by watching the series, I never realized that Essos is multiple times the size of Westeros
@skiptomile
29 күн бұрын
Like asia
@MbisonBalrog
29 күн бұрын
It isn’t. Westeros is also big. Dorne to the wall is like Pentos to Asshai.
@antuan9325
29 күн бұрын
I think if GRRM was not as lazy as he is at the moment, he could write at least two more GoT for the Eastern Continent.
@waffleosaurus1
29 күн бұрын
@@MbisonBalrogno it’s much more
@jamesawwyea
29 күн бұрын
Even with the lands of always winter?
@jadduck
29 күн бұрын
The fact that the entire franchise takes place mostly on Westeros when there is an entire continent 3x its size... the possibility of other stories is limitless. Even though it would never happen, I would love to see George write a story about Yi Ti or one of the other eastern parts of Essos. Could even CGI some Wyrms or Wyverns since Dragons are not the only "mythical" creatures in the GOT universe.
@skittlez10035
26 күн бұрын
please god no lets hope he finishes winds of winter and song of spring before he dies first which is probably asking for a lot
@jarrah580
25 күн бұрын
I'm sure George could pull it off, but from this video Yi Ti sounds like one of the most boring places in the world. It is literally just medieval China.
@clownofthetimes6727
25 күн бұрын
@@skittlez10035 George appears addicted to money. GOT has made him that money. We are never going back.
@ANTIStraussian
24 күн бұрын
@@jarrah580China had a lot of cool stuff happen plus a wall to keep out white walkers too lol.
@subutaynoyan5372
24 күн бұрын
It's actually embedded deep in the narrative that all this started in far east
@internetguy8075
26 күн бұрын
I love the copious inspiration George RR Martin took from real world prehistory and history and how he remixed it to create a world that feels familiar but magical. It hits the escapism sweet spot for me.
@justadummy8076
16 күн бұрын
I believe he said something to the effect of: “Good fantasy is just history with a little bit of magic”
@Zazzell-v2s
19 күн бұрын
people are surprised by the size of Essos... wait to hear about Sothoryos
@conwaytwittyer2667
12 күн бұрын
When people find out the Summer Isles are actually a lot more important than they seem
@kylezdancewicz7346
8 күн бұрын
Sothoryos is literally so big its size is unknown except the coast. But this is all in consideration that Westeros and essos are just the northern hemisphere
@paimonisfood4986
7 күн бұрын
It's full of Dinosaurs so ehh
@fant2sy
28 күн бұрын
you forgot to mention that the children of the forest also tried to destroy the neck (the south part of the north ) but their magic was weakend and the spell caused the region to become a swamp
@Dani_1012
24 күн бұрын
Woah thats cool 😮 in which of the books is that info from?
@codeine69
23 күн бұрын
this sounds like something a maester guessed
@bartoszboboryko4684
16 күн бұрын
@@codeine69moot Cailin proves this kinda, as it is special place
@UncleRuckus2134
3 күн бұрын
Missandei is a children of the forest.
@hqrueck
21 күн бұрын
7:19 Aegon’s conquest actually started in 2 BC, not 1 AC. The calendar starts after Aegon’s conquest ended, when he was officially crowned at the Starry Sept in Oldtown, two years after the conquest began
@battousaihimura
11 күн бұрын
Makes you respect how much ground Daenerys has covered from the east of Essos to the west of Westeros, while still going to the north and south of these regions as well. All that travel and recruiting, impressive indeed of her! 😮
@tadasdovii8262
3 күн бұрын
You cant imagine how stupid it look from logistic.
@keetabbodcast
28 күн бұрын
I want to see a show about the old Valerya.
@conwaytwittyer2667
12 күн бұрын
Sounds like an accountant’s nightmare
@fullmetaltheorist
15 күн бұрын
It's interesting how in Lord of the Rings magic is disappearing from the world while in Game of Thrones, magic comes back into the world after long being forgotten by the people. I'm personally invested in Bran's story more than anyone else cause it gets into the magic aspects more.
@LordOfBanners
29 күн бұрын
Its crazy to think that all of this was made by 1 man
@kylewalker641
29 күн бұрын
*J. R. Tolkien has entered the chat*
@exia4171
29 күн бұрын
@@kylewalker641 both are GOAT
@naturalbornpatriot6369
29 күн бұрын
You should try Tolkiens works. Check out the significance of the 3 strands of hair that Galadriel gave to Gimli, for instance.
@sasori100x
28 күн бұрын
he takes everything from history, GRRM is huge history buff and it's easy when even looking at just the geography to see that he is remodling the old world into a fantasy one for his own enjoyment. He's got a lot of source material he picks from.
@stevendalgamouni7594
28 күн бұрын
it's a shame that he is slowing down on his writing.. but I guess everyone needs a break at one point 🤷♂️
@user-rx6sv2ey4p
29 күн бұрын
george doing everything else than completing the series
@hughjaenus2235
24 күн бұрын
Well he's not obliged to finish the series, writing takes long and he's quite old now, if i was his age I'd chill and watch tv too instead of working
@faustvii3692
23 күн бұрын
Soon, AI will be surely advanced enough to bring the series to an end even better than grrm could
@latinoheat300
20 күн бұрын
@@hughjaenus2235 then the very least he could do is announce his giving up. Rather than the incessant "working on it guys..." he keeps spouting.
@milo-gd3ml
19 күн бұрын
@@faustvii3692 Never speak again please
@einflinkeswiesel2695
15 күн бұрын
@@hughjaenus2235 then he will still be remembered as the "guy who didn't finish his story"
@Kildat1
26 күн бұрын
Yi Ti, Asshai and everything around it sound interesting
@ethancrossett6328
29 күн бұрын
Dragonstone wasn't founded by House Targaryen. It was one of many valyrian fortress. it just happen to be on westero and was safe from the effects of the doom and the power vacuum that was left behind when the rest of the valyrian houses die.
@ANTIStraussian
24 күн бұрын
Did their family make the sick looking castle?
@teacherhomieg
22 күн бұрын
I thought it was founded by House Valeryon? A lesser House that had left prior to the Targaryens.
@s.i9050
18 күн бұрын
@@teacherhomieg Velaryons ruled the Driftmark, not the Dragonstone. But they are neighbors to one another, and before the Targaryens came to Westeros - the Velaryons are the first from Essos to take refuge there. Though, unlike Targaryens who were minor Dragonlord, House Velaryon originate as commoner there. They're more similar to Celtigars.
@pacoramon9468
21 күн бұрын
Westeros is a big continent, but most of it is North of the wall.
@cmac3530
29 күн бұрын
The seven kingdoms are: The North, The Vale, The Reach, The Stormlands, The Westerlands, Dorne and the Kingdom of Isles and Rivers. Which is currently split in two and ruled separately as the Iron islands and the Riverlands.
@sabastionlandberg2806
28 күн бұрын
So then the 6 kingdoms
@rowindejong3309
28 күн бұрын
@@sabastionlandberg2806 Count again.
@SouthJerzVillains
28 күн бұрын
@@sabastionlandberg2806still 7 bro lol
@jaydubbz8969
26 күн бұрын
Isnt it dorne and the 7 kingdoms? North, riverlands, vale, stormlands, westerlands, crownlands, and iron islands
@acmaiden5236
25 күн бұрын
Yea pretty sure there is crownland in the 7
@j1hnyny
29 күн бұрын
you forgot about the neandrathals / dwarves of the north of essos, and the entirety of the continent of southeros (aswell as the mysterious lands further to the west)
@anaam7662
24 күн бұрын
There's also a continent called ulthos.
@fergalstackstreams
28 күн бұрын
The Riverlands is not considered one of the Seven Kingdoms. The Iron Islands is the seventh, as the Riverlands was under its control when Aegon landed.
@codeine69
23 күн бұрын
also, George obviously designed the coasts of westeros and essos to look like puzzle pieces, so they were once one continent but drifted apart
@pobreprofe
21 күн бұрын
I wish I saw this before starting with the books. Thanks
@RocketRiley
21 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@StrobeFireStudios
26 күн бұрын
I can't believe GRRM won't finish the book after all of this wonderful history he's created.
@malahammer
29 күн бұрын
Aren't there rumours of white walker type beings in the extreme east of Essos
@phamalam8084
29 күн бұрын
Yes
@mikeyA435
29 күн бұрын
yea its probable that the five forts in Yi Ti were built to defend from them similarly to the wall in westeros but it doesnt really make sense if white walkers were created by children of the forest unless they lived out there at one point in time
@Edmuresrampantmanhood-dp3jd
29 күн бұрын
Yiti has it's own massive foritifcation protecting it's northern border called the five forts and there is talk of "demons" who follow the lion of night. We know that the last long night was a worldwide event because of other last hero myths told all over essos and westeros.
@SantomPh
29 күн бұрын
there are demons and shrykes and very strange men in the far east, though no one has actually seen one in the narrative
@JimmySilverFoot
29 күн бұрын
Yeah there is some kind of story about that. The 5 forts apparently serve the same purpose as the wall in westeros
@TG-Maverick22
17 күн бұрын
You just explained thousands and thousands of pages in one video. 100/100! That was awesome.
@13Sepulveda
23 күн бұрын
I want to see a show about Old Valyria & then the doom
@skeaneable
22 күн бұрын
oh so basically JRR Martin like Tolkien middle earth Westeros is basically a continent sized version of the British Isles
@dannguyen6263
19 күн бұрын
Like a good audiobook this is beautiful to fall asleep to
@thanib7796
29 күн бұрын
Very informational! Funny how I just got curious about the map of Westeros and here you are just having made a video about it.
@hugonongbri8100
18 күн бұрын
We need a show that focuses on Essos alone
@Zack-l6c
22 күн бұрын
A multiple season series is needed on the Essos. It's huge 🤯
@user-rx6sv2ey4p
29 күн бұрын
i know southeroys is not fully explored but its tip is still visible on the full map and so is the summer isles naarth and the rest of the small island they all have their own people and cultures
@maxi1ification
27 күн бұрын
Yeah but in the case of Sothoryos at least its presence is somewhat inconsequential other than as cryptic background references and a specific in-universe historical anecdote of a failed attempt at exploring it. So not surprised it was omitted.
@henrikkob97
28 күн бұрын
Now imagine an mmorpg on this map :o
@dillonchavez5390
26 күн бұрын
Essos seems huge but you wouldn't think it seeing as how Daenerys seems to always be in one part of the continent one day and then she's on the other by the next week even without her dragons.
@markanthony1004
6 күн бұрын
I love how it seems everything just takes much longer to advance compared to our own history. Like established civilizations over 10,000 years old and older but stuck in the middle age close to 5,000 years
@puneeth1443
25 күн бұрын
Wow we need a series on essos and it's cities.
@amadexi
22 күн бұрын
what is completely unrealistic is that houses remain essentially the same for thousands of years.
@stanzapalny2123
23 күн бұрын
So basically G.R.R. recreated the world map, with Westeros being North and South Americas - the "New World" where everyone migrated to, the Free Cities - various European countries, Valyria - Italy (fallen Roman Empire), and even the Asian steppes with Mongols (Jogos Nhai), China (Yunkai) and Japan (secretive Ashai) are where they should be.
@LFCYNWA-nv1zk
22 күн бұрын
I think Valyria is analogous to Atlantis.
@user-vl3wo8ts1k
20 күн бұрын
I believe he enlarged Britain to become Westeros and moved it from the north to where America is, but no Americans are actually present. North Wall is actually a Hadrian wall, with Scots being free folk and the War of Roses being the Hightower vs Targaryen fight (house of dragon storyline). Eurasia has being traslated to Essos condenced with mongol, China everything else + some of the mediterranean.
@wunsen2483
19 күн бұрын
Yeah to me the lap looks like westeros is great Britain, the wall being exactly where Hadrian's wall lies today, essos is what Europe looks like minus Scandinavia and the Iberian peninsula
@ironfist7789
16 күн бұрын
@@wunsen2483 yup, I haven't read the books, but it does look like that. I think the Celts came from Spain which is where Kent/Dorn connects to?
@zavala8055
16 күн бұрын
Doubt it. The wall is inspired by Hadrians Wall in the British Isles. The Celtics where considered "wild barbarians" by the Romans. The British Isles were also multiple kingdoms that were eventually united into one.
@FAYAZKHAN-vd5ld
10 күн бұрын
Lot of stories are left to tell in the essos part 😬😎😮
@danieljames9322
26 күн бұрын
I'd really like to know about the other continents of Planetos
@ironfist7789
16 күн бұрын
Thanatos is coming to destroy it
@FLZY__
14 күн бұрын
Amazing video bro keep making more! Just got into the books and this brings it more to life for me
@DavidAnderson-m5c
23 күн бұрын
And on the seventh day, G-- I mean, GRRM, rested.
@MatthewShephard-tj1sp
6 күн бұрын
This need to be made into a free rome game when gaming graffics and controlls are elite
@benjaminngopwaamos6878
28 күн бұрын
Essos seems a far more interesting place to be in than Westeros. Seems like a place of pleasure and war, while Westeros seems like a place of warring.
@uptownpapi2911
28 күн бұрын
We need a sequel series
@FlixKey
26 күн бұрын
theres nothing left to do only thing is the past
@KrypteiaXi
26 күн бұрын
@@FlixKey the vast lands of Essos are unexplored.
@betterdaysareatoenailaway
21 күн бұрын
Great job!
@amampathak
24 күн бұрын
absolutely amazing work
@patenik2
28 күн бұрын
Amazingly done.. Well done
@freddiepacey9043
28 күн бұрын
great video, there is also the summer isles
@KaptifLaDistillerie
27 күн бұрын
Well now I want the Jogos Nhai and the Dothrakii to meet. Matriarchy nomads vs Patriarchy nomads sounds like something we'd see in a TV show in 2024 🤣
@milo-gd3ml
19 күн бұрын
I wish we knew more about Yi Ti
@virriathus
24 күн бұрын
I discovered your channel with this video 🤩, it would be interesting to create a "format" with explanations of world maps from different fictional universes.
@thabomashale6728
20 күн бұрын
seems To me that places like Yi ti represent real life countries like China, Mongolia, the middle east represented by valyria, pentos, astapor, yunkai etc
@themadmanwithapen
24 күн бұрын
Small correction at 8:06 , the Riverlands aren’t a kingdom, the Iron Islands are a kingdom. The seven kingdoms are the North, the Vale, the Iron Islands, the Westerlands, the Stormlands, the Reach, and Dorne. The Riverlands are their own region, but when Aegon conquered them, their king was the king of the Iron Islands.
@PhxSml
20 күн бұрын
I thought we didn’t know where the top of Essos ended. Weren’t there speculation that it connected to The Lands of Always Winter? There are stories very similar to the White Walkers happening in Essos a very long time ago
@conorchristmas6844
28 күн бұрын
The children of the forest created the white walkers? Or is that not confirmed?
@worlddd7777
27 күн бұрын
Not confirmed, there is also no Night King
@LordSebas
24 күн бұрын
There’s a story about the beginning of the first Long Night. It was a prince or a king form the East side of Essos, they fought some kind of creatures from the north east in a place in the map called The Five Forts. Look it up, it’s pretty cool.
@Real_2Phase
24 күн бұрын
That's something the showrunners made up
@conorchristmas6844
15 күн бұрын
Thanks everyone, I should read the books but I have tried and it’s not an easy read for my simplistic mind.
@DoomedKnight
15 күн бұрын
@@conorchristmas6844 Watch/listen to Alt Shwift X's Game of Thrones Abriged Series he cuts out all of the unneccesary info, very entertaining listen
@srdjanbozic3827
29 күн бұрын
It would be awesome if you could make video about beyond the wall and detailed map
@ilynpayne7491
19 күн бұрын
Brandon the builder is the MVP
@roballister5269
Күн бұрын
10/10 video. could u do a video just like this, from say, 5000 BC until idk, 1453 fall of constantinople of discovery of america (end of middle ages) ?? that'd be pretty cool
@thatpilatesguy
12 күн бұрын
These books would make a great animated series.
@Seven_Leaf
29 күн бұрын
Where is this Dothraki sea? I will sail the Iron Fleet across it and find the queen wherever she may be.
@aaronshinn7651
29 күн бұрын
nobody laugh. he throws people overboard for that.
@halvars90
27 күн бұрын
We need some series focusing the different areas of Essos. Also would be cool of a series set after the main events of the original show where they try to track down Drogon, bring the dragons back and exploring old Valeria.
@subutaynoyan5372
24 күн бұрын
There are theories that myths of this world are like myths in real world, they're not telling exactly what happened and the real reason why Arm of Dorne was broken was a natural disaster, that demolished a lot of places in the world. There's a reason why Pyke is as it is, why Neck is a very tight pass etc
@ayushraj7e7e3
Ай бұрын
Bro the series got spoiled dan and dave should have thought before writing
@mum-your
29 күн бұрын
just wait and watch ryan condol ruin hotd aswell
@zoeslounge95
29 күн бұрын
@@mum-your and Sarah Hess, can't forget her
@fergalstackstreams
28 күн бұрын
They were doing pretty well before they started running out of book material and it was obvious that despite their conversations with George, they had no real grasp on where the story was ultimately heading.
@abelnicolaebaritone
29 күн бұрын
Aegon could've easily conquered Essos too, once Westeros was stabilized and it's armies united.
@ocdopiedpower
27 күн бұрын
Westroes is like Europe and esses is like Asia 🌏 Asia is big and have many cultures and westens are thieves and and fight with each other
@AlbertoHernandez-ig7dc
22 күн бұрын
And there's still Sothoryos. Which is largely unexplored.
@ecclesiasticman4417
12 күн бұрын
8:04 Riverlands is a province. Iron Islands is the correct kingdom you should've said.
@reelando2x29
27 күн бұрын
Woah I didn't realized how big is the worldbuilding of this world. I thought Westeros was the only map it has. I hope we can explore those other locations in future Game of Thrones spin-off series.
@fullmetaltheorist
15 күн бұрын
There's a lot more than that. The map showm in this video still isn’t even half of the world.
@amonke4u
3 күн бұрын
You should do a timeline and path that Daenerys took from season 1-8
@anamariecameron7874
26 күн бұрын
we need to have a tv series about the children of the forest
@LiteratureInPictures
9 күн бұрын
This calls for an open world video game.
@thebionicledude
27 күн бұрын
Could you do this related to game of thrones great video btw super well done
@nima5961
7 күн бұрын
Ich hoffe ja noch auf ein Spin off mit Arya. Einer meiner absoluten Lieblingscharakter aus got
@azdai1814
14 күн бұрын
The drama in Esos is 1000x more interesting than westeros. More cultures, more cities, more creatures, more magic etc... Pls make a spinoff stories mainly on essos
@Lakedaimonios511
15 күн бұрын
Great! Please, tell us about Summer Islands, Ulthos and Sothoryos continents! What we know about?
@Installation00
2 күн бұрын
So Westeros is basically the UK and Essos is Europe and Asia.
@bsodiro
19 күн бұрын
GOT has a scene that shows the children of the forest creating the first white walker to fight against the first man.
@Kivancli79
22 күн бұрын
"but the city had a dark side ..." I watched Game of Thrones ... all 8 seasons / 73 episodes of it, and i could not spot a city that did not have an dark side. Infact all of it was dark. Cities, villages, towns, people, animals, dragons, giants, you name it. Was there even a "bright" city in the series?
@RC_Gaming_306
11 күн бұрын
There is also Sothoryos, a giant rainforest area said to be a land with no end, home to purple eyed lemurs called “little Valyrians”, giant King Kong like apes, Velociraptors, Wyverns (Smaller but fiercer and less fire breathing relatives of Dragons), The Summer Isles a chain of isles next to Sothoryos and Ulthos… nothing interesting to say about Ulthos
@niteshmurti
24 күн бұрын
Nice video
@petterbystrom9946
24 күн бұрын
You completely skipped over the breaking of the continent and creation of the neck. Arguably the most important single event in westeros history...
@bullgravy6906
5 күн бұрын
Where I have questions in the lore of GoT is why has technology not only had zero progression, but actually regressed? Thousands of years ago they had Valyrian steel, yet now almost no one can craft it? No other technological advances at all?
@naturalbornpatriot6369
29 күн бұрын
I am so glad you used their true names, or there lack of, the Others. Not "wwhyyte wahlkuhs"
@rogermazuca4582
26 күн бұрын
Reminds me of the way Mark Wahlberg would pronounce it 🤣
@TerryBursey
3 күн бұрын
King's Landing wasn't founded until Aegon's Conquest
@peasant4307
23 күн бұрын
So Theon and yara grey joy sailed south around Dorne to meet Dany in Meereen
@calebr9736
8 күн бұрын
There is a lot that crosses over with skyrim here (names in particular)
@hassanibrahim664
21 күн бұрын
Nice vedio, can you talk more about essos and the other contenent, we actually got bored of westros, we almost know everything about it
@andreashauschild7757
26 күн бұрын
In the series it is mentioned by the three eyed raven under the tree that the children of the forest created the white walkers during the war. Did not see that mentioned. Seems pretty important.
@Fidgottio
23 күн бұрын
That was made up for the TV series. It’s not in the books
@FasterDrivers
16 күн бұрын
So, England and Europe. Got it.
@satriosardjono6512
28 күн бұрын
Still wondering why CA still didn't make a total war game out of this..
@dolgacevairina69
28 күн бұрын
Now it's time to put smaller houses on the Westeros map
@vladimirsara9790
27 күн бұрын
whitewalkers were created by childer of the forrest to use the numbers of men against them, but they lost control of them and after that men and childer of the forest made peace to defeat whitewalkers - just to correct / fill in what you had in your vid.
@Andrea-sg7qp
26 күн бұрын
That was only in the TV show, there's no indication of that in the books.
@scarletkinkajou1
8 күн бұрын
I think it’s funny how captioning can get “Dothraki” correct but misspell “pact”
@viankit1
25 күн бұрын
Where is Naath?? Missandei's home.
@sauravsingh0603
20 күн бұрын
Wow how much creativity and deep thinking is neended for building a whole new world in your thoughts. Writers like martin, Tolkien & Rowling are just incredible It makes me sad that currently there is huge lack of creativity in india. I just wish there was good literature and fantasy compared to this although historically india had a very interesting literary culture but now most of the writers and filmmakers are clown who just imitate and copy others work and have no originality
@mr.piechipsandbakedbeans7967
23 күн бұрын
you should've mentioned that westeros is basically an inverted ireland below a great britian which is a bit deformed, but it's stil great britian and essos is basically turkey and the middle east.
@kungjocke9446
29 күн бұрын
"Riding hadn't been invented yet" LOL
@joeroscoe3708
27 күн бұрын
I think he meant "writing"
@azureablaze8721
20 күн бұрын
It is not about size but the representation. Westeros is analog to the medieval Europe, while Essos is analog to the aprox. medieval Asia. When it comes to size, they may be big as you want, it's imaginary any way.
@anmolaryal8062
10 күн бұрын
This guys is talking like he witnessed all of it 😂
@SNBUG
25 күн бұрын
Fact: Drogon completed 100% this map before returning to his mother
@MyBabyGirlMyWorld
25 күн бұрын
Are we supposed to take a test after watching GOT?
@Troy_z
6 күн бұрын
I never read the books and Just wondering is all this information from the original 5 books or from another source ?
@devilrecordsreborn5311
24 күн бұрын
L children of the forest destroying the arm of drone only ended up helping the first men by making trade to southern Essos easier and preventing Dothraki from invading Westeros.
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