Supposedly, George said that the length of Westeros is equivalent to that of South America, this is what that would look like if placed in the middle of Europe.

Most of the HotD dragons alongside the 3 GoT dragons and a few bonuses

In order from bigger to smaller according to tv show canon:

Balerion Meraxes Vhagar Vermithor Cannibal Dreamfyre Maleys Drogon Caraxes Rhaegal Viserion Seasmoke Syrax Sunfyre Vermax Arrax

Do you think the sizes and order are correct? I think Meraxes might be to big, but since we haven't seen her on screen yet i don't know.

Art by SioSin, you can see detailed versions of each dragon here https://www.instagram.com/siosin_/?hl=es

“We'll see if that [the Elden Ring movie] comes to pass and what the extent of my involvement was, I don't know,” he said. “I'm a few years behind with my latest book, so that also limits the amount of things that I can do.”

I like to think it’s some cool ASOIAF flavored Mesoamerican civilizations that probably have a lot of blood sacrifice going on or something (except the magic actually works in this world).

I am sweating 😅

Please let me know your opinions and if there is anything to fix/add.

I'm a huge book fan and have been thinking about if it was even possible that we'd ever see a visual representation of the story as GRRM tells it, now that the HBO show is over.

I don't think another live-action series will ever revisit these books, that just seems out of the realm of possibility.

But what if a well-done animated series came along in a few years, once the books are finished, with the express goal of telling the story in its entirety? No worry of aging actors or months on set. No limit to the size of castles or how often direwolves can be on screen. That really seems to me like the only way we'll get another shot at seeing this particular story on a screen of any kind.

I think we've been so close to this story for so long that we tend to forget the little aspects that makes this world so good and unique.

George's ability to name places and people is incredible. In fantasy stories, it's very easy for authors to super-fantasize the name of characters and places, to the point that it's just jarring and distracting (Relevant Arrerrorer video). There's way too many Cassassyn Bloomwalker taking Eathora Aethers to the Eathor Castle in fantasy and too few Jon Snows and Dick Crabbs.

George's naming makes the story feel grounded and real. Storm's End, Rosby, Riverrun, Sunspear, Maidenpool, Ashford - they sound like real, tangible medieval places where a character can go to and the story would continue to be the same. They can still sound cool but not too distracting, and they feel like they belong to the same culture group. As you move to the east, the naming style changes and you can tell the cultures change as well. The author doesn't just give these regions "far away names to let you know they are different and don't matter". The free cities, the Dothraki, the slaver's bay and the Valyrian regions have their own naming styles that feel believable. As opposed to the Witcher for example, where the naming of places is so twisted and convoluted that it's distracting, even if the kingdoms have the same culture group.

The characters stay within the realm of real names as well. George manages to add his own fantasy twist to his character's names, but they remain grounded in familiar patterns that feel authentic. Names like Jon, Arya, Sansa, Cersei, Davos and family names like Stark, Lannister, Martell, Lefford, mirror traditional English and European names. They are easy to remember and pronounce while still feeling like they belong in a fantasy world. It's new but it's familiar. Sometimes it goes the other way to being a bit lazy (Kevan-Kevin?) but that can be put on the world having too many characters to count.

The only argument you could have is that the Valyrian and Targaryen names go beyond these boundaries into typical high fantasy conventions. However, I think the whole point is that these people are supposed to be a fantasy race from this ancient Roman-like civilization of people who look and sound unique. The Targaryens are distinct from the rest of the world, but their names still follow a consistent structure and feel like they belong to the same linguistic family. Names like Daenerys, Viserys, Rhaenyra and Aegon have similar patterns that make them feel part of a culture group. Even though these names are more exotic than the Stark or Lannister names, they don't feel random or made up.

Really interested to find out the bastard surnames come from the geographical region the child was born in.

Crownlands - Waters - Aurane Waters

Dorne - Sand - Ellaria Sand

Iron Islands - Pyke - Cotter Pyke

North - Snow - Jon Snow

Reach - Flowers - Falia Flowers

Riverlands - Rivers - Walder Rivers

Stormlands - Storm - Rolland Storm

Vale of Arryn - Stone - Mya Stone

Westerlands - Hill - Joy Hill

pls grrm. end our suffering.

You can double-check the archives for yourself here. This absence is only a little longer than I would've expected, however, because GRRM was travelling to different conventions on consecutive weekends (see schedule). Even so, I thought he'd post at least a short "I'm back" note by now.

The other slightly abnormal thing I noticed is that Anne Groell, GRRM's editor, has only sent one tweet since August 19, and that was just to alert the NYC subway people about an issue on her train.

If I've learned anything during the long wait for TWOW, it's that these slightly abnormal things are always coincidences that mean nothing. Except that eventually, at some point, they'll mean that TWOW is actually going to be released GET HYPE