Some people had 6 links and quit (not becoming maesters) one guy has 9, still not a maester. Top speed seems to be 3 links per year, most getting 1 per year
No info about "required links" but everyone assumes ravenry and medicine at least
# We Do Not Know
I've found no canon reference to a mandatory subject for the maesters to learn but in my opinion there won't be any. There are only [14 known links](awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Maesters#Chain) and only 6 of these have their corresponding subject known.
> - black iron, signifying ravenry
- brass
- bronze, likely signifying astronomy
- copper
- yellow gold, signifying math and economics
- iron, signifying warcraft
- lead
- pewter
- platinum
- red gold
- silver, signifying medicine, healing, and the functions of the body
Late into my run I tried counting steps over 10m and counted ~9, so said ok it must be 1.1m, but multiplying that by the number of steps gives me ~3.8km, not much more accurate
Now did it miscount the number of steps (3.5k) or was my stride length 1.4m per step?
After a quick google it seems like male olympic long distance runners have a stride length of 1.8m, and the sprinters have a stride length of >2m. So I'm going to go with the latter and just change my stride length to 1.4m
How long it typically takes to earn a full chain...
The most obvious canon quotes are from "A Feast for Crows";
"Alleras would make a maester. He had only been at the Citadel for a
year, yet already he had forged three links of his maester’s chain.
Armen might have more, but each of his ...
It links the multiple link quote but doesn't include it
Though it probably should include it so that can be fixed easily enough
A maester can be recognized by the chain he wears around his neck.
The links of the chain can be made of every metal known to man.
Each metal is related to a subject - silver for medicine, iron for warcraft, etc.
Can a maester's chain include multiple links of the same metal?
They have access to more information than us and are sort of quarter canon but their speculation is essentially non canon too but better than nothing I suppose
@TheLethalCarrot Them having access to notes and stating "Never explicitly said" makes things worrying, although they may be tied down to secrecy, etc.
I think you're current answer is worse than the previous one.
Before you actually used evidence, now you've just tried to justify your answer with a quote from them, I'd suggest at least adding in the other details.
hmm, only Luwin's chain is ever mentioned in context with chafing
> His maester's collar was no simple metal choker such as Luwin wore, but two dozen heavy chains wound together into a ponderous metal necklace that covered him from throat to breast.
> The links were forged of every metal known to man: black iron and red gold, bright copper and dull lead, steel and tin and pale silver, brass and bronze and platinum.
I'm not sure if he got those because of his status, or he got his status because of his chain ;)
oh for sure, but I think it's safe to assume it's not as tight as Luwin's
> "His lord father agreed with you," said a voice at her elbow. She turned to behold Maester Colemon, a cup of wine in his hand. "He was planning to send the boy to Dragonstone for fostering, you know … oh, but I'm speaking out of turn." The apple of his throat bobbed anxiously beneath the loose maester's chain. "I fear I've had too much of Lord Hunter's excellent wine. The prospect of bloodshed has my nerves all a-fray …"
> "A maester in Asshai," Ser Jorah mused. "Tell me, Godswife, what did this Marwyn wear about his neck?" "A chain so tight it was like to choke him, Iron Lord, with links of many metals."
From Cressen's POV:
> Around her throat was a red gold choker tighter than any maester's chain, ornamented with a single great ruby.
It is often referred to as collar, so I guess maesters tended to graduate whenever it was long enough
Do these public domain questions fall under fandom information? They seem to give some decent answers but most of the answers seem more on topic for a lawyer than a SFF site
We have also learnt another thing, stars are worthless in this chat. Just be offensive and you get stars, some of us work hard with true golden contributions.
Top left is religious nut job, top right is jawless wight who crossess the ice, middle left ?, bot left is Ed of house Sheeran, middle bottom is some lesser ginge, bottom right is some whatever
Ah Mycah, lol gg what a skrub
No idea who that wildling was, or who minavra is.
Ed Sheeran really wasn't a "wonder" it was actually quite off-putting
@TheLethalCarrot There is probably 30-50 internet points in this if you want it. The man posts the link to the info containing the answer in the comments then leaves it. So if anyone wants to make a real answer out of it, be my guest. scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/180621/…
How long it typically takes to earn a full chain...
The most obvious canon quotes are from "A Feast for Crows";
"Alleras would make a maester. He had only been at the Citadel for a
year, yet already he had forged three links of his maester’s chain.
Armen might have more, but each of his ...
A maester can be recognized by the chain he wears around his neck.
The links of the chain can be made of every metal known to man.
Each metal is related to a subject - silver for medicine, iron for warcraft, etc.
Can a maester's chain include multiple links of the same metal?
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