ASOIAF Theories: Secrets of Yi Ti and The Bloodstone Emperor 

Martin needs staff. So many stories that can be told from this world.

From a realistic perspective though, all this sounds like the consequence of a large meteor impact and/or a volcano eruption. The black stone, the ash, the "long night" ...

Stygai could also be a reference to the Styx(stygis,stygi etc.) , the river all the dead have to pass to enter the Underworld.

real shame we won't get to see this city in the show or in detail within the book

Stygai,sounds suspiciously similar to Stygia from Robert E.Howard's Conan the Barbarian's Hybeorean universe. Stygia it's a kingdom ruled by Sorcerer-Kings,who worship the Snake God and do all types of creepy black magic,human sacrifices etc. Keep in mind,Howard and Lovecraft were friends and Howard contributed to the Lovecraft Mythos.

Basically, Martin created a fantasy world that beats any other created, and then forced us to spend the entire saga traversing its most uninteresting locations. None of the truly interesting places have been visited. Asshai. The God's Eye. The land of always winter. Sothoryos. Stygai. Yi Ti. The Five Forts. Qohor. I want to meet Moonsingers and visit the Church of the Starry Wisdom.

Holy shit, can HBO do a spin off on these areas? Dunk and Egg are good and all, but we've seen all of that stuff before. All of the stuff you covered is untouched potential, and infinitely more interesting (in my opinion). Great video btw, the insane amount of effort you put in really shows!

Seems like an exact copy of China with a few small differences...

This is really good lore, and to think that the long night might've began in the East. And yet everyone is so fixated on Westoros. If there are indeed gods of that caliber like in Lovecraft, then the state of the world could be left open ended if left to the devices of them even if the curtains closed on our characters and their roles. It's actually something pretty deep to think about. You spend years interested in the characters and for good reason, but they're so insignificant to the powers that be. It's a shame this stuff hasn't been brought up in the show, maybe the insignificance of it all, but not this rich lore. Thanks for the video, please keep them coming.

I swear they could make years worth of spinoffs based on all the lore and stories in the GoT universe. I would love to see some of these.

I totally enjoyed this video- thank you. You've a great voice, btw, a trained voice, like a singer. The background music was the perfect touch. ❄️🔥

"Yet the Great Empire of the Dawn was not reborne, for the restored world is a broken place where every tribe of men went its own way, fearfull of all the others." There is, here, the meaning of the entire World of Ice and Fire!

Learning more about Yiti is great, I'm just not sure what the conclusion was... It seemed like you said the cause of the Great Empire's fall was the black stone, but that's based on a supposition that it fell when the God-on-Earth left. Doesn't it seem more logical (should this empire have even have existed and not just been a legend created to explain the awesome ruins) that the lack of the God-Emperor led to the civilization slowly degrading? As if he had exerted some unknown force to keep his empire prosperous and united. After he left, the people began acting more and more like regular nobles, then the Bloodstone Emperor - affected by the black stone, as you said - led them down a darker path.

The next spin off that's being planned should focus in Yi Ti.

The city of Carcosa is also a Cthulu mythos, though not Lovecraft, reference, and the King in Yellow is an avatar of Hastur in Lovecraftian works.

These are great. I barely remembered the creepy cities. The sun and night dichotomy reminds me of ice and fire

Amazing! Love the pictures and careful narration! ^-^

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love your videos on the fringe elements of ASOIAF. Most of my knowledge about these places and events come from you, and I find them just as interesting as the actual story itself! I would love to see a video comparing the Last Hero and Azor Ahai, and just the difference between the two separate mythos, as well as their common elements!

''Wild man and baleful beast pressed at the borders of their empire'' The wild man are probably the nomads Jogos Nhai. But the baleful beasts idk

Maybe George will write a book based beyond the bone mountains I would love to see how he'd write this plus the reveals would be amazing mixing the magic, horror and plain old fashioned human greed, lust and love I think it very clear most of the stories in westerns are based on the tragedy of love

Maybe the Seastone Chair and that it's made of the black stone might relate to Euron Greyjoy because he seems similar to the Bloodstone Emperor.

I love the fact that Yi Ti is somewhat a reflection of the history of Eastern Asia. The Bone Mountains alone acts as the Himalayas, the Five forts as the Great Wall, the Jogos Nhai as the Mongols, Leng Island as Japan/Taiwan, and even the romance of the three kingdoms legend also has an equivalent in the World of Ice and Fire.

Fucking awesome RU-vid Channel

I always thought that Yi Ti recovered after the long night, and was prosperous except for the wars and raids from the north, and only now are they about to fall into chaos from the three emperors trying to gain power.

When you play as Emperor Lu Bu Xun on Crusader Kings A Game of Thrones

Here is my set up: Chinese Dynasty == Yi Ti Dynasty? Qin== Yellow Han === Sea Green? Xin == Grey Emperor Restored Han === Indigo Before Three Kingdoms. Pearl White Emperors Three Kingdoms. Scarlet? / Maroon / Purple? Jin / Sui = Jade Green Tang. Azure (Orange = An-Lushan)

I wonder if we'll ever get to a point where tv special effects aren't so costly, then awe may get to see awesome stuff like this brought to life.

That voice , plz read the damphair chapter

Keep it coming Quinn. I love these stories

Very good analysis of all the information we know about Yi Ti. I have been interested in it since reading the WoIaF, but it all seems so mysterious, probably on purpose. This could be to draw an analogy with how mysterious the far east was in the west.

The World of Ice and Fire is like an alternate universe, consisted of how the medieval factions styled themselved as. As if George R. R. Martin took history, and created a version that everybody is the very thing they profess to be, and still the world is a huge pile of shit with a lot of horrific things going on.

Is that a range rover in the pic at 1:12 LOL anyways keep up the great work!!! You gotta get what pics you can for the videos and I appreciate it without the visuals many wont be able to follow.

maybe evil things like the black stone dont turn people evil. but just give evil people the opportunity to use it for their own ends. even having the opportunity to gain power turns generally neutral people to the dark side. still would love a video about the silent sisters!

I love this stuff! It's fiction but so well-realized. I'd love to see a series set in Yi Ti. Your reading of the text was very engaging.

This was awesome - I love how this book series could have so many possible spin-off series due to how rich the world and lore is

Would love to see Chinese game of thrones based on YiTi!

Chaos king is the Japanese god; Amatsu-Mikaboshi or Shinto god of the pole star.

The stone at the base of the Hightower, however, is fused black stone.

I love these videos man, especially the ones where you delve into similarities between Martin's & Lovecraft's work, I haven't read any of Lovecraft's stuff but these videos have made me certain that I will soon. You're quickly becoming one of my favourite ASOIAF RU-vid channels, truly great stuff.

I think if they are going to make a Game of Thrones Spin Off, it should be bases on Yi Ti and Eastern regions of Essos.

i know its obvious but this is most likely asia, specifically china. china is very old, had its first emperor proclaim himself a god-king, was divided into many warring kingdoms after some failed kings/emperors, and was the only nation that could field massive armies numbering in the millions within itself even while divided. the baleful beast might be an abstract entity or it could refer to something akin to mongol hordes. if im not mistaken, the mongols were the first real threat ever posed to china from the outside world.

You forgot that one of yi ti actual emperors is called the yellow emperor (clear reference to hastur) and his city is called carcosa(other clear reference to lovecraft)

Peak valyria vs peak yi ti who wins?

I am so fascinated by these references in ASOIAF, and want more information, but I kind of think it is beyond the scope of the story being told, and I wonder if our author won't ultimately leave those places and their secrets a mystery for us to ponder forever. Or is it possible that as the story draws to a close, things will get super weird and fantastical? I have my doubts that there are enough chapters left to make that transition in a way that feels natural.

Are you gonna be attending the Con Of Thrones in Nashville next year? If so, we should hang when you get here. 10 minutes from my house. It's gonna be sick.

Quinn this so awesome. This is one of my favorite parts Essos. I think there's also Yellow Emperor referring to King in Yellow. I did a video on the name Carcosa if you want to check it out. I'm doing video's on Providence from Alan Moore and it's based on Lovecraft's work you should check them out I know you're into that stuff lol

I wouldn't mind if this was the spin off that HBO was talking about, how cool and weird would this be to see lovecraftian beings being talked about and references on TV

Always love your videos on the Far East and the less explored places in the World of Ice and Fire. I'd love to see something about the Three Sisters and the religion they practiced, if you ever get the chance!

Awesome video, keep up the good work! Your video & references to Lovecraft's work is a great inspiration & revelation. Thanks for making me think & wonder :)

I got the impression that the Empire of the dawn lay to the east of yi ti. Yi ti was formed from the remnants of the dawn, thus yi ti emperor's name were colors and the other gemstones.

LOL, car in @1:11

It never says how big the stone he worshipped was. Maybe the Stone was the city of Asshai, and he had it carved out into the city

maybe I'm overthinking this but isn't it kind of strange how their technology never improves over thousands of years you think they'll be a main point in the story that will answer this

The Leng are weaboos

If you pronounce "Yi Ti" with the right tonal inflections, it actually means "One Body" in Mandarin Chinese.

Dude love when u make videos like these! Keep it up!

I will tell you what curropted Yi Ti: people who kill their babies by placing them on couches and people giving their children to their mother/grandmother thinking they know what is best for someone else's children: for you McBride, Meacham, McCormick

Sorry, chaos king? Incorrect, it's 'The Crawling Chaos'. Love your channel but that is never stated in Lovecraftian works. Other than being described as like a pharaoh of the old blood. Cheers

You should seriously think about using your voice for audiobooks

Warhammer 40K references filled to the brim in this series.

So, no dragons in Yi Ti ???😂 HOW, Martin, HOW? 😆 anyways...

I hope we can see Yiti or Leng in the future series.

Man I hope when Martin is done with A Song of Ice and Fire, he does some stories on, in, and about the other cities.

Houses of solid gold wow

Bookened walls, from bookend lands, with bookend areas, with the most info on bookend long nights/lion of nights, with bookened Night's Kings/Bloodstone Emperors, with bookened prophecies [Azor/The Prince], and literally bookend chapters of The World of Ice and Fire. The Long Night is chapter 4. Yi Ti is the 4th from the last chapter. (Or 4th/4th from the last sections. I have the audiobook so it doesn't actually say chapters.) So, did the others originally fall at the five forts and that's why the stuff on the Wall Sam finds isn't adding up? The night's king is a confused legend of Bloodstone emperor? It could be the opposite, but being as large as the forts are it makes sense they were the first wall no matter what direction the threat was or what type of wight the threat was. Did two seperate of the same type of Others fall leagues apart? Did two seperate of two different types of Others fall leagues apart? So, bookend wights? Bookend threats? A Song of Bookends....js Or at least there's a chance the lands of always winter makes them bookened, if not wrap around and connect to Essos from the south. A land of always summer. A land with a different type of Other.

Oh yes

Is the empire of the dawn and the empire of yi ti seperate kindoms? One before the long night and one after?

Seems like China

It is said that House Dayne was founded when a man traced a fallen star to Dorne, and then forged a sword from its heart. A sword called Dawn. Alive with light. Those that wield it are called “Sword of the Morning.” Could there be a connection to the Dawn Emperor? Maybe even Azor Ahai? They brought the Dawn during the Long Night.

The Blood Emperor unwittingly kicked off the long night in Essos. Whitewalkers travelled more east and north through land and arrived in westeros from the lands of always winter

nice video

you´re forgetting the eerie Yeen ruins at Sothoryos, the unnamed Ullos ruins nearby to unknown Ulthos, the forbidden ruins of inner Leng with their subterranean links with the Old Ones. and Carcossa at the very far-east along with the high sorcerer-emperor claiming be the 69 Yellow Emperor of Yi Ti in the exile (something quite related with Chambers book "The Yellow King" a forerunner of Lovecraft himself), alongside the other pieces of the theory, though you really get the best key-pieces of it still being K´Dath at the Gray Waste, Stygai ruins at the heart of Shadow Lands, and of course Asshai city too, being perhaps the original capital city of the Dawn Empire until the Bloodstone Emperor and the falling of the Long Night. For sure, K´Dath was the starting point where the main menance that eventually finished the Dawn Empire into the Golden Yi Ti Empire as a mere shadow of their former success and splendor, because indeed both K´Dath and Asshai kept together claiming being both the only one very first city ever built by humans, and both cities worship dreadfull cults, though Asshai is quite fairily well known, and K´Dath doesn´t, and the latter one has a feared status pretty much as the very unknown Stygai or Yeen too, the dreadfull nature of all of them couldn´t be just a mere coincidence!

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Its also possible the stone itself is the source of magic. Then in Assai its not just that "no magic is forbidden" but that "all magic is possible." Dragons are often used in areas which also have the stone, so they could be creatures that evolved to metabolize it, essentially making them walking 'nukes.' This would explain the curse of Harrenhall, which suffers similar problems as Assai. Then magic didn't "disappear in Westeros because it went away completely," but instead it was mostly concentrated in one area, like a "Devil's Cradle" at the city level. Magic came back when the red meteor hit the land, sending particles into the air, raising the background magic radiation high enough to make small acts accessible around the world again. Then, the emperor of Yi Ti worships the stone because of the power it grants him.

Damn I've been looking for this video through my other subscriptions not remembering which GOT content creator made this video. I love the reference connections to HP lovecrat, I hope your comic next year gets very lovecraftian. The art looks great and with the blending of organic and mechanic, that can definitely be a gateway to the path of madness

very cool!

K'dath is another reference to Lovecraft's work ("The Dream-Quest for Unknown Kadath")

I watch your videos and listen to your theories. I have never read Tolkien books or the song of ice and fire or Dune but I can't wait to finish my exams and start reading all those great fantasy books. Thanks for your videos that introduced them to me...

I think that that black stone is actually the meteor used to create dawn, also that the bloodstone emperor is azor ahai and his sister nyssa nyssa, and he killed her to end the long night. If you think about it, generations of caos with beast coming from the east are what the long night was in essos. Also that house Dayne are descendents from the empire and that's why we don't know their phrase

Great videos.... Can you do one on all the different religions in the ASOIAF Universe?

amazing as always! seriously you and not Roy de Trice should be doing the narration for the WoW Audiobook!

I'm pretty sure u did a video and talked about the old ones and the influence of lovecraft. Which video is that

Isn't the black, oily stone the type of stone the mazemakers of Lorath used?

The artwork of Yi Ti are so mesmerizing and beautiful!

Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the Earth.

I love your lore videos... this one and the one about Asshai are incredible. and your voice is perfect for storytelling!

Basically : Yi ti = Chinese dynasties

I recently started reading the books where did this part of the universe come from?

I am added hp lovecraft to my reading queue thanks to this video

Maby the stone amplified psychic abilities witch makes them go mad.

1:11 There's a car in the bottom corner Awesome vid, love your work!

the artworks in your videos are always really good and sublime :3

Music name at beginning??

This video was especially beautifully made...

Is it worth getting into the books after the series finale ?

Can we get a spinoff show of these ancient empires

i want a prequel of yi ti after the westerous prequel

wow, where do you get these maps? Is this something official or rather fan-made from hints and mentioned stuff in the books?

That Guild Wars 1 Jade Sea picture :O

The music in this video is so soothing and gorgeous.