![]() ![]() Creig found that a queer thing for the overseer of Westeros’s finances to say. “More gold and whores for the rest of us then,” Lord Bronn had said. A king like Bran the Broken”-the Hand loved to use the king’s honorific to remind everyone that he coined it-“cannot be bought.” “The Seven Kingdoms has had quite enough of kings who love gold and whores more than they love their people. ![]() “And so much the better,” Lord Tyrion once remarked at a meeting of the Small Council. It was a development that surprised everyone, for His Grace had no interest in earthly pleasures. ![]() Some had taken to saying that Brandon the Builder had come again, only this Bran raised cakes instead of castles. The fine food of King’s Landing had laid siege to His Grace’s middle and thickened his youthful face. King Brandon Stark was a man grown when he ascended the Iron Throne. In honor of the conclusion of the last piece of monoculture, The Ringer will spend all week looking back on Thrones -focusing not just on its final season, but celebrating its entire eight-season run, reminiscing about its host of memorable characters, and pondering where some of them may be one year later.īy the time Ser Creig Karstark reached the royal chambers, his back and shoulders burned and the king lay like a lead-filled sack across his aching arms. Lovecraft's Leng.A year ago this week, Tyrion Lannister gave his now-famous speech, Bran became Bran the Broken and the king of Westeros, Jon Snow ventured north, and Game of Thrones came to an end. The island's name may be a reference by George R. In 111 AC or 112 AC, Prince Daemon Targaryen gifted his niece Princess Rhaenyra with a jade tiara said to have belonged to the Empress of Leng. ![]() Some of the great wealth acquired by Lord Corlys Velaryon during his nine voyages was from Leng. Khiara the Great established a tradition whereby the empress takes two husbands, one each of Lengii and YiTish descent, with one commanding the island's armies and the other its fleet. Leng overthrew YiTish rule four hundred years ago, and power returned to the god-empresses. The YiTish colonized most of the island, with the Lengii confined to the southern third. He sealed the entrances to the underground cities and ordered them to be forgotten, after which there were no more massacres. Leng was eventually conquered by Jar Har, the sixth sea-green emperor of Yi Ti. However, according to the Jade Compendium, the Old Ones who lived below the island's subterranean ruins instructed the Empress of Leng to kill the foreign merchants on at least four occasions. Merchants from the Golden Empire of Yi Ti periodically managed to open Leng to trade. Leng became known as a haunt of demons and sorcerers, a closed island. Those who attempted to harvest the island's resources met a foul end, and it thus was avoided by mariners. Leng was an isolated island for most of its history, as the Lengii did not welcome outsiders. Those who entered the underground ruins often returned mad, and even today it is forbidden to enter them, under penalty of death. No one knows when these cities were built or by whom, and perhaps they are the only thing remaining of some extinct people. The buildings are so overgrown with plants that only rubble is visible, but underground are endless labyrinths of tunnels that lead to vast chambers, and carved steps descend hundreds of feet into the earth. In the depth of the island's jungles are strange ruined cities, with massive, fallen buildings. Furthermore, Leng Ma and Leng Yi resemble YiTish cities in culture and design, whereas Turrani's Lengii culture is very different. They even venerate the azure emperor in Yin, although they worship only the god-empress of Leng. The YiTish descendants appear very similar to the people of the Golden Empire of Yi Ti, speaking a dialect of the YiTish language, praying to the same gods, eating the same foods, following the same customs. The people of northern Leng are descended from Yi Ti, while the people of southern Leng, the Lengii, are a culture native to the island. The city of Leng Ma is located on the central western coast, Leng Yi is a principal town on the northern coast, and Turrani is a port city on the southern shore. Some of the striped horselike creatures bred with horses by the Jogos Nhai to create zorses come from Leng. The island is also famous for its great apes, including spotted humpback apes, almost as intelligent as men, and hooded apes, large as giants and very strong. According to Lomas Longstrider, the verdant isle of Leng is home to "ten thousand tigers and ten million monkeys". Leng is an island of forests and jungles, rich in spices and gemstones. ![]()
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