During the 2010s, Game of Thrones was 1 of the largest pillars of well-liked culture. Adapted from the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, the show took audiences to the continents of Westeros and Essos, inhabited by numerous diverse cultures, all of whom are vying for individual energy. Most of the characters come from the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, which quickly finds itself plunged into civil war, although in the North, mysterious White Walkers rally an army of the dead.

Although the show ran for eight seasons, huge adjustments to the story or a lack of price range meant quite a few areas could not survive the adaptation approach. Most of these missing areas are modest set pieces for a chapter or two that provided intriguing backstories and worldbuilding. However, some missing areas had crucial characters or facts whose absence hurt the show all round.

Game Of Thrones

Release Date

April 17, 2011

Creator

David Benioff, D.B. Weiss

Seasons

8

10 Sisterton

Should’ve Appeared in Season 5 (2015)

North of the Vale of Arryn are 3 miserable islands identified as the Sisters. Though the islands are fantastic for small a lot more than fishing and serving as a cease for traders, they also supply strategic handle more than the Bite, a stretch of ocean amongst the North and the Vale. On the island of Sweetsister lies Sisterton, ruled more than by House Borrell, which has lengthy served as a den and haven for pirates and smugglers.

The omission of Sisterton tends to make sense from a sensible standpoint, but it nonetheless serves as an intriguing and one of a kind place in Westeros. Since the islands are out of the way of the big players in the game, House Borrell can get away with a lot more than they must, from harboring criminals to sometimes dimming Sisterton’s lighthouse to claim the cargo of ships that crash in the darkness. During his trip to White Harbor to treat with the Manderlys, the loyal Ser Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham) is taken to Lord Borrell and catches him up on present events in the south soon after King Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane) sailed North.

9 Vaes Tolorro

Should’ve Appeared in Season 2 (2012)

Following the death of her husband, Drogo (Jason Momoa), and the blood ritual that hatched her 3 dragons, Daenerys Targaryen (Emelia Clarke) is left with only a modest handful of followers. When a red comet seems in the sky, Daenerys follows it into the Red Wastes. The journey is brutal, but sooner or later, they arrive in the city of Qarth.

In the show, Daenerys and her followers stand about in the open, waiting for her scouts to come back with word about Qarth. However, in the books, she waits in the ruins of an ancient city. She names it Vaes Tolorro, which translates to The City of Bones, and her followers survive off of nicely water and fruit trees. Though she does not commit a lot of time in the city, it serves as a spot of temptation for Daenerys, supplying the opportunity to begin a straightforward life for her and her people today. Of course, she in the end rejects it to pursue the Iron Throne.

8 Raventree Hall

Should’ve Appeared in Season 5 (2015)

Driven away from the wolfswood by the Starks, House Blackwood establishes Raventree Hall in the northern Riverlands. They continue worshipping the Old Gods, and in the center of Raventree is a huge weirwood. Unfortunately, it was poisoned lengthy ago by the Blackwood’s hated rivals, the Brackens, but every single evening, flocks of ravens come to rest on its withered branches.

House Blackwood is 1 of the most beloved minor homes in the books, but no Blackwood appeared till House of the Dragon. As such, audiences in no way got to see Ser Jamie Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) bring the War of the Five Kings to an finish when he negotiated terms of surrender with Lord Tytos Blackwood, who refused to surrender to his Bracken rival. It’s an intriguing moment that shows how, even in defeat, the Blackwoods demonstrate honor and fantastic courtesy although providing Jamie a further opportunity to act honorably himself. Raventree is also amongst the most striking areas in Westeros, and a lot more than 1 lamented its absence on the show.

House of the Dragon

Release Date

August 21, 2022

Creator

Ryan J. Condal, George R.R. Martin

Seasons

3

7 Chataya’s Brothel

Should’ve Appeared in Season 1 (2011) and Season 2 (2012)

Kings Landing is property to numerous brothels set up on the street of silk. Audiences are conscious of the establishment owned by Master of Coin, Petyr Baelish (Aidan Gillen), but 1 of the larger-finish areas was run by Chataya, a lady from the Summer Isles. Her grown daughter, Alayala, functions there as a prostitute, and 1 of Chataya’s girls is favored by King Robert (Mark Addy), becoming pregnant with 1 of his bastard kids.

Since Baelish currently operated a brothel, there is some sense in condensing his and Chataya’s establishments into 1 place. Unfortunately, this robs the show of the opportunity to discover the culture of the Summer Islands, particularly concerning their progressive view of sex. The brothel also serves as a cover for Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) when he departs the Red Keep to see his forbidden enjoy, Shae (Sibel Kekilli), which sadly leads to Alayala becoming captured by the wicked Cersei Lannister(Lena Headey), who believes she is Tyrion’s enjoy.

6 Stony Sept

Should’ve Appeared in Season 3 (2013)

During Robert’s Rebellion, Randyll Tarly (James Faulkner) defeated Robert and forced him to flee North although the armies of the Reach besieged Storms End. Robert hides in the Stony Sept, and when Targaryen soldiers arrive to track him down, the townsfolk ring the bells. Once Eddard Stark (Sean Bean) and his northerners arrive, they commence the legendary Battle of the Bells that drove the Targaryen loyalists away.

Stony Sept is a place with a lot of mystery and connection to Robert’s Rebellion that is sadly left underdeveloped and forgotten in the show. Arya briefly visits it although traveling with the Brotherhood Without Banners and meets a sex worker who is a further 1 of Robert Baratheon’s bastards, fathered through the battle. The book-only character of Jon Connington also thinks a lot about the Stony Sept, and his failure to defeat Robert in the battle drives him to spot his ward, Aegon, on the Iron Throne.

5 Maidenpool

Should’ve Appeared in Season 3 (2013)

During the Age of Heroes, Florian the Fool spied his beloved Jonquil bathing in a pool, major to Westeros’ greatest enjoy story. In time, a prosperous port town was set up about the pool, ruled more than by House Mooton. A bathhouse was sooner or later constructed about the pool, stated to be blessed with healing properties, and numerous girls would come to Maidenpool to bathe in these waters.

Maidenpool is briefly pointed out when Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance) meets Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) in the cursed castle of Harrenhal, but its fate through the war is omitted. Maidenpool is sacked 3 occasions by Lannisters, Starks, and bandits, although Lord Mooton hides in his castle and does nothing at all to assist his people today, even when Jonquil’s pool is fouled with corpses. Jamie and Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) see the ruin of Maidenpool shortly just before their duel on the road, and soon after the war, Randyll occupies the city to dispense the King’s Justice and force Mooton to marry his eldest daughter to Randyll’s son, Dickon (Freddie Stroma and Tom Hopper).

4 Barrowton

Should’ve Appeared in

One of the oldest settlements in the North, Barrowton, is so-named due to the fact it was constructed atop a good barrow stated to include the remains of the initial king of the First Men. Unfortunately, the present leader of Barrowton, Lady Barbery Dustin, is not the largest fan of Eddard Stark soon after he did not bring her husband’s physique back from the Battle at the Tower of Joy. As such, she only offers a token force to help Robb Stark’s (Richard Madden) war and eagerly tends to make an alliance with Roose Bolton (Michael McElhatton) following the Red Wedding.

The absence of Barrowton implies that the Boltons shed 1 of their chiefest northern allies and prevents the series from displaying not all the lords of the North enjoy Ned as substantially as the audience believed. Ramsay Bolton’s wedding was initially to take spot at Barrowton just before moving to Winterfell to strengthen their claim on the North when Stannis Baratheon starts marching on them. Its omission also implies Barbery Dustin is not adapted, which is unfortunate due to the fact, although she is an ally of the Boltons, she has an agenda and is not afraid to speak her thoughts.

3 Duskendale

Should’ve Appeared in Season 2 (2012) and Season 4 (2014)

Once the richest city in the Crownlands, Duskendale was sooner or later supplanted by Kings Landing when the city reached tremendous size. It is at present ruled by House Rykker soon after the earlier owners, House Darklyn, have been exterminated by King Aerys II Targaryen (David Rintoul) for holding him prisoner. He would have died had it not been for the efforts of Ser Barristan Selmy (Ian McElhinney).

Duskendale is a city that has tremendous value to the history of Westeros, particularly considering that the defiance of House Darklyn contributes to Aerys’ descent into the Mad King. In modern day occasions, the city is the place of a huge battle amongst the forces of Robb Stark and Randyll Tarly through the War of the Five Kings. Brienne also visits the city when she starts her search for the missing Stark girls.

2 High Heart

Should’ve Appeared in Season 3 (2013)

Located close to Acorn Hall in the Riverlands, High Heart was after a spot of worship for the faith of the Old God, with thirty-1 weirwood stumps encircling the leading of the hill. The villagers who reside nearby prevent it due to the fact they think it is haunted by curses and restless spirits. The only inhabitant of High Heart is an old dwarf lady identified as the Ghost of High Heart, who seemingly possesses prophetic powers.

Since the show toned down the value of prophecy, it had no explanation to consist of High Heart and its ghost. This is unfortunate due to the fact the prophecies overheard by Arya Stark through her keep with the Brotherhood Without Banners hint at the death of big characters, which includes Renly Baratheon (Gethin Anthony) and Balon Greyjoy (Patrick Malahide). The ghost is also linked to Jenny of Oldstone and the tragedy of Summerhall, the occasion that shaped the life of Rhaegar Targaryen (Wilf Scolding).

1 White Harbor

Should’ve Appeared in Season 5 (2015)

One of the most vital cities in the North, White Harbor is ruled by House Manderly, 1 of the couple of Northern homes to worship the Faith of the Seven. Thanks to their position on the eastern shore, they are the North’s largest supply of trade from the east, which tends to make the Maderlys very wealthy. Unfortunately, 1 of Lord Wyman Manderly’s (Sean Blowers) sons and numerous of his soldiers die through the Red Wedding, forcing him to bend the knee to House Bolton.

White Harbor is in no way visited in the show, and as a outcome, Wyman is decreased to small a lot more than a lord who refused the contact to side with Jon Snow (Kit Harington) in the Battle of the Bastards, major to him becoming shamed by the mighty Lyanna Mormont (Bella Ramsey). The books supply a pretty various circumstance, as Davos travels to White Harbor to recruit the city to Stannis’ trigger, only to be thrown in the dungeon. However, this is a ruse by Wyman to safe the return of his living son and heir from House Frey’s dungeons. Once he returns, Wyman confides in Davos that he is loyal to the Starks to the bitter finish.

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