Ancient Great Houses That Were Destroyed Unexpectedly - Game Of Thrones

There are countless houses in Westeros, however the most powerful and influential among them are called great houses, despite their vast influence and power over the centuries, just like the smaller houses, they are often perished in history and are no longer active and today, I talked about them

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[visionofsolace]

I like the idea that Garth the Green was a hybrid of the first men and Children of The Forest, that was already there when the first men started to explore Westeros

[zefft.f]

Many of these Houses were never destroyed. The Gardeners still exist through their cadet houses, but it's true that they were "destroyed" in the sense that none of them are considered Great Houses or Lords Paramount. House Hightower still endure as well in their ancestral position, even after the Dance. The Mudds still exist, but they've been divested of their lands. The Baratheons still exist. The Velaryons still exist. Several Houses that were destroyed are not mentioned; like the Reynes (suspected to be still extant technically, through House Vikary, possibly a bastard house), House Qoherys is mentioned but not expanded on, but they are completely extinct and there are probably a lot more of them I can't think of right now, but I suppose those are not technically "Great" Houses. A better title might be Great Houses that were destroyed *or* diminished.

[elricneuhart]

Great video...but some of these are certainly not destroyed though

[harryross]

Gareth Greenhand is Tom Bombadil confirmed.

[yeeaahboii]

lots of lore I didn't know of, nice vid! subbed <3

[AegonTargaryenthesecond]

And I’m here ready for a great video as always

[yuzsckh]

Garth is a green man. Garth the green. Green men have antlers as seen on HotD recently. Knights of the green hand like the manderlys originally from the reach

[henrywatson]

Bro just plagiarized word for word “the world of ice and fire”

[strk]

Amazing man!! Keep these coming pls 🙏 ❤

[CoryCesare]

Also The Grey King slaying "Nagga" is likely a shipwreck as a result of a massive tidal wave. His ship was made of weirdwood trees, which is why they are often mistaken for bones.

[tylerbarrett]

You did a really good job with this... I've read all this stuff... but some of the information you present took me by surprise and I had to go looking for your sources. So much of this stuff just flies by unnoticed as we read through the different chapters - but you really sifted through, collected, categorized and presented this information in a way that makes it a little bit easier to remember. I was a little dismayed that you didn't cover the North... but I guess there aren't any extinct great houses up there just yet. This is only the 2nd of your videos I've seen... but I've subscribed so I won't miss out on your future works. Thanks for putting this out there.

[CoryCesare]

The Hightower's "Ancestors" were the Great Empire of the Dawn. They were dragon riders, as evidenced by the Five Forts in Essos and the Battle Isle below the Hightower being made of fused black stone (which can only be created using dragonfire). I believe they were cutting down weirwoods and practicing blood magic to expand their empire. Which is why the First Men and the Children banded together, why they created the white walkers, and why they arranged "the pact", it was to rid Westeros of dragons and the Great Empire.

[coldy_heart]

Amazing keep going, waitin for more videos about dune too !!

[jarrybarry]

LFG!!!! Ive been waiting for this BANGER. Dude never misses

[veo]

Fell asleep to this. Dreamed of Natalie Dormer.

[ayiza]

im confused was this not about houses that was destroyed and no longer exist? house Hightower exist was never destroyed and are completely fine. Margery is the granddaughter of the lord Hightower. one of his sons tried to marry Elia Martell. Gerold Hightower was and kings guard and the uncle I think og the lord

[daniell]

Most of the Houses mentioned haven't really been destroyed, just heavily diminished or no longer heavily connected politically. And this video didn't even cover the Vale nor the North, and there are a lot more material there. Would be interesting to see a part 2.

[maggiecrdv]

Is this who walked around the tree in Deamon's vision when he touched the tree?

[madambutterfly]

It wasn’t a rumor it was blatantly obvious those weren’t Laenor’s sons. Yes he was gay but that’s not a real excuse.

[IlijaNenadović]

How curious. These houses lasted for centuries or even millenia, but suddenly fell to the edge of extinction or went extinct because they suddenly they lost a single conflict. Game of thrones is the most dangerous game indeed.