Young stormlord
Thousand eyes and one!
Is the world of Westeros a classical fantasy world or is it the sci-fi story? Well, that's an easy question. Heroic fantasy, through and through.
But, what if it is really "after the fall" science fiction group of novels? George RR Martin had already written one of those stories, with Lisa Tuttle. Windhaven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There's a little hint I have found that ASOIAF might be the same sort of story. And here it is. Arya, in AFFC, thinks about all the gods in the House of Black and White.
Now, what happens if you google some of those names? Nothing. Until you come to Bakkalon, the Pale Child. Then you get And Seven Times Never Kill A Man, a sci-fi story by one and only George RR Martin. Btw, story is sort of infamous for creating a look of wookies we all know and love.
Read it for yourself here (warning, there's advertisement): link
But the highlights include:
Your thoughts?
P.S. Yeah, I'm bored of nothing happening on these forums. Time to steer the pot a little
But, what if it is really "after the fall" science fiction group of novels? George RR Martin had already written one of those stories, with Lisa Tuttle. Windhaven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There's a little hint I have found that ASOIAF might be the same sort of story. And here it is. Arya, in AFFC, thinks about all the gods in the House of Black and White.
Thirty different gods stood along the walls, surrounded by their little lights. The Weeping Woman was the favorite of old women, Arya saw; rich men preferred the Lion of Night, poor men the Hooded Wayfarer. Soldiers lit candles to Bakkalon, the Pale Child, sailors to the Moon-Pale Maiden and the Merling King. The Stranger had his shrine as well, though hardly anyone ever came to him. Most of the time only a single candle stood flickering at his feet. The kindly man said it did not matter. “He has many faces, and many ears to hear.”
Now, what happens if you google some of those names? Nothing. Until you come to Bakkalon, the Pale Child. Then you get And Seven Times Never Kill A Man, a sci-fi story by one and only George RR Martin. Btw, story is sort of infamous for creating a look of wookies we all know and love.
Read it for yourself here (warning, there's advertisement): link
But the highlights include:
"In those days much evil had come upon the seed of Earth," the Proctor
read, "for the children of Bakkalon had abandoned Him to bow to softer
gods. So their skies grew dark and upon them from above came the Sons
of Hranga with red eyes and demon teeth, and upon them from below
came the vast Horde of Fyndii like a cloud of locusts that blotted out the
stars. And the worlds flamed, and the children cried out, 'Save us! Save us!'
"And the pale child came and stood before them, with His great sword in His hand,
and in a voice like thunder He rebuked them. 'You have been
weak children,' He told them, 'for you have disobeyed. Where are your
swords? Did I not set swords in your hands?'
"And the children cried out, 'We have beaten them into plowshares, oh
Bakkalon!'
"And He was sore angry. 'With plowshares, then, shall you face the Sons
of Hranga! With plowshares shall you slay the Horde of Fyndii!' And He
left them, and heard no more their weeping, for the Heart of Bakkalon is a
Heart of Fire.
"But then one among the seed of Earth dried his tears, for the skies did
burn so bright that they ran scalding on his cheeks. And the bloodlust rose
in him and he beat his plowshare back into a sword, and charged the Sons
of Hranga, slaying as he went. Then others saw, and followed, and a great
battle-cry rang across the worlds.
"And the pale child heard, and came again, for the sound of battle is
more pleasing to his ears than the sound of wails. And when He saw, He
smiled. 'Now you are my children again,' He said to the seed of Earth. 'For
you had turned against me to worship a god who calls himself a lamb, but
did you not know that lambs go only to the slaughter? Yet now your eyes
have cleared, and again you are the Wolves of God!'
"And Bakkalon gave them all swords again, all His children and all the
seed of Earth, and He lifted his great black blade, the Demon-Reaver that
slays the soulless, and swung it. And the Sons of Hranga fell before His
might, and the great Horde that was the Fyndii burned beneath His gaze.
And the children of Bakkalon swept across the worlds."
Your thoughts?
P.S. Yeah, I'm bored of nothing happening on these forums. Time to steer the pot a little
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