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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.
A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin. He began writing the first volume, A Game of Thrones , in 1991, and published it in 1996. Martin, who originally envisioned the series as a trilogy, has released five out of seven planned volumes.
A Song of Ice and Fire, the series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, has formed the basis of several works in different media. Novellas Dunk and Egg Main article: Tales of Dunk and Egg Martin wrote three separate novellas set ninety years before the events of the novels. These novellas are known as the Tales of Dunk and Egg after the main protagonists, Ser Duncan the Tall and his ...
The Wall in the Ice and Fire series was inspired by Hadrian's Wall in the North of England. The Wall is a huge structure of stone, ice, and magic [24] on the northern border of the Seven Kingdoms. [25] It is home to the Night's Watch, a brotherhood sworn to protect the realms of men from the threats beyond the Wall. [26]
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. [citation needed] The Ice and Fire story can be considered to be set in a post-magic world where people no longer believe in dragons and the Others. [17]
The Winds of Winter is the planned sixth novel in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by American writer George R. R. Martin.The manuscript is expected to be over 1,500 pages in length. [1]
Ser Gregor Clegane is the head of House Clegane, a landed knight vassal to House Lannister, [3] and is the older brother of Sandor Clegane.His enormous size and strength make him a fearsome warrior (in the novels he is nearly 8 feet (2.4 m)) tall, and weighs over 420 pounds (190 kg)), and he has earned a reputation for violence and brutality.
Reviewer Mark Theurer remarked about Linnorm dragons that these giant "dragon-like beings that might best be described as feral dragons" really piqued his interest, and characterized the Corpse Tearer as "old, smart, and vicious", the dread linnorm as the "largest [of the Linnorms] and has two frickin' heads", and the gray linnorm as "small ...