yellowboy90 wrote:Markji wrote:They also changed and cut the House of the Undying intricacies. The visions and prophesies from the book weren't there. Instead, we see Dany first in the Iron Throne hall in King's Landing with snow falling everywhere. Looks like Winter has come. Next she is at the Wall and passing thru the gate. Lastly she is with Kal Drogo and her son. I am guessing that these are the prophesies Dany will encounter later in the series. Do you think people picked up on this? or maybe I'm wrong?
Isn't there a Ice Dragon Prophecy or something like that in the books?
Yes. Good thought Yellowboy90. I did a search and found 3 references of Ice Dragons in A Dance with Dragons:
1. "They rode the winch lift back to the ground. The wind was gusting, cold as the breath of the ice dragon in the tales Old Nan had told when Jon was a boy."
2. "The road beneath the Wall was as dark and cold as the belly of an ice dragon and as twisty as a serpent." (When Jon Snow was leading Val thru the wall to have her find Tormund.
3. "The snowfall was light today, a thin scattering of flakes dancing in the air, but the wind was blowing from the east along the Wall, cold as the breath of the ice dragon in the tales Old Nan used to tell. Even Melisandre’s fire was shivering; the flames huddled down in the ditch, crackling softly as the red priestess sang. Only Ghost seemed not to feel the chill."
(This quote is the same as quote #1 above. GRRM has plagiarized himself.
4th reference - George RR Martin wrote a children's book entitled "The Ice Dragon", published in 2007.
Quote from "The Ice Dragon";
"The ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold and frozen land. But Adara was not afraid. For Adara was a winter child, born during the worst freeze that anyone, even the Old Ones, could remember.
Since GRRM mentions Ice Dragon at least 3 times in ADWD, and he loves to foreshadow events, perhaps there will emerge a real "Ice Dragon" to battle Dany's dragons. Pure speculation but it would be very interesting.
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