When you think Dorne you probably fall into to camps
either your like Dorne well it's the most southern kingdom of westeros
it has snakes, sand and a blistering furnace aka the sun
and then there's the proponents of The Dornish Master Plan and all of you are seriously wrong about Dorne.
Hey it's King Mckay the following theory isn't an astounding insight into the dorans plot
or a new place that will blow you away, but rather a detailed look
at Dorne the Martells and the theory referred to as The Dornish Master Plan.
So house Martell. At the top there is Doran Martell current ruler of doran
(well in the books, he died quite pitfully here in the show)
he is less charismatic brother to our favourite dornishmen Oberyn
and in this theory he is the mastermind making every move.
There's his eldest son but not heir due to dornish law Quentin Martell
a rather uninterest young lad who is sent quite careless across the world to gain Dany's hand in marriage.
Queen Elie Martell famous for being brutally killed by the mountain along with her children in the sack of Kingslanding
and the heir to dorne Arianne Martell.
So id Doran Martell is the mastermind, how does this theory claim he is pulling all the strings of westeros.
First off we hear what type of person Doran is from Tywin when he is comparing Oberyn to him
" His brother is a cautious man, a reasoned man, subtle, deliberate, even indolent to a degree.
He is a man who weighs the consequences of every word and every action."
then we are introduced to his motivation of revenge against Tywin
which quite clearly comes after the lannisters killed Elia and her children
"It was my hope to strip him of all that he held most dear before I killed him."
Now before we go to far, this theory has more to it then just Martell revenge
it also incompasses there houses anbistion to climb the ladder that is the Game Of Thrones
through for this video we will just be covering the revenge plot.
so from this motivation the theory lays out dorans goals:
Kill Tywin, Kill the Mountain Remove Jamie from kingsguard Remove Cersei as queen Remove Tommen as king Bankrupt Tyrion's character Remove Myrcella from line of succession Then Take The Iron Throne of course
So that's the plan stated in this theory and most of this we have seen played out in the story,
through how Doran and the Martells are involved
from most of the proponents of the dornish master plan.
The number one problem is with this list. At first it make perfect sense,
wanting to kill Tywin and the mountain for their role in Ellie's death is understandable
but the rest seem to suffer from 20/20 vision. Why Remove Jamie instead of killing him.
Why bankrupt Tyrion instead of killing him.
Well in my opinion it's because that's how it played out.
If Tyrion rose up to be the strong head of the Lannister house and took Casterly rock
from under Tywins nose proponents of this theory would have said that was Dorans plan
all along
he knew Tywin hated Tyrion so he crushed his all so precious house by putting Tyrion on top.
That is a fallacy
it wasn't from a careful well executed plans or our mastermind Doran that made all this happen.
Simply the game was played and the dice fell where the did.
For sure Doran tried to influence events and we see that in the story
but clearly it was the random chaos of war that made these things came to past not through our secret overlord Doran.
"We princes make our careful plans and gods smash them all away"
At this point if you are from the first camp thinking on Dorne your seeing how the Martells
are a important and dangerous part of the goings on in westeros if I'm right
and the proponents of the dorinish master plan, well
they can see i view the Dorne plot in a very different light
Then most Martell fans would.
So let's go through my reasoning.
Alright Kill Tywin, so this theory claims that when
Oberyn went to King's Landing and died fighting for Tyrion he had already poisoned Tywin confirming his death
This is why when Tyrion went to his chamber with the crossbow
he was on the toilet and had looked to have been there a while.
Then at his funeral his body stank like all hell.
Interesting, right
but does this make sense for Doran's plan.
We already heard him say he wants to "strip him of all that he held most dear"
before he kills him so why would he poison him so early.
All we actually see is Tywin die by Tyrion's hand while his house is on the tippity top,
Oberyn is out of the way at no fault of Tywin,
he has all the power over Tyrion again and can use that to force Jaime to do his will,
not to mention his timid nephew sit upon the iron throne and everything's coming up Lannister.
Then There's remove Jaime.
The way this theory shows Dorans invisible hand in removing Jaime's physical hand
is through the connection of the brave companions.
So the brave companions are a ragtag group of crazy sellswords
that in the beginning of the story are fighting for Tywin.
In this theory it discusses how the makeup of their members
seem to closely link them with the past life of Oberyn
with freed city fighters and even a dornishmen.
As well there actions seem odd as they switch side in the war to the boltons which is a risky move
as Tywin side has more men. It's not everyday a sellsword company joins the smaller side.
Then when they capture Jaime they devalue him right away by cutting off his hand, again doing something out of their own interest.
There a few more examples like this but it all comes down to there being some other motivation causing them to do this.
Well in the dornish master plan this is done under the direction of Doran to remove Jamie from kingsguard fulfilling that item on his list.
Through again this seems counter to what he wants to achieve.
Doran wants to get back at Tywin and Tywin hates the fact that Jaime is in the kingguard and wants him to take his place as lord of Casterly rock.
So by doing this to Jaime there giving Tywin what he wants.
So in my view this is a case of attribution after the case.
It's likely the brave companions are working for Doran but probably less well managed then some fans seem to think,
remember they are a wild bunch of murderers so trusting them would be incompetent.
Speaking of an incompetent plan Quentin Martell.
So Doran sets up a plan to marry his son Quentin to Dany to allie Dorne with the Targaryens
and use their combine forces to take the iron thrones removing all the lannisters from power
simple right
Except using his six dimensional chess skill Doran has rigged this quest to fail
as a red herring for his adversaries as it's not his real plan.
How is the quest rigged well:
Ok so Doran plans worked and Quentin comes home after throwing all Dorans enemies off his trail
ahh no in true Martell style they can't even succeed at failing.
Quentin not being clued into his father's plan pushing on after every stubble
and actually makes it to Dany
and being the stubborn honable dornishmen he is he tries are very crazy move to impress Dany, riding a dragon.
Spoiler alert it majorly goes sideways and in the end there's no Quentin just burnt bones.
So that's bad
how about Arianne Martell she's the oldest child of Doran and the heir to dorne
giving her a big influence.
In the chapters that we follow her we learn she has a good relationship with the sand snakes,
is aware of Dorans plans and it unhappy with his actions.
To counter this she plot of capture Myrcella who is under Doran protection
and use her claim to the iron throne through dornish law
as she is older than Tommen to overthrow Tywin.
Spoiler alert it majorly goes sideways and in the end a king's guardsmen is dead
she is imprisoned along with the sand snakes and Myrcella is short one ear.
Another complete failure of communication and organisation in the Martell family
So let's look at what happened so far
Oberyn is dead and Tywin died with he's house on top
Quentin has made a mess on things and could be dead
Arianne and the sand snakes undermine Doran and are imprisoned
not to mention all the plans with Jaime, Cersei Tommen and Tyrion
seem more like people rolling with the punches and adapting to changes
then any well executed plans with clear goals and motivations.
Alright Martell fanboys this parts for you.
The appeal of house Martell comes from the characters, Oberyn with is wit and charismatic smile,
Arianne and the sand snakes with their strength, skill and beauty.
Young polite and kind Quentin with a strong heart and good friends.
Trystane Martells innocent friendship with Myrcella
and the powerful heritage of dornish law (equal right)
and Nymeria another strong queen who lead her people through hell to make a home in Dorne.
The martells seem better than most when it comes to a house to support and back
but those who pay close attention know it's a house full of bitter hate,
corrupt anbusion and down right evil practices.
Oberyn is violent and rash
He bangs the Martells own bannerman's paramour and in the resulting duel and poisons his opponent.
He travels the world killing and learning dark art of blood magic and cruel slow lasting poisons.
Doran much like littlefinger uses people from afar to inflame the war of the 5 kings
causing suffering and pain to the whole realm.
He works with telepath connected to Oberyn to invade the minds of people
and direct the brave companions to brutally murder 1000's of people
across the river lands and not the fighting men or soldiers
but defenceless septs and villages with thwe to cause a faith back lase.
So the dogmatism, lynchings and civil uprising lead by the sparrows
was cause from Doran letting the Brave companions loose on the riverlands
and you don't need to be clever to do that just morally corrupt.
So what was this all for, well we know in part for bitter revenge against the lannisters
but also just prue ambition to climb the ladder in the Game of Thrones.
ust more misery and suffering cause by lords squabbling over an iron chair.
House Martell are no masterminds or any more competent than half the characters in this show
and more importantly than that they are just as petty,
corrupt and damn right evil as any Lannister stark or bolten.
Again I'm probably right about half of this and I would love to hear all your thoughts about house Martell in the comment section below.
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