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. 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.