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Winter Is Coming’s fresh new look

Filed Under: General

Well, after much hinting and promising and a much-longer-than-I-had-anticipated switch-over, we’re finally live with our new site design. So allow me to officially welcome you to the new Winter Is Coming site!

As you can see, the look has changed slightly. A little more pizzazz, but still clean and professional. The look is just one of the many changes and upgrades over the old site. Allow me to run down a list of new features:

New Commenting System – No more Intense Debate! The new commenting system should be faster and lighter. You can still comment as a guest, or login using your WordPress, Twitter or Facebook account. Also, gone are the old threaded comments. In its place is a forum-inspired, reply/quote system. Additionally you have the ability to preview your comment before posting. Should help avoid posting any broken links.

Expanded Cast & Crew Section – The new cast section has a gallery of headshots organized roughly by house and/or region. Clicking the image will take you to a page with a short character overview and actor bio. The page also features links to that actor’s IMDb and Wikipedia page (if they have one) and links to all posts tagged with that particular actor and their character. The crew section has been beefed up with bios on many of the key crew members.

Episode Guide – This section is a little barren now. But as the premiere gets closer we will be filling in the missing details. Look for it to include links to episode recaps and reviews, as well as any videos or images from the episode.

Media Gallery – The new media gallery will include Game of Thrones-related images and videos. We currently have image galleries for promo shots, fan art, and set photos. Each image has a description which includes the title and date of the post they first appeared on the site. All the galleries will be updated regularly. The video section will include teasers, trailers, behind-the-scenes videos, episode clips, and whatever else HBO decides to release.

These are just some of the new features. We will be trotting out more during the coming months. And the current content will be expanded as the show gets closer and closer. And, as always, we will continue to post the latest news and rumors. We will continue to work at making this the best site on the web for Game of Thrones news and views. Thanks!

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143 Comments

  1. Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:27 pm | Permalink

    Woo!

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  2. Belfaster
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:30 pm | Permalink

    As a Web Designer, I highly approve of this new website!

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  3. Winter Is Coming
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:32 pm | Permalink

    Belfaster, Thanks! I’m still new to web design, but building this site from the ground up was a great learning experience.

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  4. sjwenings
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:32 pm | Permalink

    Just checking to see if i can still log in with the same account.

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  5. Lord Ned's Head
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:32 pm | Permalink

    Kickass now look WiC! WTG!

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  6. Belfaster
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:35 pm | Permalink

    Winter Is Coming,

    You have done mega well! Need any help with any further developments, you have my email in the comments!

    Looking good!

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  7. anacarolinars
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:35 pm | Permalink

    What a beautiful winter here!

    Gongrats for the new WiC!

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  8. Jarmel
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:44 pm | Permalink

    Pretty cool upgrade. I’m wondering if you’ve considered actually going the full nine yards and doing an actual forum?

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  9. Lior
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:48 pm | Permalink

    Very nice!

    Erratum: in the cast page, Emilia Clarke’s entry has Daenerys for the name of character and Targaryen for the name of the actor.

    Just to see what spoiler text looks like, the following is so tagged:

    Do not read this

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  10. Ningrim
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:49 pm | Permalink

    A forum might be justified at some point (especially when the series starts).

    But right now I think it’s about right.

    The new format looks great, was never a fan of IntenseDebate.

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  11. B'Tash
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:50 pm | Permalink

    Congrats, Winter! I have no knowledge in web design but I like your new look -your work and dedication is much appreciated!

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  12. sjwenings
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:52 pm | Permalink

    Ningrim,

    I dunno, we already got westeros for a forum, and i rather like this comment system. Especially with these handy quotes!

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  13. Abyss
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:56 pm | Permalink

    I have no words to phrase how I like the new website! I could do it in my first language, but let me put it like this – WOO!! ^^

    Why is the e-mail address required btw?

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  14. aaron
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:57 pm | Permalink

    the new site looks terrific!

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  15. Winter Is Coming
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 11:00 pm | Permalink

    Lior,

    Lior, I think you may have done it wrong. How about now?

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  16. Cyan
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 11:11 pm | Permalink

    Great New Look!

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  17. Zack
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 11:14 pm | Permalink

    This is a really classed-up look for the new site! Nice work! Much cleaner looking. And may I say, the revamped cast page is a delightful thing. Seeing them all grouped up properly, HBO really seems to be finding the right people consistently!

    Let me give a brief introduction :) I’m a n00b to this series and the website, though I’ve lurked for a month or two. I was urged to start reading the series by some friends to prepare for the HBO series, so I started back in May and am currently at Sansa’s last chapter in Storm of Swords. I adore this series and I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself when I finish AFFC in a month and have to wait undetermined periods for new material with the rest of you! Maybe start reading through them again? lol

    Random thought: I must admit to feeling rather nervous for the show’s prospects on HBO. It seems like every time I get interested in a show on HBO, it’s cancelled before its time (Deadwood, Rome, Carnivale, Flight of the Conchords…) and the shows I have no interest in (Sex and the City, True Blood) are the ones that catch on. I’m hoping my luck changes with this series and we get to see it done to completion. There are absolutely mind-blowingly cool moments in SoS that we NEED to see!!

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  18. Tim
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 11:18 pm | Permalink

    Looking good WiC! The comments system seems much better too.

    Well done :)

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  19. Posted July 25, 2010 at 11:21 pm | Permalink

    So, to see the spoiler, we highlight the black box? Thats what I had to do….

    Winter, it looks awesome. I love the home page and the cast set up is superb! Thank you for years of entertainment, and the ones to come man.

    I can’t wait for more news (Tywin?) Though, the lull has allowed me to submit my second last draft of the ol’ thesis. I can’t believe I’ve managed to graduate from one degree, finish a masters degree, and start another degree (fall) since the first rumour of Games. It’s been quite a long time coming, I can’t wait for spring!

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  20. Lior
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 11:26 pm | Permalink

    Winter Is Coming,

    Yes, I must have gotten the HTML wrong, but now it’s clear how the feature works.

    PS: for those who have read the books and would prefer a more transparent mark-up for spoilers, one route is via the Firefox extension Stylish.

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  21. Posted July 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm | Permalink

    nice and clean update, I like it :)

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  22. Lord Ned's Head
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 11:46 pm | Permalink

    Just saw the “send us a raven” link. Genius! ;P

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  23. Posted July 25, 2010 at 11:47 pm | Permalink

    According to George, filming starts tomorrow (or today, in Belfast!)!!!!!!!!!

    http://grrm.livejournal.com/167661.html

    WOOO

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  24. Peltast
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 11:50 pm | Permalink

    Not head-over-heels about the layout at the moment, but that’s okay. It’ll grow on me like the old one did. =] The new comment system looks to be a boon for people with low bandwidth like me.

    Also, love the cast page. <3

    btw, I noticed a very small typo in the crew page (Benioff's section):
    "Upon being introduced to the A Song of Ice and Fire series, Benioff like it so much he pitched it to HBO as a series [...]”
    ^ Should be “liked”? /grammarnazi

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  25. byryn
    Posted July 25, 2010 at 11:53 pm | Permalink

    For you cast page, i think you left out a placeholder for Illyrio.

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  26. Posted July 26, 2010 at 12:01 am | Permalink

    Looking great! :) And yes… it is monday morning here in Europe!!

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  27. Winter Is Coming
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 12:05 am | Permalink

    Lior, it looks okay for me. It is probably a font sizing issue, what browser are you using? I will test it there and see if I can fix it for you. :)

    Peltast, Fixed. Thanks! :)

    byryn, I wasn’t sure what to do with Illyrio as he’s kinda in limbo right now. Didn’t want to put McNeice up there if he’s gonna be out of the show. Will wait and see what happens.

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  28. WhoIsJacopoBelbo?
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 12:07 am | Permalink

    very nice WiC. and hopefully this will be the end of comments lost to the abyss of cyberspace only to reappear hours later.

    did any GoT stuff happen at SDCC as was talked about? haven’t seen anything anywhere …

    keep it up!

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  29. Winter Is Coming
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 12:28 am | Permalink

    WhoIsJacopoBelbo?: did any GoT stuff happen at SDCC as was talked about? haven’t seen anything anywhere

    Nope, nothing. Really was hoping for a teaser poster. Or maybe another promo image from the pilot. Ah well, NYCC is only a couple months away now.

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  30. The Rabbit
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 12:59 am | Permalink

    Great man!
    More words in the afternoon, I have to explore it first!

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  31. Hear Me Roar
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:06 am | Permalink

    Enjoying the new design, everyone? I know I am :)

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  32. Syleon
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:17 am | Permalink

    NIFTY!

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  33. sjwenings
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:36 am | Permalink

    Hear Me Roar,

    Yup!

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  34. Long time reader
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:39 am | Permalink

    I like the new layout but the titles on the side (like: “Belfast Date & Time” or “Recent Comments”) all overlapp their respective boxes (I’m using chrome as my browser).

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  35. Lex
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:41 am | Permalink

    Jarmel,

    I think the issue is that there are also several popular ASOIAF forums, and I’m sure they’ll have their own sub-forums and threads dedicated to the show. I think a forum might be unnecessary, and might actually kill the unique character of this place.

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  36. Lex
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:41 am | Permalink

    Lex,

    Oops, meant to say “there are already several ASOIAF forums on the internet”

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  37. Lex
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:44 am | Permalink

    Well, it’s early morning in Belfast, and filming has officially begun!

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  38. Grimtuesday
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:54 am | Permalink

    I like the new site but I kind of miss the old background.

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  39. furrever
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:56 am | Permalink

    Just spent the last two hours exploring the new site and I must say it looks great WiC! Nice work!

    BTW, on the FAQ you have a lot of “here” links that aren’t actually links.

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  40. Hear Me Roar
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 2:04 am | Permalink

    furrever,

    I am going to polish the FAQ later today, thanks.

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  41. silverjaime
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 2:36 am | Permalink

    Great new look! And here in Belfast it is 7.30am and I’ve just arrived at my desk having spent 20 mins at the Paint Hall on my way to work. There’s lots of activity – lots of traffic arriving at and going in through the gates. Didn’t see anyone I knew but I was quite far away. The car park – whicj is huge – seems to be much fuller this morning with all sorts of vehicles, and notably, a number of big white coaches (to transport the cast somewhere this morning?). I hope to get another lookin beofre I go off for a week’s holiday on Wednesday.
    Only other titbit – Sean Bean was in a famous Belfast watering-hole on Friday evening, being very friendly. I was there the next night! Bah!
    Much excitement here!

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  42. G
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 2:38 am | Permalink

    Hey Winter,

    i like the new design. As a long time reader i can say, that this HP is getting better and better, as time goes on.
    Reading all the news here, about how GoT (imho) is made into a very promising show, is great. Even though, there is no chance of getting HBO here in germany, i will definetly watch it on DVD (same with The Pacific).

    Keep up the good work…

    Greetings from germany

    G

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  43. Posted July 26, 2010 at 3:28 am | Permalink

    Very nice design, and I’m glad you didn’t change the title style – I always loved the way it looked.
    btw, thanks for the link to westeros.ru! we also went through a little Ned-makeover some time ago :)

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  44. Posted July 26, 2010 at 3:40 am | Permalink

    Great design, Winter! Crisp and cool.

    I have been following your posts since this site went online back in the old days… ;) You are doing a great job!
    It would be nice if you could add the German “Eis-und-Feuer” to your list of fan sites: http://www.eis-und-feuer.de/

    Greetings from Germany!

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  45. Posted July 26, 2010 at 3:42 am | Permalink

    Congrats, WiC, very nice, aesthetic design.

    I can’t seem to find how/where I can log in with my twitter account at the comments section. Is this a feature still in progress, or am I just blind? :)

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  46. Posted July 26, 2010 at 3:52 am | Permalink

    The cast bios made me realise that Gethin Anthony and Harry Lloyd probably know/knew each other (though perhaps not well). They both studied the same subject in the same year at the same university (unless one took a gap year) and attended the university theatre group. Even for a primarily British one, it’s amazing just how connected this cast is.

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  47. Jeremy
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 4:27 am | Permalink

    Long-time reader, first time poster here. Just posting to congratulate you on your great job with this new setup. I’m liking it a good deal. Also, keep up the good work on the site in general, and I shall continue to turn to you for all my GoT info needs. Cheers.

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  48. Posted July 26, 2010 at 4:38 am | Permalink

    Gaines,

    Yeah, I couldn’t find it eather…

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  49. Ezeqiel
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 5:05 am | Permalink

    Love the look of the new site – I’ve not navigated around yet, but from just hitting the home page I was suitably impressed!

    well done & keep up the excellent GoT work!

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  50. Posted July 26, 2010 at 5:07 am | Permalink

    Lovely design. I especially like the footer (send us a raven – cute).

    Just in time for the filming kickoff, too. At the edge of my seet for news on that!

    P.S.: Login with Twitter? Where?

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  51. Riu
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 5:18 am | Permalink

    Robert Baratheon’s character owerview has a major spoiler, might want to change that.

    Other than that, great!

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  52. Steve
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 5:29 am | Permalink

    Hey! Loved the new look on first sight! Loved it even more when I read about the new features and improvements! Awesome. Keep up the great work!

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  53. Posted July 26, 2010 at 6:06 am | Permalink

    Nice! Congrats! Now I’m experimenting with comments, quotes and replies; it seems it will be much easier to understand who is answering to whom.

    However I’m not sure my website link works, I’ll have to tinker with it.

    Hear Me Roar: Enjoying the new design, everyone? I know I am   Quote  

    Hear Me Roar,

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  54. amir
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 6:17 am | Permalink

    Very nice new layout, WiC!

    I’ve been browsing a bit, and so far I have 2 comments to make:

    Arya’s link leads to the post on her sword practice instead to Arya’s page.

    Robert’s page is a bit spoilerish.

    Thanks for the great work!

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  55. Rahne
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 6:26 am | Permalink

    Very nice new design. And YAY for being rid of Intense Debate, which was an enormous pain on an older computer. I am sorry to see the casting comments go, though – it was nice to see what WiC, the fans and the producers said about an actor.

    A few little linking problems: On the Cast page, Bronn’s and Sandor’s links do not work, going back the main page, and Arya’s page doesn’t show up at all.

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  56. c0venant
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 6:56 am | Permalink

    Looks nice. Clean somehow.
    What about doing a header that is a bit inspired of the HBO GoT-logo? The red and black? And HBO should be in the HBO-logo.
    When the show starts many viewers will drop in and discuss. :-)

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  57. Hear Me Roar
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 7:13 am | Permalink

    c0venant,

    The thing is, the logo is not an official/definitive one, even if it appeared in the trailer. So we wait. And I’m in support of continuity, I like the present Winter Is Coming one :)

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  58. Hear Me Roar
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 7:14 am | Permalink

    Thank for the tips and reports on broken links, everyone … Today is a day of testing and fixing, we will be polishing the site in the future as well, naturally.

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  59. Posted July 26, 2010 at 7:34 am | Permalink

    Also, agreed that the site looks great. One slight issue: the “jump to comment” feature doesn’t work for me (using Firefox). It’s not an essential feature by any means, but just in case it hasn’t been brought up already.

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  60. Knurk
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 7:40 am | Permalink

    Whoah! This site looks great! It already did and you managed to improve it even further. I like it very much. Of course I voted for the Yay No more IntenseDebate, but you had me in doubt to vote for Love It, and that’s saying a lot.

    Only question is: where do I login via WordPress/Twitter/Facebook?

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  61. Hear Me Roar
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 7:51 am | Permalink

    The log-in for comments through other services still needs to be implemented, something has gone wrong. Apologies.

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  62. Posted July 26, 2010 at 7:56 am | Permalink

    Ena: !P.S.: Login with Twitter? Where?    

    Loving the changes! But I’m also wondering where the Twitter log in is…

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  63. Posted July 26, 2010 at 8:10 am | Permalink

    New site looks great!!

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  64. Nymeria
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 8:21 am | Permalink

    Congrats on delivering this awesome new website from scratch WiC!

    I really like the header (great impact), the footer (Send us a raven!), the new cast groupings (best way to go IMO) and descriptions, the About pages (which were sorely lacking in the old design), the quite handy Media section, and the Belfast clock. Very professional.

    Suggestions: it would be nice if you added a spoiler free description/title line to the cast (i.e. Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch) so we’d have a quick reference as to who is who without having to click on each character.

    Also, just a heads up for a little typo I picked up in the About the Books page: “those you though were good can turn out to be evil”
    “though” is missing a “t”.

    And where’s Aggo? I just think it’s weird to list Jhogo and Qotho in the cast page without adding Aggo. Unless you know something I don’t….???

    Thank you so much for doing this for us. You bring us together and give us a place where we can all share our passion and make the wait more tolerable. You’re awesome!

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  65. humusTaster
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 8:23 am | Permalink

    Very nice.
    congratulations!

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  66. Nymeria
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 8:32 am | Permalink

    OT
    I’m currently rereading A Clash of Kings and last night, I read the Arya chapter where she makes her third death wish and tricks Jaqen H’ghar into helping her free the captive northmen and take over Harrenhal, plus the Daernerys chapter whre she goes in the House of the Undying and has all those visions and I was blown away. I didn’t even remember that part of Arya’ s story nor what Dany saw in the house. Talk about 2 action-packed chapters! I can’t wait to get back to my book!

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  67. Nymeria
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 8:33 am | Permalink

    Nymeria,

    Well I should’ve hit Preview first, but the spoiler thing obviously didn’t work, and now I can’t even delete my own post….

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  68. Danielle
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 8:34 am | Permalink

    This site looks awesome! I have a “subscription” to the site through my Google Reader, so I rarely actually see the site, but when I saw the post about the new look I had to check it out. I think it’s really great and I look forward to continuing to check up on the status of the series through your site!

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  69. Winter Is Coming
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 8:36 am | Permalink

    The Twitter and Facebook log-in buttons should now be working. :)

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  70. Anachronite
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 8:43 am | Permalink

    Why does everyone always need a fresh new look? Sometimes the original was great, such as the case here. Please change it back, the old look was FAR superior!!!

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  71. dizzy
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 8:44 am | Permalink

    like the new look winter! OT but I saw a guest appearance of Ghost on True Blood last night. Was wondering if anyone else thought that Alcide look exactly like Ghost.

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  72. Hodor
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 8:52 am | Permalink

    Hodor

    no teaser vid yet

    firefox

    Hodor

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  73. Posted July 26, 2010 at 9:03 am | Permalink

    Cool! Love the new look of winter-is-coming. First time I’ve tried commenting with my twitter acct too – seems to work?

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  74. JonSnow'sBastard
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 9:06 am | Permalink

    dizzy: like the new look winter! OT but I saw a guest appearance of Ghost on True Blood last night. Was wondering if anyone else thought that Alcide look exactly like Ghost.    

    Yeah, I would not have pictured Alcide as a white wolf at all. Who knows, maybe a little easter egg?

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  75. Lior
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 9:10 am | Permalink

    Regarding the Daenerys/Clarke thing, my browser is Firefox 3.5.10 running on a 64-bit Fedora system. The full identification string is:

    Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100622 Fedora/3.5.10-1.fc12 Firefox/3.5.10

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  76. Elvis
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 9:42 am | Permalink

    Like the new look, but the blue menu bar doesnt fit. The blue color dont match to the rest of the design. IMHO.

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  77. Posted July 26, 2010 at 9:59 am | Permalink

    New site.
    Filming starting today.
    It’s a good Monday!

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  78. Posted July 26, 2010 at 10:04 am | Permalink

    FLOVE!

    Welcome back WiC. It was a long day without you. :)

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  79. Posted July 26, 2010 at 10:10 am | Permalink

    Adam,

    Hrrm, it appears when it links to Twitter now it uses your first name instead of your Twitter handle. I don’t really mind all that much, but would prefer it uses the handle.

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  80. Posted July 26, 2010 at 10:15 am | Permalink

    Adam: Adam,
    Hrrm, it appears when it links to Twitter now it uses your first name instead of your Twitter handle.I don’t really mind all that much, but would prefer it uses the handle.    

    Nevermind, setting was in my Twitter account and yes, I’m an IT professional. Apparently just a poor one today.

    Site looks great!

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  81. Hodor
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 10:17 am | Permalink

    Errrrr also

    How are we suppose to worship a certain casting director if she is not in there?

    Hodor

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  82. Winter Is Coming
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 10:23 am | Permalink

    Hodor, you know I totally wanted to include her but I couldn’t find a pic of her ANYWHERE. I guess I could still add in her sans photo, but I wanted to have the consistency of every profile having an image. If anyone is able to find a picture of Nina Gold, please send me the link!

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  83. Caedes
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 10:29 am | Permalink

    Great new look, Winter!

    Very clean, professional and pleasant to look upon and use.

    I also miss the WiC, GRRM and Fans comments on the Cast & Crew, and the login by a google account.

    Congrats on an outstanding work.

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  84. Nikoleo
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 10:42 am | Permalink

    it looks very nice, great job!

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  85. Coltaine777
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 10:46 am | Permalink

    Love the new site…congrats …the raven is pretty cute too

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  86. Coltaine777
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 10:54 am | Permalink

    Please ignore ..just trying something here

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  87. Posted July 26, 2010 at 10:54 am | Permalink

    Well done, guys. I’m liking the new site.

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  88. Carlos
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 11:03 am | Permalink

    Good work WiC, although as a brit I must be picky abouth the Belfast date and time. A Belfast date would read dd/mm/yyyy not the American way! :)

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  89. Anon!
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 11:04 am | Permalink

    Looks great. Much more readable!

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  90. Posted July 26, 2010 at 11:42 am | Permalink

    Nymeria:Thank you so much for doing this for us. You bring us together and give us a place where we can all share our passion and make the wait more tolerable. You’re awesome!    

    i just have to agree you three are the best, the same as these fan community, very united and awesome!!! I loved the site guys. Thank you and keep up with the good work!

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  91. Chris
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 11:49 am | Permalink

    I think the site looks(and behaves) much better, good job!

    One request:

    It would be nice to have the page links for comments on the top and bottom of the comments section. I use my phone a lot to view the comments and it can be a pain to scroll down to the bottom to select the page.

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  92. Md.
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 11:58 am | Permalink

    It’s entirely a matter of preferences… but I liked the previous layout better (the graphic aspect). It looked cleaner to me. Maybe I just don’t like pictures as backgrounds (although it works sometimes). Plus the size of the font under the header (winter is coming) is just too large… But that’s just me, others seem to like it so nevermind me. Sorry for my negativity ;)
    I still think you did a tremendous job with this website and it’s still one of the first ones I check every morning, keep the good work up!

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  93. Posted July 26, 2010 at 12:12 pm | Permalink

    New site looks good.

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  94. Sinnfrei
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 12:19 pm | Permalink

    Looks nice, but the menu is not working correct in Firefox 3.6 with Javascript disabled.

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  95. Posted July 26, 2010 at 12:19 pm | Permalink

    I think my only real issue with the look is the white…maybe my eyes will get use to it, but I miss the black background of the old site, for some reason! lol
    Oh well!

    Again, fabulous job! I was going to mention that Jon Arryn wasn’t on the cast page, but I found him in King’s Landing! :P

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  96. dingo
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 12:24 pm | Permalink

    Cool updates! Would it be possible to add Twitter IDs to the cast & crew profiles? It’d be nice to be able to quickly check for new tweets from the actors themselves.

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  97. Hear Me Roar
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 12:36 pm | Permalink

    Nymeria: the About pages (which were sorely lacking in the old design), and the Belfast clock. Very professional. And where’s Aggo? I just think it’s weird to list Jhogo and Qotho in the cast page without adding Aggo. Unless you know something I don’t….???

    There was an About page, just not too obvious, on the old site as well. This is better now, I agree :) The Belfast clock was on during the pilot shoot. Poor Aggo was never mentioned by any official source. He could be in the series just as well, but we only included known uncast roles in the list. Keep reading, glad to have you! :)

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  98. Winter Is Coming
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 12:41 pm | Permalink

    dingo: Cool updates!Would it be possible to add Twitter IDs to the cast & crew profiles?It’d be nice to be able to quickly check for new tweets from the actors themselves.    

    That’s not a bad idea. I will add that to the to-do list. :)

    Of course, you can also follow or bookmark my Game of Thrones Twitter list for updates from all the actors and crew members working on the show.

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  99. Lazy Scroller
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:12 pm | Permalink

    Winter Is Coming,

    can we have the reverse order feature back. It sucks to scroll to the end and then click on the next page button. Can you put the buttons before the comments at least, please?

    Oh, and the links section is rendered incorrectly (it seems) when some javascripts are blocked in Firefox.

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  100. Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:15 pm | Permalink

    Just a test…

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  101. Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:33 pm | Permalink

    Another test…

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  102. Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:43 pm | Permalink

    testing testing

    http://grrm.livejournal.com/

    Test Test

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  103. Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:44 pm | Permalink

    test

    dfjhsdhfd

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  104. Posted July 26, 2010 at 1:45 pm | Permalink

    I agree that we should be able to reverse the comments order, or at least jump to the newest comments much quicker (rather than scrolling down, and hitting next page).

    I’m also wondering if there’s any way to have an avatar image, through a google/blogger account or something besides facebook/twitter?

    Otherwise, I like the new look!

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  105. Critical Geek
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 2:25 pm | Permalink

    Testing

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  106. Posted July 26, 2010 at 2:38 pm | Permalink

    A question for the informatic genious over here:

    Everytime I refresh this site: I have to wait a couple of minutes and I got the message: A script of this site is causing the internet explorer to run slowly.
    If it continues to run, your computer might become unresponsive.

    What the hell it is?
    Anyone knows?

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  107. Posted July 26, 2010 at 2:45 pm | Permalink

    grrrrrr

    It must be something on my laptop.
    Here on the “big machine” it is working without problems.

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  108. Posted July 26, 2010 at 2:46 pm | Permalink

    The Rabbit,

    I don’t know, but I would recommend using Firefox. Internet Explorer is one of the worst internet browsers, IMO (slow and full of problems).

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  109. Winter Is Coming
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 2:53 pm | Permalink

    The Rabbit,

    I just tested it in IE and got the same error. I disabled the script I think was causing the problem. It doesn’t seem like it is doing it anymore for me. Try it, and let me know.

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  110. Winter Is Coming
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 2:57 pm | Permalink

    Lex: I agree that we should be able to reverse the comments order, or at least jump to the newest comments much quicker (rather than scrolling down, and hitting next page).I’m also wondering if there’s any way to have an avatar image, through a google/blogger account or something besides facebook/twitter?Otherwise, I like the new look!    

    In regards to your first request, I will be adding the comment pagination links to the top of the comments as well as the bottom. This should help alleviate some of the scrolling issues. Further down the road, I will look into seeing if there is a way to implement a “jump to new comments” or “sort by most recent” option.

    Regarding avatars, WordPress makes use of the Gravatar system. Head over there and sign up using the email you use when you comment here. Once you have a Gravatar account you may upload any image you like and it will be displayed here when you comment.

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  111. Posted July 26, 2010 at 2:58 pm | Permalink

    Thanks guys :)

    I think it is working now, without the silly message, and much faster.

    @Lex – If I change The Explorer, Mr. Rabbit would kill me. He is the Microsoft Maniac. :D

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  112. Posted July 26, 2010 at 3:03 pm | Permalink

    I love the new site. Can finally read comments without crashing Firefox. Yay!

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  113. Posted July 26, 2010 at 3:18 pm | Permalink

    Winter Is Coming,

    Thanks, WiC!

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  114. Posted July 26, 2010 at 3:20 pm | Permalink

    testing…

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  115. Posted July 26, 2010 at 3:29 pm | Permalink

    Seem to be having trouble with the link feature. For example, here is a link to GRRM’s latest blog entry:

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  116. Posted July 26, 2010 at 5:12 pm | Permalink

    I’m having some issues with the spoiler text tags. When I do a preview it works fine, but after I post it’s just there for all to see. Not my browser causing me not to see it as I could see things other people have put in spoiler tags. The word “TEST” is in spoiler tags in this message and in my preview it’s working properly.

    TEST

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  117. Posted July 26, 2010 at 5:46 pm | Permalink

    Is there any way to give thumbs up to specific comments? Just a thought, as I always enjoyed that feature of youtube (and, more recently, facebook).

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  118. Posted July 26, 2010 at 5:47 pm | Permalink

    Great new layout. I won’t miss IntenseDebate at all – it used to crash Explorer every few minutes, and I’m stuck using IE at work.

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  119. sjwenings
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 6:19 pm | Permalink

    Lex: I agree that we should be able to reverse the comments order, or at least jump to the newest comments much quicker (rather than scrolling down, and hitting next page).  Quote  Reply

    Yes. It would be nice to have the pages 1 2 3 on top as well as on the bottom.

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  120. sjwenings
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 6:21 pm | Permalink

    sjwenings,

    I see WiC is already at it. Nice.

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  121. soup
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 6:34 pm | Permalink

    test spoiler

    test

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  122. tysnow
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 6:45 pm | Permalink

    Love it WiC, very well done with ease of use but still clean and professional looking. I like the subcat breakdowns you went with and also the Belfast clock, nice touch.

    Kudos! and keep up the great work.

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  123. Winter Is Coming
    Posted July 26, 2010 at 8:15 pm | Permalink

    Vohdre, Yeah, it looks like admins are the only ones allowed to use the span tag within comments. WordPress strips it out for regular users.

    I think I have a solution though…

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  124. c0venant
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 6:07 am | Permalink

    Is there any possibility to implement a “jump to comment-button” somehow? Or are the comments always in cronological order now? Havent had time to investigate, sorry to say.

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  125. c0venant
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 6:07 am | Permalink

    soup,

    testing

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  126. Jeffrey
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 6:12 am | Permalink

    Nice timing ;)

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  127. Posted July 27, 2010 at 6:27 am | Permalink

    Back from a multi-day Very Important Thing to find the new look up and running.

    Awesomesauce.

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  128. Lauren
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 1:05 pm | Permalink

    This may have been asked already, but is there any way we can log in with our blogger accounts instead of twitter or facebook? Not a dire suggestion by any means, but a thought…

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  129. Winter Is Coming
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 3:26 pm | Permalink

    Ok, I think I got the spoiler thing working now.

    Let’s test it out… Does this work?

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  130. Winter Is Coming
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 3:37 pm | Permalink

    Looks like it is working on my end. If someone else wants to give it a go, just to be sure.

    You may have noticed I even added a handy spoiler button, so all you have to do is highlight the text you want to be hidden, click the button and it will automatically wrap the text with the appropriate tag.

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  131. Scott
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 3:46 pm | Permalink

    testing spoiler tags

    SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE

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  132. Nymeria
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 3:47 pm | Permalink

    OK, here’s a test WiC
    you’re awesome

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  133. Scott
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 3:48 pm | Permalink

    Scott: testing spoiler tagsSNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE    

    Well, it definitely worked but the thing that I noticed was that it doesn’t get blocked out on the “recent comments” section on the side bar. So if the spoiler comes in the first X number of characters in the post it will show up on the sidebar.

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  134. Nymeria
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 3:49 pm | Permalink

    WiC,
    Now the Spoiler mask works, but you have to figure out how to hide the content so they don’t show in the Recent comments frame….

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  135. Nymeria
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 3:52 pm | Permalink

    Scott,

    ok, looks like you beat me at it again. I’m going to shut up now :)

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  136. Posted July 27, 2010 at 3:53 pm | Permalink

    test test test

    cool!

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  137. Aoede
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 4:07 pm | Permalink

    Clicking on the comment link in the sidebar doesn’t take you to the comment if that comment isn’t on the first page…

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  138. Scott
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 4:13 pm | Permalink

    Nymeria: Scott,
    ok, looks like you beat me at it again. I’m going to shut up now     

    I still love you.

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  139. Sekhmet
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 4:18 pm | Permalink

    The Rabbit: Thanks guys
    I think it is working now, without the silly message, and much faster.@Lex – If I change The Explorer, Mr. Rabbit would kill me. He is the Microsoft Maniac.     

    Poor soul Mr. Rabbit! Sorry, it had to be said.

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  140. Posted July 27, 2010 at 4:23 pm | Permalink

    Sekhmet,

    No prob. I ll tell him :D

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  141. Winter Is Coming
    Posted July 27, 2010 at 4:26 pm | Permalink

    Aoede: Clicking on the comment link in the sidebar doesn’t take you to the comment if that comment isn’t on the first page…    

    Yeah, I’ve added this issue to the list. It looks like it will be a tougher fix than some of the others though…

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  142. Posted July 27, 2010 at 5:06 pm | Permalink

    Hey Winter, I’ve been playing around with the new site layout all day! Love your new design! I don’t post here much so I’m pretty much mostly a lurker, but I check your site every single day!

    I noticed that there is one broken link: Benjen Stark/Joseph Mawle’s page leads to http://winter-is-coming.net/features/cast/josephy-mawle/ instead of http://winter-is-coming.net/features/cast/joseph-mawle/ and Ser Hugh of the Vale/Jefferson Hall’s page reads “ugh of the Vale” instead of “Hugh of the Vale.”

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  143. Nymeria
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 10:40 am | Permalink

    Winter Is Coming: you know I totally wanted to include her but I couldn’t find a pic of her ANYWHERE. I guess I could still add in her sans photo, but I wanted to have the consistency of every profile having an image. If anyone is able to find a picture of Nina Gold, please send me the link!    

    Based on her feats so far, a golden godess seems appropriate :)

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