re: Game of Thrones S5:E8:"Hardhome", HODORS ONLY(No Book Readers)

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Who made john snow's sword? Surely it has dragon glass, no?

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Just looked it up for a lil fyi...

Longclaw

For five centuries the Valyrian steel sword Longclaw was carried by the Lords of Bear Island in the service of the Starks of Winterfell. Passed from father to son, the hand-and-a-half sword - called a bastard sword by the uncouth - had a great history while in their possession. That came to an end, however, when the last lord of the House, Jorah Mormont, was disgraced and fled Lord Stark's justice. Jorah went into exile, but left behind the sword which then found its way back to his father, Jeor, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.

Longclaw was kept out of sight, until the fateful night came when a wight - a dead man brought to life by creatures out of nightmarish legend - sought to throttle the Old Bear in his sleep. It was his steward, Jon Snow, and Snow's albino direwolf Ghost who rescued him by setting the wight ablaze. Though part of Lord Jeor's apartments were burned down following this, the fire would need to have burned a hundred times hotter to harm the blade that was forged in old Valyria before the Doom. The ancient silver bear's head pommel and the hilt was burned, but these were replaced at the Old Bear's command with something befitting Snow. Given the sword, now adorned with a wolf's head pommel, and the opportunity to rename it as a gift. Jon Snow responded that wolves have claws just as bears do, and kept the proud name as it was

Idk cersei seems screwed. The only way she gets out of it is if tomen grows a pair and fights them

Or Zombie-Mountain does something.

Cersei's measter said "the work continues" as he was leaving her cell, which I took as code for him saying that he's going to do something with the Mountain.

Yep, that's what I was thinking.

Zombie Mountain gonna wreck the place.

Is Jon Snow considered to be the best fighter/swordsman? He's the only one that I've seen go toe to toe with those elite ice people and multitudes of ice zombies.

I don't think Barristan Selmy, Hound, Mountain, Bronn, Brienne could even hang with Snow.

Selmy would destroy Jon Snow

Jon Snow's best attribute is not dying. He admitted Robb was the better swordsman in season 3 I think.

He does what it takes to survive, whether it's lucky, cheap, or whatever. He stabs ppl in the back, lucks into having a Dragon blade, and has kids arrowing fools blindside on his behalf .

Jaime was legit with a sword pre-nub.

Jon has the benefit of a Zombie destroying sword


I love Jon Snow but in a single combat, Selmy would eat his lunch


Ned stark was scared shitless of Selmy. He was by far the best swordsman in the world before his death

Even at his age tho?