The goal is that viewers new to the TV series that are not familiar with author George R.R. After he was promoted to full staff writer, from S2 onwards they were written by his assistant Dave Hill (who was also later promoted to a full episode writer in S5), though Cogman still oversaw the scripts for them. The S1 featurettes were written by staff “lore master” Bryan Cogman. Each video lasts for about one to three minutes (sometimes slightly more), and the videos included in each season’s Blu-ray set have a combined running time of 60 minutes: thus each functionally constitutes a full-length “bonus episode” of sorts. “Histories & Lore” is a series of short animated videos included in Blu-ray release of each TV season of Game of Thrones.Īctual cast members, in-character, narrate the major events of the 12,000 year long history of Westeros. If you are fan of Game of Thrones, and haven’t read the books, these videos provide a lot of history not seen on the show! ~ Vida While waiting for the Game of Thrones season finale, I’ve been watching the “History and Lore” videos, with the actors narrating, and had no idea these videos were out there.
