Mad Maid will release a beast on Oldtown by accident with no Ironborns around. Euron is going to destroy Storm's End.

[@zarneewoop1]

Anyone else think that Euron wants to control krakens? It fits with the Jonah reference.

[@NUFCMVFC]

Interesting stuff as always, well done on the Big Walder catch - this flashy armour also seems to remind me of Ramsay in Dreadfort armour in ACoK with his of Theon at Winterfell with Ser Rodrik, so this also seems to be some kind of mirror to that (but with Freys being led into a trap?

[@haas1776]

Isn't it amazing that we have someone like Preston? He has a wife, a job, and a life, but he takes the time to make these vids just for the rest of us to enjoy :)) Keep at it man!

[@thechef1985]

Prepping for winter is your best series by a mile

[@kanpaisou]

Seizures on their own don't give chronic blue lips. Blue lips have usually to do with too much CO2 in the blood (respiratory or hematological problems, intoxication...) Or can simply be an accumulation of some components of the shade or just a tint. In all cases, I don't think you should really dig into that. (Doctor here)

[@moneyman1736]

I thought I was having Preston withdrawal symptoms

[@sabrinakrisb4672]

Preston you are an absolutely brilliant genius !!!!!

[@Kane.the.Samoyed]

I think the condition could be arygria which is caused by silver colloids; this cause blue discoloration of the skin locally if expose to skin for long periods of time or systematically if ingested. I did a presentation on this condition and it’s history is quite fascinating due to silver containing anti microbial properties and still used in medicine.

[@shimavitz47]

The mutes could communicate with whistles, claps, snaps or instruments. Psy options are not the only options but it is an interesting idea.

[@Pawnypj]

So you're telling me that Aeron can Teke a piss?

[@rickbob682]

"belly of the beast" is a reference to the brazen beast, a torture and execution device where you're placed in a brass bull with a fire lit underneath. It's like the saying "into the frying pan..."

[@georgefotiadis4869]

Hope your vacation was awesome... That was a great video, really got me thinking

[@mr-century]

I have been waiting for this since prepping started, Good Going Preston

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

Thank you!

[@mr-century]

Preston Jacobs Now the wait for Dying of the Light p2 begins. Keep up this godly work my good man!!

[@aaronkeeling7154]

Thanks for the new video. Hope you are having a great new year.

[@Majinshadow626]

I know you're going to cover the Valyrian Steel armor at the close of the chapter...but I am going to have to wait weeks to get there. Not that I mind entirely, as I adore the "line by line like an insane person" approach to these chapters, but I am as ever, horrendously impatient. So do you think the armor is more of a magical artifact, perhaps making him immune to more than merely damage? Could it somehow protect him from the telepathic magic or the sight of glass candles? Or do you think it's more an immunity/resistance to flame? It can't be just a super light, durable suit of armor akin to JRRT's Mithril...can it? I know this is all speculation but any thoughts would be appreciated. One more: Do you think the armor represents the extent of the "gifts" Euron has with him, or merely a taste of what he might have? Does it represent something more do you think or is it the symbol that will come to identify Euron in the final leg of the story?

[@redreignss]

Some of the parallels you discuss are obvious but I never picked up on them lol. What an amazing writer and an amazing analysis!

[@TheRhcprule]

Hey Preston keep up the spectacular work!! you make this universe seem so much more complex and intriguing its hard NOT to watch your videos lol

[@cupofcustard]

The more I read about Euron and his potential psychic powers and his potential hiveminded ship of mutes I'm reminded of Pyaray the chaos God from Michael Moorcocks Elric. Pyaray is a tentacled diety similar to The Drowned God and sailors serve after dying at sea. I can't remember if Pyaray had any psychic powers but I do remember the line "the sailors do not crew his boat willingly" or something similar. GRRM was influenced by Moorcock who in turn was obviously influnced by Lovecraft.

[@PineappleLiar]

It could be that face-changing is just telepathy where you convince another person that your face has certain features when it actually doesn’t. Would explain Arya not feeling any changes to her face when she was the Ugly Little Girl

[@nathanielstein8904]

Damn I just watched a documentary on pirates and what they would eat and grrm got it exactly right, down to the texture of the meat and the weaviles in the Food. Is this research why winds is taking so long.

[@made-line7627]

I hope so

[@macnsteez3938]

I love the mirror images of Barristan the Bold/Big Walder you mentioned at the start Hopefully he earns a nickname like Big "Balls" Walder or something like that when people talk about the battle later in the book. Even if he dies in the Asha chapter (which he most likely will)

[@Solublemoth]

Euron saying "What can you offer me that i have not had before" may be a reference to Cormac Macarthies Blood meridian, during a monolog on war and conquest being the ultimate virtue the character the judge says (to a former preist) “Ah Priest, What could I ask of you that you've not already given"

[@NUFCMVFC]

Ship communication can perhaps be done by things like Drums and Horns as Army battle communication...but in keeping with ASOIF memes I actually reckon Eurons crew is becoming a bit like his own CoTF Weir-net or HoU net, and he is attempting to hook Aeron into this net. I had thought he had only wanted him for his "Priests blood" which seems to have its own powerful magical properties akin to Kings blood but why all the visions etc so this chapter makes me think there's more to it, he may not be dead at the end like I thought he was, the prow could be his place in the Silence-net

[@siflex]

Drums, bells, whistles. Drums to set pace for rowing, ships bells for timekeeping and announcing meals/watches etc en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship's_bell , whistles such as Boatswain's calls .. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boatswain%27s_call .. (even heard on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise) .. Hearing a voice over the wind on a ship that size is quite difficult. Even on a two man ship, say a 36 foot sailboat, it can be hard to hear the captain when you go forward to change sails (jib to spinnaker etc) depending on the weather.

[@mumbles2518]

Doran doesn't have gout. Hour that sever would not allow him to stand when he kissed his daughter. It's fake

[@made-line7627]

Greenhand?

[@drbrontosaurus]

Seizure symptoms? I know a character that suffers from apparent seizures, our main man Sweetrobin. Fascinating.

[@lazlow9640]

OK STAY THERE I'M JUST GOING TO THE SHOP TO GRAB SOME BISCUITS, THIS NIGHT JUST GOT INTERESTING!

[@kevintoman9791]

Do you think there is any significance To Falia Flowers in the Euron/Aeron story or was she only there to illustrate Euron's malignant nature.

[@PeterParker-yg6fc]

thanks! was waiting a while for this one....but I mean it's so cryptic can't blame ya. I really hope Euron goes all chuthulu harbinger on us. Champion of the abyss!

[@wulozhiro1316]

damn right we are back....hell yeah....ecstatic to hear PJs breakdown of the chapter!!! itisknown.

[@VeroTesta]

We love you, Preston!

[@Feamelwen]

The " belly of the whale" is also the name Joseph Campbell gave to one of the phases of the Hero's Journey in his hugely influencial "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" mythology book. Namely, it's when the hero/heroine is at the darkest moment of his/her adventures. Most of the times it involves being somehow underground or "swallowed up", even if it's only metaphorically. It is a necessary phase before being symbolically "reborn" and starting to rise up.

[@haymaker710]

CPR as a miracle? That's a great hustle.

[@catelyntully9494]

My body is so ready, i've waiting for this chapter!

[@joejessup9775]

Valyrian Steel scale armor. Where did Euron get it? Valyria, Qarth, Asshai?

[@shavedata5436]

Joe Jessup wtf the armor is valyrian steel?!?!

[@kanpaisou]

Arya's gift might be telepathic too. FM might be just telepathically manipulating other people's perception of their faces.

[@RigatoniMadMax]

Liked before Ive listened to it. Preston's vids are always great!

[@DarqueChocoholic]

Getting your tongue cut doesn't mean you can't make any sounds. If all the crew of the Silence had their tongues cut, they probably just use any other sound code. They would only be called mutes because they can't pronounce understandable words in the common tongue.

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

I suppose they could still yell stuff as you say, but, then again, the ship wouldn't be "Silence." There is an implication that they are mute.

[@xqiuvmah]

You only need one person to issue orders while sailing. It's the captain's voice that matters, no one else. The only thing a crew needs to say is "yes sir"

[@made-line7627]

Plus, they can probably sign.

[@jdiiacova1364]

Thank You Preston

[@TunezCottage]

Preston, would you consider doing a "recap" video on DwD/FoC, whereas you go over where we left things with the POV's featured in the winds of winter and the unanswered questions that linger yet, before the release of WoW?

[@TunezCottage]

7 years... jesus, I've been huffing copium for a while huh.

[@macstacks2451]

You're talking about weirwood paste with bran right? I don't think that was the acorn paste that changed flavors. I'm like 99.9999% sure

[@joejessup9775]

Shade-of-the-Evening maybe linking users to the newly emergent "Ghost Grass" - that stuff near Asshai.

[@kevinmoore4237]

Wow - fantastic biblical knowledge right off the bat. I love this series more than I can say.

[@psevdhome]

With regard to awakening Aeron's telepathy and perhaps Euron melding his mind with Aeron, a thought came to me. Perhaps Euron is using telepathy to control his mutes and is making Aeron and others like him, the priests and warlocks he captured, into beacons through which he can control other mute ships as well. This would help his fleet to stay together and find each other.

[@katenese]

You say that this chapter probably happens before Euron sends Victarion to Slavers Bay--Can you explain how you know what the time line is?

[@r.wernersen2110]

You don't need to hear to be a good rower, you just need to see the front "main" oar. But for all other things on a longship, your right. -The viking

[@Peter_Baelish]

well they don't necessarily have to be mutes. they can have a small part of the tongues cut off impeding thrm from clear conversations but allowing screams and shouts which is what a ship needs. so similar to the bible storied where some events happened but was largely exaggerated in the view of the writer.

[@homiz96]

holy shit this chapter is so good

[@acrustykrab]

Thank you for this, so enjoyable!

[@FelixGWilliams]

Preston I have visited your page every day this year frantically hitting refresh in the hopes of seeing Dying of the Light part 2! You are still my OG Preston, but seeing this video come up instead cut me deep...

[@Dershizer]

Im pretty sure that During Dany's stay in Qarth, it is mentioned that shade of the evening stains the lips blue.

[@a_lost_one]

Preston uploaded a video. Life is good.

[@twoshane]

i love you preston.

[@TOMBZ23]

I'VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG..

[@Dandevan]

PLO PRESTON!! As for Big Walder in grand armour, this reminds me more of a dead man in the Butcher King's armour to give the forces a morale boost.

[@Mr.Slaughter]

Fleets used to communicate via flags. Hence why the ship giving orders is called the Flag Ship. Mutes don't need to speak to see a red, yellow, or green flag.

[@ryancosgrove3104]

Yeah, it really depends if ALL of the crew on the silence are mutes. Maybe most are and there are those that out then to work on the ship, just a thought

[@Brellowcrop]

the blue lips are straight frpm Dune, the spice extends life, allows travel over huge spaces and turns the lips blue.

[@robbynines2445]

"he can piss really far..." at that point I was like ok I give up. then sure enough thats the end of the friggin video lolll