Valar Rereadis: The Sworn Sword - Part 3
History of Westeros (Game of Thrones)
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The Air and the Spare
The aftermath of war is central to fantasy, so much of high fantasy. It's these bloodless wars where the heroes are killing unending armies of orcs. But then after the battle was finished, there would be like severed limbs everywhere and pools of blood. I think that if you're going to write about war and violence, then show the cost. Show how ugly it is. Show both sides of it. The aftermath will also discuss with Jim next week but we wanted to get a start on it and get some of Sean's thoughts on it.
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