A Song of Ice and Fire and Dune w/ Alt Shift X
DUNE is one of the most successful sci fi creations of all time, and GRRM is absolutely one of the many who was influenced by it. In this episode, Aziz and Alt Shift X discuss both authors, their styl...
4 Mar 20242h 9min
The First House of the Dragon (Fire & Blood VRR)
Aegon and Visenya faced no true threats to their reign from the outside, but the biggest problems can start from within, and even the first House of the Dragon was troubled by such. An abundance of Ta...
26 Feb 20242h 20min
The Dragon's Peace (Fire & Blood VRR)
The First Dornish War was Aegon the Conqueror’s last war. For the rest of his reign he was largely concerned with peace. However, enforcing peace in warlike Westeros is no easy thing. Did Aegon actual...
19 Feb 20242h 7min
The Mystery of the Dornish Letter (Fire & Blood VRR)
The deaths of Queen Rhaenys and even moreso, Princess Meria, led to the end of the First Dornish War. But ultimately the final decision was made by Aegon upon receipt of the mysterious letter that he ...
12 Feb 20242h 11min
Dorne Strikes Back (Fire & Blood VRR)
A strange but true fact about the First Dornish War: by far the longest and most brutal phase came after the Conqueror declared victory and took most of his troops home. We break down the assassinatio...
5 Feb 20242h 10min
First Blood (and Fire) (Fire & Blood VRR)
Last time we discussed the first few years of Aegon’s reign. The final subtopic we covered was the peaceful attempts to bring Dorne into the realm. We wondered what kind of offers and/or threats were ...
29 Jan 20242h 8min
The Dragon's Interim (Fire & Blood VRR)
An episode with a lot of sisters… The Three Sisters, meaning the islands north of the Vale and South of White Harbor… and the Two Sisters, meaning Aegon’s Queens. Mighty though they are in war, and we...
15 Jan 20242h 12min
An Unearthed AFFC Outline from GRRM
The end of 2023 features a gift from GRRM - a handwritten outline for AFFC! This scroll contains his plans for many of the POV characters. Among other things, it seems to confirm a few existing theori...
8 Jan 20242h 36min
