George R.R. Martin calls out “sloppy” ‘House Of The Dragon’ for getting Targaryen sigil wrong

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George R.R. Martin has accused HBO‘s House of the Dragon of “sloppiness” after the show got the House Targaryen sigil wrong.In his latest blog post, the Song of Ice and Fire author stressed that the dragons in the Game Of Thrones universe were designed to be like real animals, possessing just two legs “not four, never four”.

He added: “No animal that has ever lived on Earth has six limbs.”He therefore designed the Targaryen sigil as a dragon with two legs and two wings.

The three heads, meanwhile, were a “purely symbolic” reflection of Aegon the Conqueror and his two sisters.“For what it’s worth, the shows got it half right,” Martin said, referring to the fact that Game Of Thrones gave viewers the correct, two-legged sigil for the first four seasons and most of the fifth.

However, when Daenerys’ fleet came into play, the sails then showed four-legged dragons.Adding of the error: “Someone got sloppy, I guess.