Warning: This post contains spoilers for Game of Thrones.
The Full Game of Thrones Family Crest Line-Up. I hereby issue a challenge to Game of Thrones know-it-alls out there to help use noobs understand the universe better. In ways that do not spoil. The countdown to Game of Thrones season 8 is getting real. But whether it’s a Game of Thrones family tree or the names of the dragons, there’s a lot to remember from the first seven seasons of. May 16, 2015 And, if you think these bloodlines are complicated, check out the real game of thrones. It’s a family tree of European royalty from Charlemagne to the new Prince George of Cambridge. You can see that, like the TV show, marriages between royal houses are super important. It’s made by UsefulCharts and is available as a poster.
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Game Of Thrones Lineage Chart 2017
Thanks to the deaths of hundreds of characters, the Game of Thrones‘ family tree has been significantly whittled down over the course of the show’s seven seasons. But as Game of Thrones fans experience the series’ eighth and final season, it’s important to understand the relationships that currently exist — or existed in the past but still bear significance — between the Seven Kingdoms’ power players.
At this point, most viewers have at least a decent grasp of how the members of Westeros’ major houses — Lannister, Targaryen, Baratheon, Stark, Tyrell — are related to each other. This understanding should, of course, include the truth about Jon Snow’s parents that was confirmed in the season 7 finale, i.e., Jon is the legitimate son of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen, not the bastard of Ned Stark and a lowborn woman as he was raised to believe.
Photo illustration by James Kim and Martin Gee for TIME; HBO
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So in addition to the traditional Game of Thrones family tree above, we’ve created a definitive guide to how main characters such as Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen and Tyrion Lannister, as well as secondary characters like Melisandre, Gendry and the Hound, have interacted with each other since season 1.
A Game Of Thrones Characters And Family Tree
One of the show’s most interesting connections is, of course, the romance between Jon and Daenerys. The King in the North and the Mother of Dragons consummated their relationship in the season 7 finale unaware of the fact that they’re actually related by blood. However, Jon himself now knows the truth after Samwell Tarly revealed what he recently learned about his best friend’s parentage.
TIME’s Game of Thrones family tree is organized by five different categories: Allied, Seduced (consummated relationship), Rebelled, Killed and Fought (one-on-one combat with a definitive outcome that was not death). Obviously, not every character on the tree is still living. But we’ve included some of the deceased simply to set the season 8 scene within the broader framework of Game of Thrones‘ history.
See TIME’s Game of Thrones family tree below.
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** Scroll down to see the chart. But be forewarned that it contains spoilers up to the end of Season 7 **
There are a lot of Game of Thrones character charts out there but I find most of them to be pretty overwhelming. This is because the show simply has so many characters that it's impossible to get them all on one chart. Plus, different seasons focus on different subplots and therefore a chart that is useful for one season isn't always as useful for another season.
Awhile back, I made a chart for the website chartgeek.com that focused only on the main plot -- who is the rightful king (or queen) of Westeros? In particular, it showed why the Baratheons claimed the throne after the death of the mad king.
Well, now that Season 6 is over, I decided to remake it to include the big R + L = J revelation and also to expand it slightly so that it covers all 8 of the 'great houses' (one for each of the 'seven kingdoms' + the Targaryens).
Click to zoom in:
Oh, and btw, think Game of Thrones is complicated? It's nothing compared to the European Royal Family Tree!
Still not complicated enough for you? Ok, fine. Try the royal house of Asia: