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And I was charmed by the series of “walk and talks” that punctuate their travels, brief vignettes of characters like Sandor and Tormund interacting for the first time while marching toward their potential dooms. On the level of spectacle, “Beyond The Wall” is another series high point, with stellar work from returning director Alan Taylor, capturing the visceral battles that the seven men and several Red Shirts encounter on their journey. The result, though, struggles to live up to its billing. The pace of this season leaves no room for someone to argue that Cersei’s grasp of rational thinking is tenuous, leaving the plot to barrel forward through the Wall and into the tundra beyond. ![]() Last week’s episode, “Eastwatch,” never stops to explain why this is, or to have anyone question the logic at hand: it is just universally accepted that it is worth Jon and his compatriots risking their lives in order to secure a Wight and carry it back to King’s Landing. And so I didn’t spend a lot of time last week talking about how the “Kidnap a Wight” plan made no sense, because I wanted to wait and see how the plan manifested in the episode where it’s put into action.įrom the moment it was introduced, the plan was built on the tenuous notion that Cersei is more likely to agree to work together with Daenerys and Jon if she sees a Wight in person. The North has had no significant strength at sea since this time.When writing about a show week-to-week, sometimes you need to roll with the punches: as much as the nature of these reviews means I need to ”judge” an episode before knowing how the show builds on those developments, I always remain open to the show course correcting effectively when something seems a bit off. His son, Brandon the Burner, burned the remaining ships in grief and fury. The most famous explorer of the Sunset Sea was King Brandon Stark (the unknown number of his line), who sailed west with the most of the Northern fleet to find new lands and was never seen again. The sourcebook also mentions that Rhaenys Targaryen once dreamed of flying her dragon Meraxes as far across the Sunset Sea as she could go. A lighthouse known as the Lonely Light serves as the Farwynds' keep and provides guidance for any ships in the area. The World of Ice & Fire sourcebook mentions that there is a small cluster of islands located 8 days sail northwest of the main Iron Islands chain, ruled by House Farwynd. ![]() Stories told among the ironborn claim that sea dragons dwell beneath the waves, and one story told by the priests of the Drowned god claim that the ironborn themselves first emerged from beneath the Sunset Sea (though the latter is considered dubious, even among most ironborn). ![]() In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Sunset Sea is considered vast and uncrossable, and very little is known about what lies beyond it. ![]() Game of Thrones: Season 8Īrya fulfills her desire and sails into the west. Arya Stark tells the Braavosi actress Lady Crane about her desire to sail west and travel beyond the edge of the known world.
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