Game of Thrones from Telltale Games Review: Lost Lords

***Spoilers for the Game of Thrones story through “A Song of Ice and Fire”, book three: “A Storm of Swords” or season 3 of the TV Series, and episode one of this series: “Iron from Ice”*** Season: 1 / Episode: 2 / Telltale Games The first episode of the GOT adventure series was filled to the brim with action, intrigue, revelations and some really hard decisions. “Lost Lords” throttles back on that some, highlighting some of those attributes and skimping on others. As before, the story revolves around House Forrester and their perilous attempts to stave off a full-scale war or invasion of their House. After the shocking ending of Ramsay Snow (he ain’t earned a House name) killing Lord Ethan in “Iron from Ice,” the POV characters shuffle a bit in this episode. We get acquainted with Ethan’s two older brothers: Asher is across the Narrow Sea because he was exiled, and Rodrik, the favorite son of the House Forrester who we presumed to be dead after the slaughter outside of the Red Wedding. And yo, things are as bad as they’ve ever been for the Forresters. If you thought that maybe things might start to get better as they fight political and physical threats from multiple sides, then you came to the wrong neighborhood, Vato. The game opens with Asher in Yunkai with his companion Beshka, taking up residence in a home that is not theirs. Asher seems to be a man without a ton of morality which may have caused his exile (we find out actually why later). Or it’s possible that he has wa…