Game of Thrones – Haunted Forest
Because of my system for picking pages at random, I had not gotten around to getting to the prologue of Game of Thrones. Now that I’m basing my picks on page numbers, this is corrected. So let’s start with the scene of two veteran rangers of the Night’s Watch being ordered into the Haunted Forest beyond the Wall by their noobie commander.
The biggest challenge of this, besides having to draw horses again, was the forest itself. It’s easy to assume it’s an old growth forest. It’s so dense Gerard recommends to Waymar Royce that he uses a dagger instead of his long sword.
Along with looking cool, it makes all of the difference with the lighting. Unlike in the show, this scene takes place sometime in the afternoon. I couldn’t make it too dark when everyone is dressed in black.
Speaking of which it was important how everybody is dressed beyond their palette choice. Will and Garet I see as dressed practically but shabbily. All that Martin mentions is that Garet is wearing a hood to hide his cropped ears.
Lots of details are provided for us about Royce. Martin goes into great detail about how well dressed he is. I’m imagining him kind of like the Monk in Canterbury Tales.
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Game of Thrones – Prologue