CAROL I THEORETICAL

HIGHSCHOOL

COORDINATING
TEACHER:
TURCU RALUCA

CLASS: XII D

2016

STUDENT:

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DOROFTEI MARIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..PAGE 3
SUMMARY .PAGE 4
CHARACTERS AND CAST. ....PAGE 7
RELIGIONS..PAGE 13
CONCLUSION.PAGE 15
BIBLIOGRAPHY .....PAGE 16

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INTRODUCTION
SUMMERS SPAN DECADES. WINTERS CAN LAST A LIFETIME. AND THE STRUGGLE
FOR THE IRON THRONE CONTINUES. I PERSONALLY CHOSE THIS ORIGINAL
SERIES BASED ON GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'S BEST-SELLING 'A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE
AS MY THEME BECAUSE OF THE ENDLESS CHOICES THE NOBLE COURTS HAVE TO
MAKE IN ORDER TO WIN THE THRONE AND THE WAY THEY AFFECT THE VIEWERS
DUE TO THE EMOTIONAL CHARGE EACH EPISODE CARRIES. THE MAGICAL LAND
STRETCHES FROM THE SOUTH, WHERE HEAT BREEDS PLOTS, LUSTS AND
INTRIGUES, TO THE VAST AND SAVAGE EASTERN LANDS, WHERE A YOUNG QUEEN
RAISES AN ARMY. ALL THE WHILE, IN THE FROZEN NORTH, AN 800FOOT WALL OF
ICE PRECARIOUSLY
PROTECTS THE WARRAVAGED KINGDOM
FROM THE DARK FORCES
THAT LIE BEYOND. KINGS
AND QUEENS, KNIGHTS
AND RENEGADES, LIARS,
LORDS AND HONEST
MEN...ALL PLAY THE
'GAME OF
THRONES.'"GAME OF
THRONES" HAS A TON OF
POTENTIAL TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST SERIES THAT HAS EVER BEEN
PRODUCED. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO FANS OF THE SERIES AND
NEWCOMERS ALIKE. IT IS COMPLEX, MULTI-LAYERED, SURREAL, VIBRANT AND
IMAGINATIVE AND IT DRAWS YOUR EYE IN TO THE SURPRISING LEVEL OF DETAIL,
FROM THE SWEEPING VISTAS, TO THE NARROW DUNGEONS, FROM THE
BEAUTIFUL CASTLES AND MAGNIFICENT TREES, TO THE CONTRASTING
LANDSCAPES. IT IS WORTH WATCHING JUST FOR THE SCENERY ALONE. THE MOST
EXCITING PART OF THE SERIES IS THAT WHILE EVERY HOUSE IS BUSY TRYING TO
CONQUER THE THRONE, A VERY ANCIENT EVIL AWAKENS IN THE FARTHEST
NORTH. AMIDST THE WAR AND POLITICAL CONFUSION, A NEGLECTED MILITARY
ORDER OF MISFITS, THE NIGHT'S WATCH, IS ALL THAT STANDS BETWEEN THE
REALMS OF MEN AND ICY HORRORS BEYOND.
LET THE GAME OF THRONES BEGIN!

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SUMMARY
IN BRIEF, NINE NOBLE FAMILIES FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF THE MYTHICAL LAND OF
WESTEROS. ROBERT BARATHEON, KING OF WESTEROS, ASKS HIS OLD FRIEND
EDDARD, LORD STARK, TO
SERVE AS HAND OF THE KING,
OR HIGHEST OFFICIAL.
SECRETLY WARNED THAT
THE PREVIOUS HAND WAS
ASSASSINATED, EDDARD
ACCEPTS IN ORDER TO
INVESTIGATE FURTHER.
MEANWHILE THE QUEEN'S
FAMILY, THE LANNISTERS,
MAY BE HATCHING A PLOT
TO TAKE POWER. ACROSS THE
SEA, THE LAST MEMBERS OF
THE PREVIOUS AND DEPOSED
RULING FAMILY, THE
TARGARYENS, ARE ALSO
SCHEMING TO REGAIN THE
THRONE. THE FRICTION BETWEEN THE HOUSES STARK, LANNISTER, BARATHEON
AND TARGARYEN AND WITH THE REMAINING GREAT HOUSES GREYJOY, TULLY,
ARRYN, TYRELL AND MARTELL LEADS TO FULL-SCALE WAR.
GAME OF THRONES IS NOT
FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. IF
YOU DONT CARE FOR ADULT
LANGUAGE, NUDITY, INCEST,
GORY VIOLENCE, AND LOTS
OF MEAN PEOPLE DOING
MEAN THINGS TO OTHER
MEAN PEOPLE (AND TO SOME
GOOD PEOPLE, TOO), THEN
THIS SHOW IS NOT FOR YOU.
AND THIS SHOW IS
DEFINITELY NOT FOR
CHILDREN.
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GAME OF THRONES TAKES PLACE ON THE FICTIONAL CONTINENTS OF WESTEROS

AND ESSOS IN A SETTING THAT VERY MUCH RESEMBLES THE MIDDLE AGES OF
EARTH THOUGH, AS IN MANY FANTASY NOVELS, THERES NO SPECIFIC
CORRELATION TO EARTH HISTORY. WHILE THE STORY CONTAINS COMMON
FANTASY ELEMENTS, SUCH AS SWORDPLAY, MAGIC, AND FANTASTICAL
CREATURES LIKE DRAGONS,
THOSE ELEMENTS ARE
DOWNPLAYED IN FAVOR OF
POLITICAL INTRIGUE AND
HUMAN DRAMA.
THE SHOW DEPICTS THE
THREE CORE STORYLINES OF
THE BOOK SERIES. THE FIRST
IS THE CONTINUING CIVIL
WAR BETWEEN THE
VARIOUS HOUSES OF
WESTEROS, EACH VYING
FOR THE IRON THRONE AND
CONTROL OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS OF WESTEROS HENCE, THE NAME GAME OF
THRONES. THE THREE PRINCIPLE
HOUSES INVOLVED IN THIS CIVIL WAR ARE THE STARKS OF WINTERFELL, THE
LANNISTERS OF CASTERLY
ROCK, AND THE
BARATHEONS OF
DRAGONSTONE. AT THE
START OF THE SERIES, THE
BARATHEONS CONTROL
THE IRON THRONE.
HOWEVER, WITH THE
DEATH OF KING ROBERT
BARATHEON, THE
LANNISTERS SEIZE POWER
WHEN ROBERTS WIFE
CERSEI LANNISTER
BECOMES QUEEN-REGENT
AFTER HER SON ASSUMES
THE THRONE; CERSEIS BROTHER, TYRION LANNISTER, BECOMES THEIR CHIEF
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ADVISOR. AFTER THAT, MANY OF THE OTHER HOUSES RISE UP TO FIGHT

LANNISTER CONTROL AND CLAIM THEIR OWN RIGHT TO THE IRON THRONE.
THE SECOND STORYLINE TAKES PLACE IN ESSOS, A HARSH LAND OF MOSTLY
DESERT.DAENERYS TARGARYEN, THE EXILED DAUGHTER AND LAST SURVIVING
HEIR TO HOUSE TARGARYEN (WHICH USED TO RULE THE SEVEN KINGDOMS
BEFORE THE BARATHEONS CAME TO POWER), SEEKS TO BUILD AN ARMY AND
RETURN TO WESTEROS TO RECLAIM THE IRON THRONE. AT FIRST SOLD INTO
MARRIAGE TO THE DOTHRAKI TRIBAL LEADER KHAL DROGO BY HER OLDER
BROTHER (WHO WAS LATER KILLED), DAENERYS HAS BECOME A POWERFUL
QUEEN AND HAS IN HER POSSESSION THREE DRAGONS A SPECIES THOUGHT
INSTINCT SINCE THE RULE OF THE TARGARYENS. WITH HER DRAGONS AND THE
MASSIVE ARMY SHES BUILDING, DAENERYS PLANS TO CROSS THE NARROW SEA,
WHICH SEPARATES THE TWO CONTINENTS, AND DEFEAT THOSE WHO DEPOSED
AND KILLED HER FATHER.
THE THIRD STORYLINE TAKES PLACE IN
THE NORTHERN PART OF WESTEROS AT
THE MASSIVE ICE STRUCTURE CALLED
THE WALL, WHICH PROTECTS THE
SOUTHERN LANDS FROM THE
WILDLING HUMANS AND
SUPERNATURAL CREATURES (SUCH AS
WHITE WALKERS) THAT LIVE BEYOND
THE WALL. JON SNOW, THE
ILLEGITIMATE SON OF NED STARK
(HEAD OF HOUSE STARK) ENLISTS WITH
THE NIGHTS WATCH, THE SMALL ARMY
STATIONED AT THE WALL THAT IS
CHARGED WITH PROTECTING THE
SOUTHERN LANDS. WITH THE
APPROACH OF A LONG WINTER, THE
WALL AND THE NIGHTS WATCH ARE
UNDER SIEGE FROM WILDLING
INVADERS WHO SEEK TO OVERTAKE
THE SEVEN KINGDOMS. WHATS
HAPPENING AT THE WALL IS MOSTLY UNKNOWN TO THE REST OF WESTEROS,
AND THE PEOPLES OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS ARE UNPREPARED FOR THE COMING
THREAT.
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CHARACTERS AND CAST

HOUSE STARK
EDDARD (NED) STARK (SEAN BEAN): NED IS THE HEAD OF HOUSE
STARK AND LORD OF WINTERFELL, THE ANCIENT CASTLE FORTRESS OF
THE NORTH. NED IS A GOOD, HONORABLE MAN WHO GETS
ENTANGLED IN THE CORRUPTION OF KINGS LANDING, THE SEAT OF
THE IRON THRONE. HIS STRUGGLES AGAINST THAT CORRUPTION LEAD
TO TRAGEDY FOR HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY.
CATELYN STARK (MICHELLE FAIRLEY): CATELYN IS NEDS WIFE AND
MOTHER OF HIS FIVE LEGITIMATE CHILDREN (JON SNOW BEING NEDS
SIXTH CHILD, BUT ILLEGITIMATE). CATELYN VALUES FAMILY AND
DUTY ABOVE ALL ELSE AND IS A STRONG PRESENCE IN THE LIVES OF HER HUSBAND AND
CHILDREN. WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES HER FAMILY, SHE BECOMES EVEN STRONGER AND
SUPPORTIVE OF HER SON ROBBS ATTEMPT TO FREE WESTEROS FROM THE CORRUPTION
IN KINGS LANDING.
ROBB STARK (RICHARD MADDEN): ROBB IS THE ELDEST SON OF
NED AND CATELYN AND HEIR TO WINTERFELL. HE HAS BEEN
GROOMED BY BOTH FATHER AND MOTHER TO EVENTUALLY
BECOME THE LORD OF WINTERFELL. SO, WHEN TRAGEDY
STRIKES, ROBB IS PLACED INTO THAT POSITION (PERHAPS
BEFORE HE IS READY) AND MUST QUICKLY COME OF AGE AS A
LEADER.
SANSA STARK (SOPHIE
TURNER): SANSA IS THE
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF
NED AND CATELYN.
SHE IS VERY MUCH A LADY AND DREAMS OF
BEING QUEEN AND MARRYING A VALIANT
KNIGHT. SHE DEVELOPS A CRUSH ON PRINCE
JOFFREY AND TRAVELS TO KINGS LANDING AS
JOFFREYS BETROTHED WHEN HER FATHER BECOMES KING ROBERTS HAND OF THE KING
(OR CHIEF ADVISOR). WHEN KING ROBERT IS KILLED AND JOFFREY TAKES THE IRON
THRONE, SHE IS SET TO BECOME QUEEN OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS. HOWEVER, SHE SOON
LEARNS HOW CRUEL JOFFREY REALLY IS.

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ARYA STARK (MAISIE WILLIAMS): ARYA IS THE

YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF NED AND CATELYN AND IS
THE ANTITHESIS OF HER SISTER SANSA. ARYA IS VERY
MUCH A TOMBOY AND WOULD RATHER LEARN SWORD
FIGHTING THAN EMBROIDERY. SHE TRAVELS TO KINGS
LANDING WITH HER FATHER; HOWEVER,
CIRCUMSTANCES FORCE HER TO FLEE THE CITY AND
TRY TO RETURN TO WINTERFELL ON HER OWN.
BRAN STARK (ISAAC HEMPSTEAD WRIGHT): BRAN IS
THE SECOND OLDEST SON OF NED AND CATELYN. HE IS
AN ADVENTUROUS BOY WHOSE CURIOSITY LEADS TO A TRAGIC FALL THAT LEAVES HIM
PARALIZED. BRAN ALSO HAS A SPECIAL GIFT THAT ALLOWS HIM TO SEE THROUGH THE
EYES OF HIS DIREWOLF PROTECTOR.
JON SNOW (KIT HARINGTON): JON IS THE
ILLEGITIMATE SON OF NED STARK AND IS
SLIGHTLY YOUNGER THAN ROBB. JON SHARES
THE SAME HONORABLE TRAITS AS HIS FATHER,
BUT BECAUSE OF HIS BIRTH STATUS, HE CAN
NEVER HAVE ANY OFFICIAL STATUS IN HOUSE
STARK (THOUGH NED HAS ALWAYS TREATED
HIM AS A SON). THIS, PLUS THE RESENTMENT
THAT CATELYN FEELS TOWARD HIS PRESENCE IN
WINTERFELL, LEADS JON TO ENLIST IN THE
NIGHTS WATCH AND TAKE STATION AT THE
WALL, WHICH PROTECTS THE SOUTHERN LANDS FROM THE EVILS THAT LIE BEYOND THE
WALL.
HOUSE LANNISTER
TYWIN LANNISTER (CHARLES DANCE): TYWIN IS
THE HEAD OF HOUSE LANNISTER AND LORD OF
CASTERLY ROCK IN THE WESTERLANDS. HE IS
STERN, UNAPOLOGETIC, AND IMMOVABLE IN HIS
DRIVE TO SEE HOUSE LANNISTER CONTROL THE
SEVEN KINGDOMS. AND HE TREATS HIS
CHILDREN (ESPECIALLY HIS YOUNGEST SON
TYRION) WITH THE SAME UNFORGIVING
HARDNESS.
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CERSEI LANNISTER (LENA HEADEY): CERCEI IS TYWINS OLDEST

DAUGHTER AND TWIN SISTER TO JAIME. SHE BECOMES QUEENREGENT AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND KING ROBERT AND
WHEN HER SON JOFFREY (WHO IS NOT YET OF AGE) TAKES THE
IRON THRONE. CERCEI SHARES THE SAME HARDNESS AS HER
FATHER AND IS JUST AS MANIPULATIVE AS HER BROTHER TYRION.
JAIME LANNISTER (NIKOLAJ
COSTER-WALDAU): JAIME IS TYWINS
OLDEST SON AND CERCEIS TWIN
BROTHER. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE
KINGSGUARD AND IS COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS THE
KINGSLAYER, BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE WHO
ACTUALLY KILLED KING AERYS II TARGARYEN, WHICH
PUT KING ROBERT ON THE IRON THRONE. AT THE
BEGINNING OF GAME OF THRONES, JAIME IS JUST AS
RUTHLESS AS THE REST OF HIS FAMILY; HOWEVER,
THROUGH AN UNEXPECTED BOND HE DEVELOPS WITH
BRIENNE OF TARTH, HE BEGINS TO FIND SOME HONOR.
TYRION LANNISTER (PETER DINKLAGE): TYRION IS
TYWINS YOUNGEST SON AND IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE IMP BECAUSE OF
HIS DWARFISM. TYRION IS SMART AND MANIPULATIVE
(RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF THE POLITICAL
MACHINATIONS IN KINGS LANDING). HOWEVER, HE
RARELY RECEIVES CREDIT FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AND IS CONSIDERED UNWORTHY OF POSITION LARGELY
BECAUSE OF HIS PHYSICAL STATURE. THOUGH TYRION IS
VERY AMBITIOUS, THERE IS A LINE THAT HE WONT CROSS
A LINE THAT TYWIN AND CERCEI HAVE NO TROUBLE
CROSSING.
HOUSE BARATHEON
ROBERT BARATHEON (MARK ADDY): ROBERT IS KING OF
THE SEVEN KINGDOMS AND HOLDER OF THE IRON THRONE
AT THE BEGINNING OF GAME OF THRONES. HE BECAME
KING BY DEPOSING KING AERYS II TARGARYEN (DAENERYS
TARGARYENS FATHER). ROBERT ASKS HIS OLD FRIEND NED STARK TO RETURN TO KINGS
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LANDING WITH HIM AS HAND OF THE KING. NED AGREES; HOWEVER, AFTER THEY
RETURN TO KINGS LANDING, ROBERT IS KILLED IN A HUNTING ACCIDENT, WHICH
ALLOWS HIS SON JOFFREY TO TAKE THE IRON THRONE.
JOFFREY BARATHEON (JACK GLEESON): JOFFREY IS CERCEIS
SON AND IS A SELFISH AND CRUEL TEENAGER. HE IS
BELIEVED TO BE THE LEGITIMATE SON OF KING ROBERT AND
THEREFORE HEIR TO THE IRON THRONE. HOWEVER, JOFFREY
IS ACTUALLY THE RESULT OF CERCEIS INCESTUOUS
RELATIONSHIP WITH HER TWIN BROTHER JAIME. AFTER
JOFFREY TAKES THE IRON THRONE, NEWS OF HIS TRUE
PARENTAGE SPREADS, WHICH
CAUSES MANY OF THE OTHER
HOUSES, AS WELL AS KING ROBERTS
BROTHERS, TO SEEK CLAIM OF THE
IRON THRONE FOR THEMSELVES.
STANNIS BARATHEON (STEPHEN
DILLANE): STANNIS IS KING ROBERTS YOUNGER BROTHER AND
LORD OF DRAGONSTONE. HE IS A SULLEN AND HARD MAN
WHO HAS ALWAYS FELT OVERSHADOWED BY ROBERT AND HIS
YOUNGER BROTHER, RENLY. AFTER ROBERT IS KILLED AND
STANNIS LEARNS OF KING JOFFREYS TRUE PARENTAGE, HE BECOMES THE RIGHTFUL
HEIR TO THE IRON THRONE AND ATTEMPTS TO TAKE IT BY FORCE. HOUSE TARGARYEN
DAENERYS TARGARYEN (EMILIA CLARKE):
DAENERYS IS THE EXILED DAUGHTER OF
DEPOSED KING AERYS II TARGARYEN AND LAST
SURVIVING HEIR TO HOUSE TARGARYEN. AT
FIRST WEAK AND TIMID, SHE IS SOLD INTO
MARRIAGE TO THE DOTHRAKI TRIBAL LEADER,
KHAL DROGO. AFTER DROGOS DEATH, SHE
BECOMES LEADER OF THE TRIBE AND,
EVENTUALLY, IS CONSIDERED THE EXILED QUEEN
OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS BY HER FOLLOWERS.
DAENERYS POSSESSES THREE DRAGONS, AND WITH THEM AND THE VAST ARMY SHES
BUILDING, SHE PLANS TO RETURN TO WESTEROS AND RECLAIM HER FATHERS THRONE.

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HOUSE GREYJOY
THEON GREYJOY (ALFIE ALLEN): THEON IS THE
SON AND HEIR TO LORD BALON GREYJOY OF
THE IRON ISLANDS. HOWEVER, AFTER LORD
GREYJOYS FAILED REBELLION AGAINST KING
ROBERT, LORD GREYJOY HAD TO GIVE THEON
TO THE STARKS TO LIVE IN WINTERFELL AS A
HOSTAGE AND NEDS WARD SO THAT LORD
GREYJOY COULD REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE
IRON ISLANDS. THEON HAS NEVER FELT LIKE HE BELONGED IN WINTERFELL, DESPITE
DEVELOPING A CLOSE FRIENDSHIP WITH ROBB STARK. THEONS DESIRE TO IMPRESS HIS
FATHER AND EARN HIS PLACE AS HEIR TO THE IRON ISLANDS DRIVES HIM TO BETRAY
THOSE WHO HAVE GROWN TO CARE FOR HIM.
JORAH MORMONT (IAIN GLEN): JORAH IS THE EXILED KNIGHT
FROM WESTEROS WHO JOINS DAENERYS TARGARYENS
CAMPAIGN TO RETAKE THE IRON THRONE BECAUSE OF HIS
NOT-SO-SECRET LOVE FOR HER.
SANDOR CLEGANE (RORY
MCCANN): SANDOR IS
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS
THE HOUND, BECAUSE OF HIS
LARGE PHYSICAL STATURE AND
HIS RUTHLESSNESS IN BATTLE. HE
BEGINS TO SHOW A DIFFERENT
SIDE WHEN HE MEETS UP WITH ARYA STARK ON HER
JOURNEY BACK TO HER FAMILY.
SAMWELL TARLY (JOHN BRADLEY): SAMWELL BECOMES
JON SNOWS BEST FRIEND AFTER HE ARRIVES AT THE
WALL. HE IS NOT MUCH OF A SOLDIER, BUT HE IS VERY
INTELLIGENT AND IS CHARGED WITH WRITING AND SEN DING COMMUNICATIONS TO
THE SOUTHERN LANDS.
PETYR BAELISH (AIDAN GILLEN): PETYR, ALSO KNOWN AS LITTLEFINGER, IS THE
CONNIVING BROTHEL OWNER IN KINGS LANDING WHO SEEKS POWER FOR HIMSELF. HE
ALSO HAS AN UNREQUITED LOVE FOR CATELYN STARK.

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BRIENNE OF TARTH (GWENDOLINE

CHRISTIE): BRIENNE IS A TALL AND
POWERFULLY BUILT WOMAN WHO
SEEKS TO PROVE HERSELF AS A KNIGHT
IN A WORLD IN WHICH ONLY MEN ARE
KNIGHTS.
SHE IS WELL
SKILLED AT
COMBAT
AND ENDS
UP FORGING
AN INTERESTING AND SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP WITH
JAIME LANNISTER.
KHAL DROGO (JASON MOMOA): KHAL DROGO IS THE
DOTHRAKI TRIBAL LEADER WHO TAKES DAENERYS AS HIS
WIFE. HE IS A FEARSOME LEADER, BUT AFTER HE IS KILLED,
DAENERYS TAKES OVER LEADERSHIP OF THE TRIBE IN HER
FIRST STEP TOWARD RECLAIMING THE IRON THRONE.

OBERYN MARTELL (PEDRO PASCA) :PRINCE OF DORNE,

KNOWN AS THE RED VIPER. HE IS THE HOT-HEADED YOUNGER
BROTHER OF DORAN MARTELL, PRINCE OF DORNE AND LORD
OF SUNSPEAR. A RENOWNED WARRIOR AND TRAVELER,
OBERYN HAS EIGHT BASTARD DAUGHTERS, CALLED THE SAND
SNAKES.

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RELIGIONS
THE OLD GODS. WESTEROS WAS ORIGINALLY INHABITED BY A NONHUMAN RACE
CALLED THE CHILDREN OF THE FOREST. THEY WORSHIPED THE OLD GODS, WHICH HAD
NO NAMES AND WERE MANIFEST IN TREES, ROCKS, AND STREAMS. THERE WERE NO
TEMPLES OR PRIESTS. IN THE SHOW, THIS RELIGION IS OFTEN SYMBOLIZED BY THE
WHITE WEIRWOOD TREES. (WHEN YOU CUT SUCH TREES, THEY APPEAR TO BLEED.)
WHEN MEN FIRST CAME TO WESTEROS FROM ESSOS, THEY ACCEPTED THESE GODS,
WHICH IS WHY THE STARKS WORSHIP THEM. THE OLD GODS ARE ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT
TO THE SORT OF PANTHEISTIC NATURE WORSHIP THAT HAS EXISTED IN EUROPE IN ONE
FORM OR ANOTHER FOR MILLENNIA.
THE FAITH OF THE SEVEN, OR THE NEW GODS. WHEN THE ANDALS CAME TO
WESTEROS, THEY NOT ONLY ENDED THE KINGDOMS OF THE FIRST MEN, THEY ALSO
BROUGHT THEIR OWN RELIGION, THE FAITH OF THE SEVEN, ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE
NEW GODS OR SIMPLY THE FAITH. CATELYN STARKWHO WAS BORN CATELYN TULLY
AND IS FROM THE RIVERLANDS IN CENTRAL WESTEROSAND THE LANNISTERS BELIEVE
IN THIS RELIGION, IN WHICH EVERYTHING IS BUILT AROUND SEVEN FACETS OF ONE
GOD: THREE MALE ASPECTS, THREE FEMALE ASPECTS, AND A SEVENTH ASPECT, THE
STRANGER, WHICH REPRESENTS THE UNKNOWN AND/OR DEATH. THIS RELIGION HAS
AN OBVIOUS CHRISTIAN PARALLEL IN ITS ONE MULTIFACETED GOD, AND ITS
CEREMONIES, CONDUCTED OFTEN IN KINGS LANDING, ARE REMINISCENT OF MEDIEVAL
CHRISTIANITY.

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THE LORD OF LIGHT (RHLLOR). THIS RELIGION IS THE ONE THATS BEEN MOST CLOSELY
TIED TO THE PLOT OF THE SHOW, THANKS TO THE PRIESTESS MELISANDRE, WHO
CONVERTED STANNIS BARATHEON AND ALL HIS MEN. THE LORD OF LIGHT COMES FROM
ESSOS, AND HIS WORSHIPPERS HOLD THAT THE OTHER GODS ARE DEMONS AND MUST BE
DESTROYED. SOMETIMES THE LORD OF LIGHT FAITHFUL DECIDE THAT NONBELIEVERS
MUST BE KILLEDHENCE THAT TERRIFYING CRUCIFIXION SCENE IN EPISODE 2 OF THIS
SEASON. UNLIKE THE OLD GODS AND THE NEW GODS, THE LORD OF LIGHT HAS NO
INTEREST IN COEXISTENCE AND POSES A REAL THREAT TO ANY KIND OF RELIGIOUS
HARMONY. THE LORD OF LIGHT IS CONNECTED WITH FIRE, WHICH MELISANDRE USES IN
MANY OF HER RITES, SUCH AS THROWING LEECHES INTO FLAMES WHILE SAYING THE
NAMES OF THE THREE FALSE KINGS. (TWO OF THOSE MEN SUBSEQUENTLY DIED, FOR
WHAT ITS WORTH.) PERHAPS THE MOST CONFUSING RELIGIONIT SEEMS TO BE
CONSTANTLY GROWING AND CHANGINGITS ALSO THE MOST ABSOLUTIST, AS IT
ESPOUSES HARD DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK AND GOOD AND EVIL.
THE DROWNED GOD. THE IRON ISLANDERS ARE SEAFARERS WHO BELIEVE THEIR GOD
LIVES UNDER THE SEA. THATS WHERE THEIR HEAVEN IS, SO THEY DONT FEAR THE SEA
OR DROWNING. THEIR HOLY WATER IS SEAWATER, AND IF YOURE AN IRON ISLANDER,
WHEN YOURE YOUNG, THEY DROWN YOU AND YOURE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE, TO
QUOTE MARTINS EXPLANATION OF THEIR BAPTISM CEREMONY, WHICH EVOKES THE
BAPTISMAL PRACTICES OF SOME CHRISTIAN SECTS (THOUGH THE FAITH OF THE
DROWNED GOD IS GENERALLY THOUGHT BY FANS TO ECHO VIKING PRACTICESAND
WATER WAS ALSO USED IN VIKING NAMING RITUALS). THIS IS WHY, WHEN THEON
GREYJOY RETURNS TO THE IRON ISLANDS, HIS FATHER, WORRIED THAT THE STARKS
HAVE CONVERTED HIM, MAKES HIM GET BAPTIZED AGAIN. DURING THE CEREMONY,
THEON SPEAKS THE COMMON PRAYER OF THE IRON ISLANDS: WHAT IS DEAD MAY
NEVER DIE.

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CONCLUSION

Stick with it. Free your eyes to take in the spectacle, and your brain will magically start
following the intricate storytelling. And there's a magical realism to Game of Thrones. I've
been in a daze, the kind of daze I feel when I experience a show or movie that transcends
even the abundant greatness we see every day in television, and that wraps me so tightly in
its web that I can think of nothing else for a long time after it's done.
Game of Thrones follows up a strong debut with an even better second season, combining
elegant storytelling and vivid characters to create a rich fantasy world.
Game of Thrones boasts the best ensemble of actors on television.
On top of that, youre unlikely to find a more luxurious production anywhere else on
television. Shot on location in Northern Ireland, Morocco, Malta, Iceland, Scotland and
Croatia, Game of Thrones looks as impressive as any feature film. On top of that, it features
some of the most epic battles ever created for a television programme.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
WWW.GAMEOFTHRONES.COM
WWW.GOOGLE.COM/IMAGES
WWW.VULTURE.COM
WWW.GAMEOFTHRONES.WIKIA.COM

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