Are white and friends dog family everyone the family, certification released 1996.After the death of Arryn, the Hand of the Baratheon travels to the North to offer the position of Hand to Eddard Stark, Warden of the North and his most trusted friend. When Eddard receives a letter from his wife Catelyn's sister which claims that Arryn was murdered by House Lannister Eddard decides to become Hand of the to protect 's life and the realm, even after accident leaves his Bran paralyzed from the waist down. Thus, Eddard travels to the South with his daughters, Arya and Sansa Stark. Three of his sons, Robb, Bran and Rickon, are left at Winterfell and he allows his illegitimate Snow to go with Benjen Stark, his brother, to the Night's Watch.Due to Switching P.O.V., the novel follows three main plotlines: Honourbound Eddard Stark the 's treacherous court trying to unravel the machinations behind Arryn's death and House Lannister's motives. Meanwhile, his wife Catelyn foils a murder attempt on the already-crippled Bran, and ends up going after Tyrion Lannister, the 's dwarf brother who is known as the Imp, because she believes he is responsible... Across the sea, Viserys Targaryen the last heir of the Targaryen dynasty who fled after the successful rebellion fifteen years ago is plotting vengeance against the usurper Baratheon, who stole the throne and killed Viserys' family. To achieve his goals, he marries his younger sister Daenerys to a clan of Mongols known as the Dothraki, expecting army return. Viserys is a Royal Brat, but things are a bit different with Daenerys... Snow, bastard of Stark, decides to join the Night's Watch after his father leaves Winterfell, and defend the realms of men against whatever foes lie Beyond the Wall. For some eight thousand years, the answer to that question has been, Not much, but today things are different: rangers are lost, dead men begin walking the land and creatures known as The Others have been sighted. And the Night's Watch, once a order but now mostly Army of Thieves and Whores, is only marginally ready to stop them... There are eight POV characters, six of them being from the Stark family: Eddard, Arya, Sansa, Bran and Catelyn Stark present the majority of the events the Seven Kingdoms and Snow narrates the events beyond the Wall after the Stark family is separated early the narrative. Meanwhile, Tyrion Lannister provides insight into the villainous House Lannister while Daenerys Targaryen narrates the events across the sea. Minor character, Will, provides this book's prologue.The events of the novel were adapted the first of Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Janos Slynt, commander of the City Watch, complains to the small council of the crime hitting the city, describing one night where we had a drowning, a tavern riot, three knife fights, a rape, two fires, robberies beyond count, and a drunken horse race down the Street of the Sisters. Broken Pedestal: Sansa's admiration of Cersei crumbles when she sees what a cruel, manipulative woman she is. Joffrey is another example, though it takes longer; Sansa is enamored with him that even as he's framing Arya for attacking him without provocation and had the Hound murder her friend, she can't think of him as evil; Cryptic Background Reference: 's POV constantly mention the events that transpired at the Tower of and the promise he made to Lyanna at her deathbed, and how it has taken a huge toll on him. The exact cause of her death has yet to be discovered and as well said promise. of Revenge: Mirri Maz Duur bides her time to get her revenge for her rape and the slaughter of her people at the hands of the Dothraki, and eventually does by killing Daenerys's unborn child the womb. This is especially unjust, because Dany had rescued her from her rapists and the child was innocent. Dany doesn't take it well, and gets her own revenge by burning Mirri Maz Duur alive as a sacrifice to hatch her dragons. Deadly Deferred Conversation: Stark promises his bastard Snow that they'll talk about 's mother after he returns to the capital, 's Uncle Benjen promises to talk about becoming a ranger after he returns from a scouting mission, and tells they'll discuss the exiled Daenerys after returns from a hunt. Deadly Environment Prison: The Arryns' cells have only three walls...with a 600-foot drop off the side of a mountain on the fourth side. The Lord of the Eyrie also tries to force the imprisoned to leave their castle via the Door When manages to get pardoned, Lysa Arryn manages to do Death By Freedom Death by Irony: Eddard Stark's first appearance has him beheading a for deserting the Night's Watch. himself is later beheaded as a traitor to the realm, right after having made a false