Westeros (fictional continent)

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fictional continent fictional location primary setting

Westeros is the primary fictional continent and political setting of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones, known for its feuding noble houses, medieval-inspired culture, and epic power struggles.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Westeros	20
The Stormlands	1

Statements (112)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional continent ⓘ fictional location ⓘ primary setting ⓘ
appearsIn	A Song of Ice and Fire ⓘ Game of Thrones ⓘ House of the Dragon ⓘ
borderedBy	Shivering Sea ⓘ The Narrow Sea ⓘ The Sunset Sea ⓘ
creator	George R. R. Martin ⓘ
hasCapital	King's Landing ⓘ surface form: King’s Landing
hasChronology	After Conquest calendar ⓘ
hasClimate	subarctic in the far north ⓘ temperate in the south ⓘ
hasDefensiveStructure	Moat Cailin ⓘ The Eyrie’s mountain defenses ⓘ The Wall ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Andals ⓘ Children of the Forest ⓘ Crannogmen ⓘ First Men ⓘ The Iron Islands ⓘ surface form: Ironborn Rhoynar ⓘ Wildlings ⓘ
hasFeature	epic power struggles ⓘ feuding noble houses ⓘ irregular seasons ⓘ medieval-inspired culture ⓘ
hasGovernmentSystem	feudal monarchy ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent	Aegon’s Conquest ⓘ Blackfyre Rebellions ⓘ Robert’s Rebellion ⓘ The Dance of the Dragons ⓘ The Long Night ⓘ War of the Five Kings ⓘ
hasLandmark	Blackwater Bay ⓘ Casterly Rock ⓘ Dragonstone ⓘ Harrenhal ⓘ Highgarden ⓘ King's Landing ⓘ surface form: King’s Landing Oldtown ⓘ Pyke ⓘ Storm’s End ⓘ Sunspear ⓘ The Eyrie ⓘ The Kingsroad ⓘ The Narrow Sea ⓘ The Red Keep ⓘ The Trident ⓘ The Wall ⓘ Winterfell ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Gulltown ⓘ Highgarden ⓘ King's Landing ⓘ surface form: King’s Landing Casterly Rock ⓘ surface form: Lannisport Oldtown ⓘ Pyke ⓘ Riverrun ⓘ Storm’s End ⓘ Sunspear ⓘ White Harbor ⓘ Winterfell ⓘ
hasNobleHouse	House Arryn ⓘ House Baratheon ⓘ House Baratheon ⓘ surface form: House Baratheon of Storm’s End House Bolton ⓘ House Frey ⓘ House Greyjoy ⓘ House Greyjoy ⓘ surface form: House Greyjoy of Pyke House Lannister ⓘ House Lannister ⓘ surface form: House Lannister of Casterly Rock House Martell ⓘ House Martell of Sunspear ⓘ House Mormont ⓘ House Stark ⓘ House Stark ⓘ surface form: House Stark of Winterfell House Targaryen ⓘ House Tully ⓘ House Tyrell ⓘ House Tyrell ⓘ surface form: House Tyrell of Highgarden
hasOrder	City Watch of King’s Landing ⓘ Faith Militant ⓘ Kingsguard ⓘ Night's Watch ⓘ surface form: Night’s Watch
hasPrehistoricInhabitants	Children of the Forest ⓘ Giants ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage	Common Tongue (Westeros) ⓘ surface form: Common Tongue
hasRegion	Beyond the Wall ⓘ Essos (fictional continent) ⓘ surface form: Dorne The Crownlands ⓘ The Gift ⓘ The Haunted Forest ⓘ The Iron Islands ⓘ The Neck ⓘ The North ⓘ The Reach ⓘ Essos (fictional continent) ⓘ surface form: The Riverlands Westeros (fictional continent) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Stormlands The Vale of Arryn ⓘ The Westerlands ⓘ
hasReligion	Drowned God ⓘ Faith of the Seven ⓘ Great Stallion ⓘ Whispers of the Old Gods ⓘ surface form: Old Gods of the Forest R’hllor ⓘ
hasSymbolicObject	Iron Throne ⓘ
inspiredBy	medieval Europe ⓘ
locatedOn	planetos ⓘ
partOf	known world (A Song of Ice and Fire) ⓘ
ruledBy	Iron Throne ⓘ
separatedFrom	Essos (fictional continent) ⓘ surface form: Essos

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Game of Thrones Main Title → associatedWith → Westeros (fictional continent) ⓘ

Game of Thrones Theme → associatedWith → Westeros (fictional continent) ⓘ

Westeros (fictional continent) → hasRegion → Westeros (fictional continent) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Westeros

this entity surface form: The Stormlands

Great Sept of Baelor → locatedIn → Westeros (fictional continent) ⓘ