Understandably, given that it is set millennia before the events of Game of Thrones, the upcoming HBO prequel series will introduce viewers to a familiar, yet very different version of Westeros. Now, George R.R. Martin has lifted the lid on just a few of those differences.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the A Song of Ice and Fire author had a few interesting tidbits to reveal about the still-untitled prequel series—although Martin himself has taken to calling it The Long Night, a title that may be changed thanks to the season eight Thrones episode of the same name—coming from Jane Goldman.
Set during what is known as the "Golden Age of Heroes" in Westerosi history, the show will present a Westeros far more fantastical than the one seen during the events of Game of Thrones, even with all the dragons and ice zombies shuffling around by the time it ended. You'll be getting a slightly different flavor of fantastic beasts when you've found them: Dragons? No! Direwolves? Yes! White Walkers? But of course! Mammoths? Sure, why not!
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the A Song of Ice and Fire author had a few interesting tidbits to reveal about the still-untitled prequel series—although Martin himself has taken to calling it The Long Night, a title that may be changed thanks to the season eight Thrones episode of the same name—coming from Jane Goldman.
Set during what is known as the "Golden Age of Heroes" in Westerosi history, the show will present a Westeros far more fantastical than the one seen during the events of Game of Thrones, even with all the dragons and ice zombies shuffling around by the time it ended. You'll be getting a slightly different flavor of fantastic beasts when you've found them: Dragons? No! Direwolves? Yes! White Walkers? But of course! Mammoths? Sure, why not!
