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The period dominated by the rival royal claims and civil war following Robert Baratheon's death.

The final years of Robert Baratheon's reign immediately before the War of the Five Kings.

The Night's Watch defense of Castle Black against the Free Folk.

Jon Snow and Sansa Stark's battle against Ramsay Bolton for control of Winterfell.

Stannis Baratheon's major assault on King's Landing.

The climactic battle between the living and the army of the dead at Winterfell.

Daenerys Targaryen's assault that devastates King's Landing.

Cersei Lannister destroys the Great Sept and many of her political rivals with wildfire.

The final war between the living and the Night King and his army of the dead.

The attack by the army of the dead on the Free Folk settlement of Hardhome.

The massacre at the Twins in which Robb Stark, Catelyn Stark, and much of the Stark host are killed.

The multi-sided civil war that erupts after Robert Baratheon's death.

The election and coronation of Bran Stark as king after the wars for the Iron Throne.

The rebellion that overthrows the Targaryen dynasty and places Robert Baratheon on the Iron Throne.

A daughter of House Stark whose journey takes her across Westeros and to Braavos.

A son of House Stark whose supernatural journey ultimately reshapes the political order of Westeros.

Queen and later ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, central to the Lannister struggle for power.

The exiled Targaryen claimant who rises to power in Essos and later invades Westeros.

Lord of Winterfell and Hand of the King whose investigation triggers the central political conflict.

Knight of the Kingsguard and member of House Lannister whose loyalties evolve throughout the wars.

A member of House Stark raised as Ned Stark's bastard who becomes central to the Night's Watch and the war against the dead.

The leader of the White Walkers and principal supernatural antagonist of the Great War.

A daughter of House Stark who becomes a major political leader in the North.

A Lannister statesman and strategist who serves multiple rulers during the struggle for the Iron Throne.

A warrior of exceptional loyalty who serves multiple Stark-aligned causes.

A sellsword who rises through the conflicts of the realm and repeatedly allies with Tyrion and Jaime.

The lands north of the Wall inhabited by the Free Folk and supernatural threats.

The principal Night's Watch stronghold on the Wall.

The capital of the Seven Kingdoms and the principal center of royal politics.

A major city of Slaver's Bay ruled by Daenerys Targaryen.

The royal castle in King's Landing and seat of the Iron Throne.

The paired Frey castles controlling the crossing of the Green Fork.

The enormous ice fortification separating the Seven Kingdoms from the far North.

The ancestral seat of House Stark and political center of the North.

A Slaver's Bay city where Daenerys acquires the Unsullied.

A Free City of Essos and home of the Faceless Men.

The southernmost region of Westeros, ruled from Sunspear.

The ancestral Targaryen island fortress and a major seat of rival claimants.