So essos allows slavery?

[Timmy the Dragonborn]

Westeros abolished slavery? And why does that white hair girl with dragons hate slavery?

[Zereul]

have you watched the show or read the books?

[ajb2196]

Ahh well, friend, allow me to explain to you some of the lore. Westeros used to allow slavery. Snarks and Grumpkins were the primary laborers of Westerosi society, spending their whole lives in chains. One Winter, however, the Snarks and Grumpkins allied themselves with Aegon Targaryen and his dragons, who led a violent uprising in Westeros to abolish slavery. The reason Aegon was so willing to aid the Snarks and Grumpkins was because he himself was born a Westerosi slave, being mistaken for a Grumpkin on account of his hideous features, which were a result of Targaryen inbreeding. He escaped, however, and acquired for himself three dragons with which he freed the Snarks and the Grumpkins. After acquiring their freedom, the Snarks and Grumpkins went North of the Wall, calling themselves the 'Free Folk'. The white haired girl, named Dany Targaryen, hates slavery because she is a descendent of Aegon. She sees that slavery is once again on the rise in Westerosi society, on account of its treatment of the Forresters. Dany's goal is to sail back to Westeros with her dragons and free the Forrester family from its enslavement to the Whitehills and Boltons, and in so doing restore justice to the world. Once she has done so, Dany will quietly return to Essos, until Westeros requires yet another Targaryen led uprising.

[Zeldun]

To be honest, Dany doesn't have the best reason to abolish slavery in Essos. She just finds it to be appalling and feels a bit for other slaves since she was pretty much forced into marrying Khal Drogo, and the events at Astapor. And then you get those slave children being crucified later in A Dance with Dragons. And I'm not entirely sure why slavery is abolished in Westeros, but that probably just has to do with the fact that they practice the Ward system instead, and families and houses are more close in Westeros than in in Essos.

If you read the books though, you'll see how Dany crushing the slave trade actually begins to throw Essos into a power vacuum, and certain cities don't really have anything else to trade since they always relied on the slave trade.

[Timmy the Dragonborn]

Zereul a écrit :

have you watched the show or read the books?

No shamefully, i haven't. The reason i play this game was because i once played the wolf amongs us and the walking dead by telltale, they are very good.

[Timmy the Dragonborn]

Mr.Goodkat a écrit :

To be honest, Dany doesn't have the best reason to abolish slavery in Essos. She just finds it to be appalling and feels a bit for other slaves since she was pretty much forced into marrying Khal Drogo, and the events at Astapor. And then you get those slave children being crucified later in A Dance with Dragons. And I'm not entirely sure why slavery is abolished in Westeros, but that probably just has to do with the fact that they practice the Ward system instead, and families and houses are more close in Westeros than in in Essos.

If you read the books though, you'll see how Dany crushing the slave trade actually begins to throw Essos into a power vacuum, and certain cities don't really have anything else to trade since they always relied on the slave trade.

So, she attacked the city mereeren with the mercenaries in order to gain that city, but not simply wanna to liberate the slaves.

[tonym3701]

Golin a écrit :

So, she attacked the city mereeren with the mercenaries in order to gain that city, but not simply wanna to liberate the slaves.

She wants to liberate the slaves, but she doesn't plan it out well.

There are a few reasons why slavery is abolished in Westeros. One being that the Gods, both the Old and the New, forbid of the practice. Another is that the Feudal system Westeros has doesn't need slavery.

[Zereul]

Golin a écrit :

Zereul a écrit :

have you watched the show or read the books?

No shamefully, i haven't. The reason i play this game was because i once played the wolf amongs us and the walking dead by telltale, they are very good.

they are very good games and least with the twd you don't really need to read the comics.
i don't know about the wolf among us though.

but im sure you know that this game takes place at the end of season 3 and goes all the way through 4th season.

i would also suggest to try and watch the show from the begining im sure you'll enjoy it as well get more of the story in so you'll understand some of the things going on.

i would also like to say try and read the books too.

[Jiro Dragonheart]

Golin a écrit :

Zereul a écrit :

have you watched the show or read the books?

No shamefully, i haven't. The reason i play this game was because i once played the wolf amongs us and the walking dead by telltale, they are very good.

This game has been soo good that I actually want to give GoT another chance.

[Timmy the Dragonborn]

Zereul a écrit :

Golin a écrit :

No shamefully, i haven't. The reason i play this game was because i once played the wolf amongs us and the walking dead by telltale, they are very good.

they are very good games and least with the twd you don't really need to read the comics.
i don't know about the wolf among us though.

but im sure you know that this game takes place at the end of season 3 and goes all the way through 4th season.

i would also suggest to try and watch the show from the begining im sure you'll enjoy it as well get more of the story in so you'll understand some of the things going on.

i would also like to say try and read the books too.

Thanks for suggesting.

[Lord_William]

Great Brit... Westeros, which is now in the post-Norman... I mean post-Targaryen conquest (and subsequent return to a "native" dynasty), and torn because of the war between the Houses Lancaster and York, err, Lannister and Stark, abolished slavery pretty much because of the same reasons their real world equivalent did it: Religion, and the feudal/serfdom system, which is basically slavery but treating your slaves better.

If you pay attention, the condition of the peasants in Westeros is as horrible as of the slaves of Essos; think of the family of the first character you play, they get brutally murdered for nothing, and this only becomes a problem because one Forrester squire kills one Whitehill soldier and one Bolton (or Frey? Don't remember) one. But lords are above all law, they make the law, so the only constrain to their power is other houses.
And well, the fear of a peasant uprising, but those rarely end well.

So, the reason Lady Drogo is freeing slaves? Because this is a book written by a 20th century american who has 20th american sensibilities. When the greeks and romans wrote their epics the heroes weren't so for freeing slaves precisely, for example.

[I2epresent]

WATCH THE SHOW. Seriously. You'll be kicking yourself for not watching it sooner, and the Telltale GoT game will have 1000X the emotional impact if you understand the context of what's going on.

For example, the very first scene of this game enraged me, and I'm sure plenty of other GoT fans, because we saw it from a very different perspective on the show. Just insulate yourself from spoilers so you can truly enjoy it.

[Zereul]

Atum Hadu a écrit :

You'll be kicking yourself for not watching it sooner, .

yep can confirm that was me.

[Silent J]

Lord bolton a écrit :

ajb2196 a écrit :

Ahh well, friend, allow me to explain to you some of the lore. Westeros used to allow slavery. Snarks and Grumpkins were the primary laborers of Westerosi society, spending their whole lives in chains. One Winter, however, the Snarks and Grumpkins allied themselves with Aegon Targaryen and his dragons, who led a violent uprising in Westeros to abolish slavery. The reason Aegon was so willing to aid the Snarks and Grumpkins was because he himself was born a Westerosi slave, being mistaken for a Grumpkin on account of his hideous features, which were a result of Targaryen inbreeding. He escaped, however, and acquired for himself three dragons with which he freed the Snarks and the Grumpkins. After acquiring their freedom, the Snarks and Grumpkins went North of the Wall, calling themselves the 'Free Folk'. The white haired girl, named Dany Targaryen, hates slavery because she is a descendent of Aegon. She sees that slavery is once again on the rise in Westerosi society, on account of its treatment of the Forresters. Dany's goal is to sail back to Westeros with her dragons and free the Forrester family from its enslavement to the Whitehills and Boltons, and in so doing restore justice to the world. Once she has done so, Dany will quietly return to Essos, until Westeros requires yet another Targaryen led uprising.

Iv seen bad attempts at trolling, but this is just embarrassing lol

Too true! its just dreadful.

[thesnowfox84]

Golin a écrit :

Zereul a écrit :

have you watched the show or read the books?

No shamefully, i haven't. The reason i play this game was because i once played the wolf amongs us and the walking dead by telltale, they are very good.

Wow you really live under a rock and still play the game that has the biggest spoiler in the first ten minutes of game play. nice

[Lord_William]

Yeah, sure, do as Lord Bolton says. That cannot possibly backfire...