Don't other Maesters know about these properties of Dragon-glass?
A lot of new information has come up about mythical stuffs mostly with the premiere of the 7th season of Game of Thrones, one of which is about Dragon-Glass.
If you haven't watched the first episode yet then stop on your tracks 'cause the internet is dark and full of spoilers.
The Citadel is the brain of Westeros and we were taken to the Citadel in the new episode.
There's a mountain of Dragon-glass in Dragonstone and the book mentioning it was in the Maester only area. Now, every Maester in Westeros may have been to that area and have learnt a great deal. Why can't they just tell Jon that "Hey Jon, no need to learn how to make Dragonglass, there is a mountain in Dragonstone, let's go and get it." Or do we just assume that all the Maesters out in the seven kingdoms never went through the books whereas Sam got to that page in just a few seconds.
Also, the Archmaester is told by Sam that White Walkers are real and can be killed only with Dragonglass. So, now do we also assume even the Archmaester doesn't know about the mountain of Dragonglass under the soil Dragonstone? Or is there another aspect of this why the Citadel is not very attentive to what Sam has told them?
Best Answer
Remember his line about how people "thought Robert's Rebellion was the end, Aegon's Conquest was the end, The Long Night was the end, and yet it wasn't."
I think it does not matter if the Archmaester knows about the mountain of Dragonglass, he has shown he does not particularly care or want to be involved. Even the Maester sent to the wall (Aemon) was not told any of this information, and heck he was a Targaryen! Right now, it seems the Citadel is willing to let the events of the world play out and simply document them.
That is unless you believe in the Great Maester Conspiracy...
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What is Dragon glass in real life?
But perhaps the most enigmatic of the glasses is obsidian, a naturally-occurring volcanic glass\u2014and the inspiration for the all-powerful dragonglass in Game of Thrones. Obsidian forms as lava, spewed from a volcano, and quickly cooled at surface temperatures.Is Dragon glass made from dragon fire?
Obsidian is volcanic glass formed by immense heat and pressure in the earth. Smallfolk like to say that dragonglass is made by dragons, while maesters say it comes from the fires of the earth.Why is Dragon glass important?
Dragonglass was an important tool for the Children of the Forest, who were living in Westeros when the First Men had arrived, several thousands of years before the current Game of Thrones events. They used it a lot as weapons, particularly when fighting against the first men.Where is Dragon glass from?
For HBO's Game of Thrones fans \u201cdragon glass\u201d is a familiar term and discovered to be a key element in the demise of the white walkers\u2014zombie-like creatures who bring cold and death to regions they infiltrate. The origin of dragon glass is found at Dragonstone, and the House of Targaryen.GELUK MET DE POLITIE \u0026 MIJN RS6 WORDT VERKOCHT!
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Answer 2
It might be written in books all over the place, in our real world, how to defend or kill anal-probing aliens from Andromeda who are made out of Silly Putty.
However, how many people would bother looking up, remembering, or reading a chapter about something they think is silly fiction? Sam says, quite specifically, that no one at the Citadel thinks the White Walker and the undead are real.
Answer 3
Maybe they don't know the seriousness of the White Walkers.
We can see his careless talk with Samwell:
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