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** There is a stealth reference to [[Tad Williams]]' '' [[Memory Sorrowand 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
* [[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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