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May 2022
1h 30m

When Giants Roamed... (video)

History Of Westeros
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With Crowfood's Daughter aka The Disputed Lands YouTube channel: A deep dive into the world of Giants! We start as far back as the times before the First Men, imagining what it was like based on what we know from the various anecdotes scattered throughout all the books. Video available on Spotify.   
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