Martin originally intended the series to be a trilogy.Īccording to Insider, Martin originally believed his entire story “could be told in three books.” He also thought he’d only need three years to write them, completing one book per year. He even wrote fantasy stories about this turtle kingdom.ģ. He also imagined what their lives would be like as kings, lords, knights. After the animals began dying, Martin started to image that they were plotting to murder one another. Turtles also served as an early inspiration for the series.Īs previously mentioned by Suggestand Hypable, Martin had pet turtles growing up, which he kept in a toy castle. Rankeralso lists these following historical figures with their A Song of Ice and Fire counterparts: Henry VIII and Robert Baratheon, Edward of Lancaster and Joffrey Baratheon, King Charles VI and the “Mad King” Aerys Targaryen, and Claudius and Tyrion Lannister.Ģ. Finally, in the ancient Japanese story, the Kojiki, the Emperor Jimmu murders his political rivals during a feast.Īs for characters, Brightsidewrites that the following characters and historical figures share parallels with each other: Joan of Arc and Brienne of Tarth, Daenerys Targaryen and Henry Tudor, and Margery Tyrell and Anne Boleyn. In 1691 at the Massacre of Glencoe, many members of the MacDonald clan were murdered by soldiers loyal to King William of Orange. One was the gruesome “Black Dinner” in 1440, where the sixteen-year-old Earl of Douglas and his younger brother were beheaded during a dinner with the ten-year-old king James II. The tragic “Red Wedding” possesses elements of a few bloody events.
The War of the Roses being one, where the rival royal families York and Lancaster fought each other (sounds like the Starks and Lannisters, right?). Certain events and characters in the series were inspired by real historical events and real people.Īccording to BBC Radio 4, there are multiple events and people that helped inspire Martin when creating the plots for A Song of Ice and Fire. To celebrate the twenty-fifth publication anniversary of A Game of Thrones, here are 10 fascinating facts about Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series you may have never known before! (Spoilers ahead!)ġ.
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