Historic Home Museums in Los Angeles

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• The Shaw Brothers: A Legacy In Chinese Cinema
• The King in The Narrow Sea, The King At the Wall, The King of Dragonstone
• Game of Thrones: Season 7
• Heritage Museum of Orange County
• A Song of Ice and Fire - House Baratheon
• Historic Home Museums in Los Angeles
• Actor Scoot McNairy Discusses His New Film BLOOD FOR DUST

The Banning House was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1935, Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 25 in 1963, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in May 1971. There may be a bigger lesson here about the futility of taking a side in the first place; perhaps, they who fight, lose. House of the Dragon season 2 won't just feature showdowns between characters; it will feature showdowns between fans and even within the depths of the human soul. In the absence of these two crossing blades, we expect their fans to pick up the slack.

The Shaw Brothers: A Legacy In Chinese Cinema

Best friend, trusted advisor and rumored bastard brother of Aegon the Conqueror. Became the founder of House Baratheon when he defeated the Storm King Argilac Durrandon, claiming his ancient castle, Storm's End, and the Storm Queen Argella. He was also the first person to serve the office of Hand of the King.

The King in The Narrow Sea, The King At the Wall, The King of Dragonstone

As a result, House Baratheon faces the prospect of an internal conflict over the future of the House. And although Stannis has a hard time in social interactions with women (likely being a bit asexual), he shows respect to women in a way that not many in Westeros does. Once again I'll bring up Melisandre's position in Stannis' own small council, but also how he lets Queen Selyse have power (even letting her have her own Hand). And Lady Lyanna Mormont's older sister, Alyson Mormont, joins Stannis in the North, where she is given a position of power in Stannis' army. Asha Greyjoy (Yara in the show, Theon's sister) is captured by Stannis, but is put in a wagon while Stannis' own men are freezing in the cold. And to finish off, he castrates his own soldiers if they rape during war time, something that is unheard of from other leaders.

Game of Thrones: Season 7

During the battle at sea, Aeron Greyjoy’s ship got split into two by Stannis, and he later got imprisoned by the Lannisters till the war was over. With Stannis and Robert watching, their parents’ vessel sank into the water, making Stannis lose every last faith he had in the seven. Later, Robert traveled to the Eyrie, where he became the foster child of Lord Jon Arryn.

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After gaining additional men, Stannis takes over Deepwood Motte from the Ironborn and captures Asha Greyjoy, Balon’s daughter. Though the journey to Winterfell is 15 days, Stannis and his men take 30 days due to a blizzard. Later, Lord Varys, the master of whisperers, tells the small council that Stannis is building ships and bringing a shadowbinder from Asshai. He begins to dig into the finding of Jon Arryn and discovers that Queen Cersei’s children are illegitimate. Upon confronting her, Cersei kills her husband and places her son Joffrey on the Iron Throne.

This house was located down the street from her good friend and manager, Zeppo Marx, and his wife Marion. Sitting on just over half an acre of land this English Manor home and its adjacent guest house boasts a combined total of nine bedrooms and ten bathrooms. Amenities include a pool, a library, and a large and lavish front yard.

After saving the Night's Watch from Mance Rayder's wildling army in the battle for the Wall, Stannis marches on Winterfell. With conditions growing desperate, Stannis ultimately chooses to burn his daughter, Shireen Baratheon, to melt the snows away and clear his path to Winterfell. He is the Lord of Dragonstone, and after his elder brother's death, becomes a claimant to the Iron Throne of Westeros and a key player in the subsequent civil war. Stannis's goals are frequently impeded by his lack of manpower and resources, owing to his unpopularity with other noble houses. He must therefore rely on the counsel of the foreign priestess Melisandre and his right-hand man, lowborn smuggler Davos Seaworth, who he later promotes to Hand of the King.

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Actor Scoot McNairy Discusses His New Film BLOOD FOR DUST

We’re still clinging to the comfortable California ranch-house lifestyle — founded on sunshine and ample backyard space for a pool — that we became accustomed to in the last century when our population was half or one-quarter what it is today. California’s urban areas must become more densely populated if we’re to provide enough affordable housing for 40 million-plus people. The Missions and Ranchos are a special designation of historic homes that have such a unique position in telling the history of southern California that they deserve a separate page. If i understand the system correctly, Westerosi families are just wealthy small families, or households, who rule their lands and have the right to recruit their subjects militarily. So, assuming families have their own loyal men, or maybe free folk, not their Vassals and lower lords and knights.

Banning Museum

Luminaries such as Howard Hughes, Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Bette Davis, Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Winston Churchill, and Gloria Swanson all spent time at the massive estate at one time or another. Daemon is also something of a mercurial rage monster who believes revenge is best served scalding hot and poured directly down the throat of your enemy. In Fire & Blood, he sets in motion a scheme to kill one of the children of King Aegon II Targaryen and his sister-wife Helaena Targaryen, figuring that it's payback for Luke's death. A couple of mercenaries known to history only as Blood and Cheese sneak into the Red Keep in King's Landing, find Helaena and her young children, and brutally murder one of them in front of their mother as well as their grandmother Alicent. Afterwards, Aemond looked like he'd swallowed a case of dynamite chased with a match. He'd been sent on a diplomatic mission on behalf of his brother, the newly crowned King Aegon II Targaryen, and ended up killing his own nephew, the son of King Aegon's main rival to the throne.

With Storm’s End in his hands, Stannis marches to King’s Landing and attacks. However, his fleet gets destroyed at the Battle of the Blackwater, and his forces get shattered. When Storm’s End got besieged by forces from the Reach, Stannis held on to the castle. As the siege of Storm’s End worsened, Stannis and his men got saved from starvation by the smuggler Davos. However, Stannis cut off the first joint on the fingers of Davos’s left hand as a punishment for his past crimes.

Stannis next receives Asha Greyjoy, and informs her that her brother Theon must be executed, as showing him mercy would mean losing all of the northmen. To spare Theon the agony of death by burning, Asha pleads with Stannis to personally behead him before a weirwood tree in the tradition of the northmen. In December 2011, Martin posted a sample chapter from the yet-unfinished sixth book The Winds of Winter, told from Theon Greyjoy's viewpoint,[16][17] where Stannis is actively and efficiently preparing for the looming battle against the Bolton-Frey alliance. He secures a loan by signing a blood contract with the Braavosi banker Tycho Nestoris, whose convoy managed to find Stannis' army, and plans to immediately send Tycho back to the Wall for safety. Tycho also brought along a message from Jon Snow informing Stannis of Arnolf Karstark's planned treachery, after which Stannis arrested Arnolf, his son Arthor and his three grandsons and plans to execute them. He also subdued Tybald, the Dreadfort maester, who out of fear confesses that he has already revealed Stannis's position to the Boltons in Winterfell.

Stannis accepts Jon's counsel and defeats the Ironborn holding Deepwood Motte and taking Asha Greyjoy captive. He restores the castle to House Glover, thus winning their support and that of the nearby House Mormont. He then marches on Winterfell to confront the Boltons, joined by the men of Arnolf Karstark and Mors Umber, but his army is waylaid by heavy snows and forced to camp at a small crofter's village three days' marching away from Winterfell. Stannis has a good side and will show that if he is impressed with someone, and he is not above making personal friends. He was fond of his daughter, Shireen, defending her from his wife, Selyse. Selyse resented their daughter since birth on account of her gender and because of her Greyscale.

Known as the "Father of the Port of Los Angeles," Phineas Banning built this historic residence in 1864, several years after he founded the town of Wilmington. The 23-room Banning House is widely regarded as the finest example of domestic Greek Revival architecture in Southern California. The house interiors have been carefully restored to their original Victorian beauty - 18 rooms are open to the public.