Ku ya 20 Ugushyingo, igitabo gishya cyasohotse kiva mu "ndirimbo ya ice na flame". Kugira ngo batengushye abasomyi benshi, ntabwo byakomeje ibintu byingenzi byimiterere nyamukuru, ariko ibihe byamateka yinama yingoma ya Tarnasty nizindi ngo nyinshi. Imwe mu nyuguti z'ibyahise ni Umwami wingurube witwa KRMIT Tallie, ihatirwa abasomyi bibuka imico izwi cyane ya gahunda "mapper-kwerekana" - Igikeri Kermit. Abafana babonye kandi elmo kandi bakunzwe mu gitabo cyaherekeza cya Martin "isi y'ibara n'umuriro, byasohotse muri 2014.
Nk'uko kumenyekanisha abafana ku rusobe, bazishimira kubona akajagari hagati y'imishinga yombi, kubera ko bombi bagiye ku muyoboro wa HBO. Biragoye kwerekana symbiose yinkuru ebyiri zitandukanye, ariko intwari zumuhanda wa Sesame muri Westeros zagomba kugorana cyane. George Martin muri kimwe mu biganiro bye yavuze ko ibikoresho byo mu gitabo "umuriro n'amaraso" bikoreshwa mu kurasa imwe mu miyoboro itanu ya spin-off. Muri ubu hari amakuru kuri kimwe muri bo, witwa "ijoro rirerire", biteganijwe ko Minisitiri w'intebe ateganijwe muri 2020.