Sothoryos, Yeen, Brindled Men, Summer Isles - Westeros Disaster Hunters - A Song of Ice and Fire

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    Sothoryos, land of monsters and mystery - what in the Green Hell happened here? I'll explain it all - toad idol, fish people, Yeen and the Brindled Men, velociraptors and wyverns and basilisks, settlements by Old Ghis and Valyria, and a new origin theory concerning the Summer Isles.
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  • @DavidLightbringer
    @DavidLightbringer  2 месяца назад +50

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    • @americanandpinay
      @americanandpinay 2 месяца назад +1

      Is it me, or is Planetos looking more and more like Europe and middle east? I just wanted to suggest one to you before you just dismissed as a herring or a ruse. If Westeros was like UK size and they went and she encountered a lengthy continent like Africa, maybe it would feel like it never ended. Now I want to know what is west of Westeros.

    • @muninrob
      @muninrob Месяц назад

      Thought on your moon meteor impact theory: If a large meteor struck the Antarctic ice sheet it would result in a massive global rain storm and a huge increase in the global sea level ~20 to 60 feet. (in the 1st months of the impact winter)

    • @lucasadam65
      @lucasadam65 Месяц назад

      Jon snow hair

  • @greygreensentinel
    @greygreensentinel 2 месяца назад +450

    Buying bread from a man with brindles, he was 6’4 and full of muscles. I asked to you speaka my language? He just smiled and gave me a wyvern sandwich

    • @DavidLightbringer
      @DavidLightbringer  2 месяца назад +35

      😂🤣😂🤣

    • @ZendikarMage42750
      @ZendikarMage42750 2 месяца назад +21

      I need the rest of this version of Down Under now, heh heh

    • @I_Babeuf
      @I_Babeuf 2 месяца назад +6

      Outstanding.

    • @r.shanethompson7933
      @r.shanethompson7933 Месяц назад +3

      You sir/ma'am, have great talent!

    • @captainmaim
      @captainmaim Месяц назад +5

      What sort of stuffed animal is attached to your leg, good sir?

  • @robertkulb6640
    @robertkulb6640 2 месяца назад +130

    I love how Sothoryos is George’s giant Skull Island-like sandbox to populate with all his Weird Tales influences.

    • @chheinrich8486
      @chheinrich8486 Месяц назад +5

      I compare it to lustria from warhammer fantasy, you know, the home of the lizard men and their dinosaur horde😂

    • @blaxpoitation8528
      @blaxpoitation8528 Месяц назад +11

      I would love to see a Castlevania-esque animated series exploring the lore of Sothoryos, and places like the Summer Isles, and the Shadow Lands. Go deep into the more horror aspects of ASoIaF

    • @antonironstag5085
      @antonironstag5085 Месяц назад +1

      @@chheinrich8486 i agree. catachan from warhammer 40K also!

    • @chheinrich8486
      @chheinrich8486 Месяц назад +1

      @@antonironstag5085 catachan and lustria are the same if you think about it🤣🤣

  • @kyleholmes8230
    @kyleholmes8230 2 месяца назад +126

    Square teeth implies that they were vegetarian so I wouldn't put too much stock in them being cannibals or even omnivores. We learn this about wun wun in the Jon chapters. They could be like hippos though where they just kill you and don't eat you. Just a thought. Great video Dave! See you Sunday!

    • @McHobotheBobo
      @McHobotheBobo 2 месяца назад +18

      Hippos do eat meat sometimes

    • @trli7117
      @trli7117 Месяц назад

      Obligate Herbivores are a myth. Most grazing animals will eat small rodents or bird eggs if they can get hold of them.

    • @JimRFF
      @JimRFF Месяц назад +11

      My thoughts exactly... broad flat teeth (like molars) are ideally used for grinding, which implies a heavily plant-based diet... meat-eating is best done with small, sharp teeth, like canines and incisors... and for completeness' sake, the jagged angled surface of bicuspids is best suited for cracking bones to get at marrow, which suggest a scavenging lifestyle (human beings' incorporation of all of these teeth forms indicates that we are biologically omnivores that will mix strategies of foraging, active hunting, and scavenging)

    • @Anacronian
      @Anacronian Месяц назад +10

      Not exactly, square teeth only imply an ability to chew greenery, but it does not indicate an inability to eat meat, humans have almost no canines but eat meat very well.
      Big canines are indicative of a creature killing with its teeth, but are not needed to chew meat, in fact every creature who eats meat but does not kill with its teeth have almost no canines since flat teeth are superior at chewing ..well everything, even meat.

    • @JimRFF
      @JimRFF Месяц назад +6

      @@Anacronian yeah, to be clear, I was speaking in some VERY broad generalities, and in nature there are remarkably few obligate carnivores or obligate herbivores, most animals (even ones we normally call "herbivores" like cows and deer) will absolutely scavenge meat and even eat small animals if an opportunity presents itself and the bigger animal wants more calories... but generally speaking, a single type of tooth in the whole mouth implies a more restrictive/homogenous diet for the animal, compared to a wider range of tooth shapes in broadly omnivorous animals like apes and bears

  • @lavender__luna
    @lavender__luna 2 месяца назад +223

    Damn, a full length produced LML video about Sothoryos at 7am?! Sign me right the fuck up!!! 💜💜💜

  • @AskMia411
    @AskMia411 2 месяца назад +133

    Something I noticed with the map and the locations of the more Neanderthal peoples, it seems to follow a curved line from Ibb, down the bone mountains, to that island and then sothoryos. You mentioned that the island (I don’t remember which one) might have been connected to sothoryos at one point as the ancient continuation of the bone mountains. Going off the recurring themes of ancient planetos, I could see Ibb being the same situation on the northern end.
    Also, the disaster hunters series has got me looking at every area for signs of ancient meteor impacts 😅
    On the dragon lady flying over sothoryos, she didn’t fly down for 3 years, she returned “three years later”, which likely means she flew south for a year and a half, and then took the same amount of time flying back. A bit more believable and survivable. After all, Aerea Targaryen did survive in Valeriya for a year (yes it did eventually kill her, but the worn infection likely happened just before her return) so it’s not too hard to imagine an adult dragon rider surviving for longer in a similarly hostile environment. To me at least.

  • @Manakuuchiha
    @Manakuuchiha Месяц назад +73

    In an age of AI art, i really appreciate you using real art as examples and crediting the artists on screen.

    • @DavidLightbringer
      @DavidLightbringer  Месяц назад +31

      now and always!

    • @Dyundu
      @Dyundu 28 дней назад +5

      Can AI really make art though? Or does it just generate images? 🤔

  • @keveyson
    @keveyson 2 месяца назад +145

    In regards to the Valerians and Summer Islanders keeping and civilization on Sothoryos a secret, when real life explorers first reached parts of the world they previously hadn't known of, they often kept the location and navigation routes as state secrets. Given the value of having a monopoly on trade and opportunities to exploit or conquer the area without interference or competition from their rivals. For instance when the Portuguese first reached Japan, they kept the knowledge of it's location a secret, and profited from a trade monopoly with Japan for many years. This dynamic is currently being shown in the very good FX series Shogun which Dave has commented on. Given GRRMs knowledge of history and tendency to reference real world history in his books I'd say it's a very plausible theory.

    • @DavidLightbringer
      @DavidLightbringer  2 месяца назад +37

      yeah it makes sense that he'd simply imply the existence of other lands without actually giving proof, that adds realism

    • @ModMax69
      @ModMax69 2 месяца назад +12

      My uncle has been GRRM's gardener for over 10 years and they have become quite friendly. George actually asked my uncle's opinion on Sothoryos in regards to creating an entire book series on it. It is pretty much Africa and the story was going to be a "creation story" about how humans came about. There was going to be references to how an extra-terrestrial lifeform came down and showed the tribal people how to use fire and tools etc. My uncle told him it was a little too similar to "Chariots of the Gods". GRRM decided he was probably right, and actually regretted he included so much about it in The World of Ice and Fire as it had already been published. He is kind of embarrassed about the whole thing. That's why when people bring it up at conventions he changes the subject.

    • @FlementBrax-rh7sn
      @FlementBrax-rh7sn 2 месяца назад +10

      @@ModMax69 Cool! My uncle works at Nintendo.

    • @Josh-cf7xf
      @Josh-cf7xf Месяц назад +7

      @@ModMax69my uncle is Biden’s diaper changer.

    • @ModMax69
      @ModMax69 Месяц назад

      My uncle got his horticulture degree from USC in 1978 and has been George's head groundskeeper for almost 15 years. He doesn''t even care about A song of Ice and Fire, I have to beg him to talk about GRRM.@@Josh-cf7xf

  • @Tracythegrimreader
    @Tracythegrimreader 2 месяца назад +49

    Amazing content as always!
    A side note for the Summer Islander's "lost cities" in the western coast of Sothoryos, it could well be that after the long night the sea levels had risen after the melting and those same cities may well be underwater. Our own world has many lost cities off the shores due to higher sea levels or land collapse. Especially in the Mediterranean.

  • @zran3097
    @zran3097 2 месяца назад +62

    Wow. Another amazing video; your knowledge goes so much deeper than any other channel I've ever seen. Then there's the high quality slick production value, the images (never low res and always super interesting), the hilarious jokes and quips (yours is the only channel I don't skip sponsorship segments), the concise manner of presentation with even-minded scepticism, the cutting edge theories... the way you constantly quote the book, reading quotes and stanzas with their own graphic card... best ASOIAF channel ever. So glad I found you and thank you to you and all Patreons who helped make all this wonderful content.

    • @DavidLightbringer
      @DavidLightbringer  2 месяца назад +17

      wow this is such a nice comment! I really appreciate the detailed list of what you like about the channel. cheers

    • @joannaszulc1496
      @joannaszulc1496 2 месяца назад +6

      Facts

    • @fawnna9489
      @fawnna9489 2 месяца назад +1

      this exactly sums up why i’ve been obsessed with david’s channel for the last two years!

  • @RaulRamirez-se9qo
    @RaulRamirez-se9qo 2 месяца назад +46

    George should have a fan contest to write the history of places he will never visit in the books, not to become Canon but as a dedication to fans. Like the souls art project that was done a while back

    • @chheinrich8486
      @chheinrich8486 Месяц назад

      I would just make a copy and paste version of lustria from warhammer fantasy, with maya inspired lizardmen that ride all sorts of dinosaurs😂😂😂

  • @debater452
    @debater452 2 месяца назад +134

    I think that Naath was originally setled by the ancestors of the summer islanders on their way to the islands after they were driven out of Sothoryos. The Naathi and Summer Islanders have similar physical features like their skin color and tones. Both also practise similar cultural traditions. For example both are very pacifist as the Naathi are complete pacafist and the summer islanders practise heavily ritualised warfare with minimal loss of life. They also have similar gods as the Lord of Harmony seems to be quite similar to the god of love in the summer islands. The reason why the Naathi are so much more isolationist is because they have the butterfly plague which prevents them from being conquered unlike the Summer islanders who had to use military force to defeat pirates in wars to survive and actually pay attention to the outside word unlike the Naathi. The geography also makes, sence Naath is at the middle of the way from Sothoryos to the islands so it makes sence why they would have setled there. Perhaps the reason why the Naathi were able to survive on the island long enough to develope immunity is because they are from a continent know for it's insane disesses

    • @geoninja3631
      @geoninja3631 2 месяца назад

    • @tinahs8269
      @tinahs8269 Месяц назад +10

      Great theory...David overlooked Naath in his narrative. Perhaps those who could stand the butterfly bites stayed and the rest of the group moved on.

  • @AshtheGreenMan
    @AshtheGreenMan 2 месяца назад +17

    Garth be praised. David be thanked.

  • @Khoditsky
    @Khoditsky 2 месяца назад +40

    An entire jungle hell continent so hostile no human civilization can survive sounds exactly the type of place the children of the jungle would thrive in. Theyd never be spotted even by dragons as they hide in dark places. Just imagine the amount of dinosaur warging and special magical plants there

  • @danielled8665
    @danielled8665 2 месяца назад +52

    Dont know if anyone mentioned; but the snake is probably a variation on Titanoboa; the largest known snake to have existed.
    The crocs are also accurate, likely Sarcosuchus.
    The apes sound like Gigantopithicus and possibly one of the early hominid species. Honestly that continent sounds like a case of "if the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs and the ice ages had not happened."

    • @ShelbyOfOldStones
      @ShelbyOfOldStones 2 месяца назад +7

      This is exactly what I was thinking during the video.

  • @natsumeracki670
    @natsumeracki670 2 месяца назад +28

    This is awesome! Just wanna say how glad I am you don’t rely on any AI in your videos. I’m seeing a lot of bad ai being used to talk about asoiaf when there’s so many great artists out there :( but you show off so much awesome art!! Thanks for that

    • @DavidLightbringer
      @DavidLightbringer  2 месяца назад +23

      yep, AI free zone here, now and always

    • @kennan200
      @kennan200 2 месяца назад +1

      I completely agree. David is such a relief for that. No mispronunciation, bad grammer, misspelling. All those things make me question the reasoning in their presentations. David is so reasonable & sensible to follow. Thanks, David!

  • @droka1564
    @droka1564 2 месяца назад +14

    Love sothoryos, probably my favorite bit of George’s worldbuilding

  • @dizzi2304
    @dizzi2304 2 месяца назад +30

    Thank you for this wonderful video, King! Love your look today 👑

  • @ScarlitWidow
    @ScarlitWidow 2 месяца назад +51

    My son was thrilled when I got him World Anvil for him for his birthday last month. Glad they are supporting you with my spending❤
    Also, so kind of Rhaegar to make the code DAVID. Much easier to spell correctly 😂

    • @DavidLightbringer
      @DavidLightbringer  2 месяца назад +19

      oh wow right on, cool to hear! Thank you!

    • @I_Babeuf
      @I_Babeuf 2 месяца назад +5

      That'd be such a thoughtful and encouraging gift to get from your parent; what a great idea!

    • @ivandankob7112
      @ivandankob7112 2 месяца назад +4

      @@I_Babeufye, my parents always made fun of me playing games as a child and now they wonder why I don’t tell them stuff from my life or share my passions when I’m a full grown adult

  • @GreyWasteTim
    @GreyWasteTim 2 месяца назад +26

    Giant apes that can kill an elephant with one punch. I'm convinced the Green Hell is GRRM's version of Kong Skull Island just as Gogossos is the Island of Dr. Moreau

  • @Wolfchildgirl
    @Wolfchildgirl 2 месяца назад +34

    Good morning! Great stuff. Thank you.

  • @sanitizerwilson1599
    @sanitizerwilson1599 2 месяца назад +8

    Ser Eustace Hightower's Ship Lady Meredith was damaged in the Sunset Sea, he ahead for the Summer Isles but he was more South than he realized he landed on Coast of Sothoryos. He was stuck there more than 1 year with his crew getting sick or disappearing. Lucky a ship from the Summer Isles were sailing by (I wonder why and where they going) they able flag them down to give them ride to the Summer Isles.

    • @DavidLightbringer
      @DavidLightbringer  2 месяца назад +6

      true I could have mentioned that one! good knowledge! and it just shows that the Summer Islanders maintain contact / visit Sothoryos sometimes

  • @Ricaidius
    @Ricaidius 2 месяца назад +5

    Absolutely loved the video. The edges of the World of Ice and Fire are always the most interesting facets.

  • @ZendikarMage42750
    @ZendikarMage42750 2 месяца назад +9

    There's no such thing as going too wild with theories about Sothoryos, that place was made for wild and untamable things, heh heh. I'd even go one step further on your Summer Islander theory and say it's possible they came from even farther away than Sothoryos, using the continent as a jumping off point to get to the Summer Islands. They definitely have the maritime skill to come from some unknown land far to the south and either west or east (or even further south). And unless Sothoryos didn't use to be so hostile to civilization it would make sense if the people who became the Summer Islanders developed somewhere a little more hospitable originally.
    See, possible to go way further into pure speculation, that's what makes Sothoryos so fun, heh heh

  • @haleyfournier1462
    @haleyfournier1462 2 месяца назад +7

    Ah, starting the day off with a fresh LML video after watching old livestreams... truly the start of a good day!

  • @samwyleblackwood4595
    @samwyleblackwood4595 2 месяца назад +28

    Thanks for making an otherwise boring workday more bearable!!!

  • @ice-eyes
    @ice-eyes 2 месяца назад +11

    I always wondered if the Brindled Men were based off of the Australian aboriginal people because of the very cool and distinctive white body paint that is often done in striped patterns, which could be compared to the brindle pattern. I thought the "inability to mate with humans" bit was possibly a big ole dose of ASOIAF racism as it has echos of old horrible eugenics beliefs that I shall not even repeat, though your theory makes a lot of sense too. Thanks David!

    • @jazwhoaskedforthis
      @jazwhoaskedforthis 2 месяца назад +5

      Oo, I think this is a good idea. Yeah, I think if you look at it through the lender of racist maesters with limited information, it makes sense.

    • @ethanlackey8048
      @ethanlackey8048 Месяц назад

      The still births are a tad strange tho.

  • @crimsonshadowjj7935
    @crimsonshadowjj7935 2 месяца назад +4

    Maybe sothoryos circles the planet and meets with the lands of always winter🤔

  • @BelialTnTn
    @BelialTnTn 2 месяца назад +20

    I'm new here, came from the mention in the Alt Shift X Jo Snow video. I love what you do, I've already seen a handful of your stuff over the last few days and it's really awesome!
    I just want to suggest something, it would be helpful if you put the book/chapter from which you are reading the excerpts right below the text you're reading.
    Keept up the good work!

  • @jeffreywankel
    @jeffreywankel 2 месяца назад +4

    Exactly 47 minutes left at work….the seven have blessed me.

  • @johnbuxton4484
    @johnbuxton4484 2 месяца назад +7

    Oh man I've been waiting for this one! Can't wait to have my mind blown by some Eldritch dino morphs

  • @LoLotov
    @LoLotov 2 месяца назад +7

    I always saw the brindled men as being more like australopithicines than any kind of human species, which gave me the notion that the in-universe genus homo evolved in sothoryos and migrated to essos, from whence they diverged into the various species of the world. This seems to be ibbenese, hairy men, humans, and perhaps some of the peoples described in the far east and north.
    The children of the forest genus is clearly unrelated to any ape lineage (pupil shape, number and type of fingers), and would likely have been native to essos when the first protohumans crossed over from sothoryos. I hadn't noticed that almost a land bridge between sothoryos and essos before, and was immediately reminded of the hammer of the waters. It's just too much like the step stones to ignore, even if both this and the step stones are perfectly normal continent formations.
    Thus, new theory, children of the forest like beings have been at war with or enslaving humanity since before we'd truly become human yet. Possibly, the more the species evolved, the less susceptible to being skin changed we became, and thus more and more of a threat, until we'd driven them out of essos, followed them into westeros, and were only stopped by the whitewalkers.

  • @outinspace8760
    @outinspace8760 Месяц назад +6

    David I just found your channel and I don't know how I slept on it for so long. Your videos a ridiculously high quality and you have a serious talent for story telling. Incredible work

  • @xZFeroxZx
    @xZFeroxZx 2 месяца назад +7

    The giant white vampire bats sound very much like Desmodus Draculae or rather a fantasy version of this extinct giant "vampire bat" of our world.
    And the 50ft long snake sounds like Titanoboa, the largest snake to ever live on earth, which was able to reach just about 50ft and was similar to Anacondas.

  • @SpiritStoneWarrior94-yx3gs
    @SpiritStoneWarrior94-yx3gs 2 месяца назад +27

    Speaking of Velociraptor Fantasy Fiction.... if you want some of that, then read the Malazan novels! They have a sentient ancient dinosaur race in the novels, who have sword arms!! Theyre super cool and Stephen Erickson did a phenomenal job writing them, both in their zombified/mumified forms and regular forms in the novels 😊

    • @cpolt1192
      @cpolt1192 2 месяца назад +2

      You have intrigued me

    • @Hectonkhyres
      @Hectonkhyres 2 месяца назад

      Well, eusocial dinosaur race. They were like some weird hybrid of predatory dinosaurs and termites with incomprehensible internal politics. Dudes supposedly invented entropy in that cosmology, though that might be BS just like every other bit of ancient lore.

    • @ivandankob7112
      @ivandankob7112 2 месяца назад

      There’s also Gary Garrison’s Eden series that describes the Earth that didn’t have dinosaurs wiped out and they evolved into sentient race while humans independently evolved somewhere in the north and both races eventually clashed

  • @wbbartlett
    @wbbartlett 2 месяца назад +6

    I think Jaenara took a leaf out of Blackadder's book and actually just sailed to France for a few months before coming back and claiming she has a wild adventure

  • @MrHws5mp
    @MrHws5mp 2 месяца назад +17

    Nice one Dave.👍 Just a thought: perhaps the Summer Islanders aren't from Sothoryos as such, but are from the postulated undiscovered civilisation(s) to the south. If the latter was on another land mass (big island/small continent) rather than connected to Sothoryos, that might shield them from worst of the latter's destructive wildlife and allow civilisation to evolve there with a bit less competetive pressure, much as it has done on the Summer Isles.
    This might offer another explanation for Jaenara Belaerys' suspiciously long three year "solo" adventure. Perhaps she discovered the southern civilisation and was either held prisoner there or "went native" for a while (fell in love with either the culture or an individual, even) and then returned to Valeria determined to protect the southerners from Valerian expansionism. After all, if a dragon-riding civilisation knew where to fly and had an incentive to go there, it'd soon end up as just another slaves-and-resources mine for their empire. That habit of concealing the existence of the southern civilisation might then have become ingrained in the Summer Islanders, even though it's no longer strictly necessary (and that's only been true for the last 400 years anyway), and even though the southern civilisation might not even still be there.

  • @genlob
    @genlob 2 месяца назад +29

    The obvious influence on Sothoryos is King Kong, with the giant apes and distorted fauna of Skull Island. I'm also getting vibes from Conan Doyle's Lost World and the 1961 film version of Jules Verne's Mysterious Island.
    Ulthos - there's a Lovecraft story, the Cats of Ulthar. Wonder if that's a connection?

    • @BudravenOG
      @BudravenOG 2 месяца назад +7

      In the Lovecraft mythos there is also a god named Ulthar (Uldar, Ultharathotep), who is said to watch over the great old ones.
      Some great old ones include: Cthulhu, Hastur and Yig

  • @ThatLive305
    @ThatLive305 2 месяца назад +20

    Always loved the Sothoryos lore. Thank you

  • @johndrake2147
    @johndrake2147 2 месяца назад +6

    You know when an LML video is less than 5 hours, there's limited lore on the topic

  • @OctopusWithNoFriends
    @OctopusWithNoFriends 2 месяца назад +7

    David "LML" Lightbringer: Planetos' very own Graham Hancock.

  • @abigail6873
    @abigail6873 2 месяца назад +9

    LOVE the Disaster Hunter Series!! Thanks for bringing us great ideas, David :)

    • @anorangetabby
      @anorangetabby 2 месяца назад

      Yes! The Disaster Hunters series is fantastic! 🎉

  • @darthJ9
    @darthJ9 2 месяца назад +6

    With the exception of maybe GRRM, I dont think theres any one else on the planet who can talk about Sothoryos for 45 minutes

    • @DavidLightbringer
      @DavidLightbringer  2 месяца назад +5

      this is what I do hahaha

    • @jjvoity7797
      @jjvoity7797 Месяц назад

      GRRM could go 45 minutes on any topic but he doesn't want to. "Here. Have a morsel or three of unverified maester rumors. Be grateful for it, and that's all you're ever getting." David's job is to shed more light (literally in his username), whereas George is content with providing a 10 watt light bulb and leaving the rest to your imagination.

  • @itzfifson6140
    @itzfifson6140 2 месяца назад +3

    Asoiaf really does need more velociraptors

  • @quinnSjo
    @quinnSjo 2 месяца назад +14

    What a beautiful thing to wake up to 🎉

  • @facelessdirewlf
    @facelessdirewlf 2 месяца назад +13

    yoo i needed this, been sick at home and this is perfect to take my mind somewhere else

  • @jasminneitzel9067
    @jasminneitzel9067 2 месяца назад +5

    The Summer Islander theory seems sound to me, they have to have come from somewhere and Sothoryos is the closest. The singular map of the world could be explained by a dark age, maybe losing knowledge or map making skills in the process and having to rediscover them. Similar to maybe the minoan culture and some others on greek islands after ther bronze age collapse. It could also be a sign for advances in map making. Like they really got better at it and started with their own homeland and then added as they not only travelled but measured the world.

  • @andrewjones9798
    @andrewjones9798 2 месяца назад +6

    Every once in a while, I’m like come on David what’s the issue with blah or blah… then you explain your thought and it clicks in my mind, its the dragon riders story this episode haha, love it keep doing your thing!

  • @josephdaniel563
    @josephdaniel563 2 месяца назад +11

    David, you are absolutely the first person I have heard propose this Summer Islander Theory. And I think it should be the standard until we get more information. Excellent video and well done!

  • @jakelee5096
    @jakelee5096 2 месяца назад +3

    Alright but all jokes aside, I'd read Rhaegar: Velociraptor Hunter

  • @adamzoellner8274
    @adamzoellner8274 2 месяца назад +6

    Yessssss my absolute favorite topics in perhaps all of the books, love any talk about the great empire of the dawn and all there emperors and sothoryos aswell just so strange 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @sleepyviking1723
    @sleepyviking1723 Месяц назад +2

    "Lookin at you Robert Jordan" I laughed out loud

  • @JeffreyWilliams-qv5kp
    @JeffreyWilliams-qv5kp 2 месяца назад +8

    George said at one point that the masters are biased and even they don't have all the information, basically making them like today's historians and archeologists.
    Stuff like this is very Graham Hancock to me, and I'm here for it.

    • @DavidLightbringer
      @DavidLightbringer  2 месяца назад +10

      he clearly loves playing with that bias and incomplete knowledge. he loves that shit

  • @AskMia411
    @AskMia411 2 месяца назад +6

    Hey I’m early for once! The green weirwood video got me curious about shade of the evening trees and how they might be related to weirwoods, because I always saw a connection there and thought that shade trees might’ve been the uncorrupted form of weirwood or vice versa. They’re basically a color inverted weirwood (minus the carved faces) and the drink made from their sap has a similar effect to weirwood paste. Though, shade of the evening drink seems to give visions of the future (based on Dany and Aeron’s visions) with the sole exception of Dany setting Rhaegar, while weirwood shows the past (Bran’s visions).
    Now that we know the weirwoods used to be green, all my ideas about shade of the evening trees are shaken up. I’d love a video on the topic or even just to hear your thoughts on it. I had a more detailed comment on the green weirwood video, but I was late to the party on that video 😅

  • @dlee4236
    @dlee4236 25 дней назад +3

    I love these kinds of videos. You did a tremendous job going in depth on Sothoryos. Keep up the great work!

  • @lucreziaborgia1553
    @lucreziaborgia1553 2 месяца назад +14

    Every time i look at the 100k sub count I'm confused and deeply troubled as this is by far the best content about ASOIAF in the world.
    If GRRM hired you to help him, I'm pretttttyyyy sure we'd have a finished series.

    • @jazwhoaskedforthis
      @jazwhoaskedforthis 2 месяца назад +6

      I feel like GRRM couldn't help but be encouraged and motivated if he got to talking to David. His enthusiasm for GRRM's world and the layers he weaves together even makes me want to start writing again.

  • @sandrasim46
    @sandrasim46 2 месяца назад +15

    the world of asoiaf is like a medieval sci-fi, the way species are described in sothoryos is reminiscent of hg wells the time machine more than the lord of the rings or something more fantasy.

  • @drgordo112
    @drgordo112 2 месяца назад +2

    Sounds like a potential hiding spot! The reputation alone keeps the world far away

  • @0drone
    @0drone Месяц назад +1

    I'm so glad your channel is growing, I have been watching for years across various accounts. Your content has always been creative and thought provoking.

  • @jgr7487
    @jgr7487 2 месяца назад +7

    Ulthos?
    What about Ultra (= beyond), from which we also have Ulterior.

  • @cmschmidt
    @cmschmidt 2 месяца назад

    I feel so blessed that we got this so early, I listened to it at work. Thanks Dave for a great start to my day.

  • @jackelinevalladares7118
    @jackelinevalladares7118 2 месяца назад +3

    You are the very BEST of ASOIAF content

  • @christianbranch2459
    @christianbranch2459 2 месяца назад +4

    Let’s not forget the reference to talking trees of tall trees town. Dose this mean some green hands are on Sothoryos? 38:16

  • @setelliott9683
    @setelliott9683 2 месяца назад +3

    Planetos could be so enormous that a continent 3 years, and then some, across and an ocean so large west of westeros no one has crossed it and returned exits, and the egg stealing Lady and dragon rider both just got as far as they could before turning about and going back to Essos. As a world anvil builder, I love this idea.

    • @setelliott9683
      @setelliott9683 2 месяца назад +1

      Brindled Men sound like Orcs without tusks

    • @DavidLightbringer
      @DavidLightbringer  2 месяца назад +1

      they do a little bit. Just btw, GRRM said his planet is about earth size, maybe a little bigger

    • @setelliott9683
      @setelliott9683 2 месяца назад

      @@DavidLightbringer that makes me sad for Planetos, but happy for several of my worlds 😆

  • @leannepowell8709
    @leannepowell8709 2 месяца назад +2

    I love your lives and watch them on the replay everytime but it was these fab produced videos that brought me here. Can't wait to watch this one!

  • @look4lec
    @look4lec 2 месяца назад +3

    Dennis Nedri (aka Newman from Seinfeld) was not the owner of Jurassic Park, he was a disgruntled employee who took a huge bride to steal years work of research and dinosaur embryos. Great video but I expect a full retraction and recut of the video explaining the whole plot of jurassic park. You have been killing it, man!

    • @DavidLightbringer
      @DavidLightbringer  2 месяца назад +5

      John Hammond was eaten by the Compys in the book. I will accept your apology here in the comments section though, no need to send me your original opening night premiere Jurassic Park T-shirt that you cherish.

    • @look4lec
      @look4lec Месяц назад +2

      @@DavidLightbringerI've read the books and forgot that, you deserve the shirt. It is dirty with sweat from a 10 year old, but fine, you win! I thought the compys attacking were the intro was from the second book with the girl's family investigating them. EDIT: Credit where credit is due, o7 Dave Lightbanger.

  • @McHobotheBobo
    @McHobotheBobo 2 месяца назад +1

    This is my kind of video! Great work David 😁

  • @LWWArcher
    @LWWArcher 2 месяца назад +1

    Great video, love your stuff! I don’t normally agree with your theories but I enjoy watching you present them. Keep it up brother!

  • @andrewgadberry7884
    @andrewgadberry7884 2 месяца назад +3

    More disaster hunters! My favorite series so far (and Sothoryos!?) Much love to ya man!

  • @breezyscomicsandcollectibl4813
    @breezyscomicsandcollectibl4813 2 месяца назад

    Awesome video bro! Love your full length edited format

  • @martinkrog5943
    @martinkrog5943 2 месяца назад +3

    Great vid, maestro :)
    Keep it up
    Skål 🤘💚

  • @user-qn6cc8id1m
    @user-qn6cc8id1m 2 месяца назад

    Just got out of surgery and this is up!? Perfect. Thank you and keep on keeping on.

  • @unownintendo
    @unownintendo 2 месяца назад

    Always love learning more about the obscure corners of Grrth! Great video as always!

  • @Ganjalf-tk7lv
    @Ganjalf-tk7lv 2 месяца назад +1

    Just finished work and now a workout with a new lml video. Life ist good

  • @isaacatkinson1882
    @isaacatkinson1882 2 месяца назад

    Nice to see you got the play button chilling to the side. Well deserved, love these long form vids.

  • @notjeremy2871
    @notjeremy2871 2 месяца назад +9

    Imagine a GOT: soythoryos tv series. People adventure there and die gruesomely one by one further cementing how dangerous it is. Gimme raptors!

  • @faust13301
    @faust13301 Месяц назад +1

    I was led to this channel after listening to David discuss the Lovecraftian influences on ASoIaF on Quinn’s Ideas and started digging in . This video is another fine example of why this channel is becoming my favorite for ASoIaF lore and speculation.

  • @jancecharlesaustin3733
    @jancecharlesaustin3733 2 месяца назад +1

    Produced Content!!!!!! Always awesome, my friend.

  • @dylanbsll6342
    @dylanbsll6342 2 месяца назад +2

    great vid again david love the topic

  • @isabell746
    @isabell746 2 месяца назад +1

    Yet again, a well thought through theory with amazing pics and production value 👏👏👏 ur dedication seeps through every frame! Plus, ur ads r hilarious 😂 love 'em 🥰

  • @HowAboutNo_426
    @HowAboutNo_426 2 месяца назад +2

    David my brother you save the day once again. You really are Mr. Lightbringer!

  • @LordJakobofHouseBabrick
    @LordJakobofHouseBabrick 2 месяца назад +1

    This is why you MUST make sure your phone is charging at night! Now I'm having to enjoy it late. Great video!

  • @amandaofhouserobinson6707
    @amandaofhouserobinson6707 2 месяца назад +2

    Awesome. So cool 😎 to wake up to this!! ❤😊 thankyou!

  • @ShOot4theStArZ_aim4theMoOn13
    @ShOot4theStArZ_aim4theMoOn13 2 месяца назад +3

    can't believe I'm early🎉 I've only just started watching your channel it's fantastic!! I have soo many questions about sothoryos my minds been racing about it, making my own little stories & the explorers who never came back😅 your great empire of the dawn series is 🔥🔥 too!!💯 I love mythology so your videos HIT. keep up the amazing work!

  • @drgordo112
    @drgordo112 2 месяца назад +2

    Greetings from Cyprus! Thanks for another great video

  • @denniskeith2006
    @denniskeith2006 Месяц назад +1

    Love your ad, and as always very entertaining and informative thank you

  • @phuklyyve8941
    @phuklyyve8941 2 месяца назад

    really enjoyed this one! nice one david

  • @SouthJerseyGhost77
    @SouthJerseyGhost77 2 месяца назад +1

    I’ve been waiting for this video!!!!

  • @maatthecat3966
    @maatthecat3966 Месяц назад

    It all makes sense to me and most entertaining too. Thanks, Dave 🙂

  • @InfiniteStyler
    @InfiniteStyler 2 месяца назад

    More of this obscure location analysis would be amazing. Great work keep it up ❤

  • @Clunkers707
    @Clunkers707 2 месяца назад +4

    i just had a terrible night what a cool thing to keep my mind off it i love sothoryos thank you

  • @Freakincident
    @Freakincident 2 месяца назад

    Excellent work, and i cannot describe how much I appreciate the fun ad reads XD

  • @theodorsik
    @theodorsik 2 месяца назад +3

    I came as soon as I saw a new video, hit like and commented. Hope algorythm God is Happy!

  • @hinakhodiyara7883
    @hinakhodiyara7883 2 месяца назад +1

    Awesome video David. Thank you.

  • @Scribe333
    @Scribe333 Месяц назад

    honestly left this channel because I missed THESE types of videos... SO HAPPY YOUR MAKING CONTENT AGAIN BRO

  • @therunningman_
    @therunningman_ 2 месяца назад

    LFG! You are on fire lately. Keep it up, buddy! ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

  • @copyninja8756
    @copyninja8756 2 месяца назад +2

    Yessssss new upload always a good day

  • @cpolt1192
    @cpolt1192 2 месяца назад +1

    Great, a LML vid at work! Thanks for helping my day go by

  • @WeesanTV
    @WeesanTV 2 месяца назад +2

    What a great video!
    Always appreciate these in depth location studies; the world book is great and all, but certainly not as entertaining or enjoyable as a excellent LML vid.
    Thanks for your hard work, lots of love ♥

  • @Misskittyclimber
    @Misskittyclimber 2 месяца назад

    Sometimes I forget you upload regular videos, your lives DOMINATE