The first five seasons were largely based on the published novels, though beginning late in season five, the series unexpectedly began to surpass the contents of the books. Beginning with season six, the show started to include a large amount of original content, based on, as author George R.R. Martin put it, the "major beats" of the two future novels that he shared with the showrunners during "several days of story conference". The showrunners stated there were "three 'holy shit!' moments" revealed by Martin: Shireen Baratheon would be sacrificed by her father, and the meaning of Hodor's name and its correlation to his eventual death; and an unspecified third in the final episodes, which is heavily implied to be Daenerys becoming the "mad queen" and destroying King's Landing. Martin responded "yes and no" to fan inquiries about whether the show would spoil the final two novels, and the producers stated, "So much of what we're doing diverges from the books at this point . . . there are certain key elements that will be the same". Several plot points from the series have been confirmed to be intended for future novels: Martin stated that Tyrion and Daenerys will "intersect", Alan Taylor stated that Martin told him Jon and Daenerys would meet and ally against the Others (White Walkers), and Isaac Hempstead Wright stated that Martin plans to end the series with Bran Stark as king. Martin also confirmed that Danaerys' death, Jon returning to the Wall and the North seceding from the rest of Westeros would all be addressed in the ending to his novels.
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