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May 2023
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Fire & Blood: Alys Rivers, Witch Queen o...

History Of Westeros
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In honor of the casting of Alys Rivers, let's look back at this one:

Edited audio from the livestream on March 12th 2019. Shakespeare of Thrones and JoeMagician join Aziz and Ashaya to discuss a unique character in ASOIAF history whose story involves major endgame parallels. Who was she? What happened to her and her son and dragon? Includes House Strong history and lore, parallels to Melisandre and others.

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