<P> George R.R. Martin conceived The Red Wedding during the earliest stages of the planning of his saga, when he was envisioning a trilogy with The Red Wedding as one of the climactic events at the end of the first of the three books . Martin was inspired by a couple of events in Scottish history . One of them was the 15th century historical event known as the "Black Dinner", where the Scottish king invited the chieftains of the powerful Clan Douglas to a feast at Edinburgh Castle . A black bull's head, the symbol of death, was served as the last course of the dinner while a single drum was playing in the background, and the Douglases were murdered . Another event from which the author drew inspiration was the 1692 Massacre of Glencoe, where Clan MacDonald hosted the Campbell Clan who killed thirty - eight of their hosts overnight . </P> <P> Martin has said The Red Wedding was the hardest thing he has ever written . He explained that he always tries to put himself in the skin of his characters when writing from their perspective, and develops bonds with them . He even felt attached to the minor characters killed during the massacre . It was so painful for him that he skipped the chapter and continued writing, and only when the rest of the book was finished, he "forced himself" to come back to the dreaded scene . In 2012, at ComicCon he even joked that "he will visit a country with no television when the episode goes on air". </P> <P> Martin also said he killed off Robb because he believed the audience would assume that the story was about Ned Stark's heir avenging his death and wished to keep them guessing . He later suggested Talisa--whose counterpart Jeyne Westerling was not killed in the books--died so Robb's heir could not avenge his death . </P> <P> Will Champion, the drummer and backing vocalist of the band Coldplay, has a cameo appearance as one of the musicians who play at the wedding . </P>

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