George R.R. Martin fears cut character from “House of the Dragon” could lead to season 3 'butterfly effect'
The two characters, played on the show by Sam C. Wilson and Mark Stobbart, "are crueler in the book," he says, pointing to how House of the Dragon cut the character of Maelor Targaryen, the third child of Queen Helaena (Phia Saban), thereby removing a "Sofie's choice" element that was present in Martin's book Fire and Blood.