Sothoryos, Yeen, Brindled Men, Summer Isles - Westeros Disaster Hunters - A Song of Ice and Fire

[@DavidLightbringer]

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[@americanandpinay]

Is it me, or is Planetos looking more and more like Europe and middle east? I just wanted to suggest one to you before you just dismissed as a herring or a ruse. If Westeros was like UK size and they went and she encountered a lengthy continent like Africa, maybe it would feel like it never ended. Now I want to know what is west of Westeros.

[@muninrob]

Thought on your moon meteor impact theory: If a large meteor struck the Antarctic ice sheet it would result in a massive global rain storm and a huge increase in the global sea level ~20 to 60 feet. (in the 1st months of the impact winter)

[@lucasadam65]

Jon snow hair

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

Dave, do you have any theories on non-human hybrids? Like Children/Deep Ones?

[@robertkulb6640]

I love how Sothoryos is George’s giant Skull Island-like sandbox to populate with all his Weird Tales influences.

[@chheinrich8486]

I compare it to lustria from warhammer fantasy, you know, the home of the lizard men and their dinosaur horde😂

[@blaxpoitation8528]

I would love to see a Castlevania-esque animated series exploring the lore of Sothoryos, and places like the Summer Isles, and the Shadow Lands. Go deep into the more horror aspects of ASoIaF

[@antonironstag5085]

@@chheinrich8486 i agree. catachan from warhammer 40K also!

[@chheinrich8486]

@@antonironstag5085 catachan and lustria are the same if you think about it🤣🤣

[@jimbones5484]

​@@chheinrich8486>gayhammer

[@greygreensentinel]

Buying bread from a man with brindles, he was 6’4 and full of muscles. I asked to you speaka my language? He just smiled and gave me a wyvern sandwich

[@DavidLightbringer]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@ZendikarMage42750]

I need the rest of this version of Down Under now, heh heh

[@I_Babeuf]

Outstanding.

[@r.shanethompson7933]

You sir/ma'am, have great talent!

[@captainmaim]

What sort of stuffed animal is attached to your leg, good sir?

[@AskMia411]

Something I noticed with the map and the locations of the more Neanderthal peoples, it seems to follow a curved line from Ibb, down the bone mountains, to that island and then sothoryos. You mentioned that the island (I don’t remember which one) might have been connected to sothoryos at one point as the ancient continuation of the bone mountains. Going off the recurring themes of ancient planetos, I could see Ibb being the same situation on the northern end. Also, the disaster hunters series has got me looking at every area for signs of ancient meteor impacts 😅 On the dragon lady flying over sothoryos, she didn’t fly down for 3 years, she returned “three years later”, which likely means she flew south for a year and a half, and then took the same amount of time flying back. A bit more believable and survivable. After all, Aerea Targaryen did survive in Valeriya for a year (yes it did eventually kill her, but the worn infection likely happened just before her return) so it’s not too hard to imagine an adult dragon rider surviving for longer in a similarly hostile environment. To me at least.

[@mensch58306]

You are wrong, I have proof, *presents proof*

[@AskMia411]

@@mensch58306 Huh? Did you mean to reply to me? Because IDK what you're referring to.

[@mensch58306]

@@AskMia411 lol I dunno I just typed random stuff cuz I was bored. Don’t mind me 😂😂😂👍

[@AskMia411]

@@mensch58306 Lol okay, carry on 😄

[@GeroldGarthcia]

In regards to the Valerians and Summer Islanders keeping and civilization on Sothoryos a secret, when real life explorers first reached parts of the world they previously hadn't known of, they often kept the location and navigation routes as state secrets. Given the value of having a monopoly on trade and opportunities to exploit or conquer the area without interference or competition from their rivals. For instance when the Portuguese first reached Japan, they kept the knowledge of it's location a secret, and profited from a trade monopoly with Japan for many years. This dynamic is currently being shown in the very good FX series Shogun which Dave has commented on. Given GRRMs knowledge of history and tendency to reference real world history in his books I'd say it's a very plausible theory.

[@DavidLightbringer]

yeah it makes sense that he'd simply imply the existence of other lands without actually giving proof, that adds realism

[@ModMax69]

My uncle has been GRRM's gardener for over 10 years and they have become quite friendly. George actually asked my uncle's opinion on Sothoryos in regards to creating an entire book series on it. It is pretty much Africa and the story was going to be a "creation story" about how humans came about. There was going to be references to how an extra-terrestrial lifeform came down and showed the tribal people how to use fire and tools etc. My uncle told him it was a little too similar to "Chariots of the Gods". GRRM decided he was probably right, and actually regretted he included so much about it in The World of Ice and Fire as it had already been published. He is kind of embarrassed about the whole thing. That's why when people bring it up at conventions he changes the subject.

[@FlementBrax-rh7sn]

@@ModMax69 Cool! My uncle works at Nintendo.

[@Josh-cf7xf]

@@ModMax69my uncle is Biden’s diaper changer.

[@ModMax69]

My uncle got his horticulture degree from USC in 1978 and has been George's head groundskeeper for almost 15 years. He doesn''t even care about A song of Ice and Fire, I have to beg him to talk about GRRM.@@Josh-cf7xf

[@kyleholmes8230]

Square teeth implies that they were vegetarian so I wouldn't put too much stock in them being cannibals or even omnivores. We learn this about wun wun in the Jon chapters. They could be like hippos though where they just kill you and don't eat you. Just a thought. Great video Dave! See you Sunday!

[@McHobotheBobo]

Hippos do eat meat sometimes

[@trli7117]

Obligate Herbivores are a myth. Most grazing animals will eat small rodents or bird eggs if they can get hold of them.

[@JimRFF]

My thoughts exactly... broad flat teeth (like molars) are ideally used for grinding, which implies a heavily plant-based diet... meat-eating is best done with small, sharp teeth, like canines and incisors... and for completeness' sake, the jagged angled surface of bicuspids is best suited for cracking bones to get at marrow, which suggest a scavenging lifestyle (human beings' incorporation of all of these teeth forms indicates that we are biologically omnivores that will mix strategies of foraging, active hunting, and scavenging)

[@Anacronian]

Not exactly, square teeth only imply an ability to chew greenery, but it does not indicate an inability to eat meat, humans have almost no canines but eat meat very well. Big canines are indicative of a creature killing with its teeth, but are not needed to chew meat, in fact every creature who eats meat but does not kill with its teeth have almost no canines since flat teeth are superior at chewing ..well everything, even meat.

[@JimRFF]

@@Anacronian yeah, to be clear, I was speaking in some VERY broad generalities, and in nature there are remarkably few obligate carnivores or obligate herbivores, most animals (even ones we normally call "herbivores" like cows and deer) will absolutely scavenge meat and even eat small animals if an opportunity presents itself and the bigger animal wants more calories... but generally speaking, a single type of tooth in the whole mouth implies a more restrictive/homogenous diet for the animal, compared to a wider range of tooth shapes in broadly omnivorous animals like apes and bears

[@lavender__luna]

Damn, a full length produced LML video about Sothoryos at 7am?! Sign me right the fuck up!!! 💜💜💜

[@ThommyofThenn]

Freaking cool, right!?!

[@RaulRamirez-se9qo]

George should have a fan contest to write the history of places he will never visit in the books, not to become Canon but as a dedication to fans. Like the souls art project that was done a while back

[@chheinrich8486]

I would just make a copy and paste version of lustria from warhammer fantasy, with maya inspired lizardmen that ride all sorts of dinosaurs😂😂😂

[@BowiePhillips-j2w]

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[@Khoditsky]

An entire jungle hell continent so hostile no human civilization can survive sounds exactly the type of place the children of the jungle would thrive in. Theyd never be spotted even by dragons as they hide in dark places. Just imagine the amount of dinosaur warging and special magical plants there

[@DavidLightbringer]

interesting notion! i hadn't considered that

[@yoweedmofo19897]

Good point! I know there's reports that the inland brindled men are a lot more dangerous than those on the coast; do you think they'd have interacted much or kept to themselves?

[@TealWolf26]

I want to warg an ankylosaur now.

[@xfactor6462]

There is King Ghidorah and Godzilla sleeping dormant in Sothyoros... valerian people and summer island has no other choice to must keep it top secret, otherwise if they awake... Dragon in westeros are nothing more just like a shrimp crisp 😋😋😋

[@zran3097]

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[@DavidLightbringer]

wow this is such a nice comment! I really appreciate the detailed list of what you like about the channel. cheers

[@joannaszulc1496]

Facts

[@fawnna9489]

this exactly sums up why i’ve been obsessed with david’s channel for the last two years!

[@debater452]

I think that Naath was originally setled by the ancestors of the summer islanders on their way to the islands after they were driven out of Sothoryos. The Naathi and Summer Islanders have similar physical features like their skin color and tones. Both also practise similar cultural traditions. For example both are very pacifist as the Naathi are complete pacafist and the summer islanders practise heavily ritualised warfare with minimal loss of life. They also have similar gods as the Lord of Harmony seems to be quite similar to the god of love in the summer islands. The reason why the Naathi are so much more isolationist is because they have the butterfly plague which prevents them from being conquered unlike the Summer islanders who had to use military force to defeat pirates in wars to survive and actually pay attention to the outside word unlike the Naathi. The geography also makes, sence Naath is at the middle of the way from Sothoryos to the islands so it makes sence why they would have setled there. Perhaps the reason why the Naathi were able to survive on the island long enough to develope immunity is because they are from a continent know for it's insane disesses

[@geoninja3631]

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[@tinahs8269]

Great theory...David overlooked Naath in his narrative. Perhaps those who could stand the butterfly bites stayed and the rest of the group moved on.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Maybe those who were immune stayed on Naath. While those who weren't, moved on to the Summer Isles.

[@Manakuuchiha]

In an age of AI art, i really appreciate you using real art as examples and crediting the artists on screen.

[@DavidLightbringer]

now and always!

[@Dyundu]

Can AI really make art though? Or does it just generate images? 🤔

[@didncozosksma4466]

⁠@@Dyundu Regurgitates is a better word

[@jamesh7469]

@@DyunduAI does illustration. Art implies thought and intent

[@didncozosksma4466]

@@jamesh7469 No, AI “art” does not illustrate, giving such a title is doing it a courteous defense.

[@Nationallovenat]

This is awesome! Just wanna say how glad I am you don’t rely on any AI in your videos. I’m seeing a lot of bad ai being used to talk about asoiaf when there’s so many great artists out there :( but you show off so much awesome art!! Thanks for that

[@DavidLightbringer]

yep, AI free zone here, now and always

[@kennan200]

I completely agree. David is such a relief for that. No mispronunciation, bad grammer, misspelling. All those things make me question the reasoning in their presentations. David is so reasonable & sensible to follow. Thanks, David!

[@outinspace8760]

David I just found your channel and I don't know how I slept on it for so long. Your videos a ridiculously high quality and you have a serious talent for story telling. Incredible work

[@DavidLightbringer]

oh why thank you, and be welcome

[@danielled8665]

Dont know if anyone mentioned; but the snake is probably a variation on Titanoboa; the largest known snake to have existed. The crocs are also accurate, likely Sarcosuchus. The apes sound like Gigantopithicus and possibly one of the early hominid species. Honestly that continent sounds like a case of "if the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs and the ice ages had not happened."

[@ShelbyOfOldStones]

This is exactly what I was thinking during the video.

[@YaBoiDREX]

sothoryos is literally skull island

[@slipstreamxr3763]

Sounds like the landmass that Spear and Fang originated from in Primal.

[@YaBoiDREX]

@@slipstreamxr3763 It’s basically that.

[@JoshSweetvale]

What if the Apes are an evolutionary offshoot of Giants?

[@sanitizerwilson1599]

Ser Eustace Hightower's Ship Lady Meredith was damaged in the Sunset Sea, he ahead for the Summer Isles but he was more South than he realized he landed on Coast of Sothoryos. He was stuck there more than 1 year with his crew getting sick or disappearing. Lucky a ship from the Summer Isles were sailing by (I wonder why and where they going) they able flag them down to give them ride to the Summer Isles.

[@DavidLightbringer]

true I could have mentioned that one! good knowledge! and it just shows that the Summer Islanders maintain contact / visit Sothoryos sometimes

[@dizzi2304]

Thank you for this wonderful video, King! Love your look today 👑

[@Ricaidius]

Absolutely loved the video. The edges of the World of Ice and Fire are always the most interesting facets.

[@AshtheGreenMan]

Garth be praised. David be thanked.

[@ScarlitWidow]

My son was thrilled when I got him World Anvil for him for his birthday last month. Glad they are supporting you with my spending❤ Also, so kind of Rhaegar to make the code DAVID. Much easier to spell correctly 😂

[@DavidLightbringer]

oh wow right on, cool to hear! Thank you!

[@I_Babeuf]

That'd be such a thoughtful and encouraging gift to get from your parent; what a great idea!

[@ivandankob7112]

@@I_Babeufye, my parents always made fun of me playing games as a child and now they wonder why I don’t tell them stuff from my life or share my passions when I’m a full grown adult

[@BelialTnTn]

I'm new here, came from the mention in the Alt Shift X Jo Snow video. I love what you do, I've already seen a handful of your stuff over the last few days and it's really awesome! I just want to suggest something, it would be helpful if you put the book/chapter from which you are reading the excerpts right below the text you're reading. Keept up the good work!

[@haleyfournier1462]

Ah, starting the day off with a fresh LML video after watching old livestreams... truly the start of a good day!

[@josephdaniel563]

David, you are absolutely the first person I have heard propose this Summer Islander Theory. And I think it should be the standard until we get more information. Excellent video and well done!

[@Kikithewildling]

Good morning! Great stuff. Thank you.

[@samwyleblackwood4595]

Thanks for making an otherwise boring workday more bearable!!!

[@jeffreywankel]

Exactly 47 minutes left at work….the seven have blessed me.

[@xZFeroxZx]

The giant white vampire bats sound very much like Desmodus Draculae or rather a fantasy version of this extinct giant "vampire bat" of our world. And the 50ft long snake sounds like Titanoboa, the largest snake to ever live on earth, which was able to reach just about 50ft and was similar to Anacondas.

[@abigail6873]

LOVE the Disaster Hunter Series!! Thanks for bringing us great ideas, David :)

[@anorangetabby]

Yes! The Disaster Hunters series is fantastic! 🎉

[@genlob]

The obvious influence on Sothoryos is King Kong, with the giant apes and distorted fauna of Skull Island. I'm also getting vibes from Conan Doyle's Lost World and the 1961 film version of Jules Verne's Mysterious Island. Ulthos - there's a Lovecraft story, the Cats of Ulthar. Wonder if that's a connection?

[@BudravenOG]

In the Lovecraft mythos there is also a god named Ulthar (Uldar, Ultharathotep), who is said to watch over the great old ones. Some great old ones include: Cthulhu, Hastur and Yig

[@MrHws5mp]

Nice one Dave.👍 Just a thought: perhaps the Summer Islanders aren't from Sothoryos as such, but are from the postulated undiscovered civilisation(s) to the south. If the latter was on another land mass (big island/small continent) rather than connected to Sothoryos, that might shield them from worst of the latter's destructive wildlife and allow civilisation to evolve there with a bit less competetive pressure, much as it has done on the Summer Isles. This might offer another explanation for Jaenara Belaerys' suspiciously long three year "solo" adventure. Perhaps she discovered the southern civilisation and was either held prisoner there or "went native" for a while (fell in love with either the culture or an individual, even) and then returned to Valeria determined to protect the southerners from Valerian expansionism. After all, if a dragon-riding civilisation knew where to fly and had an incentive to go there, it'd soon end up as just another slaves-and-resources mine for their empire. That habit of concealing the existence of the southern civilisation might then have become ingrained in the Summer Islanders, even though it's no longer strictly necessary (and that's only been true for the last 400 years anyway), and even though the southern civilisation might not even still be there.

[@droka1564]

Love sothoryos, probably my favorite bit of George’s worldbuilding

[@LoLotov]

I always saw the brindled men as being more like australopithicines than any kind of human species, which gave me the notion that the in-universe genus homo evolved in sothoryos and migrated to essos, from whence they diverged into the various species of the world. This seems to be ibbenese, hairy men, humans, and perhaps some of the peoples described in the far east and north. The children of the forest genus is clearly unrelated to any ape lineage (pupil shape, number and type of fingers), and would likely have been native to essos when the first protohumans crossed over from sothoryos. I hadn't noticed that almost a land bridge between sothoryos and essos before, and was immediately reminded of the hammer of the waters. It's just too much like the step stones to ignore, even if both this and the step stones are perfectly normal continent formations. Thus, new theory, children of the forest like beings have been at war with or enslaving humanity since before we'd truly become human yet. Possibly, the more the species evolved, the less susceptible to being skin changed we became, and thus more and more of a threat, until we'd driven them out of essos, followed them into westeros, and were only stopped by the whitewalkers.

[@GreyWasteTim]

Giant apes that can kill an elephant with one punch. I'm convinced the Green Hell is GRRM's version of Kong Skull Island just as Gogossos is the Island of Dr. Moreau

[@anorangetabby]

💯💯👍

[@0drone]

I'm so glad your channel is growing, I have been watching for years across various accounts. Your content has always been creative and thought provoking.

[@andrewjones9798]

Every once in a while, I’m like come on David what’s the issue with blah or blah… then you explain your thought and it clicks in my mind, its the dragon riders story this episode haha, love it keep doing your thing!

[@johnbuxton4484]

Oh man I've been waiting for this one! Can't wait to have my mind blown by some Eldritch dino morphs

[@SpiritStoneWarrior94-yx3gs]

Speaking of Velociraptor Fantasy Fiction.... if you want some of that, then read the Malazan novels! They have a sentient ancient dinosaur race in the novels, who have sword arms!! Theyre super cool and Stephen Erickson did a phenomenal job writing them, both in their zombified/mumified forms and regular forms in the novels 😊

[@cpolt1192]

You have intrigued me

[@Hectonkhyres]

Well, eusocial dinosaur race. They were like some weird hybrid of predatory dinosaurs and termites with incomprehensible internal politics. Dudes supposedly invented entropy in that cosmology, though that might be BS just like every other bit of ancient lore.

[@ivandankob7112]

There’s also Gary Garrison’s Eden series that describes the Earth that didn’t have dinosaurs wiped out and they evolved into sentient race while humans independently evolved somewhere in the north and both races eventually clashed

[@facelessdirewlf]

yoo i needed this, been sick at home and this is perfect to take my mind somewhere else

[@boardst8086]

Same

[@adamzoellner8274]

Yessssss my absolute favorite topics in perhaps all of the books, love any talk about the great empire of the dawn and all there emperors and sothoryos aswell just so strange 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ianplocki120]

Of all the places in the world of ice and fire, Sothoryos is the place I want to see the most in a spin off show

[@andrewm3210]

This is the absolute best channel for all things OBS (oily black stone) related, as well as commentary on the strange world outside of Westeros that GRRM snuck into ASOIAF.

[@dlee4236]

I love these kinds of videos. You did a tremendous job going in depth on Sothoryos. Keep up the great work!

[@faust13301]

I was led to this channel after listening to David discuss the Lovecraftian influences on ASoIaF on Quinn’s Ideas and started digging in . This video is another fine example of why this channel is becoming my favorite for ASoIaF lore and speculation.

[@SlinkingRick]

Always loved the Sothoryos lore. Thank you

[@saltygrump]

I've been on the hunt for more videos about the World outside of Westeros. KZbin recommended you and I'd say I'm thoroughly satisfied! Your content is right up my alley.

[@ZendikarMage42750]

There's no such thing as going too wild with theories about Sothoryos, that place was made for wild and untamable things, heh heh. I'd even go one step further on your Summer Islander theory and say it's possible they came from even farther away than Sothoryos, using the continent as a jumping off point to get to the Summer Islands. They definitely have the maritime skill to come from some unknown land far to the south and either west or east (or even further south). And unless Sothoryos didn't use to be so hostile to civilization it would make sense if the people who became the Summer Islanders developed somewhere a little more hospitable originally. See, possible to go way further into pure speculation, that's what makes Sothoryos so fun, heh heh

[@wbbartlett]

I think Jaenara took a leaf out of Blackadder's book and actually just sailed to France for a few months before coming back and claiming she has a wild adventure

[@cmschmidt]

I feel so blessed that we got this so early, I listened to it at work. Thanks Dave for a great start to my day.

[@draxxbergeron3083]

Wow, what an interesting and well-produced video! The one time that I'm happy with KZbin's suggested videos, as it helped me find your channel. I appreciate the high-quality video(s) delving into the obscure topics within the Game of Thrones universe. The entertainment value of your video was an easy "10 out of 10, would watch again..." and this is urging me to watch more of your content. Thanks and well done.

[@DavidLightbringer]

hey thanks a lot and welcome to the channel!

[@AskMia411]

Hey I’m early for once! The green weirwood video got me curious about shade of the evening trees and how they might be related to weirwoods, because I always saw a connection there and thought that shade trees might’ve been the uncorrupted form of weirwood or vice versa. They’re basically a color inverted weirwood (minus the carved faces) and the drink made from their sap has a similar effect to weirwood paste. Though, shade of the evening drink seems to give visions of the future (based on Dany and Aeron’s visions) with the sole exception of Dany setting Rhaegar, while weirwood shows the past (Bran’s visions). Now that we know the weirwoods used to be green, all my ideas about shade of the evening trees are shaken up. I’d love a video on the topic or even just to hear your thoughts on it. I had a more detailed comment on the green weirwood video, but I was late to the party on that video 😅

[@leannepowell8709]

I love your lives and watch them on the replay everytime but it was these fab produced videos that brought me here. Can't wait to watch this one!

[@Kosigan86]

Thanks!

[@jackelinevalladares7118]

You are the very BEST of ASOIAF content

[@johnsnow9653]

In six years, this dude's channel has become LIT for this topic. Love your work David.

[@andrewgadberry7884]

More disaster hunters! My favorite series so far (and Sothoryos!?) Much love to ya man!

[@jasminneitzel9067]

The Summer Islander theory seems sound to me, they have to have come from somewhere and Sothoryos is the closest. The singular map of the world could be explained by a dark age, maybe losing knowledge or map making skills in the process and having to rediscover them. Similar to maybe the minoan culture and some others on greek islands after ther bronze age collapse. It could also be a sign for advances in map making. Like they really got better at it and started with their own homeland and then added as they not only travelled but measured the world.

[@sleepyviking1723]

"Lookin at you Robert Jordan" I laughed out loud

[@johndrake2147]

You know when an LML video is less than 5 hours, there's limited lore on the topic

[@zoltanszaszi2264]

Amazing video, one comment. 30:35 "The Ibeneese seem like a thought experiment ... what if some _smart_ Neanderthals survived into modern times and built a civilization?" Neanderthals were just as intelligent and developed as modern humans, they had similar (very high-tech for the time) stone tools, clothes, they buried their dead with flower wreaths, they probably had music and made cave art. So it's entirely possible to imagine a Neanderthal civilization, built by, not "the smart ones" among them, but just Neanderthals generally. They were humans, just like us, and we actually still carry a large portion of their genes.

[@WeesanTV]

What a great video! Always appreciate these in depth location studies; the world book is great and all, but certainly not as entertaining or enjoyable as a excellent LML vid. Thanks for your hard work, lots of love ♥

[@debater452]

If the oily black stone is from meteros as you have suggested earlier the meteor that the blackstone in Yeen and the Baslisk islands came from could have hit land that was connecting the Basilisk islands to Sothoryos just like what could have happaned on the Iron islands.

[@chojinnppp]

Lord Varys : In the Summer Isles, they worship a fertility goddess with sixteen teats. Tyrion Lannister : We should sail there immediately.

[@DX2069]

Love this video as all of your videos they are very insightful and provoke a lot of thought. I wonder if we will ever find out what is on all of south

[@darthJ9]

With the exception of maybe GRRM, I dont think theres any one else on the planet who can talk about Sothoryos for 45 minutes

[@DavidLightbringer]

this is what I do hahaha

[@jjvoity7797]

GRRM could go 45 minutes on any topic but he doesn't want to. "Here. Have a morsel or three of unverified maester rumors. Be grateful for it, and that's all you're ever getting." David's job is to shed more light (literally in his username), whereas George is content with providing a 10 watt light bulb and leaving the rest to your imagination.

[@ShOot4theStArZ_aim4theMoOn13]

can't believe I'm early🎉 I've only just started watching your channel it's fantastic!! I have soo many questions about sothoryos my minds been racing about it, making my own little stories & the explorers who never came back😅 your great empire of the dawn series is 🔥🔥 too!!💯 I love mythology so your videos HIT. keep up the amazing work!

[@jancecharlesaustin3733]

Produced Content!!!!!! Always awesome, my friend.

[@martinkrog5943]

Great vid, maestro :) Keep it up Skål 🤘💚

[@setelliott9683]

Planetos could be so enormous that a continent 3 years, and then some, across and an ocean so large west of westeros no one has crossed it and returned exits, and the egg stealing Lady and dragon rider both just got as far as they could before turning about and going back to Essos. As a world anvil builder, I love this idea.

[@setelliott9683]

Brindled Men sound like Orcs without tusks

[@DavidLightbringer]

they do a little bit. Just btw, GRRM said his planet is about earth size, maybe a little bigger

[@setelliott9683]

@@DavidLightbringer that makes me sad for Planetos, but happy for several of my worlds 😆

[@HowAboutNo_426]

David my brother you save the day once again. You really are Mr. Lightbringer!

[@drgordo112]

Greetings from Cyprus! Thanks for another great video

[@CharmagnCody-mw6zr]

Is it my birthday? This is freaking awesome!!!

[@Ranger_of_Dragons]

This is why you MUST make sure your phone is charging at night! Now I'm having to enjoy it late. Great video!

[@joshmaggard6]

I'd read and heard a theory about how ghosts are "imprints" as it were of the energy of people that are left behind on the environment when a person dies. This theory seems especially understandable when one takes into consideration that the typically most haunted places in our real world are places like prisoner camps and mental asylums, where people suffered cruelly. The theory states that the energy of those suffering people imprints on the world around them as they suffer, and that's why those areas are more haunted; more energy imparted over a lifetime of suffering equals more energy to slowly "bleed out" of the environment as manifestations and activity. Imagining the sensation of going to a ruined Gogossos after five whole millennia of such suffering literally made me shiver and stare at a wall for a minute. That's spine chilling.

[@PatrickLongblkwhtrbbt]

In England, theres a Wessex, Essex, Sussex, but the only region called "north-" is Northumbria.

[@PatrickLongblkwhtrbbt]

I believe the first three were named for the Exe river, which.... mostly runs north-South? Theres not really a place that you can comfortably call "North-Exe"

[@DavidLightbringer]

oh okay that's bound to be the inspiration then! He just blew it up to a global scale

[@phnompenhandy]

@@PatrickLongblkwhtrbbtNo, the '-sex' refers to 'Saxons. The Angles got the north.

[@PatrickLongblkwhtrbbt]

​@phnompenhandy i should have read up before commenting 😂 I assumed it Must have been for the exe, since northumbria was named for the Humber

[@LWWArcher]

Great video, love your stuff! I don’t normally agree with your theories but I enjoy watching you present them. Keep it up brother!

[@crimsonshadowjj7935]

Maybe sothoryos circles the planet and meets with the lands of always winter🤔

[@snek2908]

My thoughts too. I made a comment saying the same before scrolling down and finding that you had already posted this theory.

[@birdiefalls6352]

I have really bad restless legs so while i try to atleast rest and try to sleep these videos keep me company. Thank you ❤

[@quinnSjo]

What a beautiful thing to wake up to 🎉

[@mochrimek]

oh man i’ve always wondered what exactly the heck happened on that continent. this was a fun watch!

[@dylanbsll6342]

great vid again david love the topic

[@GG-xm2cm]

50 ft long snakes shouldn't be much different from Titanoboas because that's how big Titanoboas used to be. Sothoryos is essentially a Prehistoric Hellhole

[@todd.howard]

It’s so funny to me how creative and brilliant GRRM is with his writing and then when it came time to name the continents of his world he just

[@drgordo112]

Sounds like a potential hiding spot! The reputation alone keeps the world far away

[@sandrasim46]

the world of asoiaf is like a medieval sci-fi, the way species are described in sothoryos is reminiscent of hg wells the time machine more than the lord of the rings or something more fantasy.

[@Lopsidedlollipops]

Your commentary is incredible and your look slays. Intellectually stimulating AND ever more luscious hair

[@isabell746]

Yet again, a well thought through theory with amazing pics and production value 👏👏👏 ur dedication seeps through every frame! Plus, ur ads r hilarious 😂 love 'em 🥰

[@amandaofhouserobinson6707]

Awesome. So cool 😎 to wake up to this!! ❤😊 thankyou!

[@mightypeon4269]

I think Sothoryos is when the children of the forest were like "nah, fuck these humans, accellerated evolution of super beasties go brrrrrrrrrrr! Oh crap, the wyverns are eating us too!"

[@Clunkers707]

i just had a terrible night what a cool thing to keep my mind off it i love sothoryos thank you

[@MrFredstt]

With all the news of GRRM wanting to do shows about other aspects of his world we may just get more info about Sothoryos

[@fernandosanchezm]

I want to tell you, I know how much of an hassle should be to put every single credit of the artwork you use, but as an artist myself I got to say thank you for the effort to give the artist the respect that they deserved, kudos to you bro!

[@notjeremy2871]

Imagine a GOT: soythoryos tv series. People adventure there and die gruesomely one by one further cementing how dangerous it is. Gimme raptors!

[@Ukitsu2]

31:25 Just a quick comment: Neanthertals, Denisovans, Floresiensis are humans, as we Sapiens are also humans.

[@lokdog257]

22:20 why would fish people build such a large city inland? Islands and costs i get, but deep in the middle of a jungle? That doesnt scream "fish people" and sea gods to me. I think Yenn was an opposing empire to Ashai 25:16 what are the odds that Basalisk Bay is an ancient impact crator? I always thought that something had occured to make all the stone become oily, after construction. 28:07 the Brindled Men sound like Neanderthals, with a twist. Even the part about eating their dead.

[@Scribe333]

honestly left this channel because I missed THESE types of videos... SO HAPPY YOUR MAKING CONTENT AGAIN BRO

[@isaacatkinson1882]

Nice to see you got the play button chilling to the side. Well deserved, love these long form vids.

[@anorangetabby]

Tourism ad: Sothoryos Horror Zoo, like Jurassic Park, but much worse. Experienced adventurers only... because some of the beasties may have human faces and the Brown Bellies like a good chase before breakfast. 😎 Great video, Dave! Exciting and entertaining as always. 👏🤩 J'adore, j'adore!

[@OO-tc3wx]

Essos, Westeros, Sothoryos, would be based on Essex, Wessex, Sussex, Middlesex. Saxon lands. plus a Velociraptor was just 2 feet tall and 6 feet long. Learnt that in the game The Last Of Us 2. Jurassic Park lied.

[@DavidLightbringer]

A bunch of those would be a handful though

[@Roseliptillgirl]

Yeah, I think 'velociraptors' in the movie are closer to something called a Utahraptor which is about the right size but the name wasn't as cool.

[@Ganjalf-tk7lv]

Just finished work and now a workout with a new lml video. Life ist good

[@hoponlopo8690]

the way the black wyvens attack sounds like how balerion burned harrenhall.