The fortress seat of the Lannister family, located in Lannisport. They are also known as crows, due to the black garb they wear. The curved blade favored by the nomadic warriors of the Dothraki tribe, it is connected to the user by a lanyard that can be twisted to remove the blade while on horseback.Ī nickname for the Sworn Brotherhood of the Night's Watch, who guard the Wall (see: Wall, The). They battled the First Men and brought their beliefs in a pantheon of gods called The Seven to the continent. He was killed, stabbed in the back by Ser Jaime Lannister (See also: Kingslayer, The), and is the father of the dead Dragonknight Rhaegar as well as the two known surviving members of the Targaryen clan: Viserys (Harry Lloyd) and Daenerys (Emilia Clarke).Īn invading force thousands of years before the events depicted in Game of Thrones, these invaders are responsible for the culture, religion, and language (the Common Tongue) of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Gripped by madness, he was responsible for the murder of both the father and brother of Ned Stark (Sean Bean). The last ruler of the Targaryen Dynasty (see also: Targaryens, The), he ruled the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros prior to the current king, Robert Baratheon (Mark Addy).