What is the meaning of the new sigil in Game of Thrones Season 8 intro?
Game of Thrones season 8 started and it comes with a new intro, where we see the wall, Winterfell, and kings landing only. And they made some difference in the sigil.
It looks like a lion is eating a fish, next a wolf is hanging dead, and then a man is holding the head of a lion (I am not sure). What is the real meaning of these?
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This is a depiction of the Red Wedding, when Lannister and Bolton houses attack Stark and Tully houses.
It looks like a lion is eating a fish. The Lion is the Lannister's emblem, while the trout is the emblem of the Tullys.
Next a wolf is hanging dead. The Wolf is the Stark's emblem.
Then a man is holding the head of a lion (I am not sure). It's another wolf, still representing the Starks. The man is the red flayed man, emblem of the Boltons.
Finally, the castle represents the twins, the castle of House Frey, where the Red Wedding happened.
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Why did the intro Season 8 change?
It was Weiss and Benioff's idea to move inside the buildings, and as Shintani says, \u201cThe biggest thing for them was to start at the Wall.\u201d From there, the new credits move southward before finally arriving in Kings Landing, with the Iron Throne unfurling at the end of the Red Keep.Why did they change the Game of Thrones intro?
The title sequence of the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones that introduces every episode serves as a guide to the physical landscape of the world of the series. It changes depending on the locations visited in the particular episode it introduces.How has Game of Thrones intro changed?
Starting on the premiere of "Game of Thrones" season eight, HBO's iconic opening credits sequence got a major makeover with new animation of the main castles in Westeros. But in addition to those obvious thematic changes, it appears as though each week will bring small tweaks to the format.Game of Thrones Season 8 OPENING CREDITS Breakdown! Easter Eggs You Missed!
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Kepotx answered it pretty well but I got my hand on polygon analysis which is pretty detailed too:
The opening sequence was designed as a subtle history lesson. A brief reminder of some of the most important historical events that preceded the events of Game of Thrones.
The images engraved into season 8’s title sequence offers a more recent history — or, if your theory brain is wired for clues, a glimpse of the future.
The first thing we see in the new sequence is an image that appears to be Viserion burning a hole through the Wall, with the Night King on his back.
In front of the wall, the Night King’s dead soldiers wait to enter the rest of Westeros, on the other side, crows flee south. It’s an effective reminder of just how high the stakes are this season and the unforgettable end to season 7.
This second carving seems to be a depiction of the Red Wedding.
In the same house sigil-based characterizations from the old opening, we see a flayed man — representing house Bolton — holding up the head of a wolf, Robb Stark, to an appraising, but pleased lion, meant to represent Tywin Lannister who orchestrated the plot. Between them stands the Twins, the castle of the Frey’s where the Red Wedding happened. A Direwolf hangs from the arch between it’s two high towers.
There is a third image too but that one polygon used to speculate future events so not incorporating.
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