Wait... Pyke's big event item is a Golden Kraken

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The inspiration is obvious, but this isn't the first nor the last time they take inspiration from popular culture when it comes to champ designs and skins espeecially.

I guess it just took me a while to realize it. It's been so long since one of the books came out and I don't watch the show so it wasn't on my mind. I actually was looking up what the Golden Kraken did because I was talking about it with a friend and the first search results were for A Song of Ice and Fire.

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I've read he is loosely based on the iron iles...

With him being a drowned man I suppose that makes sense. Ironborn bastards are actually given the surname Pyke as well.