Which dragon are you most looking forward to seeing in Dragonlord family and Rise of the Dragons?
Martin:
I can't say there's one dragon I especially want to see, but I did describe Sunfyre as the most beautiful dragon ever seen on earth. He doesn't look like a true dragon—more like a dragon cast from gold. His scales and armor are bright gold, gleaming in sunlight. I hope the screen version can capture that. I'm really looking forward to some dragon battles. I don't want to spoil too much, but, you know, when one dragon meets another at Storms End, the Dance of the Dragons enters its bloodiest phase. After that comes the climax over Gods Eye Lake. I'm eager to see those two huge fights. I also want to see dragons portrayed differently from those in game of thrones, especially in color. I often describe dragons by color—red, blue, green—and the crests and wing membranes are frequently different colors too. game of thrones lost that. Daenerys's three dragons should be one black, one green, one white, with other hues mixed in. But in the show they're nearly the same. One is black; I suppose another is green, but it's such a deep green it's almost black; and the white isn't very white. I think we'll do better in this new show. Of course, dragons don't exist. Yet they appear in the legends of many peoples, and in the real world the closest things are probably dinosaurs or lizards. Dinosaurs are usually shown as green, but scientists now say they could have had colorful skin. Lizards can be very vivid too. And I want every dragon to be distinct, so that when you see one flying overhead you instantly know—ah, that's Caraxes, that