George R.R. Martin ’s initial plan for hisA Song of Ice and Firebooks was very different from the story we ’ve come to love in mark and on TV — as you’re able to see from the original outline he send to his publisher . As i09reported back in 2015 , the three - page abstract was put up on Twitter from the account of British bookseller Waterstones . Though the tweet has since been delete , the scheme ’s genuineness was reportedly confirm by the HarperCollinsUK news report .
Warning : Spoilers ahead !
The document around outlines Martin ’s idea forA Song of Ice and Fire — which , at that point , was a trilogy — and included 13 chapters of the first book , A Game of Thrones.(Martin warned the publisher , " I see all three volumes asbigbooks , go about 700 or 800 manuscript page , so thing are just just get underway in the thirteen chapters I ’ve beam you . " )
Martin ’s initial mind feature a much pocket-sized cast of characters of character , but still includes the Lannisters , Starks , Dothrakis , and Targaryens . From there , plot line get pretty radically different . Sansa , for object lesson , marry King Joffrey , bears his son , and , Martin write , " when the crunch comes she will pick out her husband and child over her parents and siblings , a pick she will after piercingly regret . "
Arya , meanwhile , falls in love with her half - sidekick Jon Snow , a humanity of the Night ’s Watch who is sworn to sexual abstention . " Their cacoethes will keep on to torment Jon and Arya throughout the trilogy , " Martin pen . But this sexual love affair gets even more twisted : Tyrion Lannister falls in love with Arya , who only has eye for Jon ; this lead to " a mortal contention between Tyrion and Jon Snow . " At one point , Catelyn , Arya , and Bran go North , beyond the wall , and are appropriate by Mance Rayder . There , they " get a dreadful glimpse of the inhuman others as they lash out the wildling encampment . "
Across the Narrow Sea , Daenerys Targaryen still get hitched with Khal Drogo , who has no interest group in get the commode of the Seven Kingdoms and kills her brother Viserys when he refuses to get it go . Presumably , Viserys is less of a jerk in this translation than in the published book , because Daenerys really shoot down Khal Drogo to avenge him . Then , she take flight " with a commit ally into the wilderness beyond Vaes Dothrak , " where she discovers a clutch of dragon testicle .
One matter that has n’t changed between the outline and now is Martin ’s willingness to kill off dear characters . " I want the reader to find that no one is ever completely safe , not even the eccentric who seem to be sub , " he write . " The suspense always ratchets up a pass when you know that any fiber can die at any time . "
you may take more about it atWinterIsComing.net , which has lots of other interesting and weird details .
Updated for 2019 .
