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Welcome to the realm of Westeros, the A Song of Ice and Fire domain, where you can learn all about 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 Westeros has to offer is the premier George R.R. Martin and A Song of Ice and Fire forum on the Internet, a dedicated wiki edited by members of the forum and All Sorts of Weird Stuff, featuring news and non-thematic information about the series and 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 also hosts a site dedicated to the HBO-adaption of the books, Game of Thrones, and it is the home of Blood of Dragons, a MUSH (an on-line, text-based role-playing game) set in Westeros, as well as the Ring of Ice and Fire, a webring that helps make series-related webpages more accessible to fans.
Westeros is run by Elio M. García (aka Ran) and Linda Antonsson, and we are currently working with GRRM on the forthcoming guide-book to the setting, called The World of Ice and Fire. If you have any questions and/or comments about this site, please don't hesitate to contact us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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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.
- FAQ: When the King's Landing website disappeared, the FAQ hosted there disappeared with it. A new FAQ has been created.
- 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.
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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 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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