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The city lacks the squalor of King's Landing, which usurped its position as the preeminent city of Westeros. The largest structure in the city, and the tallest structure in Westeros, is the Hightower, a massive stepped lighthouse which extends some 800 feet (240 m) into the sky and is topped by a huge beacon which can be seen for many miles out ...
The maps used are those of Westeros and Essos that precede the novels in the book series. [8] At the center of the sphere is a heliocentric armillary sphere. The title sequence serves as a guide to the physical landscape of the world of Game of Thrones , and details of the title sequence change each episode depending on the locations visited ...
The Dreaming City: 1961: N C G Middle-earth: J. R. R. Tolkien: The setting for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. See also Arda, of which Middle-earth is a part. The Hobbit: 1937: N P F R C G V Mid-World: Stephen King: The setting for King's The Dark Tower novel series "The Little Sisters of Eluria" 1998: N C V F Mushroom Kingdom: Shigeru ...
A fictional city in Pannonia, Hunnic Empire, based on Szentes: Zolon Lyon Sprague de Camp: Novarian series A Novarian city-state Unnamed ; The City Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events: The City is a supposedly well-populated municipality where many key events have taken place. The City has more than 40,000 inhabitants. town in the Po ...
The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones is a companion book for George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series. Written by Martin, Elio M. García Jr. and Linda Antonsson, it was published by Bantam on October 28, 2014.
As each new book has added one or two maps, readers may be able to piece together a world map by the end of the series. [16] The Wall in the Ice and Fire series was inspired by Hadrian's Wall in the North of England. The fictional history of Westeros stretches back some twelve thousand years.
The frontispiece to William Morris's 1897 The Sundering Flood was a map showing the city on a great river, "The Wood Masterless", a "Desert Waste", and towns with English names like "Westcheaping" and "Eastcheaping". [20] The map appears to have been the first fantasy map in the modern sense, defining a wholly invented world. [21]
George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire saga features a large cast of characters. The series follows three interwoven plotlines: a dynastic war for control of Westeros by several families; the rising threat of the undead White Walkers beyond the northern border of Westeros; and the ambition of Daenerys Targaryen, the exiled heir of the previous ruling dynasty.