Dragonstone is an island very close to King's Landing and used to be the home of major Houses (originally Targaryen, then Baratheon) then why after Stannis left Dragonstone Cersie or the then King seized the castle and man it with their army. That would have been a great tactical move for takin...

As Danaerys lands at Dragonstone, it is a deserted place. Cercei could have captured the place or even destroyed it with Wildfire. She already knew Dany was coming and she would station most probably at Dragonstone.

After I saw two questions concerning the use of castle gates and doors in Game of Thrones... it got me wondering, Why do they even use hinged doors/gates? I mean those are easy to ram down. Generally, wouldn't a portcullis (they do use one at Castle Black under The Wall) or drawbridge (I think R...

We know that Renly wanted Robert to set aside Cersei and take Margaery Tyrell as his Queen instead. He had this weird idea that Margaery looked like Lyanna and Robert who was still in love with Lyanna would be expected to like her. A few days past, he had taken Ned aside to show him an exq...