Game of Thrones chronicles a battle for control of the Iron Throne and, therefore, control of Westeros, but as the game unravels, more conspirators emerge from the shadows and secret motives are dramatically revealed. One is the battle between the living and the dead, written in the stars many years prior, and the other is the War of the Five Kings, and it's the latter that dominates the narrative of HBO's wildly successful TV series.
In the Game of Thrones, you either win or you die, but who made the first move? On a fundamental level, Game of Thrones comprises two overarching conflicts.
