This is exactly what I want , each race will contribute to the current state of my world and great historic moments <| sep |> El Sob ' s downtown is an absolute joke . It ' s still the same from when I moved to there in 1999 . <| sep |> Did you get to play the Beta ? <| sep |> Lets not forget Rough and Ready , California . <| sep |> I don ' t know if this is what GRR Martin intended , but it ' s also very interesting to have the POV of supposed minor characters because we see the consequences of the decision of the powerful first hand . With kings or queens there ' s always the barrier of status , there ' s always a filter between them and the peoplereality , while it ' s less the case with characters such as Davos , who was a commoner . And it also allows , imo , to have more balanced visions , because these minor characters may think without the burden of power , they don ' t have to kill the boy to rule , so they can act out of passion more easily , such as Catelyn did with Jaime . And so it maybe also allows to have more emotion , more proximity to the victims of the wars or the personal consequences they have on the characters . for me , it also diversifies the povs , for rulers we already had Ned , we have Dany and maybe Tyrion can count in ACOK . I dunno exactly the reasons why Martin does it , but these are the explanations I would give .