The Jo Dragons In A Game Of Thrones

The habitants of Westeros long before man was the Children of the Forest. The Children of the Forest are more of a fairytale in A Game of Thrones. Old Nan is constantly telling the Stark children old tales. Master Luwin constantly tells him otherwise. “Bran, the children of the forest have been dead and gone for thousands of years. All that is left of them are the faces in the trees.” (A Game of Thrones 248) We know the North Wall was created to keep out some force, but it’s been such a long time since anything has came down from the north wanting to get past the wall. Though there is still the Knights Watch who keeps an eye out beyond the Wall and sends out riders. Fairytales call then the Others. Nothing much is said about the Others in Martin’s first book. Osha tells Bran, “North of the Wall, things are different. That’s where the children went, and the giants, and the other old races.” (A Game of Thrones 738) Not much is mentioned about Giants other than the stories from Osha and Old Nan tell Bran. Although, there are some strange things happening at the North Wall.

Martin ends his first book in the series with the birth of a new age of dragons. Rothfuss gives dragons a more tamed view, Lanre and Kvothe both kill a dragon, and in both incidents they were enraged Draccus. That’s the only mythical creature these novels share. Though, the Children of the Forest could be compared to hobbits. “’they were a people dark and beautiful, small of stature, no taller than children even when grown to manhood.’” (A Game of Thrones 737) The author’s create their own world giving them numerous mythical creatures. Some are new like Martins the Others and Rothfuss’s scrael. Even Tolkien’s Great Eagles are unique. In contrast the authors choose mythical creatures that best suited their world. Martin preferred the battle to be between humans rather than the human race and some mythical race or