You don't build a thousand foot wall of black stone to keep out desert raiders.

Don't you think it could have been more interesting to the story if Dany had gone far East in quest on knowledge istead of stay in Meereen getting a little bit bored?

I really wish that Dany will go east instead of west, far more interesting.

Essos is far more mysterious and interesting than Westeros.

I dont think it is a coincidence that the Bloodstone Emperor story is almost identical to the Night's King. I really hope we get more stories fro the East

This could settle the argument about who's Azor Ahai since people usually go to either Daenerys or Jon, it could be both if there was more than one hero in history.

If there is one thing this video has convinced me of, is that I should really start reading Lovecraft.

So basically there are Murlocs and Khajit in GoT universe.

if they come from the north and the east then it seems to me when winter comes you just pack up and have a holiday in the summer isles

Aren't there also ruins on Sorthoros that are made of the black stone, and apparently nothing grows near them.

Walls? For what? Just send Arya to dangerous places. She will kill all and everything with a knife, because, you know, she had this training where she was blind :D

_"Bran seems like the most likely candidate."_ *Just you wait.*

The whole to go west you must go east thing seems like pretty solid evidence for this.

Do you think Patchface saw the Deep Ones?

I really appreciate all the work you put into your videos. The visuals you add along with your commentary really heighten the experience. Great work, keep it up.

While I do think that the others are coming from the east as well, I don't think Dany is going to have any part in stopping them GRRM has said we will not see asshai because it must remain this mysterious untapped land that is only heard about but never seen, I think this is the case for the entireity of the far east, including yi ti & the forts. There has been no mention of the forts, and no emphasis drawn towards the black stone I think that there will be a champion in the east that will drive out the others but that story is happening independent of the story of ASOIAF. GRRM wants to keep certain things hidden from us, and I think ASOIAF is a story about the iron throne, Dany ultimately will end up in westeros. The east's champion is probably from Yi Ti or asshai and their story is probably incredibly interesting but we won't see it in ASOIAF. I think vaes dothrakk & Qarth is the furthest east the story is going

Unfortunately GRRM said they aren't connected. but that still doesn't mean they didn't invade essos. Im thinking they did. I think its just something we'll just have to wait for. Eventually. Hopefully.

I like to play these videos while falling asleep, they're like an audiobook stimulating my imagination.

To go north, you must journey south, to reach the west you must go east. To go forward you must go back and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.

GOT a theory: the Titan of Braavos is a steam powered mech moved by wild fire furnaces, that's right it moves and it struts straight into that long night of darkness and blizzards. There's a meltdown and it fucking explodes into a green mushroom cloud. Fire beats ice, not with a whimper but a bang.

Really, really hope Dany goes east to reach the west, would be so much more interesting. So many mysteries we still know nothing about

Your videos have gotten waaay better since the last time I looked at your channel. This is crazy thought-provoking. Good work!

I love your narration. Combined with these mysterious stories I've got goosebumps everywhere.

This is my favourite of your theory videos so far, really fascinating! Admittedly, I've only seen three so I hope they're all as thought-provoking.

Finally, someone makes a video on this

Impressive knowledge of the lore, and kudos for drawing parallels with Lovecraft. Great vid...

this is an AWESOME video!! thanks for your knowledge of the song of ice and fire!! Keep the vids coming video bro

I've been telling my friends this forever! Thanks for making this video!

This is my theory: During The Long Night in Westeros, the dark magic of The Great Other came to Essos as well, and brought a long-lasting eternal darkness to the region. Beyond the Five Forts, there are mythical creatures and cities like Bonetown and Cities of The Bloodless Men, that could be allies to the dark god. With them and maybe wights from The Grey Waste which is a cold region of desert, they came and attacked Essos.

Great video my man. Always enjoy your stuff. Keep up the great work!

Dude your channel just got way better been waiting for someone to do a good video on the 5 fort

One of the best videos i have ever seen from you man! I love the Lovecraft references, deep ones and the oily black stone!!! Awesome!!! Also Asshai is said to be made from these oily, black stones that "drink the sunlight" i would love to see more videos about the far east of Essos such as Yi Ti and Yeen. It also wouldn't hurt to see some videos about Sothoryos and or Ulthos! Over all man, great vid! Keep em comin!

The five forts have always been one of the cooler areas in my opinion. I love hearing more about it.

LOVED this. I rediscovered this channel after listening to the Fire & Blood Livestream with In Deep Geek (which isn't new, but I watched it yesterday and it was great). I'm so happy to rediscover IOIAF. The music, the illustrations, the voice; it all just flows beautifully (and is f*cking creepy at points). There is definitely something deeply mysterious about the Far East of Essos. It's funny...because you hear of Asshai so often, you come to think of it in a different manner than the Far East in general, but it's *the* farthest point; Asshai Beyond the Shadow. Really intrigued with the idea that the Five Forts are another version of The Wall. Great points and ideas in this video. I would love to learn more in the next two books!

I can't get enough of your videos. My understanding of Quaithes strange navigating skills is that she is being literal, and circumnavigating the world would be a tactical and strategic approach that would be completely unexpected by Westeros.

Love it! I've often thought that the far end of Essos and the far north of Westeros were connected in some way. Even if by means of a land bridge. I love this video! I hope GRRM releases more information about Essos and other lands inside of Essos. It's a very fascinating continent.

Always love your vids Idea's. TY for doing them.

Really great video! This brings attention to the questions I'm dying to know the answers to. Well done 👍

Love your new videos with the pictures- keep it up!! It's all very professional

The way you think is much deeper anyother channels who make the theories on GOT or asoiaf I wish you good luck from making a video to writing something of your own

Wonderful job with the visuals and great insights. It's a fascinating theory.

just found your channel and am loving the videos, nice job man. keep up the great content!

I just got The Land of Ice and Fire, and haven't had much time to get deeply into it, but I really hope that we get some answers to these mysteries! GREAT video! I am really looking forward to finding out more about Essos, and it's deeper meaning in the story!

You pieced some things together I for one was confused about. Amazing! Thank you.

Nice one - great voice over, well written and articulated, interesting theory and good selection of artwork :)

Wow, great video. You stepped up your game big time, keep up the awesome work.

I have always been so curious about the 5 forts. They do kinda parallel the wall. Great video man seriously! :D

I loved this this, I've been wondering about the far east of Essos for a while and would love to see more about it. If you think it's topic worthy that is.

Great theory man. I'm loving all your videos!

This. Theory. Is. Brilliant!!!

This is exactly what ive been looking for and now after having been a fan of the show for so long, this actually makes sense!!

I've only recently found this channel after watching tour video on the great other and the white walkers... But i'm glad I've found it, great video!!

this is my favorite theory to date good work!

Really interesting theory & in the books this may play out, but not in the show. You have a really melodious voice, beautiful.....I could listen to you narrate anything all day....Thanks for the vid & have a nice day:)

Someone should ask George if his world lies on tectonic plates. What if Essos and Westeros WERE joined. Maybe there are small differences between Westeros' and Essos' Others, assuming the latter exists?

lots of people fussing about the sound\voice over. I thought it was great. Your voice is great for story telling. Keep up the good work! We appreciate it :)

Great food for thought! Thank you for your hard work!

I've gotten really sick of theory videos, but yours are very intelligent and well done. Keep it up.

Finally a decent video on this subject. Good work.

Great video, great theory, great connections! It works really well, expecially visually confronting the maps! Then oily black stone and ice both don't lool like something human friendly... Thanks for sharing, keep on with the good work!...

Great job on this video!

Great theory! Love the Dany thing. Can't wait to catch up on GoT and see how that panned out!

Magnificent work... You're so right about most thing that I'm starting to think that you know something we don't haha

You and Preston Jacobs need to work together, man. This video combined with some of his are enough to definitively prove some of these theories. Very impressed. Subscribed and will receive notifications.

The Grey Waste and Beyond the Wall probably connect to the Northern Icecap, and during the Long Night, the Other came down from the east and the west. And heros rose, Azor Ahai, the Last Hero, etc, to defeat them.

Great Video as always!

Awesome! I haven't read the books (yet), but have read just about everything written by Lovecraft I could get my hands on. I've often wondered why the similarities in GRR's world are hardly ever mentioned. As I might not have read the books, I'm still enough of a fantasy-geek to have looked at several maps and rely heavily on videos like these for more information on this world (until the series will end and I can start reading the books). Especially when I saw a city called K'dath way way east in between "Cannibal Sands" and an island called Leng to the south of that bit of land made me wonder about that part of GRR's world (and grin a little). Also the religion of the Drowned God and the depiction of the octopus made me think of some Cthulhu cult. Can't wait for more theories on this.

Outstanding video my friend. You are appreciated.

very clever analisys os scarce source material, grate work!

That's a good idea in relation to what Quaithe said. Nice work!

This video is wonderful. It's giving me new insights into the world of ice and fire. I would love to see stories set in Yi ti and the unknown world of Planetos.

G.R.R. Martin said that no, Westeros and Essos do not met. They are two separated continents.

A reason why the Others might only focus on Westeros the second time they appear? They lost the first time, right? Why divide their forces at all? Also, maybe they don't know how to get through the black stone, or can't? Maybe it's easier to get through the Wall. Maybe they got utterly destroyed in the East and then we're only just beaten back in the west and see the west as an easier target. I mean, the people in Asshai 8,000 years ago were still probably using that crazy magic they still use, and could have been a very powerful threat, and some believe that the Shadowlands are where Dragons originally came from, so that could have been a problem as well. Also, Yi Ti. No description needed. The East might just be too powerful. Honestly, if Dorne can fight off dragons, they can fight off anything.

maybe those sea monster are the one patchface meet

That begs the question is the desert in the east really a desert or a snowy desert and we just do not know enough? Could the others be adaptable beings that can shift to adapt to the elements? like great cold ice walkers, great heat desert walkers, and possibly even the marine race?

Maybe George has a thing for the Landbridge theory. Perhaps there was (and will be) an ice bridge connecting Essos and Westeros in the North. This bridge would only exist during the Long Winter. "You must go East to go West" Danny will be crossing the ice bridge to get back to Westeros, she will not be taking ships. That way she fulfills the prphecy and the Dothraki don't have to go on boats.

Great video! I'lll be looking forward for that on H.P. Lovecraft's influence. Saludos!

This is an awesome video, I doubt they will cover any of the east stuff on the show but on the books definatly

This is like Deja Vu last week I was looking over The World of Ice & Fire map specifically I was looking at the Five Forts & the lands of the far east & I too wondered if the Lands of Always Winter connect with the far east somehow, it seems likely considering the coincidences between the Wall & the Five Forts & the fact that there are legends of a Long Night & a hero with a flaming sword in the far east, it's fascinating. Another great video, I have now become a subscriber to your channel.

Brilliant video and makes total sense !

brilliant way of looking at this. great video.

Loved your video - the eastern region is too often neglected and the story of the 5 forts is so interesting

Maybe the Black Stone they speak of could be obsidian also known as dragonglass ? Obsidian is a form of glass, it's pitch black and just like normal glass it feel greasy and oily when you touch it (this is because glass is actually not a solid substance). We know that IRL obsidian is made due to vulcanic activity, and in ASOIAF it is the same. Dragonstone for exemple is vulcanic and it has lots of obsidian. But volcanos also appear under water, which could be how the Deep ones get their black stones. Also because of Obsidian being a form of glass it doesn't erode which means if you were to build a castle out of it (eg five forts) the castle would never crumble or fall in decay. The fact that the stone is described as smooth just makes it even more plausible that it is a form of glass. Also White Walkers can be killed with obsidian, could this be why the five forts are made out of it? To scare off the White walkers? We also know that obsidian is used for glass candles, could this be the black stone that Bloodstone worshipped? A simple glass candle, maybe Bloodstone saw the others through a glass candle and it made im go crazy and corrupted. Just like Saruman in Lotr who used the palantir to talk to sauron was corrupted.

So glad you brought up The Deep Ones. I have a theory years ago posted on Westeros. About Dragons and White Walkers fighting against t bc e Deep Ones. Ahhhhh Memories. I think it us too late in the story to introduce The deep ones as a major player in the story. But sounds cool. :)

hey I really enjoy the videos u do when u read first like this one and the werewolf tree etc.... please do more like them. I have never read the books but am a game of thrones junkie. your very talented with these. please do more like them. thank you.

George really build a huge diverse world. I hope he lives a long time and continues to expand this world he has created.

With the rebirth of magic, allows for ALL magic to be reborn, wouldn't that include these deep ones return, maybe when Aeron is praying for the Drowned God to beseech Euron, and who knows what can happens this prove to be true, me thinks some Cthulhu-esque deep one

I watched my daughter be born grow to start school , soon she'll be 6 going on seven that's the second grade and many breathes have blown by or swept things away yet the only chill is I feel is from the stillness awaiting the winds of winter.

I just discovered your channel and I'm really liking your theories! But if I could give you a suggestion it'd be to state the referral source (where in the books we can find that passage). So we can read/check yourselves and think about it! Keep up the good work.

seriously, awesome job

thanks dude for upload

That was really interesting...can't wait for the next installment.

This is a really cool theory and makes a lot of sense. It definitely seems to fit. George has responded t it though and said that we do not know how large this world is. That there are most likely other lands between Essos and Westeros. Which makes sense when you align the regions to their real world counterpart.

Omg this theory is so good! that would explain a lot tbh

This is pretty awesome! Somehow I've never come across this "Apocalypse from both sides of planetos" idea. Otherwise why wouldn't Westerosi move to Essos to escape the long winter? I haven't read AWOIAF so all the worldbuilding explanation was super helpful!

The Grey Waste and the Far North are connected !? Sir, I think you figured it out! Liked. Subscribed.

Man u seem to know everything , i am very impressed.

Brilliant.

Your playlist with LML is an all-time favourite, watched full list 4 times some video’s more 😅

Love your videos!