re: GoT S7 E4 "The Spoils of War" MAESTERS Thread

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Soldier boy, scale this vertical cliff that's 500 feet high. Seems legit

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Yeah, because no one in the thousands of years of Westeros history has ever had the need to have a lookout there somewhere. Huge stretch of land, breadbasket of the continent and no one ever thought, "Hey, if we build a lookout on one of these things, it will warn us if the Dornish, Iron Islanders, bandits etc come raiding."

Someone at some time would have built a lookout on the main road between Kingslanding and High Garden and Tarly would have used it.

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The Half-hand was beating him, even if it was a "pretend fight" where Half-hand knew he had to die, and I think Ghost helped him there. Mance, magicked to appear as Rattleshirt, beats him in a sparring match (I believe).

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He was like 16 fighting a guy in the Night's Watch, one of the best swordsman in the Night's Watch might I add. Mance was also a man of the Night's Watch and then King of the Wildlings. You don't get to be King of the Wildlings by not being a good swordsman. Jon Snow was a child during all this.

Did you see a lookout on top of any of those buttes? Any elevators? Invading armies would have to fight their way through other houses to even reach that point in the past- which would makes its way to KL.

You military strategists need to get a grip. "Jaime a hoarde is coming!" "Thanks, we'll just high tail it out of here!"

*cuts to tyrrion and davos playing a drinking game for 20 minutes*

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You have time to consolidate and prepare. Maybe build trenches or place stakes in front of your position. Have the anti-dragon scorpion ready to fire . . .

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I mean frick militaries today still use listening posts and observation posts.

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Mance was also a man of the Night's Watch and then King of the Wildlings. You don't get to be King of the Wildlings by not being a good swordsman.

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True, but he didn't unite all the Clans by the sword alone.

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Jon Snow was a child during all this.

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I said as much...he's only like 18 when we last see him in the books anyway.

Which doesn't make him the best swordsman in Westeros.

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You could see LF look at Arya after that sparing scene, he knows he has no chance with Sansa so will go after Arya's affections to try to get on the Iron Throne.

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LOL. No

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bro cmon don't tell everybody my reddit name

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Regarding the Arya and Brienne sword play: is the "Needle" made of Valaryian steel?

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I didn't think she was pissed, more afraid.

She realized that Arya is not the little brat sister she used to be and she's the warrior she always wanted to be

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I got the impression that she was pleased, like: "She really wasn't kidding about her list, I wish I could see the look on Cersei's face when my sister kills her."

no, but its quality is often commented upon. "castle forged steel"


however, I tend to agree with the hound "ser maryn is alive because he had armor and a big fricking sword"