About
Welcome to the realm of Westeros, the A Song of Ice and Fire domain. Here you will find a variety of things of interest to fans of George R.R Martin's brilliant fantasy series. And if you're not already a fan, we strongly encourage you to check out our spoiler-free review of A Game of Thrones, which provides a great introduction to the series.
Among what we have to offer are the premier George R.R. Martin forum, A Song of Ice and Fire, as well as All Sorts of Weird Stuff, featuring news and non-thematic information about the series or about other of Martin's books. There's also the contents of The Citadel, our archive of thematic resources that includes, among other things, a gallery of Seven Kingdom's heraldry (much of it drawn from the author's own notes), a concordance of factual information and a collection of correspondence between fans and GRRM himself. Westeros is also the home of Blood of Dragons, a MUSH set in Westeros, as well as the Ring of Ice and Fire, a webring that helps make series-related webpages more accessible to fans.
If you have any questions and/or comments about this site, please don't hesitate to contact us at webmaster@westeros.org.
Contents
Site Info
About
Information about the site.
Affiliations
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Contact
Contact form.
Digest
A digest of new posts from a number of different blogs on the site.
Search
Advanced search form.
Updates
Updates and changes that concern all of Westeros.
Sections
A Song of Ice and Fire: The George R.R. Martin Forum
Previously hosted on the EzBoard network, the premier A Song of Ice and Fire forum has now become a part of Westeros. If you are not already a member, go ahead and sign up today and join in the discussion.
All Sorts of Weird Stuff: The Worlds of George R.R. Martin
This is the newest addition to Westeros, and here you will find all the information about A Song of Ice and Fire that isn't theme- or story-related as well as information about George R.R. Martin's other projects. This is the place to visit for news about the series or GRRM.
The Citadel: The Archive of A Song of Ice and Fire Lore
This is the largest section of Westeros and here you will find a great variety of theme-related resources that are continously expanded on as new information about the setting is revealed.
Blood of Dragons: The A Song of Ice and Fire MUSH
Our A Song of Ice and Fire MUSH is now fully open.
A Ring of Ice and Fire: The A Song of Ice and Fire Webring
This is the home of our A Song of Ice and Fire webring. We encourage all who think they may be running a suitable site to consider submitting it.
Information
Site FAQ
- Appearances: The best place to learn about upcoming appearances is GRRM's official site at www.georgerrmartin.com or our calendar.
- Art: In addition to the heraldry, we do have some contributions to our gallery.
- Contacting GRRM: Do you have any A Song of Ice and Fire related questions? Please see this FAQ entry before you email GRRM. This site is NOT run by GRRM. It is an unofficial fan site.
- Discussion Forums: The most active board is A Song of Ice and Fire: The George R.R. Martin Forum, which now has moved here to Westeros from the EzBoard network.
- FAQ: When the King's Landing website disappeared, the FAQ hosted there disappeared with it. A new FAQ is under construction.
- Spoilers: The best place to find spoilers for upcoming books is on the A Song of Ice and Fire forum.
- Summaries: At this point, Westeros does not host any summaries of the books. This site does, however.
- Theories: At this point, Westeros does not host any theories.
- T-Shirts: Official A Song of Ice and Fire t-shirts can be purchased from GRRM's official site at www.georgerrmartin.com.
Copyright Notices
- The A Song of Ice and Fire setting is Copyright © 1996-2007 George R.R. Martin.
- This site and all its contents (including -- but not limited to -- html, graphics, writings and so on) is, unless it is otherwise stated, Copyright © 1999-2007 Elio M. García and Linda Antonsson. It may not be reproduced (this most definitely includes using any of our images, save for the specific linking banners and buttons provided, on another site) in total or in part without the authors' express written permission. Please see 10 Big Myths about copyright explained and What Is Copyright Protection? if you feel uncertain about what any of this means.
- Some images (in their unaltered stage) were obtained through and are Copyright © 2003-2007 www.clipart.com.
- Other images (which these are is noted) were drawn by Rich M. Boyé, Mike Miller or Jason Poulis, and these were adapted and are used with permission.
Viewing Recommendations
- This site is optimised for viewing on a resolution of 800 by 600 or above, at high colour or above colour depth and with a modern browser that has javascript enabled. Please report any problems that occur with the above noted minimum requirements filled and we will do our best to fix them.
- Throughout Westeros a few special fonts are made use of for headers and certain blocks of text; for optimal enjoyment of the various sections of the site do consider downloading/installing the following fonts: Bodacious-Normal, HelgarChancery, Sirona, Bucephalus and Black Chancery.
Acknowledgements
- We're very grateful to Mr. Martin for his permission to register the domain name of westeros.org. And, of course, for writing such a great series of books and for being so support towards his fans.
- Many thanks to Noderunner.net for hosting this site for free, an invaluable help. If you find this site useful, please consider a donation to paypal@noderunner.net.
- Many thanks to RingSurf for making their webring service available for free.
