Just to make it seem all official and stuff, I'm even going to add bullet points.
- Lord Edrick Stark of Winterfell, will arrive in King's Landing, to assume the role of Hand of the King.
- Edrick isn't the only one arriving in King's Landing. Soon enough, the children of all the houses will arrive to court with one, if not both, of their parents.
- The Starks are trying to join their houses by wedding their eldest children, Steffon of House Baratheon, and Alyria, of House Stark, though the two havent seen each other in about 3-5 years.
- Princess Vysenia Targaryen and Lord Callum Baratheon are betrothed to each other, set to wed when they both come of age.
- There'll most likely be some sort of incest relationship between two of the Targaryens, but I'll let you all decide who the participants of that are.
- The King, Aegon Targaryen's name day is coming up, so there is going to be a celebration soon. (Yay! Birthdays! CAKE!!!)
- The Lannisters plot to put Joanna at Aerys Targaryen's side, bonded through marriage, so that she may become queen of Westeros when Aerys rises to the throne.
If you have any ideas for any more of those, please, let me know.
And now, other little stuff you'll need to know.
- Rodrik and Rayin are twins.
- Aerys and Jaehaerys are twins as well.
- The Queen is..."dis-loyal" to her husband, in the way that she sometimes goes to bed with other men, though her husband remains faithful to her.
...Yeah I didnt have much for that one.
But again, if you have any ideas, please, dont be afraid to share.
And now, for those who dont really know how to talk like a Game of Thrones person or whatever, I'm comprised a list of terms for you! Aren't I nice?
- The Nights Watch - A small, army like group of men stationed up in the North at the Wall, sworn to protect Westeros from what lies beyond the wall, out in the cold, bitter, frozen unknown.
- To Take/To Have Taken the Black - To take/to have taken the oaths/vows to be a sworn Brother of The Nights Watch, or Black Brother, as they are sometime called. (see above)
- Castle Black - The decrepit castle at the base of 700-foot wall (see The Wall) that divides the Seven Kingdoms from the wild forest. One of 19 original strongholds along the wall, Castle Black is one of just three remaining operating strongholds and the main training and living center for the Night's Watch.
- Casterly Rock - The fortress seat of the Lannister family, located in Lannisport.
- Direwolf - Distantly related to wolves, these fierce and terrifying creatures can grow to be as large as a pony. The direwolf is also the symbol of the Stark family, the lords of Winterfell. (see Winterfell)
- Dragons - (First of all, if you dont know what a Dragon is, then.......) Fire-breathing mythical creatures. Aegon the Conqueror, who arrived in Westeros from ancient Valyria, used his three dragons to conquer the entire continent.
- The First Men - Human settlers who came to Westeros thousands of years ago and formed a pact with the Children of the Forest. They believed in the old gods (as opposed to the new gods; see: The Seven) and their influence is still keenly felt in the North, where their religion and customs still hold sway, such as the belief that if a man is sentenced to die, the one doing the sentencing should carry out the execution.
- Godswood - A small copse inside many castle walls, it's a place for solitary contemplation and a place of devout worship by those who believe in the old gods of the First Men. (See Heart Tree) (By the way, there are no godswoods in the south, as most everyone down there pray to The Seven, if they pray at all, which they should)
- Hand of the King - The chief and most trusted adviser to the king, this key position serves on the small council and often rules when the king is away or indisposed.
- Heart Tree - Sacred weirwood trees (see: Weirwood) that have faces carved into them, allegedly by the Children of the Forest for some unknown purpose. Located at the center of a godwood, this red-leaved tree is where adherents to the old ways offer prayers and oaths (such as that for the Night's Watch). The tree's red sap grants the carved eyes of their faces a blood-hue.
- Ice - The sword, made of Valyrian steel, wielded by Edrick Stark, Lord of Winterfell.
- The Iron Throne - The throne on which the king of the Seven Kingdoms sits. It was forged by the heat of dragons' breath when 1,000 bent their swords in fealty to Aegon the Conqueror. As it's made of sharp swords, it can easily cut the person who sits on throne. Only the king or his Hand may sit atop the Iron Throne.
- The King's Justice - The king's executioner and headsman.
- King's Landing - The capital city of Westeros' Seven Kingdoms and the seat of the Iron Throne. The Red Keep, the royal castle, is located here, as well as the Great Sept of Baelor, the seven-sided holy seat of the High Septon, a religious figure more or less analogous to the pope. (See The Seven). While the ruling classes exhibit all of the pomp and circumstance (as well as showy excess) one would expect of the royal court, the city is deeply divided between the haves and the have-nots. While the castle is located within the sprawling city, so, too, are taverns, brothels, and shanties.
- The Kingsguard - Seven knights sworn to protect the life of the king, they are more or less analogous to the Secret Service in the United States. Under the terms of their oaths, they cannot marry nor hold lands and they serve for life. They wear white cloaks, the symbol of their station.
- Maester - A member of a revered order of scholars and healers who are trained at The Citadel in Oldtown, they serve the lords of Westeros as valued advisers and members of their household. Each master wears a heavy chain collar comprised of links of different metals, each representing a different area of study.
- The Narrow Sea - The body of water separating Westeros from Essos. (See Essos)
- Essos - he continent east of Westeros where the grasslands known as the Dothraki Sea are located. Essos is also home to the archipelagos of Braavos and Lys, cities Pentos, Asshai, Yi Ti, and the Shadow Lands. It is separated from Westeros by the Narrow Sea.
- The Children of the Forest - The original, indigenous inhabitants of the continent known as Westeros, they had a deep connection to the natural magic of the world and some were gifted with prescience ("greensight"). They joined together with the First Men to fight the onslaught of The Others (See White Walkers) and forged a truce with the First Men, keeping control of the vast forests and allowing the First Men to settle in the open plains. They have not been seen in thousands of years.
- Dothraki - A nomadic people who travel the open plains known as the Dothraki Sea. They are fearsome horse-mounted warriors who mistrust the actual ocean, as it is made up of "poison water" that their horses cannot drink. They speak an oral language also called Dothraki, which was created specifically for Game of Thrones by David Peterson of the Language Creation Society and based on passages from George R.R. Martin's novels. The Dothraki are vicious fighters and, when defeated, they must cut their long braids. Victorious fighters take bells from the hair of the men they have slain and wear them.
- The Eyrie - The home of House Arryn, it sits atop a treacherous mountain called The Giant's Lance and can only be reached by passing through three gates as one ascends the mountain.
- The Andals - An invading force thousands of years before the events depicted in Game of Thrones, these invaders are responsible for the culture, religion, and language (the Common Tongue) of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. They battled the First Men and brought their beliefs in a pantheon of gods called The Seven to the continent.
- Riverrun - The seat of House Tully. This stronghold is located in the riverlands.
- The Seven Kingdoms - Once seven individual kingdoms—the North (home to Winterfell), the Vale (home to The Eyrie), the Stormlands, the Reach, the Westerlands, the Iron Islands, and Dorne—they now comprise a unified Westeros ruled by King Aegon of House Targaryen. The terms "Westeros" and "The Seven Kingdoms" are more or less interchangeable.
- The Seven - The seven deities worshipped by the majority of the residents of Westeros. This was the faith brought over to the continent by the Andals and is represented by a seven-pointed star representing each of gods (which are, thought by some, to be seven aspects of a single deity). The Seven are comprised of Father, Mother, Warrior, Maiden, Crone, Smith, and Stranger; adherents pray to each in turn in a seven-sided church known as a sept. Male priests are known as septons and females as septas.
- Storm's End - The ancestral seat of House Baratheon and before that the legendary Storm Kings.
- Valyria - (It'll probably only be people like Aegon and Rhaenys who talk about this) A fallen city that was once the capital of the Valyria Freehold that was destroyed in a cataclysmic event known as the Doom, which occurred several hundred years before the events depicted in [i]Game of Thrones[i]. The inhabitants of this place were renowned for their magical abilities and for their forges, which produced the whisper-sharp blades known as Valyrian steel (See Ice). House Targaryen originally came from Valyria.
- The Wall - The 700-foot-tall wall that is a barrier between the Seven Kingdoms and the wild beyond, it stretches 300 miles along the North. Built from rock and ice, it is said to have spells woven into it, a literal shield against the nightmarish creatures and the "free folk" (See Wildlings) who would cross over into the realm of man. The Wall is defended by the Sworn Brotherhood of the Night's Watch, which has fallen on hard times of late. Few believe there is anything worth stopping in the darkness beyond the Wall and, of the 19 castles that once garrisoned the troops of the Night's Watch, only three remain.
- Ward - A person under the care of another. In this case, wards were often underage highborn hostages seized during battles by lords who sought to make their parents behave and put down their arms.
- Weirwood - A species of tree that is indigenous to Westeros and was held as sacred to the Children of the Forest and the First Men. Its leaves and sap are blood-red and its bark is pale. (See Godswood)
- Whore House - It means exactly what it says. It's a building or house, full of prostitutes where men go and pay to have sex with them.
- White Walkers - (Also, but not commonly, known as The Others) A mythological race not been seen for more than 8000 years, these creatures have been reduced to being Boogeymen villains in children's fairy tales, and some doubt they ever existed. According to legend, these creatures—white-fleshed with terrible blue eyes—were driven behind the Wall by a joint effort by The Children of the Forest and the First Men.
- Wildlings - The barbaric human residents beyond the Wall who refer to themselves as the "Free Folk." They hold no allegiance to the Iron Throne and often attempt to cross the Wall and raid northern villages.
- Winterfell - The ancestral home of House Stark, descendents of the First Men. From here, the Warden of the North—currently Edrick Stark—has kept a close watch over Westeros' northern kingdom, where it snows even during summer.
- The Old/New Gods - Depending on which you say, this is just talking about the gods that the Westerosi people pray to. Many, when taking their oaths (not the oaths said when taking the black) will commonly say "I swear it by the Old Gods, and the New."
Wow that was long. Terminology courtesy of The Daily Beast, because that is where I got (copied/pasted, and maybe edited a bit if I had to) most (almost all) of those terms.
If you have any further questions about anything, please, let me or Calvazera know, and we will try to help to the best of our abilities.
