Daryn Hornwood is the heir to the Hornwood. He is the son of Lord Halys Hornwood and Lady Donella Manderly. He has a bastard half-brother, Larence Snow.
Daryn is one of Robb Stark's personal guard at the Whispering Wood. He is slain by Ser Jaime Lannister during the battle.
Alys Karstark, the only daughter of Lord Rickard Karstark, reveals to Jon Snow that she had been betrothed to Daryn. They were only waiting for her to flower to be wed.
The Daughter of the Dusk is a courtesan in Braavos.*]
The Kindly Man offers Arya Stark the opportunity to become a courtesan. He tells her to speak the word, and they will send her to the Black Pearl or the Daughter of the Dusk.
The daughter of the captain of the Myraham is Theon Greyjoy's bedmate during his journey back to the Iron Islands. Her father is the captain of the *Myraham* out of Oldtown. Her name is never mentioned.
She has fine dark hair and heavy breasts. She is a shade plump for Theon Greyjoy's taste. Her skin is as splotchy as oatmeal. Theon thinks she looks stupid when she smiles.
During his journey from Seagard to Lordsport, Theon Greyjoy sails on the Myraham. After she willingly comes to him, Theon sleeps with the captain's daughter for the remainder of the voyage. The captain disapproves of this, but doesn't dare to speak out against Theon. The girl was a maiden the first time Theon bedded her, which surprised him due to her age. The girl falls in love with Theon, and offers to become his salt wife, an offer Theon refuses. He tells her that her place is on the Myraham, and his on Pyke. When she tells him that her father will call her names and hurt her for having been with Theon, he tells her that he bedded her so often, that there's a chance she's pregnant, and that her father should be pleased; not every an has the honor of raising a king's bastard. Theon then leaves her.
As Theon is disembarking, the captain's daughter brings his pack of clothing, and to Theon's mortification tries to embrace him, but he turns deftly aside. When she tells him that she loves him, Theon replies that he must go, and hurries after his uncle.
The Myraham is forbidden to set sail again by Lord Balon Greyjoy, and remains in Lordsport. The captain's daughter is forbidden to leave the ship, and wanders the deck of the ship forlornly during the time the ship remains. When Theon Greyjoy walks past, she calls out to him, but he ignores her.
Her father had forbidden her to come ashore, but whenever Theon came to Lordsport he spied her wandering forlornly about the deck.
—thoughts of Theon Greyjoy
daughter: Milord, a moment. As it please milord...
Esgred: Did she? Please milord?—the daughter and Esgred, to Theon Greyjoy
Ser Daven Lannister is a knight from House Lannister. He is the son of Ser Stafford Lannister, a cousin and brother-in-law of Lord Tywin Lannister.
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Daven has lively hazel eyes, a pug nose, yellow hair, and a big chin.
Ser Jaime Lannister and Ser Brynden Tully do not think much of the capabilities of Ser Stafford Lannister, but they hold his son Daven in higher esteem.
Daven wears gilded ringmail, a helm, and a fox-fur cloak.
Ser Stafford Lannister has been negotiating to betroth his son Daven to Desmera Redwyne, although an agreement has not been reached with Lord Paxter Redwyne.
When fighting breaks out in the riverlands, Ser Daven offers Lord Tywin Lannister to lead the foraging for the Lannister host, but he is refused. Tywin explains that some tasks are fit for lions while others better be left to goats and dogs, the latter a reference to Vargo Hoat and Ser Gregor Clegane, who then organize the foraging.
Daven's father, Ser Stafford Lannister, is killed in the Battle of Oxcross by Lord Rickard Karstark.
After the Stark army returns to the riverlands, Daven gathers the remaining soldiers of his father's army at Lannisport.
Robb Stark, the King in the North, executes Lord Karstark for treason at Riverrun, as Rickard had killed Willem Lannister and Tion Frey to avenge his own sons' deaths at the hands of Ser Jaime Lannister in the Whispering Wood.
As part of the pact between Lord Tywin Lannister and Lord Walder Frey concerning the betrayal of Robb Stark, Daven is to wed a Frey to consolidate the alliance between the two houses.
After the Red Wedding, Daven and Ser Forley Prester join forces at the Golden Tooth and meet up with Ser Ryman Frey to besiege Riverrun.
Daven now has long shaggy hair, a bushy mustache, sidewhiskers as thick as a hedgerow, and a bristling beard.
The siege of Riverrun does not go easy. Brynden has taken all the food he could find to Riverrun, so the Lannister army cannot live off the land. Furthermore, there are quarrels among the besiegers. The Freys do not help their allies and only gather food for themselves. Daven does not like the Freys, but he intends to wed one, as he knows what happened to Robb Stark in the Red Wedding.
When Jaime, the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, arrives to take command of the siege, Daven is pleased to be relieved of this task. He jokes about Jaime's missing hand and happily informs Jaime of the siege's troubles.
I vowed I would not let my hair be cut until my father was avenged. The Young Wolf got to Karstark first, though. Robbed me of my vengeance. I like a bit of hair. The nights grow colder, and a little foliage helps to keep your face warm. Aye, and Aunt Genna always said I had a brick for a chin.
- Daven to Jaime Lannister
You know the best thing about heroes, Jaime? They all die young and leave more women for the rest of us.
- Daven to Jaime Lannister
Jaime: I hope you do not intend to take vows as well, coz. The Freys are prickly where marriage contracts are concerned. I would hate to disappoint them again.
Daven: I'll wed and bed my stoat, never fear. I know what happened to Robb Stark.
- Jaime Lannister and Daven
Davos Baratheon was the son of Lord Orys Baratheon and Lady Argella Durrandon.
Davos fought beside his father during the Vulture Hunt. During the battle at Stonehelm, Orys's forces crushed a part of the Vulture King's host. Davos was present when his father died on the march home to Storm's End, from wounds he had taken in the battle. According to the accounts of Davos Baratheon, his father had died content.
Ser Davos Darklyn was one of the seven members of House Darklyn to be knights of the Kingsguard.
Ser Davos was a member of the Kingsguard during the reign of King Maegor I Targaryen. Ser Davos marshaled five thousand swords in King's Landing for his king and struck out west to meet the rebels under the command of Maegor's nephew, Prince Aegon Targaryen. He was slain by Lord Corbray of Heart's Home with the Valyrian steel longsword Lady Forlorn, at the battle Beneath the Gods Eye in 43 AC.
Ser Davos Dayne was a knight of House Dayne and Sword of the Morning. He became the third husband of Nymeria, the Princess of Dorne, and gave her one son, who did not become Nymeria's successor, for the Dornish had come to adopt the Rhoynish custom of equal primogeniture.
Davos Deddings was a member of House Deddings during the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.
During the riots of King's landing, three rioters attempted to rape Davos's sister, Lady Darla. Davos was stabbed in the eye when he tried to stop them.
*"Davos" redirects here. For other characters named Davos, see Davos (disambiguation).*
Ser Davos Seaworth, commonly called the Onion Knight, and sometimes Davos Shorthand,*.
Davos captains *Black Betha.* He has seven sons, many of them serving on ships in Stannis's fleet. His wife Marya tends his lands on Cape Wrath.
See also: Images of Davos Seaworth
Davos is a slight man with brown eyes
Instead of the expensive attire of the lords of the narrow sea, Davos wears a simple brown and green wool mantle,
Once a notorious smuggler,
Davos is a man of low birth, born in the wretched Flea Bottom ward of King's Landing to a life of hardship. In his youth, he found service on the *Cobblecat* under Roro Uhoris, a Tyroshi smuggler and pirate. Eventually Uhoris was caught by the Night's Watch fleet from Eastwatch, where he was executed for trading weapons to wildlings. While impressed by this event, Davos did not refuse to trade with the members of the Night's Watch later.
After his time aboard the Cobblecat, Davos made his own way and secured his own small ship, becoming one of the most infamous smugglers of the Seven Kingdoms.
During Robert's Rebellion, almost a year into the siege of Storm's End, Davos evaded the Redwyne fleet's blockade of Shipbreaker Bay to smuggle onions and salted fish into the castle,
Davos now captains the *Black Betha*, a war galley, in service of Stannis Baratheon.
Ser Davos Seaworth - by Chris Dien ©
When Stannis Baratheon, Lord of Dragonstone, declares himself King of Westeros after the death of his brother Robert I, Davos supports his claim. Davos is sent as an envoy to the Lysene pirate Salladhor Saan, whose sellsail fleet he recruits to Stannis's cause. He then sails to the stormlands and treats with the lords of the stormlands, but is unsuccessful in his mission to gather support for Stannis.
Davos is not a devout man, but he nontheless dislikes Stannis's conversion to R'hllor under the guidance of the priestess Melisandre, and the burning of the wooden statues of the gods from the Faith of the Seven on Dragonstone. When his elder sons openly comment on the burning of the gods, Davos warns them to be cautious, and not to question their rightful king. Davos witnesses Stannis pulling Lightbringer from the fires, but thinks it looks like a proper mess. Salladhor Saan later informs Davos that the sword is not the true Lightbringer.
Stannis has prepared a letter declaring the bastardy of Cersei Lannister's children, including King Joffrey I Baratheon, and Stannis's claim to the Iron Throne. As he believes most lords will likely burn the letters they receive, Stannis orders Davos to Gulltown, the Fingers, the Three Sisters, and White Harbor and deliver the letters to any man who can read. The illiterate Davos requests knights who can read the letters to the illiterate smallfolk. his sons Dale and Allard are sent south and east. When asked his opinion on the letter, Davos replies that the words are blunt and strong, but that Stannis still lacks proof. When Stannis states that Robert's acknowledged bastard son Edric Storm is proof, Davos reminds him that Edric is at Storm's End, out of their reach.
After finishing his mission, Davos joins Stannis at the siege of Storm's End. He is present among many of the other lords when Stannis parleys with the castellan, Ser Cortnay Penrose. When Cortnay refuses to surrender, Davos counsels Stannis to leave for King's Landing, but Stannis refuses to suffer a defeat at Storm's End. He orders Davos to smuggle Melisandre under Storm's End. Davos dislikes the priestess, and accuses her of having murdered Maester Cressen and Renly Baratheon. She states that Cressen killed himself, and although she denies killing Renly, she also states that Renly had been unprotected, but that the spells woven into the walls of Storm's End that no shadow can pass. Once underneath the castle, inside the walls, Davos witnesses Melisandre giving birth to a shadow assassin, which later kills Cortnay. Davos is horrified by the event.
With Storm's End taken, Stannis is free to march on King's Landing. Davos and four of his seven sons are part of the Stannis's royal fleet that assaults King's Landing in the Battle of the Blackwater. Davos tries to persuade the fleet commander, Ser Imry Florent, to send in scouts to test whatever new defenses the Lannisters have prepared, but Imry refuses to listen, relying on their superior numbers. Davos notes other tactical errors, such as engaging Joffrey's royal fleet in the narrow Blackwater Rush, where their numbers are of little use. Once the advance squadrons enter the rush, a huge chain is raised to close it off and trap them.
Davos kneels before King Stannis - by Amok ©
Davos is stranded on the spears of the merling king for many days, where he hallucinates that the Seven talk to him,
Davos is released from the dungeon, and as he is being escorted to Stannis, Axell instructs him to suggest to Stannis that Axell replace his brother Alester as Hand. Davos denounces Axell's plan to slaughter the smallfolk of Claw Isle in retribution for old Lord Ardrian Celtigar bending the knee to Joffrey; for his honest counsel Stannis names Davos as Lord of the Rainwood, Admiral of the Narrow Sea, and Hand of the King, as Alester is to be burned for treason.
Davos is present in council with Stannis, Axell, Queen Selyse Florent, and Melisandre when news arrives that Robb died in the Red Wedding and Balon fell to his death at Pyke. Two of the three opposing kings are dead, but Melisandre warns for successors taking their places. The others attempt to persuade Stannis to sacrifice Edric to wake dragons from stone, but Davos reminds him that the kinslayer is cursed. He argues that three leeches were burned, but only two kings are dead, and Stannis agrees with him. Once alone, Davos reminds Stannis of Princess Shireen Baratheon's friendship with Edric, but Stannis admits his willingness to sacrifice the boy if Joffrey were to die.
Davos has been learning how to read with lessons from Maester Pylos. To practice, Pylos gives Davos a letter which had arrived a while back, from Maester Aemon at Castle Black. Davos reads about the threat of Mance Rayder, the King-beyond-the-Wall, the fight at the Fist, and Aemon's fears that Lord Commander Jeor Mormont has been slain with all his strength. When asked, Pylos reveals that he showed the letter to Alester, but the king and Melisandre are not aware of the warning's existence. Though Davos is reminded of Melisandre speaking about the night that never ends, and a vision Stannis had seen in the flames, he agrees that neither of them needs to see the letter.
Davos and a few men he knows to be loyal only to Stannis, including Pylos, bring Edric Storm to one of Salladhor's ships in secret. Ser Andrew Estermont accompanies the boy, and they leave Dragonstone during the night. With the boy safely away, Davos goes to Stannis, informing his king that Joffrey is dead. Melisandre asks Stannis for Edric, and the king warns her that she will pay with her life if she is wrong. Melisandre is certain that Stannis is Azor Ahai reborn, and that the red comet was his herald. Davos reveals that Edric is gone, and based on Melisandre's reaction judges that she had not foreseen it in her flames. Stannis is furious, but Davos tells him that a king must protect his people, or he is no king at all. Stannis draws Lightbringer to behead Davos, allowing Davos to speak his lasts words. Davos reads to them letter that Pylos received from the Night's Watch,
Queen Regent Cersei Lannister reports to the small council that Davos was sent to White Harbor to negotiate with Lord Wyman Manderly. She reveals she demanded Davos's execution in exchange for the life of Wyman's heir, Ser Wylis Manderly.
Davos rowing - by Niten © Fantasy Flight Games
Davos sails from Eastwatch-by-the-Sea at the Wall to represent Stannis and his claim in White Harbor with Salladhor Saan and his fleet of Lyseni sellsails. After a number of storms take their toll on his fleet, however, Salladhor abandons Stannis's cause and gives Davos the choice between coming with him to the Stepstones, or leaving in a small row boat. Choosing to continue his mission for Stannis, Davos rows his boat to shore at Sweetsister. He is caught when trying to buy passage of the island in the town Sisterton, and taken before Lord Godric Borrell of Breakwater. Godric informs Davos of the deaths of Lysa Arryn and Tywin Lannister, and admits that Cersei Lannister now rules King's Landing, making Davos realize that Godric has doubts about which side to join. Godric frees Davos, allowing him to continue to White Harbor as long as he keeps silent about having been on Sweetsister, warning Davos that several Freys have preceded him to White Harbor, and that Lord Wyman Manderly has made a pact with Lord Walder Frey.
Davos arrives at White Harbor, but since Lord Godric's information suggests the Manderlys plan to join the Freys and Boltons, he keeps his identity hidden. He sees warships in the harbor and learns that Wyman is raising soldiers. In the Lazy Eel, a winesink, he learns Robett Glover has been attempting to find support at White Harbor, though Lord Manderly has been ignoring his pleas, while several northern houses have been fighting against the ironborn, and House Umber has joined the Boltons. The news that Ser Wylis Manderly is a hostage to the Iron Throne diminishes his hopes. Though he believes his situation is hopeless, Davos approaches a guard at the New Castle, insisting to see Lord Manderly.
Instead, Davos is taken captive, not allowed to leave his large, airy and furnished chambers. After eighteen days, he is brought before Lord Manderly in the Merman's Court. Davos requests a private audience, but is refused and made to make his case in the presence of Wyman's kin, Frey envoys, and others. Most are hostile towards him, and when Wyman's cousin, Ser Marlon, asks Davos about Stannis's strength, Davos's silence tells them his military force is too small. The only person supporting Davos is Wylla Manderly, Wyman's granddaughter, who insists House Manderly should support Stannis to get revenge for the Red Wedding. Lord Wyman has Davos arrested, and orders him to be taken to the Wolf's Den and have his hands and head cut off.
During the feast held to celebrate Wylis's return, Lord Wyman has Robett Glover free Davos and bring him to the New Castle, where Wyman meets with them in secret. He apologizes for the treatment Davos received, explaining that he had to fake loyalty in order to save the life of his surviving son. Davos learns that Wyman does not believe the lies and stories the Freys tell about the Red wedding, nor the stories the Boltons spread about Winterfell's fall. He informs Davos that Wex Pyke, who had been present during the sack of Winterfell, witnessed the survival of Bran and Rickon Stark, and, importantly, knows where Rickon has gone. He tells Davos that he will swear his allegiance to Stannis if Davos travels to Skagos to retrieve Rickon and his direwolf, Shaggydog.
Liam Cunningham as Davos in *Game of Thrones*
King Stannis is my god. He made me and blessed me with his trust.
- Davos to Salladhor Saan
Melisandre: Are you a good man, Davos Seaworth?
Davos: I am a man. I am kind to my wife, but I have known other women. I have tried to be a father to my sons, to help make them a place in this world. Aye, I've broken laws, but I never felt evil until tonight. I would say my parts are mixed, m'lady. Good and bad.
Melisandre: A grey man. Neither white nor black, but partaking of both.
– Melisandre and Davos
Seaworth had a lordly ring to it, but down deep he was still Davos of Flea Bottom, coming home to his city on its three high hills. He knew as much of ships and sails and shores as any man in the Seven Kingdoms, and had fought his share of desperate fights sword to sword on a wet deck. But to this sort of battle he came a maiden, nervous and afraid. Smugglers do not sound warhorns and raise banners. When they smell danger, they raise sail and run before the wind.
- thoughts of Davos
Stannis: I know the cost! Last night, gazing into that hearth, I saw things in the flames as well. I saw a king, a crown of fire on his brows, burning ... burning, Davos. His own crown consumed his flesh and turned him into ash. Do you think I need Melisandre to tell me what that means? Or you? If Joffrey should die ... what is the life of one bastard boy against a kingdom?
Davos: Everything.
– Stannis Baratheon and Davos
Kings and corpses always draw attendants.
- thoughts of Davos
Jared: The Red Wedding was the Young Wolf's work. He changed into a beast before our eyes and tore out the throat of my cousin Jinglebell, a harmless simpleton. He would have slain my lord father too, if Ser Wendel had not put himself in the way.
Davos: Is it your claim that Robb Stark killed Wendel Manderly?
Jared: And many more. Mine own son Tytos was amongst them, and my daughter's husband. When Stark changed into a wolf, his northmen did the same. The mark of the beast was on them all. Wargs birth other wargs with a bite, it is well-known. It was all my brothers and I could do to put them down before they slew us all.
Davos: Ser, may I have your name?
Jared: Ser Jared, of House Frey.Davos: Jared of House Frey, I name you liar.
– Jared Frey and Davos
I was a better smuggler than a knight, he had written to his wife, a better knight than a King's Hand, a better King's Hand than a husband. I am so sorry. Marya, I have loved you. Please forgive the wrongs I did you.
- Davos writing to Marya Seaworth
A smuggler must be a fair judge of men.
- Stannis Baratheon to Davos
You have a passing clever father, Devan. He makes me wish I had more smugglers in my service. And fewer lords.
– Stannis Baratheon to Devan Seaworth
Cersei: Stannis has sent his onion smuggler to treat with White Harbor on his behalf. Manderly has clapped the wretch inside a cell. He asks us what he should do with him.
Orton: Send him here, that we might question him. The man might know much of value.
Qyburn: Let him die. His death will be a lesson to the north, to show them what becomes of traitors.
Cersei: I quite agree. I have instructed Lord Manderly to have his head off forthwith. That should put an end to any chance of White Harbor supporting Stannis.Aurane: Stannis will need another Hand. The turnip knight, perhaps?
- Cersei Lannister, Orton Merryweather, Qyburn, and Aurane Waters
Davos the Dragonslayer is a legendary figure of the Reach who lived during the Age of Heroes. Tales describe him as a knight even though knights came to Westeros thousands of years later with the Andal invasion.
Dawn by Henning Ludvigsen, Fantasy Flight Games ©
Dawn is the famous ancestral greatsword of House Dayne, whose wielder is given the title Sword of the Morning.
According to legend, the founder of House Dayne tracked a falling star to the mouth of the Torentine, and Starfall was then constructed where a magical stone was discovered.
The blade is as pale as milkglass,
The last known user of the sword was Ser Arthur Dayne, a chivalrous knight in the Kingsguard of Aerys II Targaryen.
Dawn remains at Starfall, until another Sword of the Morning shall arise.
The Dawn Age.
The oldest known inhabitants of Westeros were the mysterious and diminutive children of the forest, gifted with many supernatural powers, who for time uncounted lived alone throughout the continent of Westeros, except perhaps for the giants.
However, the oldest runic records of the First Men, and records from maesters that claim to have lived among the children of the forest, confirm men have lived at the mouth of the Honeywine - where Oldtown stands - since the Dawn Age. Maester Jellicoe suggested the settlement at Whispering Sound began as a trading post where ships from Valyria, Old Ghis, and the Summer Isles could resupply and trade with so-called "elder races".
The First Men crossed into what in time would be Dorne from the eastern continent, using the land bridge that connected the continents (the Arm of Dorne). They came bearing weapons of bronze and shields of boiled leather, and brought the first horses and their own gods. They swept through the lands of the children, cutting down and burning their sacred weirwoods to clear land for themselves. Outraged by the destruction of their homeland, the children took up arms.
It is believed that the wars between the children and the First Men went on for two thousand years, and though the children fought fiercely the war went in the favor of the more numerous, larger, stronger, and more technologically advanced First Men. It is said that during that time the children used powerful magic in a futile attempt to end the invasion, breaking the Arm of Dorne. Eventually wise men of both races forged the Pact at the Isle of Faces, marking the end of the Dawn Age and the beginning of the Age of Heroes.
The oldest histories we have were written after the Andals came to Westeros. The First Men only left us runes on rocks, so everything we know about the Age of Heroes and the Dawn Age and the Long Night comes from accounts set down by septons thousands of years later. There are archmaesters at the Citadel who question all of it.
- Samwell Tarly, to Jon Snow
Daenerys Targaryen and Drogon on the red sands of Daznak's Pit by Marc Simonetti©
The Great Pit of Daznak,.
The pit is made of multicolored benches. FFG ©
At the pit's entrance are the Gates of Fate, The circular brick arena has descending tiers of benches, each in a different color. The colors are:
The bottom tiers, the red and orange, are for the highest ranking of Meereen. The black and purple benches, the highest from the arena, are for the lowest of Meereen, usually slaves or the poorer Meereenese citizens.
Daznak's Pit - by Ashley Hunter Rice
After the siege of Meereen, Daenerys Targaryen has 163 of the Great Masters impaled on spikes in Daznak's Pit in retaliation for the 163 slave children the masters killed to spite her.
In celebration of the marriage between Daenerys and Hizdahr zo Loraq - who had bought all fighting pits in the city after it was conquered - and the peace between Yunkai and Meereen, the fighting pit is reopened. Several fights and spectacles take place but the noise and smell of blood draws Drogon to the pit, where he causes death and chaos and leaves with Daenerys on his back.
After Viserion and Rhaegal are accidentally unleashed upon the city, the ruling council of Meereen herd 1,000 sheep into the pit to feed them and keep them sated. The dragons prove to have a taste for mutton, returning to the pit whenever they grow hungry.
And I saw that dragon ripping off arms and legs, tearing men in half, burning them down to ash and bones. People started running, trying to get out of that pit, but I come to see a show, and by all of gods of Ghis, I saw one. I was up in the purple, so I didn't think the dragon was like to trouble me.
- old slave in a rusted iron collar, to Tyrion Lannister
Deana Hardyng is a member of House Hardyng and the wife of Walton Frey. They have three children; Steffon, Walda and Bryan Frey
Deep Den
The Westerlands and the location of Deep Den
Deep Den is the seat of House Lydden in the eastern Westerlands.
© Fantasy Flight Games
Deep Lake
The north and the location of Deep Lake
Deep Lake is a castle along the Wall. The castle was abandoned some time ago by the Night's Watch due to the order's manpower shortages. To the east of Deep Lake sits Queensgate and to the west is the Nightfort.
The castle is located seven miles
Qhorin Halfhand suggests that the Night's Watch re-garrison Deep Lake in an effort to extend the Watch's defense of the Wall.
Lord Commander Jon Snow considers re-garrisoning Deep Lake or Sable Hall with wildlings under the command of Halleck, although neither castle is ready for human habitation yet.
Deep Ones are a species posited by Maester Theron in his manuscript *Strange Stone*. Theron drew a connection between the black stone of the Seastone Chair and that of the ancient fortress that serves as foundation of the Hightower. Theron suggested they were created by the Deep Ones, a "queer, misshapen race of half men sired by creatures of the salt seas upon human women", according to Maester Yandel. Theron suggests they inspired the legend of merlings and that the sea creatures who fathered them inspired the religion of the Drowned God.
The legends of Lorath claim that the Lorathi mazemakers were destroyed by creatures from the sea, It is possible these stories and beliefs are related to Theron's Deep Ones.
The Deep Ones may be a reference by George R. R. Martin to *The Shadow over Innsmouth* by H. P. Lovecraft.
Deepdown is the seat of House Crowl on the island of Skagos in the north.
Deepwood Motte
Deepwood Motte. © FFG
Deepwood Motte, sometimes called simply Deepwood,
See also: Images of Deepwood Motte
Deepwood is an old but not particularly strong castle. Its longhall sits on a hill with a flattened top, along with a watchtower rising fifty feet higher, the tallest object this side of the northern mountains. Below the hill is a bailey containing stables, paddock, smithy, well, and sheepfold. They are defended by a ditch, earthen dike, and palisade of logs. Deepwood's mossy outer walls are protected by two square towers and wallwalks. East and west of the castle are fields of oat and barley.
Deepwood Motte was the royal seat of the Glovers when they were petty kings.
Theon Greyjoy has visited Deepwood several times with Lord Eddard Stark.
Larence Snow, the Bastard of Hornwood, is a ward of Galbart Glover at Deepwood.
Asha Greyjoy is sent to attack Deepwood Motte from the north. She captures it with a thousand ironborn after a moon's turn.
Maester Aemon sends a raven to Deepwood Motte and other northern seats in a plea for help to defend Castle Black from wildlings.
Asha brings Lady Glover and her children, Gawen and Erena, from Deepwood to Ten Towers on Harlaw.
Following the selection of Euron Greyjoy as King of the Isles and the North at the kingsmoot, Asha returns to Deepwood with Lady Glover, whose children remain at Ten Towers. Asha and her followers abandon Deepwood Motte when Stannis Baratheon and the northern mountain clans loyal to Winterfell appear to retake the seat of the Glovers.
With Deepwood restored to the Glovers, they declare for Stannis. Lady Sybelle sends trackers and hunters to guide Stannis's army as it marches on Winterfell.
Bugger Deepwood. It's a wooden pisspot on a hill.
– Theon Greyjoy, to Asha Greyjoy
Deepwood be Galbart Glover's seat. No home for squids.
– unnamed Flint, to Asha Greyjoy
Defender of the Citadel is one of the hereditary titles held by the head of House Hightower.
Lord Leyton Hightower is the current possessor of the title.
Defender of the Dispossessed is an honorary title claimed by the Lord of House Manderly of White Harbor.
Defender of the Fords is a title held by the head of House Caswell of Bitterbridge.
Defender of the Marches is a title claimed by House Tyrell of Highgarden,
The Kingdom of the Reach once included western marches from Horn Hill to Nightsong.
Defender of the Vale,.
House Arryn ruled as Kings of Mountain and Vale after the Battle of the Seven Stars in the Andal invasion.
Young Lord Robert Arryn serves as Defender of the Vale after the death of his father, Lord Jon Arryn.
Jon's widow, Lady Lysa Arryn, weds Lord Petyr Baelish and names him Lord Protector of the Vale.
The Defenestration of Sunspear was an event in the First Dornish War. Soon after the Targaryens returned to King's Landing, the Dornish swarmed from the shadow city to retake Sunspear. Lord Rosby, who had been named Castellan of Sunspear and Warden of the Sands, was bound hand and foot, dragged to the top of the Spear Tower and defenestrated from a window by none other than the blind Princess Meria Martell herself.
The aftermath of the Defiance of Duskendale - by Marc Simonetti ©
The Defiance of Duskendale, which took place in 277 AC, was a landmark event during the reign of King Aerys II Targaryen. The Defiance began when the Lord of Duskendale refused to pay taxes, demanding a new town charter and certain rights for citizens and ended with the extirpation of one noble family and a severe rift between the king and his Hand of the King, Lord Tywin Lannister.
Duskendale, which had once been an important port on Blackwater Bay and a seat of kings, had seen its wealth shrink and trade dwindle due to the growth of King's Landing, nearby. Denys Darklyn, Lord of Duskendale, wished to halt this decline. He desired to win a charter for Duskendale, similar as Dorne had received nearly a century before. Lord Tywin Lannister, Hand of the King, however, firmly rejected the proposal. Lord Denys was infuriated at Tywin's refusal, and devised a new plan, which would eventually have severe consequences. Some say Lord Denys had been driven by the influence of his Myrish wife, Lady Serala.
The Defiance began in 277 AC when Lord Denys ceased to pay his taxes,
Lord Denys refused to give up the king, and threatened that he would kill Aerys at the first sign of an assault. As Lord Tywin Lannister could not attack Duskendale, he besieged it with a sizable host.
The Defiance lasted half a year.
The Defiance was eventually ended when Ser Barristan Selmy offered to perform a solo rescue mission. Lord Tywin gave him a day before he would storm the castle. Barristan scaled the walls unseen at night, making his way into the Dun Fort disguised as a hooded beggar, before scaling those walls as well. He freed King Aerys out of the dungeons, and while bringing the king to safety, avenged his sworn brother, Ser Gwayne Gaunt, by slaying his killer, Ser Symon Hollard. Before the castle's gates could be closed, Ser Barristan had managed to get a horse and brought the king to safety, despite an arrow wound to the chest.
King Aerys's vengeance was terrible. Though Lord Denys begged for mercy, the king demanded the deaths of Denys and his immediate family, as well as his uncles, aunts, and distant kinsmen living in Duskendale. House Hollard, Lord Denys's goodkin, were attainted and executed as well. Ser Jon Hollard, who had been married to Lord Denys's sister, died together with his wife and young son. Robin Hollard, the squire who had pulled Aerys's beard when he had first been seized, died upon the rack. The only exception was young Dontos Hollard, whose life was spared when Ser Barristan Selmy requested it. Aerys, unable to refuse the man who had saved his life, granted this boon. Lord Denys's wife, Lady Serala, had her tongue and womanly parts torn out, after which she was burned alive. As cruel as her death was, her enemies believe she should have suffered worse.
The lands and incomes of Duskendale were granted to House Rykker, while the lands of House Hollard were taken away, their villages burned, and their castle torn down.
Despite what happened, the people of Duskendale still love Lord Denys. They blame his foreign wife, and half of them still feel that the punishment Aerys gave her was too kind by half.
Following his half year of captivity at Duskendale, Aerys II Targaryen was forever a changed man. It is believed by some that it was the Defiance which caused the king's madness.
Furthermore, his experience at Duskendale had convinced Aerys that his son and heir, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, had conspired with Tywin to have Aerys killed during the Defiance by storming the walls, which would have allowed for Rhaegar to ascend the Iron Throne and marry Lord Tywin's daughter. Aerys grew mistrustful of Tywin as a consequence, going as far as to refuse to meet with Tywin without the presence of all his Kingsguard knights. Relations with his son became more strained, and the king began to mistrust everyone, from the smallfolk to his own wife, Queen Rhaella Targaryen.
The story of the Defiance of Duskendale is recounted to Brienne of Tarth when she travels to Duskendale in search of Sansa Stark.
Now in Meereen, hoping with a heavy heart for Queen Daenerys Targaryen's return, Ser Barristan Selmy reflects on how many kings he has known. He remembers that he stood in his white cloak beside the Iron Throne as madness consumed Jaehaerys II's son Aerys, and tells himself that he did his duty and kept his vows. However, he admits that some nights, he wonders whether he had done that duty too well. As Aerys's Kingsguard, he had seen things that pained him to recall. More than once he has wondered how much of the blood was on his own hands. Ser Barristan thinks that if he had not gone into Duskendale to rescue Aerys from Lord Darklyn's dungeons, the king might well have died there as Tywin Lannister sacked the town. Prince Rhaegar's ascension might have been for the better. These thoughts leave the memory of Duskendale bitter to Ser Barristan.
Duskendale had been his finest hour, yet the memory tasted bitter on his tongue.
Delena Florent is the mother of Edric Storm and niece to Lord Alester Florent. She is married to Ser Hosman Norcross and has two children by him, Alester and Renly.
During the wedding of Lord Stannis Baratheon and Lady Selyse Florent, King Robert I Baratheon carried Delena, who was one of Selyse's bedmaids, upstairs to the bedroom of Lord Stannis and Lady Selyse and broke in the wedding bed. This coupling eventually led to the birth of Edric Storm. Because Delena had been a maiden when Robert slept with her, he had to acknowledge the child as his bastard.
Della Frey, known as Deaf Della among her kin, is a member of House Frey. She is the eldest child of Ser Benfrey Frey and his wife and cousin, Jyanna Frey..
Dellono is a dyer from Braavos. He is one of the Gate regulars.
He has a pinched white face and mottled purple hands.
Prior to the performance of *The Bloody Hand* Daena recognizes some of the Gate regulars in the crowd and points them out for Mercy, including Dellono.
Lady Delonne Allyrion is the Lady of Godsgrace and is the head of House Allyrion. She is the mother of Ser Ryon Allyrion.
Delp is on duty at the River Gate when Tyrion Lannister's plot to break Ser Jaime Lannister free is carried out. Although the attempted escape fails, Delp is wounded while recapturing Jaime.
Shortly after Delp's wound has healed and he returns to duty, he is killed during Lord Rickard Karstark's murder of Willem Lannister and Tion Frey.
Demon's dance stored in a small jar. © Fantasy Flight Games
Demon's dance is a poison.
During Tyrion Lannister's trial for the death of King Joffrey Baratheon, Grand Maester Pycelle claims that Tyrion stole a sample of demon's dance as well as other drugs from Pycelle's collection.
demon road
Slaver's Bay and the location of the demon road
The demon road is a Valyrian road in the southern Painted Mountains. It runs from Volantis east through Mantarys and the ruins of Bhorash to Meereen.
Demons are mythical malevolent beings. *Maegi* are said by the Dothraki to lay with demons.
The Others are described by some as demons of snow, ice and cold.
It is said demons haunt the remaining lands of the Valyrian peninsula,
The Five Forts are said to have been erected by the Pearl Emperor of the Great Empire of the Dawn to keep the Lion of Night and his demons away from the realms of men.
According to reports, it is possible to fornicate with demons in Asshai.
"Demon" is also used as a term to describe some great fighters,such as Robert Baratheon, the "Demon of the Trident",
Dywen of the Night's Watch tells Jon Snow that the wildling Craster deals with slavers and demons.
When revealing Tyrion Lannister the story of his mutilation, Varys wonders if the voice heard from the flames in which his sexual organs were burned was a god, a demon, or a trick.
Maester Denestan is the author of the book *Questions*. In his book, Denestan argues that it has been two thousand years since the last kingsmoot,
Lord Rodrik Harlaw reads Denestan's *Questions* to get background information on the kingsmoot.
Dennet
Dennet is present when Sandor Clegane is given a trial by combat by Lord Beric Dondarrion.
Ser Dennis Plumm is the eldest son and heir of Lord Philip Plumm.
Dennis is a big man with a thick neck and a red face. Like his brother Peter, he is boisterous, quick to laugh, quick to anger and quick to forgive.
Dennis and his brothers Ser Peter and Ser Harwyn Plumm are among the men who are sent by Lord Tywin Lannister to the Riverlands in search of his son, after Ser Jaime Lannister has been released from Riverrun by Lady Catelyn Stark.
Dennis the Lame, was a leader of the Poor Fellows during the Faith Militant uprising against King Maegor I Targaryen.
Following the Faith Militant's defeats in the battles at Stonebridge and the Great Fork of the Blackwater the previous year, new leaders arose across the Seven Kingdoms in 43 AC. One of these leaders was Dennis the Lame. Dennis remained at large for several years. By late 45 AC, smallfolk gave aid in keeping him safe wherever he went, while the knights and men-at-arms who were sent out to bring them to justice often disappeared.
Denyo Terys is the youngest son of Ternesio Terys. He works aboard the *Titan's Daughter*.
Denyo befriends Arya Stark on the journey from Saltpans to Braavos.
Ser Denys Arryn, known as the Darling of the Vale, was a knight of House Arryn. A distant cousin to the ruling line, he married Lord Jon Arryn's niece.
Denys was a "renowned jouster, handsome and gallant and brimming with courtesy".
Denys hailed from a poor branch of House Arryn. He married a distant cousin who descended from the main Arryn branch. Since Denys had "Arryn" as a surname and had married the eldest surviving daughter of Alys Arryn he was considered the next heir of the house after Elbert Arryn. He was named Keeper of the Gates of the Moon by Lord Jon Arryn, replacing Jon's brother, Ser Ronnel.
During the Battle of the Bells, a major battle in Robert's Rebellion, Ser Denys fought Lord Jon Connington and was slain by him.
Denys Darklyn was a Lord of Duskendale and the last head of House Darklyn. He and his family were executed after the Defiance of Duskendale.
Lord Denys asked King Aerys II for certain rights for his citizens and a new town charter for Duskendale. The king refused and Denys refused to pay taxes to the crown. This led to an escalation of events that saw the capture of Aerys and the death of Ser Gwayne Gaunt of the Kingsguard by Ser Symon Hollard during the taking.
Denys continued his defiance, even as the might of the Seven Kingdoms, led by the King's Hand Lord Tywin Lannister, sat outside his walls. Tywin's forces were strong enough to storm Duskendale, but Denys threatened to kill the king if that happened. The Defiance ended when Ser Barristan Selmy sneaked into the Dun Fort, the seat of House Darklyn, and rescued his king. Denys, no longer having a hostage, immediately opened his gates and begged for mercy. He was beheaded, as was the rest of his family, while his wife, Serala of Myr, was burned. Denys was still young at the time of his death. Not one lordly Darklyn remained alive.
Despite the woe he brought on them, Lord Denys is still loved by the smallfolk of Duskendale, who blame his wife Serala for the Defiance and thought that nothing would have happened had Lord Denys instead married a Stokeworth or Staunton. It was said that Lady Serala had filled her husband with Myrish poison and enslaved him with her lady parts, causing him to rise against King Aerys.
Denys Drumm is the son of Lord Dunstan Drumm. He is a captain of note among the ironborn.
Denys stood as one of his father's champions at the kingsmoot.
Ser Denys Mallister is a knight of House Mallister and a member of the Night's Watch. He has commanded the Shadow Tower for thirty-three years. Denys is an uncle of Jason Mallister, Lord of Seagard.
See also: Images of Denys Mallister
Denys is an old man. He has blue-grey eyes and a long white beard. He has lost almost all his hair and his face is deeply lined. He still has his teeth and is graceful in his movement. He clasps his Night's Watch cloak with a silver eagle. In his communication with other people Denys is courteous and well-spoken due to his high-born roots.
Denys was born at Seagard as a member of House Mallister.
When Mance Rayder returned from his ranging with scarlet silk woven into his cloak from a wildling who nursed him back to health, Denys ordered him to burn the cloak and wear only the black cloaks of the Night's Watch. Denys's stern order influenced Mance's decision to desert the Shadow Tower and the Night's Watch the next day, joining the free folk living beyond the Wall.
Ser Denys writes to Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, reporting that wildlings from the Frostfangs are moving south, slipping past the Shadow Tower in numbers greater than ever before.
Denys sends another raven to Jeor, informing him rangers from the Shadow Tower have found whole wildling villages abandoned, and at night huge fires have been sighted, blazing in the mountains from dusk till dawn.
Denys confirms the report of Mance Rayder gathering an army from the wildling captured by Qhorin Halfhand in the depths of the Gorge, writing this to Lord Commander Mormont.
When discussing the Night's Watch, Tyrion Lannister advises his father, Lord Tywin Lannister, to deal with Denys or Cotter Pyke rather than Janos Slynt; Tywin dismisses Denys as a Mallister of Seagard, one that would not serve his purposes.
Denys leaves the Shadow Tower to attend the choosing for the next Lord Commander to replace Jeor, who was slain in the mutiny at Craster's Keep. Traveling with Bowen Marsh and the other Castle Black survivors of the fight at the Bridge of Skulls, this party happens across Samwell Tarly and Gilly on the road, escorting them to Castle Black.
Denys is a leading candidate to become the next Lord Commander, along with Cotter, collecting two hundred and thirteen votes by the time only seven candidates remain in the race.
Denys sends regular ravens to Castle Black requesting additional men.
Ser Denys Marbrand was a knight of House Marbrand during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.
Denys was a participant in the tourney at Ashford Meadow fighting under the Marbrand banner. His name was given in the Roll of Arms in the comic book adaptation of *The Hedge Knight*.
According to the semi-canon unabridged version of "The Westerlands" chapter from *The World of Ice and Fire*, Denys Marbrand was the father of Lady Jeyne Marbrand, wife to Lord Tytos Lannister. In this earlier draft of the chapter, he became a strong supporter of Tytos once he became Lord of Casterly Rock. When King Aegon V Targaryen became angered with the over-grasping House Tarbeck, Tytos sent Denys to capture Lord Walderan Tarbeck and Lady Ellyn Tarbeck. Roger Reyne, Lord of Castamere and Ellyn's brother, led a host in attacking the Marbrand men in the night, slaying the old warrior Denys before he reached Tarbeck Hall. Ser Reynard Reyne convinced Tytos that the attack was a misunderstanding, claiming that Roger was unaware of Denys's identity and thought he was attacking outlaws.
In the published version of the chapter, however, Jeyne's father was changed to Alyn Marbrand.
Denys Redwyne is the son of Ser Desmond Redwyne and Denyse Hightower. He is a squire.
Denys Snow, known as the Bastard of Barrowton, was a bastard from House Dustin.
Denys fought in the army of Prince Aegon Targaryen when he rebelled against his uncle, King Maegor I Targaryen. Denys was killed in the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye in 43 AC.
Denys Strong is a sellsword in service to the Golden Company. As a serjeant, he is a high-ranking officer.
Denys 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.
Denys is a Westerosi exile. His surname Strong is of a house that had once loomed large in the histories of the Seven Kingdoms. He may or may not be of House Strong, as in the free companies a man can call himself whatever he chooses..
Denys, like the rest of the company, swears his allegiance to Aegon Targaryen in Volon Therys before they invade Westeros.
Denyse Hightower is a daughter of Lord Leyton Hightower. She is married to Ser Desmond Redwyne and they have one child, Denys.
Denzo D'han is a warrior bard, sellsword and member of the Windblown.
It is said Denzo was a captain and veteran of a hundred battles.
He looks weathered.
Denzo D'han was part of the Siege of Astapor. He is present when the Tattered Prince commands several Windblown who are originally from Westeros to go over to Daenerys Targaryen. He states the reason for this is the Yunkai leadership does not inspire confidence in the sellswords.
He is present alongside Caggo and Meris when the Tattered Prince meets Quentyn Martell and his companions Archibald Yronwood and Gerris Drinkwater at the Purple Lotus to hear Quentyn's proposal.
Lord Deremond is the subject of a song. He took part in a battle at the Bloody Meadow..
At Riverrun, Catelyn Tully and Brienne of Tarth listen to Rymund the Rhymer sing of Deremond.
And there he stood with sword in hand,
the last of Darry's ten...
And red the grass beneath his feet,
and red his banners bright,
and red the glow of the setting sun
that bathed him in its light,
*"Come on, come on," the great lord called,*
*"my sword is hungry still."*
And with a cry of savage rage,
They swarmed across the rill...
Princess Deria Martell was the ruling Princess of Dorne during the reigns of King Aegon I and Aenys I Targaryen.
Princess Deria was the granddaughter of Princess Meria Martell, the Yellow Toad of Dorne. Upon Meria's death in 13 AC, Deria's father Nymor took over the rule of Dorne. The First Dornish War had been ongoing since 4 AC, and Nymor wanted peace. He send Deria at the head of a delegation to King's Landing, with the skull of the death dragon Meraxes as a peace offer. Many at court took this act ill, including Queen Visenya and Lord Orys Baratheon. Lord Oakheart suggested that Deria should be sent to "the meanest of brothers to service any man who would have her".
Deria assured King Aegon I Targaryen that Dorne wanted peace, but would not swear fealthy to the Iron Throne. King Aegon's counselors argued against this, claiming Aegon would look weak if he agreed. In addition, they believed the lords of the Reach and stormlands would feel offended by such a peace.
King Aegon was ready to refuse the offer when Princess Deria presented him with a letter from her father. Aegon read the letter, his hands clenching it so hard they started to bleed. Once he was done he burned the letter and immediately flew to Dragonstone upon Balerion. When he returned the next morning, he agreed to the peace and signed a treaty.
At some point in the following decade, old Prince Nymor passed away and Deria succeeded him as the Princess of Dorne. In 23 AC, King Aegon and his eldest son Aenys flew to Sunspear on their dragons, Balerion and Quicksilver, to attend a "feast of friendship" hosted by Princess Deria to mark the ten year anniversary of the peace accords.
In 37 AC, Aenys succeeded his father as king, and was almost immediately opposed by four rebels. The largest and most threatening of these rebels was the so-called "Vulture King" in the Red Mountains. Princess Deria publicly issued denouncements against the Vulture King from Sunspear, but many believed that she supported him in secret.
*A Song of Ice and Fire*, the series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, is the basis of a great number of derived works, both with and without the authorization of the author.
Main article: Game of Thrones
In March 2010, HBO greenlit a television series based on A Song of Ice and Fire, with David Benioff and Dan Weiss attached to write and executive produce.
*A Game of Thrones* is a strategy board game released in 2003 by Fantasy Flight Games and created by Christian T. Petersen. The Origins Award-winning game allows the players to take on the roles of several of the Great Houses vying for control of the Seven Kingdoms, including House Stark, House Lannister, House Baratheon, House Greyjoy, House Tyrell, and as of the expansion A Clash of Kings, House Martell. Players maneuver armies to secure support in the various regions that comprise the Seven Kingdoms, with the goal of capturing enough support to claim the Iron Throne. Two expansions for the game, A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords, have been released.
*Battles of Westeros* is a two-player board game released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2010.. Battles of Westeros is a war game and is more tactically oriented than the board game A Game of Thrones.
*A Game of Thrones Roleplaying Game*, created by the defunct Guardians of Order company and published by White Wolf in 2005, is a roleplaying game using the d20 and the TriStat dX rules systems. The game consists of a single large, full-color rulebook featuring information on role-playing in the Seven Kingdoms and also background information to the series not found in the novels, including a detailed map of the Seven Kingdoms. The game was very well-received and was nominated for several awards, but this was not enough to save its parent company from closure in July 2006.
*A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying* was released by Green Ronin Publishing in 2009 to fill the void left by the defunct previous roleplaying game. A custom game system was created by the publisher for use with the setting, and since its initial much-acclaimed release has seen numerous supplemental adventures and information. The supplemental book *A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide* was released in 2010, and included detailed information on the setting.
Blood of Dragons is an online, text-based RPG MUSH and the only online game specifically authorized by the author.
*A Game of Thrones: Genesis* is a real-time strategy game based on A Song of Ice and Fire for the PC. It was published by Cyanide Studio, in 2011. The game allows players to partake in the conquest of Westeros beginning generations before the time in which the novels are set.
*Game of Thrones* is a video game based on the series and published in 2012. It is a role-playing video game based on the novels and containing some voice actors from the television series.
*Game of Thrones Seven Kingdoms* is a browser-based, massively-multiplayer role-playing game announced in February 2012 and developed by Bigpoint Games. An initial closed beta was planned for fall 2012.
*Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series* is a graphic adventure game by Telltale Games. The first episode of the game, which focuses on House Forrester and is based on the television adaptation *Game of Thrones*, was released in December 2014.
Several unofficial mods have been created by fans for several video games, such as *Crusader Kings, *Crusader Kings II, *Mount & Blade: Warband, *Neverwinter Nights, and *Rome: Total War*.
*The World of Ice & Fire* is a companion volume to the A Song of Ice and Fire novels. The book was written by Elio Garcia, Linda Antonsson, and George R. R. Martin, and was published in the USA by Bantam on October 28, 2014.
*A World of Ice and Fire* is a companion guide available as an app for iOS and Android. The app was written by Elio Garcia and Linda Antonsson in consultation with George R. R. Martin and was released in 2012.
*The Art of Ice and Fire*, published in 2005 by Fantasy Flight Games, contains numerous works of art inspired by the series from a variety of different artists and illustrators. Some of the art previously appeared in the card game or online, but most of it was new. A second volume was released in 2011.
*A Game of Thrones* is a comic book adaptation of George R. R. Martin's fantasy novel *A Game of Thrones, the first in the *A Song of Ice and Fire series. Writer and frequent collaborator Daniel Abraham scripts the series and artist Tommy Patterson draws it. The series is currently being released by Bantam Books as trade paperback graphic novels. Three volumes have been released with a fourth and final volume forthcoming.
*A Feast of Ice and Fire* is a cookbook of recipes of dish and meals from Westeros and Essos based on descriptions in the five books of A Song of Ice and Fire. It was written by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and Sariann Lehrer, the owner of the website The Inn at the Crossroads. There is a forward by Martin. It was released on May 29, 2012.
*A Game of Groans* is a parody book. In August 2011, Thomas Dunne Books announced it acquired the rights to A Game of Groans, a take on Martin's best-selling novel. It is described as: A parody of George R.R. Martin's bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire series, set in a world where seasons can last decades (and comparisons to Tolkien a lifetime), the warmth is returning, and in the thawing tundra to the North of Summerseve, the future of the Bark family, their BFFs, and their enemies dangles in the balance, to Peter Joseph at Thomas Dunne Books, by Jason Allen Ashlock at Movable Type Literary Group (World).
*Beyond the Wall* is a collection of essays exploring the series influences, its narrative choices, and its epic scope. It was released in June 2012.
*A Song of Ice and Fire Calendar* is an annual calendar providing unique drawings for each month of the year. Publication began in 2011 and Random House is expected to publish through 2015/2016.
*The Lands of Ice and Fire* is an boxed collection of twelve official A Song of Ice and Fire map posters, stretching from Westeros to Asshai. The maps were illustrated by cartographer Jonathan Roberts and were published by Bantam Books on October 30, 2012.
Testor Corporation announced that in late 2006 it would begin releasing model figures based on the series, to be followed by a tactical war game. Only one product shipped, a Ruby Ford diorama. In April 2007, Martin announced that the licensing agreement with Testor had expired, and Testor's A Song of Ice and Fire product lines had been canceled.
Valyrian Steel is a company manufacturing replicas of arms and armor from the novels of A Song of Ice and Fire and the television show Game of Thrones. On March 20, 2007, Martin announced on his blog from A Song of Ice and Fire on pre-sale. Both Needle and Longclaw were available in a Limited Edition of 2,500 each.
Ser Derrick Fossoway, dubbed the Bad Apple, was a member of House Fossoway and an exiled knight from Westeros with a black reputation. He became one of the infamous Band of Nine, the instigators of the War of the Ninepenny Kings.
The Band of Nine were a group of merchants, sellswords and pirates who joined together to carve out kingdoms for themselves.
Derring Downs is famous for its caves. It was once part of House Osgrey's holdings in the Reach.
Desmera Redwyne is a member of House Redwyne and is the daughter and youngest child of Lord Paxter Redwyne and Mina Tyrell.
Desmera is known for her freckles.
Ser Daven Lannister mentions how his father, Ser Stafford, had been negotiating with Lord Paxter Redwyne about a marriage between the nicely-dowered Desmera to Daven. Lord Tywin Lannister, however, promised a marriage between Daven and an unspecified daughter of Lord Walder Frey, following House Frey joining House Lannister during the War of the Five Kings.
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Desmond is a member of the guards of Winterfell who accompanies Lord Eddard Stark to King's Landing when he assumes the position of Hand of the King.
Desmond accompanies Lord Eddard's party to the trial and execution of a deserter from the Night's Watch. He and Tomard drag the man to an ironwood stump, where he is beheaded by Lord Eddard with his greatsword Ice. On their way home to Winterfell, the party comes across a dead direwolf and Desmond and Jory Cassel are eventually told by Eddard to gather up its pups.
Desmond admits Maester Luwin to see Lord Eddard in Lady Catelyn's chambers, when Luwin brings a coded letter from Lysa Arryn informing her sister that Jon Arryn was murdered by Cersei Lannister.
Desmond is one of the Winterfell guards who goes south with Lord Eddard, when he becomes Hand of the King. He takes his meals in the Small Hall of the Red Keep, where he can be seen in the company of Jory Cassel, Hullen, Harwin, and Jacks.
Desmond and Tomard take positions along the route of Eddard when he goes to the armory of Tobho Mott in the Street of Steel. Their assignment is to look out for people following Eddard.
Desmond presents Yoren before Eddard when the Night's Watch recruiter informs him about Lady Catelyn taking Tyrion Lannister captive on her way back to Winterfell. Desmond leads Arya Stark out of the room on Eddard's command and to her chambers. Arya wishes it was Tomard who is guarding her father as she then might have been able to linger on and listen at the door, whereas Desmond is too single-minded in his duty to fall for her tricks. On the way to the chambers, Arya asks him how many guards her father has, receiving the answer that the number is fifty. She inquires whether they will make sure that her father will not be killed, to which Desmond laughs and assures her that her father is guarded day and night. When Arya points out that the Lannisters have more men, he replies that every northman is worth ten southron swords and that she can sleep easy. Arya suggests that a wizard might be sent to kill her father, but Desmond says that wizards die just as other men when one cuts off their heads, drawing his longsword for stressing his point.
When Eddard sends most of his best swords with Ser Beric Dondarrion to bring Ser Gregor Clegane to justice, Desmond stays in King's Landing. He and Cayn admit Petyr Baelish to the Hand's chambers just as Eddard has finished his letter to Stannis Baratheon asking him to return to King's Landing because of King Robert I Baratheon's expected death.
Desmond is killed in the Stark household purge following Eddard's arrest. Arya finds his body in the stable, lying next to the body of a Lannister soldier. Arya assumes that Desmond killed only one Lannister man, which makes her remember how he assured her that no harm would befall her father and that every northman was worth ten southron swords. She kicks the body in a sudden fury and calls Desmond a liar.
Desmond was a maester of the Citadel who served as Grand Maester during the reign of King Maegor I Targaryen.
Desmond was one of three known Grand Maesters who served during the rule of Maegor the Cruel. After Queen Alys Harroway went into premature labor in 44 AC,
Desmond was one of three Grand Maesters that were executed during Maegor's reign.
Ser Desmond Darry was a knight of House Darry during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.
Desmond participated in the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC.
Ser Desmond Grell is the master-at-arms at Riverrun.
He has a large belly.
Desmond was born of House Grell, one of the minor houses of the riverlands. He entered the service of Lord Hoster Tully at a young age. Catelyn Tully says he was a squire when she was born, a knight by the time she learned to ride and the master-at arms at Riverrun before she was wed to Eddard Stark.
Ser Desmond is in charge of training new bowmen to replace those lost in the Battle of Riverrun and the Battle of the Camps.
Ser Desmond is named castellan of Riverrun upon Edmure Tully's departure. Thus he has to deal with Catelyn Tully's betrayal when she lets Ser Jaime Lannister go. He imprisons her in her father's rooms while awaiting the return of her brother and son.
After the surrender of Riverrun and the exile of House Tully, Ser Desmond asks to join the Night's Watch. He is joined by Ser Robin Ryger. Both are escorted to Maidenpool by Raff the Sweetling.
You say I'm free to go, but where? I'm too old and too stout to make a hedge knight. But men are always welcome at the Wall.
- Ser Desmond to Jaime Lannister on why he prefers to take the black
Ser Desmond Mallister was a knight of House Mallister. According to Archmaester Haereg's *History of the Ironborn*, Desmond had a great and tragic friendship with Lord Loron Greyjoy.
Ser Desmond Redwyne is a knight of House Redwyne. He is married to Denyse Hightower and they have one child, Denys.
Devan Seaworth is the fifth son of Ser Davos Seaworth. He is squire to Stannis Baratheon.
Devan is a skinny boy,
Devan takes great pride in being a squire to King Stannis Baratheon.
Devan is called brave by Salladhor Saan
After Stannis converts to the Lord of Light, Devan does the same,
According to Salladhor Saan, Devan is one of the last of Stannis Baratheon's men to be taken off by the Lyseni galleys at the Battle of the Blackwater, when the tide in battle turns against Stannis. He reportedly stayed by King Stannis's side throughout the battle.
Devan has safely returned to Dragonstone, where he continues his lessons by Maester Pylos, alongside Princess Shireen Baratheon and the bastard son of the late King Robert I Baratheon, Edric Storm.
When Stannis goes north to the Wall, Devan, as his squire, accompanies him and is part of his retinue at Castle Black.
When Stannis merches south to face the Boltons, Devan remains at the Wall to attend Melisandre because she does not wish for Davos to lose any more sons. Devan is unhappy to be left behind and believes the boy thinks he is being punished for some mistake he or his father have made.
Devotion is a war galley in service to pious Lord Guncer Sunglass.
Devotion is seized by Stannis Baratheon when Lord Guncer Sunglass refuses to acknowledge Stannis as his liege, since Stannis destroyed the sept at Dragonstone. It is part of the fleet commanded by Ser Imry Florent during the Battle of the Blackwater.
Devyn Sealskinner is a wildling leader.
Devyn Sealskinner is among the wildling leaders who accompany Tormund through the Wall after declaring a truce with the Night's Watch. He presents Jon Snow with an offering of a sealskin hat. One or more of his sons are hostages of the Night's Watch.
Ser Deziel Dalt is the Knight of Lemonwood and head of House Dalt. He is the brother of Ser Andrey Dalt.
Deziel had once aspired to marry Princess Arianne Martell.
Deziel is one of the Dornish nobles who accompany Prince Oberyn Martell to King's Landing for the wedding of King Joffrey I Baratheon and Lady Margaery Tyrell.
While imprisoned by her father, Princess Arianne Martell considers contacting Deziel for aid. She decides against it, however, considering him too dutiful to his liege lord to be willing to act against him, and not nearly powerful enough to be succesfull.
Deziel is present at the feast when Balon Swann arrives in Sunspear to deliver the head of Ser Gregor Clegane. He drinks when Ricasso raises a toast to King Tommen Baratheon.
Dhako, also known as the Dragon of the North,
When Dhako approached the city of Ibbish to sack it, its inhabitants took to their ships and fled to Ib. Dhako put the city to the torch and named it Vaes Aresak, or City of Cowards. In his wroth, Dhako burned not only the abandoned city, but also much of the surrounding countryside. Thereafter he was known as the Dragon of the North.
The Braavosi adventurer Terrio Erastes was a guest of Khal Dhako when Ibbish was destroyed. He wrote in his chronicle *Fire Upon the Grass* that Dhako took great pride in being known as the Dragon of the North, but came to rue it when his *khalasar* was defeated in battle by that of Khal Temmo, who took the elder Dhako captive and fed him to the flames after cutting off his hands, feet, and genitals, and roasting them before his eyes, after first burning his wives and sons in the same manner.
Dhazzar is a child of one of the noble ruling families of Meereen. Dhazzar is fond of dancing.
With the Sons of the Harpy killings continuing, Queen Daenerys Targaryen has every noble family of Meereen who is of dubious loyalty send her a child as a hostage. These children are made her cupbearers.
Daenerys hopes having noble children as hostages will halt the killings, but it does not. However, Daenerys refuses to allow any harm to come to the children. She grows fond of them all, and ignores Skahaz mo Kandaq's counsel to kill one for every death done by the Sons of the Harpy.
When Daenerys disappears on Drogon's back, the cupbearers continue to serve her husband, King Hizdahr zo Loraq.
Ser Barristan Selmy plots with Skahaz mo Kandaq to seize control of Meereen in the queen's name. Although Skahaz wants to kill the cupbearers in return for the deaths of the hostages Daenerys had granted to the besiegers of Meereen, Barristan also refuses to allow any harm to come to the children.
Dick is a common male name and nickname in Westeros. It may refer to:
Dick Bean was a man-at-arms in service of House Targaryen in 42 AC. He had been in service of House Targaryen since he was a boy.
When King Maegor was challenged to a trial of seven by Ser Damon Morrigen, Grand Captain of the Warrior's Sons, Dick Bean was the first to answer Maegor's call to those who would stand beside him, shaming many knights and noble lords into answering Maegor's summons. One account claimed that Dick was the first to die during the trial, cut down by Ser Lyle Bracken.
I been a king's man since I was a boy. I mean to die a king's man.
– Dick Bean offering to fight beside Maegor I Targaryen
This bean shames us all. Are there no true knights here? No leal men?
Dick Cole is a sellsword in service to the Golden Company. As a serjeant, he is a high-ranking officer.
Dick wears his worldly wealth upon his person and a lord’s ransom in golden arm rings.
Dick is a Westerosi exile. His surname Cole is of a house that was once prominent in the histories of the Seven Kingdoms. He may or may not be of House Cole, as in the free companies a man can call himself whatever he chooses. He may be related to another serjeant in the company, Will Cole.[*citation needed*]
Dick is present during Jon Connington’s rendezvous with the Golden Company three miles south of Volon Therys. Like the rest of the company, he swears his allegiance to Aegon Targaryen before they invade Westeros.
He is one of the nine men present during Jon Connington and the Golden Company's war council at Griffin's Roost.
Dick Crabb, better known as Nimble Dick, is a former soldier originally from Crackclaw Point.
He has a sharp face with dirt brown hair, is very thin and ill fed. He wears a faded, torn doublet where some lord’s badge had been ripped off. His armor is a dinted halfhelm spotted with rust. In place of a sword he carries an old nicked dagger.
Dick was born and bred at Crackclaw Point and knows the terrain well, as well as much of its folklore and history. According to him he carries the blood of Ser Clarence Crabb. He has a sister who was bedded by a knight's son and then went off to King's Landing to take a job as a whore.
Brienne of Tarth was told to find Dick at the Stinking Goose in Maidenpool after she heard from the pious dwarf that Dick had boasted of helping a fool in motley escape from Maidenpool.
Brienne finds her way to the Stinking Goose. When Dick entered Brienne immediately offered to buy him some wine for a word. She tells him she heard that he "fooled a fool" and offers him two silver stags for further information. Dick explained to Brienne how he had tricked a frightened fool and had brought him to a place where no ships had landed in thirty years.
Dick tells her the fool wanted passages for three. Brienne wonders if it might be for Arya and Sansa Stark. She then shows him a golden dragon. He reveals that he took the trio to the Whispers in Crackclaw Point. He offers to help Brienne find the fool and those with him for gold. Brienne promises him six gold dragons if they find her "sister".
Brienne and Podrick Payne leave Maidenpool with Dick as their guide. During their travels Brienne is very suspicious of him and he once attempts to search her saddlebags for coin but is thwarted by flour Brienne has placed in them. On the way he regales Pod and Brienne with legends and tales of Crackclaw Point, including that of Ser Clarence Crabb. Interestingly, he tells Brienne that they are all good dragon men, up Crackclaw way. They pass the Dyre Den. When Brienne remarks that Dick speaks of Lord Eustace Brune as if he knows him Dick answers that he might have, once.
Dick leads Brienne to the ruined castle called the Whispers. Before entering the castle Brienne gives Dick her sword and unsheathes Oathkeeper. The fool that Dick had sold the map to turns out to be Shagwell of the Brave Companions, with his companions, Timeon and Pyg. Dick points out that Shagwell was the fool he sold the map to. Shagwell soon kills Dick by smashing his face with his morningstar. A fight ensues and Brienne kills the other two sellswords. She makes Shagwell dig a grave for Dick. Once the grave is finished, as she anticipated, Shagwell attempts to kill Brienne with a jagged chunk of rock, but fails and she slays him with a dagger, avenging Dick. Brienne then tosses two gold dragons down into Dick’s grave. When Pod asks her why she did that she explains to him that it was the reward she promised him for finding her the fool.
Nimble Dick will have a grave. He was a Crabb. This is his place.
I’m sorry that I never trusted you. I don't know how to do that anymore.
– Brienne of Tarth, as she placed Dick Crabb in his grave
Deaf Dick Follard is a ranger of the Night's Watch from House Follard. He is deaf, but can read lips.
Deaf Dick is among the brothers that remain at Castle Black when Lord Commander Jeor Mormont marches beyond the Wall in search of Benjen Stark and Mance Rayder.
Dick fights in the attack on Castle Black against the Thenn raiders commanded by Styr. He is stationed on the roof of the King's Tower with Jon Snow, Satin, and six scarecrows dressed as brothers. When the wildlings attack, Deaf Dick is felled by Ygritte's arrow as he points out wildlings on top of the armory to Jon.
Dick Straw is a member of the Windblown.
Dick has cornflower blue eyes, an unsettling smile and hair as white as flax. His back bears numerous cris-crossed scars from the whippings he receives for poor discipline.[*citation needed*]
The Tattered Prince has had Dick whipped more than any man in the Windblown.[*citation needed] Dick has had sex with Pretty Meris a few times.[citation needed*]
Dick Straw was part of the Siege of Astapor and was wary of later marching on Meereen and facing Daenerys Targaryens real Unsullied and her Dragons. He was later sent by the Tattered Prince along with the other Westeros Windblown to go over to Daenerys Targaryen.*]
Ser Dickon Flowers, known as the Bastard of Beesbury, was bastard of House Beesbury and a knight of the Warrior's Sons at the start of the reign of King Maegor I Targaryen.
In 42 AC, Ser Dickon was stationed at the King's Landing chapter of the Warrior's Sons, based in the Sept of Remembrance. He fought in the trial of seven in which seven of the Warrior's Sons faced King Maegor I Targaryen and his six champions. Ser Dickon died during the fight.
Dickon Frey is a member of House Frey. He is the son of Ser Jammos Frey and Sallei Paege, and the twin brother of Mathis Frey.
Dickon Manwoody is the second son of Dagos Manwoody, Lord of Kingsgrave.
Dickon accompanies his father, Lord Dagos Manwoody, together with his brother Mors and his uncle Ser Myles to King's Landing as part of the entourage of Prince Oberyn Martell.
Dickon Morrigen was a member of House Morrigen during the reign of the Storm King Argilac Durrandon.
Dickon and the Bastard of Blackhaven were slain by the dragonflame of Meraxes while leading the vanguard of Argilac during the Last Storm.
Dickon Tarly is the second son and fifth child of Lord Randyll Tarly and Lady Melessa Florent. Since his less martial older brother Sam has joined the Night's Watch, he is the heir to Horn Hill. in Season 6 and Tom Hopper in Season 7.
When House Tarly marched to support Renly Baratheon's claim to the Iron Throne, Dickon was among the force mustered at Highgarden. During the march, he reported to his father the wager for Brienne of Tarth's maidenhead that several young knights had begun. Dickon is now betrothed to Eleanor Mooton, the eldest daughter of William Mooton, Lord of Maidenpool.
Dickon has wed the thirteen-year-old Eleanor.
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... that when Sansa Stark was betrothed to Joffrey Baratheon, Petyr Baelish proposed betrothing Robb Stark to Myrcella Baratheon once she would came of age?
... that George R. R. Martin's inspirations for the Doom of Valyria include the legend of Atlantis and the fall of Rome?
... that George R. R. Martin has compared Queen Alysanne Targaryen to Eleanor of Aquitaine and Katharine Hepburn's portrayal of her in *The Lion in Winter*?
... that Ser Quentyn Ball, also known as Fireball, was loosely inspired by Hotspur Percy and his fiery temper?
... that Maester Kennet's *Passages of the Dead* suggests that the largest giants could have been as much as fourteen feet tall?
... that the name of Archmaester Rigney, who claims history is a wheel, refers to Robert Jordan, author of the *Wheel of Time* fantasy series, whose real name is James Rigney?
... that George R. R. Martin wrote three different versions of Quentyn Martell’s arrival at Meereen in *A Dance with Dragons*?
... that, although Stannis Baratheon took it as a slight when he was granted the lordship of Dragonstone, Robert I Baratheon had actually meant to be generous to his brother and affirm him as his heir until his son's birth?
... that the Dothraki were fashioned as an amalgam of a number of steppe and plains cultures, including Mongols, Huns, Alans, Sioux, Cheyenne, and various other Amerindian tribes?
... that Kurleket, Lharys and Mohor, who accompany Catelyn Stark and Tyrion Lannister to the Eyrie in *A Game of Thrones*, are a reference to the Three Stooges?
... that Bronn was not originally intended to be as important as he eventually became?
... that George R. R. Martin likes writing chapters from the point of view of Arianne Martell and Asha Greyjoy?
... that, in *The World of Ice & Fire*, a spilled inkblot was supposed to cover the section describing the events of the Tragedy at Summerhall? However, editor Anne Groell believed this idea would cause them to receive thousands of returns from people thinking it was a printing error.
... that Tyrion Lannister is the character with the most chapters from his point of view? Counting the released sample chapters from *The Winds of Winter*, Tyrion currently has forty-nine chapters.
... that the Dornish puppeteer Tanselle may reappear in a future Dunk and Egg story?
... that the Lannisters once owned a Valyrian sword called Brightroar?
... that Quhuru Mo, the captain of the *Cinnamon Wind* which transports Samwell Tarly and Maester Aemon from Braavos to Oldtown, is the same person who informed Daenerys Targaryen of Robert I Baratheon's death?
... that the Sand Snakes are the cousins of Rhaegar Targaryen's children, Aegon and Rhaenys?
... that Princess Rhaenys Targaryen named her little black kitten Balerion?
... that the lords of House Arryn only live in the Eyrie during the summer, but move down to the Gates of the Moon before winter?
... that nine different noble houses have had their seat at Harrenhal since Aegon's Conquest?
... that Ellaria Sand, the paramour of Oberyn Martell, is the natural daughter of Lord Harmen Uller?
... that Daemon Blackfyre, one of the Great Bastards, was Targaryen on both sides? His mother was Princess Daena Targaryen, wife of King Baelor I Targaryen, and his father was King Aegon IV Targaryen.
... that the Port of Ibben, an icy port in the Shivering Sea, is lit by beacons burning whale oil?
... that Brienne of Tarth found a shield in the armory of Evenfall Hall displaying the same arms as that of Ser Duncan the Tall?
... that Bronze Yohn Royce, Lord of Runestone, wears a bronze armor that is reputedly thousands of years old and is worked with runes meant to ward him from harm?
... that the former ruling Princess of Dorne planned to wed her children, Princess Elia and Prince Oberyn Martell, to one or both of Lord Tywin Lannister's twins, Cersei and Jaime?
... that Brienne of Tarth had three siblings, none of whom survived childhood? Her brother Galladon drowned, and her sisters Arianne and Alysanne died as infants.
... that Petyr Baelish fought for the hand of Catelyn Tully when he was "scarcely fifteen", challenging her betrothed, Brandon Stark, who was twenty?
... that *valar morghulis, a well-known phrase in High Valyrian, means "all men must die"? A common reply is *valar dohaeris, meaning "all men must serve".
... that House Templeton may be distantly related to House Stark through Jocelyn Stark, a sister of Eddard Stark's grandfather, Edwyle?
... that the Dothraki emerged from the Dothraki sea about four hundred years ago, following the Doom of Valyria?
... that three thousand years ago the free folk, led by Gendel and Gorne, managed to evade the Night's Watch and infiltrate the north in great numbers using a network of tunnels that extended under the Wall?
... that the dwarf siblings Penny and Oppo make their living as entertainers who ride atop a pig (Pretty Pig) and a dog (Crunch) while mock fighting each other as Groat and Penny after the two smallest coins?
... that Wyman Manderly has the titles Lord of White Harbor, Warden of the White Knife, Shield of the Faith, Defender of the Dispossessed, Lord Marshal of the Mander, and Knight of the Order of the Green Hand?
... that, once the Red Keep was completed, Maegor the Cruel rounded up everyone involved in its construction and had them killed to preserve its secrets?
... that the Iron Throne is made from the swords of those defeated during Aegon I Targaryen's Conquest and was melted by his dragon, Balerion the Black Dread? have used it since.
... that the ancient books of Asshai prophesy the return of Azor Ahai following a long summer marked by bleeding stars?
... that Aegon the Conqueror dated the beginning of his reign from the day the High Septon anointed him as king in Oldtown? That calendar is used to this day.
... that everything written about the Age of Heroes, the Dawn Age, and the Long Night originates from stories compiled by septons thousands of years later?
... that the first Clegane was knighted because he saved Lord Tytos Lannister from a lioness and lost a leg and three dogs in the effort?
... that George R. R. Martin originally intended to have a five or six year gap between the events of *A Storm of Swords* and *A Feast for Crows*?
... that Brienne of Tarth was once betrothed to Ser Ronnet Connington?
... that Ser Loras Tyrell and Ser Lancel Lannister were born in the same year?
... that Grand Maester Pycelle was appointed to the small council during the reign of King Aegon V Targaryen,?
... that Grand Maester Pycelle saw the reigns of eight kings, and served six of them as Grand Maester in their small council?
... that Robert, Stannis, and Renly Baratheon were second cousins to Rhaegar, Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen?.
… that there are three Houses Baratheon? While originally there was only House Baratheon of Storm's End, since Robert I Baratheon took the throne, House Baratheon of King's Landing and House Baratheon of Dragonstone were created.
… that Sansa Stark fell madly in love with Ser Waymar Royce, the leading ranger in the prologue of *A Game of Thrones*, whom she met when he was on his way to the Wall?
… that Waymar Royce is the third son of Bronze Yohn Royce, one of the Lord Declarants that Sansa meets in the Vale?
… that Cersei is pronounced the same as Circe, a witch in Greek mythology who murdered her husband?
... that Roy Dotrice, who holds a Guinness World Record for his reading of the audiobook of *A Game of Thrones, played Hallyne the pyromancer in Season 2 of HBO's *Game of Thrones?
... that Illyrio Mopatis and Varys were childhood friends in Pentos?
... that the Red Wedding is inspired by two similar events in Scottish history, the Black Dinner and the Glencoe Massacre?
... that George R.R. Martin’s inspiration for the Wall of Westeros was Hadrian's Wall in Northern England?
... that the seven aspects of the single god in the Faith of the Seven was inspired by the three persons of the Christian Trinity?
... that the Others can be killed with dragonglass, whereas their undead thralls, the wights, cannot?
... that Prince Aemon the Dragonknight was held captive in a crow cage, located above a pit filled with vipers, after Dornish rebels betrayed and killed King Daeron I Targaryen?
... that the Brave Companions are a band of sellswords composed of criminals and outcasts from many nations?
... that Lord Tytos Lannister, Lord Tywin's father, was a thirdborn son, and was thus never expected to rule?
... that Ser Duncan the Tall met the future Lord Walder Frey when Walder was only four years old?
... that the first seat from where Aegon I Targaryen ruled was called the Aegonfort? Aegon eventually decided it was not suited to be the seat of power for a king, so he temporarily moved his family from King's Landing back to Dragonstone. The Aegonfort was razed to the ground and construction of the Red Keep began.
... that the dwarfs Quentyn Martell and Gerris Drinkwater saw performing their folly in Volantis were Penny and her brother Oppo, on their dog and pig, Crunch and Pretty Pig?
... that a member of House Frey named Rhaegar has a son named Robert,
... that Mance Rayder was present during the feast held at Winterfell to welcome King Robert I Baratheon to the North at the start of *A Game of Thrones*?
... that eleven Targaryens were named Aegon over the past four hundred years?.
... that more people died during the rebellion that followed King Daeron I Targaryen's conquest of Dorne, than during the actual conquest?
... that Lord Luthor Tyrell and Lady Olenna Redwyne, Lord Mace Tyrell's parents, were once both betrothed to a Targaryen?
... that King Jaehaerys I and Queen Alysanne Targaryen were married for forty-six years?
... that the worship of the Drowned God predates the Andal invasion?
... that most consider Highgarden to be the most beautiful castle in the Seven Kingdoms? Only the lords of the Vale challenge this claim and prefer the Eyrie.
... that the last Targaryen dragon died in 153 AC, the same year King Daeron II Targaryen was born?
... that King Aerys II Targaryen and Queen Rhaella suffered three miscarriages, two stillbirths and three deaths in the cradle between the births of Princes Rhaegar (259 AC) and Viserys (276 AC)?
... that Eddard Stark's parents Rickard and Lyarra Stark were cousins?
... that Braavos is not only the youngest, but also the wealthiest of the nine Free Cities?
... that Aegon the Conqueror's crown was lost when King Daeron I Targaryen died in Dorne in 161 AC?
... that Casterly Rock is two leagues long, and three times as high as the Wall?
... that the deserter of the Night's Watch that Eddard Stark executes in the beginning of *A Game of Thrones* is Gared, one of the men who was with Ser Waymar Royce in the prologue?
... that, following the conclusion of the Dance of the Dragons, Dowager Queen Alicent Hightower spent the remainder of her life imprisoned and died during the outbreak of the Winter Fever in 133 AC?
... that Maester Aemon was named by his grandfather, King Daeron II Targaryen?
... that the Dothraki Sea, from the Forest of Qohor to the Bone Mountains, stretches more than seven hundred leagues?
... that the wealth of Tyrosh originates from a rare species of sea snails?
... that in the forest of Qohor, lemurs can be found which are said to have silver-white fur and purple eyes? They are sometimes called Little Valyrians.
... that Meria Martell, the Princess of Dorne during Aegon's Conquest, died in 13 AC in her early nineties? She had ruled Dorne for more than seventy years.
... that Norvoshi women, both highborn and lowborn, shave off all their body hair?
... that, when the Lorathi King Qarlon the Great laid siege on Norvos, the Valyrian Freehold rose to defend her daughter, resulting in the Scouring of Lorath? No man, woman, or child survived, and Lorath was uninhabited for more than a century thereafter.
... that King Daeron I Targaryen intended to wed one of his sisters to the Sealord of Braavos?
... that Anguy, Thoros, and Sandor Clegane—the respective winners of the archery, melee, and jousting competitions during the Hand's tourney—are all present when Arya Stark visits the hollow hill?
... that Daemon II Blackfyre had a prophetic dream in which he saw Duncan the Tall as a member of the Kingsguard, long before Duncan actually joined the order?
... that no fewer than six wars were fought between Pentos and Braavos over the past two centuries? The Braavosi victory of this conflict resulted in a ban on slavery in Pentos.
... that Daemon I Blackfyre was named by his mother for her grandfather, Prince Daemon Targaryen, who lived during the Dance of the Dragons?
... that any foreigner who spends too much time on Naath contracts a mysterious, deadly illness? The Naathi themselves are not affected.
... that House Jordayne of the Tor refers to the late fantasy author Robert Jordan, whose *Wheel of Time* series is published by Tor?, which is "Robert" spelled backwards.
... that Stannis Baratheon is partially inspired by Tiberius Caesar, particularly George Baker's portrayal in *I, Claudius*?
... that the black adder in the sigil of House Wyl is a reference to the historical comedy *Blackadder*?
... that Ser Patrek of King's Mountain is a reference to Patrick St. Denis, who runs a fantasy website called Pat's Fantasy Hotlist, and was included because George R. R. Martin lost a bet to Patrick? Patrick is a fan of the Dallas Cowboys, while Martin is a fan of the New York Giants. The bet was that, if Martin lost, he would have to kill Patrick horribly in the book.*.
... that the Volantene Triarch Belicho is a reference to the New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick?
This article is about major plot differences between the novels of *A Song of Ice and Fire* and the television adaptation *Game of Thrones*.
Show Title: The TV show is titled *Game of Thrones* and takes its name from the first novel, *A Game of Thrones. From the exchange of Queen Cersei Lannister, to Eddard Stark "When you play the game of thrones, either you win or you die. There is no middle ground.*" and Jorah Mormont, to Daenerys Targaryen "The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace. They never are."
George R. R. Martin's seven-part book series is called *A Song of Ice and Fire. The novels are *A Game of Thrones, *A Clash of Kings, *A Storm of Swords, *A Feast For Crows, *A Dance with Dragons, *The Winds of Winter, and *A Dream of Spring.
Point of View: Since the plot in the novels is told from the viewpoints of the principal characters (Eddard, Bran, Daenerys, Arya, Sansa, Tyrion, Jon, Catelyn), the TV show mimics similar structure fleshing out certain key scenes but adding others that are either absent from the book, implied, or talked about in other chapters to provide backstory and try to confirm certain suspicions of the book readers. The exception is the prologue, which sets up the novel from a character-independent perspective.
Character appearance: Certain characters within the series have been played by actors who do not share the same physical traits as the said characters. D. B. Weiss explained that the actor who plays Asha (renamed Yara to avoid confusion with Osha), for instance, looks nothing like the description in the books, but captured the role so perfectly that he could not imagine anyone else playing it. Additionally, many of the children have been aged several years in order to match the forced aging of Daenerys, who was aged due to her sexual relationship with Khal Drogo. (Indeed, the producers of the comic book adaptation expressed concern about running afowl of child pornography laws in adapting the scenes between Daenerys and Drogo.)
Others / White Walkers: Although there are a few references to the name "white walkers" in the books, most notably from Old Nan's stories, these characters are more commonly referred to as "Others" in A Song of Ice and Fire. The term "Others" is not used in the show. In the audio commentary for "Winter Is Coming", producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss explained that the change was made to avoid confusion that may arise between references to the race known as the Others and "others" meaning other groups or people within the show. The appearance of the Others are also modified -- instead of the very fey, ethereal description they are given in the books, HBO's Others/White Walkers are noticeably more ghoulish and bestial. Their appearances have fluctuated from the first season to the second.
These differences can be found between the first season of the television series and the first book, "A Game of Thrones.
The timeline and events of the TV series are seventeen years after Robert's Rebellion instead of fourteen years as in the books. The main reason in adding the two years was to allows the younger characters to be aged-up, while not affecting the timeline too much beyond the immediate past.
Extra scenes were added to give some backstory
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Extra scenes were added to give some backstory
A scene between Catelyn and Robb, following the news of Eddard’s death, showing them grieving.
A scene between Littlefinger and Varys, to show their animosity toward each other.
A sex scene between Pycelle and Ros, providing information about past kings.
Catelyn Stark becomes a dutiful supporter of her son, and thirsts for vengeance. In the books, she plays the role of the mother, thinking first of her daughters suffering the emotional cost in silence.
Marillion loses his tongue after performing before King Joffrey, in the book, it was an unnamed singer and Marillion continues to appear in the rest of the series. It's unlikely that he will make appearance in the show again.
Daenerys is naked as in the novel, although her hair isn't burnt away. Presumably to make her prettier for the camera.
These differences can be found between the second season of the television series and the second book, *A Clash of Kings*.
Characters
Extra scenes were added to give some backstory
Misc
In the books
Extra scenes were added to give some backstory
These differences can be found between the third season of the television series and the third book, *A Storm of Swords*.
Many storylines are simplified.