The Secrets of House Dayne in ASOIAF

Descendants of the First Men during the Dawn Age, or emigrants from the Great Empire of the Dawn during the original Long Night? House Dayne is full of mysteries dating back thousands of years, while also having serious impacts in the current storyline of ASOIAF. What is the truth of Ned Stark and Ashara Dayne's relationship? Why is Arthur Dayne so much cooler in the books than in Game of Thrones? Who is Darkstar, and what does he want? Where is Edric Dayne, and can he make it back to Starfall? What is Dawn made of, and how did the Black Knight in Marvel Comics inspire a young George RR Martin? What was House Dayne's involvement in the Jon Snow conspiracy from the Tower of Joy? These questions will be explored in my most obnoxious A Song of Ice & Fire lore video to date. Music by Quest Master https://questmaster.bandcamp.com/ Map of Known World by Klaradox https://klaradox.de/maps/ Thumbnail art: Sword of the Morning by Jose Daniel Cabrera Peña https://www.artstation.com/thrax Tower of Joy by Henning Ludvigsen https://www.henningludvigsen.com/ Gerold Dayne by Bella Bergolts https://www.deviantart.com/bellabergolts Art credits https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTlcC8RehlCCa7sElgb6KUKCvOc3HtETUhDopwIcyCsqLtgQAXsWE7fuME6YavigFmycIizM8S6epfF/pub Twitter: https://x.com/CrusaderChris89 Contact: [email protected] Sources: GRRM Event Horizon Chat (1998) http://web.archive.org/web/20001005212114/eventhorizon.com/sfzine/chats/transcripts/031899.html GRRM Rolling Stone interview (2014) https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/george-r-r-martin-outtakes-from-the-rolling-stone-interview-233720/ GRRM on milk brothers https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P75 Elio Garcia on House Dayne's words https://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/65670-house-dayne-words/&tab=comments#comment-3166082 Elio Garcia on Darkstar https://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/119671-what-do-you-wish-was-more-elaborated/page/5/#comment-6408937 Discontinued GOT MMO https://web.archive.org/web/20121017035720/http://bigpoint.net/2012/02/bigpoint-presents-game-of-thrones-mmorpg-at-game-developers-conference/ Newer GOT browser game https://got.gtarcade.com/ A Game of Thrones: Dragons in Exile tabletop RPG http://agot.pbworks.com/w/page/1536482/FrontPage World Map by Tom Patterson http://www.shadedrelief.com/natural3/index.html Types of meteorites https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/types-of-meteorites.html Media Used: Eternals dir. Chloé Zhao (2021) National Geographic's Asteroids: Deadly Impact (1997) https://youtu.be/8VgO1adlEM8 Titanium: Metal of the Gods (2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLLFNmTVmpQ New Excalibur (2006) https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/4797/new_excalibur_2005_10 Black Knight (2010) https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/8849/the_black_knight_2009 Black Knight (2016) https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/20788/black_knight_(2015_-_2016) King in Black: Black Knight (2021) https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/91744/king_in_black_black_knight_2021_1 Timestamps: 0:00 Mystery of House Dayne 1:56 Boring vs Cool Origin Story 4:36 Conspiracy of House Dayne’s Words 7:35 Ashara Dayne, the Red Herring 10:04 Edric, Allyria, and the Tower of Joy 16:21 Gerold: What does Darkstar Know? 20:59 Dawn: How it’s Made 25:37 Sword of the Morning #asoiaf #gameofthrones #houseofthedragon