Winds of Winter Predictions: Burning Volantis

There's a slave uprising brewing in the rich and rotten free (slave) city of Volantis - all they need is a spark to set it off. Not sure if any dragonlords might chance by, especially ones who hate slavery. Not. Sure.

Winds of Winter Previews:

[lwrobbie]

I think that the horrendous portrayal of Daenerys in season 8 has now made me realise just how incredible book Dany is.

[Whosaskin]

"I am just a young girl and I know little of the ways of war. " said the young conqueror who took over a city that was supposedly unpenetrable, without having any sort of formal education or grown dragons yet.

[princeprocrastinate]

I wonder if the Red Priests will accompany Dany from Volantis to Westeros and fill her head with ideas that she is a religious figure, a hero of prophecy, but they will also encourage her fire and blood aspect. Could definitely see these religious zealots contributing to a negative turn in Dany's character arc.

[Peanutjoepap]

Between her having to go do her Dothraki sidequest and then lifting the siege of Meereen and then going to burn Volantis, and theeen going to Westeros, idk this seems like 3 more books worth of plot for Dany before even stepping foot on Westeros to face down with the army of the dead and ostensibly burn kings landing. As a writer I do not envy the position George has put himself in.

[sabrinakrisb]

The specific ways she's being demonized in that first quote is very, very interesting

[sebsplatter]

Late to the party but I got a little addition: Harren the Black famously worked thousands of "captives" to death over the course of 40 years to build Harrenhal. Harrenhal was absolutely a symbol of enslavement in Westeros that Aegon burned to the ground to kick off his whole unification campaign.

[or]

i never realized what a great solution the resources of volantine wealth would be to dany's current plight with the pale mare + her refugees. medicine, educated slaves who may know how to help and heal, food, gold, etc. its just a matter of how she'll get them all there (ships in the iron fleet + capturing the volantine fleet?) who knows

[sharadowasdr]

How come everyone is so quick to forget how terrible and tyrannical the ironborn were before the Targaryens came in ? They pretty much ruled the 7 kingdoms and subjected it to constant raiding and savagery. The targaryens were ruthless but there was a semblence of stability and prosperity under them. It was a big improvement for everybody who suffered under the Ironborn!

[tommyvalenzuela]

That’s interesting that Tyrion would recognize that using faith is too dangerous a tool to use and Circe did not. Circe tried it and it blew up in her face.

[tuamigajordana]

This is actually one the plotpoints Im most excited about!!! You can see from miles away. The moment Dany sets foot in Volantis, the city will never be the same.

[uggali]

OMG, this makes me so hyped for Winds of Winter. I hope Daenerys takes Volantis in her conquest because like Harrenhal was the key to the Riverlands, Volantis is the key to the Free Cities and maybe even the entirety of Essos (minus the Dothraki obvi).

[pipitameruje]

Oh guys! Thanks for pumping our love of ASOIAF back up! GOT took a really big chunk of my fan soul, but you are just mending it all. Damn, I need my books. I need a re-read, ASAP

[darthjoe]

Honestly, Harrinhall was absolutely justified. Black Harrin was a ruthless monster who nearly wiped out the minerals, lumber, and people of the Riverlands just to build his castle.

[diegoolivaresgonzalez]

It's ironic that dragonlords founded Volantis and enslaved a continent but now the last of them is the Breaker of chains.
By the way, is it posible that Volantis' soldiers of Yunkai's aliance coul betray them in The Battle of Meereen?

[Vilelie]

Now i can finally pretend that Daenerys burning KL is really just book Daenerys burning the living shit out of Volantis :)

[sleekoduck]

YES YES so much YES 🙌
I was starting to think that I was the only one who could see the story building up to a good old fashioned Volantene barbecue. Thank you for doing this video!

[TheJaviferrol]

The TV show has tainted me to me point where i hear an Azor Ahai prophecy and i just automatically visualise Masie Williams jumping from Hit's dimension to stab the Night King

[leis]

The volantii accusing Daenerys of doing the type of things they themselves are all probably doing 😝

[someguythatlookslikeme]

OMG I had no idea you partnered with Quinn! I fukkin LOVE Quinn's Ideas!
You guys together will be amazing!!
I haven't even started this yet!
I'm getting drinks, snacks, etc., and working thru ALL OF THESE!!

[bethaofhouseblackwood]

Quinn Ice LML fire. The best team up ever