Tycho Nestoris

I feel like, so we get, we get Shireen, we get all of her Queens men and Axel Florent, of course, who is her uncle and, um, you know, a character unto himself.

And most importantly to John, they are accompanied by, um, an emissary from the iron bank, Tycho Nestoris, who, um, looms pretty large for how little time he, he spends, um, on the page.

Um, Any thoughts about this sweet little intro that we get between this clashing cast of characters?

I agree with you.

Let's get this out of here.

He for sure did.

So Tycho Nestoris, um, like, seems to react pretty well to Jon being very obviously interested in a conversation with him.

And I'm sure he knows what is going to be coming from Jon.

Seemingly well before Harys Swiff set foot in Braavos, they had shifted to a new strategy.

Tycho Nestoris, one of their senior envoys, took a boat up from Braavos to the Wall, seeking an audience with Stannis.

After the deaths of Robb, Renly, and Balon Greyjoy, as well as Joffrey, of course, Stannis is the last man standing in the War of the Five Kings.

And as Young Griff's invasion was yet to happen, Stannis is seemingly the only possible candidate to challenge the Lannisters.

It looks like she won't need anything from the Iron Bank to pay for her to have an army capable of invading Westeros.

She may well have the Unsullied, Second Sons, Dothraki, the Iron Fleet, support from the Faith of R'hllor, and some dragons, of course.

How will the Iron Bank react to her? Well, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it reference when Jon Snow is talking to Tycho Nestoris that I think might be quite suggestive.

Jon makes a flippant comment about it being so cold at the Wall they could do with a dragon to warm them up, and Tycho, who had happily been drinking and bantering with Jon before, suddenly gets all serious.

He negotiates a massive multi-million gold dragon loan with a Braavosi banker wearing a giant purple hat.

Yes, Tycho Nestoris.

Wait, how does a penal colony secure a loan? They don't produce exports.

They don't generate revenue.

As well as being a screenwriter and author, Mark's also an actor.

In Sherlock, he played Sherlock Holmes' aloof older brother Mycroft, and he played a very poised banker, Tycho Nestoris, in Game of Thrones.

In Bookish, he plays a more humorous, tender character, a bookseller called Gabriel Book.

From his bookshop just after World War II, Book recommends classic novels and plays.