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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,123 --> 00:00:05,085 The Citadel of Old Town is the greatest center of learning in the world. 2 00:00:05,168 --> 00:00:07,879 Not that it has much competition really. 3 00:00:07,963 --> 00:00:11,258 Most lords think of books the way they think of younger sons. 4 00:00:11,341 --> 00:00:15,428 Useful to have around, as long as they keep to the corners. 5 00:00:15,512 --> 00:00:19,516 Back when House Hightower still ruled Old Town as kings... 6 00:00:19,599 --> 00:00:22,811 ...a crippled younger son sought solace in books and those who wrote them... 7 00:00:22,894 --> 00:00:25,939 ...and became the greatest patron of learning in his day. 8 00:00:26,148 --> 00:00:30,735 Scholars of all sorts flocked to Old Town to debate and write... 9 00:00:30,819 --> 00:00:32,362 ...and debate. 10 00:00:32,445 --> 00:00:34,364 After this Prince Peremore's death... 11 00:00:34,447 --> 00:00:36,867 ...his brother granted land to "Peremore's Pets"... 12 00:00:36,950 --> 00:00:38,827 ...as the wise men were called. 13 00:00:38,910 --> 00:00:41,997 Though now, they're known as "Maesters". 14 00:00:42,873 --> 00:00:46,793 Like the Night's Watch, The Citadel accepts any boy into its halls... 15 00:00:46,877 --> 00:00:49,504 ...be here lordling, peasant or bastard. 16 00:00:49,588 --> 00:00:53,216 Merit, not birth determines advancement. 17 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:55,635 Once a novice proves adept in a field... 18 00:00:55,719 --> 00:00:58,596 ...he forges a chain link that signifies his skill. 19 00:00:58,889 --> 00:01:02,475 Black iron is for ravenry, gold for sums and accounts... 20 00:01:02,559 --> 00:01:05,687 ...silver for healing, iron for warfare... 21 00:01:05,770 --> 00:01:08,773 ...Valyrian steel for the higher mysteries. 22 00:01:09,191 --> 00:01:13,236 Magic. Though, nobody likes to say the word in the Citadel... 23 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:16,990 ...or explain how dragons fly and dead men walk. 24 00:01:17,499 --> 00:01:22,120 Once an acolyte has forced enough links to make a chain, he becomes a maester. 25 00:01:22,204 --> 00:01:23,580 Should he continue his studies... 26 00:01:23,663 --> 00:01:27,459 ...he might rise to archmaester and be given a ring, rod and mask... 27 00:01:27,542 --> 00:01:30,962 ...forged from the appropriate metal for his chosen field. 28 00:01:31,046 --> 00:01:34,799 The wisest or most ambitious of the archmaesters... 29 00:01:34,883 --> 00:01:38,595 ...might even be called to serve as a grand maester on the Small Council... 30 00:01:38,678 --> 00:01:41,598 ...responsible for the steering the king and the realm. 31 00:01:41,681 --> 00:01:46,019 As well as keeping the Citadel informed of everything. 32 00:01:46,102 --> 00:01:48,438 The heart of the Citadel is the library. 33 00:01:48,521 --> 00:01:52,901 Which contains tomes from all over the world of every subject imaginable. 34 00:01:52,984 --> 00:01:56,112 From the trivial to the essential to the... 35 00:01:56,196 --> 00:01:57,864 ...restricted. 36 00:01:58,198 --> 00:01:59,694 If the world ended tomorrow... 37 00:01:59,734 --> 00:02:02,211 ...we could rebuild it with the knowledge contained in these books. 38 00:02:03,078 --> 00:02:05,080 Theoretically. 39 00:02:05,163 --> 00:02:07,958 Lets hope it doesn't come to that. 40 00:02:08,041 --> 00:02:12,212 But as every novice learns, the Citadel is more than a building... 41 00:02:12,295 --> 00:02:16,132 ...more than a library, more than an order of maesters. 42 00:02:16,216 --> 00:02:19,010 It is an idea that we may know the world... 43 00:02:19,094 --> 00:02:22,472 ...not completely, not in any one man's life time... 44 00:02:22,555 --> 00:02:24,516 ...piece by piece. 45 00:02:24,599 --> 00:02:28,270 With each generation building upon the knowlegde of their prodecessors where they can... 46 00:02:28,353 --> 00:02:30,647 ...and preserving it where they can't. 47 00:02:30,730 --> 00:02:33,692 And unfortunately for us all... 48 00:02:33,775 --> 00:02:36,203 ...forgetting it when they shouldn't. 4257

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