Game of Thrones is a medieval fantasy television series based on the A Song of Ice and Fire novels. It chronicles the power struggle among noble families for control of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. The series opens with House Stark ruling the North from Winterfell, but their patriarch Ned Stark is betrayed and executed, starting a civil war known as the War of the Five Kings between Stark allies and the Lannisters. Key characters include members of the noble families Stark, Lannister, Targaryen, and Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo, who marries Daenerys Targaryen.

1. Game of Thrones
The battle has begun!
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2. What is the Game of Thrones?
 Game of Thrones is a medieval fantasy television
series created for the U.S. channel HBO. It is an
adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R.
Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is
titled A Game of Thrones.

3. The plot.
 Game of Thrones chronicles the violent dynastic struggles
among the kingdom's noble families for control of the
Iron Throne; as the series opens, additional threats
from the snow and ice covered region north of
Westeros and from the eastern continent, Essos, across
a narrow sea are simultaneously beginning to rise.
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4. The characters of the story.
 Eddard Stark, also known
as Ned, is the head of House
Stark and Lord of the North.
He is a dedicated husband
and father, a loyal friend and
an honourable lord. He
uncovers an incestuous
relationship between Queen
Cersei Lannister and her
brother Jaime Lannister.
Eddard is betrayed by his
political allies and arrested
for treason. He is executed.
The conflict between House
Stark and House Lannister
sets the stage for the War of
the Five Kings

5. The Starks.
 John Snow is Ned Stark´s
bastard.
 Robb Stark is the eldest son
of Eddard Stark and Catelyn
Tully and the heir to
Winterfell and the North.
Upon his father's
imprisonment for treason, he
raised his banners and
marched south with a host to
aid his allies in the Riverlands
and to free his father. After
his father's execution, he was
named King in the North by
his followers.

6. The Lannisters.
 Tyrion Lannister, is the
third and youngest child
of Tywin and Joanna.
Tyrion is a dwarf,
because of this he is
sometimes mockingly
called The Imp and The
Halfman

7. Targaryens and Dothrakis.
 Daenerys Targaryen,
known as Daenerys
Stormborn or Dany, is the
last confirmed member of
the ancient Targaryen
Dynasty.
 Khal Drogo is a powerful
warlord of the fearsome
Dothraki nomads. He
marries Daenerys Targaryen
and grows to love her,
promising to invade
Westeros for her sake, but
died before the invasion
could begin.

8. The book and the series.
 If you want to know more about the Game of Thrones,
you can choose between the 3 seasons of the series or
the 5 books written by George R.R. Martin.