Ser Barristan Selmy was known as not only a great fighter, but also a man of high integrity. We lost him in season 5, but not before he cut down a number of the sons of the harpy.
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In season 5, there was a scene that was a loose tribute to an AMAZING scene in chapter 68 of “A Dance with Dragons.”
In case you haven’t read the books yet, or if you have and you want to take a trip down memory lane, we will share it with you in this video.
I’ll briefly set up the stage to the scene and then I will describe what happens using a bunch of quotes from the chapter. George RR Martin’s writing is legendary.
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barristan is such a badass. i love the speech he gave before battle where he told his troops "you may drop your sword or shield, just pick it up, you may shit your pants, i did my first battle, but no one will care. hate your enemy if you must, love him if you can, but raise your sword and bring it down on him none the less". and the fact he prayed to the mother not to watch over him but his men who were the closest things to sons hed ever know. what a perfect example of a general
The show death of Selmy actuality caused me to quit the show for awhile, though I eventually got back into it.
That was great! Thanks!
barristan "died to a bunch of hobos" selmy.
what a joke
Man, honestly I was thinking what the frack is this guy thinking with these animations? Then I kept watching, and watching, and watching and it was the best audiobook experience I've had. Subscribed! Hope you feed us more of this, thanks my friend
Is that a demon edge?!
I hope one of the spinoffs shows Ser Barristan in his prime, I want to see the Duskendale escape…
Do you think Barristan is going to die in the books? And how angry did his death in the show make you?
Did you know George Martin said Barristan was Arthur Dayne's equal in skill, and that it was Dayne's sword that made him a stronger fighter?
You seems to be a good man like sir bariston selmy .
In 1 vs 1 fight sir bariston selmy was comparable to Arthur dayne but with one difference Arthur dayne had better sword . So 1 vs 1 fight between them would have been epic . As rr Martin tells in book that he was knighted so early which tells he was god gifted with his ability .even jammie lanister admired him
The cup bearers were like "this sword fight is badass and all, BUT WHAT ABOUT DRAGONS!?"
Sandor Clegane already knew Ser Barristan would had cut through those five. Sandor was ready for action.
I need to read these. Seems even better than the show.
You all misunderstand this! Hizdhar did not shout after his guard, he confessed that Khrazz was the harpy
Not to spoil the show, but in the Field of Fire this episode, the Lannisters should have performed better in melee considering the slashing Dothraki Arakhs would have glanced off their armor. Of course, the dragon's fire would have still prevailed.
"Khrazz came"
Ser Barriston is one of my favorite characters. Thanks, I like being read too. (I got to watch an add 😀)
The only thing I don't like about game of thrones is that the fighting is very unrealistic. No matter how good Selmy was, if fights were realistic he would've had zero chance against 5 king's guards. Even 2 of them would probably be enough to beat him.
Could u do a video on why Ned umber is the greatest swordsman in the hole of the 7 kingdoms
Love listening to your voice. Very much.
I love the audio books. Narrator is great and doing different voices of so many characters. Roy Patrice, I think…
Great video Kev!
I was so disappointed when they showed the Harpy dominate the "fierce unsullied" , Greyworm and Ser Barriston. Show could have done better on this one. My son (a book reader/expert) almost stopped watching over this one.
Ser Barriston is one of his top faves.
bariston and barric dandarion are quite bad ass guys….
I could go for some cake right now, ser barristan please cut me a slice
This was a terrific read with complementary visual effects, great work. Still bothers me Ser Barristan was prematurely eliminated in the show. Could you tell me what program you used to create the effects on the screen, it was very smooth and added much to the production. Thank you
I'm still annoyed they killed barriston
I've never listened to an audio book, but I think you would be perfect as the voice of a book.
Ayyy this was beautiful. Thank you :,)
Nah, I meant that I have read the books AND watched the show. But I read the book first.
I have seen all the seasons, and read all the books. Waiting for season 7 now.
Amazing video, man. Really. I am one of those people who read the books before watching the show. And I am DESPERATELY waiting for Winds of Winter
I'm digging your channel, man. Selmy is in my top 3 characters in the show wBronn and Jorah as the other two.
Krazz needed to knock Barrister over.
More of these book scenes!!
Your videos are top notch and what made me decide to finally read the books
7 blessings to you 🙂
awesome
Yeah show barristan was a bit of a disappointment cause in the books he is badass. I think you got it wrong though, barristan is able to make it into hizdahr's chambers due to conspiracy he puts together with the men, operation groleo, named after the ship captain who lost his life when hizdahr was in charge because he was being held among with daario and many others. When he shows up in the room he says groleo to the guards and they say groleo back, and he knows they're in on it too. Ps. Skahaz played him, imo
Fantastic content, subbed 🙂
Very well done. Thanks.
Barristan was really sold short in the show. You'd think that at the very least if the show was going to go with a Barristan that was past his days of fighting battles they would have at least had him start training knights. It would have been cool to see Larraq the Lash, the Red Lamb and Selmy's other trainees get pissed over his death and wreak havoc on the slavers. I guess show Barristan was so old and infirm he couldn't even manage to pass on the ideals of Westerosi chivalry to some of Dany's freedmen.
Great channel… Shared with all my Thrones fans friends.
Barristan is a boss… was pissed when they killed him off.
I'll probably get to the rest of books after the series is over. I read the first 2.
I need to read the books. They sound better than the show.
Martin's writing is really, really mediocre. His story is excellent, his prose is mundane.
that was really good! loved the use of flat images, and how you flipped and spun them.
Great job
The knights code is remarkably similar to the LAPD code: if you draw it, you better use it.
Loved the video! Enjoyed the reading you added. Ser Selmy forever.