From the Maester’s Desk – House of the Dragon’s Potential for Expansion and Diversity
“This is going to be the whitest show on television”. That was the gist of many reactions I saw across the web when HBO confirmed that the “Age of Heroes” prequ...
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From the Maester’s Desk: A Brief History of Swords and their Role in Season 8
There’s a saying around these parts that ‘what is dead may never die’ and with the final season already upon us the maester decided to pen a b...
From the Maester’s Desk – The Show Must Go On
Recently, at the primetime Emmys red carpet, A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin expressed his opinion that Game of Thrones could’ve continued for ...
From the Maester’s Desk – Endgame: A Time for Wolves
Back in 2006 (how time flies!) author George R.R. Martin decided to change the title of the seventh ASOIAF novel, then named A Time for Wolves, to A Dream of Sp...
From the Maester’s Desk – Endgame: The Royal Sidekicks
The night before the Battle of the Bastards, Davos Seaworth and Tormund Giantsbane had a conversation about the people they served, and how it didn’t really pay...
From the Maester’s Desk – Endgame: The Spider and the Red Woman
Supporting characters can be important- sometimes they can even outshine some of the main players. Hodor wasn’t a top-billed character, but I’ll be damned if hi...
From the Maester’s Desk – Endgame: The Arms of the Kraken
“We do not sow” Paraphrasing Olenna Tyrell, those are words that strike fear in the heart, because violence is implicit in them. These aren’t farmers who work t...
From the Maester’s Desk – Endgame: The Blood of the Dragon
Through seven seasons, Game of Thrones has boasted a huge ensemble cast of memorable characters, and though many of them are fan favorites or integral to the pl...
From the Maester’s Desk – Endgame: Lannisters Always Pay Their Debts
The eighth and final season of Game of Thrones is still a year away at least, but in the meantime we have plenty of material to theorize about the endgame for t...
From the Maester’s Desk – The World of Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin’s world is vast and rich, like a proper fantasy setting should be. If you can believe in the world and feel like it’s a real place, then the ...