Jun 27, 2020 · It was a different sort of music that Sandoq the Shadow played at the gates of Maegor’s Holdfast, as Ser Amaury’s guardsmen rushed at him with sword and spear. That night his chosen instruments were a tall black shield of nightwood, boiled hide, and iron, and a great curved sword with a dragonbone hilt whose dark blade shone in the ...

Jul 1, 2022 · Sandoq the Shadow is one of my favorite players in the regency of Aegon III. He arguably gave Aegon his first "victory" as a King, and his prowess with his Valyrian curved sword was pretty awesome. But, what happened to him? Did he leave to Lys with Larra Rogare, or did he stick around possibly becoming Aegon's personal bodyguard?

Jul 27, 2022 · Sandoq may not be as strong as the mountain, but is likely much quicker. Fighting with a valyrian arakh (potentially), I think Sandoq comes out on top. The dude is skilled cant wait to read more about him in Fire & Blood II.

Mar 21, 2022 · As many of us know, Sandoq was a pit fighter, possibly of Summer Isles origin, given his dark skin and hair. The only depiction I’ve seen of him have been from the books as a faceless, hulking brute, similar to the Mountain. I envisioned …

Nov 14, 2023 · Sandoq tore Viserys’s battleaxe from the wood where the prince had buried it and split Ser Amaury’s head and helm in half from crest to gorget.-Fire & Blood I If you want the full description of Sandoq's defense, checkout: Sandoq the Shadow. Staying in Westeros? Hotah. We know Areo Hotah stayed when Mellario eventually returned to Norvos:

Nov 5, 2022 · Not only that but our perspective is a Westerosi one in the books. Sandoq is foreign, low-born, not a Kingsguard (though he guarded tf out of a king), and didn’t participate in any conquests or large scale battles that we know of, all things the people of Westeros would be consciously or unconsciously taking into account.

Oct 12, 2022 · Dunk is big, but Sandoq is BIG. He had 100 wins under his belt in the pit too, he’s well versed in many forms of weaponry. Dunk is skilled and big and strong, but he’s only ever been trained as a knight and grappler. Sandoq has (we can infer) all kinds of training. Sandoq is my guy who I’d put against anyone in the main or extended series.

Aug 30, 2020 · Sandoq should really be on my list, I forget about him, at least a top20. Personally I feel that if fighters met in roughly fair occasions it should influence their positioning in list. If that famous battles , duels or tourneys would I account or add some kind of point system, any other thing isn't very authentic.

Jan 20, 2023 · Sandoq “The Shadow” Oberyn Martell “The Red Viper of Dorne” Sandor Clegane “The Hound” Criston Cole “The Kingmaker” Honourable Mentions: Gregor Clegane, Duncan the Tall, Gwayne Corbray, Maegor I, Garlan Tyrell, Brienne of Tarth, Aemond Targaryen, Mance Rayder, Loras Tyrell

As the others have said, it appears that Sandoq's weapon was an arakh & may very well be the same one that Caggo of the Windblown carries in ADwD. As for how the Shadow came to possess the blade, there's any number of options such as he stole it, or he won it, or he claimed it from a dead foe, or it was gifted to him by the uber-rich Rogares ...