The name of our alliance comes from King Richard's Shakespeare's play Richard III, "Now is the Winter of our Discontent / Made glorious Summer by this sun of York..." Not only are we fans of the works of the Bard, but George R. R. Martin has often stated that he has drawn inspiration for A Song of Fire and Ice from the War of the Roses, a time in history that includes the events chronicled in Richard III. Our Words are "Memento Mori", Latin for "remember you have to die", a phrase uttered to victorious Roman generals during their greatest triumphs to remind them that all success is fleeting.