The city is protected by such high walls that even a hostile navy is unable to capture it. King’s Landing is the seat of the King of the Seven Kingdoms, who rules surrounded by his advisors and his army of knights and infantry. Game of Thrones centres on King’s Landing, the capital of the continent of Westeros. One may do evil despite good intentions.Īccordingly, it is not surprising that Game of Thrones, the latest epic narrative to be set in an imaginary past, is a tale where heroes and villains swap roles, where good people often suffer defeat, and where “the road to Hell is paved with good intentions”, to quote Bernard of Clairvaux. Western interventions designed to liberate regions such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya from dictators and extremism have had the opposite effect: violence is increasing, security is being eroded, and extremists are growing ever stronger. I believe that the only difference between us and the Wildlings is that when that Wall went up, our ancestors happened to live on the right side of it.” Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, Season 1Ī battle between such forces is still taking place today, but with the major difference that the battle fronts are mutable. “I don’t believe that giants and ghouls and white walkers are lurking beyond the Wall.
Still the most important and complex figure of the Middle Ages is the advisor – here represented by Tyrion Lannister. All hope depends on the ruler Daenerys Targaryen.
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