Westeros is a continent of jagged coasts, forbidding mountains, looming forests and lush rivers. Geography is destiny, though, as they say. Therefore, it makes sense to take a deeper look at how the continent shaped the people living on it, and how it informs the themes of the story. Can we make inferences as to why people are the way they are because of the geography of their kingdom? Do rivers determine the plot of the story?

With me to talk about this today is Jim McGeehin, of Wars of Ice and Fire fame, and who better to discuss these issues than someone as adept in worldbuiding as him? Together, we take a journey from the Land Beyond the Wall to Dorne, from the Iron Islands to the Vale, from the Reach to the Stormlands, and we wonder why the Westerlands are Terra Incognita in Westeros.

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