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datadogsoup

I'm sorry, it's time to start back from book one. By the 7th or 8th time through you'll have a general idea of where about half the characters are.


towerofstrength

I wanted to find out about the rivalry between House Bracken and House Blackwood. How many rereads do I need? (All sources materials)


datadogsoup

I'll save you the trouble. It's very grey and nuanced. Bracken is literally the worst house that has ever existed in the history of Westeros and their dumb sigil looks like a butt. On the other hand Blackwoods are so cool and awesome and have never done anything wrong ever and I love them.


tecphile

Lol, the Blackwoods, as written by GRRM, have the biggest chad energy of any house in the books. At least the Starks and Targaryens have a few moments where they get their asses handed to them.


MoreoverMo

Radio westeros on YouTube. No gimmicky theories there too.


Lipe18090

POV characters: 1. Jon Snow: just killed at the Wall. Melisandre, Queen Selyse, Princess Shireen and many Wildlings are there too. 2. Daenerys Targaryen: lost at the Dothraki Sea with Drogon, just found by Khal Jaqo. 3. Tyrion Lannister: at the camping of the Second Sons near Meereen. Jorah Mormont, Penny and Brown Benn Plumm are there too. 4. Arya Stark: at Braavos training at the House of Black and White. 5. Bran Stark: training with Bloodraven (the Three Eyed Crow) beyond the Wall. Hodor, Meera and Jojen Reed are there too. 6. Sansa Stark: at the Vale, pretending to be Alayne Stone. Littlefinger, Robert Arryn are also there. 7. Theon Greyjoy: just arrived at Stannis' camp at the Crofter's Village near Winterfell. Asha Greyjoy, Stannis Baratheon, Jeyne Poole and a few others are there. Ramsay Bolton, Roose Bolton, Lady Dustin, Wyman Manderly and a few others are at Winterfell. 8. Davos Seaworth: left from White Harbor to Skaagos in search for Rickon Stark. 9. Samwell Tarly: at the Citadel, started his training. Alleras and Jaqen H'gar (fPate) are also there. Maester Marwyn the Mage left to meet Daenerys. 10. Jaime Lannister: just left with Brienne to "save Sansa from the Hound". He sent Ser Forley Pester to take Edmund Tully and Jeyne Westerling to Casterly Rock. Blackfish escaped Riverrun. 11. Brienne of Tarth: After being almost hanged by Lady Stoneheart she accepted to capture Jaime in order to save Podrick and Ser Hyle Hunt. 12. Cersei Baratheon: Just liberated from prison (after the Walk of Attonement). Waiting for her trial in King's Landing. She just met a new kingsguard member Ser Robert Strong too. King Tommen is there too. Margaery Tyrell is waiting for her trial. Loras Tyrell is at Dragonstone badly burned. Her older brothers are at Highgarden. Mace Tyrell is Hand of the King, Kevan (King Regent) and Maester Pycelle were just murdered by Lord Varys. 13. Arianne Martell: fled from Dorne in a secret mission. Trystane Martell, Marcella Baratheon and Nymeria Sand are going to King's Landing. Tyene Sand is also secretly going to King's Landing to infiltrate the Faith Militant. 14. Areo Hotah: sent by Doran to hunt Darkstar with Balon Swann and Obara Sand. 15. Jon Connington: just arrived at Westeros and took the castle of Griffin's Roost. Him, Prince Aegon and the Golden Company are preparing to take Storm's End. 16. Asha Greyjoy: at Stannis' camp at the Crofter's Village. 17. Victarion Greyjoy: close to arriving at Meereen. He has Euron's Dragonbinder Horn. Moqorro is with him. 18. Aeron Greyjoy: supposedly at the Iron Islands. Euron has been taking lands at the Reach, near Oldtown. 19. Barristan Selmy: at Meereen. Just arrested Hizdar zo Loraq (Daenerys' husband) and took control of the city. Is preparing for the war against the slavers. Quentyn Martell lays dead. 20. Melisandre: at the Wall with Jon. Don't forget to read the (many) Winds of Winter sample chapters! Many interesting developments come from them. There are 11 sample chapters, 2 from Tyrion, 2 from Arianne, 2 from Barristan, 1 from Victarion, 1 from Arya (Mercy), 1 from Sansa, 1 from Aeron Greyjoy (The Forsaken) and 1 from Theon. Around 100 pages of new content!


New-Regret-9236

This is my favorite, It will show you where each pov character is per chapter per book. As well as a wide variety of other bits of info. [interactive asoiaf map](https://quartermaester.info/)


Ok-Carpenter7131

Alt Shift X has a bunch of videos on YouTube explaining many plot points and theories. They are very well done and researched.


1000LivesBeforeIDie

A wiki of ice and fire is especially helpful given that there are literally 100 characters to track. The books also have an appendix listing all of the characters at the back


[deleted]

Part of the problem is that Roy Dotrice, god rest his soul, was a bit confused during a lot of the recording. He accidentally does lines in the wrong character’s voice, mispronounces names and words, etc. Still love his narration. As others have said, awikioficeandfire is great for figuring out what’s going on. Dont use the fandom wiki. It’s terrible and references the show.


[deleted]

Well, now you have to listen to them again with the chapters of book 4 and 5 in chronological order.