The Ghosts of Harrenhal: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast (ASOIAF)

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Join us, as we venture chapter-by-chapter through the books in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" (ASOIAF) series, by George R.R. Martin. We will discuss the details of a chapter, provide insights, give background information, and hit you with other tidbits that we find interesting. However, one thing we won't do is give spoilers! So come, let us be your guides on this epic journey. Follow us on Twitter at @GhostsHarrenhal, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, Discord, and YouTube!

  1. 2D AGO

    Chapter Sixty-Two - The Sacrifice - A Dance with Dragons | A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF)

    Send us Fan Mail Asha Greyjoy watches a preview of her own possible gruesome fate, listens as Stannis’ army argues over their best course of action, and has a most unexpected reunion. Mackelly and Simon must remember their names. Chapter Review: Asha Greyjoy stands, cold and hungry, as the Queen’s Men chain four naked men to poles before setting the men on fire. The condemned men’s crime was cannibalism. Asha isn’t surprised. The lords and knights have access to horse meat and a warm longhall. The smallfolk are left to starve and freeze. King Stannis attends with Arnolf Karstark at his side. After the show is over, Ser Clayton Suggs asks Asha if she enjoyed watching her own fate play out? He’s chased off by Aly Mormont and Ser Justin Massey. After Justin escorts Asha to the longhall for dinner, she eats horsemeat while noticing the clear divide between King Stannis’ army. The northmen sit on one side while the southrons sit on the other. When Justin begins to argue with the others about the best path forward, Arnolf says if they march on Winterfell they will defeat Bolton’s army within a moon’s turn. Justin disagrees, and when his courage is called into question, he storms out of the hall. Asha follows him out but is immediately lost in the snow. She’s once again accosted by Suggs. However, they’re distracted by the sound of horses. Out of the snow and night comes a band of riders. After a tense few moments, Tris Botley bends his knee in front of her. He and several other Iron Born were ransomed by Tycho Nestoris, who urgently needs to speak with King Stannis. When the Braavosi banker realizes who Asha is, he says he brought her a gift. He presents an old man and a young woman. Asha is confused until the old man calls her sister. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Asha Greyjoy - princess of the Iron Islands. Stannis Baratheon - Claimant to the Iron Throne, as Cersei's children aren't Robert's. Justin Massey - Knight of the Crownlands. Clayton Suggs - Knight and Queen’s Man. Arnolf Karstark - Castellan of Karhold, sworn to King Stannis. Tycho Nestoris - Envoy of the Iron Bank of Braavos. Support the show Support us: Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perksDonate to our causeUse our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of AudibleBuy or gift Marriott Bonvoy points through our affiliate linkRate and review us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and elsewhere. Find us on social media: DiscordTwitter @GhostsHarrenhalFacebookInstagramYouTubeAll Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden)  TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden)  YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M

    1h 6m

  2. APR 7

    Chapter Sixty-One - The Griffin Reborn - A Dance with Dragons | A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF)

    Send us Fan Mail Jon Connington retakes his ancestral home, pines for Rhaegar, plots his next move, and hopes that a splash of cheap plonk will keep the greyscale at bay. Simon and Mackelly celebrate the Westerly motion. Chapter Review: Jon Connington and the Golden Company successfully retake Griffin’s Roost. It wasn’t hard, security has become lax. Not all of the ships that set out have arrived, so the force is split between those liberating stormlands holdfasts and keeps, and those waiting at the intended landing site for stragglers. Prince Aegon is there. It’s nice to be home, but Connington is plagued by memories of Rhaegar, and how he failed his prince. He vows to do better by the son. His next aim is the considerably more ambitious target of Storm’s End. He sends for Aegon. \The prince arrives with more men and a few elephants that have arrived. The local holdfasts have all fallen easily but because no banners have flown no actionable intelligence should be getting out. Connington writes to Dorne announcing the news of Aegon’s return. The young prince is determined to be in the vanguard when they attack Storm’s End. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Aegon Targaryen - Teenage nephew of Danaerys. Believed murdered in the sack of King’s Landing. Jon Connington - exiled lord of Westeros. Loyal to the Targaryens. Raised young Griff as his foster child. Homeless Harry Strickland - Commander of the Golden Company Golden Company - Essos based company of sellswords. Trace their lineage back to the Blackfyre rebels.  Battle of the Bells - Fought at Stony Sept in the early days of Robert’s Rebellion. Griffin’s Roost - Seat of house Connington, in the Stormlands. Storm’s End - impregnable seat of house Baratheon in the Stormlands. Support the show Support us: Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perksDonate to our causeUse our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of AudibleBuy or gift Marriott Bonvoy points through our affiliate linkRate and review us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and elsewhere. Find us on social media: DiscordTwitter @GhostsHarrenhalFacebookInstagramYouTubeAll Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden)  TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden)  YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M

    1h 18m

  3. MAR 31

    Chapter Sixty - The Spurned Suitor - A Dance with Dragons | A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF)

    Send us Fan Mail Quentyn Martell stays in Meereen and offers the Tattered Prince his heart’s desire if the latter can help Quentyn to steal a dragon. Simon and Mackelly think that that might be quite risky. Chapter Review: Quentyn Martell and friends discuss Ser Baristan Selmy’s warning to go home. Quentyn is resolute, Daenerys’ words about the dragon having three heads has given him a glimmer of hope. His companions stay with him, but they’re less convinced. They arrange a meeting with the Tattered Prince, the leader of the Windblown sellsword company. He’s not overjoyed to treat with oath-breakers whose treachery has led to the ongoing incarceration of several of his loyal soldiers.  He finds it particularly galling when the young prince tries to make a pact with him, based on promises of future payment. The request? Oh the simple matter of aiding Quentyn in stealing a dragon. Well, in that case the payment would have to be the whole of Pentos. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Quentyn Martell - Eldest son, and second child of Prince Doran Martell of Dorne. Gerris Drinkwater “Dink” - Quentyn’s companion. Archibald Yronwood “Arch” - Final member of the trio. Windblown - Sellsword company that has entered the fight against Daenerys Targaryen. Tattered Prince - Captain of the Windblown. Daenerys Targaryen - Last remaining descendent of the royal Targaryen line, Stormborn, Mother of Dragons, claimant to the Iron Throne of Westeros, Queen of Meereen. Meereen - Largest of the major slaver cities of Slaver’s Bay. Hizdar zo Loraq - Ghiscari nobleman and King Consort to Daenerys. Support the show Support us: Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perksDonate to our causeUse our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of AudibleBuy or gift Marriott Bonvoy points through our affiliate linkRate and review us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and elsewhere. Find us on social media: DiscordTwitter @GhostsHarrenhalFacebookInstagramYouTubeAll Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden)  TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden)  YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M

    1h 2m

  4. MAR 24

    Chapter Fifty-Nine - The Discarded Knight - A Dance with Dragons | A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF)

    Send us Fan Mail Ser Barristan Selmy gets more dispirited by Hizdahr’s rule and suggests to Quentyn Martell that the Prince of Dorne should leave town. An idea Prince Quentyn isn’t a fan of. Simon and Mackelly try to think of alternatives. Chapter Review: With Queen Daenerys Targaryen still missing, Ser Barristan Selmy attends King Hizdahr zo Loraq’s court. He sees few friends and a lot of Hizdahr loyalists.   A delegation from the Yunkai besiegers arrive with a statement in the form of Admiral Groleo’s head. The decapitation pays the price for the death of Yurkhaz zo Yunzak, the Yunkish supreme commander, in the stampede that followed Drogon’s arrival. But the Wise Masters are reasonable men, and they return, unharmed, three of the hostages. Coincidentally, the three who are related to Hizdahr. Selmy warns Quentyn Martell that he will be framed for the attempted poisoning of Hizdahr, but Selmy appears to indicate that he knows the truth of things and that the new King may soon be deposed. Nevertheless, the Prince of Dorne should go home, he came too late. Quentyn asks Barristan the Bold what moniker he’ll receive if he returns to Dorne empty-handed. Quentyn the Wise, Barristan suggests. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Barristan Selmy - Former Lord Commander of the Kingsguard in King’s Landing. Now Lord Commander of the Dany’s Queensguard. Hizdahr zo Loraq - Noble of Meereen, husband to Daenerys. Skahaz mo Kandaq (aka The Shavepate) - Ghiscari noble, loyal to Daenerys and opposed to Hizdahr. Reznak mo Reznak - Ghiscari seneschal. Advisor to Daenerys and Hizdahr. Yurkhaz zo Yunkaz - Supreme commander of the Yunkish military force. Admiral Groleo - Long-suffering ally of Daenerys and Ilyrio Mopatis.  Meereen - Largest city on Slaver’s Bay. Support the show Support us: Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perksDonate to our causeUse our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of AudibleBuy or gift Marriott Bonvoy points through our affiliate linkRate and review us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and elsewhere. Find us on social media: DiscordTwitter @GhostsHarrenhalFacebookInstagramYouTubeAll Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden)  TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden)  YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M

    1h 11m

  5. MAR 17

    Chapter Fifty-Eight - Jon 12 - A Dance with Dragons | A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF)

    Send us Fan Mail Jon watches as more than three thousand Free Folk pass through the Wall. He also receives desperate news from Hardhome where Cotter Pyke’s mission is going very badly. Simon and Mackelly celebrate the good news and worry about the bad. Chapter Review: Lord Commander Jon Snow rides out to meet with Tormund north of the Wall. The wildling waves his people forward. They come in a great procession that takes the whole day to get through the Wall. More than three thousand in total. While they watch, the two men talk. Tormund says that the horn that was burned was not the Horn of Joramun - when the Free Folk sought it, they came up empty-handed. Tormund’s own son, Dryn, is one of the hostages that Jon demanded. Jon makes Dryn his page. When the last are through, Jon returns to Castle Black to dark words from Cotter Pyke. He is stranded at Hardhome. The wildlings won’t board the Essosi ships believing that they are slavers. Plus, there are dead things in the water and the woods. He needs help. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Jon Snow - Bastard son of Ned Stark. Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. Tormund Giantsbane - Leader of a large group of free folk. Cotter Pyke - Night’s Watch Commander at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea. On a mission to rescue Free Folk from HardHome. Dryn - Tormund’s youngest son. Now a page to Jon. Hardhome - Once the closest thing to a town north of the Wall. Now home to thousands of Free Folk refugees. Support the show Support us: Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perksDonate to our causeUse our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of AudibleBuy or gift Marriott Bonvoy points through our affiliate linkRate and review us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and elsewhere. Find us on social media: DiscordTwitter @GhostsHarrenhalFacebookInstagramYouTubeAll Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden)  TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden)  YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M

    1h 9m

  6. MAR 10

    Chapter Fifty-Seven - Tyrion 11 - A Dance with Dragons | A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF)

    Send us Fan Mail Tyrion, Penny, and Jorah hitch a ride on the pale mare to start a new life. Mackelly and Simon look to a brighter future. Chapter Review: Tyrion Lannister, Penny, and Sweets tend to their master Yezzan zo Qaggaz, who is sick with the bloody flux. Some survive but the slaver was in such poor health anyway that Tyrion has no doubt that he’ll die. A healer is called for, who says the only help is clean water from the well. Nurse died the previous day. He too could not survive the flux despite Tyrion’s special mushroom broth. A Lannister always pays his debts. Tyrion asks Yezzan’s slave soldiers to get water, but they don’t take orders from fellow slaves. So Tyrion, Penny, and Jorah – barely recognizable due to the relentless beatings he’s receiving – take buckets to the well. But on the way back they detour via the Second Sons encampment. Tyrion assures Penny that Crunch and Pretty will be looked after by Sweets. Tyrion tries to convince Brown Ben Plum to keep them safe. He seduces him with promises of the riches that await any man who aligns himself with Tyrion. Just ask Bronn or Shagga. Characters/Places/Names/Events: Tyrion Lannister - Youngest son of Tywin Lannister, whom he murdered. Brother to queen Cersei and Jamie Lannister. Former Hand of the King. Ser Jorah Mormont - Twice-disgraced knight of the Seven Kingdoms. In love with Daenerys. Penny - Dwarf who performed at Joffrey’s wedding. Her brother Oppo was murdered. Yezzan zo Qaggaz - Noble of Yunkai. Slave owner with a penchant for the fantastic and grotesque. Nurse - Yezzan’s lieutenant who manages his slaves. Sweets - Hermaphrodite slave of Yezzan. Brown Ben Plum - Westerosi sellsword who claims Targaryen blood, but has betrayed Daenerys. Mushrooms - Tyrion had been carrying poisonous mushrooms in his shoes since Pentos. Meereen - Major city on Slaver’s Bay. Support the show Support us: Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perksDonate to our causeUse our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of AudibleBuy or gift Marriott Bonvoy points through our affiliate linkRate and review us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and elsewhere. Find us on social media: DiscordTwitter @GhostsHarrenhalFacebookInstagramYouTubeAll Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden)  TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden)  YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M

    1h 7m

  7. MAR 3

    Chapter Fifty-Six - The Iron Suitor - A Dance with Dragons | A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF)

    Send us Fan Mail Victarion Greyjoy meets Moqorro. The priest of R’hllor proves his value by curing Victarion’s wounded hand. Onwards to Meereen and Daenerys - to claim her as his bride. Simon and Mackelly wonder if he and Daenerys might be ill-suited. Chapter Review: Victarion Greyjoy is awaiting the rest of his storm-ravaged Iron Fleet on the Isle of Cedars. The fleet has dwindled from 93 down to 54, but that new number includes captured cogs and fishing boats that hardly cover for the other losses.  He is ahead of a large fleet (300-500 ships) coming from Volantis to destroy Daenerys Targaryen, and knows he must leave soon if he is to claim her. His mission was to bring her back for his brother Euron, but he plans to claim her as his own bride.  One ship brings a prisoner to Victarion - Moqorro the priest of R’Hllor. Greyjoy is tempted to sacrifice him to the Drowned God, but the man has knowledge that he shouldn’t. Sequestered Moqorro heals Victarion’s injured hand, and so it is Maester Kerwin who becomes the sacrifice.      Characters/Places/Names/Events: Victarion Greyjoy - Younger brother of Euron Greyjoy, Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet. Euron Greyjoy - Lord of the Iron Islands. Maester Kerwin - Maester of the Citadel. Captured by the Ironborn and brought east with Victarion. Daenerys Targaryen - Queen of Meereen, wanted as bride by Euron Greyjoy to allow him to claim the Iron Throne. Moqorro - Red priest of R’hllor. Recently shipwrecked from the Selaesori Qhoran. Meereen - Largest city on Slaver’s Bay. Isle of Cedars - island at the mouth of Slaver’s Bay. Support the show Support us: Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perksDonate to our causeUse our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of AudibleBuy or gift Marriott Bonvoy points through our affiliate linkRate and review us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and elsewhere. Find us on social media: DiscordTwitter @GhostsHarrenhalFacebookInstagramYouTubeAll Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden)  TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden)  YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M

    1h 9m

  8. FEB 24

    Chapter Fifty-Five - The Queensguard - A Dance with Dragons | A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF)

    Send us Fan Mail Barristan Selmy takes stock after the departure of Daenerys on Drogon. As Hizdahr cements his power, the old knight is forced into plots that he hoped he’d left behind. Simon and Mackelly egg him on. Chapter Review: With Queen Daenerys Targaryen still missing, Ser Barristan Selmy is informed by the seneschal Reznak mo Reznak that King Hizdahr zo Loraq no longer needs him by the new king’s side. Selmy is fine with that. He’s short of friends right now, with Daario and company still hostages of the Yunkai’i, but Missandei tells him that a masked Brazen Beast approached her to say that the Shavepate (Skahaz mo Kandaq) wants to meet with Selmy. He doesn’t trust these masked men, but he agrees to the meeting. Barristan is convinced that Dany lives. She was riding Drogon like the Targaryens of old. But also like the dragons of old, the body count can get out of control. More than 200 burned to death at the fighting pit. He reminisces about his early life and bemoans that he is now engaging in the plots and schemes he hoped he’d left behind in King’s Landing. He meets with Skahaz who wants rebellion. The Volantenes are coming to re-enslave everyone. The peace treaty is a sham. Worst of all, it was Hizdar’s confectioner who poisoned the locusts that had incapacitated Belwas, but the target was the queen. Selmy wants proof and if he gets it, he’ll help Skahaz with his plans.       Characters/Places/Names/Events: Daenerys Targaryen - Last remaining descendent of the royal Targaryen line, Stormborn, Mother of Dragons, claimant to the Iron Throne of Westeros. Barristan Selmy - Former Lord Commander of the Kingsguard in King’s Landing. Now Lord Commander of the Dany’s Queensguard. Hizdahr zo Loraq - Noble of Meereen, husband to Daenerys. Missandei - Translator and handmaid to Daenerys. Skahaz mo Kandaq (aka The Shavepate) - Ghiscari noble, loyal to Daenerys and opposed The Folium Diary Wants You to listen to Daisy Drops!The Folium Diary is now in its second season, with monthly Daisy Drops. No one knows why.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show Support us: Buy us a Cup of Arbor Gold, or become a sustainer and receive cool perksDonate to our causeUse our exclusive URL for a free 30-day trial of AudibleBuy or gift Marriott Bonvoy points through our affiliate linkRate and review us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podchaser.com, and elsewhere. Find us on social media: DiscordTwitter @GhostsHarrenhalFacebookInstagramYouTubeAll Music credits to Ross Bugden: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden)  TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden)  YOUTUBE! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthxycmF25M

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Join us, as we venture chapter-by-chapter through the books in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" (ASOIAF) series, by George R.R. Martin. We will discuss the details of a chapter, provide insights, give background information, and hit you with other tidbits that we find interesting. However, one thing we won't do is give spoilers! So come, let us be your guides on this epic journey. Follow us on Twitter at @GhostsHarrenhal, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, Discord, and YouTube!

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