The explanation: Yes, it really is that simple. The hidden meaning: They’re dependable - if a bit dull ![]() Sigil: A silver trout leaping on a red and blue field Read more: The current status of EVERY Game of Thrones character (catch up ahead of season 7) (opens in new tab) Tully ‘Growing strong’ as their house words also indicates their ambition, which Cersei was all too conscious of - hence her blowing up The Great Sept of Baelor. Like Lady Olenna’s underhand maneuvering that got Joffrey killed, they often resort to more subtle machinations to get what they want. Likewise with their aristocratic allies and enemies, their kindness fools people into thinking they’re not a threat. Remember Margaery giving toys to the smallfolk in King’s Landing? She did it to increase ordinary people’s love for the Tyrells so their gradual inclusion in the royal court would be met with rejoicing on the streets. Just like the flower, the Tyrells disguise their cunning with kindness and charitable giving. They smell good, they look good, and they make people coo in delight when they get given one. The hidden meaning: Don’t be fooled by their beauty or kindness - they’re dangerous Good luck trying to fight that triple flying-reptile threat. Daenerys might be more merciful, but there’s no escaping the fact that she has three dragons helping her out. Mad King Aerys (who Jaime Lannister killed, earning him the name Kingslayer) pretty much did anyway, as he burned people alive and shed blood on a whim. Because they’ll do it again if they have to. The Targaryens do not want the people of Westeros to forget how they cowed them into submission. Using this terrifying airborne power to spearhead their conquest, they destroyed anyone who stood in their way with the power of dragonfire. After the nation of Valyria got destroyed in the mysterious Doom, Aegon Targaryen and his sisters Visenya and Rhaenys flew to Westeros on three dragons named Balerion, Meraxes, and Vhagar. The explanation: The three-headed dragon on their sigil has a prophetic significance (head to our Game of Thrones fan theories (opens in new tab) to find out more), yet it’s also based in real Targaryen history. The hidden meaning: Do not cross them, or you’ll regret it. Sigil: A red three-headed dragon on a black field Hence their more commonly-known words: A Lannister always pays their debts. But hey, it’s a nice story that proves the cunning and trickery the Lannisters are famous for, as well as their rather ruthless ways of going about it. In reality Lann the Clever probably married a Casterly daughter and inherited the castle that way. The ensuing chaos pushed the ancient family out of their home, leaving it free for Lann the Clever to claim. A legend surrounding the Lannister’s ancestor Lann the Clever says that he released lions into Casterly Rock when it belonged to House Casterly. The lion itself takes a bit more explaining. It also nods to their seat (or family home) at Lannisport, which sits on top of a very profitable gold mine - hence their gold lion rampant (i.e. Think of this telling colour choice more as a sign of their naked ambition. The explanation: Gold and red have always been associated with royalty, yet the Lannisters have never crowned themselves kings. ![]() Blind loyalty doesn’t end well for the Starks - something that should be changing in season 7 thanks to Sansa’s new devious approach and Arya’s assassination skills. Just like Eddard Stark got beheaded for his stubborn loyalty to the Baratheons rather than adapting to the new powers that were emerging, four out of six of the direwolves are dead because they followed their masters into danger. They’re good dogs Bran… but loyalty is a double-edged sword. Like the Starks, direwolves are incredibly loyal to their masters and will attack those who threaten them - Nymeria attacked Joffrey when he was about to hit Arya, Grey Wind helped in Robb Stark’s Battle of the Whispering Woods, and Summer defended Bran from an assassin. The explanation: It doesn’t take much thinking to figure out that the white field of their sigil represents the snow of the north, and the direwolf is by far the most famous creature to come out of that frosty region.
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