History of Thrones is our series where we examine important historical events and people from the complex and controversial past of Westeros, ones that might tell us something about the story going ...
Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...
Melisandre's shadowbinding magic is the most unnerving and sinister magical element in Game of Thrones. Melisandre hails from Asshai, a mysterious city known for its deep and intimate knowledge of ...
Quaithe in Game of Thrones, also known as Quaithe of the Shadow, is a shadowbinder from the legendary city of Asshai in the far east of Essos. She appears to have clairvoyant and prophecy-related ...
If we know anything about George R.R. Martin, it's that he loves to set up enticing mysteries in the Game of Thrones books and then go several thousand pages without ever mentioning them again. The ...
"To go north, you must journey south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow." Quaithe's prophecy to Dany leaves ...
Despite the quality of the writing waning in later seasons, HBO's Game of Thrones found early success by tapping into the vast world of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. Beyond the ...