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00:00 - The Red Kings
01:37 - The Rebellious Lords
02:59 - The Leech Lord
05:48 - A Game of Thrones
"A Song of Ice and Fire (commonly abbreviated as ASoIaF) is an ongoing series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the series in 1991 and the first volume was published in 1996.
The story of A Song of Ice and Fire takes place in a fictional world, primarily on a continent called Westeros but also on a large landmass to the east, known as Essos. Most of the characters are human but as the series progresses others are introduced, such as the cold and menacing supernatural Others from the far North and fire-breathing dragons from the East, both thought to be extinct by the humans of the story. There are three principal story lines in the series: the chronicling of a dynastic civil war for control of Westeros among several competing families; the rising threat of the Others, who dwell beyond an immense wall of ice that forms Westeros' northern border; and the ambition of Daenerys Targaryen, the exiled daughter of a king who was murdered in another civil war fifteen years before, to return to Westeros and claim her rightful throne. As the series progresses, the three story lines become increasingly interwoven and dependent upon each other."
"Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first of which is A Game of Thrones. Set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, Game of Thrones has a large ensemble cast and follows several story arcs throughout the course of the show. The first major arc concerns the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros through a web of political conflicts among the noble families either vying to claim the throne or fighting for independence from whoever sits on it. A second focuses on the last descendant of the realm's deposed ruling dynasty, who has been exiled to Essos and is plotting to return and reclaim the throne. The third follows the Night's Watch, a military order defending the realm against threats from beyond Westeros's northern border."
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 - The Red Kings
01:37 - The Rebellious Lords
02:59 - The Leech Lord
05:48 - A Game of Thrones
House Clegane?
Still asking for AGOT cultures and religions.
History of House Blackwood!!!!
Theon Stark would be cool.
History of Free Folk and the Night's Watch would be cool. Lots of mysteries and lore have happened at the Wall and beyond.
Stark lord: “Southern loyalty is only skin deep!”
Lord Bolton: “I should know”
Stark lord: “wait what”
But WAIT! There isn't REALLY. a house Bolton, it's just the same immortal vampire changing skins every 50 yeras or so.
Stop spoiling Winds smh
NGL, I know this is a joke theory, but now I'm imagining a story from the perspective of someone in Ramsay's position (not necessarily Ramsay himself, he's somewhat lacking in Protagonist Energy), being legitimised and then gradually finding out that "Dad" is actually a staggeringly old, completely inhuman monster, and all the 'gifts' he's given the kid are just to set him up as the 'heir' for when Daddy Dearest commits Ye Olde Identitye Thefte.
It is known.
Well, that's a view.
But I've never heard of vampires putting their time, energy and theories into REMOVING blood from themselves.
Funny sort of vampire that'd make him.
Sort of like someone who wants to be pretty throwing acid on their face.
I genuinely love this little relationship between Fantasy Quinn lol
I have a gut feeling that the flaying had a more magical purpose in the ancient days, but like so much magic and history in the ASOIAF, it’s been lost to time
It can be assumed that the flaying practiced by the Bolton family has its roots in the early religious traditions of the First Men. There is evidence that in ancient times, long before the Andal invasion, the First Men brought bloody sacrifices to their gods. There was also a special method of execution: the criminal was brought to the godswood, where he was dismembered and pieces of his body were hung on the branches of a sacred tree. There are several lines dedicated to this in "The World of Ice and Fire" in the chapter about North and there is nothing specifically about flaying, but it can be assumed that the content of these religious practices varied among different houses and clans.
I said this in another video, but I recently came to believe that Ramsay is a symbol of who Roose really is on the inside. The cold calm personality is partially an act. We all know, behind closed doors, Roose is just as crazy as Ramsay, only better at hiding it. We see Roose show anger for the first time at the end of ADWD. He’s losing control, mask is slipping. I wonder if we’ll see the mask fall off completely in TWOW.
Dawg I’m wondering if we’ll see TWOW to begin with, dude’s been stuck with his mask about to slip for like 13 years now?
He doesn't just show anger at the end of Dance - he also shows fear
That's why I think he leeches himself, so that he can control his emotions when he wants to skin alive in the moment. Hells the story he tells Theon about how he forced himself on the miller girl whilst her husband hung from the tree is pretty sadistic.
I do hope the books keep the idea of Ramsey Killing Roose. It’s exactly what he would do. Not in front of House Umber and Karstark…
@@theArab__I think we’ll get TWOW but no chance the series is ever finished. He’d have to have been writing both at the same time with his HotD stuff and tons of other projects.
You just know sometime after the Bolton’s bent the knee to Theon Stark and helped push back the Andals some other stark Bannerman went to King Theon and was like “Sir the Bolton’s are still flaying after you told them to stop”. And Theon not wanting to rock the boat of such a powerful, not to mention new, vassal probably said something like “well their enemies are now our enemies so let them flay away”
Yeah, but when you eventually have negotiate a peace deal, or even an alliance with these “enemies”
@jsizemo. Even that would work in the Starks favor. Most of the houses in the North are not very smart and super hard headed so when trying to make a “King” a vassal it’s usually either they stubbornly keep saying no even in the face of extinction or get scared and bend the knees (usually when needing the Starks help with a bigger foe). So the Bolton’s flaying for the Starks instead of flaying THE Starks might bring new vassals running to bend the knee for protection and the people that would get mad double down and refuse to bend the knee where probably going to do that anyways and at lead you got the crazy flayers on your side lol
If it weren’t for the boltons, we would never have the legendary house Goodman, the House of Ser Twenty Goodman
Tbh, the fact that their House survived and was spared so many times while the Starks weren't afraid of making Houses they are relative to them go extinct over treachery is a bit ridiculous
Yeah, it is quite questionable, though. I've always figured just crippling House Bolton was their go-to method as they are the second most powerful house in the North. Not to mention that a lot of changes in terms of vassalage and land distribution would need to be done near the Last River if the Boltons were wiped out entirely. That probably doesn't entirely justify their continued existence, but it kinda smoothes things at least slightly over in my mind.
@@epsilon9739not every Bolton was bad just like not every stark was good. When you have thousands of years of families your bound to have great and horrible lords.
You'd be more hurt by the betrayel of family then strangers
babe wake up! a fantasy haven video has dropped!!!
Hell yeah!
Although I like both Roose and Ramsay as villains, I have to say that house Bolton always felt like an odd addition to the series. By that I mean that Martin always seemed to have tried to ground his fantasy world in reality as much as possible, yet there's Boltons who rule from castle called Dreadfort and have a sigil of flayed man. He might have as well called them house Redflag. I remember reading "Clash" and "Storm" and thinking to myself "Why is Robb trusting these guys when they're so obviously evil" and I assumed that twist would be that they're actually loyal to Robb and are just being a little weird. How wrong was I.
Domeric: "Hey... dad... have you seen our banners?"
Roose: "What? No! ... A bit..."
Domeric: "They've got *flayed men* on them."
Roose: "I don't, um..."
Domeric: "... Are *we* the baddies?"
@@JimRFF Ramsay would never be so self-aware!
Yeah, there are so many moments like that in the series that appear grim and realistic but after a while makes you question how the world really functions lol. Like the Ghiscaris are absolute monsters and everyone's the same!
Yeah I've always thought that too
@@JimRFFwould be perfect if you put Domeric instead of Ramsay
The flayed man of House Bolton - definitely the coolest banner from the series ✌
This is late but I want to applaud your for including the golden flecks in the green eyes for the Lannisters in their video. Nice attention to detail
Doing it for the eagle eyed fans like you 👀
@fantasyhaven1 I've only watched a few of your videos so far (after your collab with Quinn), but I can already tell you're a fiend for those little book details. Like in your House Tyrell vid I noticed you gave Renly his green eyes and jade stag crown. Books > show
Someone should write a skit about how the red wedding plans went down from their side. I can imagine how funny it must have been to them, for Rob to fall for it.
Def the coolest Villain House in ASOIAF imo, especially with their Red Armours, badass af!
Even though he killed Robb, there's a lot about Roose that I find intriguing. & there's one particular piece of artwork out there that makes Roose look almost vampiric. On the channel "DavidReadsASoIaF" he voices Roose's lines in exactly the voice I'd imagine Roose having. Such an enigmatic character.
When it comes to the game of thrones, the Boltons really do have their skin in the game.
Not gonna lie, after hearing what the Starks occasionally did to the main, male lines of some of their previous rivals in the North, (wiping them out, sometimes taking their daughters hostage and married for blood ties)
it always amazes me how House Bolton somehow got off the hook.
Especially when you hear about how much worse they were as rivals than just about any other rival/competitors the Starks had. They decimated all the male descendants, as well as the animla companions, of the Warg King and took his daughters as their wives, (as I explained earlier) partly due to wanting that Warg/Greenseer power for themselves to be even more special than the other lords and petty kings in the North.
But the Boltons? Who flayed Stark King's, their sons, allies and the likes for centuries? Nah, they just kept on doing whatever.
Keep in mind, I don't think anyone should wipe out Houses completely out of convenience, even if out of vengeance for something, but the fact the Boltons are just chilling after hearing all about these other cool houses that, in some cases, were just done dirty (like the Halloways under Maegors reign) and annihilated fully just seems wrong to me.
Life ain't always fair, but... damn man, that's insane.
I think GRRM wrote himself into a corner with some of the House histories
I don’t think every Bolton is bad, the last red king helped the sharks defeat the andals. History always remembers the worst things instead of the good!
@nathanhursey6779
Oh, I agree they had some good people among them.
As I said, I'd rather no house get wiped out at all. Just saying, Boltons have a track record compared to the previous House's that the Starks and other houses have ended.
@fantasyhaven1
Yeah, probably 😅 Boltons got some insane stuff in their history. But, as the other guy said, Boltons have come to the rescue at times... or at least the one time
@@thalmoragent9344 Bolton's have a positive track record, guys is by the time of ned loyal for some centuries at least
It is said… this video flays err slays ❣️
Domeric will forever be a character that I'll always be interested in. There's little information on him, but from what little info that we have it seems like he was a good lad, a sharp contrast to his cruel and cold father. I wonder what kind of relation he had with Roose. Also one personal thing. Around 3:18 a new music piece starys playing, and I've been looking for its name for AGES. Recently I even started thinking that I just made it up and it didn't actually exist because I couldn't find the videos where I heard it. So does anyone know what its called? I'd be eternaly greatful.
Edit: I have found it in the link in description. Took some time to find but it was worth. Finally, after all these years! It's called ,,The Pyre" if anyone was interested. Thank you for helping me find this lost piece Fantasy Haven. If I could subscribe twice, I would.
Thanks for the kind words! Yes, the music is The Pyre by Kevin McLeod
I’ve seen the theory Domeric may actually have been the son of Bethany Ryswell and Brandon Stark, and really it was she and Brandon that used to fool around together in their youth. While Lady Dustin was only claiming ownership of the young love affair with Brandon and his taking her maidenhead to shield her sister’s reputation. And this could be why Domeric was so completely different from the rest of his family, and also why he could command and ride a horse well enough to even rival Lyanna Stark.
I know Stark genes are very distinct but other stronger genes override theirs, as we see with the Stark children mostly having the Tully appearance. So it’s possible the same is true with Domeric.
@@laileleneirose7966or perhaps cuz he was less under influence of roose? As he wasn't so Psychologically affected by him, & he has been squiring here & there such as his aunt or lord so he was taking lessons more from them... Jaime is a better version of himself when he's away from cersie or tywin
Is it condition that good people don't exist in house of bad people? Or having bad father?
Anyone can be a good horserider it's not genetic
Roose sending an army to die In duskendale is quite a drarklyn scheme
Literally.
The darklingest scheme of all
Maybe you could do a video about the history of House Tarly?
Good suggestion
@@fantasyhaven1I second this. House Tarly has a crazy origin story. And they are regular badasses.
New fantasy haven video just dropped
2:05 Awesome reference to Vlad Tepes here!
In the Blue Winter Rose supposedly after Bales son (Lord Stark) grows up he kills Bale at the Frozen Fjord but then Lord Stark was supposedly killed by by one of his lords with his skin being peeled off and worn as a cloak. I wonder if the Boltons made their way into the Stark lineage…
I lone the Bolton aesthetics is so edge but cool at the same time. I think Whycreate put it best “house Bolton is like vampire mixed with werewolf hunters”
Agh finally some good entertainment ti watch while taking the night bus home from the city
I love fantasy haven really getting be through til new House of the dragon gets released
I would suggest a video about the differences between Stannis in the books and in the TV show
Always a good day when Fantasy Haven posts
Great video as always Lord Haven keep it up! Kind of niche but I think a look into all the weird islands and isles that surround Westeros (I.e. Skagos, the Three Sisters, the Stepstones, etc) and the kind of lifestyle and culture these small dots on the map have and how they affect the westerosi mainland.
I love this idea
Fantastic video as always Lord Haven looking forward to your glorious House Blackfyre video along with all future videos
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Great video! I learned a few new things about the Boltons that I was previously unaware of from this upload. Roose is definitely a more interesting character than his sadistic, bastard son Ramsay. Top notch MS paint as always!!! Thanks for the informative entertainment :)
Thanks!
I find the absence of the Boltons in the last several hundreds years of ASOIAF history somewhat questionable. They are a powerful house in the North so you'd think they would at least warrant a mention at some point in the last 300 years beyond just Barba Bolton. Nothing about any Lord Bolton during the Troubles or the Dance or Reymond Redbeard's invasion. Nothing about Roose Bolton's father or any siblings or of-course his first wife.
I wonder if GRRM just lost interest in House Bolton or if he's left them out because more about them is intended to be revealed in the struggles yet to be resolved in the North during the main story.
The north is pretty isolated compared to the other kingdoms. It doesn't really come up that often in Fire and Blood
Bolton's were prolly pacifist guys
I have been waiting for this
Great video!!
Like these videos. But one thing I would like to see are any real life historical counterparts to these different houses, in particular the Boltons.
Definitely gonna do historical counterpart videos in the future
It is said...that Fantasy Haven delivers on his promise of new animated videos ❤
Great vid
Love your videos man keep up the good work ! Would love a video on the Royces, this house sounds so epic but we don't have that much lore in the books about them
Thanks! Good suggestion
thank you very much for payin attention to my comment ❤
No problem 😊
Perfect timing to get hyped for the House Bolton release in the miniatures game
I discovered your channel yesterday while being sick in bed. I subscribed today while still being sick in bed. I love your videos. They are so much fun to watch. BTW, I absolutely adore your fake ad reads! Don't ever stop them. Even if and when you get sponsorships.
Thanks!
Well met ser, summed up pretty well!!
How many Frey's still alive at Winterfell know that Roose was involved in the planning of the Red Wedding? Ramsey doesn't need a king to legitimize him if Roose claims him. In theory, Ramsey would only need a king's declaration if his father refused to recognize him. It seems like Roose is setting Ramsey up somehow. Is it possible that Roose is setting himself up to look like a victim of Lannister's/Ramsey? He's up to something, for sure. I don't know if he will succeed, though, since he isn't one of the snowmen on the wall. I feel like Lady Dustin is going to be a part in it. Like maybe she is going to help Roose survive if Roose gives her Ramsey to bring to northern justice or something. I don't know! But Lady Dustin would NEVER being the same house, let alone the same room as Ramsey without some really strong personal reason was my impression. These pre-released chapters aren't in order...there are some missing in between them. All that weird crap with Theon hanging in a room with Stannis...wtf? THAT was shadey as all hell. Like the WHOLE chapter. Stannis talking all that crap in front of Theon, making SURE the birds stayed in the room...even talking to them! Asha Greyjoy talking sheet to Stannis-it ALL feels like an intentionally set scene for someone NOT in the room but who is known to be listening. I'm probably wrong but my brain says something crazy is afoot. If Roose has a plan, and he succeeds in it, his downfall would almost have to be Lady Stoneheart.
This was a fantastic video! I think one video that could be interesting would be to go over some of the deep lore for houses in the reach. Figures like Garth Greenhand and the storied history of the Gardener kings, or Rowan Goldtree and the story of her lover and the grove she planted come to mind.
Cool idea
I would love to see a video on the Starks lords bannerman. Perhaps a single video about the Umbers, Karstatks, Cerwyns, et al. A video about any one of the houses would most likely be a thin gruel but a video about any number of the Northern houses taken all together would most like make for a hardy stew. I would be interested in knowing the rivalries between the various houses, how they came into service for the Starks and all the betrayals, ambitions and notable lords of the Northern houses in Service to the Starks.
House Umbar would make a cool video, especially since you’ve already done two Northern houses
Really good video I wonder how many kingdoms were in the north alone back in the age of heroes
The ones mentioned in history are the Crannog Kings, Winter Kings, Barrow Kings and Red Kings, but there might be even more of them.
Just before I had to get more sleep I had to watch This 😊
5:49 He’s the principal of Springfield Elementary School.
So the Boltons have white irises? I remember that Roose has them in the books but I didn’t realize that was a hereditary trait of their house. The surviving Starks need to drive them out of the North.
IMO detailed discussion about how the economy of westeros works, would be great
Tbf Roose had reasons to betray Robb. But yeah Ramsay should die the worst death possible!
great animation
House Bolton's words should be "Our Plot-armor is strong"
My personal theory, or at least what I think would be interesting on a literary aspect, is that King Stannis succeeds in overthrowing the Boltons and takes Winterfell, but Ramsey escapes. Roose is burned alive for his crimes, and Ramsey makes his way to the Wall as the rest of the North rises up with Stannis and takes the Dreadfort. No place to go. Then Ramsey gets the famous epilogue and we finally get inside his mind. But being an epilogue, it’s also his end, and he’s killed by an Other and we finally get to experience him feeling actual fear as he’s killed or something.
Interesting 👀
The Boltons have some of my favorite House Words: "Our Blades Are Sharp"
No bravado, no warning of supernatural happenings, just a simple statement of fact. One that has some scary implications.
I always found it weird how the book goes on and on about Roose and thin almost non existent lips and Ramsay’s fat, wormy lips. I think they’re not related at all and Roose just got grifted by some peasant woman. By the way, do we even know if Ramsay’s mother is still alive or any hints that she might show up later in the story?
My assumption is that she's dead but we don't know for sure
But the eyes
Great Video u Mist say the boltons are one of the few Lords Who have the "Guts" to Rebel XD....
WE need a video about House crab i mean they say that this is a House of necromancers but thats Just rumors right?
Cool video but just asking are you still making those all houses in Westeros videos if so I can’t wait for the other ones
riverlands, north, the vale, and the reach.
Yes! The Riverlands video is next
@@fantasyhaven1awesome thanks
Mountain clans of the north and vale video 🙏🏽
Can you make a video about the sword Dawn?? ❤
I think a Stannis' video would be great
Any way you could do a Blackwood history video?
Pls make a vid of the life of Ser Bronn of the Blackwater
Can you do a video about house Royce
Could u do bronze kings next plz?
Sounds good! Keep an eye on January...
Bro i just wanna say, that you are really good content creator, as a viewer i can feel your passion and investment regarding GOT. Unfortunaly you are a "little late to the party", regarding the hype of the topic. You doing great, keep it up👍
Thanks for the support
why were the greystarks extinct while the boltons were left alive?
A age of Heroes video could be pretty cool
My comment feeds the fantasy haven algorithm 🐉🐲
Hell yeah LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO
Have you done a video on house Mormont yet?
Not yet 👀
Make a video about house Gardner
First to take the black!!!
But was it infront of the weirwood?
I’d like to see a video about how TWOW will be about the end of the world. Volcanoes erupting like in Valeria, winter killing and disease everywhere. The sun will rise in the east and set in the west after the next book.
Boltons are proof ASOIAF is more of a fairytale than historical fiction. In a realistic world the Boltons would have been disowned a million times, yet here they still are
The boltons are the ecample of why the southerners sees the northerners as savages, heathen and untrustworthy martial people, ned was the exception of the exception since even the old starks was prolly like the Bolton's in their cruelty and display of violence.
And the boltons are extremely loyal, guys was vassals of the starks for thousand of years with just three major rebellion in the count, by the time of ned they are example vassals
‘His use leeches earned Roose the epitaph ‘Lord Succ’, but after a number of disappearances and reports of agonized screaming from the Dreadfort, popular culture amended this to ‘The Leech Lord.’’
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Can anyone offer help. My got ck3 keeps crashing… really want to play it and it is irritating
Are your patreon videos on CZcams too? Idk how patreon works or what it even is so i really wanna knowಠ﹏ಠ
My Patreon videos are exclusively on Patreon! ☺️
@@fantasyhaven1 ohh i see (. ❛ o ❛.)
skinner plays the lute for anyone who didn't know.
I've heard their fish fillets are very tasty.
With eyes those big, your characters are easy targets
You know, of all the characters in ASOIAF to share a name with me, it has to be a fucking Bolton
Video idea: is Pod alive in TWoW?
Please play a series as house oakheart in the reach plzzzz 😢😂
I personally like the theory that Theon is actually the 3rd Reek. This theory has it that Ramsay turned his sweet brother Domeric into the second Reek and Domeric/Reek was the one Ramsay switched places with to avoid being killed by the Stark's men.
Algormancy!
I know they are cartoonishly evil but they're so cool for whatever reason, the northern terror.
Also, I would really love to see your take on the dreadfort or any other castles. I do not mind you using the show one though
The Boltons have always been my favorite house! I know there horrible I just think there scary and cool. I hope one Bolton makes it through the story but that probably won’t happen.
Boltons are the best villains ever. Our blades are sharp🩸
I hope the starks comes back, retake winterfell and the north, kills all Boltons and deconstructs the dreadfort.
Base
GREYSTARKS NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!
Were did you get the information before the books?
World of Ice and Fire I think
Thanks
Don’t forget Fire and Blood! For the Aegon III info I think.
Boltons would had been powerful allies of the Starks had they been loyal. Such a contrast between Ramsay and Domeric
Every Reach House explained when?
One day
Flayed man it's definitely some sort of anti-skinned Walker, magic thing, from the Age of Heroes.