Don't worry, this is just a "special" episode. We get back on track with our ongoing series shortly. Stay tuned!

"You are late, lord Frey." As a book reader, I appreciate the small detail!

Jesus I felt like I was watching a real history doc. Well done sir.

Gendry Baratheon: black of hair Stannis Baratheon: lack of hair Robert Baratheon: lack of heir Joffrey Baratheon: lack of air Renly Baratheon: mostly bare Shireen Baratheon: lack of parental care

Say what you want about the Mad King, at least it took him years to go crazy, not a few days, haha.

"...It is said that Robert Baratheon stepped out of a brothel to join the battle. True or not..." You just gotta love how it really feels like a legit documentary, with the hard facts AND some legends to spice it up.

"You are late Lord Frey"

I feel so awful for Elia Martell. That poor woman really suffered at the hands of her husband and the rest of his family.

Damnn that lineup of kingsguard. Ser Barristan Selmy, Ser Arthur Dayne and Jaime fookin Lannister.. insane 😂

I'm starting to understand why everyone says the books are better. I could sit & watch this for hours, no actors, no $$ CGI, just a great story

10:10 "You are late, Lord Frey!" I found that pretty hilarious haha

I imagine Robert at the Trident like Thor in Infinity War. “BRING ME RHAEGAR !!!”

*Robert stepping out of Brothel* with a war hammer that most men couldn’t carry - to face the man who was sent to kill him - is the most badass piece of imagery I’ve ever heard.

relaxing/understandable voice. no annoying/distracting music in the background, the length of the video is perfect, nice work and well done

Sooooo jaime literally beheaded his king so he wouldn't killed thousands of innocents but then saying he doesn't care about them on episode 5. Oooookay

I just realized Robert’s rebellion is probably based of the Trojan war: Rhaegar/Paris abducts Lyanna/Helen from Robert/Menelaos and gets help from his bro Eddard/Agamemnon. Not to mention how Tywin tricked Aerys to open the gates only to wreck havoc trojan horse style

Robert's Rebellion was all about avenging Ned Stark's dead family.

After the discovery of who Jon really is, you can see why Ned was always so protective in S1 when Robert would go on these blood thirsty rants seeping with rage in regards to killing the final standing Targaryen's. What an awful position he was in. Swallowing a lie for 20 years, that brought shame on his honor, caused Catelyn to feel like she was betrayed, and would've caused his best friend and King excruciating pain to know that Lyanna loved Rhaegar, and they bore a child together who he undoubtedly would've had murdered. Ned really was in a no-win situation, that put so many people that he loved and cared about at odds with eachother.

Why the hate? I think this video was just as good as his historical ones

10:12 “You are late, Lord Frey!” LOL

Mace Tyrell is like an AI in EU4, losing the war by sieging down a level 8 fort instead of joining a decisive battle

You're telling me Rhaegar was still able to assemble troops from Dorne after cheating on his Dornish wife? :O

This video has 2-3 times the views of any other of their videos, and it's only been up for a week. THIS, ladies and gentlemen, is how to properly attract attention to your channel. Brilliant move.

Do a similar story for Aegons conquest, where it all began please.

I’d give anything to see Robert’s Rebellion as a 10 part series 🥹

All because Rhaegar couldn't keep it in his pants

This is so real realistically narrated that for a moment I thought this was the real history of the world and ours just some fairytale. Maybe it's like that in some parallel universe.

*That moment* when Robert came out of a Brothel to fight the Connington to a duel cracked me up.

“In my dreams, I kill him every night. A thousand deaths will still be less than he deserves” - Robert I Baratheon

*GODS I WAS STRONG THEN..*

"You're late Lord Frey" As always 😂

Never knew how complicated Roberts Rebellion really was. Kinda want to see it on screen now, especially the Battle of the trident. Too bad it won't happen because everyone knows the outcome.

Quick point to add to this, Robert didn’t just get the throne as he was the leader of the winning rebellion (although this was definitely a huge factor) but he also had a legitimate (albeit distant) blood claim to the throne as his grandmother was Rhaelle Targaryen. This is why when Cersei confronts Ned and asks him why he didn’t seize the throne for himself, he mentions Robert having the greater claim (a justification he also uses with Renly IIRC). This is why I love the books, there’s the deliberate irony of Robert despising all Targaryens despite being part Targaryen himself, and the discussion of what makes a king (might vs right) is discussed throughout.

Haha I love how Walder Frey waited for the fighting to be over to show up

This story should be the spinoff for game of thrones. This is really interesting even without the WhiteWalkers. GOT makers should make a spinoff. It can easily last 5 seasons.

Tywin didn’t order to kill Elia, just her children. He just neglected to tell Clegane and Lorch to let her live and to make the children’s deaths ‘clean’ but those pea brained psychopaths made a mess out of it

Mace Tyrell is that one vassal ally in CK2, that simply refuses to attach his 8k army to yours and instead besieges some remote areas of the enemy realm.

It should be added that Robert claimed the throne because he had Targaryen lineage. His grandmother was Rhaelle Targaryen, who was an aunt of the Mad King - Robert and Aerys were therefore cousins once removed.

I watch this video quite often and can’t underestimate how perfectly everything is explained. Great voice great delivery. Very well done thanks for making it.

The narrator of this story did a brilliant job. I could listen to the entire game of series like this.

One of the greatest and most informative GoT history videos I have ever watched. You should be very proud of the work you have done. Incredibly clean and easy to follow video!

Major GoT events explained with moving rectangles? My life is complete. This video was great.

Wow , that pulled so many story strings I have heard over the years, together to finally make sense as a singular story. Great job!

After 3 years this video is still so amazing. Such great work!

Doing some fantasy battle from time to time is not so bad of an idea, maybe LOTR would be a fitting choice for the next special.

This video is insane! You really know your stuff and explain it in a great way mixed with amazing visuals! Aegon's conquest would be a great video for you to research next! :)

Man this is so nicely edited! It's like watching a Civ game play out. Great job on everything going on with this video, impressed as heck.

"You are late lord Frey!" xD that one never gets old

Just a minor correction. King Aerys always listened to the counsel of Varys, but when Lord Tywin's army was the their gates, Varys advised King Aerys that they cannot be trusted, but, out of desperation, King Aerys listened to Grand Maester Pycelle whom advised they should open the gates for the Lannister army.

Absolutely awesome vid. I enjoyed watching this more than watching season 8 so far. I'm pissed I didn't discover your channel sooner lol

I just love the way you give life to battles that are not transcripted or explained in the serie, thank you so much for your work!

It is much more sad when you realise Rhaegar didn't even love Lyanna to begin with, he was more interested in producing a third heir with Lyanna because of his strong belief of the Azor prophecy, since Elia fell ill shortly after the birth of her second child, he didn't even care that Robert was in love with Lyanna.

This has better writing that the last season of GoT.

I actually really like this concept. It'd expand the scope of the channel while still being true to its premise. I could see all sorts of fictional battles in the future, from Tolkien's stuff, etc. Good stuff!

One thing I'd like to point out: 11:57 Tywin admits to Tyrion that he did not order Elia's death since he had more pressing matters. like his son being somewhat a hostage of Aerys. he did, however, spin the situation to his advantage and did not punish the mountain

This was amazingly done it felt so real. It was like watching someone describe genuine history and not a fictions story. Seriously guys a big well done.

Couple of factual errors here: Robert Baratheon was present at the Battle of Gulltown. He was the first on the walls, slaying Lord Marq Grafton is a duel. After that, he took a ship to Storm's End. The first major victory for the rebels was in Gulltown. The Battle of the Bells, far from being the first major victory, was the turning point of the rebel fortunes, as their beleaguered commander Robert was able to link up with Eddard Stark, Hoster Tully, and Denys Arryn (who would die in the battle in combat with Jon Connington). Almost as important as the loss of Rhaegar Targaryen at the Trident was the loss of the three Kingsguard knights who were Rhaegar's subcommanders. Lewyn Martell was slain by the Vale troops, Barristan Selmy was captured by the Northmen, and Jonothor Darry was slain by the Riverlander troops under Hoster Tully. The loss of those commanders meant that no commander was present to rally the fleeing forces, to retreat to King's Landing and bolster their defenses. There was a minor battle with the Greyjoys off the Mander following the Trident. Lord Quellon Greyjoy, father to Balon and a dedicated reformer, was killed in a worthless skirmish near the Shield Islands in the Reach fighting the Shield Islands navy. Robert was acclaimed before the Battle of the Trident by the overwhelming assent of his bannermen. He did not want the position, nor was this decision made following the Sack of King's Landing. Still, very slick presentation as you are known for. Cheers, SomethingLikeALawyer, Wars and Politics of Ice and Fire

Somehow, this is much better than season 8 episode 4

You absolutely nailed it !!........what a stunning and beautiful representation and detailed analysis of the story.......my my!!....... A fan is born now

They really need to do a rebellion spinoff series. The Battle of the Trident could be the most spectacular battle on TV.

The narrator sounds like the one from Stronghold Crusader. I love it.

Nice, i want to see a special episode about Aegon's conquest next time.

What a great job you guys did. Man that brought it right up to when the show and books start.

Man this is exactly what I wanted in terms of the rebellion and specifically the trident. A nice concise summary and timeline thank you so much

Point of contention: Tywin Lannister did NOT order his men to murder Elia, just her children: Tywin: "Elia need not have been harmed at all, that was sheer folly. By herself she was nothing." Tyrion: "Then why did the Mountain kill her?" Tywin: "Because I did not tell him to spare her. I doubt I mentioned her at all."

“Lord Frey you’re late!” Nice touch! 😂😂

The quality of this video is amazing. Thank you. Had a good time here !

Brilliant. This work BazBattles has done is simply brilliant! I have learned more about Game of Thrones and how things came to be which draws my attention and peaks genuine interest, than the required reading in school about all the real battles and wars that have been fought in mankind's history

This is by far the best summary on GOT I've ever seen!

This could be a tv series of its own. Hopefully I'm around long enough to watch it.

Cant even watch this anymore. Thanks D&D for killing a whole universe.

You're a great storyteller. Felt like one award winning documentary...

“You are late, lord Frey.” Hahah, nice one.

10:10 " You're late Lord Frey " LOL, nice detail.

Best GoT thing I have seen outside of the show itself.

beautifully explained and detailed but that game of thrones theme song singing was the cherry on top! Well done!!

History+ geography+ GOT = perfection

This is so cool ty for making this

Omg the Lord Frey bubble is bloody hilarious, that was a nice little touch

That was awesome. One little thing though - and this is really just nitpicking - Robert was crowned because he had the closest ties to the Targaryen bloodline while not being a Targaryen.

The animations in this video are amazing!

Love the quick detail of the Frey’s arriving late

They should have done this as season 0 instead of season 8 while waiting for the books

Do more of this pls. Gives more diversity to the content.

People complaining about this not being historic just don't get it. You want more regular vids? You want this channel to explode so the creator can focus on making more content? Then you need to put up with a little fan service. It's called marketing. Deal

never read the book and what you have shared gave chills...good job narrating..

I like how you said that the Tyrells attacked Storm's End, which the garrison of which was commanded by Stannis Baratheon and left it at that.

Well explained. Here's actually hoping for a GoT prequel, there is lots of story yet to tell.

This was such a great video! I'll be honest, I clicked on the video because it was about GoT, but seeing how nicely made it is I'll definitely be checking your other stuff.

This was so well done, great job!

Wow! Clear and beautiful resume of these interesting and complicated events ! Real pro-quality

im so entertained with moving squares Edit: S Q U A R E S

Do Aegon's Conquest!!!

this is my fav and with no doubt the best video on this topic. it took you so much effort wow

THANK THE GODS FOR BAZBATTLES AND HIS GREAT BIG VIDEOS!

All that lore was for nothing in the end... Night king my arse

This is hands-down the best infographic I have seen explaining the mess which is the history of the books. Had a very Sid Meier's Civilization feel to it and I actually learned something new from it!

9:38 Robert: bring me Raegaaaaaaar Ned: you guys are so screwed now

Love how all the northern houses rose in rebellion unlike the other kingdoms

Total War: GoT when