Starfall: will House Dayne save Westeros?

3,140,339
884
Published 2019-11-02
What’s up with House Dayne? Why did Arthur Dayne die at the tower of joy? Did Ashara Dayne love Ned Stark, or Brandon? Who is Wylla? What role will Ned Dayne and Darkstar play in the story? Is Dawn the original Lightbringer? Do the Daynes descend from the Great Empire of the Dawn?

Audible: www.audible.com/asx

Subscribe:    / @altshiftx  
Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/AltShiftX
Twitter: twitter.com/altshiftx

More Game of Thrones videos:    • Game of Thrones & A Song of Ice and Fire …
Rhaegar:    • Rhaegar: was Jon’s father the true he...  

Images and video from Game of Thrones used under fair use
Images from The World of Ice and Fire used with permission from Random House
Arthur, Ashara, Darkstar art by Bella Bergolts: www.deviantart.com/bellabergolts
Map by Klaradox: klaradox.de/en/
Great Empire of the Dawn art by Krzysztof Ostrowski: www.artstation.com/kostry
Arthur art by Mobo Boehme: www.artstation.com/artwork/xEwdX
King Arthur art: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Ernest_But…
Brandon Stark art by Mike Hallstein: mike-hallstein.deviantart.com/
Ashara falling (Sappho): commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gustave_Moreau_-_S…
Knight and lady: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leighton-God_Speed!.jpg
Ned Dayne art by Rae Lavergne: i-am-a-lady-damn-it.tumblr.com/
Rhaegar & Lyanna, Darkstar art by Mathia Arkoniel: www.deviantart.com/mathiaarkoniel
Nissa Nissa art by Amok: www.facebook.com/amokanet
Yi Ti art by Henrik Zähringer
Bloodstone Emperor art by Mandy Finke: www.instagram.com/mafin_art/
Amethyst Empress art by Oriana Wiesner: ownix.tumblr.com/
Amethyst: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amethyst._Magalies…
Five Forts art by Martin Höhnle

References & further reading:
GRRM on comics:    • Superheroes Decoded: The Thing | History  
History of Westeros on Daynes:    • House Dayne: Part 1 - Characters  
Lies and Arbor on Ashara: liesandarbor.tumblr.com/post/168572185867/a-fallin…
LML on Daynes and Great Empire of the Dawn: asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/127025-astron…

Special thanks to Patrons Reverend Xandria, Cameron Weiss, Michael Appell, Ryan Steele, Eric Louis-Dreyfus, Triangle Wine Company, Harry, Shane Veglia, Zach Gordon, DscoDan, Joel Soucy, Nikos Moraitakis, Ali Almuhanna, Steven Placencia, Ria McDoodle, Trace Mychal, Tim Cunniff, Simen Mikkelsen, doobieashtray, Livesundersink, Frank.

#GameOfThrones #ASOIAF

0:00 House Dayne
1:31 Arthur
3:34 Ashara
7:58 Edric & Wylla
10:47 Bleeding Star
14:43 Lightbringer
16:57 Darkstar
19:44 Great Empire

All Comments (21)
  • @EbonKim
    Jon Snow becomes worthy of Dawn, and gets offered it. Jon Snow: "I dun wannit."
  • @curtis1552
    I just realized how stacked Aerys' Kingsguard were. He probably had the 3 best swordsmen alive at the time. Arthur Dayne, Barristan Selmy, and Jaime Lannister.
  • @feroz0307
    10:20 So Howland Reed doesn't just collect artifacts and secrets, he collects all the missing characters as well? He's like the guys who are doing a 100% achievement run.
  • @TheTSense
    When some guy on youtube spends more time writing a 25 min video about some backstory family than two show writers on the whole finale
  • @joeschmoe3665
    I like how the Daynes hold such a mythological status even though their house doesn't play any part in the story
  • @oorrossie
    I love that Alt's accent makes it absolutely impossible to pick the difference between him saying "Dawn" and him saying "Dorne".
  • "Darkstar is a tryhard emo edgelord who wants everyone to know how dark and brooding he is." the most accurate description of Darkstar.
  • @kevenguimaraes
    “Rhaegar got hammered”. Well done, I actually laughed out loud at that one.
  • It's incredible how much Brandon Stark was personally close to Robert Baratheon (confident, full of themselves, hot head, fuckboys) and Ned was more close to Stannis.
  • I'm surprised you didn't mention the fact that Martin has said he's kept the Dayne family words a secret because they're too spoilery
  • @campbellsoup93
    Dude didn't have to rename the sword. It's entirely possible that both Dawn and Lightbringer are just translations of whatever its original name was. "Lightbringer" could be the name translated into the common tongue through a separate valyrian translation while "Dawn" was the translation through the old tongue into the common tongue. Same sword, same name, different languages. If the theory is correct of course.
  • @paidshill2206
    im certain the tourny of herrenhal is single most important event in the entire series.
  • @GodotOfficial
    If Arthur Dayne fought Ned Stark in Season 8, Arya would have just jumped in out of nowhere and stabbed him
  • @zamp7808
    "In the TV show Arya pulls a sneaky on the night king, but in the books...." we have actual storytelling, a consistent script, people not acting like idiots.
  • @carlosdiaz7573
    Man, the complexity of the books is overwhelming but so fun
  • " Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?" - Gerold Dayne