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In fairness, in the books we see it only from catelyns perspective, who can only hear it, not see it really. She sees the occasional thing through the trees.
For a multibillion dollar company, they always seem to run out of money They did the same with Rome. Chickened out and cancelled the show early after showing 2 battles
Thank you for saying so, my friend. Sometimes it's hard to know whether my own writing is concise enough to explain things correctly, and I'm glad to know you thought it was : )
When winter comes… You’ll hear no lions roar… No stags grazing the fields… No roses growing in the meadows… No snakes in the sand… The krakens will freeze where they swim… The flayed men will rot and wither… No trouts swimming in the river and no falcons flying in the air… Not even the dragon’s breath will warm you in your halls. You shall hear only the wolves howl… And then you will know. Winter has come.”
It's kind of insane how GRRM has managed to create a story that feels like actual history. ASOIF has a chaotic and unpredictable nature that you don't normally see in fiction.
@@finnheisenheim8274 it does tho. what did winning the war with robb gave tywin ? lannisters and freys became most hated amongst faith and smallfalk . he left his house in hands of cersei that will ruin everything he cared for . his legacy (ok theres tyrion who killed him and ,maybe gerion devan and jaime but i doubt they will all get tp live) there is very little chance any house will trust them . on other hand robb left his house to jon snow . his wife is most likly on the run with his child . he goes out as s martyr and a symbol for the northmen im not even gonna menion freys .when the old ferrot dies they all gonna kill eachother
There is only one King in Westeros, Stannis the Mannis with the Plannis of House Baratheon, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, the Besteros in Westeros
The battle of the Green Fork is a huge blow for Tywin. His strategy relied on his left flank collapsing, luring the northmen into chasing, and then pinning the whole army to the river, but the mercenaries and clansmen over-performed and ruined his plan, allowing the rest of the enemy army to retreat in good order. So while they won the field, their plan failed and they failed to achieve their intended goal. It was a tactical victory, but a strategic defeat.
Tactics is basically what you can improvise in the moment of a competition. Strategy is more long term planning and goals. Tactics deals with the details of how to make a successful plan into reality.
@@erikthomsen4768 Well his core troops from Casterly Rock, Lannisport and the surrounding areas are probably disciplined enough but he has very disorderly troops under his command as well like Gregor Clegane and his men, Vargo Hoat and his mercenaries, various other mercenary forces, and the Vale Clansmen. So I think his plan might've worked if it he was commanding just Lannister men and the men of the his major vassals like the Crakehalls, Serretts, Braxs, Marbrands, etc.
NarooluCA Both of their channels are great, and cover their respective topics in different but equally as interesting manners. The videos they uploaded today just highlights that, imo
There is only one King in Westeros, Stannis the Mannis with the Plannis of House Baratheon, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, the Besteros in Westeros
Rukshar Alam no definitely the best king out of the original 5 and the kings at the end of ADWD. Robb: good commander but makes many political mistakes that cost more soldiers than his actual battle losses, e.g letting Rivermen go home to their own keeps causing chaos and losses, loses the Frey’s for marrying Jenye and the Karstarks by killing their lord. Joffrey: shit head bastard who only succeeds because of Tywin and Tyrion. Makes mistakes such as killing Ned and pissing off everyone. Balon: doesn’t care about Westeros only his islands and whatever he cans steal. Only becomes king so he can take advantage of the war. Renly: he is a man with friends and power, but lacks good qualities such as leadership or battle experience. He has no claim and only wants to be king because he thinks he will be a good one, which he isn’t. His popularity gives him support, Stannis: cares for the realm (as described by Davos by putting the horse before the cart rather than cart before the horse) and the White Walkers. Judges people on their actions rather than status, is fair and honest yet hard and stern. Good commander and his men adore him compared to the lords. Becomes King because it is his duty. By the end of ADWD there is some more claimants: Euron: sadistic, murdering, brutal psychopath. No claim and is insane. Aegon: a brand new King who has been trained to be a good king by the Golden Company, however he, unlike Stannis, only wants the realm because of his claim like Dany. Tommen: too young and really just a tool for people to get power, as shown by Cersei. Cares more for his cats than the realm
It might not be coordinated, but neither is it a coincidence. Many, many channels are doing GoT videos this week, on a wide variety of topics, in order to capitalize on the season premiere.
Alternate Scenario; - Tywin isn’t stopped by Tully men at crossroads on the Trident, allowed to approach 15,000 strong Tully force near Riverrun. - Riders from Kings Landing pleading for help miss Tywin and arrive to Harrenhal on deaf ears. - Stannis’ assault goes to plan, despite heavy losses as a result of Tyrion’s wildfire plan, the city is taken and sacked for all it is worth. Varys and Tyrion escape through the complex Targaryen era tunnel system, and Sansa leaves with the Hound. - However, Cersei and Joffrey are burnt at the stake by Melisandre, who arrives shortly after the battle is won. - Tywin smashes Edmure’s force, however the encirclement tactic as well as the brotherhood without banners ensures heavy casualties for the Lannister’s. It is at this point Tywin and his depleted ~20,000 bannermen hear of the Battle of Blackwater Bay and hurriedly March on the Capital. - Robb re-enters the Riverlands to join up with the remaining Tully forces and attend Hoster Tully’s funeral, marrying Roslin Frey to secure more levies for his march on Casterly Rock. But not before he retakes Harrenhal and captures the mountain. - Stannis’ forces are replenished by various peasants in the city as well as the remaining gold cloaks, fending off the siege from Tywin Lannister, who is severely maimed in the battle. - Stannis declares war with the Kingdom of the North, now that the Lannister-Tyrell alliance has collapsed, with Dorne declaring for Dany Targaryen/Aegon Targaryen (whoever is there at the moment) and the Vale declaring for the North, while Stannis commands the Storm and Crown lands. - The Westerlands, attended by an ailing Tywin is ruled de facto by Kevin Lannister who bends the knee to Stannis along with Mace Tyrell, however both choose neutrality in the war between the North and South.
Alternative Scenario: - Robb doesn’t become “Da King In Da Norf/Da King of Da Trident”, meaning Robb and co. argue over Renly and Stannis. Robb being the tie breaker, declares for King Stannis. - Catelyn arrives at Dragonstone to pledge fealty to King Stannis. Stannis brings her with him to The Stormlands to negotiate/deal with Renly. - Robb hears of Ser Stafford’s army and moves West to both destroy it and lure Tywin West. Robb wins The Battle of The Oxcross. - Stannis and Catelyn arrive in The Stormlands to negotiate with Renly. Renly turns down his offer, he dies, army defects, Brienne most likely dies. - Tywin moves West in pursuit of Robb as Robb raids The West but Tywin being Tywin commits war crimes again The Riverfolk. Edmure is forced to act. - Roose Bolton takes Harrenhal sends half of his men (5,000) East to assist in the siege of KL. Meanwhile, Ironborn raid The North but without Theon, Winterfell still stands. - Tywin’s gets whooped by Edmure and the messengers arrive. Tywin moves East but Edmure pursues Tywin alongside the other half of Roose Bolton’s host. Robb heard and quickly moves Southeast, down The Gold Road to cut Tywin off. - As Tywin enters The Reach, he faces off against Robb. Robb hits him in the front but then both Edmure and Roose’s men arrive and hit Tywin in his rear, killing him and demolishing half his host. - Stannis assaults KL but suffers a set back. Luckily, The Northerners arrive and besieges KL. With the city garrison pre-occupied and divided, Stannis and his host cross the bridge and are able to take The Mud Gate with some resistance. - Stannis’ attacks The Red Keep. Part of the city is sacked. Cersei, Lancel, and Joffrey are captured, Tyrion and Varys escape to Essos. Sansa is saved. The people hate Stannis and in order to keep the peace, Stannis punishes those who either robbed or raped, either by burning them or guiding them. - Rosby turns Tommen over. Robb arrives with Jaime and Kevan as his prisoners: Jaime, Cersei, Joffrey, Lancel, Kevan, and Tommen are burned by Melisandre. Stannis forms his small council: Davos as Hand, Mel as Master of Whisperers, Salladhor Saan as Master of Ships. He offers Master of Laws to Robb but Robb turns it down. House Lannister of Lannisport gets Casterly Rock unless Stannis wants to give it to House Florent. - Robb and his host besiege Moat Cailin, Arya arrives at the camp and the family reunites. With help from the combined host of Rodrim Cassel, Howland Reed, and Ramsay Bolton, Moat Cailin is retaken. The North’s strong holds are liberated. - The Wall calls for aid and Robb moves North with The Northmen as The Riverlords return home with some hope of financial recovery. - Robb reunites with Jon and the two fens of The Wildlings. Eventually, Robb agrees to make an alliance with Mance to stand against The Others. - Balon dies. Euron takes over and raids The Reach and West. Stannis commands The Royal Fleet alongside Paxter Redwyne and they battle Euron and destroy The Iron Fleet (battle of Trafalgar style). With The Iron Fleet gone, Stannis invaded The Iron Islands alongside Robb. There’s a last second coup de tate and Yara bends the knee and Euron is executed. - Stannis prepares The Realm for The Long Night but then both Dany and Aegon arrive (with Varys around and a not so bitter Tyrion, I think the two are able to form a coalition) and land in Dorne with 10,000 Swords of The Golden Company, 8,000 Unsullied, and the three teenage dragons. Dorne supports the two and moves North into The Stormlands. Whoever wins either ends up wining is unknown.
@@samdoesvids1339 Thanks. Robb’s downfall was his crowning as King but that was Renly’s fault (if Renly sided with Stannis, there wouldn’t be that issue of the two Kings and Robb joins Stannis). I do believe Stannis was the best fit to be King but Aegon and Daenerys show a lot of good potential and would make good if not decent rulers. Stannis dying would be sad but The Realm would be in the hands King Aegon and Queen Dany who could parallel Aegon and Visenya. Also Robb might die but I think he’d survive and remain as Warden of The North and without The Horn of Winter, The Others don’t stand a chance.
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 the Targaryens lost their right to the Throne the second Lyanna Stark was taken and when Aerys burned Lord Stark and Brandon. They unjustly violated the rights of their vassals so it was within the Vassals rights to rebel. The Baratheons also have Targaryen blood but unlike them, they are not incest born abominations.
Man what an incredible series. I learned a lot about the events before the show and this episode summarized a lot of the first couple seasons in one video.
Soon your grace, soon. They will bend the knee or our loyal army shall bring them onto them. Let them play their tricks and schemes, that is the only way they can win against your excellence. These Tyrell turncloaks, pyromaniac Lannisters and torture using, cutthroat Boltons
Jaime Lannister: "Three victories don't make you a conqueror." :P Robb Stark: "It's better than three defeats." ;) Me: "But apparently it's not as good as Jeyne Westerling's/Talisa Maegyr's fat arse." xD
@@jekesan4221 It means that he uses chaos to "climb" and get more powerful. When there is chaos, great houses are weakened and need him more. "Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them."
@@goldenbrown22 “The Bergerac Campaign (1345) and the Generalship of Henry of Lancaster,” Journal of Medieval Military History 2 (2004): 89-110. You can find it in this book. www.amazon.com/Essays-Medieval-Military-History-Revolutions/dp/0754659968
Idk. I kinda found it underwhelming tbh. Played as Stannis to get maximum difficulty out of it but was done reconquering westeros in 15 minutes of gameplay :/ I hope it really gets fleshed out some say
Sir Devil exactly, being a traitorous Greatjon Umber that ends up exiled unto the Riverlands taking over Mooton lands while I see Gregor Clegane becoming Prince of Dorne is funny af story. Btw I choked Roose, castrated Ramsay, sold Theon to slavery and killed Robb in single combat
@@MrTheenDx How many 16 year old's can do what Robb did? Fighting on two fronts and beating Tywin himself at every battle on the field. He only married because Stannis the real fool was suppose to weaken or beat the Lannisters. Robb was the best King and tactician in the war.
@@spiral8003 I totally agree Robb stark was the best king . He's way better than jon. In the books goose could of ambush the lannisters . Cause he had a nights match on them but choose to lineup his troops rather than ambush the sleeping lannisters .
There is a theory that even at this moment Roose was sabotaging Robb, he probably hasn't yet been in an allience with Tywin but he sent rivel houses on a suicide attack... Lord Hornwood was killed for example, which gave an opportunity to siege his lands by Ramsey...
Or just release proper mapping tools for any of the recent total wars.... And you know, let the fans make mods for that and even LotR too while they are at it - as a proper game feel? Back when they actually cared to, we got great things like both GoT and LotR campaigns and awesomeness in Med2; but now they never release competent modding tools and don't care about the modding community much anymore.
Modding communities are still being used and people still uses to playing it. Warhammer's got zombies and dragons that contents is good enough to establish a Game of Thrones total war and an expansion of Essos or Valyrian Freehold Campaign, even a DLC like the Nine Free cities.
@@Brandonhayhew Being used, but don't try and compare it and say it is what it was. No, before, you could add new campaigns, add maps, add cities, and do far fucking more than you can right now. 'Modding communities are still being used' is rather like saying you still have an RC car, where before you can go down the street in your motorcycle. Unless we get some of the things they won't release in their mod tools for the newer games, we could never do a Third Age Total War or a GoT mod campaign. We just couldn't.
There isn't any evidence of Aerys II madness prior to Duskendale. Would be really interesting if some infectious disease caused his descent into madness.
HBO should have sought your help in making the tactical moves of every kingdom and the wars clearer, thanks to you I understand this part of the story much better.
Your narration is beautiful, the art is absolutely stunning, and your animations are first class. I hope you keep doing what your what your doing because it is simply amazing. Love the videos and appreciate all of the time and effort you must put into them to make them at such a high quality! I must say, if your made a comic book series with this quality of art work, I would buy it in a heart beat, especially if it was based off of histories and battles from A Song of Ice and Fire.
@@scaldon2 Robb left the North with 18000 men He then picked up 4000 more at the Twins. He gave the majority of his foot which was 16000 men to Roose Bolton while he remained with 6000 who were mostly cavalry
@@KingsandGenerals Will you reference the show or the books for the campaign? Winds of Winter will probably have a very different and, in my humble opinion, a much more interesting result. Problem is its not out yet. Either way I really appreciate the vids on ASOIAF.
@@grandadmiralzaarin4962 yeah I watched it. If you're a stannis fan they are going by TV show not books . I'm robb fan and I get cringed every time people talk about stannis. I don't even really care for book stannis but sometimes I wanna smash my phone 😩
@@caf3in323 I don't particularly have anything against Robb myself. I can see why people like him, he's trying to do what he thinks is right and he's a brilliant tactician in addition to being fairly caring and charismatic, so you won't get cringed by me for backing him(now if you were a Balon or Ramsay guy THEN we'd have issues). Plus he doesn't know that Stannis is actually the true claimant since Ned never got to spill the beans on that and in the show he only has Stannis word on it, which from Robb's view looks like a justification for seizing the Throne. So I don't even fault his choice of trying to secede as to him, it's about justice and protecting the North from Southern exploitation. The main issues I have with Robb are that while he's arguably the best tactician in Westeros, he's probably the worst strategist(Though Balon Greyjoy is pretty horrible in that regard too) and that Robb has a tendency to blame subordinates for his own mistakes rather than owning up to them. Blaming Edmure for showing initiative at the Mummers Ford doesn't make sense because the plan was not explained to Edmure, so he seized a tactical opportunity at strategic expense. That's not really his fault, it's Robb's for not communicating his intent to Edmure. Then regarding the Karstarks and his mother, both had expressed clearly their intent before their actions, keeping them away from camp should have been his first order of business, but instead he left them right next to their problem issues, then blamed them for acting on those impulses. Again, his main faults are that he's green and doesn't think things through to their conclusion. If Robb had lived and gotten more experience he could have developed into a fine Lord and commander for the long term possibly. I am a Stannis supporter largely because of his record and I think he'd be the best man for the job burning out that scheming nest of vipers that is the political slime of Kings Landing. He's unlikeable, I'd never want to hang out for a weekend with Stannis lol but for a leader he's somebody I respect a lot.
The show should have had one of the Direwolves give a loud Howl after a battle... Thats a simple and cool thing that happened in the books that the show never attempted to recreate:(
I just...i just love this channel. I know it takes time to put videos out, but selfishly I wish it was one every fricking day!!! then the narrator is the truthhhhhh man perfect combination.
Damn this Roose Bolton is one loyal vassal, he was willing to face Tywin as bait so Robb could take the glory. I hope he and Robb wins together in the end.
He's a bit creepy but I'm sure he's actually a great guy once you get to know him. Look he's so nice to Jaime and....oh....oh no. - My reaction upon reading A Storm of Swords
I'm a little sad we didn't see an overview description if the Battle of the Camps (it's very detailed and well thought out in the books) but great video nonetheless.
LotR first. I want to get a proper sequel to the awesomeness that was the original Third Age Total War, which made it to the #1 overall any game mod on moddb a couple years there back in the day. Now everything about that game is dated, and instead of doing what the fans made an epic thing, they decided to make warhammer instead of doing the LotR mod justice...
At 3:36 there is a mistake you have bran in front of Rob in the line of succession. I don’t know if this was a mistake or someone doesn’t know the series that well. Also Sansa is older than Bran as well
If Robb was smarter at intrigue and diplomacy he could of definitely won the war of the 5 kings. He wasn't as good with people as many other leaders such as the tyrells, lannisters, and even baratheons. His main mistake was being too trustful and honorable just like his father.
Love the Total War: Medieval 2 sound effects, so appropriate! Dunno how my feed started this, i don't need to listen to any of this- pretty sure everyone who hasn't even read the books knows 95% this, but I do appreciate the effects lol. I'm sure this video is good reference for those who need refreshing.
Is funny that there is a war going on between the history channels competing for the best GoT channel. Similar to what this video explain us brilliantly
1st theres no war, no channels competing like companies do. Because social media bussiness model is so different then the old corporate models. Most viewers watch all the stuff. They do not sign to just one or pick one or prefer one but all. 2nd it is about the advertisement of the channels to follow the wave, most social media creators do this to reach more viewers.
important to note that in the show Robb sent 2,000 men to fight tywin (to their deaths) while he took his other 18,000 men to lift the siege of riverrun
I wonder if it was that move who have angered Roose Bolton first before ending up betraying Robb later. House Bolton and Starrk have a long history of not loving eachothers and Robb sending Bolton to a suicidal mission had probably open the old wounds between the two houses.
@@Emrod82 i feel like Robb ignoring Roose's advice and allowing a foreigner, Robbs wife from Valantis, basically as the queen in the North, lead to Roose betraying Robb. Roose said that Robb ignored his advice at every turn, but i feel like Robb marrying the wife from Valantis was the final straw.
It didnt happen in the books. Jaime has 12k men left after defeating Tully's. And robb send 15k+ men to fight tywin under roose bolten command. Most of them fled after the vanguard attack of gregor and tyrion. Including roose. Robb has something 6-7 k men to fight jaime. Including forces of freys and mallister that later joined him.