Kingdom of the North. The Kingdom of the North is ruled by House Stark of Winterfell, the Kings in the North. It was an independent realm that controlled the northern territories of Westeros and
Dothraki: "Developing Canon". 18 Mar 2012. The pronunciation of names in the known world is variable. Unlike the academic J.R.R. Tolkien, who claimed to have written The Lord of the Rings series primarily for the joy of fleshing out the invented languages of Middle Earth,[1] George R.R. Martin has stated that "I don't have [Tolkien's] gift for vWzVgPg.