Readingwesteros

The Ice Dragon | George R.R. Martin

so-so

Not much to say about this one. A quick short story about Adara and her adventure with an Ice Dragon. A bit sad, a bit loving, overall okay. Read for #readingwesteros

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5feet.of.fury

The Ice Dragon | George R.R. Martin

@majkia @Roary47 @BethM @Sargar114 @BookwormAHN @JenlovesJT47 #ReadingWesteros

Adara & her family are simple farmers living in the path of approaching war. She‘s referred to as a cold, winter child & takes solace in building her ice castles & her friendship with an ice dragon.

5feet.of.fury Hated the outcome. She was accepted by her dad/family once she lost her “coldness” after her ice dragon was sacrificed to save her family. What kind of moral is that?!? Not to accept her “otherness” or appreciate it? 4d

5feet.of.fury It was interesting to see GRRM pre-Westeros writing. No lore dump, no idea what war that was, “birthday” instead of “nameday” 4d

BethM Yeah it was kind of a bullshit moral. Also my copy was definitely marketed as a Westeros story but it certainly doesn‘t fit. 4d

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BethM The illustrations were great though. 4d

5feet.of.fury @BethM yeah, I grabbed the ebook from Libby but it still had a GoT mention. 4d

Sargar114 The only somewhat interesting thought I had was did this really happen or was it all her imagination. Pretty story and well told but not terribly interesting. 3d

5feet.of.fury @Sargar114 I was thinking this too, if it was in her imagination, or some magical transformation. I agree, the whimsy is there but not much purpose. 3d

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BethM

The Ice Dragon | George R.R. Martin

so-so

Well the illustrations were good? Not much to say about this, short and pretty meh. A legend of ice and fire led me to believe it was part of Westeros but nothing about the story fits into Westeros. #readingwesteros

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5feet.of.fury

The Ice Dragon | George R.R. Martin

so-so

It was a short Westeros-esque fairytale, not as stylized as ASOIAF. Quick read. The outcome or “moral” of the story fell flat for me.

5feet.of.fury @majkia @Roary47 @BethM @Sargar114 @BookwormAHN @JenlovesJT47 #ReadingWesteros I‘ll put a discussion post Sunday but wanted to add an extra reminder in case anyone was wanting to read this one. I would be interested in hearing some opinions for sure, it‘s a short short story & very quick read. 7d

BethM I plan to read it! 7d

5feet.of.fury @BethM nice!! 🐉❄️ 7d

Sargar114 Thanks for the reminder! 6d

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Sargar114

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | George R. R. Martin

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We follow Sir Duncan the Tall, otherwise known as Dunk, a hedge knight in Westeros. You don‘t need to read Game of Thrones or Fire and Blood to enjoy, but it is fun to get the kernels of knowledge from each of them. The story is told through 3 short stories, each started out show but in typical GRRM fashion really picked up and are exciting by the end. My favorite part though was the relationship between Dunk and Egg. Read for #readingwesteros

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | George R. R. Martin

Still en route to the North, Dunk is invited to a joust at Whitewalls with a wedding feast where they can fill their bellies &have the chance to win a dragon‘s egg by a traveler known as “the Fiddler”

After the feast, Dunk helps carry the bride to her bedding, thinking of Tanselle. He looks upon the dragons egg. The Fiddler follows him &tells of a prophetic dream where Dunk is on the kingsguard & that a dragon will hatch HERE..

5feet.of.fury @majkia @Roary47 @BethM @Sargar114 @BookwormAHN @JenlovesJT47 #ReadingWesteros 1w

5feet.of.fury Dunk registers as a Mystery Knight, & is unhorsed in 1st round by Ser Uthor. Egg suggests that they make for Summerhall, Dunk can work for his father. But Dunk won‘t go penniless &beaten, he thinks of parting ways. 1w

5feet.of.fury Dunk finds out Uthor was paid to hit him in the head. He cant find Egg. Dunk realizes the Fiddler has the same eyes as Egg, another black dragon.

A traitors tourney, the wedding a perfect excuse for likeminded lords. 1w

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5feet.of.fury The dragon egg is stolen, Fireball‘s son Glendon blamed. The Fiddler is named Daemon after his father the Blackfyre Dragon. Egg is in the sept. Captured after trying to use his boot. Dunk comes to his rescue. Lord Butterwell comes clean, Egg told them he was sent as a spy &Maekar‘s army is coming. 1w

5feet.of.fury Dunk confronts Daemon who has been somewhat unaware of Peake‘s interference and orders Glendon freed to face him. Daemon uses a war lance, Glendon a longer tourney lance as Dunk had done at Ashford Meadow. Daemon is defeated.

An army arrives, lead by the Bloodraven Brynden Rivers. Daemon has no support, the traitors shaken. he challenges the Bloodraven to single combat. But he‘s captured. 1w

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Dunk is called before Bloodraven. He and Egg are free to continue their travels. The dragon‘s egg is not recovered, presumably taken by a dwarf. 1w

5feet.of.fury I liked this Egg is starting to be tired of roughing it, wants to use his name as leverage (which worked out when he did this time) shows what kind of leader he will be as someone who really knows his people from his travels. 1w

5feet.of.fury Lots of material for F&B2 with the Black Dragon backstory. 1w

Sargar114 Much like the other stories, this one started slow but then really picked up. I liked how the tidbits from the other stories played into this one. I really enjoyed the relationship between Dunk and Egg. 1w

BookwormAHN I really liked this one but a part 2 where they went after the dwarf and the dragon egg would have been nice. 1w

5feet.of.fury @BookwormAHN agree! But like everything else Westeros, there is supposed to be more but there‘s not. 1w

5feet.of.fury @Sargar114 agree, I like the callback to the 1st tourney! 1w

BethM Hahaha great comment there‘s supposed to be more but there isn‘t. It ended and I was like wait, what, ThTs it? 7d

5feet.of.fury @BethM I‘m hoping the adaptation goes how GRRM wants and he gets back to it. That‘s as much optimism as I can spare 😂 7d

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5feet.of.fury

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | George R. R. Martin

pick

I enjoyed it. Something to want more of that I don‘t know if we‘ll see, but all the Targaryen lore taking place after Fire & Blood (with a couple callbacks) gives me hope. Short stories aren‘t my fave but there was enough character development to keep it interesting. I‘m excited for the adaptation! #readingwesteros

BethM I‘m almost done, they grew on me! 1w

5feet.of.fury @BethM glad to hear it! 1w

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | George R. R. Martin

The Hedge Knight

Our story starts with Dunk digging a grave for his mentor Ser Arlan of Pennytree. Dunk proceeds on with Ser Arlan‘s sword & shield to a tourney. He stops at an Inn & a stable boy, Egg, follows him hoping to be his squire

While at the tourney he runs afoul of some Targaryen drama and Egg has a surprise defense

5feet.of.fury @majkia @Roary47 @BethM @Sargar114 @BookwormAHN @JenlovesJT47 #ReadingWesteros 3w

5feet.of.fury Dunk finds himself in a Trial by Seven against his accusers Maekor & Aerion. He finds others to fight by his side, including the heir apparent Prince Baelor.

Dunk‘s side wins. Baelor perishes shortly after the melee, Dunk makes him a vow. Maekor & Dunk both feel the guilt. Dunk wonders how his foot can be more important than the life of the Prince. Intending to prove the realm needs his foot, he will travel with Egg as his squire. 3w

5feet.of.fury Spoilers for/connects to other GRRM books⬇️ 3w

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5feet.of.fury -the Ser Arlan has seen the last dragon (Laena‘s Dragon born on Driftmark under Aegon III -last chapter of Fire & Blood)

-of course his name is Aegon 😂

-“MY BROTHER AEMON NAMED ME EGG, HE‘S AT THE CITADEL” 3w

5feet.of.fury Did you enjoy it? What did you think of our new characters? - I enjoyed the 1st story, I though Egg‘s reveal for being so few pages was well done! 3w

Sargar114 I really enjoyed this story! It started out slow but agree, Egg‘s reveal was so well done and from that point on, I couldn‘t put it down. I caught that reference to Aemon. (edited) 3w

5feet.of.fury @Sargar114 I have thoughts about Aegon‘s future, but I‘m trying not to spoiler myself with the wiki before the end! But I remembered Maester Aemon‘s “Egg, I dreamed I was old” to Sam from when they were traveling from the Wall 3w

BethM Do you think it‘s connected? I think this said it was what 100 yrs before ice and fire? I agree it started slow but got better. I keep trying to figure out whose kids they are from the end of fire and blood. 3w

5feet.of.fury @BethM I think most of the Targaryen lore we‘re getting here will be F&B volume 2 (if when there‘s a volume 2) although they did mention Aegon III and the last dragon and that the old man remembered it, so it seems smack in the middle of the 2 series might get some allusions to historical events referenced in GoT. 3w

Sargar114 Aemon was 100 years old or clearly older in GOT so I‘m pretty sure he‘s the one on the wall in GOT. I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. GRRM has a way of spinning a tale! 3w

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | George R. R. Martin

@majkia @Roary47 @BethM @Sargar114 @BookwormAHN @JenlovesJT47

Good Morning #ReadingWesteros - An Announcement before our discussion post. The Novella “The Ice Dragon” has been added to our line up following the end of these 3 stories.

Also, if any of these posts are late: I probably went into labor. I am very pregnant 😂

Roary47 Awesome! I‘m okay with late. I probably will be to starting a new semester with students. How exciting to be seeing your little one soon! 🥳 (edited) 3w

BookwormAHN Also okay with late, take care of yourself 💗 3w

5feet.of.fury @Roary47 @BookwormAHN Thanks!! 🥰 due date is 2/1 and it felt really far away until it suddenly seemed really really close haha 3w

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Sargar114 How exciting! A worthy reason of late posts ❤️ 3w

BethM Very exciting! 3w

5feet.of.fury @Roary47 @BookwormAHN @Sargar114 @BethM the baby is still inside, I have 6 hours left to birth a dragon 🐉 (based on the lunar calendar/Chinese Zodiac) doesn‘t look likely but it would be fitting 😅 2d

BookwormAHN Good luck 😸 2d

BethM I was just thinking about you!! Wishing you an easy delivery!! 2d

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BethM

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | George R. R. Martin

Stoked to return to #readingwesteros come join us! @5feet.of.fury will we do the ice dragon?

5feet.of.fury Sure, we‘ll tack it on at the end. I will put an announcement w/the 1st story! 1mo

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