A Song of Ice and Fire involves multiple characters.
A Song of Ice and Fire . The point of view of each chapter in the story is a limited perspective of a range of characters growing from nine , in the first novel , to thirty-one by the fifth . Three main stories interweave a dynastic war among several families for control of Westeros , the rising threat of the supernatural Others in the northernmost reaches of Westeros , and the ambition of Daenerys Targaryen , the deposed king 's exiled daughter , to assume the Iron Throne . In role-playing games , an alternate character , often referred to in slang as alt , alt char , or less commonly multi , is a character in addition to one 's `` primary '' or `` Main '' player character .