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Plot

See also: Synopsis of A Song of Ice and Fire and World of A Song of Ice and Fire

Game of Thrones is roughly based on the storylines of the A Song of Ice and Fire book series
by George R. R. Martin, set in the fictional Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and the continent of
Essos.[5][6] The series follows several simultaneous plot lines.[7] The first story arc follows a
war of succession among competing claimants for control of the Iron Throne of the Seven
Kingdoms, with other noble families fighting for independence from the throne. The second
concerns the exiled scion's actions to reclaim the throne; the third chronicles the threat of the
impending winter, as well as the legendary creatures and fierce peoples of the North.[8]

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Game of Thrones characters

Game of Thrones has an ensemble cast which has been estimated to be the largest on
television.[9] In 2014, several actors' contracts were renegotiated to include a seventh-season
option.[10] By the final season, five of the main cast members made $1 million per episode,
making them among the highest paid television performers.[11][12]

Eddard "Ned" Stark (Sean Bean) is the head of House Stark. He and his wife, Catelyn
(Michelle Fairley), have five children: Robb (Richard Madden), Sansa (Sophie Turner), Arya
(Maisie Williams), Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright), and Rickon (Art Parkinson). Ned also
has an illegitimate son, Jon Snow (Kit Harington), who, along with his scholarly friend,
Samwell Tarly (John Bradley), serve in the Night's Watch under Lord Commander Jeor
Mormont (James Cosmo). The Wildlings living north of the Wall include the young Gilly
(Hannah Murray) and the warriors Tormund Giantsbane (Kristofer Hivju) and Ygritte (Rose
Leslie).[13]

Others associated with House Stark include Ned's ward Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen), Ned's
vassal Roose Bolton (Michael McElhatton), and Roose's illegitimate son, Ramsay (Iwan
Rheon). Robb accepts help from the healer Talisa Maegyr (Oona Chaplin), while elsewhere,
Arya befriends the blacksmith's apprentice Gendry Rivers (Joe Dempsie) and the assassin
Jaqen H'ghar (Tom Wlaschiha). In the Stormlands, the tall warrior Brienne of Tarth
(Gwendoline Christie) serves on the Rainbow Guard.

In King's Landing, Ned's old friend, King Robert I Baratheon (Mark Addy), shares a loveless
political marriage with Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey). Her younger twin brother, Ser Jamie
(Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), serves on the Kingsguard. The third and youngest Lannister sibling
is the dwarf Tyrion (Peter Dinklage), who is attended by his mistress Shae (Sibel Kekilli) and
the sellsword Bronn (Jerome Flynn). Cersei's father is Tywin (Charles Dance), head of House
Lannister and richest man in Westeros. Cersei has two sons: Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) and
Tommen (Dean-Charles Chapman). Joffrey is guarded by the scar-faced warrior Sandor "The
Hound" Clegane (Rory McCann).[14]
The king's Small Council of advisors includes, among others, the crafty Master of Coin, Lord
Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish (Aidan Gillen), and the eunuch spymaster, Lord Varys (Conleth
Hill). In Dragonstone, Robert's younger brother, Stannis (Stephen Dillane), is advised by the
foreign priestess Melisandre (Carice van Houten) and former smuggler Ser Davos Seaworth
(Liam Cunningham). In the Reach, the Tyrell family, led by its matriarch Olenna (Diana
Rigg), is represented at court by Margery (Natalie Dormer), the matriarch's granddaughter.
The High Sparrow (Jonathan Pryce) is eventually given power as a religious leader. In the
southern principality of Dorne, the warrior Ellaria Sand (Indira Varma) seeks vengeance
against the Lannisters.[13]

Across the Narrow Sea, in Pentos, siblings Viserys Targaryen (Harry Lloyd) and Daenerys
Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) (colloquially referred to as "Dany") are in exile, with the former
plotting to reclaim his father's throne. Daenerys is forced into marrying Khal Drogo (Jason
Momoa), a leader of the nomadic Dothraki. Her retinue eventually comes to include the
exiled knight Ser Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen), her aide Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel), the
sellsword Daario Naharis (Michiel Huisman), and the elite soldier Grey Worm (Jacob

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