George R.R. Martin’s original plan for Game of Thrones 

fans received a glimpse into the future of what might have been, thanks to a tweet from Harper Collins UK.

Harper Collins is the publisher of the ASOIAF books, and yesterday the

Twitter account posted the early proposal for a “high fantasy” trilogy featuring the warring houses of Westeros. Martin outlines his thoughts for the entire series- but don’t get too excited as the last paragraph has been blacked out.

The tweet has since been deleted but the information contained is still floating around the internet, reposted on multiple Twitter, Reddit and Tumblr pages.

Though a great deal of the story has changed already, it should be treated as a possible spoiler, so proceed with caution.

The proposal includes notable events such as Ned and Robb Stark’s deaths, but Catelyn’s death happens later in this version. Jaime is a straightforward villain, and Martin goes so far as to say which five central characters will live to the end. There is a rather un-

-like love story included, and it’s all rather strange, frankly. I think it’s safe to say Martin has changed his mind about most of this, based on the books we’ve read, but it’s fascinating to see what could have happened.

Well, what do you think? This is pretty mind-blowing. They’re like fanfic versions of our favorite characters.

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I love how reddit is uncovering the redacted part of the text. This fandom has truly gone insane lol.

I’m glad GRRM didn’t go through with the

ETA: seriously though, Sansa Marries Joff and has his kid, Jaime becomes king by killing everyone and blaming Tyrion, Dany murders Drogo in revenge for Viserys (lol!), Tyrion and Jon both fall for ARYA, WHAT

OK GRRM, I’m going to go read those first 13 chapters again assuming this is the endgame because wow.

I was wondering if someone would be able to do that. If you invert colors, you’d be able to make out some outlines, but I’m not sure you can make out all the words really.

After this all i can say is a big LOL to those people who think that Martin had everything planned from the start and he doesn’t ever change his mind,yeah right . One one hand this sounds like a more straightforward generic fantasy story so in this case i’m glad he changed his mind but on the other hand we wouldn’t have the “wonders” that are AFFC and ADWD,two mostly filler and pointless books that could have been either shorter(in the case of ADWD) or not exist at all(in the case of AFFC). Oh well you lose some and you gain some .

“Until the secret of Jon’s parentage is revealed in the final book”: but I thought that Ned said that his mother was some tavern wench…..

I hope he stills plans on having Arya survive to the end

Someone please turn this version into a fan fic… i will read it…

Glad that Arya’s remained a key character. Her relationship with Jon has creepy undertones bow though, especially when considering how both Ygritte and Gendry reminded them of their sibling.

The Jon and Arya thing didn’t shock me(i mean this is ASOIAF we are talking about)as much as Tyrion being in love with her and being in conflict with Jon over it,like wtf,even in fan fiction you wouldn’t expect this insanity .

Jesterr223456: After this all i can say is a big LOL to those people who think that Martin had everything planned from the start and he doesn’t ever change his mind,yeah right .

Yes and no. The difference between plot and story does spring to mind here. Yes, GRRM has changed a lot of the plot details: but this synopsis certainly is consistent with the type of story that he has told so far. Moreover, if you look at these elements, then it seems that there are a lot of things retained but adapted. Sansa doesn’t marry Joffery or bear his son, but she does side with him to the ruination of her house and she does bitterly rue that. Winterfell is besieged and burned. Tyrion does not murder Joffery, but he is convicted of the murder, and one of Joffery’s parents assumes rule in Joffery’s stead. There is not going to be a Jon-Arya-Tyrion love triangle: but there certainly is a chance for Jon to be involved in a love-triangle with a near relative.

All of this would easily create the character development that in turn creates GRRM’s stories. All of this could easily be leading to the same basic end-game that GRRM envisioned. So, yes, GRRM clearly has changed his ideas about the plot structure: but, no, he probably has not changed his mind about the basic stories and he might still be working to the same end-game.

For starters, letters that continue above the blacked-out portions shouldn’t be too hard to determine. Such as t’s, b’s and d’s. Perhaps the i’s and letter groupings like “th”.

I don’t know if it is possible to crack the whole thing, but it should keep some people busy a while.

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