
The Wars of the Roses featured a number of very colorful – and real – characters. Photo: Henry Söderlund / CC BY 4.0Ī large number of major characters are almost certainly based on members of the English dynasties who fought for control of England and the English throne during the Wars of the Roses, which were fought between 14. “the West”) forms the foundation upon which George RR Martin’s fictional universe is constructed.


The fact that the continent on which most of the action in Game of Thrones is set is called Westeros is a major indicator that the history of Europe (i.e.
