Isle Of Faces

I am....ALIVE! But my voice is not. After failed hopes for the flu to desert me by the weekend this shorter episode comes to you with many sniffles and coughs (though I hope I edited most of them out). A shorter episode, but with more packed in as I go through the scraps for SEVEN chapters today. They are:

- Tyrion III

- Bran II

- Tyrion IV

- Sansa II

- Arya V

- Tyrion V

-Bran III

Come join me on the Isle as I croak and cough my way through King's Landing (a lot), meet some horrible mountain men, and go dancing with the one and only Wyman Manderly.

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The Isle returns with another six chapters from early Clash of Kings, and somehow there's no Tyrion chapters! This week I go over the left over notes for the final few 'first chapters' for our last POVs, get a double dose of Arya, and find one real weird weirwood above the Wall.

Today's chapters are:

- Arya III

- Davos I

- Theon I

- Daenaerys I

- Jon II

- Arya IV

The war gets worse, we go opposites on Dragonstone and Pyke, and the dragons finally return on this episode of the Isle of Faces. Glad to have you with us!

(I also get a bit nostalgic at the beginning when I realise what the date is!)

Check out History of Westeros for the live streams and main analysis, plus how to get involved with the Flick community: 

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Welcome to our first full episode looking at Clash of Kings! This week I look through the leftover notes for six full chapters, including: 

- Tyrion I

- Bran I

- Arya II

- Jon I

- Catelyn I

- Tyrion II

So lots of first chapters for characters, lots of opening and theme setting. Come join me on the Isle as I try to sort the mess out in King's Landing, plan a peace in Riverrun, and finally go truly beyond the wall...

Check out History of Westeros for the live streams and main analysis, plus how to get involved with the Flick community: 

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It's new book time! Today we enter the cruel yet oddly beautiful world of Clash of Kings, a story of power, war, and wildfire! Before we get there though today I go through the leftover notes for the first three chapters of Clash:

The mammoth prologue chapter by way of Maester Cressen (Hello Dragonstone!)

Arya I, with lots of crotch-kicking

Sansa I, with lots of Tommen-winning.

Also to kick things off I do a quick preview of Clash as a whole and my personal highs and lows for the book to come. 

So throw on a crown, declare yourself a king or queen, and  come join us on the Isle for yet more Scraps and Scrolls

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ISLE OF FACES IS BACK! Again! With Aziz and Ashaya returned from their voyages to Ireland we are now back on the roll with the ending of Game of Thrones. We are nearly there! In this second-to-last episode for the book I go through the extra notes for three different battles, we meet Walder Frey, we meet Longclaw. Tywin is on top, then Robb is on top. And then the Starks are changed forever when, in our final chapter of the day, we say goodbye to Ned.

Yep. Welcome back indeed.

Today's chapters are

-Catelyn IX

-Jon VIII

-Daenerys VI

- Tyrion VIII

- Catelyn X

- Daenerys VII

- Arya V

Don't forget to get in touch, we'd love to hear from you about anything and everything!

Check out History of Westeros for the live streams and main analysis, plus how to get involved with the Flick community: 

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and  

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We've got a whopper ladies and gents!

Today's Isle of Faces episode covers a whole 8 chapters instead of your usual 7 and clocks in at an hour twenty. Today we see Ser Barry hot step it out of the Red Keep, Robb and Catelyn plan a war, and what else...oh yeah, DEAD THINGS COME BACK TO LIFE.

Also we wave goodbye to the masterpiece that is the Eddard Stark POV.

Come and get your fill before a little Valar Rereadis hiatus, and let me know what you think of today's extra notes for:

-Sansa IV

- Jon VII

- Bran VI

- Daenerys VI

- Catelyn VIII

- Tyrion VII

- Sansa V

- Eddard XV (*Sniff*)

Don't forget to get in touch, we'd love to hear from you about anything and everything!

Check out History of Westeros for the live streams and main analysis, plus how to get involved with the Flick community: 

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and  

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Hello fellow Green Men & Women! I hope the Isle finds you well as we arrive at episode 21: Part 8 of History of Westeros' Valar Rereadis Game of Thrones project. Things take a very dark turn in this part of our reread as we begin crossing over into the book's final act.

Today's covered chapters are:

-Sansa III

- Eddard XII

- Daenerys V

- Eddard XIII

- Jon VI

- Eddard XIV

- Arya IV

So today you can hear me have a rest from Tyrion and Catelyn but go through the unused notes for a famous garden meeting, the series' first crowning, travel beyond the Wall and most importantly, Littlefinger wedging personal issues into gigantic matters of state, rule, and the Iron Throne.

Check out History of Westeros for the live streams and main analysis, plus how to get involved with the Flick community: 

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Isle of Faces turns 20! Somehow we've entered another decade of episodes, and this one starts with another of our Scraps and Scrolls, where we see a Trial by Combat, go back in time, and finally get a real introduction to our oldest of friend, the Iron Throne.

This is part 7 of our reread of Game of Thrones, and today I pick up all the extra unused notes by Aziz & Ashaya from the following chapters:

- Bran V

-Tyrion V

-Eddard X

- Catelyn VII

- Jon V

- Tyrion XI

-Eddard XI

The narrative is really picking up some steam here, and soon enough well...things will go downhill quickly. Get in now before it all goes wrong!

Check out History of Westeros for the live streams and main analysis, plus how to get involved with the Flick community: 

Find more of the Isle of Faces and other projects at

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and  

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Valar Rereadis is back! After a one week gap for Con of Thrones Aziz and Ashaya returned for a livestream this past Sunday, and here is your companion podcast, Scraps and Scrolls, for all the notes and tidbits that got left behind. This is part 6 of our reread of Game of Thrones, and today I pick up all the extra unused notes from the following chapters:

-Eddard VII

-Tyrion IV

-Arya III

-Eddard VIII

-Catelyn VI

-Eddard IX (Ooo we get to use new numerals)

-Daenerys IV

Thank you all again for your continued support, we would love to hear from you about anything from these episodes or any other!

Check out History of Westeros for the live streams and main analysis, plus how to get involved with the Flick community: 

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Find more of the Isle of Faces and other projects at

http://thegrindstone.co.uk/

https://www.patreon.com/IsleOfFaces

and  

https://twitter.com/SerBuckley 

Hello, and welcome to another Isle of Faces guest episode! Today I welcome the amazing @Shakesofthrones, where we discuss how Shakes/Lauren first fell in love with Shakespeare, play some Shakespeare-themed icebreaker games, discuss our mutual dislike of Lord of the Rings, and how Lauren found the fandom and began comparing the two different worlds and works. All that but Lauren treats us to which Shakespeare characters might fair best in Westeros, a brilliant take on Season 8 Jaime & Cersei and several other superb takes.

All that plus a Patreon announcement, hot pepper stories, Terry Pratchett talk, and yet more new games and sections!

Lauren's work on the fandom and on Shakespeare is unmatched. She is one of the most talented and intelligent people our little group is blessed with. You can find her here:

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/shakesofthrones 

Website:  https://shakespeareofthrones.com/ 

Find more of the Isle of Faces and other projects at

http://thegrindstone.co.uk/

https://www.patreon.com/IsleOfFaces

and  

https://twitter.com/SerBuckley