This is an issue because Cersei Lannister is the queen and her twin brother Jaime is a powerful knight. Unfortunately, the Stark family doesn't get along so well with the Lannister family. There's just one problem: the Stark family symbol is a direwolf and all six of Eddard's kids have one of these giant wolves – and they're not really city pets. (What makes this even less fun is that the old Hand died under mysterious circumstances and he was also a good friend.) So Eddard decides to go to the capital, King's Landing. So when Robert asks Eddard to be the Hand of the King (which is like being Prime Minister, but less fun), Eddard can't really refuse. (1) Court politics is less fun than regular politicsĮddard Stark is the lord of the north, but he's friends with (and less powerful than) King Robert Baratheon.
So, here's the slightly longer plot summary: That might help clear up some of the plot, too.)
Don't forget to check out our discussion of "Setting" if you're confused about this world. (Okay, there's a lot going on here, but the book is actually pretty clear about everything. So it's not that hard to follow, after all. He is in the special military order called the Night's Watch, which is dedicated to protecting the civilized Seven Kingdoms from the dangers beyond the Wall. (3) A third story follows Jon Snow, the illegitimate son of Eddard Stark, as he grows up in the north of Westeros. (2) A second story follows the exiled princess Daenerys, one of the last descendants from the previous royal family, as she grows up on another continent. (1) The longest part of this book tells how the noble Stark family deals with conspiracy and court politics in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, with particular emphasis on Eddard Stark, the father and leader of the noble family. But here's a secret: A Game of Thrones can be broken down into three stories:
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What makes this book so hard to summarize is that it's told from the point-of-view of eight different characters and, well, there's a lot going on. Here's the super short version: Several noble houses fight a civil war over who should be king, while an exiled princess tries to find her place in the world, and the kingdom is threatened by some rising supernatural threat in the north. Go ahead and try to summarize an 800ish-page book.
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