<P> The Iron Throne is a metonym for the fictional monarchy of Westeros as well as the physical throne of its monarch in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by George R.R. Martin . The success of the HBO television adaptation Game of Thrones has made the show's version of the royal seat an icon of the entire media franchise . Martin said in 2013, "Say' Game of Thrones', and people think of the HBO Iron Throne ." </P> <P> Martin called the depiction of the throne in his 2014 A Song of Ice and Fire companion book The World of Ice & Fire "absolutely right". He has noted repeatedly that none of the previous media representations of the throne--including books, games and the TV series--closely resemble what he had in mind when writing his novels . </P> <P> In the series, the Iron Throne is both a physical seat of office as well as a metonym for the monarchy of Westeros . Martin establishes in A Game of Thrones (1996) that after seizing control of six of the Seven Kingdoms, Targaryen ruler Aegon the Conqueror had made a throne for himself from the swords of his vanquished enemies, fused by dragonfire . Aegon had established King's Landing as the royal capital, and the Iron Throne itself sits in the Red Keep . Martin writes that according to legend, Aegon kept the blades sharp so that no ruler should ever sit comfortably . Centuries later, kings still cut themselves on the throne; and it is a common belief that such rulers are therefore unfit to rule . </P> <P> Purportedly made from a thousand swords and knives, the Iron Throne is a massive and asymmetrical tangle of jagged and twisted blades, in which reclining is impossible . </P>

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