Episode 172: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAENERYS II: ”Legion (Part 1)”

Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Dany descends into hell, aka Astapor, our first city in Slaver's Bay.   This week, we:    - Introduce Slaver's Bay as the major new setting in ASOS - Dig into the hellish imagery of Astapor specifically - Explore the cultural context of the history and language used here - Take stock of the horrors involved in the training of the Unsullied - Analyze Barristan's role in Dany's decision-making process   Next week: we finish up Dany's introduction to Astapor in ASOS, Daenerys II!   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn