Re Jamie: If you fall into a deep body of water while wearing half-plate armour, you drown. It's much too heavy to swim in. Of course, that didn't stop Theon surviving in the sea with chainmail.
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Originally Posted by ChrisV
Arya has learnt some swordwork but lol at the idea that she can hold her own against one of the best duellers out there with her toy sword that she got given as a kid.
She's showing that she's also learnt to fight with the faceless men - 'no one' taught her how to fight.
I also assume that Brienne has never faced anyone with that fighting style, she didn't really respect it at first, then the fight got much more equal.
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Originally Posted by ChrisV
there's a reason knights don't carry light swords like that.
In real life, the idea of Arya's sword essentially superseded the kind of heavy sword that Brienne has (though part of the reason was armour technology & longbows then firearms).
The small and more dextrous weapons are great against anything but full-plate, because you just have to stick the point in somewhere. There doesn't appear to be full-plate yet in the GoT world.
Last edited by Sciolist; 08-06-2017 at 02:58 AM.