House Cole | History Of The Stormlands | House Of The Dragon / Game Of Thrones History and Lore

[@KickInTheDoor36]

I’ll have no songs about how brave you died, Kingmaker.

[@aaroncohen2700]

Honestly I love lines that go to the heart of the culture of the society in a book.

[@DarkKing009]

"The best and the worst. And a few who were a bit of both. Like Ser Criston Cole the Kingmaker." Jaime Lannister

[@havok6280]

I prefer the version of the story where Cole kills Joffrey in a tourney instead of a brawl at the wedding feast...

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

You mean the real version

[@DarkKing009]

“Treason…is only a word. When two princes fight for a chair where only one may sit, great lords and common men alike must choose. And when the battle’s done, the victors will be hailed as loyal men and true, whilst those who were defeated will be known forevermore as rebels and traitors. That was my fate.”

[@aegorbittersteel2154]

I wonder if House Cole will come back at least two people are using that name in the greatest band of exiles ever The Golden Company!!!!!

[@herbthompson8937]

Beneath the Gold, the Bitter Steel!

[@hat7583]

Indeed the greatest (after being defeated 5 times and thrown to the other side of the narrow sea)

[@aegorbittersteel2154]

@@hat7583 Despite the defeats of the rebellions still the greatest and most disciplined.

[@nomorok15]

@@aegorbittersteel2154Where are those elephants?!

[@aegorbittersteel2154]

@nomorok15 Great question. I can't tell you how disappointed I was with the show version, like they get roasted by a Dragon makes sense they op oh that's it. What happened? Where's the golden skulls or at least Bittersteel's, who's this handsome guy? Where is the jolly older Harry?Where the heck is the elephants?!!!

[@DarkKing009]

Ser Criston Cole is a violent brute but is also capable of charming and devoted. A True Knight! Insulting a Knight's liege-lord is a bad idea.

[@dimospatrik5605]

Long live the kingmaker

[@dimospatrik5605]

Excellent,, ser criston is my best character in dance of the dragons.. Really appreciate for the video

[@herbthompson8937]

As much as I hate the fact that Criston chose to be with the Greens and crown Aegon.....gotta give him credit, he sure was a hell of a swordsman. To challenge three men, one of which was def a badass, to a 3 on 1 is ballsy. And then to hear them decline just before you get killed is something worth going out on.

[@Daniel-ug4pu]

Not really your dying lol he was probably sad asf noo I'm gonna if they would accepted I win possibly but no he died laying here regretting everything he done that let him there .

[@herbthompson8937]

@@Daniel-ug4pu can you please rewrite your comment in English.....

[@johnathanoneal9]

@@herbthompson8937criston died like a dog, there’s your English

[@dimospatrik5605]

Agree mate he was the best fighter ever seen

[@johansmallberries9874]

The whole point was to strip him of credit. He didn’t get to write his own heroic knightly ending by dying fighting against uneven odds. He gets intentionally shot down like a common foot soldier.

[@JoseGonzalez-pn5zl]

House Cole and house Baelish both have members that took advantage of there opportunities when it was present.

[@jeffcordova9633]

As the little scheming fuck Baelish said himself “chaos is a ladder” I didn’t care for the last season of GOT but he got what he deserved as did Cole

[@apacalypsagon3758]

To be fair the opportunities just fell in their lap.

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

That's an interesting connection. Criston rise to prominence because Rhaenyra had the hots for him. Little Finger rose to prominence because he had the hots for Caitlyn.

[@JoseGonzalez-pn5zl]

@@apacalypsagon3758 of course

[@JoseGonzalez-pn5zl]

@@lyndsaybrown8471 yes after being a ward to Hoster Tully

[@dextersynesterformerlysorb5334]

If you want to know if a house is first man or andal, look at the name. First men houses have short sharp harsh names, usually based on objects - like Coal, for instance.

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

Nobody ever talks about the fact Daemon tried using a fucking Valyrian Steel sword it a Tourney where you use blunted weapons

[@MrReded69]

I guess like in some actual historical tourneys, a knights plate armor was expected to be of good enough quality to protect them against cutting edges. Daemon would actually have been at a disadvantage as a Valyrian steel sword's weight is less than that of a regular sword, blunt or not. Knocking a fully armored opponent off his horse or off his feet would have been difficult.

[@RealTalkOrWalk]

I know you said you’re almost done with the Stormlands but I was wondering if you’ll be doing videos on House Caron & House Morrigen before you finish with the region? Love your videos btw! These house history videos are awesome & I love how you make videos on houses that other ASOIAF history channels on here never talk about.

[@roelantverhoeven371]

in real life heraldy black circles are refered to as coals... red ones are biscuits (cookies), yellow or white ones are coins and blue ones are fountains (in the french sense, thus pools) not sure whether there was a name for green circles ... orange ones probably were called coins as well..

[@jeffcordova9633]

First to take the black !!? The house that birthed The king maker Sir Criston Cole Who attended the butchers ball.. never to return “Honor of the heroes?” He had no honor. He was a king maker A traitor to the usurper….. He got what he deserved with those arrows… Cole is lucky he didn’t get to face the bloodwyrm Caraxes and Daemon wielding dark sister

[@JoseGonzalez-pn5zl]

He did get his head chopped off and parade to the next battle as a reminder what happens to traitors.

[@alessiodandolo1460]

He's actually better than Daemon in combat... And he proved it. With a dragon, it changes the situation, but there is no achievement in beating a single man when you have a dragon.

[@alessiodandolo1460]

@@JoseGonzalez-pn5zl The men who killed Criston Cole also found their home in Tumleton against the Hightowers.

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

@@JoseGonzalez-pn5zl and Pate of Longleaf dies being trampled by his own horse in that battle like a complete noob lmao. Cole haters love to forget that funny detail

[@unknownbunga73]

Crazy that one love drunk oathbreaker made his house the most hated one in Westeros history, good job Ser Crispin

[@MrReded69]

A pretty forgotten house by the time of the current books. The Kingmaker was first spoken of by Jaimie in the 4th book AFFC. When Jaimie contemplates overthrowing Cersei he shows Ser Loras his Heraldry in the pages of The White Book(the history of The Kingsguard). Loras, despite being the son of the ruling House of The Reach, the Tyrells of Highgarden and presumably well educated, doesn't recognize it. This shows that the house is probably extinct in Westeros or, like Barristan Selmy's family, so minor that its forgotten (Kingsguard give up their family heraldry except for some token symbols on their armor).

[@johnathanoneal9]

If house Strong deserved to be exterminated, house Cole deserves no less

[@MrReded69]

To quote Clint Eastwood from Unforgiven: "Deserves got nothing to do with it."

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

Cole was nothing but a failure with blood on his hands.

[@eurongreyjoy1008]

average rhaenyra simp comment

[@mesa577]

he literally was the best fighter in the continent and a proven strategist in rooksrest.

[@michaelbenn4912]

The Butcher's Ball was Christmas to most!!🔥🔥

[@michaelbenn4912]

​@@eurongreyjoy1008the Butcher's Ball episode you probably need to stack up on some tissue😭

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

He went from nothing to the Hand of the King the highest position a none royal can have