Westeros

Westeros is one of the four known continents in the known world, the others being Essos, Sothoros, and Ulthos. Most of the area of Westeros is covered by a political entity known as the Seven Kingdoms, while the Land Beyond the Wall includes the free folk.

Its eastern coast borders on the narrow sea; across those waters lies the eastern continent of Essos and the island chain known as the Stepstones. To the south is located the Summer Sea, and within it the Summer Islands. The northern lands of Westeros are less densely populated than the south despite their roughly equivalent size. The five major cities of Westeros are: King's Landing, Oldtown, Lannisport, Gulltown, and White Harbor.

Westeros was originally divided into several independent kingdoms before the consolidation of the War of Conquest. After this war and the eventual incorporation of Dorne, all the regions south of the Wall were united under the rule of House Targaryen into a nation that is known as the Seven Kingdoms.

The North