[quote=Squrmy]
I'd just like to point out that I'm a bit.. iffy, about setting the RP during the era of Aegon's Conquest. Wouldn't Westeros be.. completely different? I'm no expert on Martin's lore, so please correct me if I'm wrong - but isn't Westeros, at this stage, a collection of small kingdoms who don't have much interaction with one another? And wouldn't a fair few of the Houses that existed after Aegon's conquest/in ASOIAF not exist, at this stage? I'm probably wrong, and I'll go along with the RP being set during the conquest anywho; I guess it gives us more free reign. I might make a bid for House Martell, before anyone else nabs it (that is, if Ruby is stepping down from playing them, as I heard rumours of in the chat). If someone else already has plans for Dorne, I'll probably re-take House Redwyne, but do a slightly different spin on them.
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A lot of houses can trace their lineage back before the conquest, the only real houses that can be pinned down as not being around in the new setting are those with Valyrian blood or the few that are mentioned as cropping up since then.

The Kingdoms certainly did interact, they just didn't all collectively bow to a single distant throne, you'll probably find, beyond some amount of development, the lives of most minor lords and the peasants was pretty similar.