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A close up of one of the painted banners at the tourney, featuring the snarling direwolf of House Stark. Some have complained about the fact that the banners are painted, finding it either anachronistic or “cheap”. The fact of the matter is that medieval banners—at least those for temporary display—were painted, and precisely because it was cheaper for producing numerous banners for temporary display purposes..

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