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** In ''A Dance With Dragons'', Manderly's revenge scheme is generally referred to as {{spoiler|Delicious Frey Pie}}, with means exactly what it sounds like.
** In certain parts of the community Ser Gregor is known as "The Mountain that Rapes". Guess why?
** Samwell Tarly is an homage to Samwise Gamgee, the fat best friend of the protagonist.▼
** The phrase "Valar Morghulis", a mantra to Arya and a code for the {{spoiler|Faceless Men of Braavos}} is likely a homage to Tolkien as well. Both the words 'Valar' and 'Morghul/Morgul' are from his works.▼
** There is a stealth reference to [[Tad Williams]]' '' [[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]]'' with the mention of two brothers, Josua and Elyas, constantly bickering with each other.▼
** Daenerys' marriage to Khal Drogo is a possible homage to the ''Nibelungenlied'' legend, where Grimhild marries Attila the Hun in order to avenge her heroic husband Siegfried's death.▼
** House Jordayne of the Tor is an homage to fellow fantasy writer Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time books (published by Tor Books). Their sigil is a [[Money, Dear Boy|golden quill on a field of green checks]], and are lead by Lord Trebor (Robert spelled backwards). There's also a brief mention of an Archmaester Rigney who "wrote that time is a wheel". Robert Jordan's real name is James Rigney.▼
** Oberyn Martell's duel with Gregor Clegane is confirmed by [[Word of God]] to be an homage to ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'', although it's also a brutal [[Deconstruction]] of the scene it's based on.▼
** Valyria: a island of dragon riders? With white-haired royalty with a taste for [[Brother-Sister Incest]]? And the largest, most advanced empire in the world? Sounds an awful lot like ''[[The Elric Saga]]''. Being a [[Evil Albino|morally ambiguous albino]] [[Evil Sorcerer|sorcerer]], Bloodraven has a particularly noticeable similarity to Elric.▼
* [[I Knew It!]]: {{spoiler|Based on correspondence with GRRM, who refused to confirm that Rhaegar's son Aegon was killed during the Sack of King's Landing, some fans began to believe that it was a decoy that The Mountain snatched from Elia's hands and smashed against a wall. Guess who shows up in Tyrion's chapters?}}
** Also, in [[DVD Commentary]] for the TV show, GRRM confirmed that {{spoiler|the undergaoler "Rugen" is one of Varys's disguises}}.
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*** Symbol of House Roesone is a deer - just like the symbol of the Baratheon, royal House in Westeros. Robert Baratheon dies as a result of poisoning (by his wife) over the matter of inheritance - Daen Roesone was poisoned by his son.
*** One of the main characters of ''Game of Thrones'' is Lord Eddard Stark. Ed Stark is one of BR's authors.
▲** Samwell Tarly is an homage to Samwise Gamgee, the fat best friend of the protagonist.
▲** The phrase "Valar Morghulis", a mantra to Arya and a code for the {{spoiler|Faceless Men of Braavos}} is likely a homage to Tolkien as well. Both the words 'Valar' and 'Morghul/Morgul' are from his works.
▲** There is a stealth reference to [[Tad Williams]]' '' [[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]]'' with the mention of two brothers, Josua and Elyas, constantly bickering with each other.
▲** Daenerys' marriage to Khal Drogo is a possible homage to the ''Nibelungenlied'' legend, where Grimhild marries Attila the Hun in order to avenge her heroic husband Siegfried's death.
▲** House Jordayne of the Tor is an homage to fellow fantasy writer Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time books (published by Tor Books). Their sigil is a [[Money, Dear Boy|golden quill on a field of green checks]], and are lead by Lord Trebor (Robert spelled backwards). There's also a brief mention of an Archmaester Rigney who "wrote that time is a wheel". Robert Jordan's real name is James Rigney.
▲** Oberyn Martell's duel with Gregor Clegane is confirmed by [[Word of God]] to be an homage to ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'', although it's also a brutal [[Deconstruction]] of the scene it's based on.
▲** Valyria: a island of dragon riders? With white-haired royalty with a taste for [[Brother-Sister Incest]]? And the largest, most advanced empire in the world? Sounds an awful lot like ''[[The Elric Saga]]''. Being a [[Evil Albino|morally ambiguous albino]] [[Evil Sorcerer|sorcerer]], Bloodraven has a particularly noticeable similarity to Elric.
* [[Shrug of God]]: After the fiasco that was ''A Dance with Dragons'', Martin no longer risks giving a concrete estimate for when his next book will be finished. He has also remained frustratingly vague on whether he will wrap up the series in the next two books or if he will expand it to three or more.
* [[Trading Card Lame]]: Contains some pretty big spoilers on some of the cards, so play at your own risk if you haven't read all the books.
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