Cast: Season 1, Episode 2: The Kingsroad

Sean Bean - Eddard Stark

Mark Addy - Robert Baratheon

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau - Jaime Lannister

Michelle Fairley - Catelyn Stark

Lena Headey - Cersei Lannister

Emilia Clarke - Daenerys Targaryen

Iain Glen - Ser Jorah Mormont

Harry Lloyd - Viserys Targaryen

Kit Harington - Jon Snow

Sophie Turner - Sansa Stark

Maisie Williams - Arya Stark

Richard Madden - Robb Stark

Alfie Allen - Theon Greyjoy

Isaac Hempstead Wright - Bran Stark

Jack Gleeson - Joffrey Baratheon

Rory McCann - Sandor Clegane

Peter Dinklage - Tyrion Lannister

Donald Sumpter - Maester Luwin

Jamie Sives - Jory Cassel

Ron Donachie - Ser Rodrik Cassel

Joseph Mawle - Benjen Stark

Roxanne McKee - Doreah

Dar Salim - Qotho

Amrita Acharia - Irri

Sarita Piotrowski - Jhiqui

Wilko Johnson - Ser Ilyn Payne

Rhodri Hosking - Mycah

Luke McEwan - Rast

Lalor Roddy - Catspaw

Conor Delaney - Lannister Guardsman

Callum Wharry - Tommen Baratheon

Aimee Richardson - Myrcella Baratheon

Jason Momoa - Khal Drogo

Robert Render - Northern Bannerman (uncredited)

Source: IMDb
Plot Summary: Season 1, Episode 2: The Kingsroad

Season 1, Episode 2: The Kingsroad

Original Air Date—24 April 2011

Bran's fate remains in doubt. Having agreed to become the King's Hand, Ned leaves Winterfell with daughters Sansa and Arya, while Catelyn stays behind to tend to Bran. Jon Snow heads north to join the brotherhood of the Night's Watch. Tyrion decides to forego the trip south with his family, instead joining Jon in the entourage heading to the Wall. Viserys bides his time in hopes of winning back the throne, while Daenerys focuses her attention on learning how to please her new husband, Drogo. Written by HBO Publicity, Source: IMDb

Cast of Characters for Season 1 Episode 2

The Wall

The Wall is a massive wall of ice that stretches across the northern border of the Seven Kingdoms, separating it from the wild lands beyond. It extends from the Frostfangs mountain range in the west to the Bay of Seals in the east. It was reputedly created over 8,000 years prior to the present setting by Brandon the Builder after the Long Night to defend the realms of man from the wildlings and Others. Approximately 300 leagues in length and 700 feet in height, the Wall is protected by the Night's Watch and according to some, ancient spells and sorcery. Supposedly, Brandon the Builder had placed his foundations along the heights wherever possible. Several mentions in the text suggest that the Wall was much smaller at the time, having been built upon by the Night's Watch over the centuries to its present size. However, the severely reduced Night's Watch at the present time is limited to maintenance duty. A total of nineteen fortresses have been built along the Wall though only three, The Shadow Tower, Castle Black and Eastwatch-by-the-sea are occupied at the time of the books.

It is wide enough for several mounted knights to ride abreast atop of it. At its peak it is studded with catapults and cranes. The Night's Watch permits the forest to come no closer than half a mile to the Wall.

However between the three inhabited fortresses, the forest has crept back. The Wall is straight from Castle Black to Eastwatch-by-the-sea, but runs like a snake between Castle Black and the Shadow Tower. Source: AWOIAF

The Wall is a massive wall of ice on the northern border of the Seven Kingdoms. According to legends in the series it was made 8000 years ago by Brandon the Builder, in order to protect the Seven Kingdoms from a threat from the north. The Night's Watch guards the wall, but has decreased in numbers in recent times. Of the nineteen castles along the wall only three are manned. At least some of the castles have gates opening to the north. Although wildlings cannot get through the wall some few manage to scale it, or sail around it near the coasts. To the south of the wall is a strip of land known as "the Gift", from which the Night's Watch supports itself. While it does border the North, the Wall and the Gift lands technically have independent and extra-legal status. The Night's Watch has maintained this control for thousands of years to support their guarding of the Wall, and when the Targaryens conquered and unified the Seven Kingdoms they allowed the Night's Watch to continue this control while nominally swearing allegiance to the Targaryen kings. Source: Wikipedia

King's Landing

King's Landing is the capital of Westeros and the Seven Kingdoms. It is situated on the Blackwater river on the spot where Aegon the Conqueror landed in Westeros to begin his conquest. The main city is surrounded by a wall, manned by the City Watch of King's Landing, also known as the Gold Cloaks. Within the walls, the city's natural landscape is dominated by three hills, named after Aegon and his two sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys. Poorer smallfolk build shanty settlements outside the city. King's Landing is extremely populous, but rather unsightly and dirty compared to other cities. The stench of the city's waste can be smelled far beyond its walls. It is the principal harbor of the Seven Kingdoms, rivaled only by Oldtown. Source: AWOIAF

King's Landing is the capital of Westeros and the Seven Kingdoms. It is situated on the Blackwater river on the spot where Aegon the Conqueror landed in Westeros to begin his conquest. The main city is surrounded by a wall, manned by a city watch known as the Gold Cloaks. Within the walls, the city's natural landscape is dominated by three hills, named after Aegon and his two sisters. Poorer smallfolk build shanty settlements outside the city. King's Landing is extremely populous, but rather unsightly and dirty. The stench of the city's waste can be smelled far beyond its walls.

The royal castle, called the Red Keep, sits on Aegon's Hill. The Keep holds the Iron Throne, the seat of the monarch. Aegon commissioned the throne's construction from the swords of his defeated enemies. According to legend, he kept the blades sharp because he believed that no ruler should ever sit comfortably. Centuries later, kings still cut themselves on the throne. It is a common belief that one who cuts himself on the throne has been 'rejected' by the throne and is therefore not fit to rule.

The city also holds the Great Sept of Baelor, where the Most Devout convene with the High Septon. It is the holiest sept of the Seven.

The slums of King's Landing are called Flea Bottom, where residents are so poor they regularly subsist on "bowls of brown", a mystery stew that can include the meat of puppies and murder victims.

King's Landing has an estimated population of more than 500,000, as stated by Tyrion when he meets Oberyn Martell on his arrival to King's Landing. Source: Wikipedia

Season 1, Episode 1: Winter Is Coming

Original Air Date—17 April 2011

A Night's Watch deserter is tracked down outside of Winterfell, prompting swift justice by Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark and raising concerns about the dangers in the lawless lands north of the Wall. Returning home, Ned learns from his wife Catelyn that his mentor, Jon Arryn, has died in the Westeros capital of King's Landing, and that King Robert is on his way north to offer Ned Arryn's position as the King's Hand. Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea in Pentos, Viserys Targaryen hatches a plan to win back the throne, which entails forging an allegiance with the nomadic Dothraki warriors by giving its leader, Khal Drogo, his lovely sister Daenerys' hand in marriage. Robert arrives at Winterfell with his wife, Queen Cersei, and other members of the Lannister family: her twin brother Jaime, dwarf brother Tyrion and Cersei's son and heir to the throne, 12-year-old Joffrey. Unable to refuse his old friend and king, Ned prepares to leave for King's Landing, as Jon Snow decides to travel north to Castle Black to join the Night's Watch, accompanied by a curious Tyrion. But a startling act of treachery directed at young Bran may postpone their departures. Written by HBO Publicity, Source: IMDb

Cast of Characters for Season 1 Episode 1

Winterfell

Winterfell is a castle in the North of Westeros. It is the ancestral home and seat of power of House Stark, which has ruled the North for millenia. It was supposedly built by Brandon the Builder with the help of giants. It lies on the Kingsroad that runs from King's Landing to the Wall. Built on top of a hot spring, it uses the water from that spring for heating, making it more comfortable than other castles during the harsh northern winter. Under the castle there is a crypt where the Starks bury their dead. There is a 'winter town' outside which is apparently mostly deserted during summers, but where the smallfolk gather in winters. Wintefell is encircled by two massive granite walls with a wide moat between them. The outer wall stood eighty feet high, the inner more than a hundred.

The castle was sacked and burned down by Ramsay Snow. The crypts remain intact. Source: AWOIAF

The North

The North covers the area of Westeros that lies north of the Neck. It has been ruled by House Stark for thousands of years. It is the largest kingdom but it is thinly populated.

The North has a cold climate, with harsh Winters and occasional snow even during its Summers. Most of its residents still follow the Old Gods, but a few (including House Manderly in White Harbor) keep the Faith of the Seven. It is bordered to the north by the Wall, and to the South by the Neck, a small triangle of swampland. The narrow passage and difficult terrain make it a natural border for the North, and prior to the Targaryen unification the Kings in the North had held off countless southron invasions there (primarily at Moat Cailin). Bastards in the North have the surname "Snow". Source: AWOIAF

House Stark aka House Stark of Winterfell

House Stark of Winterfell is the principal noble house in North; many lesser houses are sworn to them. Their seat is Winterfell. Their sigil is a grey direwolf on a field of white, and their words are "Winter Is Coming." Several of the main point of view characters of the series are members of House Stark. Source: AWOIAF

Several of the main point of view characters of the series are members of House Stark. House Stark is the principal noble house in the North. Their seat is Winterfell. Their sigil is a grey direwolf on a field of ice-white, their colours are grey trimmed with white, and their hous motto, referred to in-universe as theirwords, is "Winter Is Coming." At the beginning of the story, Eddard Stark finds a dead direwolf with six pups and gives them to his children.

The Starks are descended from Brandon the Builder, a legendary figure from the Age of Heroes thousands of years in the past, who built Winterfell and the Wall. They were Kings of Winter in the North until Torrhen Stark submitted to Aegon Conqueror at the end of theWar of Conquest. Since that time the Starks have held the North for the kings of Westeros as Lords of Winterfell and Wardens of the North. Source: Wikipedia

Character: Eddard Stark

Name: Eddard Stark

Alias: Ned

Title / Role: Lord of Winterfell, Lord Paramount of the North, and Warden of the North

Allegiance: House Stark

Culture: Westeros

Spouse: Catlyn Tully

Children: Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran and bastard son Jon Snow

Place of Birth: Winterfell

Date of Birth: 263 AL

Place of Death: King's Landing

Date of Death: 298 AL

From the age of eight, Ned was fostered by Jon Arryn at the Eyrie, alongside Robert Baratheon. Ned befriended Robert, and came to consider Lord Arryn a second father. After Ned's father and brother died by command of Aerys II, the king demanded that Arryn send him the heads of the two wards. Arryn refused and instead launched a rebellion, in which Ned and Robert joined as lords of their houses and chief commanders. Shortly before the final battles of the rebellion, Ned married Catelyn Tully, who had been betrothed to Ned's brother Brandon before his death. Ned was present, along with Howland Reed, at a tower on the Dornish border known as the Tower of Joy where his sister Lyanna died, an incident surrounded in mystery that haunted Ned ever after.

Once the conflict had ended and Robert had taken the throne, Ned returned home, bringing with him a bastard son, Jon, about whose origins he refused to speak, even to his own wife; he quickly silenced rumors that the boy's mother was the Dornish noblewoman Ashara Dayne. He spent the next fifteen years as Lord of Winterfell, a task he had never expected and did not always feel equal to; he rarely left his lands, and did not involve himself in the complex intrigues of the southern courts.

Source: AWOIAF

Cast: Season 1, Episode 1: Winter Is Coming

Eddard Stark - Sean Bean

Robert Baratheon - Mark Addy

Jaime Lannister - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Catelyn Stark - Michelle Fairley

Cersei Lannister - Lena Headey

Daenerys Targaryen - Emilia Clarke

Ser Jorah Mormont - Iain Glen

Viserys Targaryen - Harry Lloyd

Jon Snow - Kit Harington

Sansa Stark - Sophie Turner

Arya Stark - Maisie Williams

Robb Stark - Richard Madden

Theon Greyjoy - Alfie Allen

Bran Stark - Isaac Hempstead Wright

Joffrey Baratheon - Jack Gleeson

Source: IMDb