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The mysteries of House Stark and Winterfell run deep. For this video, we focus on the possibility of the Starks having white walker blood – it’s a fascinating idea that lots of readers haven’t heard of, and it might even be relevant to the end of Season 8…

But there’s heaps more Stark stuff to discuss – we could do whole videos just on the crypts, or the ancient Starks, or Winterfell in A Dance with Dragons… Most of the research and writing is already done on the crypts, so we could turn that into a video pretty quick.

But the final season of Game of Thrones is fast approaching – the first proper trailer is probably days away. So it’s time to make some recap / summary kinda content. At the moment, there’s a quick overall recap in the works, as well as a deeper summary of Arya’s arc – would like to do a bunch of character vids leading up to Season 8. What other pre- Season 8 content do you wanna see?

Thanks for your patience on this Winterfell video! It was a long time coming, but I’m pleased with the result 🙂

ASX

PS: Can anyone think of a better title for this video than “Ancient Stark secrets and the end of Game of Thrones Season 8”? 

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Ancient Stark secrets and the end of Game of Thrones Season 8

What are the ancient secrets of House Stark and Winterfell? What happened at the Nightfort, with the Night’s King? Do the Starks have the blood of white walkers? How will Game of Thrones Season 8 end? Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveZqqGewoyPiacooywP5Ig?sub_confirmation=1 Support on Patreon: http://bit.ly/ASXPatreon Twitter: http://bit.ly/ASXTwitter More Game of Thrones videos: Who will win the Throne? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3iWCi7yYSc&list=PLn6yDpEottdhisSEKJE3Sv5fpYQuej0Ju&t=0s&index=2 The strangest Game of Thrones character: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZQOje3DdMk&t=0s&index=11&list=PLn6yDpEottdhisSEKJE3Sv5fpYQuej0Ju Jon’s father: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrhqmMRv1gQ&t=0s&index=17&list=PLn6yDpEottdhisSEKJE3Sv5fpYQuej0Ju Buy A Game of Thrones Book 1: http://amzn.to/292Jmwy Buy ASOIAF Books 1-5: http://amzn.to/2970vVu Buy The World of Ice and Fire: http://amzn.to/2j3Kggt Created with Adobe After Effects and a Shure SM7B microphone: http://bit.ly/ASXAmazon Images and video from Game of Thrones used under fair use. Images from The World of Ice and Fire used with permission from Random House. Night’s King art by Oriana Wiesner: http://ownix.tumblr.com/ Essos map by Klaradox: https://klaradox.de/en/galerie/essos/ Deep One art by Pahapasi: https://www.deviantart.com/pahapasi/art/Deep-One-rising-100042477 Ice Jon art by Ertaç Altınöz: http://ertacaltinoz.deviantart.com/ References & further reading: Lucifer means Lightbringer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcaKe06pvB0 Ideas of Ice and Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShAZMy7gvI8 Gray Area feat. JoeMagician: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im0ffrX4Tqw Special thanks to Patrons Reverend Xandria, Cameron Weiss, Jason Rattray, Ryan Steele, Eric Louis-Dreyfus, Triangle Wine Company, Harry, Chris Cole, Paul Lesiak, Hank Lero, Zach Gordon, DscoDan, Shane Veglia, Timothy Charles, Cregg Riley, Joel Soucy, Ali Almuhanna, LVE, Malav Shah, Ria McDoodle, I think a Faceless Man ran up and said 'Valar Morghulus' before running off?

Comments

Charlie Wessel

A good clickbaity title would be “What are The Starks Hiding?”

jaime

"Stark Arcs, the Old and the New" maybe too kitschy/not on brand?

Peter Alex

THE STARK CHAIN OF WOE

Alt Shift X

Oh damn I like that Honestly ASX just needs more ALL CAPS

Peter Alex

All cap is is strong

Paul Vahur

Audio cuts off about 10 seconds before the end, at 13:12

Settlers of Natan

Long awaited... Yet well wroth the wait!Another great video for the ASX catalog! Loved the video!

Settlers of Natan

Click bait video title: "WHOSE BABY DID BRAN STEAL??? [NOT CLICKBAIT]"

Alt Shift X

Ah damn, audio duration must have got messed at the end there because I rerecorded part of the conclusion. Will fix this for the public version. Thanks for letting me know Paul!

Alt Shift X

FROSTY ARISTOCRATS EPIC PRANK [GONE SEXUAL]

Peter Alex

Bran Stark uses sister in sexual sacrifice vision

GemmaG

Absolutely love it Alt! Bravo 😘

Shruthi R

Alternative title : "Starks : Angels or Demons?" Or "Brandon's Wall : Make Westeros Great Again propaganda or a closet to dump fouler skeletons?" 😉 Fantastic video as usual! Cheers!

William

Fantastic theory-crafting. This treads the perfect line between plausibility and potential thematic and narrative significance. Large claims that could shift our fundamental understanding of the story, yet just believable enough that it might be true. The Lovecraftian influence is really what sold me - the thought that the story of the Starks is unwitting (by the majority of Starks who are unaware of their white-walker lineage) denial of some evil intrinsic to their identity and heritage with the iron symbology as the crowning detail. Moreover, it plays well into the ever-popular prediction that Jon will have to sacrifice himself to assuage the threat. It makes the Stark’s story more tragic, and, well, stark.

Rookwood

Great job ASX! It mostly answered one of my questions I was saving for the next live stream. I guess I was on the right wavelength. "Do you think it's possible that the White Walkers might be owed an old debt that hasn't been paid and they are coming to collect? Craster was left in peace because he gave them all of the newborn males from his incest harem. Season 4 "Oathkeeper" we see Craster's son finally being turned. Gilly and Sam escaped to Castle Black with Craster's last son. I don't think that the Night King would march his horde South just for Gilly's son, but could it be an echo of perhaps a similar older debt?

Rikke Holmberg

Wow, just ... wow. That was a good one.

Rikke Holmberg

Maybe just a little tweak of the title like: Ancient Stark Kings of Winter - will Game of Thrones season 8 reveal their frosty secrets?

Hairless Oyster

Amazeballs. You Killed it on this video. I always thought the minor sacrifice of babies to the white walkers through the Night Fort Baby Exchange was ( were?) helping to keep magic alive in the world. You know, keep the glass candles burning in the House of Urrothon. And then Good Queen Alysanne comes along and fucks it all up. Here is the timeline. -58AC The Sassmaster Queen Aly sees the Nightfort and says “ bloody hell! What the fuck you all get up to in the North? Shut it down. Dude, stop giving babies away to the ice monsters. And everyone move back 500 leagues. We will call it the New Gift and try to forget you dudes are into kinky, incest, monster shit.” -153AC. The last dumb dragon dies. Nobody gives a shit. It’s the size of a cairn terrier. Whatever. Aprox 200AC The House of Urrathon goes dark. No more glass candles. No more reading at night. Then Craster comes along and starts dishing out fresh warm incest babies. Right out of the womb of a daughter/granddaughter/great granddaughter and into the hands of Icy-Eye Joe. Is it a coincidence that after a time Dragons starting taking form again and Urrathon got his shit together and turned the lights back on ? It’s all connected. Sidenotes~ …the Crypts of Winterfell connect to a rich Underground network that spans from Dorne to the Frost Fangs. …Tywin was Sterile.

Hairless Oyster

Names .... 1. The Starks are Secretly Dark as Fuck~Spoilers S08 2. Who knew giving infants to monsters would have a ripple effect? 3. Starks - a whole family of Icy Nope. 4. Winter is Coming- A Dateling Exclusive hosted by Chris Hansen. 5. Do Starks actually give a fuck about the living? 6. Iron Crusaders. A retelling of True Detective S01E06 in the context of Game of Thrones( you watched it yet?) . 7. You mean, You thought the Starks were Heroes? Do you even pay attention , Bro?

GemmaG

Regarding what to call it, I do like your older "What's up with X" videos, so nice and simple "What's up with the Starks"?

Paul Barry

Yeah, I like the ‘What’s up with...’ as well. Or you could go full-on clickbaitery and call it ‘Will Jon be the next Night King?’ or even ‘Jon: Snow or Ice?’. Love the vid. Now you have me wondering: given Jon is really the (only?) embodiment of Ice and Fire, I wonder if the Great Other will even want him? Nah, too much fire; rejected!

Diana Rook

W.O.W!!! Best video yet. Well done Alt!

Alt Shift X

If you wanna go full tinfoil, it might be that the original Night's King / Azor Ahai (same person) was also a fire & ice person – with fire blood from the Great Empire of the Dawn. (That 'dragonsteel' Lightbringer sword had to come from somewhere, eh?)

Michael Martin

"Jon must choose between banging his aunt and becoming a popsicle king to save the world"... beautiful climax to a fantastic video. Nice work Alt.

Rikke Holmberg

Maybe Jon and Dany must have children and give them to the White Walkers to fulfill the ancient pact and restore the balance of ice and fire - so he will get to bang his aunt AND become the popsicle king

Rikke Holmberg

I don't think he was sterile. I do however think that Tyrion is the only kid he fathered himself

Alt Shift X

Definitely wanna use the word 'frosty' in there somewhere

Alt Shift X

If A Dream of Spring doesn't give us closure on the House of Urrothon, we riot

Diana Rook

Ooh, I like that Rikke!