Some of these are reeeeeally over-reaching:- The Kingslayer: notice that it requires you to slay the Lich KING. No need to go fish for weak links. - White Walkers are a very common ice-based monster in many mythologies all around the world, and also another name of the wendigo.- Breaker of Chains: achievement that requires you to, let's see, break chains?- calcified dragon egg: maybe there are just dragons in WoW, who lay eggs?- Storm's End: far more likely that is simply comes from the fact that you get it by slaying a god ot thunder.- Lady is a fairly common name for dogs.I understand fanboyism, but let's not go off the deep end with that.
You missed Frost King MalakkI think he even says "Winter is Coming"
IIRC there's another reference in Arathi Basin BS when the Horde owns it!
Okay. In no way, is the Kingslayer title a reference to Game of Thrones. This is so incredibley forced.
I always thought The Kingslayer was an homage to the Hubbard series.
I'm going to call BS on some of these for example."For defeating The Lich King, players receive the %s the Kingslayer title. This is a reference to Jaime slaying the Mad King Aerys."The WotLK xpac came out in 2008 and GoT didnt premier until 2011. Now I know that some of you will say "the books were around longer then the tv series." While that may be true I ask, why would the devs include a very obscure reference from a very obscure book series that most people had never heard about at the time?
Remove the kingslayer title, it literally has nothing to do with game of thrones
kingslayer isnt referance .u not backstab lich king.and yes book can be from 1996 .but someone can claim first rts warcraft from 1994lk artas wow main stories from warcfact3 and frozen thrones around easlry 2000yes some is fun.but no need so much forcewhen i beta test or was ptr panda .i suprized not so much popular around ranma½ manga/anime referance training area.i like it so much.i told probably few houndred people %99 of them was cluelessat wow lot lot lot of refarance people events movies tv .moslty those time need be popular.before hbo show game ofthrones wasnt that much popularthat wasntlike teeenage drama twlight likeor chirdren book harry poter likesong and ice wasnt so populer at 96 .wasnt broke internet.people didnt pilo up front tore wasnt tv newsif u forced can be anything to everything for referancesand again jamie kill alone mad king.and lk opening video was like last episode.way so many similarites with cinamaticto previous 6. episode.wasnt becouse of book.tv shor scenarist decide do like this.kingslayer title is just joke.like i did mistake too once.(wasnt played)gordon freeman voice actor die so half life3 canceled rumor was funny.in reality gordon not so much talk .that wasnt true becouse of way so late and never coming game.this joke hit to spot people laughnot has any reality in it.just funnykingslayer just a coicidentceRR martin said get lot of think loosy base european specially engliand history.probably lanister house came lancesters before todora 100 year wars plus mediaval engliand uniting several msall kingron princehood invaded german vikings celts is chilrdren of forest.they lived at irland england etc and other man come and destroy thier cultures and lives.rl eventsand as i said if forced everything is can be realted .im waiting here game of thrones cant play wow much tonight.but that not mean wheni seen joıhn named npc will think omg omg john snow referance its just john .D
A great example when you try too hard... stay real instead of fishing for likes like a social media machine.
The first of the books A Game of Thrones was in released in 1996. Plenty of time before the first of the TV series.
Lots of fun references, didn't realize there are so many. Great post. Love the show.