Bend the Knee: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast

We finally got a casting announcement for the upcoming series The Hedge Knight aka The Tales of Dunk and Egg based off GRRMs work from A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms! Follow Jimmy: https://twitter.com/theFLOCKAVELI [https://twitter.com/theFLOCKAVELI] Matt's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/supergainsbros [https://linktr.ee/supergainsbros] The reread will continue! Join the discussion: https://www.facebook.com/BendtheKneePodcast/ [https://www.facebook.com/BendtheKneePodcast/] ***BTK UPDATES*** Subscribe to our YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/c/BendtheKnee [http://www.youtube.com/c/BendtheKnee] If you'd like to support the show, gain access to additional WESTEROS content, or LISTEN LIVE then hit us up at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee [https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee] EMAIL: BTKcast@gmail.com  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee [https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee] Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands] Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy [https://redcircle.com/privacy]

Six months later, Daemon has illegally occupied Castle Dragonstone. Prince-Admiral Craghas Drahar, known as the Crabfeeder, menaces the Stepstones archipelago [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipelago] at the Essos Triarchy's behest. The Small Council dismisses Rhaenyra's suggestion to show force and instead relegate her to appointing a new Kingsguard knight. Ignoring others' advice, she chooses Ser Criston, the only knight with actual battle experience. Ser Otto sends his teen-aged daughter, Lady Alicent, to console the grieving king; she advises Viserys to discuss his kingly duty to remarry with Rhaenyra. Lord Corlys and his wife, Princess Rhaenys, propose that Viserys unite their Valyrian houses by marrying their twelve-year-old daughter, Laena. Meanwhile, the Small Council learns that Daemon, proclaiming himself the true heir, stole a dragon egg and intends to marry his mistress, Mysaria, as a secondary spouse. Otto and a small detachment sail to Dragonstone to retrieve the egg. Rhaenyra follows on her dragon, Syrax, and forces Daemon to renounce his false claims and return the egg. Viserys announces his intention to wed Alicent, angering Corlys, who proposes an alliance to Daemon. Follow Jimmy: https://twitter.com/theFLOCKAVELI [https://twitter.com/theFLOCKAVELI] Matt's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/supergainsbros [https://linktr.ee/supergainsbros] The reread will continue! Join the discussion: https://www.facebook.com/BendtheKneePodcast/ [https://www.facebook.com/BendtheKneePodcast/] ***BTK UPDATES*** Subscribe to our YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/c/BendtheKnee [http://www.youtube.com/c/BendtheKnee] If you'd like to support the show, gain access to additional WESTEROS content, or LISTEN LIVE then hit us up at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee [https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee] EMAIL: BTKcast@gmail.com  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee [https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee] Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands] Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy [https://redcircle.com/privacy]

With both his sons dead, old King Jaehaerys I Targaryen convenes a Great Council to choose an heir. The Westerosi [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire] lords select Jaehaerys' eldest grandson, Prince Viserys, over Princess Rhaenys, the eldest grandchild. Nine years into his reign, King Viserys organizes a tournament to celebrate Queen Aemma Arryn's pregnancy, confident she is carrying his long-awaited male heir. The Small Council disregards Master of Ships Lord Corlys Velaryon's warning that the Triarchy, an alliance of Essos' Free Cities, threatens to cripple Westerosi shipping lanes. Hand of the King, Ser Otto Hightower, criticizes Viserys's brother and heir, Prince Daemon, for his brutality as the City Watch commander. At the tournament, the young, handsome Ser Criston Cole, a common-born knight, outcompetes Daemon. Meanwhile, Viserys sacrifices Aemma in childbirth, performing a C-section [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-section]. Their newborn son, Baelon, dies shortly after. Viserys refuses the council's pleas to appoint a new heir until Otto reveals that Daemon mockingly styled Baelon as, "The Heir for a Day." Outraged, Viserys banishes Daemon from King's Landing and appoints his only living child, Princess Rhaenyra, heir to the Iron Throne [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Throne_(A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire)], revealing to her Aegon the Conqueror's dream [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Walker] that inspired him to unify Westeros. Follow Jimmy: https://twitter.com/theFLOCKAVELI [https://twitter.com/theFLOCKAVELI] Matt's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/supergainsbros [https://linktr.ee/supergainsbros] The reread will continue! Join the discussion: https://www.facebook.com/BendtheKneePodcast/ [https://www.facebook.com/BendtheKneePodcast/] ***BTK UPDATES*** Subscribe to our YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/c/BendtheKnee [http://www.youtube.com/c/BendtheKnee] If you'd like to support the show, gain access to additional WESTEROS content, or LISTEN LIVE then hit us up at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee [https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee] EMAIL: BTKcast@gmail.com  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee [https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee] Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands] Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy [https://redcircle.com/privacy]

Not one but TWO new House of the Dragon Season 2 Trailers! Initial reaction and breakdown! Follow Jimmy: https://twitter.com/theFLOCKAVELI [https://twitter.com/theFLOCKAVELI] Matt's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/supergainsbros [https://linktr.ee/supergainsbros] The reread will continue! Join the discussion: https://www.facebook.com/BendtheKneePodcast/ [https://www.facebook.com/BendtheKneePodcast/] ***BTK UPDATES*** Subscribe to our YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/c/BendtheKnee [http://www.youtube.com/c/BendtheKnee] If you'd like to support the show, gain access to additional WESTEROS content, or LISTEN LIVE then hit us up at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee [https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee] EMAIL: BTKcast@gmail.com  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee [https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee] Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands] Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy [https://redcircle.com/privacy]

Follow Jimmy: https://twitter.com/theFLOCKAVELI [https://twitter.com/theFLOCKAVELI] Matt's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/supergainsbros [https://linktr.ee/supergainsbros] The reread will continue! Join the discussion: https://www.facebook.com/BendtheKneePodcast/ [https://www.facebook.com/BendtheKneePodcast/] ***BTK UPDATES*** Subscribe to our YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/c/BendtheKnee [http://www.youtube.com/c/BendtheKnee] If you'd like to support the show, gain access to additional WESTEROS content, or LISTEN LIVE then hit us up at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee [https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee] EMAIL: BTKcast@gmail.com  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee [https://www.patreon.com/bendtheknee] Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands] Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy [https://redcircle.com/privacy]