The Timeline
We roleplay in a Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire universe, based on the books by George RR Martin, but in an alternate time-line, about 300 years prior to the books/series.
We roleplay at a time just prior to the War of Conquest. This means Westeros still consists of seven individual kingdoms, each ruled by a royal House with its own King and Queen. There are no Wardens and King's Landing was but a foothold.
The North is an ADULT oriented SIM. If you are offended by adult language and behavior, do not consider The North for your roleplay. If you choose to RP here, do not submit complaints to admins about people behaving in an adult manner, as the complaints will be ignored.
Living in the North
The North is the principal region of the Kingdom of the North. It was formerly one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms after the Targaryen conquest, but seceded during the War of the Five Kings under King in the North Robb Stark.
The North is ruled from the castle of Winterfell by House Stark. It is the largest of the nine major regions of the continent, almost equal in size to the other eight combined. Its total population is under one million.
According to legend, the Kingdom of the North was established eight thousand years ago by Bran the Builder, the founder of House Stark, who constructed the Wall as a shield against the possible return of the White Walkers.
People of the North
The North is the only region where the First Men were able to successfully resist the Andal Invasion, six thousand years before the War of the Five Kings. As a result the North is the only region of Westeros in which the ethnic makeup is predominantly First Men, and the only region where the culture, customs, and traditions of the First Men still predominate. Among these is the belief that the man who passes the sentence of death must swing the sword himself.
In particular, the religion of the First Men, the worship of the Old Gods of the Forest, is still the dominant faith in the North. The Faith of the Seven introduced in southern Westeros by the Andals has found little foothold in the North.
Geography
Rivers and plains, with forests and mountains in the northwest; temperate to sub-arctic.
Swamps in the Neck along southern border.