They looted everything they found and killed the hermit that was living there by throwing him off a cliff to the rocks and water below. In 1596, San Juan de Gaztelugatxe was attacked again, this time by Sir Francis Drake and his corsairs. Alfonso XI was humiliated and was forced to retreat. The seven knights from Biscay fought against him at San Juan de Gaztelugatxe. It was used as a bastion against the King of Castile, Alfonso XI. San Juan de Gaztelugatxe had a strategic purpose as a defensive outpost for the lords of Biscay. But that actual human beings and their societies are real, its just that the known world of Westeros and Essos has yet to make contact with these people.Gaztelugatxe, which belongs to the municipality of Bormeo (located in Northern Spain), is connected to the shore via the man-made bridge, which leads to the staircase seen on “Game of Thrones.” On top of the island, the San Juan de Gaztelugatxe church dates to the 10th century – and was once a convent, although the one currently up there isn’t the original. Maybe the dinosaur like creatures and other beasts are real but perhaps the stories of lizard and batmen are exaggerated and just myths. I believe that farther south of Sothoryos that dark skinned peoples inhabit these lands. But its said to be immense and hard to travel. GAME OF THRONES THE SUMMER ISLANDS SERIESI also want to add: Sothoryos is a mysterious continent that in the context of the series is really only described by Westeros Maesters and sailors. Or that the Summer Islanders were sailors long ago but sailed in cruder ships that were more like rafts and left Sothoryos. Then either the Summer Islands broke away through continental drift or other phenomena (cause this is the same fantasy world where magic exists) stranding these people. The scenario I imagine is that dark skinned peoples (like irl) originally populated all the continents - Westeros and Essos. Probably 40 or 100 or even 400 thousand years prior to the “whiter” and “tanner” peoples that populated Westeros and Essos. Me personally, altho Sothoryos is said to be inhabited by all manner of fantasy / prehistoric creatures and the Brindled men, I feel like Sothoryos is where the Summer Islanders came from. We hear them say they are thousands of years old. But they are distant enough to be distinctly their own people with their own cultures and traditions. They’re not that far away from Westeros when you look at the maps. The history and behind the scenes stuff says the Westeros and Essos peoples populated those continents but where did the Summer Islanders come from? The Summer Islands sort of are roughly analogous to Sub-Saharan Africa but being a islands based culture they have a lot in common with like South East Asia or the Pacific Islands. Where other fantasy ignores the concept or race and that human beings look different to each other, GRRM openly has different skinned people, dark skinned peoples, & more in his works. While their characters number few compared to characters that originate from Westeros or Essos, I’ve been fascinated by the Summer Islands and their people.
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