The Battle of the Gullet was always going to be bloody. House of the Dragon maestro Ryan Condal hyped up the naval clash as the Game of Thrones show's version of Helm's Deep, and, as a fan familiar with George R.R. Martin's Fire and Blood, I knew we were in for a harrowing time at sea. Spoilers for season 3, episode 1 follow.
But before House of the Dragon season 3 was even close to airing, Martin took to his Not a Blog page to lambast changes Condal had made to his source material – then elaborated in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that their relationship is "abysmal." And, indeed, the show's Battle of the Gullet is extremely different to its book counterpart.
