After losing a bet, George R.R. Martin had to add a character to A Dance with Dragons named Sir Patrek of King’s Mountain. The character’s heraldry looks like the Dallas Cowboys’ logo, and he was killed by giants within the story.
Martin had a standing bet with his friend Patrick St. Denis that if the Dallas Cowboys ever had a better season than the New York Giants, he’d make St. Denis into a character in one of his books and have him brutally ripped apart by giants.
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