and by hand to defend Westeros from the threat of 'The
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The series, set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos at the end of a decade-long summer, interweaves several plot lines.
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The second storyline is set on the extreme northern
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border of Westeros. Here, eight thousand years ago, a
huge wall of ice and gravel was constructed by spells
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A Song of Ice and Fire is set primarily in the fictional Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, a large, South American-sized continent with an ancient history stretching back some twelve thousand years. A detailed history reveals how seven kingdoms came to dominate this continent, and then how these seven nations were united as one by Aegon the Conqueror, of House Targaryen. Some 283 years after Aegon's conquest, the Targaryens are overthrown in a civil war and King Robert Baratheon, backed primarily by his friend Lord Eddard Stark and foster father Lord Jon Arryn, takes the Iron Throne. The novels, which begin fifteen years later, follow the fall-out from this event across three major storylines, set not only in Westeros but on the eastern continent as well.
