A brief look at the grisly origins of this Game of Thrones "fantasy," which is quite rich with similarities to historical events... Game of Thrones is back on the air and like a Frey at a wedding party, we feel like dancing in celebration of these tidings. However, it is also only being doled out week to week, leaving us hanging in suspense about who killed Joffrey in the interim. That is why we at Den of Geek thought it’d be a fun time to take one last look at the series for the time being and consider the real history of Game of Thrones . Woah, don’t think we’ve all gone crazy! Some around here may be brushing up on their High Valyrian, but we all realize this is just a little slice of high fantasy and nihilistic realpolitik. The kind of fairy tale only Kissinger could find happy. Still, there is a lot of fun Middle Age History wrapped around this story of dragons and Whitewalkers. Because for every element author George R.R. Mart...