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Jul 2021
1h 56m

Valar Rereadis: The Sworn Sword - Part 1

History Of Westeros
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The Sworn Sword begins! It's like an extension of AFFC, or an ancestor. Covering the realm since the end of the Hedge Knight, crow cage comparisons and classifications, Bloodraven's (mis?)rule, property rights, the two-way street of lord/sworn sword, the education of an Egg, and much more.

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