"That was the detail that George actually gave us early in the story break - the idea that Aegon the Conqueror was himself a dreamer and that's what motivated the conquest, which he mentioned casually in conversation, as he often does with huge pieces of information like that," Condal said during a roundtable interview attended by Insider prior to the show's premiere. But according to Condal, the idea came straight from Martin. The motivation behind Aegon's conquest of Westeros has never been laid out like this in the books. King Viserys and Princess Rhaenyra standing in front of an ancient dragon skull in HBO's "House of the Dragon." Was Viserys holding his hands over the candles meant to stir the pot once again about "fireproof Targaryens"? So far it's not clear, but this tiny detail is just the sort of thing that book readers might have picked up on. This could very well be a show-only choice, though, since Martin did not write that scene. While all the men burned alive, Daenerys emerged from the hut unscathed (though naked, because fire burns clothes - just not Daenerys).
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This blood sacrifice, along with the magic of her dragon's eggs, created a perfect storm of sorcery that left her unburnt.īut in season six of "Game of Thrones," Dany appeared to use her special fireproof powers to kill a temple full of khals. Khal Drogo's pyre was more than just a cremation - Daenerys was burning the witch Mirri Maz Duur. This was a one-time occurrence, according to Martin, and had less to do with her Targaryen surname than it did with the effect of blood magic she was invoking. Yes - she survived walking into a gigantic pyre and emerged unscathed. Martin has made a point to emphasize that Targaryens, including Daenerys, are not immune to fire. There's more height to the seat, and it appears to be more asymmetrical than the version we know from "Game of Thrones." The ground around the throne, as well as the steps leading up to it, are also covered in melted blades that stick up like a protective thorny bramble.Īs far back as 1998, author George R.R. While the new design of the Iron Throne in "House of the Dragon" still doesn't make up a chair "too high to climb," there are certainly closer to 1,000 swords in its back and the surrounding base. So many fallen enemies you could only see the soles of Aegon's feet."
"What do a thousand swords look like in the mind of a little girl who can't count to 20? I imagined a mountain of swords too high to climb. "When I was a girl, my brother told me it was made with a thousand swords from Aegon's fallen enemies," she told Jon Snow.
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Weiss, Daenerys observed that the throne didn't live up to her imagination in the series finale episode. In a seemingly meta-moment from "Game of Thrones" showrunners David Benioff and D.B. He continued: "It's not the Iron Throne I want my readers to see." It's a terrific design, and it has served the show very well And yet.
"The HBO throne has become iconic," Martin wrote in a lengthy 2013 blog post about the difference between his Iron Throne and the show's version.
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