The Demon Road (Game of Thrones Lore)

A small section of the world map called the Demon Road
explained from A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of thrones

Thumbnail art by - Marc Simonetti

Mantarys, a city that was just outside the radius of the doom
of valyria has been causing some travellers trouble on this
particular section of the dragon road, that runs from Volantis
to Meereen, where Daenerys Targaryen happens to be staying

[toyotatacoma]

“What most characters in this primitive world call roads are just shitty dirt paths”
As someone who lives on a dirt road, this line hit different.

[gbendicion]

We all know this parallels to the Roman Empire's roads in the real world. Even today many scientists and engineers are astounded by the longevity and sustainability of these hundreds of Roman roads across Europe.

[dfailsthemost]

This and Ashai are the two instances in the lore that bring radiation to mind.

[TheMeyer]

I really wish there was an anthology of short self contained stories that took place all over the ASoiF world, specially in the less covered areas

[midnight_rose]

“A girl with two heads.”
“Nothing demonic.”

[samtagg]

We don't know what's living in the ruins of valaryia it's heavily hinted that there is more than one type of monstrosity there.

[chandlerdoeswhatifs]

Its probably called the demon road because of the deformed people who live there as well as perhaps occasional sightings of monsters that wandered too far from the wastes of valyria where they live

[samjgollings]

“A slave girl with two heads. Still nothing demonic though”

I’m not so sure about that one

[camfarenheit]

Great video as usual. Always look forward to your asoiaf videos!

[callumj_]

Hey man I found your videos a couple weeks and the detail to the videos is astounding ive been binge watching ur videos and honestly can get enough so thank you and keep up the great work

[natanieltiglao]

Can’t wait to see Rickon riding a unicorn with the Skaagosi ally Lords!

[joshuaedelman]

Well we know that the dragon lords of Valyria did a lot of human breeding with animals and other beasts. Maybe when they started to use magic to make these monstrosities the magic back fired and caused a nuclear like apocalypse where the “demons” are actually mutated animals and humans. That could explain the fire worms that were inside the one Targayan girl when she came back from there with Balerion. Just a theory but a cool one I think

[christianwestling]

Its odd how neither Volantis or Mereen has cleansed this region since it connects them both. It should've been in their interest to have it open and safe.

[rainluna]

The Golden Company wouldn't travel along the Demon Road either. It was discussed in the tent of the captain general Harry Strickland in the chapter "The Lost Lord" from A Dance with Dragons.

[stevenspatoulas]

Ive been binging your videos mad respect for the amount of work and research you put into them

[yeespaghettisauce]

Hey Whycreate, just a thought but could you do some lore on Lord of the Rings, or Dark Souls? Also I love your channel, keep up the great content!

[MichaelMediciW]

Thanks D. Great stuff as always. Love that you & only a few others still give us great ASOIAF videos. Much appreciated. Especially during this “Long Night” while we wait for TWOW from GRRM to save our story.

[trerobinson]

I haven't seen anyone mention that the Golden Company also briefly mentioned and considered taking the demon road when Griff and Young Griff met up with the Company

[PumpkinBreath]

I sit around waiting for Game of Thrones uploads, so i can appreciate your hard work 👌

[TheTam]

I wished badly that the Demon Road would be expanded upon!! Thank you so much 🤓