The funny thing is, a lot of Game of Thrones is based on real-world history. Few of its people are granted the pleasure of a comfortable death, wars and struggle are constant realities, and there’s always the looming threat that an army of ice zombies could wipe out civilization.
We’re all glad we don’t live in a world quite as violent and terrifying as the one depicted in Game of Thrones (2011 - ). A number of the major players in these conflicts were adapted into characters vying for power in similar ways in the books and on the television series. The wars were a series of battles between the Lancasters and Yorks, two noble families in British rule, both of whom believed they deserved the crown. Martin based much of the War of the Five Kings on the events of the Wars of the Roses.
