Winter in Westeros, like the other seasons, varies in length with every occurrence. It could last for a few months (short winters), and up to a few years (long winters). The legendary period called the Long Night, when the Others first arrived supposedly happened during a winter that lasted a whole generation.
Take “winter is coming” for example. The show just started its sixth season, and the phrase has been uttered 11 times — once each by Benjen, Arya, Maester Aemon, Robb, Yoren, Catelyn, Stark Soldier and Mance, and twice by Ned, Jon and Stannis.
The last winter ended on March 19th. It started December 21st.
The Long Night is how the Westerosi refer to a period when a terrible darkness fell across the Known World. It occurred during the Age of Heroes approximately eight thousand years before Aegon's Conquest, in the midst of a great winter that lasted for years.
"In the English-speaking world, we call our planet Earth. In the legendary period of Earth history written by Tolkien, the inhabitants call it Arda. Fans have, in the absence of such official names, dubbed the world of Westeros and Essos and Sothoryos 'Planetos,' but that obviously feels a bit tongue in cheek.
Winter is arriving slowly in the show compared to the books but it is eventually coming. It is already snowing in the Riverlands and soon the snow will reach further South to King's Landing,Highgarden and even Sunspear in Dorne.
The longest summer in living history, which lasted 10 years, 2 months and 16 days. By the time the white raven from the Citadel arrives, it is snowing in King's Landing.
The shape of a planet's orbital path is called its “eccentricity.” Ours is slightly elliptical; over the course of about 100,000 years, it grows slightly more elliptical and then shrinks again. When the Earth's orbit is at its most elliptical, our seasons are more extreme than when the orbit is at its most circular.
Summer followed the Great Spring Sickness, and contained a two year drought. During the reign of King Maekar I Targaryen (221 AC - 233 AC), a seven-year summer takes place. It is followed by a short autumn and a terrible long winter.
Westeros is a continent located in the far west of the known world. It is separated from the continent of Essos by a strip of water known as the Narrow Sea. Most of the action in Game of Thrones takes place in Westeros.
Now, back to Game of Thrones — in the episode "The Kingsroad," we learn that Westeros has at least one moon. It's interesting to note that, according to legend, Westeros used to have two moons, but "one wandered too close to the sun and it cracked from the heat" pouring out a thousand thousand dragons.
Theory: Westeros' erratic seasons are caused by a wobbly planetary tilt. At different times throughout the year, the sun's rays hits certain parts of the planet more directly, resulting in longer days and warmer temperatures.
The mark on the orbital path just to the left of the Earth indicates the Earth's closest approach to the sun, which occurs in January. When the Earth is closest to the sun, it is moving fastest, so winter is the shortest season. It is the longest season, lasting 94 days.
"Winter Is Coming" is the motto of House Stark, one of the Great Houses of Westeros. The meaning behind these words is one of warning and constant vigilance. The Starks, being the lords of the North, strive to always be prepared for the coming of winter, which hits their lands the hardest.
Winter finally comes to Westeros in Episode 7 of Season 7. This is known from snow finally starting to fall on kings landing.
In Season One of Game of Thrones, Arya says that she is 11-years-old. Time seems to be moving at one year a season for the HBO show meaning that Arya is 18-years-old in season eight.
Arya Stark
Arya says that she's 11 years old on the first season of Game of Thrones. The show has moved at about the pace of one year per season, which means that Arya is currently 18 on Game of Thrones. Maisie Williams, who portrays Arya on the show, is 22 in real life.Season 1 to season 5, $6 million per episode (50 episodes) = $300 million. Season 6 and Season 7, $10 million per episode (17 episodes) = $170 million. Season 8, $15 million per episode (6 episodes) = $90 million. So, in total, approximate: $560 million.
By the way, if you're interested, it would take four days, three hours and 30 minutes to watch all nine seasons of “The Office” and two days, 22 hours and 14 minutes to catch up on all eight seasons of “Game of Thrones.”
Game of Thrones Season Eight has brought in an average of $88 million dollars PER EPISODE from HBO subscriptions. Jon Snow is the rightful heir to the throne when it comes to earnings, being responsible for $501 million of HBOs earnings based on his time on screen across all eight seasons.
Game of Thrones has taken the world by storm and ends its run as one of the most popular television shows of all time. The show's seventh season, regularly drew in over 10 million viewers to HBO, with millions more watching the episodes illegally online across the world.
To watch all 73 episodes from eight seasons of Game Of Thrones will take three days and 16 minutes, according to bingeclock.com.
