For example, Robert Baratheon is filled with self-righteous fury when he describes the Sack of King's Landing, while Viserys Targaryen stresses what a betrayal it was and how the Targaryen children were butchered. Similar to the theme of the books, each of the characters gives their own perspective on historical events. Martin's books are given within the space of an hour a thorough crash-course on all of the vital things one needs to know about the backstory of the world of Westeros. The goal is that viewers new to the TV series that are not familiar with author George R.R. After he was promoted to full staff writer, from Season 2 onwards they were written by his assistant Dave Hill (who was also later promoted to a full episode writer in Game of Thrones: Season 5), though Cogman still oversaw the scripts for them. The Season 1 featurettes were written by staff "lore master" Bryan Cogman. Each video lasts for about one to three minutes (sometimes slightly more), and the videos included in each season's Blu-ray set have a combined running time of 60 minutes: thus each functionally constitutes a full-length "bonus episode" of sorts. Dave Hill Histories & Lore, initially titled Complete Guide to Westeros in its first season, is a series of short animated videos included in Blu-ray release of each season of Game of Thrones.Īctual cast members, in-character, narrate the major events of the 12,000 year long history of Westeros.
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