The Game of Thrones Wall That Dwarfs Westeros

Six thousand miles east of Winterfell stands a 1,000-foot black stone wall that makes Westeros's Wall look like a garden fence. Built thousands of years before Valyria out of single blocks of fused black stone, the Five Forts of Yi Ti guard humanity from the cosmic horrors of the Great Waste. In this Game of Thrones lore deep dive, we break down who built these 1,000-foot monoliths, the terrifying demons living beyond the border, and why the Long Night didn't actually start in Westeros... but right here. In this video: • The Insane Scale: How the Five Forts dwarf The Wall & Meereen • The Great Empire of the Dawn & The Blood Betrayal • Monsters of the Great Waste: Shrykes, Bloodless Men & K'Dath • 3 Deep-Cut Theories: Original Dragonlords, Global Long Night & The War of Two Stones ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - The Wall is a Garden Fence 01:22- Location, Scale & Fused Black Stone 03:08 - The Great Empire of the Dawn & Blood Betrayal 05:17 - Monsters of the Great Waste (Shrykes & K'Dath) 07:50 - Theory 1: The Original Dragonlords 08:41 - Theory 2: The Two-Front Long Night 09:30 - Theory 3: The War of the Two Stones 11:12 - Why GRRM Built The Edge of the World Do you think the Five Forts were built using dragonfire? Are the Shrykes mutated survivors of the Long Night? Drop your wildest theories in the comments below! 🔔 Subscribe to Nerds Talk Shit for weekly deep dives into Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, and A Song of Ice and Fire lore! #gameofthrones #asoiaf #houseofthedragon #georgerrmartin #gotlore #fiveforts #yiti