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Post by rufff1 on May 7, 2019 23:21:27 GMT
As a bit of a lore buff I was wondering what your source was for saying the Andals brought blondism to Westeros, First Men definitely tend to have darker hair, but there are First Men culture heroes who are supposed to have had blonde hair - Rowan Gold-Tree a daughter of Garth Greenhand and Lann the Clever (who some legends claim was a son of Rowan), if there is a claim that blonde hair was not present in Westeros until the Andals it could have some interesting implications - ie the Rowans were Andals who retconned themselves as descendants of Garth Greenhand, and the Lannisters only got their blonde hair through Joffrey Lydden but then claimed it had been a family trait since Lann  Well, there's no source specifically saying the Andals brought blondism to Westeros, but in the accounts for the Andal invasions they're always described as being tall and fair, and the First Men aren't. This is historically how we know the romans tended to look mediterranean: whenever they would write about the Gauls or the Germans, they always cited their distinctive fair look. Also, all the stories you cited are legends. No one really knows how these characters looked like, and Martin purposely has many noble houses claim descent from Garth Greenhand, who allegedly, also according to the legends, lived for hundreds of years and fathered hundreds of children. It's implied that we don't even know he, his legendary daughters, or even other characters like Brandon the Builder even existed. Oh yeah to be sure we don't know specifically what the ancient characters looked like and as I said the Garth legend is likely to have many falsifications in it I'm just intrigued by potential implications. One thing I would dispute though is your description of the Andals or "tall and fair" juxtaposing against the First Men - I'd argue that the houses known for height are almost universally first men descendants - Umbers, Crakehalls, Oakhearts, Tarths, Baratheons (who seem to have got their height from the Durrandons) - this is not to say all first men were tall i.e. Crannogmen, but the only real exception to the "freakishly tall people come from first men houses" rule are the cleganes. I still think that it's plausible that blonde first men were just quit rare but blonde Andals were far more common - it's like redheads in Scotland, they're a much higher percentage than anywhere else but not every scot is ginger. Still interesting to think about |
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Post by captainjack on May 16, 2019 20:49:58 GMT
Update?
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Post by William Smith on May 17, 2019 4:21:07 GMT
Great looking portraits, Hope this sub-mod isn't abandoned.
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Post by Blackfyre Bastard on Apr 5, 2020 21:30:45 GMT
Unfortunately pictures are down, which is a shame because I remember them and they were wonderful.
Has this mod been released? Or at least could you re-up the pictures?
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