Westeros: A Song of Ice and Fire

A comprehensive genealogical archive of the known world from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels. This archive demonstrates GLX at scale — 790 persons across 70+ houses, with full evidence chains traced back to canonical sources.

Full Archive

This example is hosted as its own repository. Clone it to follow along:

bash

git clone https://github.com/genealogix/glx-archive-westeros.git
cd glx-archive-westeros

Archive Statistics

Entity Type	Count	Notes
Persons	791	Characters from 73+ houses
Events	961	Births, deaths, battles, coronations, trials, and more
Relationships	822	Marriages, parent-child, wards, sworn swords, political bonds
Places	108	Castles, cities, regions, landmarks across Westeros and Essos
Sources	9	Five novels, two companion books, HBO series, MyHeritage import
Citations	247	Chapter-level references with direct text quotes
Assertions	1,808	Source-backed conclusions with confidence levels
Repositories	4	Organized by source type
Vocabularies	16	Extensively customized for the ASOIAF domain

Key Features Demonstrated

Evidence Chains at Scale

Every fact traces back to a canonical source through the full evidence chain:

Repository → Source → Citation → Assertion → Entity Property

For example, Robb Stark's death is documented as:

Repository: "A Song of Ice and Fire (Novels)"
Source: A Storm of Swords
Citation: Catelyn VII chapter, with direct text quotes from the Red Wedding
Assertion: status: proven, confidence: high
Person property: died_on: "299", cause_of_death: "Murdered at the Red Wedding"

Custom Vocabularies

The archive extends standard GLX vocabularies with 200+ domain-specific types:

Event types (58 custom): battle, coronation, execution, tournament, trial, siege, rebellion, dragon_hatching, guest_right_violation, kingsmoot, trial_by_combat, and more.

Relationship types (40+ custom): betrothal, ward, sworn_sword, liege_vassal, kingsguard, hand_of_the_king, master_of_whisperers, blood_rider, faceless_man, and more.

Participant roles (80+ custom): commander, champion, condemned, conspirator, dragon_rider, betrayer, presiding_judge, and more.

Person properties (50+ custom): house, alias, cause_of_death, dragon, direwolf, valyrian_steel, claim_to_throne, warging_ability, and more.

Temporal Properties

Titles, allegiances, and positions change over time:

yaml

# From person-eddard-stark.glx
title:
  - value: "Lord of Winterfell"
    date: "FROM 280 TO 299"
  - value: "Warden of the North"
    date: "FROM 280 TO 299"
  - value: "Hand of the King"
    date: "FROM 298 TO 298"

Complex Events with Multiple Participants

Events like the Red Wedding record 15+ participants with distinct roles:

yaml

# From event-red-wedding.glx
participants:
  - person: person-robb-stark
    role: victim
  - person: person-catelyn-tully
    role: victim
  - person: person-walder-frey
    role: host
  - person: person-roose-bolton
    role: perpetrator
  # ... and more

Hierarchical Place Model

Places form a geographic hierarchy from continents down to individual buildings:

Westeros
├── The North
│   ├── Winterfell (castle)
│   ├── Castle Black (castle)
│   └── Bear Island (island)
├── The Crownlands
│   ├── King's Landing (city)
│   │   └── The Red Keep (castle)
│   └── Dragonstone (castle)
└── ...
Essos
├── Braavos (free_city)
├── Astapor (slave_city)
└── ...

Multi-Canon Support

Separate assertions handle novel vs. TV show divergences. For example, Robb Stark's wife:

Novel canon: Jeyne Westerling (confidence: high, source: A Storm of Swords)
Show canon: Talisa Maegyr (documented as a separate relationship)

Confidence and Status Tracking

Assertions reflect the nature of ASOIAF's unreliable narration:

Confidence	Count	Example
High (78%)	1,406	Named characters with on-page appearances
Medium (20%)	365	Characters mentioned but not directly seen
Low (2%)	37	Legendary figures, disputed identities (e.g., Young Griff's true parentage)

File Organization

The archive uses the standard multi-file format:

glx-archive-westeros/
├── persons/           # 791 files — one per character
├── events/            # 961 files — births, deaths, battles, etc.
├── relationships/     # 822 files — marriages, parent-child, political bonds
├── places/            # 108 files — castles, cities, regions
├── sources/           # 9 files — novels, companion books
├── citations/         # 247 files — chapter-level references
├── assertions/        # 1,808 files — source-backed conclusions
├── repositories/      # 4 files — source type groupings
└── vocabularies/      # 16 files — custom type definitions

Using with the CLI

See the Hands-On CLI Guide for a walkthrough of every glx command using this archive.

bash

# Clone and explore
git clone https://github.com/genealogix/glx-archive-westeros.git
cd glx-archive-westeros

# Stats dashboard
glx stats

# Look up a character
glx vitals "Eddard Stark"
glx summary "Eddard Stark"

# Explore family trees
glx ancestors person-robb-stark --generations 3
glx descendants person-eddard-stark

Westeros: A Song of Ice and Fire ​

Archive Statistics ​

Key Features Demonstrated ​

Evidence Chains at Scale ​

Custom Vocabularies ​

Temporal Properties ​

Complex Events with Multiple Participants ​

Hierarchical Place Model ​

Multi-Canon Support ​

Confidence and Status Tracking ​

File Organization ​

Using with the CLI ​

See Also ​