Histories & Lore

Histories & Lore is an animated micro-series included in Blu-ray release of each season of Game of Thrones.
==Premise==
==Overview==
Actual cast members, in-character, narrate the major events of the 12,000 year long history of Westeros. 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. The Season 1 shorts were written by staff "lore master" Bryan Cogman. After he was promoted to full staff writer, from Season 2 onwards they were written by his assistant Dave Hill (who was also later promoted to a full episode writer in Game of Thrones: Season 5), though Cogman still oversaw the scripts for them.
The goal is that viewers new to the TV series that are not familiar with author George R.R. Martin's books are given within the space of an hour a thorough crash-course on all of the vital things one needs to know about the backstory of the world of Westeros.
Similar to the theme of the books, each of the characters gives their own perspective on historical events. For example, Robert Baratheon is filled with self-righteous fury when he describes the Sack of King's Landing, while Viserys Targaryen stresses what a betrayal it was and how the Targaryen children were butchered. The House Stark characters are horrified by the bloodshed in the Sack of King's Landing, while Tywin Lannister, considers it to have been a necessary evil.
The shorts are not fully animated, but rather the "camera" pans over detailed still-frame artwork as characters narrate their contents. The drawings were produced by the TV series's storyboard artist William Simpson, comic book artist Dan Parsons (Star Wars), among others such as Elia Mervi.
In Season 1 the artwork was in the form of pencil and charcoal drawings, but as they were well-received, more time and resources were put into those produced in subsequent seasons, including full color and more detailed artwork. From Season 2 onwards the videos also include much more zooming in and out by the camera, and sometimes even shifting between two frames to show action (a raised axe in one shot will be lowered while the rest of the frame remains still). As a result they became more of a motion comic.
==Seasons==
Season	Shorts	Release date
1 	24 	March 6, 2012
2 	19 	February 19, 2013
3 	16 	February 18, 2014
4 	16 	February 17, 2015
5 	14 	March 15, 2016
6 	18 	November 15, 2016
7 	8 	December 12, 2017
8 	6 	December 3, 2019
==Cast==
*Mark Addy as King Robert Baratheon
*Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy
*Nonso Anozie as Xaro Xhoan Daxos
*Robert Aramayo as Lord Eddard Stark
*Pilou Asbæk as King Euron Greyjoy
*John Bradley as Samwell Tarly
*Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth
*James Cosmo as Lord Commander Jeor Mormont
*Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister
*Liam Cunningham as Ser Davos Seaworth
*Charles Dance as Lord Tywin Lannister
*Stephen Dillane as King Stannis Baratheon
*Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell
*Roy Dotrice as Wisdom Hallyne
*Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei
*Michelle Fairley as Lady Catelyn Stark
*James Faulkner as Lord Randyll Tarly
*Jerome Flynn as Ser Bronn
*Mark Gatiss as Tycho Nestoris
*Aidan Gillen as Lord Petyr Baelish
*Jack Gleeson as King Joffrey Baratheon
*Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont
*Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle
*Kit Harington as Jon Snow
*Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Prince Bran Stark
*Conleth Hill as Lord Varys
*Kristofer Hivju as Tormund
*Michiel Huisman as Daario Naharis
*Paul Kaye as Thoros of Myr
*Ellie Kendrick as Meera Reed
*Rose Leslie as Ygritte
*Anton Lesser as Qyburn
*Harry Lloyd as Prince Viserys Targaryen
*Richard Madden as King Robb Stark
*Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane
*Michael McElhatton as Lord Roose Bolton
*Ian McElhinney as Ser Barristan Selmy
*Ian McShane as Brother Ray
*Pedro Pascal as Prince Oberyn Martell
*Jonathan Pryce as the High Sparrow
*Clive Russell as Ser Brynden Tully
*Donald Sumpter as Maester Luwin
*Owen Teale as Ser Alliser Thorne
*Sophie Turner as Princess Sansa Stark
*Indira Varma as Ellaria Sand
*Gemma Whelan as Yara Greyjoy
*Tom Wlaschiha as Jaqen H'ghar
*Max von Sydow as the Three-Eyed Raven
==References==
Category:Animated micro-series
 
Category:Micro-series of Game of Thrones
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