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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Valyrian Steel <small>(short)</small>}}
'''"Valyrian Steel"''' is part of the [[Histories & Lore]], a special feature in the Blu-ray of [[Season 4]] of ''[[Game of Thrones]]''. It is narrated by [[Iain Glen]] as Ser [[Jorah Mormont]].
 
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{{Short
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| Title = Valyrian Steel
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| Type = Lore
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| Image = Valyrian Steel Histories & Lore.png
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| Season = 4
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| Short = 15
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| Date = February 17, 2015{{Webref|name=Blu-ray |author=Cian Gaffney |date=July 15, 2014 |url=https://hbowatch.com/game-of-thrones-season-4-dvdblu-ray-release-date-confirmed/ |title=Game of Thrones Season 4 DVD/Blu-ray Release Date Confirmed |website=HBO Watch |access-date=December 15, 2023 }}
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| Runtime = 4 minutes{{Ref|H&L415}}
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| Narrator = [[Jorah Mormont]]{{Boxref|GOT4}}
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| Writer = [[Dave Hill]]{{Webref|name=Hill |author=Vanessa Cole |date=July 22, 2017 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111213241/https://watchersonthewall.com/game-thrones-writer-dave-hill-gives-behind-scenes-look-creative-process/ |title=Game of Thrones writer Dave Hill gives a behind the scenes look at the creative process |website=Watchers on the Wall |access-date=December 15, 2023 }}
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| Director =
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| Previous = "[[The Death of Kings]]"{{Boxref|GOT4}}
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| Next = "[[Justice of the Seven Kingdoms]]"{{Boxref|GOT4}}
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}}
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"'''Valyrian Steel'''"{{Boxref|GOT4}} is the fifteenth short of the [[Histories & Lore: Season 4|fourth season]] of ''[[Histories & Lore]]''. It is the seventy-fourth short of the series overall. It was released on February 17, 2015 in ''[[Game of Thrones: The Complete Fourth Season]]''. It was narrated by [[Iain Glen]] as [[Jorah Mormont]] and written by [[Dave Hill]].
   
==Summary==
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==Premise==
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{{Premise|H&L415}}
Iron chainmail and steel plate over the chest. Metal gauntlets over the hands and greaves over the legs. A visored helm over the skull. A knight in full armor can shrug off swords, spears and and axes. But [[Valyrian steel]] slices through his protections like so much cloth. As advanced as iron is from bronze, so is Valyrian steel from ordinary steel. Lighter yet stronger, and nothing holds an edge like it. If you take a whetstone to a Valyrian blade, you will need another whetstone, or maybe another hand to hold it.
 
   
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==Narration==
Nobody knows how the Valyrians forged their steel. Less than a handful of smiths can now even reshape it. The process, like so much of their civilisation, was lost in [[Doom of Valyria|the Doom]]. Many claim they wove [[magic]] spells into the molten metal and blasted it with dragonfire. When you see a Valyrian blade, smokey and dark as if drinking in the sun and rippling with a thousand foes, you may not scoff so loudly.
 
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'''Jorah Mormont''': ''Iron chainmail and steel plate over the chest; metal gauntlets over the hands and greaves over the legs; a visored helm over the skull.''
   
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''A [[Knighthood|knight]] in full armor can shrug off swords, spears, and axes. But [[Valyrian steel]] slices through his protections like so much cloth. As advanced as iron is from bronze, so is Valyrian steel from ordinary steel.''
The Valyrian steel that exists now is all there will ever be. Some survives in [[The Citadel]] where the [[Maesters]]' chains, where a link of Valyrian steel signifies study of the higher mysteries, whatever those are. Some drifts through the world as prized daggers and jewellery for rich merchants. Jorah has even seen a [[Dothraki]] [[Arakh|arach]]. But much more of Valyrian steel lives on in the great houses of [[Westeros]] as their most treasured possession: a sword passed down from father to son for generations. [[Ice]] of [[House Stark]]. [[Heartsbane]] of [[House Tarly]]. [[Lady Forlorn]] of [[House Corbray]].
 
   
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''Lighter yet stronger, and nothing holds an edge like it. If you take a whetstone to a Valyrian blade, you will need another whetstone. And maybe another hand to hold it.''
But even precious treasures can be lost. [[Aegon I Targaryen]]'s [[Blackfyre]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]]'s [[Dark Sister]] disappeared in [[Daemon Blackfyre]]'s [[Blackfyre Rebellion|rebellion]]. A foolish [[King of the Rock]] took [[House Lannister]]'s [[Brightroar]] to [[Valyria]], and neither blade nor man was seen again. And then there are the swords that are not lost, but lose their owners. For five centuries [[Longclaw]] was the pride of House Mormont]], Jorah's house. Even penniless and in great debt, he chose to sell men rather than the sword. When his shame became known and he fled [[Bear Island]] for the east, he left it behind for his father, to hold it for a worthier heir. Valyrian steel is a wonder of the world, sharper than wits, truer than men, rarer than virtue. But even its edge cannot cut so deeply as a son's failure, nor its value match that of redemption.
 
   
 
''Nobody knows how the [[Valyrians]] forged their steel. Less than a handful of smiths can now even reshape it. The process, like so much of their [[Valyrian Freehold|civilization]], was lost in [[Doom of Valyria|the Doom]]. Many claim they wove [[magic]] spells into the molten metal and blasted it with dragonfire.''
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''When you see a Valyrian blade, smokey and dark as if drinking in the sun and rippling with a thousand folds, you may not scoff so loudly.''
=== Characters ===
 
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* King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] (mentioned)
 
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''The Valyrian steel that exists now is all there will ever be. Some survives in the [[Citadel]] with the [[Order of Maesters|maesters]]' chains, where a link of Valyrian steel signifies study of the [[Magic|higher mysteries]], whatever those are.''
* Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] (mentioned)
 
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* [[Daemon Blackfyre]]
 
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''Some drifts through the world as prized daggers and jewelry for rich merchants; I've even seen a [[Dothraki]] [[Arakh|arakh]].''
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''But much more of Valyrian steel lives on in the [[Great House]]s of [[Westeros]], as their most treasured possession. A sword passed down from father to son for generations.''
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''[[Ice]] of [[House Stark]]. [[Heartsbane]] of [[House Tarly]]. [[Lady Forlorn]] of [[House Corbray]].''
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''But even precious treasures can be lost. [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]]'s [[Blackfyre]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]]'s [[Dark Sister]] disappeared in [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]]'s [[First Blackfyre Rebellion|rebellion]].''
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''A [[Tommen II Lannister|foolish]] [[King of the Rock]] took [[House Lannister]]'s [[Brightroar]] to [[Old Valyria|Valyria]], and neither blade nor man was seen again.''
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''And then there are the swords that are not lost, but lose their owners.''
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''For five centuries, [[Longclaw]] was the pride of [[House Mormont]], my house. Even penniless and in great debt, I chose to sell men rather than the sword.''
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''And when my shame became known, and I fled [[Bear Island]] for the [[Essos|east]], I left it behind for [[Jeor Mormont|my father]] to hold it for a worthier heir.''
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''Valyrian steel is a wonder of the world. Sharper than wits, truer than men, rarer than virtue. But even its edge cannot cut so deeply as a son's failure nor its value match that of redemption.''
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==Appearances==
 
=== Individuals ===
 
* King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
* Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
* [[Daemon I Blackfyre]]
 
* King [[Tommen II Lannister]]
 
* King [[Tommen II Lannister]]
 
* Lord [[Jorah Mormont]]
 
* Lord [[Jorah Mormont]]
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* [[Valyrians]]
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* [[House Stark]]
 
* [[House Stark]]
 
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* [[House Mormont]]
 
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* [[Order of Maesters]]
 
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* [[The Citadel]]
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* The [[Citadel]]
* [[Valyrian Peninsula]] (mentioned)
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* [[Valyrian peninsula]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
* [[Bear Island]]
 
* [[Bear Island]]
 
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* [[Blackfyre Rebellion]]
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* [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]]
 
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** [[Brightroar]]
 
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** [[Longclaw]]
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* [[Magic]]
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*[[Iain Glen]] as [[Jorah Mormont]]
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Latest revision as of 03:09, 10 March 2024

"Valyrian Steel"[3] is the fifteenth short of the fourth season of Histories & Lore. It is the seventy-fourth short of the series overall. It was released on February 17, 2015 in Game of Thrones: The Complete Fourth Season. It was narrated by Iain Glen as Jorah Mormont and written by Dave Hill.

Premise

Jorah Mormont details the mysterious properties of Valyrian Steel, a metal considered magical that was used to forge the blades of the great Houses of Westeros.[3]

Narration

Jorah Mormont: Iron chainmail and steel plate over the chest; metal gauntlets over the hands and greaves over the legs; a visored helm over the skull.

A knight in full armor can shrug off swords, spears, and axes. But Valyrian steel slices through his protections like so much cloth. As advanced as iron is from bronze, so is Valyrian steel from ordinary steel.

Lighter yet stronger, and nothing holds an edge like it. If you take a whetstone to a Valyrian blade, you will need another whetstone. And maybe another hand to hold it.

Nobody knows how the Valyrians forged their steel. Less than a handful of smiths can now even reshape it. The process, like so much of their civilization, was lost in the Doom. Many claim they wove magic spells into the molten metal and blasted it with dragonfire.

When you see a Valyrian blade, smokey and dark as if drinking in the sun and rippling with a thousand folds, you may not scoff so loudly.

The Valyrian steel that exists now is all there will ever be. Some survives in the Citadel with the maesters' chains, where a link of Valyrian steel signifies study of the higher mysteries, whatever those are.

Some drifts through the world as prized daggers and jewelry for rich merchants; I've even seen a Dothraki arakh.

But much more of Valyrian steel lives on in the Great Houses of Westeros, as their most treasured possession. A sword passed down from father to son for generations.

Ice of House Stark. Heartsbane of House Tarly. Lady Forlorn of House Corbray.

But even precious treasures can be lost. Aegon Targaryen's Blackfyre and Visenya's Dark Sister disappeared in Daemon Blackfyre's rebellion.

A foolish King of the Rock took House Lannister's Brightroar to Valyria, and neither blade nor man was seen again.

And then there are the swords that are not lost, but lose their owners.

For five centuries, Longclaw was the pride of House Mormont, my house. Even penniless and in great debt, I chose to sell men rather than the sword.

And when my shame became known, and I fled Bear Island for the east, I left it behind for my father to hold it for a worthier heir.

Valyrian steel is a wonder of the world. Sharper than wits, truer than men, rarer than virtue. But even its edge cannot cut so deeply as a son's failure nor its value match that of redemption.

Appearances

Individuals

Peoples

Houses

Institutions

Locations

Events

Titles

Miscellaneous

Cast

References

  1. Cian Gaffney (July 15, 2014). Game of Thrones Season 4 DVD/Blu-ray Release Date Confirmed. HBO Watch. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  2. Histories & Lore: Season 4, Short 15: "Valyrian Steel" (2015).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Game of Thrones: The Complete Fourth Season (2015).
  4. Vanessa Cole (July 22, 2017). Game of Thrones writer Dave Hill gives a behind the scenes look at the creative process. Watchers on the Wall. Retrieved December 15, 2023.