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The Reach

The Reach is the largest and the most populous of the six southern kingdoms (the North is largest but not as populous). The Reach is also the most fertile, and powerful domain in the Seven Kingdoms and is the second richest just before the Westerlands. Is considerated a seat of learning; a center of music, culture, and all the arts; "the breadbasket of Westeros".

Important place in the Reach: Oldtown (one of the largest and oldest cities in Westeros, in this place we found the Hightower, seat of House Hightower [yes, Alicent and Otto's house] and it's the tallest building in Westeros, it also works as a castle and a lighthouse. In Oldtown we also find the Citadel. The Citadel is a complex of buildings that serves as central home to the order of maestres. And finally in Oldtown we have the Starry Sept, it is the former seat of the High Septon of the Faith of the Seven [now is in King's Landing]. Aegon the Conqueror was crowned King Aegon I Targaryen in the Starry Sept).

Before Aegon's conquest House Gardener ruled the Reach as kings. The last Gardener king was Mern IX Gardener and he was defeated by Aegon the Conqueror in the Field of Fire (that's how that battle was called). After that, Harlen Tyrell (who was the hereditary High Steward) surrender Highgarden (former seat of House Gardener) to Aegon the Conqueror. As a reward Aegon let House Tyrell keep the castle and rule the Reach as Lords.

The Reach is ruled by:

House: Tyrell

Seat: Highgarden

Coat of Arms: A golden rose, on a green field

Words: Growing Strong

Important members (Game of Thrones): Mace Tyrell, Margaery Tyrell, Loras Tyrell, Olenna Tyrell

The Stormlands

This kingdom is named after the frecuent storms that batter the coast of those lands. These storms appear in any season but the worst of them come every autum.

Before Aegon's conquest House Durrandon ruled as Storm Kings. Their seat was Storm's End. After defeating the last Stormking, Aegon gave Storm's End and the Stormlands to his bastard brother Orys Baratheon, so House Baratheon rule the Stormlands as Lords since then.

We saw Storm's End in House of the Dragon two times. The first when Rhaenyra was listening the proposals of all the Lords that wanted to wed her. The second was when Prince Lucerys went to deliver a message for Lord Borros Baratheon, which ended in tragedy (so yes, we can say that our baby Luke died in the Stormlands).

The Stormlands are ruled by:

House: Baratheon

Seat: Storm's End

Coat of Arms: A black crowned stag, on a gold field

Words: Ours is the Fury

Important members (Game of Thrones): Robert Baratheon, Stannis Baratheon, Renly Baratheon, Joffrey Baratheon, Tommen Baratheon, Myrcella Baratheon

Important members (House of the Dragon): Boremund Baratheon, Borros Baratheon

Dorne

Dorne is described for the other kingdoms as the most inhospitable and the strangest. That's because it is so different from the others not only geographically but also culturally.

Here we have vast deserts of red and white sand, forbidding mountains, sweltering heat, sandstorms, scorpions, fiery food, poison, castles made of mud and more.

The great house of Dorne is House Nymeros Martell (Nymeros stands for "the line of Nymeria" the Rhoynish princess that wed Lord Mors Martell, but that's a story for another post c:) but people refer to them simply as House Martell. Also House Martell rule as Princes or Princesses (in Dorne, the first-born is the heir regardless of whether is a male or a female) instead of Lords, that's a Rhoynish custom and they have Rhoynar ancestry. (also keeping their title as princes or princesses is the condition they set to agree to be part of the 7 kingdoms).

Dornish people differ both culturally and ethnically from other Westerosi, they have adopted many Rhoynish customs. Dornish people have a reputation for hot-bloodedness and sexual licentiousness (they don't reject homosexuality or bisexuality, among other things), and are still viewed with some mistrust.

There are three kind of Dornish people: stony Dornishmen, sandy Dornishmen and salty Dornishmen.

The stony Dornishmen live in the Dornish mountains, and have light hair and light skin, mostly descended from the First Men and the Andals; the sandy Dornishmen live in the deserts and river valleys, they have burned brown skin due the blazing Dornish sun; the salty Dornishmen of the coasts are dark-haired, lithe and olive-skinned, they have the queerest customs and the most Rhoynish blood.

Aegon the Conqueror managed to conquer every single kingdom except Dorne. I mean, he tried but failed and his wife Queen Rhaenys and her dragon Meraxes died trying. So Dornish people remain independient even tho House Targaryen continued to claim the Iron Throne's control over their land as part of the Seven Kingdoms.

Dorne would remain independent for many years to come, in fact during the events of "House of the Dragon", Dorne was still unconquered.

Many years after the Dance of the Dragons, King Daeron I "the Young Dragon", managed to conquer Dorne for a short time, but he was eventually killed while trying to keep Dorne conquered (keep in mind that there were no longer dragons big enough for war).

It was not until decades later, during the reign of Daeron II (who was already married with a Dornish Princess to maintein peace) that Dorne finally agreed to be under Targaryen rule through intermarriage. Prince Maron Martell married Daeron's younger sister Daenerys and since then Dorne is oficially part of the Seven Kingdoms.

Dorne is ruled by:

House: Nymeros Martell

Seat: Sunspear

Coat of Arms: A gold spear piercing a red sun on an orange field

Words: Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken

Important members (Game of Thrones): Doran Martell, Oberyn Martell

Additional: The Crownlands

The Crownlands is a region in the Seven Kingdom but is not considerate a kingdom. Before Aegon's conquest, these lands were in dispute between the Riverkings and the Stormkings untill Aegon made it his primary foothold on the continent. The Crownlands are ruled directly by the Iron Throne, first House Targaryen and, after Robert's Rebellion, House Baratheon.

In this region we find King's Landing the capital of the Seven Kingdoms. King's Landing was named after the fact that was in this place were Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters landed with their army at the beginning of the conquest. This city is surrounded by a wall, custodied by the City Watch of King's Landing, also known as the gold cloaks. King's Landing is the most populous city in Westeros but unsightly and dirty compared to other cities. Also is the principal harbor of the Seven Kingdoms, is rivaled only by Oldtown (Oldtown is largest but less populous).

In King's Landing we find the Red Keep named after the pale red stone used for it's contruction. The Red Keep is the seat of the royal family (House Targaryen first, then House Baratheon) and inside this castle we have the Iron Throne.

Important place in the Crownlands: Dragonstone (Dragonstone is an island in Blackwater Bay in the Crownlands, it contains the castle of Dragonstone and the Dragonmont [a volcano]. During the rule of House Targaryen, the heir to the Iron Throne was known as the Prince of Dragonstone. The castle was built by the Valyrians two centuries before the Doom of Valyria and was used as a Valyrian outpost. Twelve years before the Doom, Lord Aenar Targaryen moved with all his wives, wealth, slaves, dragons, siblings, kin, and children to Dragonstone because his dauther Daenys ["known as Daenys the Dreamer"] had visions of the Doom of Valyria. That is why the Targaryens are one of the three remaining Valyrian Houses [with Velaryon and Celtigar being the other two] and the last Dragon Lords).

The Crownlands are ruled by (before Robert's Rebelion):

House: Targaryen

Seat: The Red Keep, Dragonstone

Coat of Arms: A three-headed dragon breathing flames, red on black

Words: Fire and Blood

Important members (Game of Thrones): Daenerys Targaryen, Viserys Targaryen

Important members (House of the Dragon): You know who they are lol (i'm tired of typing sorry)

Well that was part 2 and the last part of my post about the Seven Kingdoms. I hope this was helpfull for those who didn't know about some things mentioned here or for those who are new in the fandom. Don't be shy and ask me anything you wanna know, talking about Asoiaf is my favourite thing in the world and I made this blog just for that. I'm planning on posting more basic stuff about the lore in the next days, just let me rest my fingers and my brain a little bit lmao.