150 Fun Facts About Game of Thrones

Who actually slips the poison into Joffrey's wine at the Purple Wedding?

The Queen of Thorns did it to spare her granddaughter a marriage to a boy she privately called 'that beast', and Jaime later returns the favour with a painless poison in her own cup.

What is the name of the massive structure that separates the northern wilderness from the Seven Kingdoms?

It stands 700 feet high and runs 300 miles coast to coast, raised some 8,000 years before the story after the Long Night to bar the Others from the south.

Which actress took over Daenerys Targaryen from Tamzin Merchant after the original, unaired pilot?

The pilot was reshot almost entirely with a new director, Tim Van Patten; Jennifer Ehle's Catelyn was recast with Michelle Fairley at the same time.

What are the names of Daenerys's three dragons?

She hatched them by walking into Drogo's funeral pyre with the three eggs; Jorah found her in the ashes the next morning, unburned, with the hatchlings clinging to her.

Which cast member won a record four Primetime Emmys for playing the Lannister brother known as the Imp?

He won in 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2019 and was the only Game of Thrones actor ever to take home a Primetime Emmy, earning top billing from the second season on.

What is the Iron Throne made from?

Purportedly a thousand blades went into it, and it is so jagged that Aerys cut himself often enough to be nicknamed King Scab, while Maegor the Cruel was found dead in it.

Jaqen H'ghar tells Arya to remember which High Valyrian passphrase, meaning 'all men must die'?

Valar Morghulis comes with an iron coin that buys her passage to Braavos; the customary reply, Valar Dohaeris, means 'all men must serve'.

Which event involves the massacre of Robb Stark and his bannermen at a wedding feast?

The Red Wedding occurs in Season 3 at the Twins, where Walder Frey and Roose Bolton conspire with Tywin Lannister to murder Robb Stark, his mother Catelyn, his wife Talisa, and his bannermen during Edmure Tully's wedding feast.

What is the name of Jon Snow's direwolf?

The albino runt is found apart from the rest of the litter, and later helps Jon kill Qhorin Halfhand in the staged fight that gets him into Mance Rayder's camp.

Who is chosen by a council of lords to rule the Six Kingdoms at the very end of the TV series?

The council votes him in on the argument that the man with the best story should rule, and that future kings should be elected by the lords rather than inherit; asked if he wants it, he replies, "Why do you think I came all this way?"

Whose words are "Hear Me Roar"?

The house began as a First Men dynasty descended from the trickster Lann the Clever, who is said to have swindled the family seat out of House Casterly.

What kingdom does Sansa Stark rule at the end of the series?

She was the one voice on the council to withhold her vote for the new king, asking instead for independence as it stood before Aegon's conquest, which he granted.

Who kills the Night King in Season 8?

Arya Stark kills the Night King during the Battle of Winterfell in Season 8, Episode 3 ("The Long Night"), stabbing him with a Valyrian steel dagger after a surprise leap attack.

What is the seat of House Lannister?

Casterly Rock was, legend says, the seat of House Casterly until Lann the Clever swindled it away; its lords have styled themselves Wardens of the West ever since.

What is the Valyrian word Daenerys uses to command her dragons to breathe fire?

"Dracarys" is High Valyrian for "dragonfire." Daenerys uses this command to order her dragons to breathe fire, first teaching it to Drogon in Season 2.

How many seasons did the Game of Thrones TV series run for?

It ran from April 2011 to May 2019, and HBO originally intended each novel to supply one season's worth of episodes.

Which character is known as "The Imp"?

The New York Times has called him one of Martin's finest creations, and Bantam published a whole illustrated book of his quotes, The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister, in 2013.

What is the name of the continent where most of Game of Thrones takes place?

The continent is roughly the size of South America, and Martin held back full world maps for years so readers would share the medieval sense of an unmapped world.

Who wrote the book series that Game of Thrones is based on?

He began the first volume in 1991 intending a trilogy, and a cover blurb from Wheel of Time author Robert Jordan helped the 1,088-page manuscript find its early readers.

What is Arya Stark's sword called?

Mikken forged the smallsword at Jon's request, and she named it after her least favourite of the ladylike pursuits she was made to endure.

Which sworn brotherhood mans the great ice barrier at the top of the Seven Kingdoms?

Its lands include the Gift, a strip fifty leagues wide, and its brothers swear off lands, titles and family for life; originally raised against the Others, it spent centuries fighting wildling raids instead.

Which character pushes Bran Stark from a tower window in the very first episode?

Martin has said the tower scene is the moment that hooked a million readers, because it signalled this was not the story they had read a hundred times before.

Who are Jon Snow's real parents, as the series finally reveals?

Guessing the identity of Jon's mother was the test Martin set Benioff and Weiss in 2006 before he let them adapt the books; fans had called the theory R+L=J for years.

Arya trains with the Faceless Men in which Free City, founded by escaped slaves and guarded by a colossal statue, the Titan?

Braavos is also home to the Iron Bank, to which the Crown owes millions; the Titan doubles as a fortress astride the harbour mouth.

In the books, Sam Tarly kills an Other with a dagger made of which material?

Obsidian makes the creature smoke and puddle away in twenty heartbeats, though it does nothing to wights, and old records Sam later finds hint at a second weakness called dragonsteel.

Who is the "Red Woman" or "Red Priestess" in the series?

Carice van Houten earned an Emmy nomination in the role; the priestess of R'hllor rarely eats or sleeps and brings Jon back from the dead in the Season 6 episode 'Home'.

In the show, the poison that kills Joffrey is smuggled into the wedding hidden inside what?

Ser Dontos gave it to Sansa claiming it was his mother's; in the books the same trick is worked with an amethyst hairnet, one stone of which is missing afterwards.

Which actress plays Cersei Lannister in the HBO series?

Lena Headey portrayed Cersei Lannister throughout all eight seasons of Game of Thrones. Her performance earned her five Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

In the TV series, which sellsword company does Daario Naharis take over and pledge to Daenerys?

The show swapped in the company for the Stormcrows of the books, and gave Daario a backstory as a pit fighter sold into slavery by his alcoholic mother.

Which Valyrian steel sword does Jon Snow receive from Lord Commander Mormont, its bear pommel swapped for a wolf's head?

Longclaw was House Mormont's ancestral sword; Jeor Mormont gives it to Jon for saving his life from a wight, with a new wolf-head pommel replacing the original bear.

What is the name of the Dothraki city where all khalasars gather?

Shedding blood inside its bounds is forbidden on pain of a curse, and for Season 1 Sandy Brae in Northern Ireland's Mourne Mountains stood in for it.

Which character is known as "Littlefinger"?

Edmure Tully coined the nickname at Riverrun, a jab at both his short stature and his family's tiny holding on the smallest of the Fingers; Aidan Gillen played him on screen.

In what year did the first episode of Game of Thrones premiere on HBO?

Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on April 17, 2011. The pilot episode, "Winter Is Coming," introduced audiences to the world of Westeros and became a cultural phenomenon.

In the Season 6 finale, Cersei blows up the Great Sept of Baelor using caches of what?

Girona Cathedral in Spain supplied the exteriors, and director Miguel Sapochnik talked the showrunners into showing the High Sparrow engulfed rather than filming the blast only from outside.

Gendry, the blacksmith's apprentice from King's Landing, is the unacknowledged bastard of which king?

Ned recognised him as Robert's son on sight; he is one of sixteen royal bastards in the books and twenty in the show, and has to flee when Cersei orders them all killed.

What is the name of the Greyjoy family's ancestral home?

It shares its name with the island it stands on, one of seven in the chain, and with the surname given to every bastard born in the Iron Islands.

Which Season 6 clash outside Winterfell pits Jon Snow against Ramsay Bolton?

Ramsay fields 6,000 men against 2,400, and it is the Knights of the Vale, arriving with Sansa and Littlefinger, who turn the fight; the episode is widely rated among television's best.

What nickname does Sandor Clegane go by?

His burn scars date from childhood, when his brother Gregor shoved his face into a brazier, leaving him with a lifelong terror of fire; Rory McCann played him on screen.

Which of Daenerys's dragons is killed and reanimated by the Night King?

The Night King brings him down with an ice javelin during the wight hunt in Season 7 and raises him from the frozen lake; Benjen Stark dies covering Jon's escape in the same episode.

In the prologue of A Game of Thrones, which Night's Watch ranger is killed by a White Walker and rises as a wight?

The young lordling refuses to turn back to Castle Black despite his scouts' misgivings; in the novel his reanimated corpse then kills Will, whom the show instead has executed by Ned for desertion.

Which novel opens George R.R. Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire'?

Published in 1996, it was followed by A Clash of Kings (1998), A Storm of Swords (2000), A Feast for Crows (2005) and A Dance with Dragons (2011).

Whose words are "We Do Not Sow"?

Their arms are a golden kraken on black, and the ironborn creed of paying 'the iron price' means taking goods by force rather than buying them.

Who is the Three-Eyed Raven that Bran trains with beyond the Wall?

A legitimised bastard of Aegon the Unworthy, he takes his nickname from a raven-shaped birthmark on his cheek; Max von Sydow's turn in the role earned him an Emmy nomination.

What is the name of the Stark family's ancestral Valyrian steel greatsword?

After Ned's execution the blade was melted down and reforged into two smaller swords, one of which Jaime hands to Brienne and asks her to call Oathkeeper.

In the books, what is the name of the sixth Stark direwolf, given to Rickon?

He is the only black pup of the litter and the most temperamental, and in the books he follows Rickon and Osha to Skagos, an island rumoured to be full of cannibals.

What real-world location was used to film many of the King's Landing exterior scenes?

Season 1 had used Mdina in Malta; the Walls of Dubrovnik and Fort Lovrijenac took over from Season 2, though the Red Keep itself was computer generated, and Dubrovnik hotel bookings jumped 120 percent.

In Season 3, Littlefinger delivers his 'chaos is a ladder' speech to which fellow schemer?

The line gave Ramin Djawadi's theme for the character its title, and Bran unnerves him by quoting it back in Season 7.

What is "Cleganebowl" — the fan-named event that finally happens in Season 8?

Gregor shrugs off every blow, so Sandor tackles him through a collapsing wall and both brothers plunge into the fires below as the Red Keep comes down around them.

What is the sigil of House Targaryen?

The beast is red on black and its words are Fire and Blood; the Blackfyre pretenders flew the same dragon with the colours reversed.

How many total episodes of Game of Thrones were produced across all eight seasons?

The final two seasons were shortened to seven and six episodes, and only seven writers were credited across the whole run, with Benioff and Weiss writing most of them.

In the unaired original pilot, which actress played Catelyn Stark before Michelle Fairley?

Ehle, best known as Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 Pride and Prejudice, left after the pilot; Daenerys was recast at the same time.

How many Primetime Emmy Awards did Game of Thrones win over its run, a record for a scripted series?

That total surpassed the 37 wins Frasier had held as the record since 2004.

Which Stirling fortress stood in for Winterfell in the original pilot before production moved to Northern Ireland?

Doune Castle is also the castle from Monty Python and the Holy Grail; the producers considered shooting the whole series in Scotland before choosing Northern Ireland for its studio space and tax credits.

Which Mediterranean island country hosted season one's King's Landing scenes before Dubrovnik?

Malta's Azure Window on Gozo, which collapsed into the sea in 2017, hosted Daenerys and Drogo's wedding; the pilot's southern scenes had been shot in Morocco.

How many days of filming did the season six battle between Jon Snow and Ramsay Bolton require?

Director Miguel Sapochnik said the Battle of Agincourt was the original inspiration, scaled down to fit the budget.

Which pop star's cameo as a singing Lannister soldier in season seven of Game of Thrones drew a backlash?

Ed Sheeran was booked as a surprise for Maisie Williams, who plays Arya and is a fan; the producers had spent years trying to get him.

Which member of the pub-rock band Dr. Feelgood played the mute executioner Ser Ilyn Payne?

It was the guitarist's acting debut; he had never acted before the producers spotted him in the Dr. Feelgood documentary.

Which language creator was chosen from over 30 applicants to build Dothraki for the show?

Peterson delivered over 1,700 words to HBO before shooting began; Marc Okrand created Klingon and Paul Frommer created Na'vi.

How long is 'The Long Night', the longest episode of the series?

It picked up eleven Emmy nominations, including a guest-actress nod for Carice van Houten's final turn as Melisandre.

Which season-eight episode was written and directed by Benioff and Weiss themselves?

Earlier in the run they co-directed two episodes together but were credited with one each, decided by a coin toss.

In 'Hardhome', the wildling chieftain Karsi was originally written as what?

Karsi's death and reanimation became one of the episode's most praised moments despite her appearing in only a few scenes.

How many viewers watched the series finale across HBO's platforms, the network's most-watched episode ever?

The premiere eight years earlier drew just 2.2 million; season seven was pirated more than a billion times.

Which of these directed the most Game of Thrones episodes, seven in total?

Michelle MacLaren, who directed four, was the only woman to direct an episode across all eight seasons.

Which Icelandic band, known for Jónsi's falsetto, contributed to a Game of Thrones soundtrack and played Joffrey's wedding on screen?

Sigur Rós played at Joffrey's wedding feast in season four, sharing the soundtrack albums with the National and the Hold Steady.

Martin began writing A Game of Thrones, the first Ice and Fire novel, in 1991; in what year was it published?

1996's debut never cracked the bestseller lists; the series grew by word of mouth through independent booksellers.

How many volumes does George R. R. Martin plan for A Song of Ice and Fire in total?

He originally pitched it as a trilogy; five have been published, with The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring still to come.

Martin dropped the working title A Time for Wolves; what is the planned seventh and final Ice and Fire novel called?

A Dream of Spring was chosen in 2006 to replace A Time for Wolves, which Martin disliked; it follows the sixth book, The Winds of Winter.

Which sci-fi novel was George R.R. Martin writing in 1991 when the direwolf scene hit?

He set the sci-fi book aside after three chapters; the direwolf scene became the first non-prologue chapter of A Game of Thrones.

Which A Song of Ice and Fire book was the first to make a bestseller list, hitting number 13 in the Times in 1999?

Its opening was built from 300 pages cut from the first book's manuscript.

Which two grim episodes from Scottish history did Martin say inspired the Red Wedding?

The Red Wedding was the last chapter Martin wrote for the book, and it made him several months late delivering the manuscript.

How did Martin split A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons into two volumes?

A friend suggested the geographic split; Essos and the North went into A Dance with Dragons, which took six years to finish.

How many point-of-view characters narrate A Game of Thrones, the first book?

Martin writes each chapter in third person limited, a technique he picked up as a journalism student.

Blood of the Dragon, the 1997 Hugo-winning novella, was carved from which character's chapters?

Two later novellas followed the same trick: Path of the Dragon and Arms of the Kraken, cut from later books.

The Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas are set roughly how many years before A Song of Ice and Fire?

Egg grows up to become King Aegon V Targaryen; the stories were adapted as HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

Which Time magazine critic dubbed George R. R. Martin 'the American Tolkien'?

Martin, unlike Tolkien, doesn't invent languages first; he sketches the world roughly and improvises as he writes.

Which Wheel of Time author's cover endorsement helped A Game of Thrones find early fantasy readers?

Martin's publishers expected a bestseller, but the first printing never charted at all.

Which 2018 George R. R. Martin book is the prequel series House of the Dragon based on?

The Targaryen civil war it dramatizes is known as the Dance of the Dragons, set nearly 200 years before Game of Thrones.

In what year did House of the Dragon premiere on HBO?

Its first-day audience of over 10 million viewers was the biggest premiere in HBO history at the time.

Which Game of Thrones director became co-showrunner of House of the Dragon's first season?

Sapochnik left after season one, leaving Ryan Condal as sole showrunner.

Who plays Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon?

Matt Smith's Daemon is Viserys's younger brother and ends up as Rhaenyra's uncle and second husband.

In which German city was Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi born?

Djawadi, who has an Iranian father and a German mother, studied at Berklee before Hans Zimmer recruited him.

Ramin Djawadi won a 2018 Emmy for scoring which Game of Thrones episode?

It was the season seven finale; Djawadi won both of his Emmys for Game of Thrones.

Which playwright was Kit Harington named after?

His mother shortened Christopher to Kit; Harington did not learn his full name until he was eleven.

Kit Harington's professional acting debut was the lead in which West End play?

He played Albert Narracott in the National Theatre production while still at drama school.

Sophie Turner dyed her naturally blonde hair what colour to play Sansa Stark?

Sansa was Turner's first television role; by season seven she had switched to wigs.

Which Napoleonic-era ITV series first made Ned Stark actor Sean Bean a mainstream star?

Bean kept his Yorkshire accent as rifleman Richard Sharpe from 1993 to 1997.

Emilia Clarke's charity SameYou was founded after she survived which medical emergencies?

Clarke revealed in 2019 that she had suffered two aneurysms, in 2011 and 2013, during the show's early seasons.

Which Star Wars character did Emilia Clarke play in 2018?

She was cast as the female lead in Solo: A Star Wars Story, directed by Ron Howard.

Jaime Lannister actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is from which country?

His breakthrough was the 1994 Danish thriller Nightwatch; he earned two Emmy nominations for Jaime.

Which studio created the Game of Thrones opening title sequence?

The clockwork map sequence won the 2011 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Design.

Who plays Ser Duncan the Tall in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms?

The Dunk and Egg prequel premiered on HBO on January 18, 2026, adapting the novella The Hedge Knight.

How many horses were used to shoot the Battle of the Bastards?

The battle also needed 500 extras and 600 crew, with the Battle of Agincourt as its original inspiration.

Which two Emmys did the episode 'Battle of the Bastards' win?

Sapochnik also won the Directors Guild of America award for the episode.

In 'The Door', who repeatedly orders Hodor to hold the door shut against the wights?

The order, echoing back through time, is revealed as the origin of Hodor's single word.

Which director made his series debut helming the season-two episode 'Blackwater'?

George R. R. Martin himself wrote the episode; HBO raised its budget by $2 million to stage the battle.

Roughly how much did HBO originally approve for the budget of 'Blackwater'?

Benioff and Weiss talked HBO into a $2 million increase and an extra week of filming.

Which director helmed 'The Rains of Castamere', the Red Wedding episode?

The episode won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.

Who plays Talisa, Robb Stark's wife, whose final appearance is at the Red Wedding?

Talisa replaced the books' Jeyne Westerling; she tells Robb she wants to name their son Eddard.

How long was the season six finale 'The Winds of Winter', then the show's longest episode?

Its near-wordless opening sequence at the Great Sept was scored by Djawadi's piano piece.

Which actor played the Night King in seasons four and five before Vladimir Furdik?

Brake dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with The Bastard Executioner.

Which Star Wars character did Brienne actress Gwendoline Christie play?

She played the chrome-armoured First Order stormtrooper in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi.

Which Downton Abbey character was played by Jorah Mormont actor Iain Glen?

The Edinburgh-born actor also played Bruce Wayne in Titans and Manfred Powell in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

Tywin actor Charles Dance played which royal figure in The Crown?

Dance earned Emmy nominations for both Bleak House and his Mountbatten in seasons three and four.

Diana Rigg, who played Olenna Tyrell, was famous in the 1960s for which Avengers role?

Rigg also played James Bond's wife Tracy in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Before playing Khal Drogo, Jason Momoa played Ronon Dex in which sci-fi series?

Momoa, born in Honolulu, debuted on Baywatch: Hawaii and later became DC's Aquaman.

Which actor's breakout role was Oberyn Martell in season four?

Pascal went on to Narcos, The Mandalorian and The Last of Us after nearly two decades of small roles.

Margaery actress Natalie Dormer had her breakthrough as which queen in The Tudors?

She later played Cressida in the final two Hunger Games films.

Joffrey actor Jack Gleeson appeared as a child in which 2005 superhero film?

Gleeson, born in Cork, largely stepped away from acting after Joffrey and returned in 2020.

Ygritte actress Rose Leslie grew up in a 15th-century castle in which part of Scotland?

She was raised at Lickleyhead Castle; her father is chieftain of the Aberdeenshire branch of Clan Leslie.

Besides acting, Hodor's Kristian Nairn is known for what career?

Nairn, from Lisburn in Northern Ireland, was resident DJ at a Belfast club before Hodor became his first acting role.

Bronn actor Jerome Flynn's duo Robson & Jerome had 1995's best-selling UK single with what?

The Soldier Soldier co-stars' single spent seven weeks at number one and sold over a million copies.

Which real castle inspired the Eyrie, seat of House Arryn?

The Eyrie is described as small but unassailable, sitting six hundred feet above the waycastle Sky.

Which house is the ancestral holder of Riverrun?

Catelyn Stark and Lysa Arryn were Tullys of Riverrun; Littlefinger was fostered there.

What instrument carries the Game of Thrones main title theme?

Djawadi chose it for its darker sound; the theme runs an unusually long two minutes.

Which house's theme was the first that Ramin Djawadi composed for the series?

Most Stark characters get variations of the same cello theme.

Which Belfast facility was the primary location for season one filming?

Principal photography for the first season began in July 2010 in Northern Ireland.

Which Icelandic national park hosted the fight between Brienne and the Hound?

Iceland's glaciers also doubled for the lands north of the Wall from season two onward.

Which Spanish city's Alcázar palace became the Water Gardens of Dorne when the show added Spain in season five?

Seville's Real Alcázar played the Martells' Water Gardens; Córdoba was used the same season, and Girona and other Spanish sites followed later.

Which real barrier did Martin cite as the antecedent of Westeros's great ice barrier?

Other real inspirations include Greek fire for wildfire and Damascus steel for Valyrian steel.

Whom does Tyrion find in his father's bed before he kills Tywin?

He strangles his former lover, then confronts Tywin with a crossbow.

Which king did Jaime Lannister kill to earn the name Kingslayer?

Aerys II Targaryen planned to burn all of King's Landing, Jaime later tells Brienne; the oath-breaking stuck to him far longer than the reason.

Brienne is first introduced fighting to serve in whose Kingsguard?

She is the only surviving child of Lord Selwyn Tarth of Evenfall Hall.

What name does Theon Greyjoy answer to as Ramsay Bolton's broken prisoner?

Ramsay tortured and maimed him into the name; Theon had been raised at Winterfell as Ned Stark's hostage before betraying the Starks.

Ramsay is the bastard son of which lord of the Dreadfort?

Roose Bolton's bastard wants nothing more than to be legitimised as a true Bolton; in the books he first appears in A Clash of Kings.

Samwell Tarly is heir to which family seat before being forced to the Night's Watch?

His father Randyll made him renounce his birthright so his younger brother Dickon could inherit.

Which English actor plays Stannis Baratheon?

Stannis lost his faith at 14 after watching his parents' ship wreck off Storm's End.

Why does Stannis cut off the fingertips of Davos Seaworth's left hand?

Davos smuggled onions and supplies through the blockade to feed Stannis's starving men at Storm's End.

Jorah Mormont is the disgraced former lord of which northern seat?

He fled after selling poachers to a Tyroshi slaver to fund his wife Lynesse Hightower's tastes.

Melisandre is a priestess of which god?

Also called the Lord of Light, R'hllor's followers include Thoros of Myr, who repeatedly resurrected Beric Dondarrion.

Which Norwegian actor plays the wildling Tormund Giantsbane?

Tormund is also called Thunderfist and famously fails to court Brienne of Tarth.

What is the name of Robb Stark's direwolf?

Robb earned the nickname The Young Wolf for his ferocity in battle.

In the novels, by what name is the resurrected Catelyn Stark known?

The show's Michelle Fairley never returned; the books left Catelyn's hair grey and her face gashed.

Which Free City was Varys born in as a slave?

He joined a travelling acting troupe before becoming Master of Whisperers.

Who gave Petyr Baelish the nickname Littlefinger?

It referred to his short stature and his family's lands on the smallest of the Fingers.

What caused the Hound's burn scars?

The injury left him with a lifelong terror of fire and hatred of his brother Gregor.

Which Icelandic strongman played the Mountain from season four onward?

Conan Stevens played Gregor in season one and Ian Whyte in season two.

Oberyn Martell's eight illegitimate daughters are known collectively as what?

Bastards born in Dorne take the surname Sand, hence the name.

Whom does Margaery Tyrell marry first?

She later weds Joffrey and then Tommen, three kings in succession.

Who played Lyanna Mormont, last seen in 'The Long Night'?

Ramsey later starred as Ellie in HBO's The Last of Us opposite Pedro Pascal.

Which in-world historian is credited as author of Martin's 2018 Targaryen history?

The book is framed as a scholarly treatise on the Targaryen dynasty rather than a novel.

What was the name of Sansa Stark's direwolf?

Lady was killed in Nymeria's place after Arya's wolf attacked Joffrey and fled.

Bran Stark is absent from which run of the show?

Isaac Hempstead Wright played Bran in every other season of the show.

Arya Stark names her direwolf after a legendary warrior queen of which people?

Nymeria led the Rhoynar to Dorne; the Martells trace their line to her.

In which city does Daenerys buy, then free, the Unsullied?

She then conquers Yunkai and Meereen, settling in the latter to learn how to rule.

Benioff and Weiss say they won George R. R. Martin over by answering which question?

The pitch followed a five-hour meeting with Martin in a restaurant on Santa Monica Boulevard.

Which actor did Benioff and Weiss call the easiest to cast because of his audition?

Peter Dinklage and Sean Bean were the only leads wanted from the start without auditions.

Which animal lent its movements to the adolescent dragons of seasons four and five?

Pixomondo kept a dedicated team of 22 to 30 people on the dragons, spending 20 to 22 weeks per season.

In January 2015, season four's last two episodes played in 205 cinemas in which format, a first for a TV series?

IMAX screens made it the first television series shown in the format; the week-long run grossed nearly $1.9 million.

Which Maltese city stood in for King's Landing in season one?

The pilot had used Moroccan sets; from season two the southern scenes moved to Dubrovnik in Croatia.

How much did the 2024 Heritage Auctions sale of Game of Thrones costumes and props gross?

More than 900 lots went under the hammer; earlier licensed goods included a $30,000 resin Iron Throne.