The fictional world in which George R. R. Martin's novel A Song of Ice and Fire was divided into several continents, known collectively as The Known World.
Much of the story takes place on the Westeros continent and in a large political entity known as the Seven Kingdoms. The kingdoms are spread over nine regions: North, Iron Islands, Rivers, Vale, Westerlands, Stormlands, Reach, the Crownlands, and Dorne. The giant ice walls and ancient magic separated the Seven Kingdoms from uncharted areas to the north. The vast continent of Essos lies east of Westeros, opposite the "Narrow Sea". The closest foreign countries to Westeros are the Free Cities, which are a collection of independent city-states along the western edge of Essos. The land along the southern coastline of Essos is called Lands of the Summer Sea and includes Slavers Bay and the ruins of Valyria. The latter is the former home of King Targaryen Westeros. To the south of Essos are the continents of Sothoryos and Ulthos, which in its narration are largely unexplored.
The planet experiences an erratic season in unexpected duration that can last for years. At the beginning of A Song of Ice and Fire , Westeros has been enjoying the summer for a decade, with much fear that the same long and hard winter will follow.
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George R. R. Martin sets the story of Ice and Fire in the alternate world of Earth, a "secondary world", like J. R. R. Tolkien pioneered with Middle-Earth. Martin also suggested that the world might be bigger than a real-world planet Earth. The Ice and Fire narrative is set in a post-magical world where people no longer believe in supernatural things like the rest. Although the characters understand the natural aspects of their world, they do not know or understand the magical element. Religion, though, has an important role in the lives of people with characters who practice many different religions.
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Maps
A Game of Thrones , the first installment of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, has two maps of Westeros. Each new book has added one or two maps so that, on A Dance with Dragons , seven fictional world maps are available in books. Martin said in 2003 that a complete world map was not available so readers could identify better with uneducated medieval people about distant places. He also does not "subscribe to the theory proposed in The Tough Guide To Fantasyland ... that eventually the character should visit every place featured on The Map." He acknowledges, however, that the reader may be able to collect the world map at the end of the series. He's deliberately vague about the size of the Ice and Fire world, ignoring the scale on the map to prevent long-range predictions based on measurable distances. A new map artist is used in A Dance with Dragons so the map is available in two versions by James Sinclair and Jeffrey L. Ward, depending on the book. The old maps were designed to suit the new style.
A set of folded maps was published on October 30, 2012 as Lands of Ice and Fire (ISBN 978-0345538543). Illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts drew a map, based on a draft by Martin. The twelve maps in the set are entitled "World Known", "West", "Middle Essos", "East", "Westeros", "Outside the Wall", "Free City", "Slaver's Bay", "Dothraki Seas" King's Landing "," Braavos ", and" Journeys ". The latter traces the path taken by the novel character.
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Westeros
This story occurs mainly on the continent called Westeros, which is roughly the size of South America. This continent is home to the Seven Kingdoms and the land beyond the Great Wall, which forms a large part of Westeros, roughly the size of Canada, with most of it largely uncharted and unexplored.
At the beginning of the novel, the majority of Westeros were united under the rule of a king, with each of the nine territories controlled by a different mansion. Martin is here inspired by medieval European history, especially the Hundred Years War, the Crusades, the Albigensian Crusade, and the Rose War.
The first inhabitants of the continent are the Children of the Forest, an anthropoid species of worshipers of nature who carved the faces of their gods in the weirwood trees. Some time later, the First Man's effort in cultivating the land caused a war with the Children of the Forest which was finally settled by a treaty known as "The Pact". This is the beginning of the Hero Era. During that time, the First Man adopted the Gods of the Children of the Forest. The gods came to be known in Westeros as Old gods.
Eight thousand years before the novel, a mysterious species called Other People emerged from the northern tip during the winter for decades known as the "Long Night". The Children of the Forest and First Men together annihilated the others and then built a huge wall blocking the road from the north end.
Some time later, Andals invaded Westeros and founded Faith of the Seven, writing, and steel. Only the North remains unbeatable. The Children of the Forest disappears from the land of Andal. Over time, seven kingdoms were forged across Westeros: North, Iron Islands, The Vale, The Westerlands, The Stormlands, The Reach and Dorne. The Seven Kingdoms continue to fight each other, and no kingdom remains dominant for a long time.
Three hundred years before the novel began, Aegon the Conqueror and his two Targaryen sisters came from Dragonstone and landed on the King's Landing today. The three formed a temporary battalion, known as the "Aegon Fortress", which grew into the capital. Their powerful dragon controls six of the Seven Kings through conquest or covenant, with Dorne remaining independent for another two hundred years until it is absorbed through a marriage alliance. The Targaryens build the Iron Throne, which consists of the sword of the losing rulers, united by dragonfire. They also established King's Landing as their capital. They remained the ruling rulers of the continent until it was overthrown by Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon.
The North
The north consists of the northern part of the Seven Kingdoms and is ruled by House Stark from their castle in Winterfell. North Korea has a sparse population, but it is close to six other kingdoms. Martin compares the North with Scotland. The climate is cool overall, with harsh winters and common snow falling out of season. The northern border of this region is the New Prize, which is a 50-league expanse of land and has Night's Watch. A mound of marshy land called The Neck separates the North from the South. It is home to a small crannog, wrecked and ruled by House Reed of Greywater Watch, bannermen House Stark. The narrowness of the neck, the difficult terrain, and the almost helpless Moat Cailin helped protect the North from the assault. The city of White Harbor is a thriving harbor. Unlawful children born to noble parents in the North are named after the Snow family.
Winterfell
Winterfell is Stark's ancestral palace and built on a natural hot spring. The water flowed through the castle walls and warmed the space and chambers. There are several outdoor pools where hot water gathers inside godswood. Hot springs also prevent soil from freezing. The castle has an inner catacomb where Starks's body is buried behind the statues in accordance with the direwolf on their feet and their swords are left in their hands. Graves have been used since the old kings of the North, known as the King of Winter, came to power. They reigned before Aegon the Conqueror and the coming of religions before that.
To illustrate Winterfell, both pilots and season 1 of the television adaptation use the 16th-century clock tower and the ancient courtyard of the Clearsky Adventure Center located at Castle Ward in County Down, Northern Ireland. Doune Castle in Stirling, Scotland, formerly featured as the Anthrax Castle in the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail , is also used for exterior scenes. Saintfield Estates stands as godswood Winterfell, which is a closed forest area where characters can worship the old gods beside the trees with faces carved on their skins. A car park stands in the grounds of Winterfell, and a wine cellar is used to describe the basement of the Stark family. Tollymore Forest stands out in the pilot episode prologue and is in the important scene where Starks first discovered direwolves. Cairncastle, meanwhile, served as the location where Ned Stark decapitated Will's desertor. The interior of Winterfell, like Tower of the First Keep, Great Hall, and Catelyn's bedroom, was filmed in The Paint Hall studio.Set of designer Gemma Jackson said, "Winterfell is based on the Scottish castle."
The Wall
The Wall is an enormous stone, ice and magic structure on the northern border of Seven Kingdoms. It is home to Night's Watch, a sworn brotherhood to protect human nature from threats outside the Wall. The Wall was inspired by Martin's visit to Hadrian's Wall, in northern England near the border with Scotland. Looking up into the hills, Martin wondered what a Roman officer would feel from the Mediterranean, without knowing what threats might come from the north. This experience is so profound that a decade later, in 1991, he wanted to "write stories about the people who keep the end of the world," and finally "things that come out of the north [fictitious] even better, scary than Scotsmen or Picts ". Martin adjusts the size, length, and magical properties of the Wall for genre demands; The chapters of Jon Snow depict it about 300 miles (480 km) long and 700 feet high (210 m) in general, rising to a height of 900 feet (270 m) in spots due to large foundation blocks. The top is wide enough for a dozen knights mounted to parallel, (about 30 feet or 10 meters) while the bottom is so thick that the Wall gate is more like a tunnel through the ice.
The novel legend claims that First Men, or more specifically, Brandon the Builder with the help of forest and giant children, built the Wall about 8,000 years before the series. The Wall has since been preserved by Night's Watch to guard the human nature against external threats, originally the other and then against the wild attacks. A plot of land known as the "Gift", now stretches 50 leagues south of the wall, was given to them for thousands of years ago to be planted. In the A Game of Thrones , of the nineteen castles built along the walls, only three are still manned: Castle Black with 600 men, and Shadow Tower and Eastwatch-by-the-Sea with 200 men each. Parts of Castle Black have been destroyed.
The 'Black and the Wall' TV series was filmed in the abandoned Quarry Magheramorne near Belfast, Northern Ireland, while the scene taken on the wall was filmed inside the Paint Hall Studios. The composite set (with exterior and interior) consists of a large section of Castle Black including courtyards, ravenry, mess hall and barracks, and uses quarry stone walls as a base for ice walls that protect Westeros from the dangers that live outside. They also make functional lifts to lift the forest guards to the top of the Wall. A castle with original rooms and a working elevator built near a 400-foot (120 m) cliff. "The construction elevator works found at a nearby workplace and up 18 feet, CGI fills the rest to make the wall look 700 feet tall." The area around the lift is painted white to look like ice. Martin was surprised at the height and thought, "Oh, I might make the wall too big!" Martin said, "This is a pretty spectacular, but sad location, it's wet and rainy, and the mud is thick," which "really keeps the actors in the mood at the end of the world in all this cold and damp, and chill."
Beyond the Wall
A Clash of Kings brings the story to the land of Beyond the Wall, although the first five books do not explore "what really lies north... but we will be in the last two books". TV Adaptation uses Iceland as a filming location for land outside the Wall. Martin, who has never been to Iceland, says that Beyond the Wall "is much larger than Iceland and the area closest to My Wall is a dense forest, so in a sense it's more like Canada - Hudson Bay or Canadian forest in northern Michigan. And then when You get farther north, it changes.You go into the tundra and ice fields and it becomes more of your Arctic environs have a plain on one side and a very high mountain range on the other.. again this is a fantasy, so my mountains are more like Himalayas. "In an HBO featuret, Martin stated that the land outside the wall became a large part of Westeros, roughly the size of Canada. The Thenn Valley is one of the locations behind the Wall, and to the north is the Lands of Always Winter, where the Other is from.
During the first season, the HBO team used a place they could decorate with artificial snow for the northern Wall, but a larger landscape was chosen for Season 2. "The main film for this scene, which includes Frostfangs and Fist from The First Men, takes place on a glacier SvÃÆ'nafellsjÃÆ'¶kull calving in Skaftafell, Iceland, followed by a shooting near SmyrlabjÃÆ'¶rg and VÃÆ'k in HÃÆ'¶fÃÆ' Â ° abrekkuheiÃÆ'Â Â i. "Benioff said," We always knew we wanted something beautiful and barren that was destroyed and crushed. brutal for this part of Jon's journey, because he's in the real North now. Everything is real. Everything is on camera. We do nothing in postproduction to add mountains or snow or anything. "
Iron Islands
The Iron Islands are a group of seven islands west of Westeros - Pyke, Great Wyk, Old Wyk, Harlaw, Saltcliffe, Blacktyde and Orkmont - located on the Ironman Bay off the west coast of the continent. Ruled by House Greyjoy from Pyke, the islands are described as bare and barren, and the local weather is "windy and cold, and wet". The members of this seafarers are known throughout Westeros as Ironmen, and for themselves as Ironborn. The illegitimate children born in the Iron Islands were given Pyke's surname.
For a fierce attack, the Ironmen titled "ocean terror". They worship the Drowned God, who "has made them to worship and rape, to carve out the kingdom and write their names in fire and blood and song". Appendix A Game of Thrones concludes that Ironmen once ruled the Riverlands and much of the Westeros west coast. When Aegon the Conqueror extinguished Harren's Black line, he chose Greyjoy's House as the new ruler of Ironmen.
Pyke
Pyke is the seat of House Greyjoy. The television adaptation filmed the views of Pyke harbor at Lordsport Harbor in Ballintoy Harbor, in County Antrim County of Northern Ireland. The sea had destroyed many of the rocks where Pyke was originally standing, so the castle now consisted mostly of a main island and small towers perched on rocks.
Old Wyk
Old Wyk is the smallest and holiest island in the Iron Islands. It was where Kingsmoots was held, and where King Gray killed Nagga, a sea dragon, and made his bones court.
The Riverlands
The river is a densely populated and lush area around the Trident river fork in Westeros. While they formed one of the nine Westeros territories, the central location of the river and its geographical features made the region an interchangeable inter-government battle zone instead of being the "seventh" kingdom of the Seven Kingdom. Located between Westerlands, The Crownlands, Vale and North and has no natural defenses from other regions, they often see warfare. The first ruler to unite the Riverlands was Benedict Justman, but the Justman dynasty died three centuries later. The Durrandons conquered the Riverlands, but lost the rule for Harwyn "Hardhand" Hoare, King of the Iron Islands. At the time of Aegon conquest, Riverlands was ruled by Harwyn's grandson, Harren the Black, king of the Iron Islands, and Tully was a local nobleman who rebelled against him by joining the Aegon the Conqueror. Like the Westerosi's custom to give a surname showing their origins, the illegitimate children born in the Riverlands are given the names of the Rivers.
Harrenhal
Harrenhal is a massive castle that was destroyed and is the site of many important events in the novel. Harrenhal was built by Harren the Black, after his conquest of the Riverlands, intending to make it the largest fortress ever built in Westeros. The castle has been described as so large that an entire army is needed for the garrison. The Great Hall has 35 stoves and thousands of seats. Shortly after the castle finished, Aegon the Conqueror dragon killed Harren, his sons, and all his troops by arranging the castle down.
Since then, the ruins of the castle have been occupied by various houses, all of which eventually perish. As a result, the Westeros believed that the castle was cursed. The logistical and economic difficulties inherent in keeping the big castle kept and flanked have made it something of a white elephant. At the start of the Five Kings War, the castle was in ruin, with only part of it livable, and held by Lady Shella Whent, the last of her home, stripped of Harrenhal when Lannister captured her palace. The castle changed hands repeatedly during the novel, many of them holding it met an unpleasant tip.
Riverrun
Riverrun is the ancestral fort of House Tully. The castle is located along one of the Trident "forks" and controls access to the inside of Westeros. The castle is bordered on two sides by the Tumblestone River and the Red Fork. The third front side is in a very large man-made moat. Built by Ser Axel Tully on land he received from Andal King Armistead Vance.
The castle is the site of Robb Stark's great victory over House Lannister and his coronation. At the end of the Feast of the Crow, Brynden Tully handed the castle to Jaime Lannister to avoid further bloodshed. Riverrun then passes the hands of Emmon Frey, an ally of House Lannister.
The Twins
The Twins are a heavily guarded castle set that controls movement over the river. The Twins are the seats of House Frey, and they have grown rich by charging all those who cross over the last six centuries. Because Freys is rich and numerous, they are one of the most powerful houses sworn to Tully House. The strategic position of the castle gave great importance to House Frey in wartime.
When Robb Stark went to The Twins to fix his alliance with House Frey, the massacre of Frey Robb and his troops: an event known as "The Red Wedding", and contrary to the original habits of guests. It won them from most of the Seven Kingdoms, especially in the Riverlands and North.
Vale of Arryn
The Vale is an area that is surrounded almost entirely by the Mountains of the Moon in east Westeros. The Vale is under the rule of House Arryn, one of the oldest lines of Andal nobility and formerly Kings of Mountain and Vale. Their seats, Eyrie, is a tall castle in the mountains, small but considered unshakable. The only way to reach the Vale is through mountain roads filled with animals called 'shadowcats', avalanches of rocks, and dangerous mountain clans. The mountain road ends at the single entrance of Vale, the Bloody Gate: a pair of twin watchtowers, connected by a closed bridge, on a rocky slope above a very narrow path. The surrounding mountain protection gives Vale its own temperate climate, lush meadows, and forests. A layer of snow from the mountains and a never-frozen constant waterfall, named Alyssa's Tears, provides abundant water. The Vale has rich black soil, slow-moving rivers, and hundreds of small lakes. The illegitimate children born in Vale are named after the Stone family.
The Eyrie
Based on the German castle Neuschwanstein, Eyrie is the seat of House Arryn. It is located in Giant's Lance and can only be reached by a narrow donkey trail, guarded by the Moon Gate and three small castles, titled Batu, Snow, and Sky. Travelers should enter the Gate of the Moon and bailey upon it before reaching the narrow path to the top of the mountain. The steps up the Giant's Lance begin just behind the Gate of the Moon. Eyrie clung to the mountain and six hundred feet above Sky. The last part of the ascent to Eyrie is a cross between a chimney and a stone staircase, which leads to the entrance of Eyrie's basement. Due to the winter of the Moon Mountains, travel to and from Eyrie is possible through the mountains only in summer.
The Eyrie is the smallest of the great castles in the story, consisting of seven slim towers gathered together. It has no cage, enclosure, or blacksmith, but the tower can hold up to 500 people, and the barns can maintain a small household for a year or more. Eyrie does not raise cattle in her hands; all dairy products, meats, fruits, vegetables, etc., must be brought from Vale below. The basement holds six large cranes with long iron chains to pull supplies and sometimes guests from below, with the ox being used to raise and lower them. Winter snow can make the fort's supply impossible. The basement of Eyrie, known as the "celestial cell", is left open to the sky on one side and has a sloping floor that places the prisoners in danger of slipping or rolling from the edge. The execution in Eyrie is done through the Moon Door, which opens from the high hall to as high as 600 feet.
The Eyrie is made of pale stone and is especially decorated in the blue and white of House Arryn. The elegant details provide warmth and comfort through many luxurious fireplaces, carpets and fabrics. Many of the rooms have been described to be warm and cozy, with views of the Valley, the Moon Mountains, or the magnificent waterfalls. The Maiden's Tower is the easternmost of seven lean towers, so all the Vale can be seen from its windows and balconies. The Lady of the Eyrie apartments are open on a small garden planted with blue flowers and surrounded by white towers, filled with grass and sculptures scattered, with the main statue of a crying woman believed to be Alyssa Arryn, flowering shrubs. The Master's room had doors from solid oak trees, and velvet curtains covering tiny glass rhomboid glass windows. The High Hall has a blue silk carpet that leads to the weirdwood throne carved by Lord and Lady Arryn. Floors and walls are made of milky white marble colored in blue. Sunlight enters the narrow narrow curved window along the east wall, and there are about fifty high iron scones where torches may be lit.
Eyrie is held by Lord Jon Arryn, who built Ned Stark and Robert Baratheon before Robert Rebellion. After the war, Lord Arryn served as King Robert I Barathon of the Hand of the King (prime minister). After Lord Arryn was murdered, his wife, Lady Lysa Arryn, took her sickly child, Robin, and escaped to Eyrie. Lysa refused to align himself with one of the complainants during the Five Kings War, but ended up pretending the alliance was possible with House Lannister after Lord Petyr Baelish agreed to marry her. Then Baelish killed Lysa after she tried to kill her nephew, Sansa Stark. At Feast for Crows, Baelish rules on Eyrie as Lord Protector and Regent for the sickly Lord Epileptic, Robert "Robin" Arryn, and plans for Sansa to marry Harold Harding, who will be the heirs of Eyrie and Vale in the case of the death of young Robin Arryn.
For the CGI composition of the Vale of Arryn in the TV series, as seen in the making of Eyrie and from celestial cells, the visual effects team used images and textures from the Greek Meteora rock formations. Initially they had considered the Zhangjiajie Mountains in China, but since the base plate landscapes were shot in Northern Ireland, using Meteora resulted in better choices. Set designer Gemma Jackson said, "Much of the mosaics in Eyrie are based on the beautiful chapel I visited in Rome." The inside of High Hall of Arryns was filmed in The Paint Hall, occupying one of the four audio stages there. Martin admits that the set differs significantly from his presentation in the books: "In books, rooms are long and rectangular, but [The Paint Hall soundstage] basically has a square space, which they choose to place a round hall on, with a ladder which is curved to the high throne above. "
The Westerlands
The Westerlands is Westerosi land to the west of the River and north of Reach. They were ruled by House Lannister of Casterly Rock, formerly Kings of the Rock. People in this region are often called "Westermen." Lannisport, lying loudly by Casterly Rock, is the main city in the region and one of the harbors and major towns of Westeros. The Westerlands are rich in precious metals, mostly gold, which is the source of their wealth. As well as Westerosi's habit of giving a family name that shows their origin, illegitimate children born in the Westerlands are given the name of the Hill family.
Casterly Rock
A fortress carved from a mountain overlooking the port city of Lannisport and the sea beyond it, Casterly Rock is home to the ancestral home of House Lannister. According to popular legend, a hero known as Lann the Clever tricked the Casterly to hand over Rock, and took it for himself. The Rock is famous for being the richest region due to the abundance of gold mining resources, and is one of the strongest strongholds of Seven Kingdoms. It was never taken in battle, despite attacks from the Iron Islands and Robb Stark's plans in the Five Kings War. It was held by Lord Tywin Lannister before the Five Kings War, but after his death, Queen Regent Cersei Lannister made one of his cousin's cousins ​​from the castle. In A Dance with Dragons , the actual narrative has not occurred in Casterly Rock, but the description of it has been offered by Lannister in the POV chapter.
West of Casterly Rock is a coastal town of Lannisport. A busy port under the Lannisters of Casterly Rock, Lannisport thrives as a protected and rich city. The city is also home to many lower Lannisters and others with similar family names, such as Lannys.
George R. R. Martin stated on his blog that he got inspiration for Casterly Rock from Rock of Gibraltar.
Reach
The Reach is the most fertile and fertile region in Westeros, ruled by House Tyrell of Highgarden. The Tyrells were servants for House Gardener, Kings Reach before the Aegon conquest. After the last King of the Gardiner was killed at the Fire Ground, Tyrells handed Highgarden to Aegon and was rewarded with a fort and the host position of Reach. Reach's wealth and strength comes from their abundant harvest of wine and the most sought after food. During wartime, long distances from Reach and the abundance of food protected their population from starvation and disease. In significant political maneuvers during the civil wars in Westeros and the Five Kings War, House Tyrell provides a starving population in the King's Landing with hundreds of food carts, ensuring the positive image of House Tyrell's forefront, and an alliance for Iron Throne with the Westheon House as a secondary. But Tyrells is responsible for starvation in the first place, as part of their plan to help Renly usurp the Blacks See. The most prominent city in Reach is Oldtown. It is the oldest town in Westeros, home to Fort Maester, and the previous seat of the Faith of the Seven. The illegitimate children born in Reach were given the clan.
Oldtown
Oldtown is one of the largest cities in Westeros and by far the oldest, built by First Men before the Invasion of Andal. It survived the invasion by welcoming the Andals rather than rejecting them. The city is located in the southwestern part of Westeros, at the mouth of the Honeywine River, where it opens to Whispering Sound and the Sunset Sea outside.
Oldtown is primarily known as the Benteng location, the home of the Maesters order serving as a board member, doctor, scientist, and postmaster for Seven Kingdoms. Starry Sept was the seat of Faith of the Seven until the construction of the Great Sept of Baelor at King's Landing. The Aegon the Conqueror government is dated from the entrance to Oldtown town and its confession as king by High Septon.
Oldtown was the second most important port in the Seven Kingdoms after King's Landing: merchant ships from the Summer Islands, Free City, eastern cities, and the rest of Westeros constantly swarming over the harbor. The town itself is described as very beautiful. Many rivers and canals cross their streets made of rocks, and stunning stone houses are common. The city lacks the poverty of King's Landing, which captured its position as the flagship city of Westeros.
The largest structure in the city, and the tallest structure in Westeros, is the Hightower, a sprawling lighthouse that stretches about 800 feet (240 m) into the sky and topped by a large flare that can be seen for miles to the sea. Oldtown was ruled from Hightower by House Hightower. Initially the king in their own right, they then swore allegiance to the Highgarden Gardener, and became a follower of Tyrells after the Conquest. The Hightowers is known for their loyalty and admiration. The current ruler of the city is Lord Leyton Hightower.
Oldtown remained far from the Five Kings War, but at the end of the Ironborn war under the King of Euron Greyjoy launched a massive attack along the coast, conquering the Shield Islands and part of the Arbor before attempting to block Honeywine's mouth. Attempts to attack the city's ports were repulsed by city defenders. Oldtown remains under threat from Ironborn.
The Stormlands
The Stormlands is the Westerosi area between the King's Landing and the Sea of ​​Dorne. In the east they are bounded by Shipbreaker Bay and the Dornish Sea to the south. Before the conquest of Aegon they were ruled by the Storm Kings, and then by the House of the Westheon, the bastards' brothers to the Targaryens. The Dornish Marches is located in this area, and is a common battleground between Stormlands and Dorne until Dorne joins the Seven Kingdoms. Invalid children born in Stormlands are given the Storm family name.
Storm's End
Storm's End is the seat of Westheon House and, before them, the ancestral site of the Storm Kings extends back thousands of years. According to legend, the first Storm King in the First Man age was Durran, who married Elenei, the daughter of the sea god and the wind goddess. In anger, his parents send a huge storm to destroy his wand and kill the wedding guests and his family; where Durran declared war on the gods and raised several castles above Shipbreaker Bay, each bigger and tougher than the last. Finally, the seventh castle remains in place and withstands the storm. Some people believe that the Children of the Forest interferes in its construction; the other that Brandon Stark, the Wall builder, advised Durran in its construction. The truth of the matter is unknown.
Storm's End never falls into a siege or storm. Its external defense consists of a large curtain wall, 100 feet (30 m) deep and 40 feet (12 m) thick on its thinnest side, nearly 80 feet (24 m) thick on its side toward the sea. The walls consist of two stone paths with sand core and debris. The walls are smooth and curved, the stones are placed so well that the wind can not enter. On the side of the sea, there is a fall of 150 feet (46 m) below the wall into the sea.
The castle itself consists of one large drum tower crowned with tough fortresses, and so large that it can comfortably contain stables, barracks, armory, and nobility in the same structure. Although never taken in battle, Storm's End has experienced several recent siege and battles in recent history. The last Storm King, Argilac the Arogan, left his impressive defense to meet the Targaryen commander, Orys Baratheon, in open combat during the Aegon Targaryen Conquest War, and lost. This caused Orys Baratheon to marry the daughter of Argilac and become Lord of Storm's End.
During the War of the Hijackers, Storm's End was surrounded for a year by host Lord Mace Tyrell, who led ground troops, while Paxter Redwyne's fleet of Arbor cast the castle off by the sea. Stannis Baratheon, who led the defense, refused to surrender and his men were reduced to eating rats. A smuggler named Davos runs a blockade to supply the castle and Stannis rewards him by granting him a title and giving him the land, thus establishing House Seaworth, but he also cuts off the fingertips of his left hand as punishment for all previous smuggling. After the war, Stannis was furious when his brother Robert, now king, gave the castle to their sister, Renly, and put Stannis in the hands of the Dragonstone. This led to years of bitterness in the Stannis section.
During the Five Kings War, Storm's End endorses Renly as he painstakingly seeks to seize the crown, and is besieged by Stannis. When castellan, Cortnay Penrose, refused to produce even after Renly's death, he was killed by Stannis's allies, pastor Melisandre, and castle surrender. Later, the castle was surrounded by strong forces under Mace Tyrell, but he left the siege after a few weeks to return to King's Landing after the capture of his daughter Margaery by High Septon. On A Dance with Dragons , the castle remains in the hands of Stannis Baratheon.
At the end of the A Dance with Dragons , an army landed in Stormlands led by Jon Connington and a young man who claimed to be Aegon Targaryen, son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Martell and heir of Iron Throne. To attract support, Aegon plans to conquer Storm's End and raise the Targaryen House banner above the castle.
In a TV adaptation, scenes in Stormlands were filmed in Larrybane, Northern Ireland. The scene where the red chaplain Stannis Melisandre gave birth to a shadow creature was filmed in the Cushendun Cave, also in Northern Ireland.
The Crownlands
The Crownlands is a land in Westeros that surrounds the King's Landing, which is ruled directly by the crown of the Iron See. The Targaryen monarchs consolidated this as one of the nine Westeros territories, after the conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, from rare pieces of Riverlands and Stormlands. The Crownlands form the entire coastline of Blackwater Bay, and include the original Targaryen homeland on the island of Dragonstone, at the entrance of the Narrow Sea to Blackwater Bay. In addition to King's Landing, which is the largest city in Westeros, Crownlands covers many towns and palaces. Unlawful children born in Crownlands are named Waters.
Dragonstone
Dragonstone was once the outpost of the old Freehold of Valyria. A century before Doom, the Targaryens were sent to the Dragonstone to rule there. When Doom came to Valyria, House Targaryen survived with the last Valyrian dragon. A century later, Aegon Targaryen and his sister Rhaenys and Visenya launched a massive conquest campaign from the island and eventually conquered all Westeros except Dorne, and North of the Wall. The Aegon progeny ruled as the Kings of the Seven Kingdoms for centuries.
Dragonstone is a great fortress that forbids, taking most of the island of the same name. This castle is unique because the builders and magicians of Valyria carved the tower and continued into the form of a dragon and made a vicious gargoyle to cover its walls using magic and stone. Lower castle levels are warmed by residual volcanic activity well below fixed. There is a small harbor and town outside the castle.
During the War of Snatchers, before the King's Landing sack, the pregnant Targaryen Queen Rhaella, and his son Viserys were sent to the Dragonstone along with part of the Targaryen fleet and faithful soldier garrisons. But after King's Landing fell, Robert Baratheon sent his brother, Stannis, to take over the island. After the storm destroys the royal fleet, the Targaryen garrison tries to betray Viserys and his newborn sister, Daenerys, to Stannis (the queen has died in childbirth). But the Targaryen loyalists led by Ser Willem Darry took the children away. Stannis conquered Dragonstone easily, and King Robert gave him ownership of the castle. Stannis takes this a bit because his sister Renly then inherits Storm's End, the ancient chair of the Westheon House. Ser Axell Florent, one of the uncles of Stannis's wife, Selyse Florent, acts as a castellan.
After Robert's death, Stannis declared himself King of Westeros and cursed the queen's children as a bastard born of incest, as he discovered with Jon Arryn. Dragonstone becomes the main seat. He returned there after the devastating Blackwater Battle. His counsel, the red pastor Melisandre of Asshai, tried to convince him to let him lift the "stone dragon" of the castle through blood magic, but Lord Davos Seaworth convinced Stannis to go north to the Wall to help Night's Watch instead. After Stannis leaves Dragonstone, leaving Storm of Nightsong Rolland Storm as castellan, Queen Regent Cersei Lannister sends a fleet to haul him. However, Ser Loras Tyrell, who can not wait to free the fleet to protect his home fort in Highgarden, attacked the Dragonstone directly. He took the castle but lost a thousand people and he himself was reportedly seriously injured. On Dragons, Dragonstone is now controlled by forces loyal to House Tyrell, and theoretically, again under the control of Iron Throne.
One scene is set in Dragonstone, where Stannis burns wooden statues of the Seven gods, filmed on Downhill Strand beach. In Season 7 of the show, filming for Dragonstone took place in several locations in the Basque region of Spain: Gazeleugatxe island in Bermeo, Itzurun Beach in Zumaia, and Muriola Beach in Barrika.
King's Landing
King's Landing is the royal capital of Westeros and Seven Kingdoms. King's Landing has an estimated population of 500,000, making it the densest population in Westeros. It lies on the Blackwater River in the place where Aegon the Conqueror lands in Westeros to begin his conquest. The main city is surrounded by a wall, manned by City Watch of King's Landing, dubbed the golden cloak, after the robe they wear. Inside the wall, the city's landscape is dominated by three hills, named after Aegon and his two sisters. Little poor people (ordinary people) build slums outside the city. King's Landing is described as very dense but unsightly and dirty. The smell of urban dirt could smell far beyond the wall.
The royal palace, called Red Keep, sits on Aegon's Hill. This is the seat of the royal palace. The Keep holds the Iron Throne. Aegon commissioned the building of the throne from the sword of the enemy he defeated. According to legend, he keeps a sharp knife because he believes that no ruler should sit comfortably. Centuries later, kings still incised themselves on the throne. It is a common belief that the one who cuts himself on the throne has been "rejected" by the throne and therefore unsuitable to govern.
The city also holds the Great Sept of Baelor, the most pious place to convene with High Septon. It is the most sacred loneliness of the Seven. The slums of the King's Landing are called Flea Bottom, where the inhabitants are very poor, they regularly live with "brown bowls", mystery sticks that can include puppy flesh and murder victims.
Martin compares the King's Landing with Paris or medieval London. It was inspired by the scenery of Staten Island from her childhood home in Bayonne, New Jersey.
The first season of TV adaptation used the capital of Malta, Mdina, to represent King's Landing. "Like the King's Landing, Mdina is a medieval town built on a hill, but unlike King's Landing, Mdina is an inland city - so production is limited to interior shots such as streets and city gates, which can be seen when Ned Stark arrives. The nearest manoel doubles as Sept Baelor, "which can be seen when Ned Stark is executed. Other locations around Malta represent Red Keep, "including the real residence of the president of Malta, the Palace of San Anton.The Fort Ricasoli gate is duplicated as the gateway of Red Keep; Fort St. Angelo is used for the Arya Stark scene chasing the cat, and the monastery of St. Dominic stands for a scene where Ned Stark faces Cersei Lannister at godswood. "
"In the second season, filming for King's Landing and Red Keep shifted from Malta to the historic sections of Dubrovnik and Min? Eta, Bokar and Lovrijenac fortresses in Croatia, allowing for more exterior shots from an authentic walled medieval town." The Season Three section was also filmed there, as well as near the Trsteno. "Known as the Pearl of the Adriatic, the city is shown to have many characteristics with a fictitious capital: the city has a well-preserved medieval scene, with its high walls and sea at its side.Benioff, the show's executive producer , "King's Landing is probably the single most important location in the entire show, and it should look right", and "Once we start walking around the city walls, we know that. You read the description in the book and you come to Dubrovnik and that is the real city. It has a sparkling sea, sun, and beautiful architecture. "Co-Executives DB Weiss added" To find a fully-preserved medieval walled town that really looks like King's Landing where most of our events are set, it's in and of itself a remarkable find ". Tourney of the Hand in season 1 was filmed at Shane's Castle, Northern Ireland.
The Red Keep interior was filmed in the Belfast studio, The Paint Hall. Set designer Gemma Jackson said, "When I think of King's Landing, all the red aspects, it immediately reminds me of Rajasthan." The floor [at King's Landing] comes from the Pantheon in Rome. " Martin said that "Our throne room is a spectacular throne room - we actually repaired the throne room built for other films." And again, it occupies a quarter of the Paint Hall, so it's huge, but in my mind [in the book ], it's Westminster Abbey, it's St. Paul's Cathedral.
Dorne
Dorne is the southernmost and most sparsely populated land of Westeros. The capital, Sunspear, is the seat of the ruling House Martell. In the first five books, Doran Nymeros Martell is Prince Dorne and Lord of Sunspear. Doran's sister, Princess Elijah, married in a political alliance with Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, Dragon Prince and heir to the Iron See. They have two children, a daughter, Rhaenys and a son, Aegon. During the Sack of King's Landing at the end of the Robert Rebellion, Princess Elijah was raped and killed by Gregor Clegane, host of Lannister bannerman (vassal). His children were also killed in front of him. Prince Doran and his wife, Princess Mellaria, have three children, Arianne, Quentyn and Trystane. During the War of the Five Kings, Tyrion Lannister, as the King's Hand, transformed the historical feuds of House Martell and Dorne into an alliance by sending the brothers and sisters of King Joffrey, Myrcella Baratheon, as a future married coupled with Trystane, the youngest son of Prince Doran, own. Prince Doran's eldest son, Arianne, is the heir to House Martell, Sunspear, and Dorne's government. Dorne's wealth comes from their famous Sand Steeds, long-lasting race horses, speed and grace, and from spices, grapes, fishing, fabrics and textiles.
Dorne is bordered by the Dorne Sea in the north, islands known as Stepstones to the east, and stretches from the high mountains of the Dornish marches, the Red Mountains, separating Dorne from the rest of Seven Kingdoms by land. The two main routes though the Red Mountains connecting Dorne with the rest of the continent are the Stone Way Pass and Prince's Pass. The Prince's Pass leads to Reach, while Stone Way comes out of the mountains near Summerhall. The southern coast of the continent is bordered by the Summer Sea. Described as a tropical climate by George R. R. Martin, Dorne has a kingdom with the highest temperatures in Westeros, barren, with a rocky, mountainous terrain, which includes the only desert on the continent. The rivers provide some fertile soil and during long summers there is enough rain and other water supplies to keep Dorne livable. Inland waters are almost as valuable as gold, and wells are heavily guarded. Dorne's famous locations are Starfall, House Dayne chair, and Yronwood, House Yronwood chair, the most powerful of Martell bannermen. Planky Town is a trading port city at the mouth of the Greenblood River.
Dornishmen has a reputation as hot-bloodedness. They differed culturally and ethnically from other Westerosi due to the historical massive immigration of the Rhoynish people. They have adopted many Rhoynish habits as well, including the firstborn equivalent. Dorne was the only kingdom in Westeros who succeeded in conquering Aegon's conquest, even killing one of his dragons during the war. It was conquered by Daeron I for a century after the Targaryen invasion, but rose up against it that caused his death. Finally under Daeron's cousin, Daeron II, they join through marriage. This achievement has allowed Dorne to maintain a measure of independence. The ruling host Martell still arranges "Prince" and "Princess" in Rhoynish style. Unlike most of the rest of Westeros, illegitimate children born in Dorne are treated almost equally with lawless offspring and given the surnames of Sand, as with Westerosi's habit of giving false family names indicating their origin.
According to A Storm of Swords , "There are three kinds of Dornishmen [...]. There are salty Dornishmen living along the coast, Dornishmen sandy deserts and long river basins, and rocky Dornishmen that keeps their speed in travel and height of the Red Mountains.The salty Dornishmen have the most Rhoynish blood, the most violent Dornishmen, All three types appear well represented in the Doran troupe.The salty Dornishmen are fluid and dark, with olive smooth skin and long black hair flowing in wind.Cold Dornishmen even darker, their faces burned brown by the hot Dornish sun.They wound bright long scarves around their helmets to ward off the sun.Satu Dornishmen are the largest and most beautiful, the sons of the tribe of Andals and First Men, brunette or blond hair, with freckled or burning faces in the sun instead of brown. "
In the show, the Dornish scene was filmed at Alcázar from Seville, Seville, Spain.
Summer Sea
Basilisk Isles
To the east of Naath, the Basilisk Islands has become a fierce place in the Summer Sea, and a safe haven for pirates, slave traders, shoe sellers, and criminals. The ruins have been found on the Isle of Tears, the Isle of Toads, and Ax Island. The Isle of Tears is the largest island, with steep valleys and black swamps. It was conquered by Ghiscari and it was called Gorgai for two centuries, until the dragon from Valyria caught it and named it Gorgossos. It was used as a prison by Freehold, the place where they sent their most vicious criminals.
Naath
Naath, also known as the Isle of Butterflies, is an island on the north-west coast of Sothoryos located east of the Basilisk Isles. The Naathi people have dark skin and golden eyes. They practice extreme pacifism, making music instead of fighting and refusing to eat meat, just fruit. This makes them very vulnerable to slavers from Essos. Daenerys translator, Missandei comes from Naath.
Summer Islands
As shown on the map at A Storm of Swords , the Summer Islands lies to the south of Westeros, with the local fauna of talking birds, apes, and monkeys. The novels describe the island's native people as dark-skinned people who speak their own language. They wore colorful feathers and live off the fruits and fish. From their port city Tall Trees Town, the Summer Islands exported rare items to Westeros such as grapes, spices, feathers, but also the special kind of wood from which bows are made that have a longer range than others. The people of Seven Kingdoms call the big ships of the Summer Islanders of goose boats, for their fluttering white sails and for their figures, which mostly depict the birds. Samwell Tarly, who spent two chapters on A Feast for Crows on a goose ship, described the Summer Islander women as naughty, and their gods were weird; they "respect their parents and celebrate their death" through sexual intercourse. As a prostitute explains to Tyrion in the Clash of Kings, the Summer Islands regard their sexuality as a gift of the gods to worship them through marriage, and hence many of their teenage daughters and daughters serve in their homes- pleasure house for several years to honor the gods.
Essos
Part of the narration in A Song of Ice and Fire is located across the narrow Sea from Westeros, a region of the great eastern continent called Essos. Being roughly the size of Eurasia, Essos has a very varied geography and climate. The west coast line is marked by green hills, the Great Qohor Forest, and extensive island chains such as Braavos and Lys. The central part of the continent is covered by a flat meadow of the Dothraki Sea and a dry land known as Red Waste to the east. Outside the Red Trash lies the city of Qarth. The southern part is dominated by dry hills and has a Mediterranean climate, with coastlines along the Summer Sea and Slaver's Bay. The north coast of the mainland is separated from the polar cap by the Shivering Sea. To the south, across the Summer Sea, is the uncharted continent of Sothoryos forest.
Much of the history of fiction Essos relates to Valyria, a town situated on the peninsula in southern Essos and the origin of House Targaryen before the destruction of the Valyrian Empire in an unspecified disaster. After the destruction of Valyria, the cities of Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen regained independence and controlled their respective territories as city-states. This area is known in books as Slaver's Bay.
City and Nearby Free
Across the narrow ocean on the western side of Essos lies nine Free Cities, an independent city-state largely located on the island or along the coast. They are Lys, Myr, Pentos, Braavos, Lorath, Norvos, Qohor, Volantis, and Tyrosh. Although most Free Cities are named at the beginning of the first novel, the books only provide a map of this area on A Dance with Dragons . The eastern mountains separate the coast from the Dothraki Sea plain, although the gap in the mountains gives the Dothraki some access to the Free City. The Free Cities were the colonies built by the ancient Freehold Valyrian, and later declared independence after the Doom of Valyria. The exception to this is Braavos, founded by refugees who fled from the expansion of Valyrian, escaped from slaves and other riotous people. The city-language in Free Cities is a derivative of High Valyrian.
The Independent Cities reach the area characterized by the Rhoyne river, which is described by Yandry's local character as "the greatest river in the world". The banks are the homeland of Rhoynar, who worships the river as "Rhoyne's Mother". As mapped in A Dance with Dragons , Rhoyne comes from a mixture of two tributaries, Upper Rhoyne and Little Rhoyne, southeast of the ruins of Ghoyan Drohe. Hulu Hulu Rhoyne is located in Andalos, the homeland of Andals between Braavos and Pentos. The Rhoyne course runs southeast to turn south after Dagger Lake, where the river pirates hide in and around the many islands of the lake. The Rhoyne gets wider by feeding more tributaries, opening to the Summer Sea in the delta near the Volantis Free City.
Braavos
Unique among the Free Cities, Braavos is not a Valyrian colony, but a secret shelter from Valyrian's expansion. It is a city spread over hundreds of small islands, located in the lagoon at the northwestern end of Essos where the Narrow Sea and the Sea of ​​Chills meet. Braavos is known for his stunning bravos and mysterious killer, the Faceless Men. It is also famous for Titan of Braavos, both a fort and a statue. The ruler of Braavos is known as the Sealord and comes from the sea whose strength and wealth of the city flows. The Braavosi hulls are painted purple and their merchant ship sails to many distant lands and brings their trade and wealth back home. Braavos has many loan sharks and the Braevos Iron Bank lends money to foreign countries, including the Seven Kingdoms.
Braavosi is dressed in striking colors while the dress is very rich and black and blue is almost black. Braavos officials, called keyholders and justiciars, wear a thin brown or gray coat. The city is also famous all over the world for its prostitutes. Every prostitute has his own ship and servant to do it. The beauty of the famous prostitute has inspired many songs. They were bombarded with gifts from goldsmiths and craftsmen pleading for their custom. Nobles and wealthy merchants pay large numbers of prostitutes to show up with them on occasions, and bravos are known to kill each other in their names. The character of Syrio Forel, formerly of the first sword of Sealord of Braavos, introduces Arya Stark to the unique form of the Braavosi sword fight, called Water Dancing. This style is a subtle form of fencing in which the practitioner stands sideways and uses a slender knife. Bravos eagerly filled the city, often dueling to showcase their skills.
Braavos is inspired by Venice, Italy. It was filmed in Croatian cities "ibenik, and Ka? Tel Gomilica in the TV series.
Pentos
Pentos is a major trading port in the west coast bay. Dominated by a square brick architecture tower, it is headed by the Prince chosen by the de facto ruler of the city, known as the Master. Khalar sometimes made their way so far from the Dothraki Sea, but Pentoshi spared much of the attack and invasion by paying homage to their khalus. Men from Pentos wear a painted and branched beard. As in many Free Cities, slavery is forbidden, but wealthy and powerful city members have the ability to mock these laws by keeping ministers glittering in bronze.
Daenerys scene in the pilot episode was filmed in Morocco. Television adaptation reuses Jerusalem's Kingdom of Heaven device near Ouarzazate, Morocco. "One small part of Jerusalem, patched and re-colored, becomes the yard of Illyrio where Dany first met Khal Drogo." "When the pilot was sent, HBO requested a wide reshoot, including the removal of all the shots in the landlocked part of Morocco - which should have taken place in Pentos, a fictitious port city - and recorded it again in Malta." The exterior scene at Illyrio's home in Pentos was shot at Verdala Palace, the summer Palace of the 16th century president of Malta. "One of the most spectacular natural attractions in Malta, the Azure Window on the island of Gozo, stands at Daenerys Targaryen's wedding site to Khal Drogo."
When Pentos reappeared in Season 5, it was filmed in Croatia.
Volantis
Volantis is a port on the south coast of Essos, and is the oldest and most proud of the Free Cities. A fortress known as the Black Wall protects the oldest part of the city. The city is governed by three triarchs, elected annually by the free landowners of the Volantis, and is defended by a slave army called the "Tiger Cloak". Volantis is very important for the slave market, and in the city there are five slaves to every free man. All Volantene slaves have facial tattoos that show their profession: for example, sex slaves have tattoos on their faces, and tiger robes have tiger stripes. R'hllor worship is the most influential religion in Volantis, especially among slaves.
TV adaptation using location in CÃÆ'³rdoba, Spain.
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