it all goes back and back

not dumb at all! i think it is never said outright, but pretty much confirmed that joff didn't kill ned on his own whim. the implication that it's littlefinger is the plot purpose of varys' riddle about power.

of course, tyrion and the audience is led to believe that the small man in question is tyrion, and while that's not entirely untrue, littlefinger fits the bill very well here.

acok, chapter 3, tyrion i

i asked this question and then immediately hit this exchange between tyrion and cersei which confirms this for me more strongly than varys' anecdote about power

joff confirming janos slynt as a lord is framed as a childish impulse in real time, but tywin blames his councelors

agot; chapter 69, tyrion ix

Phase 1

Game of Thrones

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House of the Dragon

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Jon Snow show (cancelled)

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Aegon the Conqueror movie (under development)

Corlys Velaryon animated prequel (under development)

Westerosi Warcraft (under development)

Phase 4

jaime lannister animated series fancast

- he mentions being able to put the color into the metal itself instead of using paint or enamel. i'm not a metallurgist but it seems kind of dubious? wouldn't it mess with the strength of the metal to just have random impurities in there?

- he made renly's armor and his antler snaps off when he falls during the hand's tourney

- they haven't said that the sword lysa had made for jon arryn, that she then gave to vardis egan for tyrion's trial by combat, was made by tobho mott but she did have it made at king's landing and it's such a flashy ornamented thing that it feels like it has to be a tobho mott original. and it snapped in two when he hit marble with it which i don't think is something swords usually do.

- thoros of myr gets his swords from him and they keep breaking and yeah it's probably just the wildfire he pours on them but maybe they're just shitty swords?