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Revision as of 18:49, 7 October 2011

The Seven Kingdoms

The Seven Kingdoms is a nation comprised of seven formerly independent kingdoms on the continent of Westeros. It is ruled by a king who sits on the Iron Throne in the capital city, King's Landing.

Origins

Westeros was originally divided into several independent kingdoms before the consolidation of the War of Conquest. After this war the different regions were united under the rule of House Targaryen into a nation that is known as the Seven Kingdoms.

The Seven Kingdoms takes its origins from the War of Conquest, in which the Valyrian Aegon I invaded Westeros with his dragons, conquering six of the seven independent nations and consolidating them under the singular rule of House Targaryen. These kingdoms were:

Aegon built the new nation's capital on the spot of his landing. The surrounding area became known as the Crownlands.

The final kingdom, Dorne, permanently joined the nation two centuries later by marriage pact.

Territory

The nation's territory includes all but the northernmost tip of the continent, where the Wall defines its northern border. The nation also controls the many islands off the coast of Westeros, such as Tarth and the Iron Islands. It is occasionally drawn into conflicts over the Stepstones off its southeastern coast, but it has rarely controled a significant portion of them.

Cities of Westeros

The seven kingdoms, has many large townships, but only five settlements are officially classified as "cities". Listed in decreasing order of size, they are:

The rest of the seven kingdoms is primarily rural, with the rare exception of port towns because of their economic importance.

Culture

the people of the Seven Kingdoms are a mixture of several ethnic groups which have migrated to the continent over the centuries and intermarried. As such these Original ethnicities are more of a blurred trend than firm political units. Today they are mostly identified through their place of residence, where each kingdom retains its unique flavor. The influence of the Andals is strongest in the south, while the North still follows many customs of the First Men. Dorne is heavily influenced by the mass immigration of the Rhoynar. Small groups, such as the ironmen and the mountain clans, maintain very different cultures from the rest of the nation.

Its feudal society, is based on the model of the old kingdoms on which the Targaryens dynasty was built. with each principality, retaining some sovereign rights and is ruled by a high lord, that answers only to the King.

Religion

The Faith of the Seven is the official religion of the nation, The only regions where it is not practiced are the Iron Islands, where worship of the Drowned God holds sway, and the North, where worship of the Old Gods of the Forest remains strong.