>> well, of course, the two outlying ones, the things that are gorth north at the wall and the nearest targarian on the other continent with her dragons are, of course, ice and fire of the title the stuff that's happening in the middle in king's landing, the capitol of the seven kingdoms, is much more based on historical events, the historical fix, loosely drawn from the wars of the roses and some of the other conflicts around the 100 years' war with one of the dynamics i started with there was the sense of people being so consumed by their petty struggles for power within the 7 king dotcoms. who is going to be king? on the small council, to determine the policies, that they are blind to the much greater and more dangerous threats that are happening far away on the periphery of their kingdoms and, of course, you can see that all through history. it's a common dynamic that takes place in history, you know, the greek city states enterbefore the birth of christ, you know, fighting with each other, squabbling with each other even as phillip of macedon built up his armies to conquer them al