What Happened at Hardhome? | ASOIAF Theory & Game of Thrones

Maybe they were Fire Wyrms who came from the caves, there is no voolcano on Hardhome that we know of but there are reasons to belive there is one inactive volcano on Skagos

One theory I saw, was that Hardhome had an outbreak of Greyscale.
Those not infected burned everything down and killed infected ones, other infected ones were stuck/hid in the caves and the screams was their agony in pain.

Hardhome is still a place that’s described in such a macabre manner. The letter Jon read was just nightmare fuel. The “Dead things” in the water quote was just one of the descriptions that had me thinking the Whites in the books are truly far and away more horrific than the show could ever accomplish

What if it's the cabe dwelling beings that woke up and raided the town? They had learned of it and as it grew they watched and waited. Then they struck and feasted on the town. They destroyed it and sacrificed the people to their dark gods.

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Hardhome, Yeen, Leng... there sure are a lot of massacres and disappearances associated with cities near caves.

COTF used blood magic to call down an air burst

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Willis was cooking up some wildfire.

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I heard a theory that the dragon Lords burned hard home, thinking it was the city of Bravos. They had heard the story that their escaped slaves founded a city to the north, but they could not find it. The theory gos that they didn't find Bravos, but they did find Hardhome, and burnt it to the ground thinking it was Bravos.

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It's the magic of the wall that kept Alysanne's dragon from crossing.

why wouldnt the children use their normal method of destroying massive amount of land the hammer of water or whatever since hardhome is a port city right next to the water on a peninsula nonetheless it seems like an easy feat so why would they do something completely different from anything weve seen them do before

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I am pretty sure there was a peace treaty between the Children and the Starks/humanity. I think the treaty said the North was for the Children and older races, while the South belonged to humanity. Hardhome becoming a city breached the treaty. Thus they were nuked.

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Mystery is the flowerbed from which interest grows. The Doom is honestly one of the few things I hope George never explains in full detail, as it would ruin the frightful mystique of the location.

Really hate when people just casually drop potential spoilers for shows with no warning.

Like “Oh this town got attacked twice in the dance of the dragon, you kmow guys, that thing they are adapting right now? Hope you already knew that or that they don’t show it because fuck you, I wanna mention a dumb theory instead”

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Your use of historical saxon warriors to illustrate people is, welcomed

When Martin does everyone a favor and dies, I hope someone finishes the series he abandoned and has Rickon leading a band of Skagos cannibals

Write the fu*king book, George.

fairly well spoken hats off to you good sir i'll watch your stuff :)

Apparently there are ice dragons in the north. Could be there are also firewryms. And we know they can tunnel through stone and ice. That’s one idea I have.

I personally think that you are right about the culprits being the children of the forest. However, I see no reason why the children we have already met in the story wouldn't be the ones responsible. The mere fact that their caves were littered with a bunch of human bones among others, really makes me think that it may not even be a different group of children that are responsible. Besides, it really adds weight to the theory that the children are not truly trying to help bran. Perhaps hard home was some kind of test run, or perhaps one of the free folk discovered something in the caves that the children did not want them to see

Jeez, the transition sounds are harsh

Man you nail it here brother. But i do remember "dead things in the water".
Thanks for your hard work uploading all of this. I really have this image of their planet being more like Swiss cheese. GRRM really mentions underground rivers and bottomless pits a lot. Almost like you could travel from one continent to another. This is probably how COTF got to Westoros from Essos. They were even on the Iron Islands long before people.
And there's a lot of cyclically rise and fall of beings with world ending consequences. Like Assahai ending with a magic apocalypse. It's a nuked India.

Not a scholar on GoT or anything but I don't recall the children of the forest as being associated with fire magic.

Water, earth, forest magic yes, but not fire.

It's relevant as groups in the books tend to be associated to elemental forces.

Is this the same HARDHOME event from the Original series Whern JON SNOW went to HARDHOME to Help the WILDLINGS escape the NIGHT KING & HIS ARMY of the DEAD!!

The only thing i love more than stories with huge history and expansive mysteries is a story that explains everything and gives me the answers.

Melisandre has a vision where "dead things" stir in the snow around Hardhome, followed by visions of flaming arrows falling down around them, fires inside of caves, burning buildings followed by an "impossible cold" and one by one the lights go out amidst screaming. It's 100% the White Walkers. The freefolk of Hardhome had a last stand against Winter, and they lost while burning everything to kill the army of the dead. The "Dead things in the water" are likely Wight carcasses that sunk to the bottom of the bay and are still down there walking around trying to drag people down. The caves are probably full of White Walkers or Wights.... Or even may be where the Others get their giant spiders.

could also have been the deep once.

I don't know if it's on purpose, but I heard this music in SCP stories, and it really fits here

Wpuld be interesting if Hardhome was the sacrifice needed to cause the doom...or to reawaken the Others 🤔

Nah, keep the “silly jokes” coming. They weren’t that silly and made me smile.
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It was the ‘Sea Peoples’

Holly crap, I think your right. Im really starting to think we are fools for trusting the children! All their religion is sketchy! We've been dooped and Melanie was right!

What if the green glass candle was an artifact from Hardhome that Maester Willlis stole that could’ve been protecting the area? Thus when he stole it, Hardhome was doomed and he told his brothers of it, the reason he was trying to go back was to replace the stolen candle due to guilt for what happened to Hardhome, but before he could he was murdered so that the candle may stay in Oldtown.

Whatever it was it seems like a test run for the doom. And why bother giving us details about the master at the docs and never showing up 2 the wall for us 2 think it was a mugging gone wrong. Also... it took me a worrying amount of time stoned 2 realise the waves were moving.

When in doubt blame the maesters. Shady grey rats.
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I wonder if the creatures of Valeria made it to Hardhome through the earth.

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I think you’ve solved it. Fantastic theory video! 🧝🏿‍♂️❤️‍🔥

the cotf killed them

i think the cotf destroyed hardhome as it was the begining of the land beyond the wall becoming part of the kingdoms and they wouldnt allow that. the hardomers were probably violating the original pact too.

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