The Titan's Daughter makes her way to port. © FFG
The Titan's Daughter is a Braavosi trading galleas.
Arya Stark boards the Titan's Daughter in Saltpans intending to go to Braavos.
The Titan's Daughter brings Arya to Braavos. Many of the crew, including Captain Ternesio Terys and his son Yorko, ask her the favor of remembering their names.
The Titan of Braavos, as depicted by Paulo Puggioni in *The World of Ice and Fire*
A ship sails under the Titan of Braavos.
Art by zippo514
The Titan of Braavos is a massive stone and bronze fortress in the shape of a giant man, which guards the entrance into the lagoon where the Free City of Braavos is located. It is the primary line of defense for Braavos.
The Titan is one of the nine Wonders Made by Man in the book written by Lomas Longstrider. When seen from the sea for the first time, the Titan is a terrifying sight.
See also: Images of the Titan of Braavos
The feet of the statue lie on two separate islands, including Sellagoro's Shield,
Enemy ships can be steered onto the rocks by the watchmen inside the Titan, and stones and pots of burning pitch can be dropped onto the decks of any that attempt to pass between the Titan's legs without leave. However, this has seldom been necessary; not since the Century of Blood has any enemy been so rash as to attempt to provoke the Titan's wrath.
The Titan lets out a loud roar whenever a ship approaches its entrance, to warn the Arsenal of Braavos.
Arya Stark sails underneath the Titan when arriving in Braavos.
Titus Peake is Lord of Starpike and head of House Peake. He is married to Margot Lannister.
The Toad Stone is an ancient idol located in the Isle of Toads, one of the Basilisk Isles. It is described as standing forty feet high and being made of greasy black stone, crudely carved into the semblance of a gigantic toad of malignant aspect.
Tobbot is an armsman in service to Ser Gregor Clegane.
Tobbot was one of the participants in Chiswyck's story about the gang rape of a girl named Layna.
Tobho Mott is a Qohorik master armorer whose shop is at the top of the Street of Steel in King's Landing.
Tobho is stubborn and loyal to his staff. He owns a black velvet coat which has silver hammers embroidered on the sleeves. A large sapphire hangs on a heavy silver chain about his neck.
Tobho's house, made of timber and plaster, is larger than all other buildings on the Street of Steel. Its upper stories tower over the street, and Tobho lives above his shop. The double doors have an ebony and weirwood carving of a hunting scene. Two stone knights armored in red suits of armor in the shapes of a griffin and a unicorn guard the entrance. Tobho employs a slim serving girl in the house. Journeymen and apprentices, such as Gendry, work in his shop, a cavernous stone barn behind the house.
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Tobho learned to smith in Qohor. He is one of the few armorers who can work Valyrian steel,
Andrew Wilde as Tobho Mott in *Game of Thrones*
Lord Eddard Stark visits Tobho's shop in an effort to discover the killers behind the death of Lord Jon Arryn, since a potboy told him that Jon had been considering commissioning plate wrought in pale silver with a blue jasper falcon and a mother-of-pearl moon on the breast.
Gendry reveals to Arya Stark that he was ordered to join the Night's Watch by Master Mott.
At Lord Tywin Lannister's request Tobho melts Eddard's Valyrian steel sword, Ice, to forge two new swords. The armorer admits that he tried to color the swords the crimson of House Lannister, but despite his spells the steel darkened to grey and red patterns.
One sword is given to King Joffrey I Baratheon, who names it Widow's Wail.
My work is costly, and I make no apologies for that, my lord. You will not find craftsmanship equal to mine anywhere in the Seven Kingdoms, I promise you. Visit every forge in King's Landing if you like, and compare for yourself. Any village smith can hammer out a shirt of mail; my work is art.
- Tobho to Eddard Stark
The direwolf is the sigil of House Stark, is it not? I could fashion a direwolf helm so real that children will run from you in the street.
– Tobho to Eddard Stark
Eddard: You know who the boy is. That is not a question.
Tobho: The boy is my apprentice. Who he was before he came to me, that's none of my concern.
- Eddard Stark and Tobho
He decided that he liked Tobho Mott, master armorer.
- thoughts of Eddard Stark
You have done good work, Master Mott.
- Tywin Lannister to Tobho
Todder, nicknamed Toad by his peers, is a recruit of the Night's Watch.
Toad is a short, ugly boy with an unpleasant voice. He has pig eyes, small and shiny.
Todder's father owned a winesink, where the boy learned bawdy drinking songs.
Toad is in the same class of recruits as Jon Snow. Fed up with being beaten daily during sword practice, he is among the recruits who confront Jon after practice. The fight is put to an end by Donal Noye.
When Gueren is reported to be coming up the kingsroad with new recruits, Toad is among those chosen to become black brothers,
Todder remains at Castle Black during the great ranging.
Samwell mentions Toad to Gilly and tells her that he looks like a toad and has an awful voice.
Toad celebrates Jon Snow's election as the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.
Toad is one of the friends present in the new common hall who try to invite Lord Commander Snow to sit with them, to no avail. He complains about Melisandre's preaching about R'hllor. Jon decides to separate his friends and transfers Toad west to the Shadow Tower.
I heard of a man who had a razor made of Valyrian steel. He cut his head off trying to shave.
- Todder to Jon Snow
The Watch has need of every man it can get. Even men like Toad. You won't win any honors killing him.
- Donal Noye to Jon Snow
Toad sometimes sings too, if you call it singing. Drinking songs he learned in his father's winesink. Pypar says his voice is piss poured over a fart.
- Jon Snow to Samwell Tarly
Todric is a fat ironborn raider.
Todric is among the ironborn who raid the Stony Shore under the command of Theon Greyjoy. After they ambush the Wild Hares, Todric clads himself in a blood-stained cloak of white foxfur taken from a dead northman. Theon has has two rules, no drinking and no fighting over the plunder. Todric fails to obey both, drunkenly fighting with one of Maron Botley's sons. Theon tries to shoot an arrow into Todric's drinking hand, but hits his belly when Todric lurches. Theon orders the Botleys to silence him, which they do while stripping the corpse of anything of value.
Toefinger is a wildling raider. He was once chased up a tree by a moose.
Toefinger was one of the wildling raiders that went over the Wall under the command of Styr.
Togarion Bar Emmon, known as Togarion the Terrible, was an Andal warlord who established his own kingdom north of Blackwater Bay during the Andal invasion. He was being hard-pressed by the Darklyn king of Duskendale. Sensing weakness to the south, Togarion took the daughter of Josua Massey and crossed Blackwater bay with all his power to establish a new kingdom on Massey's Hook. He built the castle of Sharp Point at the Hook's end, whilst driving the stormlanders from Stonedance and installing his wife's brother as a puppet king.
Togg Joth is a member of the Brave Companions. He is Ibbenese.
Togg Joth, like many of the Brave Companions, is currently on the run.
Togosh is a Meereenese pit-fighter.
He's spotted by Barristan Selmy along with a hundred pit fighters about the Spire of Skulls when preparations are made to attack the Yunkish and their allies.
Queen Daenerys Targaryen in a tokar - by Drazenka Kimpel © Fantasy Flight Games
A tokar is a long, loose shapeless sheet that is worn in Ghiscari cities by the wealthy. In Astapor, only the freeborn are allowed to wear tokars.
The tokar must be wound around hips and under an arm and over a shoulder to keep it on. It is wrapped this way to carefully display the dangling fringes which are usually adorned with some decoration to signify the wearer's status.
If wound too loose, the tokar might unravel and fall off. If it is wound too tight, it might tangle and trip the wearer. Even if wound properly the wearer must hold the tokar in place with their left hand and walking requires small steps and great balance to prevent tripping and falling.
During the fall of Astapor, Daenerys Targaryen orders her Unsullied to slay every man wearing a tokar or holding a whip. Many Good Masters trip over their garments while trying to flee.
Drogon sets ablaze the tokar of Grazdan mo Eraz.
Daenerys wants to ban the tokar after her successful siege of Meereen, but her advisors convince her otherwise. Galazza Galare explains she must wear the attire of the Meereenese if she wants to be accepted as their ruler.
Known styles include:
It was not a garment meant for any man who had to work. The tokar was a master's garment, a sign of wealth and power.
- Daenerys Targaryen's thoughts
Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.
- Ben Plumm to Daenerys Targaryen
The bidders sat on wooden benches sipping fruit drinks. A few were being fanned by slaves. Many wore tokars, that peculiar garment beloved by the old blood of Slaver's Bay, as elegant as it was impractical.
- Tyrion Lannister's thoughts on the auction block
Tolos
Slaver's Bay and the location of Tolos
Tolos is a port city in central Essos.
Tolos lies on the northwest coast of Slaver's Bay on the Black Cliffs. It is connected by Valyrian roads to Mantarys and Bhorash. To the west lies the city of Elyria on its island.
Tolos is famed for producing the finest slingers in Essos, who throw soft lead balls in place of stones which do tremendous damage to human flesh.
Hizdahr zo Loraq has kin and influence in Tolos.
Ships from Tolos are spotted by Quentyn Martell in the harbours of Volantis.
Daenerys Targaryen sends missions to Tolos hoping to forge an alliance to balance out the enmity of Yunkai in the south, but Tolos joins Mantarys in allying with Yunkai.
Tolosi slingers are spotted among the Yunkish army marching up the coast road to Meereen.
The bloody flux is later reported to have taken hold among the Tolosi forces within the Yunkish host outside of Meereen, spreading the disease across the Skahazadhan river to the third Ghiscari legion.
Tom,.
TomToo's father, Tomard, is killed by a gold cloak in King's Landing.
TomToo plays lord of the crossing at Winterfell with the Frey wards, Big Walder and Little Walder.
The women and children of Winterfell are said to have been taken by Ramsay Snow to the Dreadfort..
Tom Barleycorn is a ranger of the Night's Watch at Castle Black.
Tom accompanies Lord Commander Jon Snow when he travels to the weirwood grove north of Castle Black, where he is assigned as the lead scout.
Tom Codd, better known as Bloodless Tom is the captain of the ship *Lamentation* in the Iron Fleet and is under the command of Victarion Greyjoy.
Tom's ship and crew accompany the Iron Fleet when they sail to Slaver's Bay.
Ser Tom Costayne, better known as Long Tom Costayne, was a knight of House Costayne who became a member of the Kingsguard at an unknown time.
Ser Tom became known as 'Long Tom' while serving in the Kingsguard for sixty years.
Tom Flowers, known as the Bastard of Bitterbridge, was a bastard from House Caswell of Bitterbridge.
Tom fought for the blacks in the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. Tom was a commander during the Battle on the Honeywine, where he was burned alive by Daeron Targaryen's dragon, Tessarion.
Tom Tanglebeard was a man from Dragonstone. His son was Tom Tangletongue, and his nephew was Ser Marston Waters. Tom and his son were referred to collectively as the "Two Toms."
The Two Toms aided Ser Alfred Broome during the fall of Dragonstone.
Tom Tangletongue was a stammerer from Dragonstone who heard more than he said. His father was Tom Tanglebeard, and his cousin was Ser Marston Waters. Tom and his father were referred to collectively as the "Two Toms."
Tom learned about the death of the Grey Ghost from Volantenes. He and his father aided Ser Alfred Broome during the fall of Dragonstone. After Ser Marston Waters saved Lady Baela Targaryen from Alfred, Tom took her to Dragonstone's maester.
Tom Tidewood is an ironborn raider in Victarion Greyjoy's crew.
Tom Tidewood accompanies Victarion Greyjoy when the Iron Fleet sails to Slaver's Bay. Victarion has Tom sew new robes in the colors of House Greyjoy for Moqorro. After Victarion kills the master of a fishing ketch, Tom and Longwater Pyke toss the body into the sea.
Tom of Sevenstreams, also known as Tom o' Sevens or Tom Sevenstrings, is a singer and a member of the brotherhood without banners.
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Tom looks around fifty years old. He is small and trim with thinning brown hair. He has thin, foxy appearances with a sharp nose and a wide smile.
Tom is a singer and plays a woodharp, which he occasionally plucks when he talks.
Tom comes from Sevenstreams in the northern riverlands.
House Tully has never been good to Tom. Tom once ran afoul of Edmure Tully when he stole a girl that Edmure was supposed to bed to take his virginity. Edmure had drunk too much and was unable to perform. Tom then made a song about a floppy fish, which led to Edmure's hatred of music.
Tom sang at the wedding of his cousin, Ser Pate of the Blue Fork, to Amerei Frey, though his cousin never paid him.
Tom once seduced Lady Ravella Smallwood with the song, "Let Me Drink Your Beauty".
Tom, Arya Stark, and Gendry at the Peach - by mustamirri ©
Tom sings "Off to Gulltown" as he his companions, Lem and Anguy, stumble upon Arya Stark, Gendry, and Hot Pie digging in a garden. There, after a display of archery from Anguy, they force the three youths to accompany them. Tom sings "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" during the journey.
At Sallydance Tom sings a silly song about Big Belly Ben and the High Septon's goose.
Tom sings Jenny's song for the ghost of High Heart - by Patrick McEvoy © Fantasy Flight Games
Within the hollow hill, Tom lists victims of House Lannister's violence during the War of the Five Kings to Sandor Clegane.
Tom is playing Jenny's sad song when Merrett Frey arrives at Oldstones to ransom Petyr Frey but is captured by the brotherhood. Tom offers to release Merrett in return for the whereabouts of Sandor and Arya, but Merrett has no new information. Tom reveals that Catelyn Stark, who was slain in the Red Wedding, is still alive, and the outlaws hangs Merrett.
A member of Lady Stoneheart's outlaws,
Tom jokes he will make a song called "Talking to the Fish" about Lord Emmon Frey's speech to the people of Riverrun. When asked by Jaime why he does not depart with the Freys after Riverrun's surrender, Tom claims he hopes to replace Whitesmile Wat at Riverrun. Jaime suggests he court the favor of his aunt, Genna Lannister, instead of Riverrun's new lord, Emmon.
There are worse things than dying with a song on your lips.
- Tom to Arya Stark
Sometimes a man knows more than he says.
- Tom to Gendry
If a song makes a maid want to slip off her clothes and feel the good warm sun kiss her skin, why, is that the singer's fault?
- Tom to Husband
Thoros: We are brothers here. Holy brothers, sworn to the realm, to our god, and to each other.
Tom: The brotherhood without banners. The knights of the hollow hill.
Sandor: Knights? Dondarrion's a knight, but the rest of you are the sorriest lot of outlaws and broken men I've ever seen.
- Thoros, Tom, and Sandor Clegane
Tom: I know better songs than 'The Rains of Castamere.' I could have played you ... oh, all sorts o' things.
Jaime: Some other time. Do you have a name?
Tom: Tom of Sevenstreams, if it please my lord. Most call me Tom o' Sevens, though.Jaime: Sing sweetly, Tom o' Sevens.
- Tom and Jaime Lannister
The riverlands are full of maids you've pleased, all drinking tansy tea. You'd think a man as old as you would know to spill his seed on their bellies. Men will be calling you Tom Sevensons before much longer.
- Ravella Smallwood to Tom
We're outlaws. Outlaws steal. It's in the songs, if you ask nice Tom may sing you one.
- Anguy to Sandor Clegane
Fifty if he's a day, thought Jaime, a hedge harp, and hard used by life.
- thoughts of Jaime Lannister
Maester Toman is a maester of the Citadel. He is a Maester to House Toland and serves at Ghost Hill.
Teora Toland mentions how she dislikes Toman due to the fact he dismisses her dreams.
Tomard, better known as Fat Tom, is a guard sworn to House Stark. He is easy to fool. He gave Arya Stark the nickname "Arya Underfoot".
Tomard is fat with ginger-colored whiskers. He is affable, loyal, tireless and capable in a limited way. He is near fifty years old.
Tomard accompanies Lord Eddard Stark south to King's Landing when he is named Hand of the King. He is named captain of the Stark guards in King's Landing after the death of Jory Cassel and after Alyn's departure with Lord Beric Dondarrion.
Tomarro is from Braavos. He is one of the Gate regulars.
He is tall and carries his pet rat on his shoulder.
Prior to the performance of *The Bloody Hand* Daena recognises some of the Gate regulars in the crowd and points them out for Mercy, including Tomarro with his pet rat on his shoulder.
Ser Tommard Heddle, better known as Black Tom Heddle, was a knight and the son-in-law of Lord Ambrose Butterwell of Whitewalls.
Tommard had a deep voice. He was bald, had a black beard and boils on his cheek and neck. When in armor he wore a helm with a likeness of a scaled demon atop it, slavering. Tommard had a fierce reputation.
It is said he won the hand of Lord Ambrose's eldest daughter by killing three of her other suitors. He once unhorsed Lord Damon Lannister in a tourney. Tommard commanded the garrison at Whitewalls.
As the son-in-law of Lord Ambrose Butterwell, Black Tom Heddle attended his wedding to the daughter of Lord Frey, and the tourney that celebrated the marriage. He conspired with Lord Gormon Peake to unveil Daemon II Blackfyre at the end of the tourney, attempting to ensure Daemon's victory and acquiring the dragon egg that was promised to the victor. During the wedding tourney at Whitewalls, he defeated all comers, doing off with those like Ser Clarence Charlton with ease.
*"Tommen" redirects here. For historical Kings of the Rock, see Tommen I Lannister and Tommen II Lannister. For other other characters named Tommen, see Tommen (disambiguation).*
Prince Tommen Baratheon is known to the Seven Kingdoms as the youngest child of King Robert I Baratheon and Queen Cersei Lannister. A member of House Baratheon of King's Landing, his siblings are Prince Joffrey and Princess Myrcella. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones*, he is played by Callum Wharry in seasons 1 and 2 and by Dean-Charles Chapman in seasons 4, 5 and 6.
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Tommen is plump, with long white-blond hair.*, he is seven years old.
Tommen, unlike Joffrey, is regarded as a good-hearted lad who always tries his best.
Tommen once adopted a fawn as a pet, but his elder brother, Prince Joffrey, later killed and skinned the animal.
Following the tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day, Tommen and his siblings traveled with Cersei to Casterly Rock with their grandfather, Lord Tywin Lannister.
Myrcella and Tommen Baratheon by M.Luisa Giliberti ©
Tommen is part of the entourage of his father, King Robert I Baratheon, which journeys to Winterfell following the death of Lord Jon Arryn. At Winterfell, Tommen spars with Bran Stark using wooden swords.
Tommen and Myrcella do not recognize a dirty Arya Stark when she chases cats in King's Landing. Arya bowls over Tommen when she escapes from House Lannister guards.
Lord Eddard Stark, the new Hand of the King, discovers that Tommen and his siblings are not the biological children of Robert, but actually fathered by Cersei's twin brother, Ser Jaime Lannister.
Tommen's older brother, Prince Joffrey, becomes king after Robert dies. Tommen is present when Eddard is arrested in the throne room.
Tommen attends the tourney on King Joffrey's name day. Joffrey laughs at Tommen when the youth is struck by a quintain.
Announcing his claim to the Iron Throne, Stannis Baratheon declares that his nephew Joffrey and his siblings are abominations born of incest.
Tommen cries when Myrcella sails from King's Landing for Dorne. The riot of King's Landing breaks out after Myrcella leaves the harbor.
With rioting and the War of the Five Kings making King's Landing increasingly unsafe, Queen Cersei Lannister plots to sneak Tommen out of the city to Rosby under the protection of Lord Gyles Rosby, disguised as a page. However, Tommen's uncle, Tyrion Lannister, the acting Hand of the King, learns of the plot, and sends Ser Jacelyn Bywater to intercept the party on the Rosby road and take Tommen to Rosby himself, thereby under Tyrion's control and not Cersei's.
Tyrion threatens Cersei that any harm inflicted on Alayaya, a prostitute believed to be Tyrion's lover and arrested under the queen's orders, will be visited upon Tommen as well.
King Tommen I - by Amok ©
After Jacelyn Bywater is killed in the Battle of the Blackwater, Cersei has Tommen brought back to King's Landing by the Kettleblack brothers.
Acting of his own accord while the Hand of Stannis, Lord Alester Florent attempts to settle a peace agreement with Lord Tywin Lannister, Tommen's grandfather, that involves a promise of marriage between Tommen and Stannis's daughter, Princess Shireen, but his plans do not come to pass.
During the wedding feast of Tyrion and Sansa Stark, Tommen, who is now taller than his uncle, dances with Megga Tyrell and Sansa.
Tommen participates in the wedding of Joffrey to Margaery Tyrell, handing the bride's cloak to his brother. The boy scatters rose petals before the king and queen after the ceremony. Tommen screams and cries when Joffrey chokes to death at his wedding feast.
Tommen is crowned king in the aftermath of Joffrey's death, and plans are made for him to wed Margaery Tyrell in Joffrey's stead.
Prince Oberyn Martell reminds Tyrion, who is imprisoned for Joffrey's death, that according to Dornish law Myrcella should succeed to the Iron Throne rather than her younger brother, Tommen.
Tommen's great-uncle, Ser Kevan Lannister, provides the boy king with documents to sign, including pardons, grants, and bills of attainder.
King Tommen placing the royal stamp on a document- by Pojypojy ©
King Tommen Baratheon and his kittens by the Iron Throne - by Magali Villeneuve ©
Tommen continues usage of the split black stag and golden lion royal banner introduced by Joffrey.
Jon Snow, the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, and Samwell Tarly discuss a letter prepared by Maester Aemon, which asks for assistance from King Tommen. Jon recalls how Tommen had sparred with his half-brother Bran Stark at Winterfell, but that Bran is dead now while Tommen is king. Jon reluctantly agrees to have the message sent by raven.
Cersei is Queen Regent after the death of her father, Tywin. Tommen acts as king, his primary and favorite activity being to place the royal stamp on any document put in front of him.
Lord Mace Tyrell insists that Tommen wed his daughter, Margaery, before agreeing to march on Storm's End. Cersei does not trust House Tyrell, however. When they wed, Tommen covers Margaery with the black Baratheon cloak which King Robert I Baratheon had used when he married Cersei. Tommen dances with Margaery and her cousins, Alla, Elinor, and Megga, during the feast. Tommen is fascinated and frightened when Cersei burns the Tower of the Hand with wildfire after the wedding.
In Dorne, Princess Arianne Martell plots to crown Tommen's sister, Myrcella Baratheon, in opposition to the boy king.
Wanting Tommen to have younger advisors, Cersei appoints Aurane Waters as master of ships on the small council.
Margaery begins to influence Tommen to resist his mother's commands. Margaery gives Tommen three black kittens, Ser Pounce, Lady Whiskers, and Boots.
In return for Cersei allowing the Faith Militant to reform, the new High Septon — the High Sparrow — forgives the crown's debts to the Faith of the Seven and blesses King Tommen.
In order to claim the inheritance of Gyles Rosby, Cersei claims the late lord had wanted his land and wealth to go to Tommen.
Cersei engineers Margaery's arrest by the Faith for allegedly sleeping with a number of men.
Jaime informs the Freys at the siege of Riverrun that King Tommen requires all captives from the Red Wedding.
Tommen playing with his kittens - by Sir-Heartsalot ©
Prince Doran Martell's seneschal Ricasso toasts Tommen's name during the feast welcoming Ser Balon Swann to Sunspear, but many Dornishmen refuse to drink in the boy king's honor. Balon brings word that Cersei would like Myrcella to briefly return to King's Landing, and that Tommen could befriend Prince Trystane Martell. Later, Ellaria Sand objects to the Sand Snakes' desire for vengeance against Tywin Lannister's descendants, which includes a wish to murder Tommen.
Since Cersei refused to pay back the crown's debts to the Iron Bank of Braavos, Tycho Nestoris agrees to support Stannis Baratheon against Tommen.
Tommen is kept hidden away in the Red Keep when his mother completes her walk of atonement, as his great-uncle Kevan Lannister, now Lord Regent and Protector of the Realm, feels no son should see his mother like that.
Tommen has dinner with the newly-released Cersei and Kevan. He entertains his great-uncle with the exploits of his kittens, and Kevan thinks Tommen a sweet lad. Cersei wants Russell Merryweather to come to the capital and befriend Tommen. Following the meal, Varys has Kevan and Pycelle murdered in support of Aegon Targaryen's attempt to take the Iron Throne from Tommen.
Margaery: Look, the flames are dancing. Just as we did, my love.
Tommen: They are. Mother, look, they're dancing.—Margaery Tyrell and Tommen
When I'm king in my own right, I'm going to outlaw beets.
—Tommen to Cersei Lannister
Cersei: Tommen, when you say your prayers before bed, tell the Mother and the Father that you are thankful you are still a child. Being king is hard work. I promise you, you will not like it. They peck at you like a murder of crows. Every one wants a piece of your flesh.
Tommen: Yes, Mother. I wouldn't mind them pecking, though. I should go to court with you every day, to listen. Margaery says—
Cersei: —a deal too much. For half a groat I'd gladly have her tongue torn out.Tommen: Don't you say that. You leave her tongue alone. Don't you touch her. I'm the king, not you.
—Cersei Lannister and Tommen
Tommen: Ser Pounce caught a mouse, but Lady Whiskers stole it from him.
Cersei: Ser Pounce must learn to defend his rights. In this world the weak are always the victims of the strong.—Tommen and Cersei Lannister
He was a sweet boy, not like his brother.
—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister
If only Tommen were the elder instead of Joffrey. I wouldn't mind marrying Tommen.
—thoughts of Sansa Stark
You mew like a suckling babe. Princes aren't supposed to cry.
—Joffrey Baratheon to Tommen
Ever think how easy life would be if the other one had been born first? The weepy one, Tommen. Seems like he'd do whatever he was told, as a good king should.
Cersei: I shall rule until my son comes of age.
Jaime: I don't know who I pity more. Tommen, or the Seven Kingdoms.
Tommen is no son of mine, no more than Joffrey was.
The world is full of horrors, Tommen. You can fight them, or laugh at them, or look without seeing ... go away inside.
—Jaime Lannister to Tommen
He will be a better king than Joffrey.
He will never have a wife you don't hate.
The two queens are squabbling over Tommen like bitches with a juicy bone.
Tommen has been taught that kingship is his right. Aegon knows that kingship is his duty, that a king must put his people first, and live and rule for them.
—Varys to Kevan Lannister
Tommen Costayne is Lord of the Three Towers and head of House Costayne in the Reach.
Ser Tommen Costayne was a knight of House Costayne during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.
Tommen participated in the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC.
Tommen II Lannister, known as the Lion King, was a King of the Rock from before the War of Conquest.
King Tommen II sailed with his great fleet to Valyria after the Doom with the intention of plundering the wealth and sorcery he was sure still remained. It was a quest from which he never returned. The Valyrian steel greatsword Brightroar was lost with him.
The last report of him is a Volantene chronicle titled *The Glory of Volantis* which mentions a "golden fleet" bearing the "Lion King" stayed at Volantis for supplies, and the that triarchs showered him with gifts. According to the chronicle, Tommen II swore that half of all he would find would be given to the triarchs in return for their generosity and the promise to send their fleet to his aid when he requested it. Afterward he sailed away. The next year, the chronicle states that Triarch Marqelo Tagaros dispatched a squadron toward Valyria to find any sign of Tommen's golden fleet but returned empty handed.
Tommen I Lannister, formally styled Tommen Lannister, the First of His Name, was a King of the Rock of House Lannister of Casterly Rock. He built a great fleet and brought Fair Isle into the Kingdom of the Rock, taking the daughter of the last Farman king.
Tommen Lannister can refer to:
Not to be confused with:
Tommen Tully was Lord of Riverrun and head of House Tully during the reign of the Storm King Arrec Durrandon's rule over the riverlands.
When the riverlands were invaded by Harwyn Hoare, King of the Iron Islands, Tommen's natural son, Ser Samwell Rivers, was slain at the Tumblestone. Lord Tommen abandoned Riverrun without a fight and fled with all his strength to join the host assembled at Raventree Hall under Lady Agnes Blackwood. Resistance, however, proved futile and the riverlands fell to King Harwyn.
King Aerys deals with disturbing rumours by removing Ser Ilyn Payne's tongue with hot pincers
There are tongueless characters in *A Song of Ice and Fire*, meaning that they have had their tongues torn out by the roots at some point. It is a life changing event. A toungless person is disadvantaged by being rendered mute, and can tell no tales.
A tongue can be torn out with hot pincers.
The mere threat to rip out tongues can be extremely effective.
The silent sisters are rumoured not to have tongues but that is not true, rather they take a vow of silence.
Victarion Greyjoy espies the *Silence* and is disturbed to note that her motley crew of mutes and mongrels speak no word as the Iron Victory sails near.
Cersei Lannister threatens to have the tongue of any man who dares to say Shae’s corpse was found in Lord Tywin Lannister’s bed.
Ser Marwyn Belmore states that when he vowed to cut out Marillion’s tongue after he made mock of him, but the singer ran to Lady Lysa and hid behind her skirts.
Cersei Lannister thinks to herself that if Lady Taena Merryweather is lying to her she will have her tongue.
Cersei thinks to herself that if Lord Tywin had known what Maggy the Frog has said to her he would have had her tongue out.
Sweetrobin complains about Marillion’s singing and says to Alayne Stone that her father should have cut his tongue out and that he told him to, but he wouldn’t. Alayne thinks to herself that Marillion needed his tongue so that he could confess to her aunts murder.
Jaime Lannister reveals many of his darker secrets to Ilyn Payne, knowing the mute and illiterate knight can never reveal it to anyone.
Jaime recalls that Ser Ilyn was heard saying that it was Tywin Lannister who truly ruled the Seven Kingdoms, rather than King Aerys II Targaryen. The king had Ilyn's tongue torn out with hot pincers for the comment.
Victarion Greyjoy confides his doubts regarding Euron to the toungeless dusky woman.
The normally placid Tommen becomes furious when his mother says she would gladly have Margaery Tyrell’s tongue torn out.
When Illyrio Mopatis tells Tyrion Lannister that there are those in Westeros who would say that killing Tywin Lannister was merely a good beginning Tyrion tells him not to say that in his sister’s hearing, or they will find themselves short of a tongue.
Aboard the *Shy Maid* Griff warns Tyrion he is to guard his tongue or lose it.
During a game of *cyvasse* with Haldon Tyrion says he wants to play for secrets instead of coin, Haldon states that Griff would cut his tongue out.
The Shavepate advises Queen Daenerys Targaryen to at least rip out Hazzea’s father’s tongue to silence him about the girl’s death.
When Davos Seaworth states that Tommen is bastard born sired by the Kingslayer one of the Freys tells Lord Wyman Manderly he should take Davos’s lying tongue.
Daario cuts out the tongue of one of the Long Lances for saying Meereen would soon be under siege.
Theon knows that Ramsay Snow will never take his tongue as he liked to hear him beg.
Ramsay Snow threatens to rip out Theon Greyjoy’s tongue and nail it to the wall during his bride’s bedding.
When Ralf the Limper suggests that the Iron Fleet is on a cursed voyage, Victarion slaps him twice and threatens to nail his tongue to the mast.
Falia Flowers is lashed next to Aeron Greyjoy onto the prow of the *Silence*. He sees that she is naked, pregnant and her tongue has been cut out.
Your Grace must trust in my discretion. Any man who rides with a sellsword company learns to hold his tongue, else he does not keep it long.
– Qyburn, to Cersei Lannister
At least rip out his tongue. This man’s lie could destroy us all, Magnificence.
- Shavepate, to Daenerys Targaryen
He speaks treason with his own lips, my lord. Stannis took his thieving fingers. You should take his lying tongue.
- A Frey, to Wyman Manderly
I should tear your tongue out with hot pincers and deliver you to the Dreadfort to be flayed.
- Wyman Manderly, to Davos Seaworth
Lie to me, and I’ll take your tongue.
- Ramsay Snow, to Reek
He will never take my tongue. He likes to hear me plead with him to spare me from the pain. He likes to make me say it.
Theon Greyjoy’s thoughts
For half a groat, I’d gladly have her tongue torn out.
I say you are not lord, no knight, no envoy, only a thief and a spy, a peddler of lies and treasons. I should tear your tongue out with hot pincers and deliver you to the Dreadfort to be flayed.
– Wyman Manderly, to Davos Seaworth
I should have the tongues removed from all my friends.
– Jaime, to Ser Ilyn
More and more, he had come to fear that they sailed too far, into strange seas where even the gods where queer...but such doubts he confided only to his dusky woman, who had no tongue to repeat them.
The Topaz Emperor was the legendary sixth ruler of the mythic Great Empire of the Dawn. He succeeded the Onyx Emperor and was in turn succeeded by the Opal Emperor.
Torbert is a septon of the Faith of the Seven in King's Landing.
Septon Torbert is among the leading possibilities to become the new High Septon after the old one died.
The Torches
The North and the location of The Torches
The Torches is a castle along the Wall abandoned by the Night's Watch. It is located between the Long Barrow to the west and Greenguard to the east.
Lord Commander Jon Snow garrisons the abandoned castle with a small company from the Night's Watch.
Toregg, called Toregg the Tall
Toregg is a foot taller than his father, Tormund,
Toregg is one of the members of Tormund's war party that Jon Snow is attached to. Toregg, Dormund, and Munda join their father and Ygritte in singing "The Last of the Giants".
Tormund is with his father during a parley with Jon, Leathers, and Hareth, and he brings Val's horse to her.
Tormund settles his people at Oakenshield, and Toregg reports to Leathers that Tormund will provide Jon with eighty fighting men. Tormund eventually brings only fifty, however.
He has taken a liking to Val. Her sister was a queen, why not her? Tormund had once thought to make himself the King-Beyond-the-Wall, before Mance had bested him. Toregg the Tall might well be dreaming the same dream. Better him than Gerrick Kingsblood.
- thoughts of Jon Snow
Torentine
Dorne and the location of the Torentine
The Torentine
The founder of House Dayne is said to have raised Starfall on an island at the river's mouth, having tracked a falling star there. The Daynes ruled as Kings of the Torrentine from the days of the First Men until the defeat of King Vorian Dayne in Nymeria's War.
Lord Torghen Flint, known as The Flint, or Old Flint, is clan chief of the first Flints, a mountain clan in the North. He's the father of Donnel and Artos Flint, each by a different woman.
He is a stout, gruff man with gnarled, red-knuckled hands as big as hams.
He gives aid to Stannis Baratheon when the king marches on the ironborn held Deepwood Motte. He has his sons march with Stannis on Winterfell but is too old to go himself.
He later journeys to the Wall to attend the wedding of Alys Karstark and Sigorn the Magnar of Thenn and enjoys the southern wine at the feast.
Torgold Tollett, called Torgold the Grim, was an Andal warrior from House Tollett that lived during the Andal invasion. He was ironically called "the Grim" because he rode into battle laughing and naked above the waist. Tollett was a giant of a man who sported a seven-pointed star carved across his chest and fought with an axe on each hand. Songs about him say he knew no fear and felt no pain.
He was one of the many Andal warriors that gathered round Ser Artys Arryn and fought under his leadership at the Battle of Seven Stars. According to accounts, though bleeding from a score of wounds, he fought through Lord Redfort's strongest warriors and look the lord's arm with a single cut. He also slew Ursula Upcliff, barehandedly tearing her head off.
He was slain by King Robar II Royce. King Robar slashed at his head with Lady Forlorn. Tollett grabbed for the blade, laughing, but the sword sliced through his hands and buried itself in his skull. According to song he died choking on his last laugh.
Torgon Greyiron, also known as Torgon the Latecomer, was a High King of the Iron Islands from House Greyiron.
Torgon was the eldest son of King Urragon III Greyiron. When his father died, Torgon had been away raiding along the Mander from his stronghold in Greyshield. His brothers sent him no word of the kingsmoot, hoping that one of them would be chosen. However, Urrathon IV Goodbrother was chosen instead and he had all of Torgon's brothers killed. When Torgon returned he denounced the kingsmoot as unlawful and revolted against Urrathon, with the aid of priests, lords and Urrathon's own captains.
Although he was not chosen in a kingsmoot, Torgon ruled for forty years. He ruled fairly, but the Cape of Eagles was lost to House Mallister during his reign. He was succeeded by his son, Urragon IV Greyiron, who also became king without a kingsmoot.
Torgon the Terrible is a legendary ironborn raider from the Age of Heroes.
Torman Peake is a sellsword in service to the Golden Company. He is one of the brothers of the exiled Lord Laswell Peake.
He wears his worldly wealth upon his person and a lord’s ransom in golden arm rings. Each ring signifies one year's service with the Golden Company.
He and his brothers are related to the Peakes of Starpike.
Torman, like the rest of the company, swears his allegiance to Aegon Targaryen in Volon Therys before they invade Westeros.
Tormo Fregar is a Braavosi noble.
When Arya Stark, in the guise of the blind girl ‘Blind Beth', goes to the Inn of the Green Eel, the patrons state the Sealord, Ferrego Antaryon, is ill and when he dies Tormo Fregar will be the new Sealord. Later, when she tells the Kindly Man as a fact that Tormo Fregar will be the new Sealord, he reminds her that that she merely overheard men drinking at the Inn of the Green Eel say that Tormo Fregar will be the new Sealord.
Tormund, often called Tormund Giantsbane or Tormund Thunderfist, is a famous free folk raider from Ruddy Hall. He has four sons, Toregg, Torwynd, Dryn, and Dormund, and one daughter, Munda..
See also: Images of Tormund
Although not tall, Tormund has a broad chest, a massive belly,
The often jovial Tormund enjoys food and drink, especially ale and mead.
Although Tormund is said to have slain a giant, he claims to have actually cut open the belly of a sleeping giantess and slept in her for warmth during a winter storm. Tormund claims the giantess, thinking he was a babe, then suckled him for three months in the spring.
Tormund once thought to make himself King-Beyond-the-Wall, but he was defeated by Mance Rayder.
Tormund by Mike S Miller ©
Tormund is among those gathered in Mance Rayder's tent when Jon Snow is presented to him.
During the battle beneath the Wall, Jon sees Tormund and two of his sons near a siege turtle.
With Mance a captive at Castle Black, Tormund becomes the leader of many free folk beyond the Wall.
Tormund Thunderfist - by Brittmartin ©
Tormund is forced to end one of his sons, Torwynd, after he dies from a chill and rises as a wight. Tormund's daughter, Munda, marries Longspear Ryk.
Jon Snow, now Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, and other officers expect that Tormund will besiege the undermanned Wall again.
Tormund has the free folk hand over their wealth or anything of value to the Watch, along with a son as a hostage from their chiefs. Tormund calls this Jon's "blood price". Tormund is the first of the free folk to hand over his wealth, giving over his gold wristbands. Jon states he may keep them if he wishes, but Tormund refuses; he will not let it be said he made the rest of his people give up their wealth while he kept his.
The peace means free folk warriors will garrison the abandoned castles along the Wall to help the Night's Watch defend the Seven Kingdoms from the Others, while the non-martial free folk will be settled on the Gift and the New Gift. Jon re-garrisons Oakenshield as Tormund's seat.
Jon asks Tormund to march with him to rescue Cotter Pyke and the stranded people at Hardhome. However, Jon changes his plans when he receives a letter from Ramsay Bolton. Tormund agrees to lead the ranging to Hardhome instead, after hearing the letter's contents. Jon is then attacked in the mutiny at Castle Black.
Tormund: Hold. You gave Styr his style, give me mine.
Mance: As you wish. Jon Snow, before you stands Tormund Giantsbane, Tall-talker, Horn-blower, and Breaker of Ice. And here also Tormund Thunderfist, Husband to Bears, the Mead-king of Ruddy Hall, Speaker to Gods and Father of Hosts.
Tormund: That sounds more like me.
- Tormund and Mance Rayder
See, lad, that's why he's king and I'm not. I can outdrink, outfight, and outsing him, and my member's thrice the size o' his, but Mance has cunning.
– Tormund to Jon Snow
Tormund Giantsbane has a better ring to it than Tormund Giantsbabe, and that's the honest truth o' it.
- Tormund to Jon Snow
If a man does not use his member it grows smaller and smaller, until one day he wants to piss and cannot find it.
– Tormund to Jon Snow
Tormund: Har! Jon Snow the crow. I feared we'd seen the last o' you.
Jon: I never knew you feared anything, Tormund.
Tormund: Well said, lad.
- Tormund and Jon Snow
I have killed more o' you black buggers than I can count.
- Tormund to Jon Snow
Jon: You're a good man, Tormund Giantsbabe. For a wildling.
Tormund: Better than most, might be. Not so good as some.
- Jon Snow and Tormund
Well spoken, crow. Now bring out the mead! Make them yours and get them drunk, that's how it's done. We'll make a wildling o' you yet, boy. Har!
- Tormund to Jon Snow
Small wonder that the Seven Kingdoms thought the free folk scarcely human. They have no laws, no honor, not even simple decency. They steal endlessly from each other, breed like beasts, prefer rape to marriage, and fill the world with baseborn children. Yet he was growing fond of Tormund Giantsbane, great bag of wind and lies though he was.
- thoughts of Jon Snow
Stannis: And this other man, this Tormund of the many names who eluded us after the battle? Answer me truly.
Jon: Tormund Giantsbane seemed to me the sort of man who would make a good friend and a bad enemy, Your Grace.
- Stannis Baratheon and Jon Snow
Bowen: These are wildlings. Savages, raiders, rapers, more beast than man.
Jon: Tormund is none of those things, no more than Mance Rayder.
- Bowen Marsh and Jon Snow
Tormund on the Game of Thrones wiki.
Torone is from Braavos. He shares an uncomfortable alliance with Pranelis.[*citation needed*]
Prior to the performance of *The Bloody Hand* at the Gate Mercy takes a quick peek out into the house and sees Torone and Pranelis sharing a box in the second balcony.
Torrek is a member of the Stone Crows, one of the Vale mountain clans found in the Mountains of the Moon.
Torrek is a member of the group of mountain clansmen that Tyrion Lannister and Bronn first encounter in the Mountains of the Moon.
Lord Torren Liddle, known as The Liddle, or clan chief of House Liddle, a mountain clan in the North..
Torrence Teague was an adventurer of uncertain birth who resulted victorious in the century-long conflict that arose on in the Riverlands after the death of Bernarr II Justman. He was the founder of House Teague. Having seized a fortune in gold in an attack upon the Westerlands, he used this wealth to bring large numbers of sellswords from across the Narrow Sea. After six years of war, Torrence was crowned King of the Trident at Maidenpool. However, he was so little loved he was forced to keep sons and daughters of the Riverlords as hostages to ensure their loyalty.
Torrhen's Square
The north and the location of Torrhen's Square
Torrhen's Square is a castle in the north and the seat of House Tallhart. It is located south of the wolfswood, southwest of Winterfell, and north of Barrowton, on the northern shore of a large lake. A river from the lake leads south to the Saltspear.
Torrhen's Square has stone walls thirty feet high with square towers at each corner. Its square keep is considered strong.
Theon Greyjoy accompanied Lord Eddard Stark during a visit to Torrhen's Square for a fortnight circa 296 AC.
With Ser Helman Tallhart, the Master of Torrhen's Square, and the best Tallhart men on campaign with Robb Stark in the south, the castle is left in the hands of its castellan, Helman's brother Leobald. He brings a large party from Torrhen's Square to Winterfell for the harvest feast.
During his harrying of the Stony Shore, Theon Greyjoy allows some villagers to escape and warn Torrhen's Square.
When Torrhen's Square comes under attack from ironborn led by Dagmer Cleftjaw, Ser Rodrik Cassel takes the better part of the Winterfell garrison to respond to the threat. Once there, he breaks Dagmer's shield wall in the fight at Torrhen's Square and sends the ironborn retreating back to the Stony Shore.
Ser Helman is slain in the battle at Duskendale.
Maester Aemon sends a raven to Torrhen's Square in a plea for help to defend Castle Black from wildlings.
Dagmer returns to capture the castle, as Leobald was slain and the Tallhart forces were largely destroyed by the Boltons in the battle at Winterfell.
Dagmer holds captive the surviving Tallharts at Torrhen's Square.
Torrhen's Square is not worth the mud beneath my heels. It is Winterfell that matters.
Torrhen Karstark, affectionately called Torr by his sister Alys, is the youngest son of Lord Rickard Karstark..
Torrhen accompanies his father and his two brothers Harrion and Eddard to Winterfell when Robb Stark calls his banners.
Ser Torrhen Manderly was a knight and son of Lord Manderly during the Dance of the Dragons.
Prince Jacaerys Velaryon visited White Harbor and Winterfell and enlisted the North for the blacks during the Dance of the Dragons. Lord Manderly sent his sons, Ser Medrick and the clever, corpulent Ser Torrhen, to aid Rhaenyra Targaryen. After Rhaenyra lost two dragons to the Two Betrayers, the Manderly brothers argued that Addam Velaryon and Nettles were also untrustworthy.
During the riots at King's Landing, Torrhen's northmen found Fishermonger's Square and River Row to be swarming with the gutter knights of Ser Perkin. Torrhen's force lost a quarter of their men while retreating back to the Red Keep. The Manderly brothers accompanied Rhaenyra when she fled the capital after the Storming of the Dragonpit. Medrick asked Rhaenyra to travel to White Harbor, but she insisted on sailing instead to Dragonstone without the Manderlys.
Ser Torrhen was named as one of Aegon III Targaryen's original seven regents, but eventually gave up his position in 132 AC to take up the Lordship of White Harbor after the death of his father and brother from winter fever. Lord Torrhen eventually returned to King's Landing and became Hand of the King during the regency of Aegon III until the king became of age and sacked all his regents and Hand.
Torrhen Stark, known as the King Who Knelt, was a head of House Stark who reigned as King in the North until Aegon I Targaryen invaded Westeros with his dragons.
After both the riverlands and Storm's End had fallen under the control of Aegon the Conqueror, Torrhen Stark called his banners. He was aware that, due to the vast distance of the North, it would take a long time to assemble his army. After the Field of Fire, whilst at Highgarden, Aegon I learned that Torrhen had crossed the Neck and entered the riverlands, leading an army of thirty thousand men. Aegon I abandoned his plans to march south, and at once started his way north, racing ahead of his army on Balerion. Both Rhaenys and Visenya Targaryen, as well as all the lords who had bent the knee to Aegon after Harrenhal and the Field of Fire, were send word of this movement. So when Torrhen reached the banks of the Trident, he found a host of forty-five thousand men and three dragons waiting for him.
Torrhen Stark kneels before Aegon I Targaryen
Torrhen's scouts had reported seeing the ruins of Harrenhal, and Torrhen had heard accounts of the Field of Fire as well. While some of his lords urged him to attack, he realised that a similar fate would await him, should he force a crossing. Others of his lords urged the King of the North to fall back to Moat Cailin, to make his stand there. Torrhen's own half-brother, Brandon Snow, offered to cross the Trident at dark, to kill the dragons.
In the end, Torrhen did send his bastard brother to Aegon's camp, accompanied by three maesters, to treat with Aegon. The entire night, messages went back and forth, and the next morning, Torrhen crossed the Trident, where he knelt and laid his crown at the feet of Aegon I Targaryen, and swore fealty. For his surrender, he was named the Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North.
After Torrhen's surrender, the Company of the Rose, a sellsword company, was formed by men and (according to some accounts) women from the North who refused to bend the knee to Aegon I Targaryen. These men and women willingly chose exile across the Narrow Sea.
Torrhen's sons did not agree with the Targaryen rule. Some of them spoke of rebelling, and raising the Stark banner. Whether Torrhen gave his consent or not is unknown. No rebellions by House Stark are known thus far.
Lord Torrhen's daughter was married to Ronnel Arryn, Lord of the Vale. It is unknow whether Torrhen's daughter was still alive at this point.
Torrhen Stark was a member of House Stark. He was the younger brother of his twin Cregard, and the youngest son of Edric Stark and Serena Stark.
The Tickler, an expert torturer. By TheMico
Torture is the act of deliberately inflicting physical or psychological pain on a person in order to fulfill some desire of the torturer or compel some action from the victim. .
The dungeon of the Red Keep’s lowest level is used for torture. It is supposedly safer to go through the fourth level of the dungeons in darkness, because there are things one would not wish to see.
The Dreadfort is ill-omened, for it is said that the Boltons still keep torture chambers and a special room where they hang the flayed skins of their enemies, including several Kings in the North from House Stark.
There are dungeons in the cellars of the Wolf's Den, including oubliettes, torture chambers, and rat-filled pits.
The Lord Confessor was a position of in the royal court in the Seven Kingdoms under the rule of House Targaryen. The Lord Confessor served as the royal torturer and was overseen by the King's Justice.
Maester Yandel reported that in Gogossos’s dungeons, torturers devised new torments.
The Great Masters would use the pit in the Great Pyramid as a prison. There were torture chambers there where slaves were scourged and skinned and burned with red-hot irons.
The Tickler is one of Gregor Clegane's men-at-arms, the group that captures Arya Stark, Gendry and Hot Pie in the Riverlands. The Tickler tortures the smallfolk of the Riverlands on the orders of Gregor, trying to gain information on the whereabouts of Lord Beric Dondarrion and any food and valuables they might know the locations of.
Harwin asks Arya Stark if she know what it means to be put to the question. Arya nods and tells him that its called tickling and tells him and the other outlaws about what happened at the village by the God's Eye with the Tickler.
Lord Roose Bolton delivers a piece of Theon's skin to King Robb Stark and his mother, Catelyn Tully, shortly before the Red Wedding. Theon is reportedly being flayed alive by Ramsay Snow, the Bastard of Bolton, at the Dreadfort.
At the Inn at the crossroads Sandor Clegane warns the innkeeper that the Mountain's men plan to torture him to find out where he keeps his gold.
Qyburn joins the court at King's Landing. Cersei Lannister has Qyburn torture the Blue Bard in the black cells, to convince him to give evidence against Queen Margaery Tyrell.
During his torture, the Blue Bard is forced to list those he claims are Queen Margaery's secret lovers. Among them is Ser Osney Kettleblack who, under Cersei's instructions, goes to the High Sparrow to confess.
Lord Regent Kevan Lannister visits Cersei in her cell, and tells her that Qyburn is still in charge of the dungeons where most of the accused lovers of Margaery Tyrell are held. Cersei is pleased to hear this, as Qyburn can do wonders and horrors with his torture.
In Meereen Daenerys orders an investigation, permitting Skahaz mo Kandaq to torture a wineseller when she discovers that three freedmen were among the slain by the Harpy's Sons .
Old Bill Bone tells Frog that Pretty Meris can stretch out a man’s dying for a moon’s turn. Books tells Frog a rumor that Daenerys Targaryen has had envoys tortured.
According to Ser Justin Massey, on Dragonstone Ser Clayton Suggs would gamble with the torturers and lend them a hand in the questioning of prisoners, especially if the prisoner were a young woman.
Penny tells Tyrion Lannister that her brother Oppo decided they should leave King's Landing the night of the Purple Wedding before someone wondered if they'd had some part in the king's death and decided to torture them to find out.
Outside Meereen Tyrion witnesses a group of Tolosi slingers torture and kill three slaves.
Due to the torture he endured at Ramsay's hands, Theon Greyjoy's appearance has dramatically changed. He looks as if he has aged forty years and several of his teeth have been knocked out; many more are loose meaning Theon cannot eat without suffering agony. Theon has lost three stone in weight, his skin has turned pasty, and his hair is white and brittle. He can no longer use a bow due to the loss of some fingers and he hobbles like an old man due to the loss of several toes.
No one ever survived the Tickler’s questioning; No man. No woman. No child.
– Arya Stark's thoughts
She remembered the village by the God's Eye, and the way the villagers shrieked and screamed and whimpered whenever the Tickler started asking questions.
– Arya Stark's thoughts
When you're done drinking you'll tickle the inkeep to see where he keeps his gold. The way you always do.
- Sandor Clegane, to Polliver at the inn at the crossroads
Give them to the Shavepate. Skahaz, keep each apart from the others and put them to the question.
The Tattered Prince takes a dim view of deserters. He'll send hunters after us, and the Seven save us if they catch us. If we're lucky, the'll just chop off a foot to make sure we never run again. If we're unlucky, they'll give us to Pretty Meris
The skin from the little finger of Theon Greyjoy's left hand. My son is cruel, I confess it. And yet... what is a little skin, against the lives of two young princes? You were their mother, my lady. May I offer you this... small token of revenge?
- Roose Bolton, to Catelyn Stark
Torturer's Deep is a harbor in the Stepstones.
Nymella Toland tells Arianne Martell that a new pirate king, calling himself Lord of the Waters, has set up on Torturer's Deep. He has large, three-decked warships.
Torwold Browntooth is an ironborn raider. He has one wife.
Torwold allied himself with Euron Greyjoy when Euron declared himself King of the Iron Islands.
Aeron Greyjoy is brought up from the hold of the Silence onto an island castle near the Arbor which has been captured by the ironborn. Several of Euron's captains are there feasting in the ruins of the castle, Torwald among them. They've killed the lord of the castle and all his kin, hanging them in the very hall where the captains feast. Aeron thinks of Browntooth as a creature near as vile as the Crow’s Eye himself, as he and the other captains all take turns taunting Aeron.
Torwyn Greyjoy was a Lord of the Iron Islands and head of House Greyjoy. According to Archmaester Haereg's *History of the Ironborn*, Torwyn swore a blood oath with Aegor Rivers, but Lord Greyjoy betrayed Bittersteel to his enemies during one of the Blackfyre Rebellions.
Torwynd, known as Torwynd the Tame, is a son of Tormund.
Often ill,
When Longspear Ryk comes to 'steal' Torwynd's sister, Munda, Torwynd does not fight hard to stop him.
Tormund reveals to Jon Snow, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, that Torwynd died a few days after the battle beneath the Wall from the cold and rose as a wight, after which Tormund had to slay him.
And Torwynd ... it was the cold claimed him. Always sickly, that one. He just up and died one night. The worst o' it, before we ever knew he'd died he rose pale with them blue eyes. Had to see to him m'self. That was hard, Jon. He wasn't much of a man, truth be told, but he'd been me little boy once, and I loved him.
Tothmure is a maester of the Citadel at Harrenhal.
Maester Tothmure receives Stannis Baratheon's letter at Harrenhal concerning the illegitimacy of Queen Cersei Lannister's children with King Robert I Baratheon. Lord Tywin Lannister orders him to burn it and never speak of the subject again. Tywin is aided by three maesters while at Harrenhal., previously the Lady of Harrenhal.
Because Tothmure sent ravens to King's Landing and Casterly Rock during the fall of Harrenhal to northmen, Lord Roose Bolton has the maester executed and his head put on a spike.
The Tourmaline Brotherhood is a powerful merchant guild within Qarth. It battles for prominence in the city with the Thirteen, the Ancient Guild of Spicers and the Pureborn. the Brotherhood is full of pirates.
The Tourmaline Brotherhood gave Daenerys Targaryen a crown wrought in the shape of a three-headed dragon. The coils are made of yellow gold, the wings are made of silver, the heads made of jade, ivory and onyx.
Daenerys with her crown
The Tourmaline Emperor was the legendary fourth ruler of the mythic Great Empire of the Dawn. He succeeded the Jade Emperor and was in turn succeeded by the Onyx Emperor.
The tournament in honor of Viserys's birth was a great tourney at Lannisport in 276 AC. It was held by Lord Tywin Lannister to honor the birth of Prince Viserys Targaryen
Then ten years old, Cersei Lannister was infatuated when she saw the seventeen-year-old crown prince, Rhaegar Targaryen, who was newly knighted. Rhaegar defeated two of Cersei's uncles and a dozen of Lord Tywin's finest knights in the joust before falling to Ser Arthur Dayne of the Kingsguard. That night, Rhaegar's harp playing made Cersei cry.
Lady Genna Lannister confided to her niece, Cersei, that the young girl would be betrothed to Prince Rhaegar in the feast ending the tourney. The happy Cersei then visited the tent of Maggy the Frog with her friends, Jeyne Farman and Melara Hetherspoon. There was no celebratory feast, however; Aerys rejected Tywin's offer, as he considered Tywin, his Hand of the King, a servant. Cersei was left in tears, while the tension between Aerys and Tywin increased.
They cheered Father twice as loudly as they cheered the king, but only half as loudly as they cheered Prince Rhaegar.
– thoughts of Cersei Lannister
You are my most able servant, Tywin, but a man does not marry his heir to his servant's daughter.
A splendid tourney in King's Landing during the Targaryen era - by Marc Simonetti ©
Knights jousting during a tourney - by Mark Evans. © Fantasy Flight Games
Jousting helps hone a knight's skills for battle. © Fantasy Flight Games
The Hand's tourney from *Game of Thrones.*
A tourney is a tournament popular in the Seven Kingdoms. They play a central role in *A Song of Ice and Fire*. Large parts of the plot are arranged around a number of major tourneys, and stylistically, they are used as an evocative medieval trope.
The continent of Westeros, where the largest parts of the books take place, has a culture and level of technology that is based on Northwestern Europe in the Middle Ages. The dozens of tourneys that are described or mentioned in the series are important social events, and form the background of many of the major plot developments. For the knights, the tourney outcomes are an important part of their personal history.
George R. R. Martin's descriptions of these tourneys vary wildly. Some, like the Hand's tourney in *A Game of Thrones* or the tourney at Ashford Meadow in *The Hedge Knight* are part of the basic plot and are narrated first hand. Martin describes their pageantry in detail that is characteristic of his style in *A Song of Ice and Fire*, often mentioning the heraldry and the armour of individual entrants and the results of every tilt. Other tourneys of pivotal significance, like the tourney at Harrenhal, are described piecemeal in flashbacks by various characters, and the reader must assemble the information from numerous small fragments.
Tourneys in Westeros vary according to the region in which the tourney is held, the desires of the hosting lord, and the rules devised by the lord's master of the games., in which many warriors fight individually in one large battle. Tourneys can be small events focusing on one competition held on a single day, or they can be large events that take several days and may include several different competitions.
The central event of many Westerosi tourneys is jousting, in which two armored knights aim to knock each other off their mounts with a jousting lance, continuing on foot with a variety of blunted weapons. The loser of a joust must often forfeit his horse and armour to the winner, thus jeopardizing a considerable part of his possessions.
Many tourneys pit pairs of warriors in rounds, where the loser is eliminated and the winner proceeds to the next round. The winner of the last round is declared champion. This is similar to how many tournaments in real life were performed, with exception of the best-of-three rule. Some ladies allow contestants to wear their favors during a tourney. The queen of love and beauty can be chosen from the ladies by the competition's victor.
Another format was used at Ashford Meadow. This type of tourney starts with five champions who defend the honor of a woman, often a daughter of the lord who arranges the tournament. Other participants can challenge one of the champions to a joust, and if successful take his place. At the end of the tourney, the five remaining champions either confirm the original queen of love and beauty, or chose a new one.
Some Westerosi tourneys are open only to anointed knights, whose privileges are jealously guarded; this forms an important plot element in *The Hedge Knight*. Indeed, tourney culture is closely connected to chivalric tradition and its spiritual basis, the Andals' Faith of the Seven. These traditions dominate southern and central Westeros, especially in the Reach, but they are uncommon in the North, where many follow the old gods. However, the rules for entering tourneys vary with time and place, and there have been many events where freeriders, squires, or followers of the old gods have entered the lists.
The tourney at Ashford Meadow
Due to the accidental death of Prince Baelor Targaryen -- the Prince of Dragonstone, son and heir of King Daeron II Targaryen, and Hand of the King -- Ashford was one of the most famous and historically significant tourneys.
The jousting area had five lanes situated north-south, so none of the jousters would have the sun in their eyes. The viewing stand was raised on the eastern side of the lists with an orange canopy to shield the lords and ladies from sun and rain.
The original five champions were:
Ser Tybolt Lannister defeated Ser Androw Ashford (6 tilts)
Ser Lyonel Baratheon defeated Ser Robert Ashford (10 tilts)
Lord Leo Tyrell defeated Lord Damon Lannister (3 tilts)
Ser Humfrey Hardyng defeated Lord Medgar Tully (2 tilts)
Prince Valarr Targaryen defeated Ser Abelar Hightower (2 tilts)
Lord Leo Tyrell defeated Lord Pearse Caron
Ser Humfrey Hardyng defeated Ser Joseth Mallister
Prince Valarr Targaryen defeated Lord Gawen Swann (2 tilts)
Ser Tybolt Lannister defeated Ser Jon Penrose
Lord Leo Tyrell defeated Ser Robyn Rhysling (4 tilts)
Ser Humfrey Hardyng defeated Ser Humfrey Beesbury (13 tilts)
Ser Humfrey Hardyng defeated Prince Aerion Targaryen (by forfeit)
Prince Valarr Targaryen won seven more times.
Ser Raymun Fossoway, Ser Steffon Fossoway, Prince Baelor Targaryen, Prince Maekar Targaryen, Ser Grance Morrigen, Ser Duncan the Tall, Prince Aegon Targaryen, Lord Ashford, Ser Manfred Dondarrion, Ser Otho Bracken, and Ser Gunthor Estermont.
In addition, a semi-canonical list of attendees can be found in some editions of the Hedge Knight graphic novel.
An altercation occurred between Ser Duncan the Tall and Prince Aerion Targaryen when the prince assaulted a girl, Tanselle. This resulted in Duncan striking the prince, claiming that he was only following the knight's vows to defend the weak. Aerion demanded a trial of seven to clear his name. Prince Daeron Targaryen also claimed to have been injured by Duncan, so he made a claim as well. The two sides met on Ashford Meadow.
For the Defendant, Ser Duncan the Tall
Ser Robyn Rhysling
Ser Humfrey Hardyng (fatally wounded)
Ser Lyonel Baratheon
Ser Duncan the Tall (wounded)
Prince Baelor Targaryen (fatally wounded)
Ser Humfrey Beesbury (killed)
Ser Raymun Fossoway
For the Claimants, Princes Aerion & Daeron Targaryen
Ser Roland Crakehall
Ser Steffon Fossoway
Prince Daeron Targaryen (wounded)
Prince Aerion Targaryen (yielded)
Prince Maekar Targaryen
Ser Willem Wylde (wounded)
Ser Duncan made Princes Aerion and Daeron withdraw their claims, proving his innocence. However, during the fight, Ser Humfrey Beesbury was slain by Ser Donnel and Ser Willem Wylde had to be carried from the field. Prince Baelor died from a blow to his head, likely given by his brother Maekar. Ser Humfrey Hardyng also died afterwards from wounds received in the skirmish.
He remembered Tanselle's puppet show, and the wooden dragon that had started all the trouble there at Ashford. The memory made Dunk feel guilty, as it always did. Three good men dead, to save a hedge knight's foot. It made no sense, and never had.
- thoughts of Duncan the Tall
The tourney at Harrenhal as depicted by Paolo Puggioni in *The World of Ice and Fire*
The tourney at Harrenhal, of its time.
The tourney was announced in 280 AC by Lord Walter Whent shortly after he was visited by his brother, Ser Oswell Whent of the Kingsguard. The rewards offered by Walter were three times greater than those offered by Lord Tywin Lannister in the tourney in honor of Prince Viserys's birth at Lannisport in 276 AC.
While most believed House Whent was displaying their wealth and splendor, some believed the Whents lacked the funding for the prizes and were instead supported by a "shadow host"; Maester Yandel suggests Rhaegar Targaryen, the Prince of Dragonstone.
Rhaegar Targaryen singing to Lyanna Stark by Mustamirri ©
During the tourney's opening ceremonies, fifteen-year-old Ser Jaime Lannister was admitted into the order of the Kingsguard. King Aerys II Targaryen is said to have believed the cheering of the crowd was for himself instead of Jaime,
Held that first night within the Hall of a Hundred Hearths
The tourney took place over ten days,
Lord Walter Whent's fair daughter was the queen of love and beauty when the tourney began. Her honor was defended by her brothers and her uncle, Ser Oswell Whent of the Kingsguard, but they were all defeated in the tourney.
A mystery knight, the "Knight of the Laughing Tree", appeared in the lists to fight for the honor of a crannogman.
Prince Rhaegar was champion of the joust, defeating four knights of the Kingsguard,
Rhaegar Targaryen crowning Lyanna Stark by M.Luisa Giliberti©
There were five days of jousting.
Champion: Prince Rhaegar Targaryen.
Unknown jousters defeated the four sons of Lord Walter Whent of Harrenhal
The Knight of the Laughing Tree defeated a member of House Haigh
The Knight of the Laughing Tree defeated a member of House Blount
The Knight of the Laughing Tree defeated a member of House Frey
Prince Rhaegar Targaryen defeated Lord Yohn Royce
Prince Rhaegar Targaryen defeated Brandon Stark
Prince Rhaegar Targaryen defeated Ser Arthur Dayne
Prince Rhaegar Targaryen defeated Ser Barristan Selmy
Lord Jon Arryn
Lord Robert Baratheon
Lord Jon Connington
Ser Jonothor Darry
Ser Arthur Dayne
Lady Ashara Dayne
Lord Commander Gerold Hightower
Lord Eon Hunter
Ser Jaime Lannister
Ser Richard Lonmouth
Princess Elia Martell
Prince Lewyn Martell
Prince Oberyn Martell
Lord Howland Reed
Lord Yohn Royce
Ser Barristan Selmy
Benjen Stark
Brandon Stark
Eddard Stark
Lyanna Stark
King Aerys II Targaryen
Prince Rhaegar Targaryen
Lord Mace Tyrell
Ser Oswell Whent
Lord Walter Whent
When winter returned at the coming of the new year, 282 AC,
Imprisoned in the Red Keep's black cells, Eddard Stark vividly remembers the tourney at Harrenhal, which took place when he was eighteen.
With his sword hand having been removed by the Brave Companions, Ser Jaime Lannister is brought as a captive to Harrenhal. He observes that many men have recently encamped outside of the castle, beside the lakeshore, where Lord Walter Whent had staged his greatest tourney in the year of the false spring. Jaime notices someone dug a privy trench where he had once knelt before King Aerys II Targaryen to say his Kingsguard vows.
Encamped outside of Yunkai, Arstan Whitebeard tells Rhaegar's sister, Daenerys Targaryen, about the tourney staged by Lord Whent at Harrenhal beside the Gods Eye.
In Meereen, alone and melancholic on the terrace of the Great Pyramid, Ser Barristan Selmy remembers Old Lord Whent's tourney at Harrenhal and finds the memory of it still bitter.
Robert had been jesting with Jon Arryn and old Lord Hunter as the prince circled the field after unhorsing Ser Barristan in the final tilt to claim the champion's crown. Ned remembered the moment when all the smiles died, when Prince Rhaegar Targaryen urged his horse past his own wife, the Dornish princess Elia Martell, to lay the queen of beauty's laurel in Lyanna's lap. He could see it still: a crown of winter roses, blue as frost.
- thoughts of Eddard Stark
Bran: It was Harrenhal!
Meera: Was it? Beneath its walls he saw tents of many colors, bright banners cracking in the wind, and knights in mail and plate on barded horses. He smelled roasting meats, and heard the sound of laughter and the blare of heralds' trumpets. A great tourney was about to commence, and champions from all over the land had come to contest it. The king himself was there, with his son the dragon prince. The White Swords had come, to welcome a new brother to their ranks. The storm lord was on hand, and the rose lord as well. The great lion of the rock had quarreled with the king and stayed away, but many of his bannermen and knights attended all the same. The crannogman had never seen such pageantry, and knew he might never see the like again. Part of him wanted nothing so much as to be part of it.
- Bran Stark and Meera Reed
Daenerys: But what tourneys did my brother win?
Arstan: Your Grace. He won the greatest tourney of them all.
- Daenerys Targaryen and Arstan Whitebeard
Arstan: The greatest lords and mightiest champions of the Seven Kingdoms rode in that tourney, and the Prince of Dragonstone bested them all.
Daenerys: But that was the tourney when he crowned Lyanna Stark as queen of love and beauty!
- Arstan Whitebeard and Daenerys Targaryen
For the tourney in Lannisport before Robert's Rebellion, see the tournament in honor of Viserys's birth.
The tourney at Lannisport was a tourney held outside of Lannisport to celebrate King Robert I Baratheon's victory over Balon Greyjoy's rebellion in 289 AC.
The victor of the joust was Lord Jorah Mormont, who wore the favor of Lynesse Hightower and was awarded the win by King Robert after breaking nine lances against Ser Jaime Lannister. Jorah crowned Lynesse his queen of love and beauty, requesting and receiving her hand in marriage from her father, Lord Leyton Hightower, that night.
Lord Jorah Mormont defeated Lord Jason Mallister
Lord Jorah Mormont defeated Lord Yohn Royce
Lord Jorah Mormont defeated Ser Ryman Frey
Lord Jorah Mormont defeated Ser Hosteen Frey
Lord Jorah Mormont defeated Lord Whent
Lord Jorah Mormont defeated Ser Lyle Crakehall
Lord Jorah Mormont defeated Ser Boros Blount
Lord Jorah Mormont defeated Ser Jaime Lannister
King Robert I Baratheon
Ser Balman Byrch, who claims to have unhorsed many good knights
Lord Leyton Hightower and his participating sons
Lynesse Hightower
Ser Barristan Selmy
Arstan: I have seen a hundred tournaments and more wars than I would wish, and however strong or fast or skilled a knight may be, there are others who can match him. A man will win one tourney, and fall quickly in the next. A slick spot in the grass may mean defeat, or what you ate for supper the night before. A change in the wind may bring the gift of victory. Or a lady's favor knotted round an arm.
Jorah: Be careful what you say, old man.
For the tourney at Maidenpool in 103 AC, see Tourney for King Viserys I's accession.
The tourney at Maidenpool was held at Maidenpool in 207 AC.
Storm's End Tourney Grounds - Illustrated by Ilich Heariquez. © Fantasy Flight Games.
A tourney at Storm's End is mentioned in *A Storm of Swords* as having occurred prior to Robert's Rebellion.
Ser Barristan Selmy recounts that Prince Rhaegar Targaryen once rode brilliantly in a tourney at Storm's End, defeating Lord Steffon Baratheon, Lord Jason Mallister, Prince Oberyn Martell, a mystery knight who turned out to be Simon Toyne, and, after breaking twelve lances, Ser Arthur Dayne. However, Rhaegar was defeated by a knight of the Kingsguard in the champion's tilt.
As the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Gerold Hightower wrote in the White Book that Lord Steffon's tourney took place at Storm's End, in which Barristan Selmy was named champion after unhorsing Lord Robert Baratheon, Prince Oberyn, Lord Leyton Hightower, Lord Jon Connington, Lord Jason, and Prince Rhaegar.
Prince Rhaegar Targaryen defeated Lord Steffon Baratheon
Prince Rhaegar Targaryen defeated Lord Jason Mallister
Prince Rhaegar Targaryen defeated Prince Oberyn Martell
Prince Rhaegar Targaryen defeated Simon Toyne
Prince Rhaegar Targaryen defeated Ser Arthur Dayne
Ser Barristan Selmy defeated Lord Robert Baratheon
Ser Barristan Selmy defeated Prince Oberyn Martell
Ser Barristan Selmy defeated Lord Leyton Hightower
Ser Barristan Selmy defeated Lord Jon Connington
Ser Barristan Selmy defeated Lord Jason Mallister
Ser Barristan Selmy defeated Prince Rhaegar Targaryen
Lord Steffon Baratheon was sent on a mission to Essos in 278 AC, but he died during the return voyage.
When the discrepancy was brought to his attention, George R. R. Martin stated that Barristan's recollection of Simon's participation is incorrect and that the aged knight is confusing multiple historical tourneys. It seems therefore likely that Barristan mixed up multiple tourney's at Storm's End in his mind, one hosted by Lord Steffon before his death, and one hosted by Robert after Steffon's death.
The tourney for King Viserys I's accession was held at Maidenpool in 104 AC. It honored King Viserys I Targaryen, who had recently succeeded King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.
The twenty-two-year-old Ser Criston Cole defeated Prince Daemon Targaryen, the brother of Viserys, in the melee by knocking aside Dark Sister with his morningstar. He then gave the victor's laurel to the seven-year-old Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and asked to wear her favor in the lists. Criston subsequently became a favorite at court and joined the Kingsguard.
The Tourney of the Field of Roses was a tourney held by House Tyrell during the reign of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen. It was famous for having been the greatest tourney in a generation.
The tourney on King Joffrey's name day is held in the Red Keep in King's Landing to celebrate the 13th name day of the new king, Joffrey I. Due to the War of the Five Kings, the tourney draws no great champions, with Sandor Clegane calling them "gnats" and refusing to participate. It ends shortly after it begins, upon the arrival of Tyrion Lannister.
Ser Dontos is too drunk to joust. King Joffrey Baratheon means to kill him, opting to drown him with a cask of wine from the cellars when Dontos asks for wine, but Sansa Stark pleads for his life, formulating a lie about it being bad luck to kill a man on your nameday. Though sceptical of her claims, Joffrey believes her when his guard, Sandor Clegane agrees with Sansa Stark. Joffrey agrees to spare Dontos' life for a day, calling him a fool. Sansa Stark convinces Joffrey that Dontos is indeed a fool, and that Joffrey should declare him such, forcing the man to wear motley and serve as a court fool, to which Joffrey agrees. Joffrey then declares the tourney to be over.
Shortly thereafter, Tommen Baratheon is allowed to fight a straw knight. He rides against the straw man twice, being knocked to the ground the first time. The second time is interrupted by the arrival of Tyrion Lannister.
Princess Myrcella Baratheon, Prince Tommen Baratheon, Lord Gyles Rosby, Prince Jalabhar Xho, Lady Tanda Stokeworth, Lady Lollys Stokeworth, Lady Falyse Stokeworth, Lady Sansa Stark and Lady Ermesande Hayford.
Ser Dontos Hollard, thereafter no longer a knight, owes his life to Sansa.
The tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day.
Bringing to King's Landing a retinue from the westerlands, Lord Tywin Lannister hoped his son, Ser Jaime of the Kingsguard, would be the tourney's champion.
Lord Walder Frey went to King's Landing to see his sons ride in the tourney, but he was disappointed in the results. Walder also spoke with Lord Jon Arryn and his wife, Lysa, and proposed that they foster two of Walder's grandsons at court, while Walder would take their own son, Robert Arryn, to ward at the Twins. Jon refused Walder, however, and told him that Robert was going to be fostered at Dragonstone by Lord Stannis Baratheon. Upon learning this fact, Lysa stormed off without a word.
When Tywin returned to Casterly Rock after the tourney, he was accompanied by his daughter, Cersei, and her children, Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen Baratheon. Lord Arryn died while the queen was away from court.
Lord Petyr Baelish tells Catelyn Stark that by betting on Ser Jaime Lannister he lost a Valyrian steel dagger with a dragonbone hilt to Tyrion Lannister, who had bet on Ser Loras Tyrell instead of his brother, Jaime.
Lord Walder Frey tells Catelyn that Lysa Arryn was angry at Lord Jon Arryn's intention to foster their son, Robert, with Stannis Baratheon.
Jaime, imprisoned during the War of the Five Kings, insists to Catelyn that Tyrion has always backed him in the lists.
Jaime determines that Joffrey Baratheon stole the Valyrian steel dagger won by King Robert I Baratheon during the tourney. Joffrey then gave it to the catspaw who tried to assassinate Bran Stark.
Sansa Stark learns that within a fortnight after the tourney, Lysa poisoned her husband, Jon Arryn, with the tears of Lys, a poison that leaves no traces, in an attempt to keep her son Robert by her side. Lysa was convinced to do this by Petyr, her childhood friend and lover, who seized the opportunity to get Jon out of the way.
As I was saying before we were so rudely interrupted, there is a serious flaw in Littlefinger's fable. Whatever you may believe of me, Lady Stark, I promise you this—I never bet against my family.
The Tower of Dread is one of Harrenhal's major towers. Its original name was lost with the death of Harren the Black, the builder of Harrenhal, in the burning of Harrenhal during Aegon's Conquest. It has since been renamed the Tower of Dread.
When Lord Tywin Lannister takes the castle, the captured noble northmen are held in the upper chambers of this tower.
The Tower of Ghosts is one of Harrenhal's major towers. Its original name was lost with the death of Harren the Black and his sons in the burning of Harrenhal during Aegon's Conquest. It has since been named the Tower of Ghosts.
In front of the tower lies a ruined sept that has not been used in three hundred years. Close to the tower is a postern gate.
The Tower of Glimmering is a tower on the island of Harlaw in the Iron Islands. It sits on a crag on the western coast of the island. The seat of House Harlaw of the Tower of Glimmering, its master is Hotho Harlaw.
Tower of joy, by Henning Ludvigsen, FFG©.
Note: The bottom image is the original version, but was redone to make the top image, which features the red mountains of Dorne.
The tower of joy
The structure was named the tower of joy by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen.
At the end of Robert's Rebellion, Lord Eddard Stark and six of his companions (Howland Reed, Lord Willam Dustin, Ethan Glover, Martyn Cassel, Theo Wull, and Ser Mark Ryswell) approached the tower. They found it guarded by three members of the Kingsguard (Ser Arthur Dayne, Ser Oswell Whent, and Lord Commander Gerold Hightower). Eddard and Howland were the only survivors of the resulting battle. Eddard had the tower torn down to build cairns for the eight deceased.
According to a semi-canon source, Lyanna Stark was found dying inside the tower by her brother, Eddard, after the fight.
The Tower of the Hand. © Fantasy Flight Games
The Tower of the Hand is located in the Red Keep castle in King's Landing. It contains the chambers of the Hand of the King. It has stood for three hundred years.
See also: Images of the Tower of the Hand
The tower's small hall is a long room with a high-vaulted ceiling and bench space for two hundred.
The Tower also has a solar, and a garderobe. The tower has tall windows.
There is a secret passageway to the tower known to Varys. In the tower there is a bedchamber with a canopied bed and sconces on the walls and rushes on the floor.
Eddard Stark is appointed Hand and moves into the Tower of the Hand.
Lord Tywin Lannister names his son Tyrion the Hand of the King of the King in his absence. Tyrion takes up residence in the Tower of the Hand.
© Fantasy Flight Games
Lord Tywin takes over as Hand and moves into the Tower of the Hand.
Before fleeing the Red Keep, Tyrion visits his father in the tower, gaining access through the secret passageway. There, in the Hand's bedchamber, he discovers his whore Shae in Tywin's bed. He strangles her, arms himself with a crossbow and then confronts his father in the privy and slays him in fury and escapes the same way he came in.
Lord Tywin is discovered murdered in the Tower of the Hand. As Cersei is about to view her father's body, which has been moved to his bed, she notices the secret door that she was told about when the news of Tywin's death was delivered. The door gapes open behind the ashes of the hearth, no bigger than an oven. She thinks to herself that a man would need to crawl through it.
Jaime Lannister and his men reduce the Tower of the Hand to a shell looking for Tyrion. Cersei decides to burn the tower. When Jaime asks her if she means to burn the tower, she tells him that she will after Tommen’s wedding feast. Cersei tells Jaime that their father was murdered in the Tower of the Hand and she cannot bear to look at it.
After Tommen Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell’s wedding feast, Dowager Queen Cersei Lannister leads the guests outside to watch as the pyromancers set the Tower of the Hand on fire. Fifty pots of wildfire placed inside the tower along with logs and casks of pitch are set alight. The Tower of the Hand is ruined. The greater part of Tyrion Lannister’s possessions, which were still in the tower, were also destroyed.
Later, outside of Riverrun, Genna Lannister asks Jaime if it is true that Cersei burned the Red Keep but Jaime tells her that it was only the Tower of the Hand. Genna replies that Cersei would have done better to leave the tower and burn her Hand.
Cersei tells Kevan Lannister that Tommen told her that Mace Tyrell intends on rebuilding the Tower of the Hand. Kevan concurs telling her that the new tower is to be twice as tall as the one she burned.
The trade talk
Sothoryi who dwell closest to the Summer Sea are said to have learned the trade talk.
Trader Town
The known world and the location of Trader Town
Trader Town is a city of northern Yi Ti in eastern Essos. It lies east of the Great Sand Sea and west of the Shrinking Sea. To its north lie the vast plains of the Jogos Nhai. From Kayakayanaya the Steel Road skirts the topmost northern edge of the Great Sand Sea and turns south to Trader Town. It is connected to Tiqui and Bayasabhad by the Sand Road.
The garrison city of Trader Town is the seat of Pol Qo, the self-proclaimed orange emperor.
Summerhall castle is consumed by fire as newborn Prince Rhaegar Targaryen takes his first breaths - by Marc Simonetti ©
The Tragedy at Summerhall was a fire at Summerhall, a pleasure castle of House Targaryen in the Dornish Marches, in 259 AC. The conflagration caused the deaths of, among others, King Aegon V Targaryen, his eldest son, Prince Duncan Targaryen, and Ser Duncan the Tall, the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.
The cause of the fire is as yet unknown, but was connected with King Aegon's desire to restore dragons to the Seven Kingdoms. The last years of his reign were consumed by a search for ancient lore about the dragon breeding of Valyria, and it was said that Aegon commissioned journeys to places as far away as Asshai, with the hopes of finding texts and knowledge that had not been preserved in Westeros.
In 259 AC, Aegon summoned many of those closest to him to Summerhall to celebrate the impending birth of his first great-grandchild to Aerys and Rhaella, the children of Aegon's heir Prince Jaehaerys.
A page from Archmaester Gyldayn's history of House Targaryen hints at the events of the tragedy, but a mishap led to ink blotting out much of the information:
the blood of the dragon gathered in one …
… seven eggs, to honor the seven gods, though the king's own septon had warned …
… pyromancers …
… wild fire …
… flames grew out of control … towering … burned so hot that …
… died, but for the valor of the Lord Comman …
Many died, and fire destroyed the castle,
Known deaths:
Known survivors
The tragedy that transpired at Summerhall left very few witnesses alive, and those who survived would not speak of it.
Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, who was born at Summerhall amongst the flames,
On Dragonstone, Alester Florent asks Davos Seaworth if nothing was learnt from the tragedy of Summerhall. He states that no good has ever come of dreams of dragons.
While encamped outside of Yunkai, Arstan Whitebeard tells Daenerys Targaryen that her brother Rhaegar was considered melancholic at times, that he had a sense of doom. Dany recalls that her brother Viserys had spoken of Rhaegar's birth only once, she wonders to herself if perhaps the tale had saddened Viserys too much. Dany asks Arstan if it was the shadow of Summerhall that haunted Rhaegar. Arstan tells her yes, but that Summerhall was the place that the prince loved best.
In the Riverlands, the ghost of High Heart asks Tom of Sevenstreams to play "my Jenny's song", and listens to it while rocking back and forth, murmuring the words and crying. She tells Arya Stark that she gorged on grief at Summerhall.
In Braavos, Maester Aemon mentions to Samwell Tarly that he once thought that Rhaegar could be the prince that was promised due to the smoke from the fire that devoured Summerhall on the day of Rhaegar's birth and the salt from the tears shed for those who died, a reference to the "born amidst salt and smoke" part of the prophecy.
In Meereen, Daenerys Targaryen asks Ser Barristan Selmy what became of the woods witch who foretold that the prince that was promised would be born from her mother and father's line. Ser Barristan tells her only "Summerhall", in a voice of doom.
Viserys had spoken of Rhaegar's birth only once. Perhaps the tale saddened him him too much.
- Daenerys Targaryen's thoughts
It was the shadow of Summerhall that haunted him, was it not?
- Daenerys Targaryen, to Arstan Whitebeard
You are cruel to come to my hill, cruel. I gorged on grief at Summerhall, I need none of yours.
- The ghost of High Heart, to Arya Stark
The *A Song of Ice and Fire* series has been translated into more than 20 languages.
The Treasure was a Braavosi trading galley.
Laden with cloves, saffron, jet, jade, scarlet samite, and green silk, the Treasure stopped in Pentos after a journey to the Jade Sea. It was infected with the grey death, however, so the Pentoshi killed crew members who tried to disembark and then burned the ship. That did not stop rats on the Treasure, who infiltrated the city and spread the plague. Over two thousand died, including Illyrio Mopatis's wife, Serra.
Lord Trebor Jordayne is Lord of the Tor and head of House Jordayne in Dorne.
Reconstructed trebuchet at Château des Baux, France
A trebuchet is a type of catapult used in siege warfare to hurl large stones or other missiles. Named trebuchets include the Three Whores
The Tree of Crowns is located in the Disputed Lands. In 258 AC, nine outlaws, exiles, pirates, and sellsword captains met beneath the Tree of Crowns as to form an alliance, swearing to aid each other in conquering kingdoms for each of the nine members.
Tregar is a guard sworn to House Lannister.
Tregar is the captain of the Lannister guards that are with Ser Jaime Lannister when Jaime confronts Lord Eddard Stark in the streets of King's Landing.
Tregar Ormollen is a merchant prince of Lys. He shares his manse with the exiled Lynesse Hightower, who became his chief concubine after leaving her husband, Ser Jorah Mormont.
A native of Lys, Tregar is a wealthy merchant prince with a wife and several concubines.
In 293 AC,
When Jorah returned to Lys, Tregar informed him that he would be enslaved for his debts, unless he gave up Lynesse and left Lys. Heartbroken, Jorah went to Volantis.
After Euron Greyjoy's ironborn attack the Reach, Ser Humfrey Hightower travels to Lys in hopes of hiring sellsails with the aid of his sister, Lynesse.
Ser Jorah Mormont tells Tyrion Lannister of Tregar's threats of enslavement if he did not give up Lynesse.