mash-up/ˈmaSHˌəp/
noun
informal
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a mixture or fusion of disparate elements.“the movie becomes a weird mash-up of 1950s western and 1970s TV cop show”
Like the old gods and the new, Game of Thrones and The Avengers comprise two pop-culture phenomena which both entertain and reflect their respective audiences. So what would it look like if they were combined? What would The Avengers look like if they existed in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire? Who are the Westeros Avengers?
This man of the north would not be a knight, but rather a man of the people. Perhaps he derives his strength from the old gods, or he volunteered for experimentation by some lesser lord’s mad maester. Like most lowborn he would have a single name: Stev. But on the field of battle he would be known as Banner-man or Captain The North!
Westeros Avenger: Iron Lion
The Stormlander is as friendly a drinking companion as he is fierce on the battlefield, so long as the question of his parentage never comes up. It is then that his mood darkens like the stormy seas whose coasts he calls home. He says his hammer has been in his family longer than some houses hold Valyrian Steel Blades, but more often than not The Stormlander’s home is an Inn if not a hedge.
Westeros Avenger: Falcon Eye
Little is known of the mysterious Widow of the Rose. Some say she is a handmaiden to the great lady of House Tyrell, others claim she is her own daughter. Still, others would refuse to believes such a poisoner and whisperer even exists, dismissing stories of her high-born victims as mere calumnies meant to despoil the name of the Lords of The Reach.
Alternately known as the Red Mountain of Dorne or Simply The Incredible Dorne, is often misunderstood and most dangerous when angry. Little is known of how he achieved such might and stature. Whether it was secret blood magics or mad science, none know for sure and few will dare ask.
Westeros Avengers: The Red Witch
The Vision in the flames was once a stern nobel who sacraficed all so that he might atain power. Having acheived it, he is little more than a spectre of the man he once was.
