#Daniel Harrald

[westeroswisdom]

A missing Tywin sibling.

WinterIsComing.net has an article called Top 10 Valyrian steel swords from the Game of Thrones books.

Something that particularly caught my attention was the section on the Lannister Valyrian sword Brightroar.

The ancestral sword of House Lannister was the Valyrian steel blade called Brightroar. According to the World of Ice and Fire, the Kings of the Rock purchased Brightroar from the Valyrians a century before the Doom. It is said they paid enough gold to raise an army.

Not much is known about Brightroar except it was wielded by two prominent Lannister patriarchs. The first was Lancel IV Lannister, who used the sword to behead an ironborn king called Harrald Halfdrowned. The next was Tommen II Lannister, who wielded the blade when he sailed a massive fleet to plunder the ruins of Valyria.

Indeed, there was a previous Lancel and a previous Tommen.

Tommen, the fleet and Brightroar were all lost in this voyage, and generations of Lannisters attempting to recover the blade in vain. The most recent attempt was made by Tywin Lannister’s younger brother Gerion, who left Westeros in 291 to find the sword. By the time of the main books, Gerion had not returned yet and is presumed to be dead.

I was unaware that Tywin and Kevan had another brother. If there is ever a spinoff featuring Arya’s voyage around the world (PLEASE, I BEG!), having her encounter the long lost Gerion Lannister would be a great occurrence. If still alive, he’d be in his late 40s at the end of Season 8 of GoT.

Here is how UK artist Daniel Burgess at Art Station visualized Brightroar.

^^^ That’s actually just one view of Brightroar. The remaining ones are here – including a closeup of the pommel.

[timegents]

The Dog and Duck, Haymarket, Sydney: 1815-1891

The Dog and Duck, Haymarket, Sydney: 1815-1891

George Street South today, showing the location of the Dog and Duck. The multi-storey dark coloured building to the left of The Great Southern Hotel is where the inn once traded.

By MICK ROBERTS©

The partially obscured Dog & Duck (circled) shortly before demolition.

FOR over 80 years the Dog and Duck was a landmark pub on George Street Sydney.

A coach terminus for travellers between country NSW…