Here, too, the error can be identified if you know what to look for. Image: HBO Entertainment
George RR Martin usually has praise for the series based on his books. But one detail that annoyed him in Game of Thrones is also getting wrong in House of the Dragon. And the 75-year-old author is apparently still very annoyed about it.
You can think about it yourself for a moment and see if you can figure it out: The coat of arms of House Targaryen makes no sense in the world of Westeros.
The dragon crest is wrong
There is a strange anatomical defect hidden in the Targaryen sign – and no, I don’t mean the three heads, they are artistic license and refer to Aegon the Conqueror and his two sister-wives. The mistake lies in the number of dragon legs.
The correct version is still used in some promos. Image: HBO Entertainment
For a reason that is incomprehensible to the author, the creature depicted with four legs instead of two. Dragons really do exist in the world of Westeros and all have two
George RR Martin writes about this in his Blog:
Why would anyone in Westeros ever put four legs on a dragon when they can look at the real ones and count their limbs? (…) Game of Thrones gave us the correct two-legged crest for the first four seasons and most of the fifth, but when Danaerys’ fleet sails into the picture, all the sails depict four-legged dragons. Someone did a sloppy job, I suspect.
In fact, he could be right in his assessment, because the coat of arms changes every now and then: In the promo for season 2, the correct one was suddenly used again, and then in the series itself the four-legged friend appears again.
Martin also writes that the makers of House of the Dragon made a conscious decision to use the wrong coat of arms. He was particularly annoyed that the symbol also found its way onto the book cover, but he protested in vain.
Do such little things bother you as much as they obviously do with George RR Martin? The author is known for his attention to detail, but others probably take a more relaxed view.
House of the Dragon is currently in its second season, with the finale airing on August 4. A third season is also scheduled to be filmed, but no exact dates have been announced yet.
