Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 20 hours ago

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(SPOILERS FOR BOTH THE BOOKS AND THE SHOW!!!)

Can cut through the Kingsguard like he's carving a cake... and yet he gets pwned by a bunch of inexperienced Harpy punks ...k.

Today we dive into the tale of Barristan the Bold and give this geriatric bad-ass a fitting and deserving arc... though I have a feeling his path may be one of the most controversial of the series thus far. Let me know what you think about his final stand in the comments.


Patreon: patreon.com/macabrestorytelling
Twitter: twitter.com/macabstory


ART:

Barristan Selmy in KL: deviantart.com/r-valle/art/Barristan-Selmy-787773875
War of the Ninepenny Kings: joscabrera.blogspot.com
Jaehaerys II Targaryen: http://www.amokanet.ru/
Young Griff: awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/File:Griff_young_griff.jpg
Barristan in Mereen: deviantart.com/capprotti/art/Ser-Barristan-Selmy-129289230
Tourney at Harrenhal: winterfell.altervista.org/?doing_wp_cron=1588187204.0734739303588867187500
Execution of Brandon and Rickard Stark: gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Brandon_Stark_(son_of_Rickard)?file=Aerys_Rickard_Brandon.png
Ashara Dayne: satelliteghost.deviantart.com/art/Ashara-Dayne-new-version-707953821
Duskendale: komarckart.com
Lord Denys Darklyn: gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Denys_Darklyn?file=Denys-Darklyn.png
The Aftermath of the Defiance: art.marcsimonetti.com
Tywin & Aerys: awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/File:Tywin_and_Aerys.jpg
The Mad King: http://www.amokanet.ru/
Aerys on the throne: awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/File:Aerys_twoiaf.png
Death of Elia Martell: awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/File:Aegon_Death.png



MUSIC:

Game of Flutes: youtube.com/watch?v=zbMlVm7tn4Y