One of the wildlings offered up a helmet made from a unicorn skull while passing south of the wall, and it’s implied that Jon’s direwolf, Ghost, hunted one up north. Legend says that lords on the island of Skagos, to the east of the continent, rode big, shaggy unicorns to battle in ancient time, but the books present more recent, concrete proof of their existence. Unicorns definitely exist in Westeros, but they’re still pretty rare. The Thenn elder Loboda dismissed them as mere myth, but as Karsi notes, if the White Walkers are real, why not ice spiders? In Season 5, the wildlings at Hardhome briefly discussed these horrible arachnids that supposedly live north of the Wall and in the Lands of Always Winter. Legends of the Long Night say that the White Walkers hunted men with packs of ice spiders that were “big as hounds,” according to Old Nan. Oberyn lost, but the manticore eventually got him the delayed, posthumous kill. More recently, Oberyn Martell coated his spear in manticore venom during his duel with the Mountain. In Season 3, an agent with warlocks of Qarth attempted to use one of the scorpion-like creatures to assassinate Daenerys, but Jorah stepped in. Supposedly, they’re found in Essos, living on jungle-filled islands in the Jade Sea. Although in Earth mythology the manticore was a fusion of a lion and a bat with a human face, the manticore of Westeros is a deadly bug. Manticores are one of the few fantastic beasts we’ve actually seen in Game of Thrones, aside from the dragons and direwolves. Like, you all saw the Loot Train battle, right? Here are a few of the other animals that fill out Game of Thrones’ bestiary, though, admittedly, dragons are probably still the coolest creatures out there. Some of it comes in the form of Old Nan’s stories, and other info is taken straight from the World of Ice and Fire encyclopedia, which was written from the perspective of a wise maester.
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However, dragons and direwolves aren’t the only mythical beasts in the world of Game of Thrones.Īlthough neither the Song of Ice and Fire books nor the HBO series has devoted much time to the other legendary beasts of Westeros and Essos, there’s still plenty of scattered details. Jon has a mythical beast of his own, his direwolf Ghost, although he never seems to bring it with him when he need it. Everyone thought they were good after the last of the Targaryens’ dragons died out, but Dany did the impossible, to paraphrase Jon Snow. Daenerys’ three dragons are, understandably, the biggest thing to happen in Westeros in centuries.
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