Every Sigil in A Song of Ice and Fire Explained

ASoIaF / Game of Thrones / House of the dragon families house sigils

Stark Direwolf art by -
Dorne Martell art by -
Aegon the conquerer Targaryen art by - Michael Komarck
The Vale of Arryn art by - Paolo Puggioni
King's Landing The Red Keep by - Ted Nasmith

[jackochoko]

As a lover of sigils, this video is a definite win

[Kalafinwë]

21:24 House Qoherys is made in mockery to the one of House Hoare, because it depicts the four skulls of the Last Hoare's four sons, amidst flames, in honor to Aegon ending the Hoare line as he told to the last Hoare : ''Before the sun sets, you line shall end''.

[sebastos]

The Crown on the Dustin heraldry is not just a reference to their past as the barrow kings, but also a reference to their supposed descent of the first king.

[Tiziown]

We actually know how the cadet branch of House Fossoway was born and why their sigil is a green apple, since it is shown in the Dunk & Egg novels.

[lukebarroso]

I love alot of the sigils. The books describe so many. Alot of the minor houses have some badass ones.

[Divine_Chareka]

I've always counted sigils as part of the most interesting elements of the Ice & Fire stories. I'm glad the new show HotD is paying more attention to the sigils. Thanks for the video brother, really enjoyed it 👏👏

[BobPantsSpongeSquare]

Sigils have always been interesting to me along with flags and emblems. I think it's funny how most old medieval European sigils were pretty boring in design when compared to George's ideas

[d.m.collins]

Those Riverlands and Reach minor house sigils look MIGHTY similar.

[OhioDemZach]

I love the longer videos so much, keep it up! What an interesting episode! I'll be rewatching this a lot to pick up on parts I may have missed. FANOMINAL!!

[JoshuaHenelyThornhill]

sigils do so much to cement the history and legacy of ones house/family. This video was much needed friend !

[Divine_Chareka]

Point of correction at 13:03, you switched the sigils for Houses Caswell & Ashford. House Caswell is the one with a yellow centaur with a bow & arrow.

[matthewalexanian]

For the Riverlands, it seems you have used the sigils from the Reach.

[og]

Always loved the sygils, such an iconic part of this series

[johns]

Dayne is the best one. It just screams "we have the best sword"

[mrdrebin]

15:05 Daynes are the Gigachads of Westeros.. They need more attention..

[darko-man]

I love these kind of videos. Sigils are so fun combined with history.

[imjustapoorwayfaringgeek]

karstarks having a sun as a sigil is not random, karhold is located on the very east of the north so they see the sun rising before the others houses. same thing can be seen in the martell sigil and the tarth sigil, both are also located on the east.
edit: and japan too!

[KTChamberlain]

When I was designing sigils and flags for my own sci-fi book series The Godsend Epic, I looked into every sigil in A Song of Ice and Fire to make sure I didn't unintentionally take any from George R.R. Martin. Some have subtle nods to the Westerosi sigils like House Kame having a blue eagle on a black field surrounded by the phases of the moon, which is reminiscent of House Arryn, while others were inspired by history and mythology like House Featherscales' sigil being a heart weighed against a feather on a golden scale on a green field, which is straight out of Egyptian mythology. It was a lot of fun coming up with them, although I only have less than 20 sigils, flags, and emblems in the first two books, Angel Odyssey and Angel Overload.

[zachwear]

Love these long form videos keep them coming please! 😁

[Vincent--]

House toland sigil is actually a dragon biting itself because the once pranked the Targaryens by making them 1v1 a chester whilst fleeing in the invasion of dorne