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In a July 2019 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Martin revealed a few new details about the state of Westeros. For one, the continent is divided into around 100 smaller kingdoms.
“We talk about the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros; there were Seven Kingdoms at the time of Aegon’s Conquest,” Martin explained. “But if you go back further then there are nine kingdoms, and 12 kingdoms, and eventually you get back to where there are a hundred kingdoms — petty kingdoms — and that’s the era we’re talking about here.”
We’ll also see some familiar names and creatures. House Stark existed back then, as did direwolves and mammoths. The White Walkers (known in ASOIAF as the Others) were also around. But Martin reminds us that House Lannister wasn’t around from the get-go; its founding happened during the Age of Heroes after Lann the Clever hoodwinked Casterly Rock from House Casterly, which occupies the castle during this time.
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“We talk about the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros; there were Seven Kingdoms at the time of Aegon’s Conquest,” Martin explained. “But if you go back further then there are nine kingdoms, and 12 kingdoms, and eventually you get back to where there are a hundred kingdoms — petty kingdoms — and that’s the era we’re talking about here.”
We’ll also see some familiar names and creatures. House Stark existed back then, as did direwolves and mammoths. The White Walkers (known in ASOIAF as the Others) were also around. But Martin reminds us that House Lannister wasn’t around from the get-go; its founding happened during the Age of Heroes after Lann the Clever hoodwinked Casterly Rock from House Casterly, which occupies the castle during this time.
https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/game...es-long-night/