When Game of Thrones finishes its eight-season run next year, it won't be the end for the franchise on television, but author George R.R. Martin has revealed it may be the end of a certain house.
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Martin revealed that despite previous implications that HBO's Long Night prequel would be set 10,000 years before Game of Thrones, 5,000 years prior may be more accurate. Still, that's a long enough time to assume many Thrones staples, including House Targaryen, wouldn't have been around.
"'10,000 years' is mentioned in the novels. But you also have places where maesters say, 'No, no, it wasn’t 10,000, it was 5,000.'" Martin said. "Again, I’m trying to reflect real-life things that a lot of high fantasy doesn’t reflect."
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Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Martin revealed that despite previous implications that HBO's Long Night prequel would be set 10,000 years before Game of Thrones, 5,000 years prior may be more accurate. Still, that's a long enough time to assume many Thrones staples, including House Targaryen, wouldn't have been around.
"'10,000 years' is mentioned in the novels. But you also have places where maesters say, 'No, no, it wasn’t 10,000, it was 5,000.'" Martin said. "Again, I’m trying to reflect real-life things that a lot of high fantasy doesn’t reflect."
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