A note from the executive board

Dear Delegates, This study guide is designed to bring all the members of the committee up to speed on basic history of the world the committee inhabits, while presenting essential points of formation and changes in different houses across the kingdoms. It is in no way comprehensive, and for further research the delegates are requested to watch the events of the TV Shows for current recounts of events, and the books for histories of houses, as you will be expected to act in accordance to past actions carried out by your house. This will serve as your house policy.

The objective of this committee is to simulate diplomatic discourse in the world of Game of Thrones, in order to think of solutions to the multitude problems of the various houses as, while also coming up with smarter courses of future action by the respective houses to deal with the looming chaos on Westeros, i.e. the Long Night.

The committee will follow a slightly modified constant-crisis UNA/USA procedure, wherein an accelerated time-frame, with new updates being given to the delegates randomly that they will be expected to address while also solving the main agenda issues.

The first agenda is that of Daenerys Targaryen ruling over the seven kingdoms. While the topic is framed with house Targaryen being at the center of the issue, the question of right to the throne is in no way exclusive to that of the Targaryens, and other houses can see this as a platform to put forth their rightful claims to the throne, should their claims be justified.

The second agenda aims to formulate an agreement of sorts to control the use of ‘weapons of mass destruction’ in Westeros. Wildfire has been presented as an example, as it is a weapon that the user cannot maintain control of. The discussion of this issue can include the issue of the use of dragons in warfare, and potentially a wide range of poisonous weapons that destroy the lands or turn it infertile, or weapons that can cause harm over several generations. Asking questions such as follows and attempting to answer them would serve the structure of the debate ideally: Can the wildfire be used against the white-walkers? Is the knowledge of the wildfire in safe hands? With Daenerys Targaryen having had shown traces and resemblance to the mad king’s behaviour, do her dragons pose a threat to westeros? Can sorcery be put to good use? How can white walkers be tamed? Delegates would be expected to present such questions with regards their own Houses and people.

Timeline “Past a certain point, all the dates grow hazy and confused, and the clarity of history becomes the fog of legend.” The following is a detailed list of events in chronological order that provides a history of the Westeros and Essos. It is in no way comprehensive, but consists of all the major events that are canon and serves to provide a reference of important events and precedence for future behavior of various houses and establishes the arguable laws of the land.

Prehistory Before the coming of men: The lands of Westeros are inhabited by a mysterious race of diminutive humanoid creatures known as the children of the forest, as well as giants and other magical creatures. ca.-12,000 The First Men invade Westeros: A human ethnic group from Essos, the First Men, invades Westeros by crossing the Arm of Dorne, bearing weapons of bronze. In a futile attempt to end the invasion, the children use the hammer of the waters to shatter the land bridge, creating the Broken Arm and the island chain known as the Stepstones. The First Men are more numerous, larger, stronger, and more technologically advanced than the children, who try to resist the invaders using their magic and obsidian weapons. It proves unsuccessful, however, and the First Men gradually push deeper and deeper into Westeros, establishing hundreds of petty kingdoms. ca.-10,000 Signing of the Pact: After years of warfare, the First Men and children of the forest come to a standstill and finally agree to a peaceful coexistence, signing the Pact on the Isle of Faces. This pact gives the First Men dominion over the open lands and lets the children keep control over the forested areas. In time, the First Men adopt the worship of the old gods of the forest. ca.-3000 Over the centuries following the Andal invasion, the southern kingdoms of the First Men fall, and eventually the Andals raise up six powerful kingdoms of their own. Wildling Invasion: The free folk (wildlings) unite under the brother Kings-beyond-the-Wall, Gendel and Gorne. They manage to evade the Night's Watch and bypass the Wall in great numbers using a network of tunnels that extend under the Wall. However, they are met by the Stark king on the other side and are eventually thrown back. ca. -700 House Stark finally subdues House Bolton, their primary antagonists for dominance in the North. Later Karlon Stark would defeat sea raiders from the east and found the cadet branch House Karstark. In the west, the ironborn of the Iron Islands rise to power; at their peak they control most of the western coast from Oldtown and the Arbor in the south to Bear Island in the north.

The Rhoynar, fleeing the Valyrians, migrate to Dorne. This is the last major migration into Westeros.

Between 8000 BC - 4700 BC Rise of the Valyrian Freehold: While Westeros was recovering from the Long Night, in Essos, the peaceful sheep-herding folk of the Valyrian peninsula find dragons lairing in the Fourteen Flames, an immense chain of volcanoes extending across the neck of the peninsula. The Valyrians tame the dragons with magic, which gives them the means to gain influence over the area. The Valyrian Freehold is established. In its capital, Valyria, magic flourishes, topless towers rise toward the heavens where dragons soar, stone sphinxes gaze down through eyes of garnet, and smiths forge swords of legendary strength and sharpness. Ghiscari wars: Five wars are fought between the Old Empire of Ghis, the greatest empire on the eastern continent, and the Freehold — wars which Valyria wins with the help of its dragons. The Valyrians practice slavery learned from the Ghiscari.

~4700 BC Fifth Ghiscari War: The Ghiscari wars end with the fifth war in which Old Ghis is utterly destroyed by the Freehold, as to ensure there would not be a sixth war. The Valyrians destroy the city's walls and streets with dragonflame, and salt and sulfur the fields. With the Ghiscari empire shattered, the Valyrian Freehold expands its influence over the surviving Slaver Cities of Slaver's Bay. Following the defeat of the Old Empire of Ghis, the Freehold seeks to expand their territories. The Andals, who had been living in Andalos, traveled west to flee the upcoming Valyrians and prevent slavery. They first landed in the Fingers in the Vale of Arryn. From there, they spread all across Westeros.

~3700 BC After a thousand years, the Andals who invaded Westeros look towards the Iron Islands. There, they extinguished the line of Urron Greyiron, who had ruled the Iron Islands for a thousand years.

1436 BC Lorath: A sect of religious dissidents leave the Freehold to establish a temple upon Lorath's main isle, becoming the first inhabitants of the city that will become Lorath.

~950 BC - 700 BC The Rhoynish Wars: With the destruction of Old Ghis, the Freehold's slow westward expansion brings it into conflict with the Rhoynish cities along the great River Rhoyne, a vast waterway. This series of wars between the Valyrian Freehold and the Rhoynar, starting around 950 BC with the First Turtle War, lasts for some two hundred and fifty years and ends with the Second Spice War.

~700 BC The Rhoynar migration: Prince Garin the Great raises an army a quarter-million strong to oppose the Valyrians, but fails utterly against their dragons. Following the defeat of the

Rhoynar in the Second Spice War, Nymeria, a Rhoynish warrior-queen, evacuates the survivors of Garin's war, mostly women and children, on ten thousand ships across the narrow sea, seeking refuge in Dorne in southern Westeros. There, Nymeria forms a marriage alliance with Lord Mors Martell and together they finally organize the land into one kingdom, establishing House Martell as the ruling house of Dorne after Nymeria's War. Mors adopts many Rhoynish customs. The unification of Dorne under Nymeria and Mors leads to new conflicts with the kingdoms of the Reach and the Storm, expressed through raids, skirmishes, and the occasional wars over the centuries.

~ 326 BC The Valyrian Freehold annexes a small island at the mouth of Blackwater Bay, off the east coast of Westeros. The Targaryens, a Valyrian dragonlord family, take control of the island, building a castle whose towers are shaped to look like dragons, giving it its name: Dragonstone.

126 BC Migration of the Targaryens: Following a prophetic dream of his daughter Daenys, Lord Aenar Targaryen decides to leave Valyria with his family and all their belongings. They settle on Dragonstone.

114 BC The Doom of Valyria: The nature of the Doom is unclear, save that heavy volcanic and seismic activity are involved, likely due to the Fourteen Flames, the mountains where the dragons were first discovered. The Valyrian peninsula is shattered and the city of Valyria is laid waste, although not completely destroyed. The dragons of Valyria are virtually wiped out and the Valyrian Freehold crumbles apart in the Century of Blood. Its various city-states break apart, asserting their independence and surviving to this day as the Free Cities and the cities of Slaver's Bay.

~ 42 BC Harrenhal: Ironborn King Harren Hoare begins the construction of the castle Harrenhal, which will take most of his reign to complete.

2 BC-1 AC Aegon's Conquest: Aegon the Conqueror invades Westeros and in two years' time subdues and unites six of the seven kingdoms of Westeros under his banner and constructs a new capital city at King's Landing. Dorne remains independent, however. With the destruction of the Storm King, Argilac the Arrogant, and the death of the last King of the Reach, control of the castle of Storm's End passes to Aegon's bastard half-brother Orys Baratheon, and of Highgarden to Harlen Tyrell. Edmyn Tully of Riverrun is named Lord Paramount of the Trident and Vickon Greyjoy of Pyke becomes Lord of the Iron Islands. The day of Aegon's coronation by the High Septon in Oldtown becomes the first day of Aegon's reign, beginning 1 AC.

4-13 AC

First Dornish War: Continuing the Wars of Conquest, Aegon I Targaryen invades Dorne but the Dornishmen successfully resist. Aegon's sister Rhaenys is presumed dead after disappearing at the Hellholt.

41-48 AC The Faith Militant uprising: Upon Aegon I's death, his son Aenys I takes the throne. He angers the Faith when he marries his eldest daughter to his eldest son, leading to an uprising against the Targaryens. Aenys is incapable of dealing with the crisis, and eventually dies of a short illness on Dragonstone in 42 AC. Dowager Queen Visenys, leading the care for Aenys, brings her son Maegor, Aenys' brother, back from his exile, and Maegor is crowned king, despite Aenys having three sons all before Maegor in the line of succession. Maegor's response to the Faith's uprising is ruthless and brutal, resulting in the deaths of thousands in battle, through slaughter and by dragonfire. Besides the Faith's uprising, Maegor also has to deal with Prince Aegon, Aenys I's eldest son, battling him for the throne, and later Prince Jaehaerys, who makes his claim known towards the end of Maegor's reign.

48 AC Jaehaerys the Conciliator: King Jaehaerys I succeeds King Maegor, who by that time is known as Maegor the Cruel. He declares a truce and agrees to end the slaughter in return for the Faith Militant disbanding and submitting to the Targaryens, earning the name The Conciliator. Jaehaerys' rule brings decades of peace and prosperity to the realm.

92 AC With the death of King Jaehaerys I's eldest son and heir, Prince Aemon, King Jaehaerys needs name a new heir, choosing between Aemon’s only child, Princess Rhaenys, and Jaehaerys's own second son, Prince Baelon. Jaehaerys eventually names Baelon.

96 AC Rise of the Three Daughters: After defeating Volantis at the Battle of the Borderlands by uniting their forces, the Free Cities Myr, Lys and Tyrosh decide to ally together, forming the Triarchy, also known in Westeros as the Kingdom of the Three Daughters. The Triarchy would last for several decades, during which they found find themselves in conflict with the Targaryens on occasion.

101 AC The Great Council: After Prince Baelon's death, King Jaehaerys I needs to name a new heir once again. The King calls for the first Great Council, so the Lords of Westeros can decide between Princess Rhaenys's only son, Laenor Velaryon, and Prince Baelon's eldest son, Prince Viserys. Viserys is elected with a majority of votes.

106-115 AC

Conquest of the Stepstones: Prince Daemon Targaryen allies with Lord Corlys Velaryon to conquest the Stepstones, a conflict eventually involving the Triarchy and Dorne. Daemon names himself King of the Narrow Sea in 109 AC. He abandons the Stepstones in 115 AC, when marrying Laena Velaryon. Five more Kings of the Narrow Sea would follow him in a short period of time, before Daemon's kingdom fell.

120 AC The Year of the Red Spring: A year in the reign of Viserys I marked by four great tragedies. The deaths of both Laena and Laenor Velaryon, the former in childbirth, the latter murdered in Spicetown, were the first two tragedies. Thirdly, Prince Aemond Targaryen lost his eye in a fight against his young cousin, Prince Lucerys Velaryon. Lastly, a great fire at Harrenhal claims the lives of Lord Lyonel Strong, Hand of the King, and his heir, Ser Harwin. Each of these events would influence the events that would lead to the Dance of the Dragons.

129-131 AC The Dance of the Dragons: The first major civil war in the history of the Seven Kingdoms; a war of succession between Aegon II and his half-sister Rhaenyra Targaryen over their father's throne. It consumes them both, as well as most of the Targaryen family and their remaining dragons. The war ends with Aegon III, eldest surviving son of Rhaenyra, being crowned.

153 AC Death of the last dragon: King Aegon III Targaryen had struggled to breed healthy dragons - those he had managed to produce are born weak and sickly. He is unable to prevent the death of the last one, earning himself the title 'Dragonbane'. The last dragon dies in 153 AC, and all that is left behind are several eggs which the Targaryens fail to hatch.

157-161 AC Daeron conquers Dorne: Upon taking the throne at age fourteen, King Daeron I decides to finish Aegon the Conqueror's work and launches a successful invasion of Dorne. Unfortunately, he leaves a Tyrell of Highgarden in charge: a house that has warred with the Martells for thousands of years. The tyrannical rule of the Tyrells triggers an uprising against the Iron Throne. When Daeron I returns with a fresh army, he is killed, his cousin Prince Aemon the Dragonknight is captured and his forty thousand men are lost.

170 AC Prince Daeron, second cousin of Baelor I, and Princess Mariah Martell of Dorne have their first son, Prince Baelor. Later that year, Princess Daena Targaryen gives birth to Daemon Waters, her bastard son by Aegon IV Targaryen, who would later become known as Daemon I Blackfyre.

187 AC

Dorne formally joins the Seven Kingdoms through the marriage of King Daeron II's younger sister Daenerys to Prince Maron Martell. After his wedding, Prince Maron swears his fealthy to the Iron Throne.

196 AC The First Blackfyre Rebellion: The second major civil war of Westeros erupts after Daemon Blackfyre puts a claim on the Iron Throne based on Daeron II's illegitimacy. With many lords declaring for him, Daemon Blackfyre marches his forces on King's Landing but is defeated in the Battle of the Redgrass Field. He is killed by his half-brother, Brynden Rivers, yet several of his sons escape to the Free Cities with Aegor Rivers.

209 AC The events of The Hedge Knight take place. Prince Baelor 'Breakspear' Targaryen, the heir to the throne, is killed in a tourney mishap. A few months later, King Daeron II and Baelor's two sons die in the Great Spring Sickness. Daeron II's second son, Aerys I, becomes king. Prince Baelor's nephew Aegon becomes squire to a hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, in the hope of improving his mettle.

211 AC House Webber and House Osgrey of the Reach become allies. Bloodraven has become the King's Hand by this time, angering Prince Maekar, brother to Aerys and the late Baelor. The Second Blackfyre Rebellion: Blackfyre loyalists attempt to launch a second rebellion, but Bloodraven exposes the plan, the Pretender, Daemon II Blackfyre, and executes many of the conspirators before a battle needs to be fought. These events are depicted in The Mystery Knight.

219 AC The Third Blackfyre Rebellion: Haegon I Blackfyre and Aegor Rivers with the Golden Company attempt to invade Westeros. In the end, Haegon is killed after his surrender. Aegor Rivers is arrested, but allowed to go to the Wall by King Aerys I Targaryen. On his way there, his ship is intercepted, and he is freed by his own men. Before the year ended, Rivers had crowned Haegon's son, Daemon, the new Blackfyre King.

233 AC King Maekar I dies in battle during the Peake Uprising During Maekar's reign his eldest son Daeron dies of the pox and his second son Aerion "Brightflame" dies after drinking wildfire. His third son, Aemon, has already taken his maesters vows. Maekar dies battling an outlaw lord. Aemon refuses the crown and removes himself to the Wall. Prince Aegon becomes Aegon V, the Unlikely, as he is the fourth son of a fourth son. Bloodraven is exiled to the Wall by the new King, later becoming Lord Commander.

226 AC

Beyond the Wall: The free folk unite under Raymun Redbeard, King-Beyond-the-Wall. Taking the Night's Watch unawares, they scale the Wall and invade the North. They are eventually stopped at the Battle of Long Lake by a Stark host led by Lord Willam Stark.

233 AC Peake Uprising and the Great Council of 233 AC: King Maekar I Targaryen is killed whilst fighting rebels during the Peake Uprising. Without a clear heir, Hand of the King Brynden Rivers calls for a Great Council, where the claims of Prince Maekar's children and grandchildren are discussed. Aenys Blackfyre, son of Daemon I Blackfyre, wishes to put forward his claim, and is invited by Rivers to come to King's Landing. Upon arrival, he is executed, as a message by Rivers to the Lords on the Great Council not to side with the Blackfyre's. In the end, Prince Aegon is named King Aegon V Targaryen.

236 AC The Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion: Daemon III Blackfyre and the Golden Company invade Westeros. The rebellion is a short one, with Daemon III slain by Ser Duncan the Tall, of the Kingsguard. This year is also remembered as the Red Spring.

259 AC The Tragedy of Summerhall: King Aegon V and his heir, Prince Duncan, are killed in a great fire at the Targaryen's summer palace. The fire was triggered by an unsuccessful attempt to hatch the last three dragon eggs left in the west, and it heralded or directly contributed to Rhaegar Targaryen's birth.

260 AC The War of the Ninepenny Kings: War erupts when the Band of Nine, including Maelys Blackfyre, after having conquered the Free City of Tyrosh and the Stepstones, begin to move towards the Seven Kingdoms. King Jaehaerys calls his banners to bring the attack to the Stepstones. Barristan Selmy kills Maelys. Brynden Tully distinguishes himself in the war. Prince Aerys Targaryen is knighted by Ser Tywin Lannister. Hand of the King Ormund Baratheon dies in the hands of his son, Ser Steffon.

261 AC Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion: After years of friction, House Reyne and House Tarbeck rise in rebellion against their overlords of House Lannister. In the resulting conflict, Tywin Lannister, heir to Lord Tytos Lannister, obliterated both rebel houses.

276 AC Birth of Prince Viserys Targaryen: After many years, Queen Rhaella Targaryen finally gives birth to a healthy son who will survive infancy.

277 AC The Defiance of Duskendale: House Darklyn refuses to pay taxes to the Iron Throne. King Aerys II Targaryen, eager to sort out the situation himself, goes to Duskendale and is taken

prisoner. Duskendale is besieged for six months before Barristan Selmy manages to free the king. House Darklyn is destroyed and House Rykker takes over the town. It is said that it was the Defiance that began Aerys' descent into madness. Aerys doesn't leave the Red Keep until 281 AC because of this event.

280 AC Marriage of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen: After having been betrothed in early 279 AC, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen marries Princess Elia Martell of Dorne in the Great Sept of Baelor early in the year. Towards year's end, their first child, Princess Rhaenys, is born. The Fall of the Dragons

281 AC Resolution of the Kingswood Brotherhood: The band of outlaws called the Kingswood Brotherhood is defeated by a royal force commanded by Arthur Dayne; during that battle a young squire, Jaime Lannister, distinguishes himself and is knighted, later becoming a member of the Kingsguard and discarding his claim as Tywin Lannister's heir. Tywin resigns the Handship in angry protest and returns to Casterly Rock. The Year of the False Spring: Lord Walter Whent holds a great tourney at Harrenhal, where Prince Rhaegar distinguishes himself in battle, but names Lyanna Stark of Winterfell, who is betrothed to Robert Baratheon, as the queen of love and beauty rather than his own wife Elia. Eddard Stark meets and befriends Howland Reed of Greywater Watch.

282-283 AC Robert's Rebellion: Rhaegar Targaryen abducts Lyanna Stark. Lyanna's brother Brandon and father Rickard demand that Aerys discipline his son, but instead the Mad King kills them both. Aerys demands the heads of Robert Baratheon and Eddard Stark from their guardian, Jon Arryn. Instead, Houses Arryn, Stark, and Baratheon raise their banners in open rebellion, signifying the start of the war, which is also known as the War of the Usurper, which will last close to a year. Hoster Tully agrees to join the rebellion as well. The Tyrells remain loyal to the king and besiege Robert's castle of Storm's End, held by his brother Stannis. The new Hand of the King, Jon Connington, is defeated in the Battle of the Bells and is sent into exile in the Free Cities. The rebel army defeats the royalists at the Battle of the Trident, where Prince Rhaegar is killed. The Lannisters apparently march to the aid of King Aerys, but instead turn against him and Aerys is killed by Jaime Lannister the Kingslayer during the Sack of King's Landing. Princess Elia Martell and her children, Aegon and Rhaenys Targaryen, are brutally murdered by Lannister bannermen, causing a rift between Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon. Eddard and Howland Reed defeat the Kingsguard guarding the Tower of Joy holding Lyanna prisoner, only to find her dying. Robert, who can trace his descent back to King Aegon V Targaryen, is crowned Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. With the war at an end, Eddard returns home to Winterfell with his bastard son, Jon Snow.

284 AC

Assault on Dragonstone: Stannis Baratheon, at the command of Robert I, his brother and the new king, builds a new royal fleet to take Dragonstone, the last Targaryen holdfast left after the Rebellion. Dowager Queen Rhaella Targaryen dies in childbirth, giving birth to Princess Daenerys Targaryen during a summer storm. With the garrison of Dragonstone prepared to surrender, loyal Targaryen retainers spirit away Rhaella and Aerys' two youngest children, Prince Viserys and Princess Daenerys, to safety in the Free City of Braavos.

289 AC Greyjoy's Rebellion: Balon Greyjoy names himself King of the Iron Islands. He is defeated and two of his sons are killed. King Robert accepts his surrender and Balon's remaining son, Theon Greyjoy, becomes a ward and hostage of Eddard Stark.

297 AC Magister Illyrio Mopatis of Pentos invites Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen to stay in his manse and offers to help them reclaim their throne.

298 AC In the north, after thousands of years without encounter, the Others reappear in an attack on rangers from the Night's Watch and a group of free folk. The Hand of the King, Jon Arryn, is poisoned after learning that Robert I Baratheon's heirs to the Iron Throne are bastards. Following the death of Robert, the Seven Kingdoms are engulfed in the War of the Five Kings..

299 AC Beyond the Wall: With the disturbing news of a conflict beyond the Wall, the Night's Watch leaves in force on a great ranging into the far north. In Essos: After having hatched three dragon eggs, bringing dragons back to the world once again, Daenerys Targaryen conquers the great cities of Slaver's Bay, setting their slaves free and throwing the region into chaos.

300 AC In Westeros: After a decade-long summer and brief autumn, winter finally engulfs Westeros. The long-believed-dead Prince Aegon Targaryen starts his invasion of Westeros. In Essos: Daenerys Targaryen rules Meereen as its queen.

Weapons

"My mind is my weapon. My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind... and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge."

The Game of thrones is one that has always largely been influenced by weapons. In an era where every person in the known world is fighting a battle for survival, weapons have surely turned into a necessity.

However, with weapons like wildfire, sorcery and, of course, dragons, it is safe to assume that no one in the entirety of Westeros remains safe.

Wildfire:

Wildfire is a flammable liquid which is created and controlled by the Alchemists' Guild, an ancient society of learned men using arcane knowledge and is now based in the city of King's Landing.

Wildfire played a key role at the Battle of the Blackwater during the War of the Five Kings as well as the Destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor.

The wildfire plot:

After the rebel victory of Robert Baratheon at the Battle of the Bells, Aerys was fearful that Robert might actually win the war and enlisted the aid of several members of the Alchemists' Guild in a plot to destroy the city of King's Landing should the rebel forces prove victorious. Thousands of jars of wildfire were gathered and placed in key positions under King's Landing. Hundreds were placed under the Dragonpit and the Great Sept of Baelor, under every one of the city's gates and even under the Red Keep itself. The pyromancers did their work in secret

and did not trust their apprentices with the knowledge. During the Sack of King's Landing, Aerys commanded Rossart to ignite the wildfire to destroy the city, resulting in fiery deaths of the entire population of the king’s landing. Jaime, however, intercepted and slew Rossart to prevent his message from reaching other pyromancers. Jaime then slew Aerys, slitting his throat.

The wildfire plot, along with the other two incidences, clearly proves wildfire to be one of the biggest weapons of mass destruction. As the dragons grow, making all sorts of magic grow along with them, the future of the magic weapon remains uncertain.

Dragons:

Dragons are arguably the most powerful forces in the known world. The dragons are what gave Daenerys so much power, and they'll likely be the weapon that turns the tide of battle against the Lannisters and the White Walkers. Now, as the night king rides the ice dragon, the greatest threat looms over the known world.

Things delegates should look up:

Other weapons and possibles weapons of mass destruction. Their history, possible uses and threats posed by them.

Abilities of people like Bran Stark The lord of light. The faceless men

Others: Dragonbinder: the ultimate WMD? The old Gods