Once upon a time, lost in the distant past, the kingdom of the Seven Kingdoms... In those times shrouded in mist, when the good season could last for years, the bad for a lifetime, alarming omens multiplied one day. North of the Wall which protected the kingdom, dark forces suddenly gathered; in the south, the established order tottered, lust and incest, murder and corruption, cowardice and lies inexorably surrounded the coveted throne.